What PR? The only PR Team Cherry did was make and release a damned good Metroidvania.
Since then, and uptil now, it’s mostly been silence.
Weird, huh, how fans can get excited to play a good game?
Comment on Hollow Knight: Silksong Will Release for Only $20, Release Times Revealed
tomiant@programming.dev 5 days ago
The most overhyped game I’ve seen over the past year, they’re pushing the PR so damn hard.
Tattorack@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Railcar8095@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Why “over”? Everybody I know is hyped, but they are in love with hollow Knight, so it’s expected. I don’t see reasons to believe the hype is too high.
Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
I think if you can overhype a game to the point where clueless people like tomiant@programming.dev are inventing PR, by not saying anything, that’s a pretty big achievement.
the_q@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
Just say Hollow Knight was too hard for you. It’s OK.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 4 days ago
There’s no need for the other person to yuck anyone’s yum, but this argument sucks too, in all of its forms.
the_q@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
I disagree. Jerks should be met with jerky behavior.
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
Now we know you’re a miserable douche. Looking forward to breaking out the popcoen when you throw a temper tantrum over Silksong not living up to the hype
caseofthematts@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Who is the miserable one here? You’re hoping for people to be disappointed in a game they’re excited about. Let them have their fun. If the game isn’t for you, no need to hope others don’t enjoy it.
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
No, the fanbase has lost that right. God forbid anyone says anything about Hollow Knight that isn’t calling it a flawless masterpiece.
Any criticism of the game gets immediately flooded with downvotes and inundated with thoughtless comments like ‘git gud’.
And all of this is on top of the constant peer pressure for people to “just buy this masterpiece of a game” no matter what, and if you don’t like it because you don’t care for games that punch your face in a form of toxic masculine dick measuring, that’s your fault for being a weenie and not reading the Steam tags, despite tags being really easy to miss.
You don’t see this behavior from other indie game fandoms. Nobody in Stardew Valley’s community is going to bash your for not being into farming or life sims.
So no, the Hollow Knight fanbase don’t get to have their fun in peace, because it’s filled with massive pricks and they insist on pushing every little detail into its own article that gets shoved into everyone’s feed nonstop.
Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
Nice. Now post a link to the game you made that was this well received and loved.
hotdogcharmer@lemmy.world 4 days ago
This kind of argument suuuuuucks. I can at least understand the other commenter being sceptical of games that are popular because marketers are sneaky like that (not that I agree with the person you’re replying to), but this “you can’t criticise unless you’ve developed a game” thing is no good
Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
My point is that it is infinitely easier to be destructive than to create.
hotdogcharmer@lemmy.world 4 days ago
No I get it, and that in particular is a good point, but the whole “you can’t criticise this until you’ve made something equivalent” is just nothing
Killer@lemmy.world 4 days ago
What marketing has team cherry actually done? All the hype is from fans that have been waiting for years.
hotdogcharmer@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I wasn’t making any comment about that.
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 5 days ago
Don’t yuck someone’s yum. Thinking something tastes like shit does not mean you are welcome to take a dump in someone else’s porridge.
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
Agreed. Hollow Knight is overrated.
The frustrating part is it only needed 2 changes to not suck: bosses get health bars and ghosts spawn at the start of the room, not halfway through a platforming challenge.
And before anyone mentions mods: devs shouldn’t rely on mods to fix their damn game
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 3 days ago
I’ll no fanboy of the game, but I’m not a hater either. I enjoy it but don’t understand the cult like love of it.
That being said the shade seems to be one of the fastest mechanics. It always seems to be in an intentional place. That it’s neither elementary school easy, or PhD level hard to get to.
caseofthematts@lemmy.world 5 days ago
It’s not their fault way too many people were so obsessed with their game that they made daily shitposts about it.
Honestly I was annoyed by all of the Silksong stuff as well over the years, and perhaps it will be overhyped but after watching the trailer I feel like I can at least say Team Cherry put in the work that got my excited, despite all the internets noise. And why shouldn’t they try to get people to buy their game with good PR?
The team is 3 or 4 people, and they’re releasing their sequel game to a beloved by many indie hit for $20. In 2025. We shouldn’t be annoyed at them.