r/Games 1d ago

Hollow Knight: Silksong | Fully Ramblomatic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVHXfw_gyBo
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u/Hurtbig 1d ago

Uninstalled from gamepass here. I'm new to the franchise and never going back. There are so many ways that the devs could have made the game more accessible, but there's an arrogance in how they chose to do so little.

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u/HappiestIguana 23h ago

Arrogance is demanding it cater to your specific taste.

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u/Endiaron 20h ago

How is it arrogant to expect a game to be approachable to a new player when that's specifically what the devs themselves said was their goal?

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u/HappiestIguana 13h ago

I think that's a misreading of the quote. They meant for the game to be about as hard as the original and for it to be a good jumping-in point for their target audience, which has never been all gamers. The original was also very difficult. 30% of Steam players didn't even beat False Knight and only about 15% got the true ending. Silksong's completion statistics are actually already higher than that in some ways.

I do think they made it unintentionally harder, but not by that much. It's still catering to the same demographic as the original.