i needed to read this. there is nothing like an oversaturated market, there are only products that don't manage to stand out from the masses. the fact that it took off when i was oversaturated, makes it an even bigger success.

but, i haven't palyed it cause i'm bored from 2D sidescrollers since a lot of years, as i was an early adopter with gaming, so i went trough the NES and SNES gen of 2D sidescrollers and i had my fill.

also, it doesn't speak to me, but i seen some play and i can see that the gameplay makes it stand out especially

From the modern day X thread.

So this guy shits on Reddit's old take on Hollow Knight, but then still acknowledges that the 2D platformer Steam indie market remains oversaturated a decade later.

But No, that game genre isn't actually overdone, it's just all the other thousands of failures didn't "manage to stand out from the masses".

Meanwhile, this guy is claiming to know which games like Hollow Knight have that secret sauce via the consensus filter and watching a few clips.

Despite not having actually played it. Or any platformer since the SNES era because he's an "early adopter" who burned out on Super Mario.