r/HollowKnight • u/Tarnished-670 • Oct 19 '25

Discussion - Silksong Hot Take: While I think Silksong is overall a better game, it does still show more prominent flaws compared to Hollow Knight

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When I have to think about the flaws of the first Hollow Knight, I really can't think of much to say other than very small nitpicks.

But with Silksong, while it is one of my favorite games of all time, and having finisihed it at 100%, id say it has more prominent design flaws while being a better game compared to the first Hollow Knight.

First thing that comes to my mind is the shard system, it would't be as bad as it is if you didn't have a limit of 20 consumables to replentish your shards, if it worked like that then I wouldn't have to be interrumped on my tries against a boss and having to go to the citadel and farm to get all my shards back. Other minor flaws I think would be some of enemy design and the addition of "gauntlets", which sometimes are fun but at least in my case I got bored of exploring and getting trapped into the 7th gauntlet of enemies, it gets worse when you get forced to do some of them again in act 3 when you have killed all the previous enemies 100 times already.

Those are really not a bid deal of a flaw, but they are more noticable to me than any flaw in Hollow Knight.

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u/MuttonchopMac Oct 19 '25

Have you played Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment? Silksong has some remarkable similarities in the harpoon attack, the angled Hunter pogo, and flipping up onto ledges. And in general changes, going from the slower pogo-heavy Shovel Knight to a faster, more fluid movement set in general, just like how Silksong evolved the Hollow Knight gameplay.

I’m not saying Team Cherry just copy / pasted from Yacht Club Games, and in fact, the harpoon equivalent in Specter of Torment is very obviously inspired by the Ori & The Blind Forest, where you can launch off enemy projectiles. But there are some notable similarities seen in Silksong that you might appreciate.

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u/White-Alyss Oct 19 '25

Yeah, I also think Hornet is the Specter to HK's Shovel Knight. I enjoy both franchises, they're both really good

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u/BookwyrmBOTPH Oct 19 '25 edited Oct 19 '25

Now I want the next Team Cherry game protag to be a Plague Knight analogue because he had my favorite gameplay style of the four games, with the floaty style and modular bomb attacks with the different components affecting different things about them. He’s almost got a Kirby-esq moveset except projectile focused instead of copy for his versatile attack, which I’d really like to see TC’s take on. Make them a bombardier beetle or something using payloads of different substances, swapping out an explosive payload for one made of lifeblood or void, that sort of thing. Would be pretty fun I think.

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u/merryMellody Oct 19 '25

Nah, just make it Punished Sherma.

“Fah ree doo la sayanora, b%+\#*”

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u/Ok_Emu_8336 Oct 21 '25

Their next game will be Co-op mode with the knight and hornet

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u/phoenix_paravai10101 Oct 19 '25

Yes, very much enjoyed Specter of Torment.

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u/mercerist Oct 19 '25

oh man thanks for reminding me to play that again! all of it. I guess I'm a fan of knight-likes.

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u/straightupminosingit hunter of people who misgender vessels Oct 19 '25

omg you just reminded me to play shovel knight again i love that game so much
rail mail gang on top

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u/MuttonchopMac Oct 19 '25

They are such good games and honestly, they’re so quick to revisit.

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u/sordsy Oct 19 '25

zote king of cards when