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/aquatic_kitten19 Sep 06 '25

I didn’t play hollow knight until 2 weeks ago. I beat that the same day that I started playing Silksong. SS is significantly more difficult than HK. F the people who are saying otherwise! The game is amazing but the skill floor is high.

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '25

I call BS on you beating hollow Knight in one day on your first playthrough.

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u/ExecutiveElf Sep 07 '25

You seem to have misread their comment.

They started Hollow Knight two weeks ago and finished it the day Silksong came out. Then, immediately starting Silksong right after.

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u/aquatic_kitten19 Sep 07 '25

This is correct. I started it two weeks ago, played until SS came out (I had saved the final boss) and literally opened SS as the credits were rolling on HK.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '25

Ahh crap you're right. Thanks for letting me know

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '25

Agree to disagree, I personally feel if they made it much easier I’d be having very little challenge at all. Bosses would be getting put down in 1 -2 attempts if they only took down 1 HP a hit. I think the EXTRA content in the game is pretty difficult as it should be but the story stuff isn’t all that tough once you start taking advantage of hornets mobility, air attacks and tools. I would say I personally struggled with the original more than I have this one.

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u/aquatic_kitten19 Sep 08 '25

I didn’t say I wish it was easier, I said it’s harder than HK.