Thread 718530892

>Dawn of the second day, 48 hours remain
Are you ready for the inevitable late December release date?

>>718530892 (OP)
>xer thinks its coming out before 2027

>>718530892 (OP)
RELEASE DATE
AUGUST 28TH, 2025

>>718530892 (OP)
it's gonna get shadowdropped and the game'll be a 7/10.

>>718530892 (OP)
I hope it doesn’t release this year purely for teh lulz
>>718531028
based HeeroCHAD

It would be very funny if they announced it for December 31st.

will laugh if it's a merch announcement and hollowfags will just lie down and take it.

>>718531028
>we literally have playable demos at gamecom
>"N-N-N-NO IT'S NOT COMING OUT"
cope, animefaggot :)

>>718532619
>WE LITERALLY HAVE A TINY SLICE OF PRE-APPROVED PUBLIC FACING VIDYA
Brooo did all hollow knight fans unironically troon out while waiting for their slop?

I'm expecting a September release

>>718530892 (OP)
Fake game

>last blog post was 2019
How is this acceptable at all?

>>718532993
>nooo the heckin' indie dev NEEDS to report to the general public!
why

>>718533541
because kickstarter backers deserve to know about the game they funded

>>718530892 (OP)
>>718517387
I'm a bit dissapointed over what they showed but we'll see, the worst part of hollow knight was easily the combat and how mind numbingly boring it was thoughout 90% of the game, and the small bit of gameplay they showed of hornet there had her fighting enemies and bosses the exact same way except she casted fire on her sword to deal more damage. Hollow knight is a beautiful game with very nice lore and story but I'd be lying if I said that brain dead ass combat that is entirely reliant on enemy movesets wasn't complete shit, even souls games which people here relentlessly shit on all the day have light attacks, heavy attacks, jump attacks, weapon arts, magic, you name it you can do shit with it in the game, HK had barely fucking anything of actual worth besides a few spells, the bulk of the game was spend just jump slashing downwards at whatever you're fighting

>>718534851
yeah but...people want to fuck the bugs.

>overrated knight
>shart song

pass

>>718530892 (OP)
wrong
HK’s release date came only a couple weeks before launch
it’s coming out early september, before the museum exhibit

>>718535081
If only they didn't always draw hornet with the fattest ass known to mankind

>>718534851
I honestly felt the opposite
loved the combat, but hated the map design and environment
>>718535206
>smeltatroon

>>718535719
Really? to me seeing city of tears for the first time and taking in the soundtrack and visuals of various areas is easily the best part of the first game, the combat is just way too simple, so simple that everyone ends up fighting exactly the same way with varying degrees of efficiency due to how many times they get hit or dodge, there's no variety at all

>>718531028
>Nintendo: Its coming out this year
>Microsoft: Its coming out this year
>Geoff Keighley: Its coming out this year
>Team Cherry: Here's an announcement in 2 days
>Random retard on /v/: Lol its not coming out for another 2 years

>>718535206
Hollow Knight isn't a reading simulator and actually has gameplay so I understand your hatred deltatroon

>>718530892 (OP)
>December
It's coming out before ACMI which is September 18th.
My guess is the release date will either be a shadow drop or two weeks out.

>>718530892 (OP)
>Special announcement drops
>They announce the game is cancelled

>>718534851
Hollow Knight has way better combat than damn near every other metroidvania by virtue of the fact it has pogoing.
Silksong is adding way more to the player's moveset so I imagine the later game bosses will get pretty nuts.
Of course the exploration is going to be the main appeal yet again, wandering around just doesn't make for a sexy highlight reel.

>>718534851
I wouldn't worry about that. Remember we still have a plethora of footage from 2019 where Hornet is zipping around the map and doing somersaults and shit. And she's doing some weird sliding stuff in the Switch 2 sizzle reel. I just hope the locations are more varied than Hollow Knight, and that we don't have to wait for DLC to get a boss with the same quality as Nightmare King Grimm and Pure Vessel

It's coming out before October 16th which is when Xbox's handheld drops, and ACMI is on September 18th. There's a very real chance this game comes out in 2 days.

>>718536242
They gotta send a survey to the backers for download codes of their preferres system, and there's no way that email doesn't leak in five seconds. A shadowdrop ain't happening

>>718536132
Makes me wonder if have something as tough as Eigong

>>718536132
Yeah I heavily disagree on that, pogoing is not nearly as important as having variety, games like Blasphemous 2 or Bloodstained keep me entertained for WAY longer than whatever HK had going on for its combat, its really just the atmosphere and other things related to that which made HK special for me
>>718536157
You're right, the previous footage did have new combat stuff, maybe I'm just overreacting because of that small clip, it looked too much like HK's gameplay of moving left and right doing nothing until you get an opportunity to pogo or do a few little slashes from under the boss whenever they're stuck in the air doing something

>>718536007
>It's coming out before ACMI which is September 18th.
I'm not sure why people believe this has to be the case. All we know is that the game will be playable at ACMI to some extent, not that the full game will be available by then.

>>718536607
It would be kind of silly to have an exhibit for an unreleased game, but the entire silksong saga has been silly

>>718536475
Even if it isn't a shadow drop it'll still be maybe a week or two out.

>>718533762
Nah they deserve to be shit on and laughed at for supporting garbage. TC got a ridiculous amount of money from the original game and they probably got a comfortable bag from Microsoft (which, I suppose, backers could not have foresaw) and retards still gave them money.

>>718536564
I can't speak to Blasphemous 2 (I really didn't like the original's demo) but Bloodstained has the same issue as every other IGAvania where the best strategy is to spam air-to-ground-cancelled attacks, or whatever magic is the most OP. It's a good game but the enemies weren't particularly various in terms of strategy. Even aesthetically there were a lot of reskinned enemies. The bosses looked cool but I can't really remember any of them. The player has a wide moveset but there isn't really a huge difference in utility (at least to the point the content demands it).
What pogoing gives is verticality and a way to mix offense with defense (which is a really important part of combat systems that a lot of games miss). It's not on the level of DMC's jump cancelling but it's the same basic idea, the air is your friend rather than your enemy. Hopefully Silksong takes that idea even further (it probably will given that Hornet has dive attacks/etc).

>>718530892 (OP)
sorry i doubt it you bros

>>718537352
uh, silksong wasn't crowdfunded bro, it piggybacked off HK's funding

>>718535843
>>Microsoft: Its coming out this year
They said this 3 years ago too
Fuck em

>>718537637
This time it's coming straight from Team Cherry

>>718537628
Silksong is literally a stretch goal for the original kickstarter (playable Hornet)

>>718532619
>we literally have playable demos at gamecom
And yet all they could show was 1 minute of bullshit

>>718541069
probably didn't want to pay Geoff a bajillion dollars for a real trailer slot

I hope for October because it's my birthday and it's the only way for it not to suck

>>718534851
I agree somewhat. Besides pure vessel, most of the bossfights are dogshit. But what fights I saw so far in Silksong actually makes me look forward to them.They definitely look more engaging anyways

>>718536607
It’s been stated that the ACMI panel will be discussing some of the hardest (read: final) bosses in the game which isn’t really possible without massive spoilers.

>>718540548
>still no wii u version
Fucking LIARS. Hope all the backers refunded after this.

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