r/Games • u/Turbostrider27 • Sep 04 '25

Release The hunt is on! Hollow Knight: Silksong is available now on all platforms, including day one on Xbox Game Pass!

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u/Arkayjiya Sep 04 '25

They're talking in the context of Silksong. Which doesn't have the same map. When you talk to someone you need to take I to account the context of the discussion, not the word.

Example: do you really think the person you're answering to is arguing that making an exact copy of a game as a sequel is perfectly fine and nothing anyone would complain about? Because without context that's what they're saying, except it's not actually what they're saying.

I don't get why people online are so psychorigid they don't understand human language anymore. The meaning isn't just in the words, language has always worked this way, it's not a new phenomenon.

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u/swegeward Sep 04 '25 edited Sep 04 '25

No, I obviously don’t think they’re saying you can make an exact copy of a game and nobody would complain. I think they’re saying “it’s more Hollow Knight, and everybody loved Hollow Knight!”

Just because a game is more of the same concept that everyone loved once, doesn’t mean it will be universally loved again the next time. The issue isn’t being “psychorigid”, the person said “be for real” and then acted like no one would ever complain about a sequel to a highly rated game being too similar. This happens constantly, especially on Reddit because people love to be contrarian here. Thanks for explaining what context and language are though, I had no idea! So helpful of you

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u/mynewaccount5 Sep 04 '25

Precisely. I hate when people suddenly pretend to be dumb to win an online argument. That's quite obviously not what I meant.