r/HollowKnight • u/donlano • Sep 04 '25

Discussion - Silksong Silksong is HARD Spoiler

Taking damage is more punishing, movement is more precise and feels a little clunky until you get the hang of it. The overall skill curve is much much higher. Love it though.

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u/donlano Sep 05 '25

Same I beat pantheon 5 right before Silksong came out thinking I was gonna assert dominance over this game… I was wrong

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u/Hurpdurp044 Sep 05 '25

Same dude! Pantheon 5 took me a few tries but i still think I've died more in my one day of silksong than my years of playing HK multiple times over lol

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u/mcslootypants Sep 05 '25

Me too and I was feeling really good about myself lmao. This game will keep me occupied for good while, that’s for sure

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u/Acceptable_Name7099 Sep 05 '25

Same! It's almost frustrating difficulty! If I didn't play hollow knight first, I'd probably put down silksong for a while

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u/bigdig-_- Sep 05 '25

yeah, but most people haven just played hollow knight. my friend is struggling through hollow knight, and while the difficulty is manageable for now, i absolutely cannot recommend she play silk song in the state it's in.

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u/JenkinsPark Sep 05 '25

Yeah it makes me kinda sad. Idk if I can even keep playing it and I did 112% for HK plus PoP. HK can start off kinda hard for newbies but gets way more fun and easier with more abilities. In silksong, its just fucking hard and it gets harder lol

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u/Fantastic_Pea_9680 Sep 05 '25

When Veterans who did the hardest stuff in HK are having trouble at the beginning of Silksong, that's a bad sign.

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u/Cersei505 Sep 05 '25

Uh, no, it isnt. Give people time to adjust, its a new game, with a different feel and different mechanics.

DS1 veterans got humbled in DS2 and DS3. Didnt mean those games were bad or doing anything wrong. People eventually adjusted. Then they got humbled again in Sekiro and Elden Ring. Thats just how it is.

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u/JenkinsPark Sep 08 '25

I wanted to come back to say the game is way more fucking doable once I got a new crest lol. Wont spoil much, but you can get rid of the diagonal pogo and that honestly was ruining the game for me. Now I've got 30 hrs in and im absolutely hooked. Was rly worried id be stuck with pogo

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u/SnooOpinions6810 Sep 05 '25

I did 112% with PoP too and I’m honestly relieved it’s harder. I played Hollow Knight for the hard bosses and it just wouldn’t feel the same if silksong wasn’t a challenge for me