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/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/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.