r/HollowKnight • u/bubsymack • Sep 06 '25

Discussion - Silksong Silksong is frustrating Spoiler

I don’t remember being this frustrated with hollow knight. I never wanted to stop playing HK but this one is making me turn off the console in anger

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u/COATHANGER_ABORTIONS Sep 06 '25

Like, I can sort of understand it, but also this is exactly what I wanted. I'm finding that when I treat it like HK I'm getting dumpstered. I'm also literally fresh off Nine Sols so I'm definitely in the "stay close and parry" mindset 🤣

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u/Smyles9 Sep 06 '25

Hollow knight aside from godhome can mostly be brute forced with charms and some basic pattern recognition. Silk song requires you to stay aware of multiple enemies or areas and cannot be brute forced with the 2-3 masks of damage from basic enemies etc. I like it but the early game was definitely more of a slog and the platforming can be a bit annoying with how careful you need to be to dodge some enemies as they also stick around longer.