Team Cherry: Make no announcements for six years

Fans: Why are they overhyping this game?!

They've barely mentioned it. Any hype is from the fanbase.

The atmosphere. The fluidity yet sharpness of combat. The emotional attachment to the story. The absolutely gorgeous level designs.

No game will be for everyone, and it's okay if this one isn't for you

The gameplay loop was solid, but not completely original.

But the lore of the world was interesting and was dolled out fairly well. Neat little chunks of lore that felt like a reward when you get them.

Add in great art and music, and you have a game that you can build a fan base on.

Add in the free expansions and fan friendly developer, and you get a robust fan base.

Which leads to expectations for the sequel.

Nah. Us Soul Boy Beta... anyway the Souls fans had it easy. It was the Armored Core sickos that REALLY popped the fuck off when 6 was announced.

Would you happen to know whether the "platinum" rating on protonDB is applicable the GOG version as well ? I'm gradually switching to Linux and would like to do as much as possible there (including games). Cheers

This interview is really phenomenal. Among other things, they talk about why it took so many years to release the game.

“We’ve been having fun,” Gibson said. “This whole thing is just a vehicle for our creativity anyway. It’s nice to make fun things.”

The lengthy production wasn’t the result of development challenges or obstacles, they said. They just needed all these years to ensure that Silksong was exactly the game they wanted to make.

“It was never stuck or anything,” Gibson said. “It was always progressing. It’s just the case that we’re a small team, and games take a lot of time. There wasn’t any big controversial moment behind it.”

“I think we’re always underestimating the amount of time and effort it’ll take us to achieve things,” Gibson said. “It’s also that problem where, because we’re having fun doing it, it’s not like, ‘It’s taking longer, this is awful, we really need to get past this phase.’ It’s, ‘This is a very enjoyable space to be in. Let’s perpetuate this with some new ideas.’”

The longer development lasted, the more pressure Gibson and Pellen felt to ensure that everything was as fine-tuned as possible. They’d already spent four years on it — why would they rush now? The more time they spent polishing some parts, the more time they needed to apply it consistently across the rest.

“There’s a level of finish that has to be met throughout the entire game,” Pellen said. “All the way the systems interact, all the hidden work that pops up later on. It’s multiplicative. As you add stuff, the process of tying it all back together just increases.”

Gibson and Pellen say they’re happy that the game is finally coming out — and even happier that they will get to keep working on it, which they still find enjoyable even after seven years. They haven’t burned out or shown any desire to take a break. Instead, they’re already making big plans to add extra content to Silksong in the months and years to come.

This is, of course, what work is supposed to be. But we have lost the way.

Apparently they have to notify Kickstarter backers in advance to prepare all the game keys, people are speculating that's why it wasn't a shadowdrop

Next up: Half Life 3.

I was thinking that too. Her animations are awesome

NowI have a hard deadline for my replay of Bloodborne.

You can do it without analog stick iirc, it's very much designed for dpad.

It's a melee oriented Metroidvania. Think Ori And The Blind Forest but with more insects and inexplicable frilly faux-Victorian edifices, and less pokey combat. You could play it on a SNES pad if you wanted to. I got to 100% on it back when using a cheap wireless keyboard from my couch.

I don't know about you, but Hollow Knight's main contribution to my household is that my wife and I still call any filigree wrought ironwork benches we see "save points."

both sticks

no

1 sticks 8 buttons

yep, actually I use 9 keys but one of those is quick cast which really good for quick combat but it's not actually needed since you have the same thing on the regular spell button, just a tad bit slower

It uses the second analog to pan the camera vertically. It's not critical, but sometimes you will want to look around before you jump off a ledge.

Yeah, bind two to up/down on rstick and you'll have plenty

I'm ready to bet you got lost in those mines without crystal heart. Amirite?

Just 20? Come on now.