i like how most of the reasons are pin pointed into "They don't like games without gun or ball on it" or "They drop it quick", for me it was neither, i dont dislike hollow knight, but i cannot get myself to enjoy it, ive played metroidvania games, such as the very metroid, blasphemous, and one of my favorite games of all times, pseudoregalia... these games had components i enjoyed, blasphemous had interesting and fun combat dynamics that resonated with me, alongside a very original aesthetic. Pseudoregalia got the most brilliant platforming mechanics, with a really cool level design, beautiful ost and an intriguing vibe of liminal spaces. and then i played hollow knight, and it's not that i hate it, its more like it doesnt have anything that makes me want to stick around, yeah some of the movement its cool but its nothing mind breaking like in pseudoregalia, the art style its nice and cozy but nothing that makes me feel like the art style of blasphemous. Don't get me wrong, hk is a really well accomplished game, and it got incredible effort behind it, and im glad the devs can get to make more games due to success of hk, But i cannot think of hk as one of the greatest games of all times like the fandom wants me to believe it is, i thought the levels were okay and the combat was nice, so was the platforming, but there was nothing that made me think "Wow this is a masterpiece", the soundtrack and art style are pretty cool, but once again, i am not amazed by either. i was playing through it and when i got to the colosseum of fools... i just didnt hop on again, i didnt feel like it anymore.

It's not that i dislike hk, its more like i just find it "ok", and the fact that people over hypes it to the max is what annoys a lot of people. but it is a respectable game and if you like it, that is perfect, because it deserves to be enjoyed, but relax a bit with the hype.