Hollow Knight: Silksong

[Elwro]

goddamnit

 

[LESS T_T]

There's a fuss about some "insider" implied that Silksong would be announced as a Day-1 Game Pass title at Microsoft Showcase. https://www.gamesradar.com/rumor-hollow-knight-silksong-is-an-xbox-game-pass-day-one-release/

 

[LESS T_T]

Well Game Pass Day-1 is announced, but still no date.

 

[Ivan]

GOTY

 

[conan_edw]

Life is good.

 

[---]

Not as exciting and well crafted as the first trailer, but content-wise looks absolutely incredible, and the combat is so fluid.
Also, it seems that they included Ori-like escape sequences, which is another plus for me. Platforming was the only (minor) downside of Hollow Knight: there were too few demanding sections.

Speaking of release date, they said that all the games showed during the event will release within 12 months.
Better than nothing, I guess.

 

[Softgels]

Can't wait …

 

[<3sRichardSimmons]

I'd be really curious to see a breakdown of how many gamepass subscribers actually purchase games that are available on gamepass. My gut says that it's probably a surprisingly high number, but I still can't totally see the sense for Team Cherry to do this. The most conservative estimates I've seen put Hollow Knight's lifetime sales across all platforms at around 3 million, and, given that the actual sales are almost certainly higher than that and considering the near universal acclaim HK has among players, I think Silksong could pretty easily shift around 2.5 million copies in it's first month (assuming a launch pricepoint of $25-$30). I just don't see Microsoft ponying up enough cash to overcome that.

But maybe Team Cherry would rather have a guaranteed $5 mil than a potential $30 mil, can't blame them for that.

 

[lightbane]

Also, it seems that they included Ori-like escape sequences, which is another plus for me.

Ori 2 stole from HK, now HK 2 repays the favor.

Also, the Codex looks odd now.

 

[Ivan]

 

[Darth Roxor]

Motherfucker

 

[don_tomaso]

Holy shit that got me

 

[Elwro]

goddamnit

 

[Zerth]

 

[Visperas]

Oh, man. The first thing I said before clicking play was "Don't play with my heart" and it sill did.

 

[Ivan]

only sharing b/c the shit got me too. even though I raised my eyebrow at the audacious "THE SECOND GAME BY TEAM CHERRY"

 

[S.torch]

Hollow Knight: Silksong is Finished and it’s in Final Testing Phase

Hollow Knight was revealed back in 2019, and we got some information about it at the end of the last year. You can expect more of Hollow Knight: Silksong this year because the PR manager of Team Cherry Games has stated on the official Hollow Knight Discord that they have finished everything and are in the final testing phase. However, you cannot expect a release date anytime soon since they are still fixing all the bugs, and they need time to market the game.

https://gamingroute.com/hollow-knight-silksong-is-finished-and-its-in-final-testing-phase/

>See this new
>Check the date

 

[Alex]

It needs very thorough testing.

 

[Wunderbar]

Just ironing out microissues.

 

[HansDampf]

 

[Doktor Best]

The first Hollow Knight was already a very long game for a metroidvania. Makes me a bit worried about its pacing.

 

[---]

I don't know. I am not an expert (far from it), but four year and half for a game which was first announced in such a state of advancement seems to me a very long time.



The first game —developed by the exact same team— was announced during a Kickstarter campaign in 2013, it required 'only' four years to release and it was much more crude, at the beginning (take a look at the original trailer and compare it with the actual game we played).

Who knows what happened (?)...

 

[Ivan]

All in due time. Let BOTW2 reign for now. Then come for the crown.

 

[hajro]

What happened is that they are buttplugged into releasing a 10/10 now and are second guessing every design choice.

 

[Softgels]