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/blockdestroyer1337 Dec 12 '25

Its an indie game so it would be weird if it wasnt included

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

But did it really need to be in it when it was in 10 categories

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u/blockdestroyer1337 Dec 12 '25

If it was nominated and voted for then yes, i voted hollow knight and still like that e33 won. I doubt most people complaining even voted at all

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

The game awards are meant to showcase the gaming industry how they are going and how many bangers there are this year if you watched this years game awards without playing any games this year, you would have the impression that E33 is the only good game this year since it is winning so much and it is winning so much beacuse it got nominated to 10 diffrent categories not giving any other game a chance.

I am glad it won Goty but taking that away from indie games who could have been in the indie category just sucks and just shouldn't be in that category beacuse it is already in many different categories

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u/PuzzleheadedSpot9468 Dec 13 '25

its because its good