Posted on: September 22, 2025
thec0re3
Verified ownerGames: 223 Reviews: 5
I want to love Silk Song but....
As someone who finished Hollow night and thoroughly enjoyed my play through of the game, there was no question that I was going to buy Silk Song which was right on time for me in terms of having a new game to play. In terms of the presentation, Silk Song looks amazing. You definitely get a sense of nostalgia from the first game but you can certainly tell things aren’t the same. The new enemies in the game all have a unique look and play style to them and once again Team Cherry has out done themselves with the art design and animations. The music has been incredible and I especially have enjoyed the sound tracks from the boss and enemy group battles. I’ve enjoyed the story and NPC interactions thus far and have no complaints here as they’ve always done a great job on this. The controls feel good gameplay wise. During boss battles especially, I was astonished by the fact I was avoiding peril without even an after thought. I will admit I still have a bit of trouble with using additional items and other power ups still the controls feel very intuitive none the less. With all that being said, I feel like Silk Song just does not respect my time…at all. It’s been a while since I played, Hollow Knight so I don’t quite remember the currency but I believe things are pretty much the same. If you die, you lose your currency and have to retrieve it similar to Dark Souls. Obviously, if you die again, you can potentially lose hours of collected currency and in the earlier stages of the game this happened to me and I didn’t particularly appreciate it. You certainly start to engage in hoarding your currency for obvious reasons(that’s if you survive with it) as the option is available but I just feel it wastes time in the long run and keeps you from getting things you potentially need to move forward. This game is also a lot more challenging than the first. Apparently they’ve turned down the difficulty a bit but I honestly can’t tell. Currently, I’m in act two and I’m having a hell of a time at the moment trying to move forward. There is one fight in particular with a hoard of enemies that just does not end, and I for the life of me just can’t understand why it has to be this difficult! It definitely took the wind out of my sails for sure. Couple that with having to go back to the rest point every time you die from a boss instead of their being an option to just continue fighting and the frustration just mounts to the point I’ve thought it might be time to take a break or give up on finishing this game entirely. I really do want to fully enjoy Silk Song. It’s a Metroidvania after all, and the feeling of exploration is just as wonderful as it was in the previous game but I’m just not jiving with the difficulty. I don’t mind a challenge but I do care about the length of time that a challenge can take especially when I have so little time to enjoy said challenge.
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