This is pretty much HK in another kingdom and harder.
I would only recommend it if you liked HK and want more.
The best part is still the exploration.
The quest tracking is nice but farming quests are bad.
I beat HK at least 4 times but I don't think I will replay Silksong because it is way more a pain on purpose.
It took me 40h for the basic ending blind and I had to look up how to continue, starting act 3 at 48h and finishing it at 64h.

Good:
- Having the dash/sprint so early is great.
- I love Drifter's Cloak, it adds a lot to how much you can control Hornet. The goofiness makes it even better.
- The crest system is cool.
- The combat is faster and more precise.
- Many spectacular areas and moments.

Bad:
- My main problem with HK still remains: touching enemies counts like a hit. Particularly when there are so many fights against multiple enemies in tight spaces, some enemies teleport and it also takes 2hp against some enemies.
- The run to MANY bosses is still an unnecesary pain.
- Too much RNG in bosses.
- I feel like I have to pay everywhere I go.
- The 30 rosaries toll every time to access that merchant feels bad, particularly when you don't know it in your first game.
- Too many rosaries unlocks in early areas or areas where you can't farm them.
- Some times it looks like you could grab on a cliff and you don't.
- I got over 900 shell shards before I could find my first tool to spend them.
- The tool binding being the skill binding + up/down sucks because it is very easy to use the skill by mistake, potentially losing your ability to heal in a critical moment. You can change the binding but it will always be skill + up/down.
- After being defeated Last Judge can explode and kill you, even with 6hp. And then you have to kill it again.
- The Conductor fight was too long.
- Normal enemies don't drop shell shards during "boss fights".
- Maggot debuff: 3 areas and 2 bosses.
- Sinner's Road: platorming + enemies + maggots + no bench (unless you know...). And I did the Mist from there.
- Playing music costs silk.
- The Unravelled is one of the most tedious bosses I have ever done. I did it before finding the double jump.
- Some quests don't appear unless you have done very specific and unnecesary things, like meeting a NPC over many locations in the Citadel.
- The mandatory lava section in act 3.

This is pretty much HK in another kingdom and harder. I would only recommend it if you liked HK and want more. The best part is still the exploration. The quest tracking is nice but farming quests are bad. I beat HK at least 4 times but I don't think I will replay Silksong because it is way more a pain on purpose. It took me 40h for the basic ending blind and I had to look up how to continue, starting act 3 at 48h and finishing it at 64h. Good: - Having the dash/sprint so early is great. - I love Drifter's Cloak, it adds a lot to how much you can control Hornet. The goofiness makes it even better. - The crest system is cool. - The combat is faster and more precise. - Many spectacular areas and moments. Bad: - My main problem with HK still remains: touching enemies counts like a hit. Particularly when there are so many fights against multiple enemies in tight spaces, some enemies teleport and it also takes 2hp against some enemies. - The run to MANY bosses is still an unnecesary pain. - Too much RNG in bosses. - I feel like I have to pay everywhere I go. - The 30 rosaries toll every time to access that merchant feels bad, particularly when you don't know it in your first game. - Too many rosaries unlocks in early areas or areas where you can't farm them. - Some times it looks like you could grab on a cliff and you don't. - I got over 900 shell shards before I could find my first tool to spend them. - The tool binding being the skill binding + up/down sucks because it is very easy to use the skill by mistake, potentially losing your ability to heal in a critical moment. You can change the binding but it will always be skill + up/down. - After being defeated Last Judge can explode and kill you, even with 6hp. And then you have to kill it again. - The Conductor fight was too long. - Normal enemies don't drop shell shards during "boss fights". - Maggot debuff: 3 areas and 2 bosses. - Sinner's Road: platorming + enemies + maggots + no bench (unless you know...). And I did the Mist from there. - Playing music costs silk. - The Unravelled is one of the most tedious bosses I have ever done. I did it before finding the double jump. - Some quests don't appear unless you have done very specific and unnecesary things, like meeting a NPC over many locations in the Citadel. - The mandatory lava section in act 3.