I literally bought the game as quickly as I could when I got my hand on my switch after it was released.
I have no idea how long I have been in Hallownest, easily my GOTY so far.
Actually it could have been a very easy GOTSwitch if not for BotW as well as GOTG really.
It's one of the most fantastic metroid game I ever played, it's a joy to play and get lost in the desolate place the game is in.
The music is glorious.
The fact that the compass is tied to an item and can be deactivated at any time means that I can choose to not use it and I HAVE to try to internalize the map to get anywhere is fantastic.
It's kinda like playing BotW in Expert mode where the place your character is really where you attention is and not that fucking minimap in the corner.
It feels like TokiTori2 in that I never want to stop playing it and it basically feels like something I always wanted in game form.
It's one of the greatest alongside Aria of sorrow, Toki tori2, Metroid II.
One of the very few game I think I may end up double dipping if It ever get a physical release.
I'm super glad it didn't get released on Switch in 2017, I really would have wanted to have to choose between BotW and Hollow Knight, feels like choosing between my kidneys :/.
And the crazy part is that I expect Octopath to be this year's revelation after everything! I can't even touch anything but HK right now, the game is THAT gripping I haven't even touched OT's new demo, fortnight, I skipped Hyrule Warrior (again) entirely.
It's a fucking crazy good game.