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[Draugoth]

via PCGamer

"We're no longer clowns 'cause we don't make people laugh anymore."
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It's enough to make me despondent, and I didn't even play Hollow Knight. Imagine how the fans feel! Or just look at Twitter, where they're doing their grieving out in the open:

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(Image credit: Twitter user @drcuddles_)

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(Image credit: Twitter user @TotemPalantire)

(Image credit: Twitter user @90PercentMarten)

Meanwhile, on the Silksong subreddit, things have gotten a bit more dire, with users apparently so desperate for omens about possible Silksong information that they're tracking how often somebody's logging into Team Cherry's Kickstarter account:

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(Image credit: BoopsTheSnoot_, Sea-Structure4735, ReFlectioH via Reddit)​

While its fanbase resorts to ever more arcane forms of augury and divination, I should note that Team Cherry hasn't spent the last two years in complete silence. In May 2023, Matthew Griffin, who handles Silksong's PR campaign, acknowledged that Silksong had slipped out of the release window Microsoft had marked out in the 2022 showcase.

"We had planned to release in the 1st half of 2023, but development is still continuing,"

Griffin said. "

We're excited by how the game is shaping up, and it's gotten quite big, so we want to take the time to make the game as good as we can."

 

[TintoConCasera]

two more weeks years!

 

[feynoob]

two more weeks years!

 

[FunkMiller]

This is only a 2d metroidvania. What the hell could be taking them so long? The first game is good, but there's not enough about it to suggest that a sequel would need this amount of time.

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

I don't get why indie devs like this specifically don't just communicate briefly in this day and age. A quick "we're still working on it, hang tight" surely is better than radio silence for ages?

 

[lh032]

i yet to complete hollow knight lol

I have no where else to go after the 1st ending i guess?

but i still have some fights in the arena

 

[The_hunter]

This is only a 2d metroidvania. What the hell could be taking them so long? The first game is good, but there's not enough about it to suggest that a sequel would need this amount of time.

I think it's because team cherry is only 3 people.

 

[VideoGameEnjoyer]

Having a playable demo five years ago and almost total radio silence since then is crazy.

 

[FunkMiller]

I think it's because team cherry is only 3 people.

https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2019/02/14/hollow-knight-sales-top-two-million/#/slide/1

Across the PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PC, and Xbox One platforms, the indie title has crossed 2.8 million units sold.

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

Scope creep. They'll keep going until they run out of money

 

[DelireMan7]

 

[kyubajin]

They weren't there for the Great Hollowing it seems those were the times.

 

[Doom85]

 

[Arsic]

Something something a delayed game is something something, Miyamoto fucked your mom.

 

[poppabk]

https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2019/02/14/hollow-knight-sales-top-two-million/#/slide/1

They are probably too busy doing donuts in the parking lot in their back-up Ferraris.
Edit:

That's from 2019. I'm guessing 10M region today.

They are probably too busy racing around the marina on their private island in their 'everyday' mega yachts.

 

[Holammer]

https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2019/02/14/hollow-knight-sales-top-two-million/#/slide/1

That's from 2019. I'm guessing 10M region today.

 

[ChoosableOne]

I'm tired of spoiled people. These guys are working hard on a piece of art, and you just want to access it as soon as possible. If these types of people lived in the past, they would have pressured Mozart to release a new symphony immediately. Let the creators release their work when they're ready.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Pretty sure this game is either dead or on permanent hiatus. Lets be real here, if they were actually working on it, wouldnt they tease players with screenshots and art and whatnot? The devs are just too quite. Thats never a good sign.

 

[Thief1987]

It's dead, just accept it.

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

I would only be upset if the Nintendo Direct next week came and went, without the news people are looking for.

 

[lughnasadh123]

The ones yelling at them to hurry up are also the ones that would yell at them for rushing it if things turn out bad. I'd rather them just put their heads down to work on their own schedule and release when they feel it's ready rather than play whack-a-mole soothing on social media for the chronically online. It'll be here eventually.

 

[FunkMiller]

That's from 2019. I'm guessing 10M region today.

So, 150 million turnover, 30% to platforms, give them over 100 million in their pockets, less the cost of making the game.

Maybe hire another couple of cunts, you idiots?

 

[Werewolf Jones]

Before Team Cherry was hung from the gallows they said "Our game is yours for the taking... All you have to do is find it in One Piece."

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

How'd you know I'm going crazy over Silk Song?

 

[Lucifers Beard]

Too late for me personally, I'll probably play it at some point but I was hyped back when I wrapped up Hollow Knight a few years back when they had already released a trailer for Silksong. It's been years now.

I think the problem they have now and are likely very aware of is that it'll almost be impossible to meet fan expectations. A lot of the crazies out there have built it up in their heads that it's going to be the second coming or something. I doubt they'll be able to meet those expectations now that it has been so long.

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

Too late for me personally, I'll probably play it at some point but I was hyped back when I wrapped up Hollow Knight a few years back when they had already released a trailer for Silksong. It's been years now.

I think the problem they have now and are likely very aware of is that it'll almost be impossible to meet fan expectations. A lot of the crazies out there have built it up in their heads that it's going to be the second coming or something. I doubt they'll be able to meet those expectations now that it has been so long.

This. They had a playable demo at E3 *2019* at the Nintendo booth. There was a whole dedicated Treehouse Live stream on it. And literally five years later, nothing. I know it's because it's gonna be a very short gap between re-unveil and release (and it ought to be), but man 6+ years of development, it better be worth it.

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

It's dead, just accept it.

No, definitely not this.

 

[bender]

This. They had a playable demo at E3 *2019* at the Nintendo booth. There was a whole dedicated Treehouse Live stream on it. And literally five years later, nothing. I know it's because it's gonna be a very short gap between re-unveil and release (and it ought to be), but man 6+ years of development, it better be worth it.

Feels like an unwinnable situation for Team Cherry due to the amount of dev time and weight of expectations.

 

[SCB3]

Also keep in mind that this was originally DLC that was expanded into its own game, I technically was owed it from the original kickstarter reward along with the cancelled Wii U version

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

Also keep in mind that this was originally DLC that was expanded into its own game, I technically was owed it from the original kickstarter reward along with the cancelled Wii U version

LOL. You are owed nothing. It's not DLC anymore.

 

[coffinbirth]

LOL. You are owed nothing. It's not DLC anymore.

Yeah, that's the attitude! Fuck all those backers that made your game a reality!

 

[Miyazaki’s Slave]

Multiplayer, multiple protags, and 3 new game +'s.

It will launch when it launches.

 

[cireza]

Imagine being upset at a game not releasing when you want. What right do you have to require it to launch now anyway ? Are these guys 3 years old ?

 

[mayham2199]

I want it to come out but at the same time who knows when I would ever get to it. So much to play right now.

 

[DenchDeckard]

Making games is tough, yo!

 

[Soodanim]

This is belongs in the "Who gives a fuck?" category.

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

Yeah, that's the attitude! Fuck all those backers that made your game a reality!

You got your game. You aren’t owed the sequel. Knock off the lazy hyperbole. Shit’s boring

 

[Fredrik]

I can hear this picture!

Sigh… Ba-pa-naa-da

 

[jufonuk]

 

[Giallo Corsa]

Hate to be that guy but :
Hollow knight has got to be one of the most overrated games/Metroidvanias ever, I really don't get it, it's huge for the sake of being huge but the worst thing is that it has zero respect for the players time with the constant and awful backtracking and scarce, almost hidden character power-ups - couple that with bullshit levels of difficulty and the 00's almost newsgrounds flash levels of spritework and animations and...

I've found F.I.S.T, Ghost song , Moonscars and Blasphemous to be much tighter, non bloated game experiences/Metroidvanias.

 

[simpatico]

We're square in the middle of a 2D metroidvania golden age and these guys are hurting? Horizons need to be open up. There have never been more great options in that genre.

 

[hyperbertha]

Too late for me personally, I'll probably play it at some point but I was hyped back when I wrapped up Hollow Knight a few years back when they had already released a trailer for Silksong. It's been years now.

I think the problem they have now and are likely very aware of is that it'll almost be impossible to meet fan expectations. A lot of the crazies out there have built it up in their heads that it's going to be the second coming or something. I doubt they'll be able to meet those expectations now that it has been so long.

No game has had the expectations of elden ring. Yet it blew away all

 

[hyperbertha]

Hate to be that guy but :
Hollow knight has got to be one of the most overrated games/Metroidvanias ever, I really don't get it, it's huge for the sake of being huge but the worst thing is that it has zero respect for the players time with the constant and awful backtracking and scarce, almost hidden character power-ups - couple that with bullshit levels of difficulty and the 00's almost newsgrounds flash levels of spritework and animations and...

I've found F.I.S.T, Ghost song , Moonscars and Blasphemous to be much tighter, non bloated game experiences/Metroidvanias.

I haven't played hollow knight but this just sounds like skill issue

 

[FeralEcho]

I'm tired of spoiled people. These guys are working hard on a piece of art, and you just want to access it as soon as possible. If these types of people lived in the past, they would have pressured Mozart to release a new symphony immediately. Let the creators release their work when they're ready.

Then just fucking communicate with the fans ffs... It's not that hard!

Radio silence then bitching about people being mad about the radio silence is worse!

 

[Zephyranthes]

You got your game. You aren’t owed the sequel. Knock off the lazy hyperbole. Shit’s boring

Having Hornet as a playable character was a promised reward to the original Kickstarter backers for hitting a stretch goal. Team Cherry took the decision to turn that promise into something bigger, but that does not absolve them from delivering on their original promise. I'd say it's entirely reasonable that their backers would be frustrated by the lack of communication.

 

[coffinbirth]

You got your game. You aren’t owed the sequel. Knock off the lazy hyperbole. Shit’s boring

You're not much for facts, eh?

Into the void with you!

 

[Giallo Corsa]

I haven't played hollow knight but this just sounds like skill issue

Moonscars muhfugah, have you played it ? That too was masochistic but I completed it and enjoyed it

So no, it wasn't a skill issue, it's just that I found Hollow knight to be extremely bloated with scarce save points and even more scarce power ups.

Cheers

 

[Buggy Loop]

That's cute

I waited 13 years, 5000 days, for a Tool album

 

[Roufianos]

I hated what I played of the first game so I have no interest in this but can these suckers really not just end this fiasco with a simple 'we hear you and it's still coming' tweet.

 

[Arachnid]

I get it. How in the hell can a 2D indy take 6+ years to make? Especially with the money and growth the original Hollow Knight brought.