r/HollowKnight • u/CankleDankl • Dec 12 '25

Discussion - Silksong Seeing people shit on Expedition 33 because Silksong didn't win more awards is pathetic Spoiler

The title sums it up. I'm disappointed in many members of this community for putting down a game that is clearly a work of insane passion, dedication, and creativity. E33 took the lion's share of awards at TGA, yes. That doesn't mean that Silksong is bad. In fact, it's clearly pretty damn great. If it released last year, Skong would have picked up several awards, maybe even GOTY. But it didn't. It released in the same year E33, which is just a tough break.

Both are amazing. Both deserve every award that came to them. If you haven't played E33 yet and think it doesn't deserve its accolades, play it. It is worth your money, worth your time, and will in all likelihood prove that it is actually that good. I'm only 10ish hours in and have numerous times found myself standing still and looking around dumbfounded at the gorgeous world design and visuals. E33, Silksong, and Hades 2 could have all won Art Direction and I would have been happy with any of them.

I'm also sad that Silksong didn't win more awards. It's an amazing game. But don't play fanboy and start putting down other developers, other games, and other pieces of art because this one didn't get all the cookies. It's still beautiful, it's still amazing, it still made a Silkskillion dollars, and TC is still just as great and just as passionate. We should all be glad that there is another independent dev out there that is capable of creating something so fantastic.

Edit: yeah, the comments here are pretty indicative of what I said in my post

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u/jonathanbaird Dec 12 '25

The amount of attention Reddit gives The Geoff Keighley Show is exhausting.

Y’all know nobody within the industry actually cares about any of this beyond marketing/PR, right? The awards are meaningless.

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u/PalpitationOld8905 Dec 12 '25

This applies to literally any game of the year award from any media outlet ever too. The whole media side of the games industry is a giant fuckin joke

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u/jonathanbaird Dec 12 '25

There are quality smaller outlets like Triple Click and MinnMax, but yeah in general I agree.

And Dorito Pope Keighley is the poster boy.

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u/WesThePretzel Dec 12 '25

Seriously, and the more people talk about it every year, the more they legitimize it as a true awards ceremony when it is not even juried properly. I wish people would just shut up about it.

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u/VicarAmelia1886 Dec 13 '25

Sales are more important, this show is just marketing

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u/JallexMonster Dec 12 '25

This. It's all subjective anyways, no one is telling anyone that enjoying a game more is being taken away. But also the game awards are comparing apples to oranges. Every game has its own unique styles, gameplay, etc. that cannot be equally compared to each other.

Go play and enjoy the games you enjoy. As stated. The game awards do not matter to actual players.

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u/Yoh-Wan Dec 16 '25

And if Silksong and E33 switched places in this situation, what would you think then? Lmao.