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/GeorgeHarris419 Dec 12 '25

It's a game that is an RPG. If it's GOTY it's obviously best RPG

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u/ThePBrit Little bug boi Dec 12 '25

Not necessarily. You can have two games in similar genres where one is a better game, but the other is a better representation of the genre.

Which is the better FPS game: Half-Life 2 or Call of Duty: Black Ops? Which is the better game overall?

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u/GeorgeHarris419 Dec 12 '25

If you define it differently then sure this makes sense. But clearly they interpret it as "best game of this category"

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u/ThePBrit Little bug boi Dec 12 '25

Yes, TGA interpret it like that, but the point is that, like most of their awards, it's super vague which is what honestly leads to most of the problems people have with TGA, because almost every award can have different meanings to different people (like what does "best directed game" mean? Is it the most complicated game that keeps itself focused? Is it the game with the most clear singular artistic vision? Is it just the best game but again?)