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Pre-Release Hollow Knight: Silksong — Pre-release Discussion Thread

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I have no idea if that actually means anything (as in if it was set at a May date in the background by TC themselves or if this is just steam weirdness), but there seems to have been a fair bit of smoke recently. Urge to hype is rising...

Edit: no I did not see that Slay the Spire thing lol. Seems like it's an algorithm thing. Based on both release date and wishlist numbers, which is pushing Silksong towards the top even without a set date.

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Can I just gush about HK here? Cause I need to gush somewhere, I fucking love it.

I did the whole Deepnest sequence last night and that was so much creepier than I ever expected the game to get. 10/10 atmosphere.

There are so many collectables and rewards for exploring, it's completely addictive for someone like me, I can't put it down. I put 20h+ on it just on the weekend, and now I'm working but just keep thinking about it.
 
Leo said:
I did the whole Deepnest sequence last night and that was so much creepier than I ever expected the game to get. 10/10 atmosphere.
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Deepnest is definitely one of those locations I absolutely love but also hate for the same reasons. It's so effective in creating that creepy crawly atmosphere!
 
Leo said:
Can I just gush about HK here? Cause I need to gush somewhere, I fucking love it.

I did the whole Deepnest sequence last night and that was so much creepier than I ever expected the game to get. 10/10 atmosphere.

There are so many collectables and rewards for exploring, it's completely addictive for someone like me, I can't put it down. I put 20h+ on it just on the weekend, and now I'm working but just keep thinking about it.
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I am so glad you're getting pulled into the thrall – enjoy!

hmm. no, I will not ask any questions that could be even a little spoilery. y'all behave.

it really is probably my all-time favorite game, full stop.

hopefully you won't be quite as tormented by the Silksong wait as we've been!

also you're gonna give a lot of people a heart attack by posting in here, but we're already deep in clown town so: godspeed and go off
 
Leo said:
Can I just gush about HK here? Cause I need to gush somewhere, I fucking love it.

I did the whole Deepnest sequence last night and that was so much creepier than I ever expected the game to get. 10/10 atmosphere.

There are so many collectables and rewards for exploring, it's completely addictive for someone like me, I can't put it down. I put 20h+ on it just on the weekend, and now I'm working but just keep thinking about it.
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Sure. Now you probably understand why we're all waiting here :D
 
Leo said:
Can I just gush about HK here? Cause I need to gush somewhere, I fucking love it.

I did the whole Deepnest sequence last night and that was so much creepier than I ever expected the game to get. 10/10 atmosphere.

There are so many collectables and rewards for exploring, it's completely addictive for someone like me, I can't put it down. I put 20h+ on it just on the weekend, and now I'm working but just keep thinking about it.
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Deepnest's music if you can call it that reminds me of a bit of Super Metroid. The music and atmosphere gives you this feeling of loneliness, and dread, and it's absolutely top-tier.

What other areas have you explored in Hollownest? I only ask because of some other locations that may be of interest to you, which I won't explicitly tell you, but more or less just picking your brain a bit.
 
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Leo said:
Can I just gush about HK here? Cause I need to gush somewhere, I fucking love it.

I did the whole Deepnest sequence last night and that was so much creepier than I ever expected the game to get. 10/10 atmosphere.

There are so many collectables and rewards for exploring, it's completely addictive for someone like me, I can't put it down. I put 20h+ on it just on the weekend, and now I'm working but just keep thinking about it.
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Welcome to the correct side of history.
 
Just started a new HK playthrough in anticipation of possible news soon (maybe not today but well) on PS4, where it looks really great. I don't really care for trophies though.

I tried the Switch version again to have compare both, and it's a bummer this one is only 720 docked; it really shows on a big screen, and text/icons are pretty blurry. Even portable mode is only like ~600p. At least it's smooth and I never had any issue in my ~60 hours playthrough years ago!

I'd love a proper next gen upgrade of the first HK once Silksong is released so we have two masterpieces available in the best conditions!
 
Link_enfant said:
Just started a new HK playthrough in anticipation of possible news soon (maybe not today but well) on PS4, where it looks really great. I don't really care for trophies though.

I tried the Switch version again to have compare both, and it's a bummer this one is only 720 docked; it really shows on a big screen, and text/icons are pretty blurry. Even portable mode is only like ~600p. At least it's smooth and I never had any issue in my ~60 hours playthrough years ago!

I'd love a proper next gen upgrade of the first HK once Silksong is released so we have two masterpieces available in the best conditions!
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Yeah I really hope they were able to bump up the res for Silksong. I suppose Silksong may have a long life of support like HK so it'll inevitably get a successor upgrade. Or yeah, for now, at least make the UI native res!
 
Link_enfant said:
Just started a new HK playthrough in anticipation of possible news soon (maybe not today but well) on PS4, where it looks really great. I don't really care for trophies though.

I tried the Switch version again to have compare both, and it's a bummer this one is only 720 docked; it really shows on a big screen, and text/icons are pretty blurry. Even portable mode is only like ~600p. At least it's smooth and I never had any issue in my ~60 hours playthrough years ago!

I'd love a proper next gen upgrade of the first HK once Silksong is released so we have two masterpieces available in the best conditions!
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I don’t know what world I’m living in that doesn’t align with all of yours but I have glasses now, have historically been a designer by trade, etc etc etc…

and Hollow Knight 720p still looks fucking great to me, no holds barred, not even a little.
 
Suswave said:
I don’t know what world I’m living in that doesn’t align with all of yours but I have glasses now, have historically been a designer by trade, etc etc etc…

and Hollow Knight 720p still looks fucking great to me, no holds barred, not even a little.
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I am also a designer, I had lasik so my eyes are pretty dang good, and HK on Switch looks gorgeous on my 60" so yeah, I'm with you. I wouldn't have ever guessed it was 720p.
 
completely unshocking of course, just as unshocking as them nudging it to get more views
 
Shoulder said:
Deepnest's music if you can call it that reminds me of a bit of Super Metroid. The music and atmosphere gives you this feeling of loneliness, and dread, and it's absolutely top-tier.

What other areas have you explored in Hollownest? I only ask because of some other locations that may be of interest to you, which I won't explicitly tell you, but more or less just picking your brain a bit.
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I played a bunch more today and I've discovered so many areas it would be hard to name them lol None still goes as hard as the Deepnest, but some are close (the worm portion of Royal Waterways was gross eew).
 
ok are we all still sure silksong is a real thing
just saying i dont think we every ruled out the possibility of it being a collective dream
 
How bad d'y'all reckon Geoff wants Silksong?

Like how persistently has he been emailing to try and lock that down as an SGF reveal?

I think he can't wait to be on a stage in a suit and exercise shoes and smugly go "next up a highly anticipated Indie title... No, no chat, it's not Silksong!" and then later in the show he actually does have Silksong and people tweet (x?) about what a based troll he is.
 
Do not despair, all. There is too much smoke for there not to be something happening soon.

And I say this as someone who is extremely prone to Silksong despair
 
Leo said:
I played a bunch more today and I've discovered so many areas it would be hard to name them lol None still goes as hard as the Deepnest, but some are close (the worm portion of Royal Waterways was gross eew).
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I see you’ve made it to the Royal Waterways. Have you by chance…gone more south of the map?
 
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Shoulder said:
I see you’ve made it to the Royal Waterways. Have you by chance…gone more south of the map?
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Ive visited the Royal Basin, yes! Lost Kin was a bitch to take down, definitely the hardest boss so far.

There's still some stuff to do there, though, there's a coffin hanging around but I need a key to open it and I don't have it atm
 
if it's not at SGF (which i never expected it to be) and the game is close, team cherry still can pick either the xbox or nintendo event to show a release date trailer
 
Keighley is in the know about a lot of things while organizing SGF/TGA's. If we don't see Silksong in these next 2 weeks, just assume it's 2026 at this point.

Not sure what's quite going on with this game anymore.
 
Herb Alpert said:
I know it's a dumb thing to say, but I'm so bored and kinda angry at this situation.
It's really stupid to announce a game this early
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I follow so many threads that I saw this and didn't know if I was in the Silksong thread or the Metroid thread 😅
 
Herb Alpert said:
I know it's a dumb thing to say, but I'm so bored and kinda angry at this situation.
It's really stupid to announce a game this early
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Maybe they had to make that announcement because Silksong was originally part of the kickstarter. They had to let backers know it was going to take a while.

That's my guess.
 
Herb Alpert said:
I know it's a dumb thing to say, but I'm so bored and kinda angry at this situation.
It's really stupid to announce a game this early
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they literally had to tell people that what they intended to do as DLC turned into a full sequel. they're a tiny team who were still working on Hollow Knight up until a month or two before the Silksong announcement. Making games is difficult and time-intensive.
 
Suswave said:
they literally had to tell people that what they intended to do as DLC turned into a full sequel. they're a tiny team who were still working on Hollow Knight up until a month or two before the Silksong announcement. Making games is difficult and time-intensive.
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Ho I know that of course.
I'm more pissed by the "coming in the next 12 months" during xbox show then radio silence for 2 years lol

But like I said, it is definitely a dumb thing to say, cause when the game will finally release, all this pain will be forgotten
 
Herb Alpert said:
Ho I know that of course.
I'm more pissed by the "coming in the next 12 months" during xbox show then radio silence for 2 years lol

But like I said, it is definitely a dumb thing to say, cause when the game will finally release, all this pain will be forgotten
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lmao that's definitely something to be mad at xbox for

though it was true at the time
 
Herb Alpert said:
I know it's a dumb thing to say, but I'm so bored and kinda angry at this situation.
It's really stupid to announce a game this early
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Not dumb, I agree with you.

What blows my mind is how the announce trailer, 5+ years ago, was so fully featured, it might as well have been a launch trailer. Two minutes worth, tons of environments, loads of new enemies, attacks, traversal mechanics, bosses (over seven shown), quest logs, an opening cutscene etc.
I get they're literally a 2 man team, but come on, you're just infuriating your rabid fanbase at this point.
 
browneyes84 said:
Not dumb, I agree with you.

What blows my mind is how the announce trailer, 5+ years ago, was so fully featured, it might as well have been a launch trailer. Two minutes worth, tons of environments, loads of new enemies, attacks, traversal mechanics, bosses (over seven shown), quest logs, an opening cutscene etc.
I get they're literally a 2 man team, but come on, you're just infuriating your rabid fanbase at this point.
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I think the trailer and gameplay showcase were both fake. Wouldn't be the first time we've seen that (the entirety of the gameplay showcase for Cyberpunk was faked for example).
 
Magic-Man said:
I think the trailer and gameplay showcase were both fake. Wouldn't be the first time we've seen that (the entirety of the gameplay showcase for Cyberpunk was faked for example).
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I have actually played an earlier build in 2019 at a post E3 press event. So there was a vertical slice/demo at that time.
 
Magic-Man said:
I think the trailer and gameplay showcase were both fake. Wouldn't be the first time we've seen that (the entirety of the gameplay showcase for Cyberpunk was faked for example).
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bruh. c'mon. be real
 
Magic-Man said:
This implies that TC is capable of communicating, which it feels like they aren't.
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y'all are not having a great time with capability vs desire, huh

I think everyone on this site should start making a game and do all the posting and communication for it and get back to me on how it goes, lmao

I understand the frustration but they very pointedly have a strategy designed not to string us along, and we're all getting strung along anyways because we can't keep reality in check

have a little empathy for what is a monumental undertaking and clear choices – ones that don't seem to make waves when other indie devs do them

you are not entitled to constant access to Team Cherry
 
I came to shitpost, sorry for getting annoyed
 
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