Kyotofu Hollow Knight: Silksong Review

Hollow Knight is my favorite game of all time, and Silksong is a fantastic sequel that somehow manages to one up many of the breathtakingly great aspects of its predecessor : visuals, storytelling, music, combat, bosses, level design...all of it is top notch, with amazing depth and a lot of replay value, so much so that it's easily one of the best games of the year, and could as well be the new best metroidvania ever made ! Except there's a indecent amount of trolling from the devs when it comes to difficulty. Silksong is often too mean for no reason to the player, and it comes with many difficulty spikes that are so frustrating and unnecessary it almost made me want to quit the game. As a result, the overall balancing feels off constantly, thanks to ridiculous damage output from the enemies, and also progression issues for Hornet where you always think you're underleveled, even at the end of the game. Patches can easily fix all of these issues though.