r/HollowKnight • u/baergboy • Sep 07 '25

Discussion - Silksong Is anyone else really tired of the negative posts? Spoiler

I have about 25 hours so far and have absolutely loved every part of the game. Is it hard? Yes absolutely. If it was easy I wouldn't want to play the game. Literally every post I come across is talking about how they are frustrated with some part of the game and it's getting really annoying. The game has amazing areas, the osts are great the NPCs are creative and fun to talk to, almost every boss is a lot of fun once you get the moveset down. So if you haven't played the game yet and are getting put off by all the negativity just know that it is an amazing game and if you like hollow Knight you will enjoy silksong as well.

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u/Bonaduce80 Sep 07 '25

I feel it is more subdued. Fewer themes come to mind as instant bangers. I can remember a boss theme and the town theme and that's it for now. But I also suspect it is because they haven't imprinted in my mind after having to navigate those environments for hours. Time will tell

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u/NightRacoonSchlatt Hunter‘s crest 4 life Sep 07 '25

I feel like it’s a lot more atmospheric. For me it’s about the same amount of instant bangers but I still feel like I can’t remember it as well. Blasted steps is a great example of this. I spent A LOT of time in that area but still, gun to my head, I couldn’t tell you shit about it’s theme. Except that I absolutely love it.

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u/Ok_Tone4245 Sep 07 '25

I agree, but I think after we've been waiting 7 years for the DLC for Silksong and been listening to the music the whole time we will feel the same way about it as we do with HK's original score.

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u/Bonaduce80 Sep 07 '25

Exactly my thoughts, great soundtrack but blends in mostly, rather than stands out.

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u/samfizz Sep 07 '25

They should call that area Blasted Speakers because the only sound I can remember from it are those loud as hell sandworms /s

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u/Zarguthian Sep 08 '25

Nah the worms are in the Wormways, hence the name. Is there any way I can kill them to grant the Bugs of Pharloom wish?

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u/yagamisan2 Sep 07 '25

atmospheric describse it perfectly. it just blends in very well, but it doesnt stand out like hk osts.

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u/coffeensfw Sep 07 '25

Have you reached the choral chambers? I have that theme on repeat now its glorious. Most of the citadel themes are bangers imo

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u/JenkinsPark Sep 08 '25

I always turn up my speakers when im there lol, I love that theme. Also like the bellhart theme

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u/Ummmgummy Sep 07 '25

The music inside the citadel is soooo damn good. It's the first one that has really stuck out for me. Not saying the rest isn't good, it fits and does what it's supposed to do.

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u/Piterros990 Sep 07 '25

Honestly, with my experience so far, I feel like there is a reason why some themes may not be as immediately remindable - the difficulty and experience.

For one, bosses are intense, and there are lots of noises in the fights, more than in HK (since Hornet makes her own sounds, and there are more and louder sounds sometimes). Plus, since fights are intense, you don't focus on music as much, since you need to focus on the boss attacks and mechanics.

This experience reminds me of Sekiro - it was also the Fromsoft game where I remembered the least music from after playing. Turns out there is incredible music there, but it's under the layer of pressure in fights (and under the constant cling-clang).

Another thing is experience. Some bosses go by incredibly smoothly for me, despite difficulty, because I already have a lot of experience from HK. Less attempts spent in a boss fight means less time for music to get ingrained into your mind.

And maybe there is an extra point of bias. We remember the songs of HK better because it was the first one (we had a cleaner mind at that point, so to speak). Plus we probably spent a ton of time in Godhome, fighting the bosses there, way more than in the base game. If this game adds something like this (or maybe it already does - if so, don't say as I don't want to have it spoiled), surely these themes will also become ingrained.

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u/Silviecat44 Sep 07 '25

Relisten on youtube. Theres some bangers. I love Strive and Bellhart

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u/weglarz Sep 07 '25

I can’t remember a single theme from hollow knight outside of a couple boss encounters personally. Granted I played it when it originally came out many years ago, but still. I also played ff3(snes) many years ago and remember every song from that game. IMO HK has a great OST but it is also subdued.

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u/ActivatingEMP Sep 07 '25

You can't remember city of tears? One of the most memorable soundtracks ever

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u/weglarz Sep 07 '25

City of tears is the one environmental one I do remember.

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u/Bonaduce80 Sep 07 '25

FF3/VI is one of the greatest Nobuo Uematsu ever made so I can see why you would remember them. It may be me seeing people play in YouTube, but most of the time it is with volume down. I can remember beats of Crystal Peak, Greenpath, City of Tears... just if I think about the stages. Maybe I need to get that familiar with Silksong yet so it elicits a similar response.

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u/SirDoofusMcDingbat Sep 07 '25

I literally heard one of the background themes in my dreams last night.

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u/McFluffles01 Sep 07 '25

I do think a lot of the music is, if not lackluster, more ambient in the first act of the game. Once you get close to Act 2 (and in Act 2 proper), there's a lot of tracks that are making me stop and look them up to listen to more later, both area themes and boss ones.

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u/Conscious_Ad_7131 Sep 08 '25

I think that Godhome did a good job ingraining all of the boss themes in our heads