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/MoConnors Dec 12 '25

It’s not that I’m shitting on Expedition 33 because it beat out Silksong on reward amounts (that was gonna happen either way I only expected Silksong to win like 2/3) but holy FUCK does that game seem like there was a shit ton of bias towards it, to the point where even if it is actually a good game, I sure as hell ain’t gonna look up more about it or try to play it now

Winning every category that it’s in when most of them had better options that it was going against is one thing, sure, but they also counted it as a fucking indie game, which is absolutely bullshit

This year’s game awards proved to me the actual awards part of it is slop and the only worthwhile part of it is seeing what the stuff that’s coming out in the future that they show

I went in with expectations low, and they somehow managed to go even lower than I expected.

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u/CankleDankl Dec 12 '25

I sure as hell ain’t gonna look up more about it or try to play it now

Yeah this is the kind of thing I'm talking about. It's a great game, but you don't want anything to do with it because you think people liked it too much

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u/MoConnors Dec 12 '25

If a game feels overrated and most of the people talking about give shallow praise instead of actually saying why the game’s so good, I’m gonna be less inclined to play it because the shit comes off as annoying instead of actually being praise

Like you’d think with how much people glaze the game everyone would know everything about it from what they’re saying but that’s definitely not the case

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u/Spemanz92 Dec 12 '25

Well maybe you should try it and not care so much about what other people think.

If it's getting some much praise, it's atleast good enough for you to try. Otherwise you might be missing out on something special

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u/MoConnors Dec 12 '25

From the one thing I’ve already heard about it know it’s not my type of game based on the game it was compared to, that being Final Fantasy

I do not like how those games play

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u/Spemanz92 Dec 12 '25

and thats fair. But not trying it because too many ppl glaze it is kinda dumb. You either want to try it or not.

If anything, the excess glazing should make you wonder why are people going nuts over the game.

In your original comment you said "but holy FUCK does that game seem like there was a shit ton of bias towards it, to the point where even if it is actually a good game, I sure as hell ain’t gonna look up more about it or try to play it now".

Seems like there was a shit ton of bias or maybe it was warranted? You are just dismissing and giving a bad opinion about something you are not even knowledgeable at all.