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nico
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nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · Sep 17
hello new followers!
i'm a (mostly) scratchboard artist who does book covers, alt movie posters, the occasional MTG card and recently illustrated an upcoming new edition of The Hunger Games

also, lifelong xfiles hyperfixation

portfolio: www.nicolasdelort.com
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nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 7h
i think i need to practice the laser climb phase on attuned.. that's where i fail everytime.. i don't get iiiitttt
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nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 7h
oh yeah if you're at that point and not enjoying it yeah might as well just watch a let's play instead

i thought it handled exploration and backtracking etc much better than hollow knight and the payoff overall was incredible but i also get the complaints and it definitely won't be for everyone
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nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 8h
and yes the early game economy is very weird and doesn't feel very rewarding... but it gets much better pretty fast
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nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 8h
i don't know how far you are and i get what you mean but the first like two or three levels of the game are absolutely not representative of the whole game... the game gets exponentially easier and more fun as soon as you unlock a couple movement abilities
but if you're not having fun, i get it
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nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 8h
[hollow knight] going back to it after silksong it weird BUT i have finally mastered the quick left right pogo thing for absrad.. so radiant absrad, here i come D:
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nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 15h
sherma dresses like his hero
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nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 11h
make the machines sweatier
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nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 15h
fa ri du la zi ma net
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nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 15h
sherma dresses like his hero
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nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 18h
lol i unironically love this
youtu.be/Jak3etP7RhY
Silksong OST Cogwork Dancers but it never starts
YouTube video by melibe
youtu.be
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nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 1d
[hades 2] let me just say chronos' side portrait makes me as uncomfortable as than's front facing portrait....
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nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 1d
act III is magical, enjoy
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nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 2d
oh oh oh I need this,😮
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nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 2d
ahaha fun area....!

how cute was the friend at the summit though
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nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 2d
absolutely! act III really blew me away
escaping the abyss was amazing, red memory was amazing, last dive cutscene was amazing and final boss was just perfect
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nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 2d
I had chills all over during the last dive cutscene, incredible stuff
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nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 2d
right like act I was great obviously but by act II i was like okay yes this is one of the greatest games ever made.. Underworks hit me especially hard
then act III and the ending absolutely sealed the deal
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nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 2d
yeah the lava escape at the end of far fields was quite tough :S
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nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 2d
i love our agender icon silent protag in the first game, but hornet's characterization was really great and added a whole other layer to the game
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nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 2d
White Palace is definitely generous with checkpoints.. but for me between the parachute cloak, cling tool, and clawline, platforming felt easier in silksong (excluding hunter's march with zero upgrades lol)

the hardest one i found was the segment at the very end that leads to the surface
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nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 2d
combat is 1:1 for me because while Silksong's acrobatic combat is super fun (crests and tools add a lot of versatility), i love love Hollow Knight's slower, more positioning based combat

story is also 1:1
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nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 2d
it's hard to compare silksong to hollow knight, because hollow knight came first and i played it after all the DLCs were already out...but i think even without any DLCs, i loved Silksong even more
the setting, the characterization, the atmosphere, the visuals, the level design and exploration...aaah
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nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 2d
now reading
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nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 2d
*nods furiously*
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nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 2d
a valid way to explore the lands between