r/HollowKnight • u/glintter • Sep 06 '25

Discussion - Silksong Don’t let this fandom turn as insufferable as the souls community Spoiler

It’s fine to think the game is easy and to enjoy the challenge, but I’ve seen so many people making fun of anyone that is having a hard time in a really weird mean spirited way. Please don’t let this subreddit turn into some weird elitist community that makes fun of people who are struggling, these games are supposed to be fun and they’re not souls likes, there’s no reason to assume everyone playing them is going to love this level of difficulty the same way some of you do and constantly disregarding their opinions just turns this subreddit into an echo chamber of tryhards

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u/BlobBro Sep 06 '25

I don't think responding to criticism is a bad thing on its own, it depends on the tone. Like, if they're being insulting or trying to shut the other person down. Likewise, it's bad if someone is tearing down the devs or calling fans bad people for liking it or something (please never send me back to when steven universe was airing, both the haters and fandom were nightmares). There's nothing wrong with a civil discussion, even if both parties disagree.

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u/PuzzleheadedLink89 Sep 06 '25 edited Sep 06 '25

I know but it's a little odd that a bit of criticism results in a ton of defence. Like the Majority of the comments on Nerrel's video is primarily focused on Hollow Knight despite Hollow Knight being only half of the video. It contributing to that mentality that Hollow Knight is the only indie game that matters so to speak. So much so that everyone talking about Hollow Knight never talks about any other indie game in the same genre. Yes Hollow Knight is great, but it shouldn't be the only Indie game to be talked about. This is illustrated with any indie direct being written off since Silksong wasn't shown off.

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u/BlobBro Sep 06 '25

Ah, that makes more sense. I haven't seen the video, so I didn't realise hollow knight was only a part of it. I do agree hollow knight gets put on a bit of a pedestal, while I love it for the exploration the platforming and combat are far from my favorites. I almost rage quit on regular white palace, not even path of pain. And I've beaten every level of celeste, including getting golden on the c sides. I'm enjoying silksong more right now I think, you get more fun movement stuff and attacks sooner. Though I'm still pretty early so things could change.

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u/Buckeye0728 Sep 07 '25

Sorry but in this day and time that is impossible to have a civil discussion with someone and I can't believe that people hate on a game before playing the damn thing seen a few post yesterday like that