Silksong, the elusive, highly anticipated follow-up to developer Team Cherry's Hollow Knight, was not shown during Summer Game Fest, Xbox's showcase, or Nintendo's recent Direct. In response, fans, long neglected, have continued to post memes and cope in whatever way they can
As noted by PC Gamer, Silksong is always one of the most anticipated potential games at any given showcase, and it's been an age since we saw it last. Announced in 2019, and with the Not-E3 2024 season now over, the reality that the wished-for Silksong will not appear (again) seems to have sunk in. Team Cherry has not posted a video to its YouTube channel in five years; its Twitter account is similarly dormant, and the developer last updated its blog in 2019, wishing fans happy holidays.
In April, Silksong was rated in South Korea, which suggests a pulse, but there doesn't appear to be any other outward signs of life from the studio. That doesn't suggest Silksong isn't coming; we're sure it is. But as Team Cherry consists of just three principal devs who live in the land of milk and honey (Australia), we'd imagine they're simply enjoying the good life, sunning themselves on pristine beaches and working at their own pace. According to Reddit napkin math and SteamDB, Hollow Knight may have sold 8+ million copies on Steam alone, which translates into a hell of a lot of dollarydoos, and that's before taking console sales into account.
Where do you expect to see Silksong surface, and when? Can you believe such a tiny team could have such an outsized impact in the highly competitive Metroidvania and Souls-Like subgenres? Chitter away in the comments section below.
[source pcgamer.com]
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I feel like I’m missing out with this beautiful game.. but once I discovered open world RPGs I turned my back on 2D scrollers.. I feel like gaming ‘evolved’ far beyond OG Sonic and Mario.. I love a lush open world with 3 dimensions.. I’m ruined but I hope all the fans of this game get some updates on the next one
As a longtime Kingdom Hearts fan, I empathize with the pain of Silksong's followers.
Maybe the real Silksong...
Were the friends we made along the way....
Edit: I haven't played Hollow Knight but I feel the pain of HK fans wanting Silksong.
Maybe they’re just big GTA VI fans.
At this point we're getting Metroid Prime 4 before Silksong.
Hell, even GTA 6 might release before Silksong.
@WolfyTn I'm not where you're at, but Hollow Knight was definitely overhyped. The art and world design are great, but the combat and build variety is to limited to deal with how intricate the bosses are. I hate when games like this give you so many options but severely inhibit how much of them you can actually use. The new Prince of Persia is guilty of it too.
I'm helping with the waiting by playing a lot of other Metroidvanias out there.
But believe me, I'll be super happy when Silksong finally has a release date.
@Enuo so in your opinion I’m not COMPLETELY missing out? I honestly feel empty because everyone seems to be obsessed and in love with side scrollers and I feel I need more ‘depth’.. 30 years ago, when I was 4-5yo I was obsessed with Sonic and Mario, they hold a high fondness and regard in my eyes yet I can’t seem to bring myself to revisit/enjoy them
I really hope they release it soon so I can stop seeing people spamming it on every presentation Livestream.
@MegaManX-7 My worry, and it's only that, is they feel they can't quite match or beat the original so are going in circles trying to make it better. It's a small team but the original HK programmer has moved on.
@WolfyTn It was a great game (possibly for it's time). There's so many games in the world, that I think you'll be okay for missing that train (especially if 2D doesn't hit you like it used to). I'm not a fan of pixelated graphics or sidescrollers, but I did enjoy it. I'd recommend Tunic (it's 3D) if you haven't played it. It'd be more of a crime to not play that than Hollow Knight
@WolfyTn It's hard to say whether you're missing out. If you don't really have an interest in 2D metroidvanias, Hollow Knight might not have too much of an impact on you.
On the other hand, I had no interest in metroidvanias or 2D games in general when I first tried Hollow Knight, but then I played it over and over, became obsessed with it, rank it as possibly my favourite game of all time and have played about 20-30 other metroidvanias since.
It's one of those games where, if it clicks, it clicks hard and you can completely fall in love with it. But if you go in expecting it to instantly blow you away because of all the critical and public acclaim, there's always the risk of disappointment.
I don’t suspect we’ll see this one this year, and even so, the release schedule has filled out now, so it’s got competition even if it does launch this year. I have a feeling that Silksong may be victim to the hype, where the team is having trouble keeping up with the expectations, so it’s lengthening the development cycle… which, by extension, raises the hype even more. I wish this one well and the team well, as I’m not envious of their position.
They failed to manage the hype & keep fans expectation under control, all they needed was some regular updates & communication, but they did nothing.
At this point, the idea of "scrap the project and make it a true vaporware" start to sound "not so bad".
Unless the game is mind-blowingly good, people might end up remember more about the wait & ridiculous radio silence than the game itself.
Love HK and want more HK? Go play HK again, maybe on another platform, maybe with some mods, or watch some HK lore YT video, and forget about SS, brainwash yourself, it never existed.
@Enuo I completely agree with you about both games. I especially disliked in HK that I had to use a slot just to know where I was on the map. That's not something that's going to make me over powerful in the game so why have it as a restriction? The Prince of Persia was restrictive too but at least they did the map and location correctly
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