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If only.

You'll find someone. Might require a bit of a car trip, but you'll find someone.

Gotta stay sane somehow.

So is your wife single?

I also choose this guy's wife.

Afraid not.

Those are the red flags I need.

I may not fit all aspects of the meme, but enough of it is on point that it's accurate for her.

Nah. My wife also tries to remember the games I play and sometimes almost succeeds like this. This is close enough from a non-gamer wife

Obviously they're referring to the lore of Under Night In-Birth.

You let "Legos" pass but this was the final straw?!?

Hollow Knight is great. The bosses are tough, but manageable. IIRC, the only really tough platforming section is optional. I've been picking Metroidvanias from this list lately and been pretty happy. He also has some good maps for them. https://demajen.co.uk/tierlist.html

i lean more towards the metroid side of the metroidvania genre and i spent around 15 or so hours in hollow knight. it has beautiful design and very deep lore. the map goes on forever. the platforming is tough, but not exceedingly difficult. what made me give up is partially that the combat is too fast and goes on for too long, and partially that it has a corpse run mechanic, which i despise.

at least for a while you can get away with exploring somewhere else when an area seems too daunting, but after a while you hit combat roadblocks which means every failure requires a dash back with half health.

It's a beautiful game. One of the best I've played. I just love the atmosphere, art style and music

It's more focused on combat than platforming (tip: you can bounce off some spikes with a well timed downward aerial attack) and the typical metroidvania exploration and backtracking. Except there's a brutal optional platforming section that I haven't had the courage to face yet 😅

The bosses are tough, but not unfair. Some of the optional ones and the (true) final battle can be a bit frustrating but that makes finally succeeding just all the more satisfying.

Given that it it's a couple of years old now it's cheap to buy even when not on sale, so do yourself the favor and give it a try!

Hollow knight is great, it's one of my favorites. However if you are looking for something to scratch a Metroid itch, I'd suggest looking into Axiom Verge.