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[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 6 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (6 children)

OK, never played hollow knight. this seems to be a "sink one million hours into it and git gud" game, and I have an arcade stick that I've been dying to use constantly on a game with.

Does hollow knight use both analog sticks? can this be played with a standard 1 stick, 8 button arcade stick?

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 2 points 9 hours ago

You can do it without analog stick iirc, it's very much designed for dpad.

[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 11 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

It uses the second analog to pan the camera vertically. It's not critical, but sometimes you will want to look around before you jump off a ledge.

[–] BunScientist@lemmy.zip 3 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

you can do that by holding the left stick for a while, you dont even need the right one unless you are in a hurry

[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 1 points 14 hours ago

I was not aware! That's good to know

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

It's a melee oriented Metroidvania. Think Ori And The Blind Forest but with more insects and inexplicable frilly faux-Victorian edifices, and less pokey combat. You could play it on a SNES pad if you wanted to. I got to 100% on it back when using a cheap wireless keyboard from my couch.

I don't know about you, but Hollow Knight's main contribution to my household is that my wife and I still call any filigree wrought ironwork benches we see "save points."

[–] BunScientist@lemmy.zip 3 points 15 hours ago

both sticks

no

1 sticks 8 buttons

yep, actually I use 9 keys but one of those is quick cast which really good for quick combat but it's not actually needed since you have the same thing on the regular spell button, just a tad bit slower

[–] JPAKx4@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 17 hours ago

Yeah, bind two to up/down on rstick and you'll have plenty

[–] oyo@lemmy.zip 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Use the keyboard like a real gamer.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 4 points 15 hours ago

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But I don't want to be a gamer, I want to feel like I'm playing a game at an arcade