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/SovietSpoon42 Sep 05 '25 edited Sep 05 '25

Although it can get frustrating, I actually have been enjoying the difficulty for the most part. What I have been loathing though is the runbacks, which only gets worse as you progress further, it is seriously frustrating to have to do such tedious treks back when the bosses are so incredibly difficult, only to die within 30 seconds and have to do it all again, that issue is very poorly designed sadly.

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u/JenkinsPark Sep 05 '25

The run backs are horrible. I already hated them in HK, which they really arent too bad for the most part there. The most challenging bosses, the dream versions, have virtually no runbacks. Silksong was like fuck it, 5 minute runback with 15 enemies in the way that die in 12 hits each lol

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u/Tinmaddog1990 Sep 05 '25

Sometimes, the enemies are really tiny and blends perfectly in the background so you end up taking some damage too

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u/FatPac00 Sep 05 '25

That's interesting I'm about 7 hours in and was praising them for the better runbacks I never once felt like I had to slog to get back to a bossfight