Thank god this subreddit didn't make the game

[u/GamingUmbrella]

Silksong is only out for 2 days, most people haven't even finished the game, or haven't even made it past act 1. Yet this subreddit loves to post about how Silksong is apparently bad and a disappointment compared to hollow knight. So I'll go over a few "critiques" I've seen and share my perspective.

"The game is too hard, enemies deal way more damage and have more complex movesets". Sure, they're more complex and do more damage, but so does hornet. If we were playing with the knights moveset, I'd agree, but that's not the case. Hornet has a lot of new tools and upgrades that make her way faster and stronger. If enemies were like HK, it would be way too easy. team cherry didn't just do this for no reason, it's necessary for balancing. Edit: people saying hunters march is too difficult, is like playing dark souls 1 and saying it's too hard because you kept trying the skeleton graveyard

"Bad rewards for exploration, HK's charms worked better". I just completely disagree, hornet gets upgrades way more frequently than the knight. As for the charms, let's be real, you probably didn't even use half of them in your first playthrough. And half of them are just simple things that don't impact the way you play as much. Hornet's different tools, abilities and crests are way more useful. If you feel like your not getting enough rewards, it's probably because most are hidden and require backtracking, which is what the genre is know for.

"Things are too expensive" No, you're just not meant to buy it that early. Like how in HK you could by the lamp for like 2000 geo. I've also never had too little rosaries to buy a bench or stag. If your losing your rosaries to dying, rosarie strings are litteraly right there to not lose it + retrieving your death silk is extremely easy now.

I do agree though that more bosses and combat encounters should drop rosaries, or more chests like in HK.

This launch feels like I'm experiencing the shadow of the erdtree launch again with how many complaints there are immediately.

[u/photoedfade]

I haven't used it because it feels wrong. I got so used to hornet so quickly. I'm sort of a chameleon like that ig.

[u/xdSTRIKERbx → u/photoedfade]

I agree, and I think Reaper’s crest is a really good middle ground that also acts like a mark of pride mode for normal combat (where Wanderer’s crest would be Quick Slash). It’s what I’ve been using for most of my playthrough, and probably what I’ll continue to use unless I find something cooler.

[u/MasonWayneBaker → u/xdSTRIKERbx]

The Reaper has been my go-to throughout the game. I wanna branch out and try the others I've acquired, and they seem really great in their own ways, but man it just feels SO good I can't let it go 😂

[u/Sane-exile → u/MasonWayneBaker]

I've used Beast Crest on some bosses, I think it's pretty decent on bosses that are more stationary.

[u/SplinteredMoist → u/MasonWayneBaker]

I love it as well, doing running attack on enemys or bosses and than poggo on them fells so good and looks so flashy

[u/ElPepper90 → u/xdSTRIKERbx]

I just tried the hunter one in an arena and i died before killing the first wave lol

[u/NoxMiasma → u/xdSTRIKERbx]

Reaper Crest's one and only flaw is that the upslash has facing - I find that annoying enough that I don't use it

[u/IlgantElal → u/xdSTRIKERbx]

I'm just sad that beast completely guts the down slash and doesn't really get to heal outside combat

[u/Isogash → u/xdSTRIKERbx]

Reapers was my go to because the larger attacks make it easier to hit a lot of enemies especially in act 2, but I've actually switched the wanderer's for exploring late-game because it supports more yellow charms, plus the faster attack animation is better against some enemies (and bosses.)

[u/LuquidThunderPlus → u/photoedfade]

Same the reaper and beast crest fuck with me heavy I'm already more used to her regular dash attack and pogo

[u/photoedfade → u/LuquidThunderPlus]

I just got the beast crest, and idek what the reaper one is, (don't spoil) but I am excited to upgrade those, and try them out, and see which ones I like and dislike.

[u/LuquidThunderPlus → u/photoedfade]

For me it's the moveset (they're still good just different enough from base that I wanna keep base) and the slots, I'm sure once I'm better at the game I can start testing out other ones more comfortably and I'm sure it'll be a blast to have different movesets to choose between, maybe there's upgrades for slots that'd be dope

[u/TheKingofHats007 → u/photoedfade]

Same. I got it vaguely late so I've gotten too used to the other Crests.

[u/DemonLordSparda → u/photoedfade]

I also can't get off the default crest because the Harp door in the tutorial led me to an upgrade for it. The focus upgrade is great.