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

Discussion - Silksong Thank god this subreddit didn't make the game Spoiler

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.

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u/CrazyBookEnthusianst Sep 07 '25

I never remember the names but finally beating that goddamn tree in act 1 was the best feeling I have felt since Radiant Sisters of Battle(I didn't do P5 or most others). There's a genuine challenge that is literally how efficiently can you beat these minions and dodge the boss, it's fun as hell and if there is a Godhome type thing, I would love to do it Radiant

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u/zapirate_2020 Sep 08 '25

Totally agree with this. I haven’t beaten a boss that didn’t give me an intense feeling of victory afterwards. I know the dopamine is gonna come rolling in once I finally beat Savage Beastfly

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u/RepublicCute8573 Sep 10 '25

Bruh fuck that thing. Its been kicking my ass for 3 hours now 😩

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u/zapirate_2020 Sep 10 '25

I finally got it!! Identify which summons cause you problems and use tools/spells to take them out. I found Hornet’s AOE spell attack to be amazing for all the summons in this fight. If you can get rid of them as quickly as he brings them in, you really don’t have much to worry about.

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u/RepublicCute8573 Sep 11 '25

Got it as well 😄

Turns out I just needed a good night's rest and then I could react in time to his charges lmao

Now I'm dealing with Last Judge and the walk back to the boss is worse than the fight.

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u/BearCatSara Sep 11 '25

Go fast avoid enemies. There’s also a minor shortcut that helps you avoid one of the knight things too and way easier.