Most of the people think WotW is superior Ori game so I chosed this against the HK. Haven't finished both but I think I prefer Ori.
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Hollow Knight or Ori: The Will of the Wisps
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I'm in the minority that has the two Ori games in my favorite of all time, and I think Hollow Knight is just hilariously overrated. Like, ridiculously so. It's a small club, but we're mighty
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I always thought Ori is superior game but I am playing Hollow Knight when I create the thread. Looks like Hollow Knight is basically 2D Dark Souls. Very solid game but I have to beat both to make my final verdict.
I'd love to revisit Ori and confirm as it's been awhile and I've only played them once each… but based on my recollection Hollow Knight is a healthy step above Ori 2, which itself is an upgrade from 1.
All great games though, easy to recommend any of them
All great games though, easy to recommend any of them
I hate that part in the Ori games where you have to run because the level is getting destroyed or you're being chased by something, I forget which one so it's Hollow Knight for me.
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Hollow Knight is going to win this poll - and I'd probably give it the nod too. But they are going for vastly different things, despite operating in a roughly similar frame.
Ori is exceptional at what it tries to do.
Ori is exceptional at what it tries to do.
ori is incredible, amazing, but hollow knight is a masterpiece gameplay wise, lore wise, secrets wise, is just incredible in every sense, in my opinion waaay superior to ori
I'm playing through Ori right now and really enjoying it.
I've tried Hollow Knight a dozen different times and I just don't think I like it. Which is weird because on paper, it's right up my alley. But I just don't find it very fun. It's pretty but monotonous.
I've tried Hollow Knight a dozen different times and I just don't think I like it. Which is weird because on paper, it's right up my alley. But I just don't find it very fun. It's pretty but monotonous.
Ori is good but still felt like it had more style over substance. Hollow Knight is absolutely amazing back to front.
It's been years since I tried it so I might be wrong, but I remember needing an equippable item to be able to see myself in the minimap or something like that.
Hollow Knight, and it's not even remotely close. There are times where a work simply achieves so much that is becomes almost impossible to compare it to its genre-peers. The depth, precision, and breath of nearly everything Hollow Knight sets out to achieve is really significantly above any other 2D metroidvania I'm aware of.
It even has much more interesting themes than other metroidvanias, employing light and dark as a kind of Hegelian dialectic wherein the player's control of the 'vessel' character inserts some subtle meta-narrative work calling the player into the role of 'dream' and 'void,' and various characters put you in conversation with that.
Ori is great, but it's much hokier (I'd argue much more traditional and 'comforting' thematically—and more strictly commercial) and not as ambiguous a game as Hollow Knight, leaning much more into set-piece design and spectacle, which is fine but just doesn't compare as favorably to a something like Hollow Knight if we're asking which is 'better.'
It even has much more interesting themes than other metroidvanias, employing light and dark as a kind of Hegelian dialectic wherein the player's control of the 'vessel' character inserts some subtle meta-narrative work calling the player into the role of 'dream' and 'void,' and various characters put you in conversation with that.
Ori is great, but it's much hokier (I'd argue much more traditional and 'comforting' thematically—and more strictly commercial) and not as ambiguous a game as Hollow Knight, leaning much more into set-piece design and spectacle, which is fine but just doesn't compare as favorably to a something like Hollow Knight if we're asking which is 'better.'
Hollow Knight is a top 10 GOAT for me, but I'd put both Ori games somewhere in my top 20 so they aren't far behind.
I love Ori and Moon Studios nails the 2D metroidvania level design and map. The games are beautiful. The lighting and animations are excellent. Will of the Wisp runs at 120 fps to boot. They are great platformer gamers with a couple of difficulty spikes. However you can 100% both Ori games in less time that it takes to beat HK on a regular run. HK offers much greater build variety and it's more combat focused. It took a while for me to warm up to HK but once I did I absolutely adored it. It's my favorite indie metroidvania.
Gotta put the new Prince of Persia game in these conversations. Head and shoulders above Ori, though still not as good as HK.
