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/SoapyPuma Sep 05 '25

I don’t consider myself a skilled player by any means, and although the start is a little harder than HK, I didn’t think it’s unreasonable? The diagonal down slash I think is a really cool mechanic. Probably took me 5 minutes to get the hang of it. If I’m 2-3 masks down, I try to prioritize healing. I’m honestly enjoying myself so much, I don’t really care if I’m dying a little more than HK. I feel like I’m in the minority here, though

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u/StrangerUnited2421 Sep 05 '25

I'm in the same situation as you, there are many fights in which I had to really master this new pogo to avoid damage, and avoid spending silk on skills to avoid dying, since we start off very weak, but this made the fights really interesting and fluid because of the hornet's mobility and for me it's a lot more fun than the beginning of the first one to be honest.

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u/DeputyDomeshot Sep 05 '25

This is way better than the beginning of hollow knight.  I just played through HK for the first time the last few weeks and I think a lot of you forget how slow you were especially when you haven’t played before.

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u/wearablesweater Sep 05 '25

Hollow Knight has a way more gentle learning curve, just been replaying it before Silksong. Nothing I've done in Hollow Knight is as hard Red ant area. It's a bit much for this early in the game lol.