Posted on: September 14, 2025
ceceron
Verified ownerGames: 523 Reviews: 14
Hollow Knight's Legacy Is Here
So… After 20+ hours of playtime, I can pretty surely say the game lives up to its predecessor. As such, 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 later parts 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. For me (playing the HK twice before), it is a positive, but others may feel different… 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. 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. To sum up, play the game and revel in its glory, but first master the Hollow Knight — otherwise it may be a tough experience :)
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