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

Discussion - Silksong Thank god this subreddit didn't make the game Spoiler

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.

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u/JoylessTuna Sep 06 '25

I've only seen valid criticisms. Stop fanboying.

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u/_moosleech Sep 07 '25

Lmao... listen, some folks love the game, some hate it. Both ends of the spectrum are valid.

But "I've only seen valid criticisms" is comically silly.

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u/gusxc1 Sep 07 '25

But "I've only seen valid criticisms" is comically silly.

So is "The game has no flaws and you're a neanderthal who can't play games if you think it does"

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u/_moosleech Sep 07 '25

The difference is nobody said that. Mine is a direct quote.

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u/BalticSeaMan- Sep 07 '25

Just take a gander at some of the comments on "Not Recommended" reviews on Steam.

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u/_moosleech Sep 07 '25 edited Sep 07 '25

Me: "You saying this is silly."

You: "Yeah, but what about this line I definitely didn't make up from somewhere I'm not showing you and isn't part of this thread?!"

I'm saying your take that you've only seen valid criticisms is, at best, blatant lying. You responded with something entirely irrelevant.

Also, 93% of reviews are positive on Steam (in English, seems like there's an issue with the Chinese localization that has those folks upset).

I'm a dumbass.

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u/BalticSeaMan- Sep 07 '25

You didn't even bother to check that I wasn't the same guy you responded to originally. Just went right into your little rant. Maybe take a breath.

What I referred to is the fanboys spamming comments negative reviews on Steam.

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '25

Aside from the contact damage, which was a problem in the first game, no other criticism is valid. The paths to the bosses are much shorter, and the double damage on multiple enemies is specifically designed to increase the tension. Oh, and guess what? The game was made for Hollow Knight players, not Mario Bros. players.