The game has good music, better visuals, engaging characters, great controls and mechanics, and an imersive narrative, but lacks the non linearity and non combat win conditions that set Hollow Knight apart from its peers. Difficulty is also very high with enemies and obstacles dealing more damage earlier than in the Knight's adventure. Platforming challenges are tougher sooner with checkpoints far away. The game is good, fun, and very polished with much forethought which shows the long dev time was well spent, but stands out less in many areas compared to other metroidvanias one could play. Its difficult to pick the original HK over Silksong, but something was lost in the transition that made HK unique. The difficulty also makes it a challege to play before HK if one is new to metroidvanias.
