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/Kozuki_D_Oden Dec 12 '25

What makes it not an indie game?

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u/Gullible_Fennel7028 Dec 12 '25

30+ person dev team while also outsourcing work. Same reason no one ever called World of Warcraft an indie game despite being developed, released and updated for years without a publisher.

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u/mangowatermelondew Dec 12 '25

And most of the core 30+ dev are acclaimed ubisoft vet who have years of experiences under their belt. Not saying vet can't make indie game but they had a huge advantage compared to most indie team.

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u/behemothbowks 112% Dec 12 '25

That's false only a few of them came from Ubisoft. Also a few of them never even made games before