Tomi on 5/9/2025 at 20:30

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Hollow Knight: Silksong is certainly one of the most anticipated games of the year, and I remember the first game getting lots of love in here as well, so I suppose that Silksong deserves its own thread. It was only released yesterday, but has anyone played it yet?

I have! It's been years since I played the first Hollow Knight, so I've forgotten how much I actually liked it and what exactly was it that made it so special. My first impressions of Silksong are rather good, and even though metroidvanias often tend to be a bit boring before you learn a special move or two, I think that even the basic movement and combat here feels pretty good and smooth. The game looks really nice with its hand-drawn kinda art style, and there are a lot of cool little details that add to the immersion. So far Silksong has also been a bit more colourful than the original Hollow Knight which is a welcome change to me. The sound design is top notch and just everything else as well feels very polished already.

At this stage everything feels a bit overwhelming to me, but that's my usual experience with metroidvanias. Once the gameworld opens up a bit and I learn some new moves, I'm fairly certain that I'll have a hard time putting Silksong down. And even though I've only seen like 1% of the game, I'm also pretty sure already that this game will feature in a lot of GOTY lists. :)