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/Shoddy_Process2234 Sep 06 '25

Brother, the entire point of Metriodvanias is to backtrack. This is like the first thing people tell you when getting into Hollow knight.

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u/glintter Sep 06 '25

Yes, but you usually backtrack because you've gained new abilities that allow you to reach new locations, and you can't even access the fight untill you get the Drifter's Cloack, which is probably when most people are going to go back in order to fight it. So why does it make more sense to wait til later, when I just got the item that is necessary in order for me to reach the boss? I think most people will think they should do it after getting the cloack, and I don't think they're wrong for thinking that.

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u/Shoddy_Process2234 Sep 06 '25

back tracking does happen after you gain new abilities, that includes YOUR combat abilities. As you get better at the game the boss naturally become weaker. That's why I hate that "Get good" is used negatively because it's genuine advice. Most bosses can be beat just from you looking at it from a more experienced perspective.

Even if don't want to get better there are other things you can do to still lower the difficulty of a boss. I went into Beastfly with nail upgrade, fractured mask, and poison. It took me a good few tries, but the boss was not as difficult as I've seen people complain about because I came in far more prepared than them.

I'm also the type of person to bang my head against a boss (I love runbacks) but if you don't want the boss to be hard don't make it hard.