In the final presentation, Nintendo Direct was displayed not only 2 but also a bomb – there were three seconds new Hollow Knight: Silksong with confirmation that the game will really be released by 2025. speakWhy can release turn into a great disappointment, and developers face.
Initially, Silksong was formed as an addition to the Hollow knight. If it appears in the form of a relatively large DLC in 2019, it is likely that it will accept heat. But another thing happened: that year, the Cherry team said that the addition would become a full sequel, because his scope went too far as the original idea. And if this sequel was released in 2020, then, once again, he would probably be warm.
But this does not happen. Up to six years have passed since the announcement, and during this time, the audience, the expectations have increased in the process of exponential. Fans almost prayed about the upcoming output of the game: The last time with the same enthusiasm, everyone was waiting for the release except Elden Ring. Is there only one problem – can Silksong justify these expectations? How good she needs to not disappoint fans?
The original Hollow Knight was a great game. She perfectly combines the elements of Souls and Metroidwani in a unique, wonderful, very interesting world to explore. The game is constantly motivated to go to the anonymous corners of the insect kingdom, to encounter fear and always pursue new knowledge.
But that is 2017. In recent years, the metroid genre continues to develop and develop; Specifically, the two -way subway, made in the same style as Hollow Knight, flooded. Many developers have taken a step closer to the Dark Souls, for example, the authors of the blasphemy and death cells. Other games, such as the world of rain and good animals, have studied more experimental ideas. Large publishers continue to make this genre more polished and spectacular, from the Persian Prince: The Lost Crown to Ori and the will of WISPS. Metroid fans have what to choose, and the landscape of today's genre is not the same as before.
Hollow Knight, with all its advantages, did not play back anything and did not set any shocking trend. Salt and Sanctuary are a combination of the souls and subway a year before releasing the first game of the Cherry team, and the first Ori appeared earlier. It is undeniable that the Hollowing Knight turned out to be an influential project, but it stands out not for innovation, but thanks to the creative, high quality of familiar ideas.
In that context, it is difficult to not worry that Silksong will have to do something more to satisfy the hungry fans of the original game. It is not likely that they will be satisfied with the good subway of Muslims -she will have to become an extremely revolutionary and ambition, otherwise the long -term construction will call for the frustration of the generation.
There is a chance that this factor is one of the main reasons for continuous transfer and the delay in the game. Silksong faced the same problem as Duke Nukem forever, trapped in hell produced for 14 years. After the deafness of the original game, the developers have enough resources to continue to deserve, but the more time, the more the project, the stronger the pressure. Because of this, the authors constantly expand the size of the game or emphasize the ideas, which even takes more time while the audience's expectations continue to develop.
In the case of Duke Nukem, this vicious cycle ended with a disaster; The studio was rejected, and her work was crushed at the back of the story, until Gearbox interacted to bring a game that could be played, suitable for releasing conditions. The Cherry team is even more complicated: the level of exaggeration is the same, but the group only three people relatively inexperienced will have to deal with it. Hollow Knight is great, but still a debut – Silksong will be only the second fullest game of the team.