Game never explains core mechanic

>game never explains core mechanic

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dishonest game design baka

true, but game also makes sure you understand that this a game where there handholding is practically non-existent and you should try stuff

I only do what tutorial tells me

what core mechanic do they not explain?

hoping on spiked surfaces by striking downward on them

the limit breaks or whatever they are in final fantasy 12 the zodiac age. no tutorial or anything, i still don't know what's going on or what to do

Games used to encourage experimenting, but these days everything has to be spoonfed or you end up with people like OP.

are you a brainlet? You're supposed to keep chaining them together for as long as the shuffle button will allow you. The damage from consecutive ones stack.

Quickenings? You literally just hit the button prompts, m8.

SILKSONG FUCKING WHEN

Context clues. Same way Super Metroid teaches without explicitly stating anything. I learned everything I needed to beat the game from what the game showed me.

git gud faggot.

that's not an explanation

Reminder to not feed the hollowdrones, game is so flawed everybody feels it

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are you a valve playtester?

Oh wow how was i supposed to know you can press buttons this is hella dishonest bro, ngl, probably sexist too, irreedeemably garbage game design.

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I'm a massive fucking brainlet and yet I understood pogo literally just by fighting the first few enemies.
'Hmm, I bounced off these guys when I struck down'
'This bug is going to a different area, can I...? Surely not?'
Women and journalists shouldn't be allowed to play games.

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Few things:

1. Every game is derivative. They may have been expecting that you've seen this mechanic in another game before. I know I had.

2. Knowing that striking something while airborn gives you a small push away from the enemy + knowing that you can strike downward = "I wonder if I can bounce off of enemies for a little extra air time"

3. You've likely accidentally done this to a common enemy in your normal gameplay. Something rushed at you and you jumped over it, swinging at it as you went over. You pogo'd, you just didn't pay attention to (or didn't remember) what happened.

You'd actually have to be braindead to get to this very early part of the game and not at least try to pogo off the spikes, especially if you learn you can downward slash in mid air. Practically everyone who gets to this part figures that out

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>you can bounce on spikes
I mean I knew you could bounce on mushrooms and enemies but what the fuck? it doesn't even make sense, you're not even required to do this to get by certain areas with spikes

What's going on in this thre-

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Overcharming. But Overcharming is not useful outside of possible no hit runs/attempts.
Pogo is just 1+1=2, since:
1. Early areas have shitload of breakable clutter that is background objects
2. You have direction inputs for looking up/down alongside walking, giving you indication of possible mechanical interaction
3. You have directional inputs for inputting magic

If you don't even try to attack downwards when jumping, you might have brain problems. You certainly want to attack upwards in a lot of cases as well.

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>lack of direction
>hidden mechanics
>cheap bosses
Retards like this one keep pretending they like playing games when it's quite obvious they'd rather be watching a 3 hour long cinematic sequence.

>"I only do what game tells me."

Are you mentally retarded?

Why is this tweet deleted?

>overcharming
Doesn't Salubra tell you about it?

The only thing they don't explain is that unlocking a quickening doubles, then triples your MP.

friendly reminder that she never got to the City of Tears

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Got a little more attention than she wanted.

Only if you are inquisitive.
And pester her enough for her to tell you about it.
Otherwise you don't find overcharming, because it requires you to mash when out of slots, on a new badge.

why do faggots give a shit about this throw away character so much? I bet they use 'wholesome' in their vocabulary too. pure cringe

>NNOOOOO THE GAME HAS TO LITERALLY STOP WITH POP UP TUTORIAL SCREENS TO EXPLAIN NEW MECHANICS OR LET ME PRACTICE IN A SAFE SPACE LIKE RAGE 2 AND DOOM ETERNAL!!!!!

Overcharming is explained to you but not with any detail, you're just meant to try it and see.
Otherwise you're right.

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she's a cute little bug with a cute voice

it's something akin to moe~

Is this whole Hollow Knight dishonest meme shit just a retread of pic related?

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>why do people like cute things!
>everything should be ugly like my soul!

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not even. nothing about pogoing in Hollow Knight is obtuse, but a one off level gimmick that functions nothing like anything else in the game is absolutely bad design

because they wanted to like the game to be part of the in crowd but don't actually like games for the gameplay so they latch onto something they can talk about.
We used to call them posers in the 90s.

Same thing with all the threads on Yas Forums using sex or legit faggotry to try and rope people into a game when gameplay is what they should be focusing on. They don't actually enjoy video games. If they say they do, they are lying.

blatant samefaggotry like this is why Yas Forums is dying.

>you can like the game's gameplay or its characters, not both

"no"
This entire board is obsessed with fetishism. I don't care what your fetish is, keep it to yourself.

And the game mechanics are Dime a dozen, generic metroidvania fare with zero creativity. Boring game, but looks pretty tho.

>you need to play "other game" to understand

please quote the post that said the game was good because of the cute characters, schizo friend
until you do that I can only conclude that you got filtered and are bitter about it.

>you can't like a character or you're a pervert

>mmm let's come back when I have iron boots

It is the only optional mechanic that isn't explained.
Its not terribly useful either.

I think Pogo might be the most natural mechanic in the game since:
1. You bounce of when you hit something, up, down and forward
2. This includes clutter, enemies and spikes. You bounce backwards for hitting spikes with your blade, just like enemies
3. You have actual mechanics for looking up/down, while in movement. Including animations
4. If you haven't found it by the time you get the Up or Down spells, you have brain problems. Its that simple
5. You bounce off a shitload of invincible enemies

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is it even possible to dislike Hollow knight without having a double digit iq? the posts itt indicate no

>I lack basic reading comprehension

go with diamond dozen, it'll get more people

I never said the game was good. I'm saying people would rather talk about anything but the gameplay in a video game and it happens far too often.

There are tutorials telling you about the down attack, you are FORCED to use it to progress
You literally cannot reach the mushrooms without knowing about it
If you never used it after the first 10 seconds of the game that fault is on you
Its like saying "well the game didnt tell me about the dash" just because you dont have to use it EVERY time after you get it

No you didn't, most players tried to strike downward because that's not a novel mechanic, you just used your memory

>game never explains core mechanics

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are you esl too?
you bitched about people trying to rope people into playing the game through cute characters. I told you to quote an example of this itt.
or are you dodging the question because you're a filtered little queer?

>little fuckers jumping up the wall in Metroid
That is exactly how the game shows you wall jumping. No pop up, no tutorial. You get the game showing you how to do it in action.
Stop being retarded.

Why do you seem so upset?
Its cool to have fetishes user, I'm just saying there are a plethora of boards for such topics and Yas Forums isn't one of them.
You thinking an insect is cute is your own problem. This thread is about gameplay specifically.
There is no reason to be this upset.

kek

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