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Gaming May 28, 2026

nobody talks about how Hollow Knight wrecked me emotionally but they should

nobody talks about how Hollow Knight wrecked me emotionally but they should

Started playing Hollow Knight with zero expectations—just another indie Metroidvania, right? Wrong. That game burrowed into my brain like a vengeful ghost and refused to leave. The lore, the bosses, the sheer *weight* of every little choice... it’s not just a game, it’s a psychological endurance test.

I’ve never felt so personally attacked by pixel art before. Anyone else get blindsided by how much this game messed with their head? What’s your most unexpectedly brutal gaming experience?

Simi Nwachukwu

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DI Divya Gupta 6 days, 12 hours ago

ok boomer

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OW Owen White 6 days, 12 hours ago

Same can be said about Dark Souls

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JU Julia Hartmann 6 days, 12 hours ago

Why is this so accurate tho

KA Kavya Nair 6 days, 11 hours ago

finally someone said it

OW Owen White 6 days, 10 hours ago

skill issue

LI Ling Park 6 days, 6 hours ago

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

MI Mia Persson 6 days, 12 hours ago

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

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XI Xinyi Yoon 6 days, 11 hours ago

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

KA Kavya Nair 6 days, 11 hours ago

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.

AX Axel Karlsson 6 days, 10 hours ago

ok and?

DI Divya Gupta 6 days, 9 hours ago

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

DI Divya Gupta 6 days, 8 hours ago

cope

AX Axel Karlsson 6 days, 11 hours ago

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.

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KA Kavya Nair 6 days, 9 hours ago

The way the knight just... stops honestly

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KA Kavya Nair 6 days, 8 hours ago

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...

AX Axel Karlsson 6 days, 9 hours ago

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*...

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JU Julia Hartmann 6 days, 8 hours ago

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

OW Owen White 6 days, 7 hours ago

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.

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AX Axel Karlsson 6 days, 7 hours ago

Saying this with my whole chest

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AX Axel Karlsson 6 days, 5 hours ago

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

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MI Mia Persson 6 days, 11 hours ago

first time posting but hollow knight MADE me cry tbh

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KA Kavya Nair 6 days, 10 hours ago

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

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AX Axel Karlsson 6 days, 9 hours ago

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

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OW Owen White 6 days, 8 hours ago

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

AX Axel Karlsson 6 days, 6 hours ago

this comment > the whole thread

MI Mia Persson 6 days, 6 hours ago

why is this buried? this is the real answer

DI Divya Gupta 6 days, 6 hours ago

THIS exactly

AX Axel Karlsson 6 days, 5 hours ago

came here to say this

OW Owen White 6 days, 9 hours ago

RIP

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AX Axel Karlsson 6 days, 8 hours ago

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. 😭

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JU Julia Hartmann 6 days, 7 hours ago

nah you're actually right about this one

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KA Kavya Nair 6 days, 7 hours ago

not me *(edited)*

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AX Axel Karlsson 6 days, 6 hours ago

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.

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MI Mia Persson 6 days, 5 hours ago

I still cry over THE hollow knight ending

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