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50 sats \ 5 replies \ @nichro 9h \ parent \ on: Hollow Knight: Silksong gaming
I don't have time to game like I used to, but I sure am glad I played it. It's an art masterpiece. There's so much attention to detail and a level of "giving a damn" about it I haven't seen often.
And although it's not about the game itself, I like the story behind the studio coming together. Basically Ubisoft employees tired of making the same AAA slop breaking away, recruiting passionate people off forums and Soundcloud, that kind of thing... and somehow, they create something like E33.
It just makes me hopeful that such a small team (32 people + 1 dog = 33), with a fraction of the typical AAA budget, can achieve a game like that. GOTY would be well-deserved, all things considered.
As a Final Fantasy fan, I also like that they kind of proved to SquareEnix that it's possible to do a turn based JRPG that still has some modern and reactive elements and that that whole genre doesn't need to be completely thrown out as dated.
Anyway. Good game. Didn't mean to hijack a Silksong thread :P
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22 sats \ 2 replies \ @gnilma OP 9h
Agree with everything you said.
Unreal Engine 5 is really turning into a cheat code for smaller developers. Technology advancements are doing wonders and allowing smaller passionate teams to create high quality "indie" games that rival the AAA standard.
I feel they can make a movie out of how this game got made. With all the quitting Ubisoft and hiring ex colleagues to make a game that they want to play themselves. Finding their music composer/director from SoundCloud and their lead writer on Reddit. To how no one was interested in funding / publishing their game, to finally securing funding and convincing Kepler to publish it.
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @nichro 9h
I feel they can make a movie out of how this game got made
True, but at least they might make one for the game itself : https://variety.com/2025/film/news/clair-obscur-expedition-33-live-action-film-story-kitchen-sandfall-interactive-1236291356/
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @gnilma OP 5h
Cool. I wonder who they cast for the characters. Maybe Charlie Cox can continue to play Gustave. I think I would cast Chloe Bennett as Lune.
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 9h
Didn't mean to hijack a Silksong thread :P
I'm pretty sure the gamers here on SN appreciate any gaming discussion, regardless of what thread it's on :)
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @gnilma OP 9h
Indeed. As you may or may not have noticed, I'm quite into gaming and would love to have gaming discussions about any game anywhere.
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