Perhaps allowing preorders for a day or two might have helped spread the load? Or at least moved it earlier so that the checkout load didn't overlap with the load from users downloading.
Very surprised they didn’t do preorders for this
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Silksong is already offered DRM-free via GoG at the same price as all other platforms: https://www.gog.com/en/game/hollow_knight_silksong
Yep, when steam didn't work I got it immediately on GoG. Glad I did because it works flawlessly on Linux, and it comes with a Linux installer!
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#13It’s a curious situation, the reason why it’s not pulling record sales in the first hours, is because nobody can buy it since everybody is trying to buy it at the same time.
Steam store checkout is off for 2h already!
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It's pretty sad that the people in that thread don't seem to know what a DRM-free game is. The idea of a game as an executable that just runs unconditionally is a foreign concept, so it must have been "cracked"
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#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
Silksong is already offered DRM-free via GoG at the same price as all other platforms: https://www.gog.com/en/game/hollow_knight_silksong
Yep, when steam didn't work I got it immediately on GoG. Glad I did because it works flawlessly on Linux, and it comes with a Linux installer!
Do you know how the GoG version handles achievements? I'm very used to the Steam achievement system, but obviously that's not an option when you're not using Steam.
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#16Would you recommend playing the first before diving into this or is it safe to just pick this up and go?
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
Silksong is already offered DRM-free via GoG at the same price as all other platforms: https://www.gog.com/en/game/hollow_knight_silksong
Yep, when steam didn't work I got it immediately on GoG. Glad I did because it works flawlessly on Linux, and it comes with a Linux installer!
Is there an aarch64 linux build by any chance? (I've been playing the original via muvm/fex, which mostly works but crashes in menus frequently)
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#18Would you recommend playing the first before diving into this or is it safe to just pick this up and go?
I don't think anyone has played far enough into Silksong to say for certain yet, but the first game is so story-light that I can't imagine you'd be lost if you skip ahead. You really shouldn't though, the first one is very good.
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#19Would you recommend playing the first before diving into this or is it safe to just pick this up and go?
No-one can know that for the next dozen hours or so. There were no early review copies, which means no-one knows if Silksong benefits from knowing the story, mechanics, or world of the first game
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#20Would you recommend playing the first before diving into this or is it safe to just pick this up and go?
If you like metroidvanias, the first is an absolute gem. Whether you do it first or second, you shouldn't miss it.