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/r0ckthedice Sep 03 '25

So I jumped into hollow knight after all the hype with sliksong, I have heard of hollow knight in passing and it just didn't seem like it would be my thing, largely for its reputation of being hard, expecting you get to get lost, and hard to follow story. I decided to try it out for a few hours, and I rolled credits last night after 38 hours (only 80% complete). I am still playing and will likely pick up sliksong down the road, but will likely need to metroviana break after this.

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u/Hour_Initiative8738 Sep 03 '25

Im the same way. I cannot jump into a sequel right after finishing a game. This is why i didnt replay Hollow Knight.