Way back in 2014 there was a Kickstarter for yet another metroidvania adventure. Coming in at a little over $57,000 Australian, or just a bit over $53,000 US at the time, Hollow Knight did pretty ok for itself and earned a couple of stretch goals. Not all of them, just four out of the eight that had been revealed during the campaign, but then something unexpected happened- Hollow Knight blew past any reasonable definition of success and justified the creation of all the planned expansions. Not DLC, but free upgrades to the base game that added hours of content to what was already a good-sized adventure. The last expansion was supposed to feature fan-favorite character Hornet as a playable character, but around 2019 Team Cherry realized her adventure was too big for that. Silksong grew into its own game and slowly became a meme.
Not the GTA of Indies, But Easy To See Why People Are Calling It That
For the last several years every new showcase, direct, state of play, or other announcement has been met with calls for Silksong, and it was easy to think of it as being about as serious as someone calling out...
