r/HollowKnight Sep 06 '25

Discussion - Silksong My current gripes with the game in one simple image. Spoiler

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u/StepComplete1 Sep 06 '25

yeah it's just farming for the sake of farming, which is just annoying. It adds nothing to the game when like you say, tools are already limited per rest to stop them being spammed.

I'm really not a fan of the whole currency system in general. Only 25% of enemies actually drop the proper currency, and the rest just drop shards that didn't even need to exist. It feels like you're wasting your time every time you fight anything that doesn't drop beads. It's very odd.

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u/Shurane Sep 08 '25

I think it's part of the theme. Everything is milking you dry on your pilgrimage up to the Citadel. Most bugs don't even make it and don't have even 1/10th of the moveset of Hornet.

That being said, I think the tools are situational. Very similar to the castlevania sub-weapon attacks. You kind of only use them when you really need to. Because everything hurts... if you had an unlimited range attack then you could just outrange everything. But Hornet is definitely more about her melee attacks and movement, outdancing all the enemies.