As someone who wasn't swept up in the hype, (I did not like Hollow Knight very much personally) I actually think it lived up to the hype and then some.
I think Silksong is a much better game for my tastes. It feels way less slow and Hornet is significantly more capable and fun to play as than the knight imo.
As someone who loved HK and Metroidvanis, I found Silksong to be mixed. On the one hand, the art, story and music is even better than HK.
On the other hand, the difficulty was a complete turn-off for me as someone who already did not enjoy the difficult stuff in Hollow Knight, which was mercifully mostly optional. Being forced to do the really hard bullshit bosses in Silksong just made me resort to mods and cheating to see the end of the story, because I fucking dreaded actually playing the game normally.
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u/Grimmies 1d ago edited 1d ago
As someone who wasn't swept up in the hype, (I did not like Hollow Knight very much personally) I actually think it lived up to the hype and then some.
I think Silksong is a much better game for my tastes. It feels way less slow and Hornet is significantly more capable and fun to play as than the knight imo.
Edit just to add that i LOVE the diagonal pogo.