What makes a meal stand out amongst others made with the same ingredients? Game design is a thing that requires careful balance to produce an engaging and satisfying experience both moment to moment and over course of the whole game. Think how difficult it is to make a truly great movie, only now put the camera in the hands of any random person for it's duration and keep it great.
Many games do well at a few aspects, but few hit it out of the park across the board.
Hollow Knight managed something pretty close to that. It's a creative feat that required not only excellence in storytelling, art, music, and interaction design, asking others, but also excellence in blending then together to make something that is more than the sum of its parts.
The studio that did that is releasing a new game in the same vein and people want more of that established track record of excellence.
Many games do well at a few aspects, but few hit it out of the park across the board.
Hollow Knight managed something pretty close to that. It's a creative feat that required not only excellence in storytelling, art, music, and interaction design, asking others, but also excellence in blending then together to make something that is more than the sum of its parts.
The studio that did that is releasing a new game in the same vein and people want more of that established track record of excellence.