Now I’m even more scared

I can hear that mc door click

Yep, I’ve never had major problems with platforming on HK. I do have some NES platformer background, but the bosses are beating me up countless times. Same happened with Metroid Dread, didn’t have big issues with previous Metroids but Dread bosses had become insanely difficult compared to the former games. I guess there’s nowadays some soulslike crossover trend happening on metroidvanias causing this melee difficulty ramp-up. I haven’t played souls games so it has came as a shock for me.

Anyway, I have found workarounds in HK. Whenever I get stuck on some boss I keep exploring the map further and find powerups which then make the fighting difficulty seem more balanced again. Luckily HK allows really versatile nonlinear progression.

Lol, that has some pre-Switch Nintendo naming energy

A lämp enjoyer

I’ve seen you everywhere, or maybe it’s just my Metroid fanboy eyes picking up…

I was in same danger until I just tryharded the difficult bosses. They’re really tough compared to previous Metroids and I haven’t got used to that. Btw, did you drop your game soon after release? A post-release update gave a rookie difficulty mode that might give some mercy on next playthroughs.

Same, played since beta era, haven’t even gotten to the end world. My potato farms are doing ok, though.