Huh, Silksong is out now. Maybe it’s time I played the first Hollow Knight?

I think it was obvious that it was never going to be a free game again. The problem is making it look like it’s free to play and then hitting the player with a paywall after a few games. Also, the subscription model is shitty. I would readily put down a onetime payment for something that works as least as good as the web version, which is a lot more polished than the free alternatives I’ve seen. But I refuse to buy into this subscription model.

The death of affordable computing in the US of A.

I actually agree that I enjoyed playing the first more than the second. In the second, the story just didn’t feel very gripping, progression was slow and gameplay ended up quite complicated with weird mechanics. But in the first game, the atmosphere, story and more distraction-free gameplay made up for the overall age of the game.

I can already do that on LineageOS 21 (Android 14), no rooting required.

Why not go with the base version then?