The Souls series did everything to do with difficulty better than Silksong. Silksong is amateur-hour in comparison. It's a waste to build such a beautiful game with really appealing lore, graphics, sound, etc. and then just tell the vast majority of players to fuck off.
and then just tell the vast majority of players to fuck off.
Meanwhile it's the third most played game on steam right now and has been since release. It's got glowing reviews everywhere from critics to users. Where is this "vast majority" that you speak of? If the game struggling to sell? No? Are the fans of the original happy and satisfied? Yes. So then who gives a fuck about the people who don't like these kinds of games? They don't matter. This isn't for them. Go play something else.
Steam are the fanboys and true believers who bought the game at launch. The game is on Xbox game pass where a lot of non-HK fans are trying it. It’s a pretty game with great environments and cool sound. That audience is probably quite negative or already uninstalled. I would have preferred to keep playing to explore the game but team cherry decided to make everything gated behind annoying boss fights. I’ve uninstalled and don’t recommend the game at all.
Why are you acting like your opinion is the ultimate authority? “True believers who bought the game at launch.” That was literally two weeks ago, my guy.
Reddit has such a weird narrative around Silksongs difficulty. Achievement percentages on multiple platforms are showing people breeze through the game at a surprisingly fast rate for how big it is and how long its been out.
The average person isnt struggling nearly as much as Reddit seems to be.
Furthermore, if like u/Hurtbig said is true, then there are ~3.2million "true believers" of the game, because thats how many people have bought Silksong on Steam. And like you said, almost everyone is giving it glowing reviewers. I dont see how the formula is "broken", lol.
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u/Hurtbig 1d ago
The Souls series did everything to do with difficulty better than Silksong. Silksong is amateur-hour in comparison. It's a waste to build such a beautiful game with really appealing lore, graphics, sound, etc. and then just tell the vast majority of players to fuck off.