Hollow Knight: Silksong's Elden Ring Comparisons Explained

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The wait for Hollow Knight: Silksong continues ever onward. The sequel to the hit indie metroidvania is at the top of its fans’ wishlists, but there have been no updates on the game in over a year. It's not clear when the game is coming out, with the rumored February 2022 release date having long since passed. At least fans have a lot of information on Hollow Knight: Silksong to tide them over, including trailers, gameplay, and information on the world and characters that Hornet, princess of Hallownest, will be encountering.

Silksong takes place in the new kingdom of Pharloom, and with that new locale comes a wide variety of friends and enemies. Hornet is more agile than the previous game’s knight, and has access to a wider variety of tools to help her in battle. The world will also feel a little more active than the rotting tunnel system of Hallownest, owing to the towns and side quests that are spread out across the game. This all sounds rather familiar, and Soulslike fans likely see parallels to their own wait for Elden Ring. Now that Elden Ring is out, it feels like the comparisons between it and Silksong are more applicable than ever before.

Hollow Knight: Silksong Needs to Be Careful With Its RPG Elements

The long absence between Elden Ring's reveal and release date announcement was painful for many Souls fans. After an exciting E3 2019 reveal, there was no official news of substance until the end of the Summer Game Fest kickoff right before E3 2021. Even though the leaked footage from a few months earlier had made waiting difficult, it turned out to all be worth it when Elden Ring's release date was revealed to be a few months away. Even a small delay shortly before the game's release did nothing to deter the hype,