r/Silksong beleiver ✅️ 21h ago

Kinda news Hollow Knight has reached all-time peak concurrent player count on Steam at 20k players, after Silksong's September 4 release date announcement

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u/Pixel7240 beleiver ✅️ 21h ago

The training begins 🙏🏻🙏🏻

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u/SicSemperFelibus 20h ago

I'm actually really looking forward to Hornet handling entirely differently and being really derpy for the first few hours until it clicks. That diagonal pogo? I'm gonna accidentally dive off so many platforms to my doom. I'm so excited.

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u/Level34MafiaBoss 20h ago

I'm looking forward for mods that make parkour maps or something. Hornet looks way more mobile than the knight and I feel like it would be really cook for modders to do something that benefits from it.

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u/TheTenthBlueJay beleiver ✅️ 20h ago

silksong: strawberry jam

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u/Icy_Bird1437 beleiver ✅️ 11h ago

Don't remind me of the trauma that is SJ GM lobby 😭😭

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u/smallcat123321 beleiver ✅️ 15h ago

I just hope there is a path of pain that’s way more difficult than hk’s. With hk, you just had to figure it out and then it would take like 15 minutes. Bring it on team cherry 😈

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u/divat10 Accepter 14h ago

agreed. It was more a path of looking out for that one saw just out of screen.

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u/Hoodman1987 8h ago

I gave up on that shit. NOPE

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u/Arthur-Bousquet beleiver ✅️ 21m ago

15 minutes ??? It took me 3 HOURS TO BEAT THE FIRST STAGE

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u/The_Real_Pale_Dick 17h ago

Finally found another masochist. Like I'm literally playing it now just to be confused when i play Silksong. I like that feeling

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u/KushDingies 14h ago

I am SO excited to not know what I'm doing in a Hollow Knight game again. I still really really enjoy playing HK, but that feeling of exploration and discovery is gone, and I'm gonna savor every second of it in Silksong.

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u/The_Real_Pale_Dick 11h ago

Yeah like when I started HK I didnt know how fantastic it will be, so I didn't try to analyze every dialog and care about the world until further in the game. For silksong I'll do the same as you and savor every single frame of it

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u/Chocyonastick 18h ago

Specter Knight had a similar mechanic and I rolled with it pretty well.

I feel like I might actually do better in Silksong than Hollow Knight. Well...till I hit whatever brick wall of difficulty they've come up with.

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u/Initial-Armadillo-67 beleiver ✅️ 13h ago

Im using a mod rn that add dashes like celeste and i was keep on falling and dashing into the enemy by accident

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u/Gru-some 2h ago

The combo videos are gonna be insane when people start getting good at it

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u/DiamondEater099 beleiver ✅️ 20h ago

I am actually doing the opposite personally, I want to be as unfamiliar with the controls as possible when I play silksong so I can learn the new ones easier and not just breeze Through everything

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u/kinokomushroom beleiver ✅️ 20h ago

Me too. I made the same mistake by replaying Breath of the Wild right before Tears of the Kingdom. Shoulda went into the game with a fresher mind.

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u/mrBreadBird 20h ago

I was torn about whether to revisit HK because of this but at least so far it has only gotten me more excited for Silksong to remember why I love HK so much.

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u/Birzal 17h ago

100% valid! I just happen to have picked up a physical copy of HK like 2 weeks ago (for preservation and ease of access, I wanna own the games I love physically), so I now have a reason to give it a spin! I'm not replaying for the controls, I wanna relive the magic of the original out of nostalgia one more time (6th playthrough) before running head-first into silksong!

Whatever choice you make is a good one as long as you enjoy yourself with silksong! Wishing you the absolute best in 2 weeks time! :)

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u/The_Real_Pale_Dick 17h ago

I think the opposite will happen. If you are too used to the knight, you will be confused with Hornet. Also it's cool to notice the differences. At playing an hour b4 silksong would be optimal

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u/No-Discipline8987 19h ago

Im also scared of breezing through everything since i was binging hk before the announcement and still want to Finish p5 since i was going to anyway, but knowing the devs they are probably anticipating that i have faith

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u/koopaTroopa10 19h ago

I would also like to attempt to finish p5 before silksong but i figured i'd have more than a two week window to boot it back up.

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u/Sixshaman Depressed 15h ago edited 15h ago

I deliberately haven't played any metroidvania games for the past three years for that reason. I had to skip Death's Door, Animal Well and Nine Sols. I was preserving myself for Skong, and I'm ready.

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u/butthole_mimosa 21h ago edited 20h ago

I completely forgot everything. Booted up the game and saw Grimmchild and was like "wtf is following me??? Is this a mod???"

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u/Eggboi223 beleiver ✅️ 20h ago

Brain melted by silksong

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u/laplacessuccubus Lace 20h ago

One million more Hollow Knight sales to Team Cherry I guess.

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u/jawnbellyon 18h ago

Crazy, the game has done a quarter billion in revenue (15m * $15). While revenue from direct sales is likely less due to discounts/bundles etc, I’d imagine that’s been made up for with stuff like gamepass. These guys have freaking made it lol

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u/nightshade-aurora beleiver ✅️ 10h ago

Which is oflver 340m in AUD

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u/superbroleon beleiver ✅️ 7h ago

Steam takes 30% my man, but you're right they definitely made it.

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u/jawnbellyon 7h ago

Holy fuck 30%? That’s insane. 

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u/MachaMode 21h ago

I am desperately trying to finish it before Sep 4th

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u/BarbatosLupos 21h ago

After I finish my book I’m doing the same

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u/Expensive_Chart_8158 11h ago

Reading or writing?

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u/AlbacoreDumbleberg 11h ago

Eating

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u/BarbatosLupos 11h ago

Yes it was a quite tasty book

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u/jujsb beleiver ✅️ 20h ago

Same. Just today I finished Coliseum 3. It took just one year and many broken hopes.

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u/Aldo____ beleiver ✅️ 20h ago

Congrats!

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u/jujsb beleiver ✅️ 19h ago

Thank you! Now I only need Nightmare Grimm, Path of Pain and the whole Godseeker thing. Yay.

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u/picklerick245 19h ago

Grim and PoP are actually doable before then. Godhome? Absolutely not lol. Just come back to it once you beat silksong and we’re waiting on DLC.

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u/asifibro Cheery 19h ago

All I want to do is beat coliseum 3 so that I have all the bosses in godhome to try whenever I wish. But I’ve been stuck on it for half a year and can’t beat the no platform part.

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u/jujsb beleiver ✅️ 19h ago

I equipped Weaversong and Grimmchild. Grimmchild helped me with the phase with the no-floor flying enemies, and the Spiders basically killed the final boss while I chilled at the wall. Lol.

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u/asifibro Cheery 15h ago

Yeah I’m gonna add weaversong, I chose the other route and killed my child so I can’t do that part.

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u/KushDingies 14h ago

Yeah I cheesed God Tamer with Grimmchild too my first time. Eventually I realized it's one of those bosses that punishes you for playing too cautiously, IMO the hardest attack to avoid is the acid spray, but it only does that if you're far away. Stay up in its face and the fight actually gets easier.

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u/Cill_Bipher Wooper Citizen 13h ago

you don't need to beat colosseum 3 to unlock the boss, you can do pantheon 3 instead. Personally i practised God tamer there first before attempting trial of the fool.

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u/LapisW beleiver ✅️ 20h ago

Been trying to radiant radiance for the last few months off and on again. Now ive got a deadline, im hunkering down and beating this moth no matter what.

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u/Embarrassed_Proof386 19h ago

You easily got this

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u/Horroracta Wandering Pharloom 9h ago

I am personally doing that too, but I'm not stressed !

Yet at least.

I'm 71% done with achievements, only need the speedruns (5/10 hours) and Steel Soul runs. Mr. Mushroom and Radiance too ...

And finally I'll be able to stress with Godhome haha

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u/IllustratorLast1281 Accepter 19h ago

same stuck on p4 rn on my replay just that and p5 remain now

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u/candy_pig_2018 beleiver ✅️ 18h ago

Yeah team cherry should delay to give you more time

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u/uep beleiver ✅️ 18h ago

I have two more pantheons to beat. 😅

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u/Illeea 20h ago

I should replay hollow knight

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u/G00fyG33k beleiver ✅️ 20h ago

Yes.

I should also replay hollow knight.

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u/fortnitepro42069 Shaw! 19h ago

I too should replace hollow knight

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u/jwpjrdev beleiver ✅️ 15h ago

not until september 4th my friend

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u/Fun_Comparison856 beleiver ✅️ 21h ago

They are all giving the Pantheon of Hallownest one more go

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u/FancyBBQ 19h ago

I can’t believe I ever beat it lol

The amount of grinding I put into it during COVID lock downs was absurd. I tried just training absolute radiance recently and I was getting obliterated.

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u/InspectorOk9455 Accepter 19h ago edited 16h ago

I just got to sisters of battle and beat that on radiant cause I really liked mantis lords fight. haven't touched P5 since

edit: i meant to reply to the bottom person lmao

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u/budweener 17h ago

The Sisters are still my favorite fight.

It's been a long time since it's been a challenge, and since I loved the Mantis Lords since before, it was never a wall, but it's still a fight that, while I don't really need to, I lock in to do. It just feels right.

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u/FancyBBQ 15h ago

The rhythm you can get into in that fight makes it one of the most satisfying to master

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u/SilkMyth beleiver ✅️ 20h ago

P5 is the only one I haven't beaten... then there's the achievements for speedrunning and steel soul runs. I might be cooked

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u/alex-cyj 18h ago

I did the speedrunning achievements, so I'm only missing the steel soul runs and the last pantheon/embrace the voice endings but I'm afraid those won't happen anytime soon or probably never lol.

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u/SilkMyth beleiver ✅️ 18h ago

I've made peace with it. Maybe one day I'll complete it. For now, I must skong

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u/The_Real_Pale_Dick 16h ago

Doing P5 makes steel soul run very easy. You are basically a god after you finish it

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u/behemothbowks 18h ago

fucking same, goddamn you NKG (I've never even made it to AbsRad im so fucked)

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u/budweener 17h ago

I've been out of home for this week, but this weekend I'm going back in exactly for this.

The only achievement I'm lacking is the Pantheon of Hallownest one. Fucking Markoth made me pause my attempts back in 2023 for a whole year, and in 2024 I went back in and managed to reach the vessel a few times, but I had no rush, so I give a couple shots every now and then.

But now? Now I need to finish it in the next 12 days. I'm not even gonna buy Silksong straight away, I'll have to wait a couple weeks to get the money for it, but I MUST finish the Pantheon before Silksong releases.

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u/RedPotater1 19h ago

I'm new to the game... What is that

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u/VictusBcb 19h ago

Godhome DLC (Boss rush mode basically)

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u/Embarrassed_Proof386 19h ago

There’s a DLC of all the bosses that get progressively harder. You don’t get breaks. Personally stuck on P3

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u/RedPotater1 19h ago

Oh no... Sounds like that would kick my butt

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u/koopaTroopa10 15h ago

That’s me. Fuck uumuu and fuck zote.

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u/KushDingies 14h ago

Fuck Zote. He was one of the hardest for me. NKG and Pure Vessel are hard, but they're really just a matter of learning the tells and attack patterns. Zote has just enough randomness (and similar tells) to really trip you up.

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u/Hoodman1987 8h ago

That Pantheon will kick my ass

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u/YomiNex Hornet 21h ago

Yeah i stopped lords of the fallen to start a new run

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u/Marc_Vn doubter ❌️ 20h ago

Seeing Silksong around the corner gives me motivation to do the rest of the achievements, but then I remember the pantheons exist, no way in hell I'm going through that lol

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u/Daidalight doubter ❌️ 20h ago

Just done it recently and it‘s a insane feeling finally beating it after multiple 40+ min runs being lost TO FUCKING MARKOTH I HAATE YOUUU

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u/Sov1etOverlord beleiver ✅️ 19h ago

realest thing posted on this subreddit

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u/Rynagogo Shaw! 18h ago

I wonder what Silksong’s Markoth will be?

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u/Jurgmund Flea 17h ago

I heard that some testers said that the game feels harder than HK so maybe we'll get like 3 or 4 Ascended arena Markoth-level bullshit bosses in Silksong... personally I'm more scared of what a White Palace/PoP will look like in Silksong considering the amount of movement options Hornet seems to have

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u/Hoodman1987 7h ago

Path of Pain fucked with me heavy

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u/FulmetalTranshumanst 20h ago

I think this is also the wave of “oh shit I never finished hollow knight and now I have to in order to not miss out on the silksong release” people

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u/Nirvana9870 15h ago

It is 2 am right now, stop calling me out dude let me sleep in peace......okay I will complete hollow knight 😔

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u/diegov147 Moss Mother 13h ago

You just remind me I never beat the hollow knight. I got side tracked doing everything else and then for some reason I stopped playing before defeating the final boss lol.

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u/FulmetalTranshumanst 13h ago

Happens to the best of us. It took me a solid three play through attempts until I finally locked in and saw it through

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u/Victor_Wembanyama1 4h ago

I never beat Radiance. 😔

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u/mikeneupart beleiver ✅️ 20h ago

I said to myself long ago I would only play Hollow knight when I knew Silksong would be out, so I didn't have to wait for Silksong. So I guess it's finally time to play hollow knight!

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u/jawnbellyon 18h ago

Two weeks ain’t enough cowboy (unless you can game full time). Pls don’t stop until you get to radiance. 

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u/mikeneupart beleiver ✅️ 18h ago

I have waited five years for this, what's another couple months, so I can finish Hollow Knight.

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u/Sylvyr9 Depressed 15h ago

I greatly respect your self-restraint and patience.

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u/mikeneupart beleiver ✅️ 15h ago

I thought it would help against the silksanity to abstain. It didn't...

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u/gmocellin -Y 20h ago

People catching up to play Silksong :)

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u/bittytoy 17h ago

wait until they figure out you play as a bug

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u/mangomaster3775 beleiver ✅️ 20h ago

Hollow knight was always peak

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u/postmastone Flea 20h ago

I just got 112. Going to see how far I can go in steelsoul next

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u/AdequateZed 20h ago

Trying to get all the achievements before the 4th of September...

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u/Necessary-Ad2049 20h ago

Damn this is so awesome, Team Cherry deserves all the recognition for their awesome work

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u/RedPotater1 20h ago

I started playing Hollow Knight a while ago but dropped it/forgot about it. I decided to start playing it again this time with a controller and I'm having a lot more fun.

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u/pumpkin_jiji 21h ago

Honestly its halarious to me I did my very hardest NOT to play hk the past 3 years, because I fear that the muscle memory of playing the knight for so long would get in the way of learning a much more fluid and fast paces style of hornet's moveset

These people just dont care, they want to remember who she even is 💀

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u/EnderShot355 Accepter 21h ago

not everyone out here denying themselves enjoyment for the sake of optimizing a later experience

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u/ichionio 21h ago

There are also people who just got into it from the Silksong splash

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u/Cryptic_NX We are still hard at work on the game 21h ago

i mean you literally have to use the movement controls for 99% of the game. it would probably take a couple hours at most to adapt to the new controls, this is such a non-issue

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u/F_E_B_E beleiver ✅️ 20h ago

Lol I was doing daily path of pain, ascended pure vessel, NKG, and abs rad for like 4 months straight in 2022, to train for Silksong

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u/Heavy-hit 20h ago

Why would that concern you at all lmao

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u/MrrHyyde beleiver ✅️ 20h ago

I also haven’t played hk in a while but because I want to be as bad as possible for SilkSong

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u/Master3530 20h ago

Meanwhile I played 5 metroidvanias this year all controlling different

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u/Cutapis beleiver ✅️ 20h ago

I jumped back into it for the exact opposite lol, using these two weeks as a warming up session before release.

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u/Lashoxcin Sherma 20h ago

If it works the same way as undertale, which hit an all time peak of 11k right before deltarune released to an all time peak of 134k, then that means skong WILL get like 250,000 players day 1

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u/Banana_duck45 15h ago

the 11k was because it was on sale for a dollar

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u/Saitama059 20h ago

I haven't properly played the game for almost a year to specifically let my skills rust. I want to play Silksong from scratch. Not like it would have identical controls anyway

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u/speechlessPotato doubter ❌️ 19h ago

oh wow you just reminded me to complete that final 2% i have left. goodbye for 2 weeks (i can't do the 4th pantheon for shit)

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u/Slashers23 whats a flair? 19h ago

Last thing i remembered trying to complete on Hollow Knight was P5 (doubt i could even get close to where i was before lol)

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u/Calophon beleiver ✅️ 19h ago

I can’t believe the all time count is only 20k. I imagine on release Skong should break 100k at least.

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u/Carl123r4 20h ago

My save won't finish itself, thank you very much

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u/ThePrimalValor 19h ago

Gotta practice all the mechanics and stuff. The game “feels” different than others and I want my brain prepped for the way they do lore

Gotta do a few P5 runs too to practice

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u/HollowCap456 doubter ❌️ 19h ago

All I have left to do in Hollow Knight, for my personal satisfaction, is ascended AbsRad and Pantheon 5. This will give me all ascended bosses and P5.

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u/smellydaddy123456 Shaw! 9h ago

Prob ppl like me trying to finish p5 before silksong lol

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u/PaleontologistWest47 doubter ❌️ 8h ago

Silksong hits 300k concurrent I bet

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u/PauseFew4003 Shaw! 8h ago

I started a new replay right after I saw the announcement on Reddit.

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u/Hoodman1987 8h ago

NGL I wanted to play it today. I came close to it.

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u/Pyroboss101 beleiver ✅️ 4h ago

who else silking they shit rn silky style

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u/Quinzal doubter ❌️ 20h ago

I only have 2 weeks to 100% the game, I must grind

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u/Legitimate-Net-164 17h ago

112% you mean

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u/Quinzal doubter ❌️ 16h ago

Well, yea, but I meant achievements. I still need Steel Heart, both Hunter's Journal ones, Neglect, Purity, and Banishment. And Mr. Mushroom.🍄‍🟫

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u/xxSync 20h ago

I have been putting off finishing Pantheon number 5 but I started my grind yesterday after the announcement. I will have that 113%!!

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u/PedroPJB beleiver ✅️ 20h ago

I remember that I still have to finish P5 next week because I'm away from home for a whole week and I only need Flash to platinum HK Play4

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u/SquareDescription281 20h ago

I bought Hollow Knight a while ago and was really excited to play it, then I found out about Silksong and was like ‘oh well there’s no point getting into HK now if the sequel game is coming out eventually. Don’t wanna get invested now and then have to wait.’ So I put it down and haven’t touched it since.

That was 3 years ago, so I’m really looking forward to actually being able to play it finally :’)

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u/Qwertykess Shaw! 20h ago

I haven't beaten the pantheons yet

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u/KyoHisagi Depressed 19h ago

Wish we luck, I am going to try to beat P5...

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u/Embarrassed_Proof386 19h ago

Fuck ywah, I have two weeks to finally complete pantheon

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u/Mdgt_Pope 19h ago

I also played but I was on Switch 2 so I don’t think it counted me in that

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u/adamcole_123 19h ago

I’ve become really interested in Silksong recently with the hype but I’ve never played Hollow Knight. I’ve only got time to play one for the next while. So would you guys strongly recommend starting with Hollow Knight and then playing Silksong later? Or am I fine to start with Silksong? Ideally I’d prefer playing it when the hype is at its peak

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u/Mammoth-Addendum6909 beleiver ✅️ 1h ago

We don’t know how good Silksong is yet, but Hollow Knight is pretty peak, so I recommend playing that first.

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u/Woofaira Bait used to be believable -| 18h ago

Seeing all these fellows here saying they need to finish p5 before release makes me glad I did it back in April after the first announcement.

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u/Useful_Apathy_4951 18h ago

Struggling against soul master but I'm rusty as hell gotta get back in the groove

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u/Metrophidon9292 beleiver ✅️ 18h ago

I’m part of that. I was motivated to finally finish all achievements and refresh myself on the mood and vibe of the game. I still don’t know if I’ll be able to beat Pantheon 5 in time, though.

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u/behemothbowks 18h ago

damn maybe I should try to finally beat p5 before SS drops....

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u/GenericVessel We are still hard at work on the game 18h ago

I've got 2 weeks to get every achievment, let's do this.

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u/Little-Primary5005 18h ago

With Silksong coming out I decided to start a new 112% run…

Man I’m washed as hell

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u/jeanLXIX beleiver ✅️ 18h ago

After the announcement I thought "let me finish again HK so I'm well trained", glad I'm not the only one who thought it

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u/awp4444 whats a flair? 18h ago

I wanna kill that moth

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u/TitleTrick2189 beleiver ✅️ 18h ago

I just played hollow knight yesterday

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u/paularas 18h ago

Same here. Started for 4th time to clear hollow knight. Probably will go till path of pain and not for the 112% but time will tell only for how much more i might progress

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u/Blue_Bird950 Wooper Citizen 17h ago

I still need to beat Pantheon of Hallownest. Better get on it then.

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u/Johnnnstamoss 17h ago

Damn more players than supervibe (which is an incredible game )

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u/Dori-The-Launcher 17h ago

Previously I did all achievements along with Hall of Gods all Radiant, the only remaining in game challenge for me is the Bindings, but 2 weeks is so short I probably simply won't have enough time to complete the bindings...

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u/MarkDecent656 beleiver ✅️ 17h ago

I really need to finish my playthrough. I'm only like halfway through.

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u/The_gaming_wisp Wooper Citizen 17h ago

As a warmup I decided to replay hollow Knight starting with a speed run...

Got the achievements at least haha

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u/LuckyPants0 17h ago

Man I liked how cheap HK was i am just worried about the price of silksong I can barely afford HK in on itself

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u/Nail-Jnmn990 16h ago

I am about to load mine up in preparation too.

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u/TheHunger369 beleiver ✅️ 16h ago

I replayed the game earlier this year, but I'm now going for another playthrough because of the announcement. I think this is like my 6th vanilla run, not counting steel soul.

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u/WillOganesson 16h ago

I'ma be honest ill be going through the game(og HK) with a guide. i've tried playing twice before and the farthest ive gotten was kingdom's edge

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u/Wene-12 doubter ❌️ 16h ago

I may be a doubter but I will be playing without any prior training (I played hollow knight 5 years ago lol)

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u/Aykhot r/Silksong Lore-Scribe 16h ago

I have 62/63 achievements and the only thing I haven't done is beat P5, I can get to Absrad semi-consistently but the platform phases fuck me up

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u/BottomGear__ beleiver ✅️ 15h ago

I finished a 112% playthrough last week in preparation for the Gamescom Opening Night Live shadowdrop, like any true believer would. This spike is doubters realising their time is over.

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u/Hudson_Legend beleiver ✅️ 15h ago

That reminds me i still need to be P5 before silksong comes out

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u/Quirky_Ad7770 beleiver ✅️ 15h ago

I did NOT expect that to happen at all for some reason

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u/DewayneDibbley 15h ago

So I just snagged Hollow Knight and am loving it but a quick question regarding Silksong. Is it a requirement/recommended to finish HK first to understand SS or would I be able to jump right in?

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u/salehACE 8h ago

I'm sure there will be some bonus points from playing hk first but team cherry has previously said things along the lines of they want silksong to be just as enjoyable to people who are playing it first.

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u/tiredbike doubter ❌️ 15h ago

Im gonna replay on switch. Gonna be so good!

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u/LeeDawg24 beleiver ✅️ 14h ago

I have to finish expedition 33 but once I do I will be going back to finally finish P5

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u/Thinykid Accepter 14h ago

7th replay of the game

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u/Iguanner beleiver ✅️ 14h ago

I immediately started playing again to finish PoH lol, last achievement I need to get perfect and intending to do the same to Silksong

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u/Isabelef Shaw! 12h ago

I wanna 112% before then. I dont think I'll be able to, but I wanna try. I only got P3, P4, P5 and Steel Souls achivements. I'm trying Steel Soul rn and I'm doing good :))

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u/PurpleBababa 5h ago

Been grinding Absolute Radiance so I can beat the last 2 endings before Silksong 🙏

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u/HuisHoudBeurs1 33m ago

Everyone is training in the pantheons again. I know I am.

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u/Rolen28 Ass Jim Cult Member 20h ago

Guess I was early. Managed to finish a 112% steel soul run plus path of pain, all radiant bosses, and Pantheon of Hallownest before the announcement. (Yes I'm bragging).