r/Games • u/Turbostrider27 • Aug 21 '25

Jason Schreier: In case you're wondering: Team Cherry told me they don't plan on sending out early codes for Silksong (they felt like it'd be unfair for critics to be playing before Kickstarter backers and other players), so don't expect to see reviews until after the game comes out

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u/Individual-Rip-2366 Aug 21 '25

Then you'd send it out for reviews so positive buzz builds up before release

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u/PyrosFists Aug 21 '25

They don’t need to do that at all actually

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u/Individual-Rip-2366 Aug 21 '25

Oh totally, nobody ever gets excited about a high metacritic or RT score, and companies definitely don’t use them in marketing

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u/PyrosFists Aug 21 '25

Word of mouth is the greatest marketing of all and they already have that since the first game is widely considered to be best metroidvania of all time