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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 · 13h

oh oh oh I need this,😮

nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 14h

ahaha fun area....!

how cute was the friend at the summit though

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nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 14h

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

nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 17h

I had chills all over during the last dive cutscene, incredible stuff

nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 18h

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 · 18h

yeah the lava escape at the end of far fields was quite tough :S

nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 18h

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 · 18h

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

nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 18h

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 · 18h

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 · 18h

now reading

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nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 21h

*nods furiously*

nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 21h

a valid way to explore the lands between

nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 22h

haha same, not a fun time

nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 22h

hold on to that thought...

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nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 22h

oh yeah i loved Sands of Karak! even if i do go through it without the double jump and it made it like 10 times harder lol

i know White palace was in the base game but i think path of pain came in a DLC no? so we still might be getting something down the line

nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 23h

*you listened to Hollow Knight Silksong - Last Dive a total of.... 2367 times*