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Wednesday, September 10, 2025
I didn't do the lava zone, since I didn't have a spare key
before ending 1
I've done it now
I mean, same with the original HK
I'll write up my full thoughts on Silksong when I'm actully done with it
but I'm not going to glaze them too hard for $20
it could have been more, and I don't think people would have complained
but their mindset on indie game pricing is closer to what I think the entire industry needs to take to heart
anyway, i did actually get 100%. the hunters journal doesnt count, apparently. and the only stuff i looked up was how to get to nyleth and the ant opera queen boss, and then the final tool i was missing because the one page i found with an actually complete list had the location right next to the icon and i glanced it. all those extra hours exploring did pay off i guess
gratz
stuff like currency grinding, a couple of too long runbacks (one in particular was really bad, stupid bilewater) and a couple of spots being so insanely hidden that if i wasn't combing everything for 10 extra hours i would have missed (still missed 2 boss areas, lmao). and a few too many mob swarm fights, again, bilewater boss.
I think it would be hard to argue that; despite their flaws, HK and Silksong aren't some of the highest quality metroidvanias out there
it's frustrating how many missteps Silksong made, and I think there are multiple parts of the game that could easily drive someone to drop the game
but the core metroidvania parts of its DNA are fun
Also, I don't buy for a second anything Team Cherry says about the dev cycle for this game, how it was actually fine and they were just having such a good time developing that they never wanted it to end by having to release a game
See, I'd believe them if they didn't spend the last 5 years being cute about it
The version of Silksong we got is very clearly a "back-to-its-roots" design, and I'm happy with that since I love HK, but the game very much feels like it came together at the end leading up to release, like any normal game would
to the point I'm at, I think HK is better than Silksong by a little bit, but #1 I'm not done with Silksong yet and #2 my praise for the first game isn't that it's perfect or anything
I'll preface again with, I'm not done
but it feels like it needs it
well, that's unfair
it feels like there are some clear things that were in HK as DLC that would be weird if they weren't in Silksong