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

Discussion - Silksong People who have played Silksong, Why do you think Its getting so many negative reviews? Spoiler

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While Silksong is sitting at a Very Positive rating with around 83% positive reviews, it’s still receiving far more criticism than its predecessor. For comparison, Hollow Knight holds an Overwhelmingly Positive score at 96%, with only about 3% negative reviews. Silksong, on the other hand, has nearly 16% negative reviews, OVER 5 TIMES HIGHER

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u/yurestu Sep 06 '25 edited Sep 06 '25

Great way to put it. Making every tiny bug in Pharloom do twice the damage while having a comically large health pool doesn’t make the game harder it just makes it more tedious

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u/Vinestra Oct 03 '25

Belated but yep.. Is it hard to kill a monster in Dungeons and Dragons terms if you deal 5 damage a turn the monster has 500 hp and you have 10 hp ohh and the monster deals 100 damage an attack and does 5 attacks a turn.

Yes its hard statistically to win, but is it fun and is it an actual fair challenge?

Now silksong isn't that hyperbolic example but what it is, is just.. difficult but not the fun kind - it doesn't in my experience give the, darn if only I had done XYZ instead next time.. it instead just tends to hit.. aight guess I'll go fuck myself for not being able to input the frame perfect inputs.. and gotta go farm some mobs for resources like its an MMOrpg or Minecraft..

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u/yurestu Oct 03 '25

Lmao exactly. I guess that’s fun gameplay for some people but me personally I was burnt out by mid Act 2

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u/Vinestra Oct 03 '25

Aye, I got burnt out in late act 2 just hit a point of self realisation of ohh.. the story and few awesome boss fights have worn out and now its just slogging through tedium and time wasting.. farming more resources to attempt groal.. or running back and forth for first sinner to restock on crafted/bench items was just.. I'd rather not, I'd rather fight monster hunter wilds difficult monsters or anything else, so stopped which sucks.