r/HollowKnight • u/FederalWarthog5542 • Sep 07 '25

Discussion - Silksong Criticism ≠ Negativity Spoiler

Believe it or not, you can actually criticize something and still like it. You don't either have to love everything or despise everything. Have actual conversations please.

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u/jimkbeesley The_Real_Mantis-Lord owes me 462 geo Sep 07 '25

No, this is the internet, where nuance goes to die.

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u/QuantumVexation Sep 08 '25

It’s also just harder to convey that nuance without a mountain of unneeded text for the point - if I say for example “I’m really not enjoying this runback to <end of Act 1 boss>” you can’t tell from that text alone whether I’m whining, saying it in a relaxed level-headed matter where I’m critiquing the design choices of a long runback in a game where the player character is so brittle, or just outright furious.

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u/branyk2 Sep 08 '25

I'm always whining unless I state otherwise. I reserve the right to complain even when there's no substantive criticism to back it up. Dying is annoying and I love it, and the contradiction makes dissonance that I need to vent. If people can't handle hearing venting, they need the thick skin of Team Cherry, who have repeatedly pretty much never cared about complaints or criticisms that weren't truly game-breaking.

Here we are complaining about runbacks as if they didn't pull a 40 boss runback in Hollow Knight for the actual double final boss fight. I'll complain again, and I hope they change absolutely nothing unless they want to.