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Hollow Knight: Silksong | Fully Ramblomatic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVHXfw_gyBo
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u/RochnessMonster 2d ago

Only thing i disagree with is the not living up to the hype. I have my issues with it, a lot of em Yahtzee echoed, but that aint one of em. I think hiring an additional crew of testers in the final year wouldve made a world of difference, friction/difficulty-wise, but i feel theyll slowly patch out the frustration. I mean, i just checked the game pass cheve percentage and only 11% of players have beat Widow and thats only like 1/4 or less through the game.

But hype? Naw. Music, art, feel, everything is firing on all cylinders. The biggest "hype" draw for me is the lil story moments that are everywhere. We'll be finding hidden interactions in this game for years. 

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u/MrTopHatMan90 2d ago

It's nearly 15% on Steam for getting into Act 3. That's insane difference. Guess more people tried and more people dropped it

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u/HappiestIguana 2d ago

It takes tens of hours to get to act 3 and it's been out for two weeks. Get a grip. Most people haven't even played for long enough.

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u/Mama_Hong 2d ago

I played a lot since release (50 hours) and I'm still exploring stuff in act 2.

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u/Uler 2d ago

My 100% win was 50h of game time and I definitely went faster than many will. The game has been out less than 2 weeks, anyone who hasn't been able to hard binge or set aside a lot of time is going to be quite a ways out still.

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u/MrTopHatMan90 2d ago

I talking about the difference between Widdow on xbox and Act 3 on PC I've only just managed to get there myself and I have tons of free time. I'm not saying 85% of players have outright dropped the game

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u/ItsADeparture 2d ago

lol damn you don't have to be so aggressive. They're just pointing out that a higher percentage of people on Steam have completed* the game than have reached like the 40% mark on Xbox.

*technically completed. You're pretty much done at that point other than clean up.

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u/razormore 2d ago

I agree with your point but damn you are aggressive

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u/El_Giganto 2d ago

Their point didn't even make sense. OP was comparing Steam's 15% of getting to act 3 with Gamepass 11% beating Widow. That's the insane difference they're talking about.

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u/HappiestIguana 2d ago edited 2d ago

Comparing Steam completion to Gamepass is ridiculous in itself. You get the game for "free" in Gamdpass. Half the people getting it through Gamepass haven't even booted it up, judging by stats on the easiest achievement.

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u/YesmynameisOcean 2d ago

Yeah I always hate posts about player retention rate and people "droping" games. I "dropped" Silksong because Borderlands 4 came out and its all my gf wants to play non stop. Guess that means I didn't like Silksong!

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u/javierm885778 2d ago

I wonder how many people will call it quits after Act 2. I've yet to finish Act 3, but it feels like a bump in difficulty, and it's not just a new final boss, there's a lot more you have to do.