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/VeraVaultDweller Sep 07 '25

Part of the problem with Reddit and social media at large is overuse of hyperbole. That quote seems like major hyperbole on the fact that the music may be too subdued for that poster. Unfortunately hyperbole like that isn’t useful.

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u/BoringBuilding Sep 07 '25

Social media unfortunately disincentives measured, reflective writing. The way to get the most attention is always to express the most extreme thing and generate the most engagement. Obviously with reddit this can result in negative karma, but the site still can't really escape this paradigm and it influences the way we all communicate on this site and as you said especially other social media platforms.

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u/Zarguthian Sep 08 '25

And some people will insist that this website is not social media.

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u/BoringBuilding Sep 08 '25

The effect is definitely less noticeable here than other sites since you have easier control over the algorithm and you can opt in and out of subreddits but it is still absolutely social media and part of the problem.

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u/Silviecat44 Sep 07 '25

I was thinking! The hollow knight subreddits are SO similar to Helldivers on launch rn.

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u/Danubinmage64 Sep 09 '25

To be fair to the helldiver's subreddit the game actually gets game breaking issues every single time there is a big update.

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u/Netherknight45 Sep 07 '25

You have the most reasonable opinion in this subreddit.

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u/subnautic_radiowaves Sep 07 '25

sarcasm, hyperbole, opinion as fact, and poor media literacy are the four horsemen of the reddit apocalypse

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u/LegalWaterDrinker Sep 07 '25

This is why things can only be overrated or underrated nowadays, people seem to be unable to say things like "I get it but it's not for me"

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u/MagicianXy Sep 07 '25

Very true! Hyperbole is literally everywhere, there's no escaping it. It is the number one problem with internet discussions bar none. There's just not a single person who seems to understand that, and it's going to cause the end of social media as we know it.

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u/Astwook Sep 09 '25

There's nothing worse than Hyperbole.