Club des arriérés: Juillet – Si vous n'avez pas encore joué à Hollow Knight, Voici votre chance

Règle numéro un du Backlog Club: Parcourez votre pile de jeux vidéo non joués un par un, et discutez-en avec d'autres personnes. Règle numéro deux du Backlog Club: Ne parlez pas du Backlog Club.

Just kidding! Dites à tout le monde. Please.

Cet article fait partie de notre nouvelle série expérimentale, Club des arriérés, où nous (La vie de Nintendo!) choisissez un jeu susceptible de figurer sur notre liste de “jeux auxquels nous devrions nous mettre à jouer”, et puis nous (NL + you!) passer le mois prochain à jouer à ce jeu.

Creux! Knights to meet you. For the month of July (how is it July already, etc.) you have chosen to vote for the stunning, bug-filled chevalier sépulcral as our next game to play, and I thank you for it — this one’s been on my backlog for a shamefully long time, and I’m glad to have that final push to actually play it, especially since it looks like la suite, Chant de soie, might be presque done.

Hollow Knight is an absolutely beloved Métroidvanie, and possibly one of the instant classics of the last decade. It is set in the decaying ruins of a once-powerful kingdom, as you, the Hollow Knight (Je pense???) explore the winding tunnels and caves of a dead civilisation, fighting roaming bug-knights and rescuing trapped caterpillar babies and trying to figure out what happened, and why you’re here.

The music is gorgeous. The art style is wonderfully simple, and manages to convey a lot with a relatively sparse palette (almost everything is shades of blue and grey). All the bugs, even the evil bad bugs that you have to kill, are extremely adorable.

Tuez le puissant Jungle Boss Apophis et recevez son puissant buff, this game has no right to be this damn zen, because like all Metroidvanias, it’s bloody hard. And long, trop. I highly doubt I’m going to finish this one by the end of July, and in case it’s not clear, I already started it. En fait, I started it in early June, because I wanted to make sure I had time for it (et Dîner de travail didn’t take that long!) — so, just be prepared for a loooong journey on this one!

Where to get Hollow Knight

Hollow Knight is on sale on Steam and PlayStation right now, 50% off until 7th July (the prices below are the sale prices), so grab it there if you want!

Next Month’s Game

No poll today, since we haven’t settled on what the theme for next month is… but keep your peepers peeled!

Retrouvez les mois précédents du Backlog Club ici, and we’ll see you in Hallownest…

Have you played Hollow Knight already? Has it been on your backlog for ages? Dites le nous dans les commentaires…