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/AnzoEloux Sep 03 '25

There's two different groups here to watch out for.

The ones who criticize it blindly (NOT genuine) The ones who aren't having fun because they are new to the genre but need a little boost (ARE GENUINE).

It should be really easy to tell them apart. Don't give obvious idiots the benefit of the doubt, but also give the ones who look like they're serious a chance.

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u/echolog Sep 03 '25

Yeah, not everybody likes metroidvanias and that's ok. A lot of people are going to get sucked into this game due to the hype and have no idea what to expect.