Silksong being so popular simply does not make sense. Metroidvania genre is oversaturated and Hollow Knight isn't even that good. It's good, but not that good and definitely not the best. It's just one of the many good indie metroidvanias out there
>>720261212it's memes bro. memes and marketing.
>>720261212Ask yourself why any games are popular, It's not rocket science. Hollow Knight excels in presentation and supplementary design elements, like audio and storytelling.
So? It just came out. People were hyped for it. It's what lots of people are playing right now.
>>720261212It's a streamer game. Why do you think /v/ can't shut up about it?
>>720261387>storytellingIt literally ‘forgive me Zanzibar’ shitAnd even then there are games that do absolutely everything better than Hollow Knight>>720261691It alone is more popular at release than all games of the genre combined including many games that are better than SilksongEvery fucking year we get a few good Metroidvanias some of them easily better than Silksong, and none of them even get a tenth of its popularity. Even the original Hollow Knight was one of them until recently.
>>720262106Shouldn't be hard to name one then given there's a nice screenshot in the OP.
>>720261212>Metroidvania genre is oversaturated True>Hollow Knight isn't even that good.Also trueProblem is everything else is even worse. Probably only Blasphemous 2 is better in metroidvania sense and Rainworld is better in a cute/world building way
What's so incomprehensible about an mediocre~good but not too good game taking off due to fotm normietrash marketing?
>>720262936It came out of nowhere.>fotm normietrash marketingDid it have marketing? It feels like everyone just suddenly realised that it exists in a single moment.
Silksong is the best game in the op image, that's how.
>>720263104The first game had everything normies would love crammed inside.>cute-ish graphics>but dark lore>indie developer>that "hard enough" difficulty to invoke DS feeling>good enough but nothing too innovative as a metroidvania Now combine this with the devs announcing SS like 6? 7? years prior to its release, you have a self perpetuating internet meme cult that hypes the game for you.
>>720261212Hk definitely is one of the best if you're only considering indie games
>>720263104Every game showcase for several years has people spamming SILKSONG in hopes it'd get a release trailer
>>720261212Half of the games in that image are putrid dogshit
>>720262661I've tried 3 of the games in OPs picture and they were all unplayable dogshit.Child of Light is the only metroidvania I've ever liked.
