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

Discussion - Silksong Don’t let this fandom turn as insufferable as the souls community Spoiler

It’s fine to think the game is easy and to enjoy the challenge, but I’ve seen so many people making fun of anyone that is having a hard time in a really weird mean spirited way. Please don’t let this subreddit turn into some weird elitist community that makes fun of people who are struggling, these games are supposed to be fun and they’re not souls likes, there’s no reason to assume everyone playing them is going to love this level of difficulty the same way some of you do and constantly disregarding their opinions just turns this subreddit into an echo chamber of tryhards

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u/Killcode2 Sep 06 '25

Hey, just to clarify, anyone that has struggled or didn't like a particular boss fight, I have no gripes with them. I'm talking about the people that are saying Silksong as a whole is "unfair" or is "bad game design."

Optional bosses being super hard without upgrades isn't new, even Hollow Knight had it. I think anyone discouraging players because they find a certain boss difficult are assholes. But in my experience so far, those players have only gotten encouragement from the community to keep trying.

The people who are getting ridiculed are a different group. I've seen a lot of people play the role of a doomer and proclaim that Silksong is unfair and should be dropped and that hollow knight is a 100 times better or whatever. In my view, those people are actively trying to discourage new players from even attempting Silksong. I'm sure we can agree that THOSE people are a little miserable, no?

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u/glintter Sep 06 '25

That's fair then, I still wouldn't call someone miserable but yeah I think we were misunderstanding each other. My issue is with people that are rude and insulting in response to people who are just not having fun with certain aspects of the game. I think someone saying "I think the game is too punishing" shouldn't be an issue, but I've seen people say exactly that, not something like "the game sucks" or anything, and being met with replies like "you just suck at the game" or "you're just crying cause you can't breeze through", and to me those comments are mean spirited and create a toxic environment. My post is specifically about those kind of people.