Beloved horror devs' new soulslike and Metroidvania mashup Nine Sols is proving a welcome distraction for Silksong hopefuls: "My dream was Hollow Knight but CAT and it came true"
Jun. 6, 2024Nine Sols is a hit with players on Steam
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Nine Sols, a brand new Metroidvania from the developer of Detention and Devotion, is giving Hollow Knight fans a real treat as they whittle away the hours waiting for Silksong.
Released last week, Nine Sols already stands proud with an averageSteamuser review rating of ‘Very Positive’ after more than 2,200 reviews. It’s a hand-drawn 2D action-platformer Metroidvania, infused with the DNA ofFromSoftware’s superb Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, and we absolutely adored it in our fullNine Sols review, rewarding it with a four out of five score.
Interestingly, it looks like fans of Hollow Knight are loving Nine Sols. “My dream was Hollow Knight but CAT and it came true,” writes one positive user review, adding that their “potato PC” runs it smoothly. “Sekiro, but Metroidvania!” adds another user review, while another writes simply: “Reject Silksong. Embrace Nine Sols.” Damn, that’s glowing praise.
“Hollow Knight meets Sekiro, all wrapped in fantastic animations and art direction. Crowned with an excellent soundtrack and story too. An absolute joy to experience and explore,” writes another user review. That same player adds that Nine Sols does a great job of letting you run loose with abilities and teaching you how to use them throughout its Metroidvania environments.
Nine Sols is only on PC right now, but there’s good news for those who have a potato PC. Red Candle Games wrote onTwitteryesterday that it would continue to “optimize the game,” plus work on console ports, so Nine Sols' excellence is bound for new platforms in the near future.
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