The most anticipated indie game of all time had turned the internet upside down even before it was released, but does the sequel to Hollow Knight live up to the hype?

Hollow Knight was an unassuming 2D Metroidvania game released in 2017 – to little fanfare other than from its Kickstarter backers – that then went on to sell an astonishing 15 million copies. Admittedly, the overwhelming majority of those were bought after the announcement of its sequel, but since that happened back in 2019, it’s had quite some time to notch up additional sales, in advance of Silksong’s release.

That extended period of anticipation has been driving some online commentators practically insane, the game’s vibrant Reddit community buoyed by years of ‘silkposting’ and memes, until the excitable buzz became a wa

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