Posted on: September 26, 2025

a_e_ther

Games: 6 Reviews: 1

Worth the wait

If, like me, you enjoyed Hollow Knight primarily for its ability to create an incredible atmosphere while exploring, you will also get that from Silksong. It is an absolute joy to slowly map out Pharloom, to meet its bugs and to find out exactly what is happening to the kingdom. Christopher Larkin absolutely brings it again (as if there was any doubt), the music is incredible and you will be going back to certain areas just to rest and listen like you did in Hallownest. Music is also an aspect of gameplay that is beautifully tied into finding secrets and storytelling. I disagree with the idea that Silksong is too hard or that enemies are overtuned. Especially given that one aspect of games like this is to essentially be an adversity overcoming simulator. But yes, the game can be very difficult in that much of the combat and platforming requires a lot of mechanical finesse. The enemies and environmental hazards both hit Hornet a lot harder than you might be expecting coming from Hollow Knight. However, in return you are given much greater freedom in the tools you can use for both combat and exploration, down to the way Hornet controls. I won't spoil any of the specific unlocks but the amount of options you are given is immense. You will most likely get stuck many times. You bash your head only to go back and sit on the bench to tinker with Hornets loadout. I get that that loop can push people away after a point but if you know that you are comfortable with that, then you will push through and probably really enjoy it. This is a special one and I'm glad that Team Cherry have stuck the landing after such a long build up.

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Posted on: September 5, 2025

DoctorCrompton

Verified owner

Games: 2 Reviews: 1

I love bugs

Thanks to GOG for not crashing like steam. This game is pure metroidvania souls like. Simple as. we all knew it would be and it is. A true sequel to hollow knight insofar as expanding the mechanics without feeling like a whole different game.

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Posted on: September 5, 2025

vyor

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Games: 204 Reviews: 2

Good, but flawed

The difficulty is a little harsh. 2 damage attacks from most mobs is very overtuned for what it is (even the environment often does 2 damage if you miss a platform). If Hornet had more HP it wouldn't be too bad, but I question the point of it when you could just have her with 3 masks and each hit doing 1 damage like the first game. The money system in the game is also a little too overly restricted, not enough mobs that drop it and the ones that do don't drop a lot of it. With how you can permanently lose it all, it's a problem that has its only solution being grinding which isn't exactly "fun" to do. The game itself is fun, but the flaws bring it down from a 5 star to a 4 star. Only buy and play if you're good at platformers until, and unless, they issue a patch to nerf the early game.

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Posted on: September 5, 2025

Analgeton

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Games: 11 Reviews: 1

Silksong Review

Much harder than Hollow Knight. learning curve is steepers, some enemies are unforgiving. Music is also more ambient than before.

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Posted on: September 8, 2025

roan.timothy_4199

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Games: 1 Reviews: 1

INCREDIBLE... however

I love Team Cherry, I hope they retire as the single most lauded indie game devs of all time. Silksong is a work of art with it's design, movement, combat, map design, enemy design, etc etc. It's all amazing. EXCEPT FOR EVERY BOSS DEALING TWO MASKS ON BASIC ATTACKS AND ON SIMPLE COLLISION. It's unbelievably aggravating for every single boss, with virtually every single attack AND every simple bump into the enemy hitbox - something I detest in any game - deals two masks of damage. Yes, every boss is possible under these circumstances, they have learnable patterns and such. But demanding near perfection to finish not just a final boss, or mainline boss but also a **SIDE** boss sucks the pace and fun out of the game. Literally 10's/20's of tries on simple bosses, and I'm really not a terrible player by any stretch. The best designed boss I've encoutered so far is the Widow; difficult, fast pace, punishing... BUT! She has clear windows of opportunity. Every death felt like it was my fault. She took me a couple dozen tries, and then once I learned her patterns, I was able to overcome the challenge. She also had attacks that hit for two masks AND for one mask. Every death gave me the sense that at least I could learn from the loss. The Chapel of the Beast boss is just awful. Nothing is predictable, the boss hits for two masks with absolutely every tackle AND collision, it spams a bunch of random enemies in that are never predictable, and very rarely do any deaths feel fair. I'm hopeful that these kinds of bosses are few and far between. I love a good challenge, but this feels like I'm fighting against the "game" and not against a character in the game. And it's awful to feel this way about a game that has had so much time and care put into it by the devs. TL:DR Double mask damage on every single boss on every single attack and collision are bad enough to ruin what might have been a flawless experience.

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