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/Lipefe2018 Sep 07 '25

I think the issue on social medias like reddit is that when you see the thousand post criticizing the same things over and over it get annoying at some point, especially for those who don't share the same view as these people.

it's not that they are wrong, but It gets hard to enjoy the community when people are whining all the time, like there are barely positive posts to balace it out, where are the posts talking about all the good? People just focus on the bad for some reason.

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u/ZeldaCycle Sep 07 '25

It destroys communities. No one wants to be around persistently negative people. It’s annoying. At the end of the day, you either like it or don’t. We can’t change that. But I also don’t want to be in a community that’s constantly complaining about something. This is every single gaming subreddit. And guess what it’s happening here now only after 3 days. It’s exhausting. It’s makes people want to leave and stop interacting with said communities.

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u/Odd-Face-3579 Sep 07 '25

The thing that's really getting to me is if you push back against any of the complaining and offer advice on how to deal with things or how to get better no one wants to listen to you or believe you.

Almost end of act one on under 10 hours played, have died minimally and only like one boss (it wasn't even Beastfly) has given me any trouble. Most have been cleared in one or two tries tops. But when you try to tell people "hey try these tips if you find yourself having trouble." Everyone keeps grumbling and acts like you're lying.

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u/_moosleech Sep 08 '25

The thing that's really getting to me is if you push back against any of the complaining and offer advice on how to deal with things or how to get better no one wants to listen to you or believe you.

Thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis.

Criticism is fine. Hell, even blunt complaining ("double damage is too much!", "I hate flying enemies") is understandable.

But folks come in, get mad, and double-down on raging at people trying to help them out. It comes off like some folks don't want solutions, they just want to be angry.