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Austin Wood

The biggest problem with Silksong, and the reason its Steam reviews are this low, is getting a fix: Team Cherry says terrible Chinese translation has a new script coming, recommends using a mod for now

Hollow Knight: Silksong screenshot of white rose warrior Lace.

Silksong patch 2 was released just days ago and fixed a bug that nearly torpedoed my own playthrough, but developer Team Cherry saved the real big news for today: the game's notoriously bad Chinese translation is getting an overhaul, seemingly next month.

Hollow Knight: Silksong launched in great shape and saw glowing initial user reviews on Steam (among other platforms), but it soon took a Steam review beating once Chinese users learned just how awful its localization had been for the region. This is the single biggest ding to the game's Steam review score, and it's not even close.

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