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not me *(edited)*

I totally feel you - I was actually at a point where I felt emotionally drained in the Hall of Whispers, not knowing if I'd find Mothboy's soul or not, but I think what got me was when I finally found those souls, only to be hit with the weight of every soul I'd collected before. It felt like a cruel reminder that every life I'd saved had been leading up to some sort of inevitability.

nah you're actually right about this one

ok boomer

Ugh, Hornet’s death hit me TOO but like—it’s not about the shock, it’s the *way* it lingers, you know? The Knight just... *exists*...

ugh same i had to pause the game at the black knight fight because i was laughing too hard at how hard it was wrecking me

"ok boomer" isn't the flex you think it is when you're using it to dismiss a valid point

Ugh fine, but Dark Souls wrecked me too, I still have nightmares ABOUT Ornstein & Smough. Hollow Knight though? That one hit me in the ribs and just... wouldn’t let go.

Same can be said about Dark Souls

Why is this so accurate tho

Ornstein’s armor *clanks* too loud 😩

nah this crazy

skill issue

ughhhhhh Dark Souls *also* wrecked me but in a different way?? like i still have nightmares about the asylum demon ngl 😩

finally someone said it

The way the knight just... stops honestly

First time posting but i think the way the game handles death is actually really significant. like, dying as the knight is this super intimate experience - every time you die, you're not just losing progress, you're witnessing its body break down, and it's honestly super unsettling. for me, it felt like a pretty power...

skill issue tbh

Saying this with my whole chest

Divya, ‘ok boomer’ isn’t an argument—it’s just a way to dodge the conversation. The game’s emotional gut-punch isn’t about age, it’s about how it forces you to feel every loss like it’s your own.

yeah but hollow knight hit harder than dark souls ever did, fight me

oh my god i cried for like an hour after the final boss and then had to explain to my roommate why i was suddenly sobbing over a video game

ugh but what about Bloodborne? I was fine until I fought Ludwig and now I flinch every time I hear a church bell

Oh my god YES, Mia!! Hollow Knight wrecked me in ways Dark Souls never even came close to—like, I sobbed over the Godhome bosses for *days* after finally beating them, and now just *hearing* the Mantis Lords theme makes my chest tighten. It’s not even the difficulty (though Radiance? Brutal.), it’s how the lore and atmosphere just *punch* you in the feels over and over until you’re a mess.

cope

ok and?

first time posting but hollow knight MADE me cry tbh

oh man, I still get chills thinking about that final battle—like, who greenlit that soundtrack? That’s not a game, that’s emotional warfare. 😭

Oh my god, the way Hornet’s death hit me?! I STILL get chills thinking about it 😭

Yeah, Hornet’s death isn’t just sad—it’s the *audacity* of making you care that much and then just... leaving you in the dark

this comment > the whole thread

why is this buried? this is the real answer

came here to say this

Oh man, right? Like, Hornet’s death isn’t just sad—it’s the *audacity* of making you care that much and then just… leaving you with that empty feeling. I had to take a 20-minute break after the first time I saw it, no joke

THIS exactly

Never thought about it that way

I still cry over THE hollow knight ending

RIP