Hollow Knight was and is amazing, and Silksong probably will be too, but expectations are such that it could be the best game ever made and the cottage industry of cynicism peddlers would still be marking it as a massive disappointment. it's that fans, never learning their lesson, have overhyped it beyond reason. (We pray.Team Cherry has done absolutely nothing wrong with the development of Silksong regarding the announcement and promotion of it (they announced it because it was an extension of a Kickstarter stretch goal people would've ragged on them if they just shut up about it for a few years til it was closer to release, they've occasionally peeked out to ensure the doomsayers and the conspiracy theorists that it is in fact still in active development but otherwise not attempted to stoke the fires of hype). But we still expect it at some point in 2023. Whether or not Hollow Knight Silksong hits its predicted Q1/Q2 release window, as per last year's E3 showing, remains to be seen. That is, of course, testament to how wonderful the first game is – easily one of the best Metroidvania games of all-time – making number two a shoe-in among the most anticipated games for 2023. Given the fact that Silksong's Hornet protagonist was originally planned as a DLC-gated second playable character in the first game – funded as a stretch goal in Hollow Knight's successful Kickstarter campaign way back – the fact that Team Cherry's sequel is commanding so much attention now is quite remarkable. Last summer, the first Hollow Knight game's concurrent player number hit an all-time high, suggesting that intrigue in this universe is as big as it's ever been. In any event, the longer Silksong goes without committing to a date, or showing off new footage, or teasing new information, the faster the hype train goes. "Going by this, Silksong should appear at some point in the first half of this year, then, which is great news assuming it happens."
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