But I think the passage of time has obscured just how much most of these critiques also applied to the original (and beloved) Hollow Knight. While Silksong’s bosses might be a little tougher, and its jumping challenges a little more precise, its predecessor was also often unforgiving and gated in almost the exact same ways (though some of this difficulty was eventually rebalanced). Only 22 percent of Hollow Knight’s Steam players have obtained the “Hollow Knight” achievement for reaching the first of the game’s multiple endings, and I’m willing to bet most of the remainder gave up out of frustration rather than boredom.
I’ve said this before but… what exactly were people expecting? I guess lots of people who never played HK jumped on the Silksong hype train just because the diehard fans were so rabid about it, and are now shocked at how hard the game they thought they were supposed to want turned out to be?
Feels like this is the key part of the article:
I’ve said this before but… what exactly were people expecting? I guess lots of people who never played HK jumped on the Silksong hype train just because the diehard fans were so rabid about it, and are now shocked at how hard the game they thought they were supposed to want turned out to be?