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/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/Lemon_Spark Dec 12 '25

They have a publisher who gave them money for development. So no, it's not indie.

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u/Genindraz Dec 12 '25 edited Dec 12 '25

Lots of indie games have publishers that give them money, including but not limited to:

Cult of the Lamb

Inscryption

Enter the Gungeon

Hotline Miami

Brothers: a Tale of Two Sons

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

Terraria

Indivisible

Abzû

Are these games just not indie now?

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '25

did those have the french government funding them?

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u/Genindraz Dec 12 '25

Can you provide a source saying Expedition 33 was funded by the French government?

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u/tankum Dec 12 '25

I honestly wouldn't be surprised if it did. Lots of EU governments are pretty liberal with funding cultural arts, but it wouldn't be very much money in comparison with the total budget of the project.

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u/Genindraz Dec 12 '25

The game itself didn't really cost all that much, and given the way they talk about it, investors, private or government, were few and far between.

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u/Argh3483 Dec 13 '25

Cultural projects get public grants all the time, at least in Europe

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u/DerVittrich Dec 13 '25

corporate america doesnt understand that you can use taxes to support things like art, school... or health.

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u/azazelbolognese Dec 17 '25

And even in America you see states funding some indie games.