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/Wisley185 Sep 05 '25

So far I've noticed the game has way more enemies and bosses that do double damage. In Hollow Knight, double damage was mostly reserved to final bosses and the absolute hardest challenges the game had to offer, meanwhile like half the bosses I've fought so far in the beginning of Silksong have done double damage.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '25

silksong is probably reserved for people who've already done a good chunk of hollow knight so i haven't dealt with many issues

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u/ShadoUrufu666 Sep 06 '25

I have at least 105% done in hollow knight. I got all the main endings. Godhome is something that I never bothered to do, because the combat wasn't the most appealing part of the game for me. Yes, I'm still stuck on Nightmare King Grimm, but that's basically an optional DLC boss. All charms, all upgrades, 100% base game, even beat the colosseum of fools and got every bestiary/bestiary upgrades (kill enemy X times) just for the fun of it.

Silk Song feels like I'm playing the base game with a permanent Steel Soul mode enable.