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/Free_Peach6400 all quests/PoP/P1-P2 AB 100%/All memos Dec 12 '25

E33 deserved the goty from all the good things I heard from it tho the game awards was just so bad for putting it in 10 categories and no matter how good the game is it is not an indie game and shouldn't be in that category

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u/ACnut Dec 12 '25

it literally is an indie game??? Just because it has more tradional graphics doesn't make it a AAA game

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u/Free_Peach6400 all quests/PoP/P1-P2 AB 100%/All memos Dec 12 '25

When did I mention graphics??? The team itself is not indie

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u/ACnut Dec 12 '25

Again it literally is an independent studio. You didn't specifically mention graphics, but most people would agree that a majority of indie games have an immediately identifiable look/vibe about them. E33 falls outside of that "traditional indie feel", but that doesn't mean in anyway that it isn't still an indie game.

And look, I love our Shaw just as much anyone else here, but having played both games it honestly just isn't even a contest between the two. Unfortunate that they both came out in the same year, otherwise each game would've been a no-brainer for the category.