Update 2 [Sat 2nd Jan, 2021 04:45 GMT]: The expected problem of Edge spotlighting Hollow Knight: Silksong is now available.
A post on ResetEra shared some highlights. Unfortunately, there is no release date yet, so stay tuned in the future. However, there are some other interesting details.
– Team Cherry’s next game will not be related to Hollow Knight
– Team Cherry like Castlevania Lords of Shadow!
– Hornet will have the ability to complete tasks for NPCs, track tasks you have completed through message boards around Pharloom.
– Did not replace organic quest lines from the first Hollow Knight.
– Instead of rescuing Grub’s from jars, now save fleas, which get themselves into small pieces.
Hornet’s Crests are fully customizable and can be easily changed to reflect your playing style.
– Trying to make a game that is accessible to new players, but also matches the difficulty of the original game.
– ‘Tricks’ such as Sting Shards, Pimpillo Bombs, straight pins, can be made on banks of shards collected from defeated enemies.
– The object of the game is to climb to the Citadel, but there will be ‘many other countries’
– Hollow Knight composer Christopher Larkin returns
– Start the game after losing much of your powers
– PC and Switch on launch only, release date TBA.
Team Cherry also noted how Hornet is generally more acrobatic (via GamesRadar):
“Hornet can travel so much faster, she can jump higher, she can cloak or scramble up ledges, she’s generally more acrobatic. So the caves around her have to get bigger to accommodate her height.”
And the enemies in the new entry are also more advanced than the ones in Hollow Knight:
“The characters in this game are a little bit further, where it doesn’t feel quite right that they’re that simple. For example, they have to have surprising ways to chase you, keep up, or evade your attacks.”
Updating [Thu 24th Dec, 2020]: The prediction was correct!
Original story [Mon 14th Dec, 2020 04:15 GMT]: The Edge Online Twitter account recently shared a tweet about the next issue of the magazine (out December 31) and it has been sent Hollow Knight fans in an absolute frenzy.
As you can see in the reply tweet below, the image shown is believed to be a close-up of Hornet. This character, in case you didn’t know, is the star of the upcoming sequel to Hollow Knight, Hollow Knight: Silksong.
Edge editor Jen Simpkins added, saying to her followers: “Git … hype“for this” exclusive world “- which, as Hollow Knight fans have pointed out, is an interesting choice of words. She has also responded to a number of tweets referring to Hornet and Hollow Knight, and even told some followers that they are. “Reasonably close“.
The last time Team Cherry gave an update on Silksong was earlier this year when it said the game would launch when it was ready. Do you think the Hollow Knight fans are up to something? Tell us below.