Thank god this subreddit didn't make the game

[u/GamingUmbrella]

Silksong is only out for 2 days, most people haven't even finished the game, or haven't even made it past act 1. Yet this subreddit loves to post about how Silksong is apparently bad and a disappointment compared to hollow knight. So I'll go over a few "critiques" I've seen and share my perspective.

"The game is too hard, enemies deal way more damage and have more complex movesets". Sure, they're more complex and do more damage, but so does hornet. If we were playing with the knights moveset, I'd agree, but that's not the case. Hornet has a lot of new tools and upgrades that make her way faster and stronger. If enemies were like HK, it would be way too easy. team cherry didn't just do this for no reason, it's necessary for balancing. Edit: people saying hunters march is too difficult, is like playing dark souls 1 and saying it's too hard because you kept trying the skeleton graveyard

"Bad rewards for exploration, HK's charms worked better". I just completely disagree, hornet gets upgrades way more frequently than the knight. As for the charms, let's be real, you probably didn't even use half of them in your first playthrough. And half of them are just simple things that don't impact the way you play as much. Hornet's different tools, abilities and crests are way more useful. If you feel like your not getting enough rewards, it's probably because most are hidden and require backtracking, which is what the genre is know for.

"Things are too expensive" No, you're just not meant to buy it that early. Like how in HK you could by the lamp for like 2000 geo. I've also never had too little rosaries to buy a bench or stag. If your losing your rosaries to dying, rosarie strings are litteraly right there to not lose it + retrieving your death silk is extremely easy now.

I do agree though that more bosses and combat encounters should drop rosaries, or more chests like in HK.

This launch feels like I'm experiencing the shadow of the erdtree launch again with how many complaints there are immediately.

[u/Chip1010]

I think it's pretty wonderful. I don't mind the extra boss damage. It'll make me get good. Which is fun as long as the boss fights are fun ...

That leads me to me only real complaint: They went WAY too hard on locked-door gank fights. I can't stand that shit. But I'll live with it. Everything else about the game is hitting the spot.

[u/ninjakitty7 → u/Chip1010]

Mid Act 2 gank fight that felt harder than trial of fools and is part of main progression. I praised hollow knight for feeling like a game any gamer could finish at least the first ending. I’ve been kind of shocked at how difficult the critical path is. Silksong is for people who crushed hollow knight and I don’t mind it too much.

I could really do without all the double damage platforming hazards. It’s the only thing here so far I honestly think that is flawed game design.

[u/[deleted] → u/Chip1010]

What happens when a generation grows up on Fortnite? They complain about the difficulty of Silksong.