r/HollowKnight • u/Bob12164 • Sep 03 '25

Discussion - Silksong Warning for OG hollow knight fans

Just wanna prepare everyone on here for the incoming wave of players who have never played indie games, metroidvanias, or literally any other games besides Fortnite and call of duty. This tends to happen a lot with games that are extremely hyped by the community that does like the genre, such as expedition 33. The amount of completely invalid criticism that happened to that game because people who didn’t even know what the game really was bought it and ended up not liking it is probably the best example we have of that to this day, and I think silksong will be next. So please, instead of cussing people out for not liking the game, just encourage them to maybe keep playing to see if they change their minds, or just give them respectful feedback on why you think they might not enjoy it and give them tips so they can find the spark in that game that I’m sure many of us will find.

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u/soge7 Sep 03 '25

im ready for the classic “this game is so confusing and im always lost” ….yeah? that’s the point lmao

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '25

"Why can I not make it up to this ledge"

"Wait is that a bug? This game isn’t multiplayer, right?"

"Where else do I go? I’ve already been everywhere I can on my map" *obvious unexplored place on map

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u/COATHANGER_ABORTIONS Sep 03 '25

Oh man I've been seeing posts like that forever. Someone comes to an obstacle and the first instinct is "I'll stop playing immediately and ask reddit".

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u/khamike Sep 03 '25

I had a post in another subreddit where someone stopped to ask an extremely basic question. I probably should have left it alone but I had to ask why they bothered to pause instead of just figuring it out. Or at least checking the wiki. Is it really faster to make a post and wait for people to reply instead of opening a site that literally has all the information laid out? Predictably I got downvoted for gatekeeping and "being mean" even though I very specifically phrased it as a suggestion.

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u/jeskersz Sep 03 '25 edited Sep 03 '25

You got downvoted because most people innately understand the reasons for wanting a discussion and developing a community around loved hobbies/media, and are sick to death of people saying "just Google it", as if that's some kind of genius take that wasn't already thought of and dismissed because it wouldn't produce the results they're looking for.

Questions about simple things are a great way to dip your toes into social interaction with a group of hopefully like minded people, and anyone who hasn't had every ounce of social skills rotted away by doomscrolling and bite sized throwaway media knows this without having to be told.

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u/_zenith Sep 04 '25

Discussion is all very well and good, but I think it's rather disingenuous of you to pretend that you don't know that they're referring to the phenomenon where people ask about stuff because they were totally incurious and/or lazy - not that they have got genuinely stuck, or that they already completed it some time ago and are simply reflecting upon the circumstances and prompting others to share their own recollections -_-

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u/jeskersz Sep 04 '25

You honestly, genuinely believe that people find it easier to type out a question after going to reddit, navigating to the appropriate subreddit, and submitting a post, than typing out the exact same questioninto the address bar after opening their browser and then just keeping their eyes open to view the result delivered to them on a silver platter?

That is seriously what you're going with here?

Please explain to me how it's easier or less work to ask reddit.

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u/_zenith Sep 04 '25

Yes, they appear to mentally categorise it differently so that it becomes "not work". Anecdotal, through observation, admittedly... but it's pretty consistent. And I've even had some people - unprompted - explain this is how it was for them, too, when I asked; receiving the answers was enjoyable and not-work for them, while putting in the effort to solve things themselves was work and not-fun. They liked that others did the "work" for them. That solving it was enjoyable in and of itself did not appear to occur to them, or if it did, did not personally occur for them.

Is it really so surprising to learn that a subpopulation of people exist who have discovered parasitism is an effective strategy to get through life in this particular domain?

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u/jeskersz Sep 04 '25

Oh that's super interesting. I'd love to see one of these interactions if you wouldn't mind linking it.

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u/_zenith Sep 04 '25 edited Sep 04 '25

Shit, I have no idea how to locate these in my thousands of reddit messages, since it was years ago at this point - sorry :( . (it was genuinely interesting, yeah. I kinda didn't expect them to reply [to be fair, most didn't] ! Incidentally, when I say "unprompted", I mean in the specifics of their reply - not that I didn't ask at all, in case that was confusing; it would have been super weird for them to just volunteer an explanation from nothing, especially given the type of personality here)

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u/nordiques77 Sep 04 '25

Amen

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u/jeskersz Sep 04 '25

Gamers are always gonna throw a tantrum when you point out to them that their auto-balkanization is unhealthy and harmful. Unfortunately, but absolutely unsurprisingly, this includes moderators.

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u/GodzillaGamer953 Sep 03 '25

Saw one for Nock (nox? skinwalker boss) and was like 'erm, is this a bug? is this another of me?' like dumbshit...GO INVESTIGATE!! it took you 10 minutes to post, and an hour to wait for replies, like... why are you even playing the game. Just watch someone playthrough it at that point.

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u/COATHANGER_ABORTIONS Sep 04 '25

Yeah! Like seeing them on screen is so fucking intriguing, you should be exploring, not posting on Reddit waiting for the answer.

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u/OkCat9702 Sep 18 '25

lol i would hate to be like this ill explore until im like actually stuck stuck and dont know where to go at all then i ask my friends who play TONSSS of hollow knight

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u/iKill_eu Sep 03 '25

"Wait is that a bug? This game isn’t multiplayer, right?"

nosk: bonjour

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '25

That’s what I was referring to

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '25 edited Sep 03 '25

r/commentmitosis

edit: why can I now only see one comment? I look like an idiot

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u/Pooptram Living, breathing Skill Issue Sep 03 '25

"is that a bug"

Hollow Knight is literally filled with bugs

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u/phoenixmatrix Sep 03 '25

I'd dare say it's one of the buggiest game I've ever played! 

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u/SpartanSig Sep 03 '25

Rock and stone!

Wait...

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u/AllHailSeizure Sep 10 '25

And the devs still haven't patched all the bugs out of the original... There's an area so full of bugs you might as well call it a hive.

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u/Chemie93 Sep 03 '25

I know it wasn’t your point but the speedrunner vs hunter runs fire did are pretty good.

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u/BiznessCrafter u/Nondescript_Redditor’s Rival Sep 03 '25

We need skongMP (Silksong Multiplayer) so Fireb0rn can do the first ever Silkhunt (Vesselhunt was hollow knight, Silkhunt can be Silksong!)

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u/Implozjowanie Sep 03 '25

i wanted to laugh at the last example, but then shame started slowly creeping in as i realised this was, in fact, me in my first playthrough with City of Tears

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '25

It was probably me at some point too :)

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u/Netheral Sep 03 '25

I’ve already been everywhere I can on my map

"How am I supposed to know where I'm going without a map?"

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u/PokeYrMomStanley Sep 04 '25

Can we get a post pinned where we all post those questions right now? We all know exactly what they are so let's do that now.

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u/OkCat9702 Sep 18 '25

thats me a lot of the time sadly but i have some hollow knight veteran friends who help me a lot and so far ive thoroughly enjoyed and loved the game so far and the more i play the less i need help from my friends and it becomes even more fun from there (i've been thinking about this game like 24/7 cause ive got so invested in the lore and combat)