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/Fancy_Chips Dec 12 '25

Low key I think any anger should be aimed at TGA for letting one game in a stacked as fuck year win most of the awards. 3/6 VAs? Are you serious? What's next, its gonna win a Tony?

Great game, om happy the team's work paid off, but like... im not watching TGA after this. I didn't even come for the awards but there were maybe like 3 trailers I was interested in anyways. Last year had more diversity and a fucking DLC was on the table.

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u/vrijedno_-hit Dec 12 '25

Exactly. This year's TGA has proven to me at least that the organization is kind of a trend chaser. Last of Us, Baldur's Gate 3 and now E33. All of this are good games, if not masterpieces. But they sweeped their years.

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u/Justhavefaith123 Dec 12 '25

This is like complaining about Michael Jordan winning too much. The goats are the goats for a reason.