Edited on: October 12, 2025
Posted on: September 14, 2025
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Hollow Knight's Legacy Is Here
The first version of this review was done after 20+ hours of playtime. Now, I've finished the whole game (100%), it took me over 70 hours and I can update the review. The rating 5/5 stays the same, and most of the previous comments are left unchanged. The game lives up to its predecessor. It has amazing world-building, atmosphere, fights, and platforming sequences — one of the best metroidvanias ever. It doesn't change much in the original formula, so it inherits some drawbacks of the Hollow Knight — high difficulty, sparse checkpoints/travel points leading to lots of backtracking, and going over and over the same platforming sequence to reach a demanding boss. Now, there are three things making the game different: 1) The game feels a bit like a DLC — the game expects the player to know how to play Hollow Knight. The difficulty of the first part of the game corresponds roughly to the second hal of the HK. It is a bold decision of the developers — for the HK veterans, it means the game is engaging right from the start, but for the new players, the game may seem over-difficult. 2) The fights are much more acrobatic/diverse — the common enemies have a very wide palette of moves, and even a simple fight becomes interesting. One has to learn their weak points and exploit the surroundings. The hero has access to various tools, and they are vital to win the fights quickly — you cannot just spam a single attack and expect an easy win. It may look too difficult in the beginning, but as soon as you learn the enemy, it's very satisfying, and IMHO better than in the HK. The bosses of similar quality as in HK. 3) There are quests ("wishes") making the world much more alive than the HK. If the HK world were post-apocalyptic, the Silksong seems to be about preventing the apocalypse and saving the spare sane inhabitants of the world. There is more interaction with NPCs and a more dynamically changing environment. It's another plus. 4) The platformin sections are more engaging than in the HK — there are more of them and while none is as difficult as the famous Path of Pain, they are still very challenging. To sum up, play the game and revel in its glory, but first play master the Hollow Knight — otherwise it may be a tough experience :)
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