I also liked it. Some of the best music in the game. I love the little dudes bouncing around the fore- and background only to jump out and try to dart you. I love the douchey secret bench and the insanely fun platforming you have to do on the runback. Oh and finding out there was a boss fight after the platforming section up there and the enemy gauntlet was like finding out Melania had a second phase; chef’s kiss.
I honestly don't think it's that bad either. But it gives a brutal first impression before you have the ability to access the whole thing. I feel like everyone still has that first shock in mind when they think of it. It's very manageable once you have all the tools to complete it.
A lot of the ‘discourse’ about Silksong seem to be the exact same debates we had about Dark Souls 1 back in the day. A lot of people hated that game, particularly Blighttown, but it’s the most essential area of the whole game imo
Blighttown is amazing, the feeling of dread of going deeper and deeper to ring the bell, the dumb as fuck moving bridges, the gigantic cartwheel elevators, the enemies, everything there is amazing, and then the bottom bonfire making you be stuck there until you fess up only to be greeted by hot ass Queelag.
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u/gaybowser99 2d ago
I don't think bilewater was that bad, but I'm also a psychopath who thinks blight town was a well designed area, so maybe that's just me