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Just how deep this system goes is still unknown. Team Cherry elaborated, via the aforementioned Edge Magazine feature, that while the quest line structure would not be totally different from the previous game, the presence of noticeboards will serve as a means to organize/locate additional side quests. Though such a log may not have been necessary then, Silksong, given its increased size and scope, contains a larger web of quests, enough to warrant the ability to track them more efficiently. Hollow Knight featured plenty of objectives to complete and secrets to explore, but no formal quest log was present. Lace, a featured boss fight in the demo, is “part of a group who is going to impede Hornet’s journey.” While there is no shortage of discourse about how these bosses and NPCs fit into the wider picture of Silksong based on trailer breakdowns, at this point, such analysis remains speculative. Several bosses and NPCs are present in the demo, as well as the announcement trailer. Silksong, described by Team Cherry as a “very large” game, will feature more than 165 new enemies. Instead of a sphere of liquid soul, we see Hornet with a spool of unwinding silk. Hornet also wields a needle and thread, as opposed to the Nail used by The Knight. That thematic focus filters all the way down to replacing Soul with Silk as a means to heal (which Hornet can do instantly) and use abilities. Agility and rhythm seem to be recurring themes in the revealed details, both in how Hornet plays, as well as the mentions of Pharloom being haunted by “song,” and the appearance of bells in the Nintendo Treehouse demo. Hornet has been revealed to be much more agile and acrobatic than The Knight, something that will come as no surprise to anyone who battled her in Hollow Knight. While many details of this system haven’t been revealed, Team Cherry mentioned to Edge Magazine that Hornet will use shell fragments, and the familiar rest benches, as a means to craft and restore various types of equipment and items, including bombs, spike traps, and the like. One indie developer once moved up its Steam launch to avoid competing with Cyberpunk 2077 – not its release date, exactly, but the fact that big news from CD Projekt Red could've pushed it down the Steam charts otherwise.Where charms were crucial to The Knight’s development in Hollow Knight, Hornet will instead use a new crafting system.

Hell, I'd happily take these two tomorrow. In any case, I can tell you I won't complain about getting two Metroidvanias later this year. It'll be interesting to see how closely the two ultimately line up, and if any plans are shifted to account for that overlap. Obviously this comparison is a bit broken because Horizon is a AAA juggernaut with an entire console marketing it, but Blasphemous 2 and Silksong are both sequels to excellent Metroidvanias that are competing within a similar development and marketing power band, so the principle isn't totally off-base.

#EDGE HOLLOW KNIGHT SILKSONG SERIES#

The Horizon series recently topped 32 million units sold, after all. Horizon is a particularly useful example because it also shows that stiff competition doesn't necessarily stop multiple games from finding success within the same genre, both at and after launch.

Aloy seemingly can't help but arrive shortly before other hotly anticipated open-world games devour the public's attention – first with Breath of the Wild, then with Elden Ring, and arguably again with the Burning Shores DLC launching less than a month before yet another Zelda (which, per our Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom review, will most certainly be discussed for a long time). This certainly wouldn't be the first time this kind of overlap has happened in games just ask the Horizon series.

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