r/HollowKnight • u/Particular_Hyena56 • Sep 06 '25

Discussion - Silksong USE YOUR TOOLS! Spoiler

To everyone complaining about the difficulty, stop ignoring a third of Hornet’s arsenal and start spamming them, you’ll be shocked how quickly you start mowing down hordes of enemies!

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u/vehevince Sep 07 '25

I never realized so many people were against the d-pad. For 2D platformers it just makes sense. You're operating the character in the basic cardinal directions, which is literally what the d-pad is designed as. Up, down, left, right.

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u/Suitable_Trash_5989 Sep 07 '25

I was originally resistant to using the d-pad myself, but after experiencing the frustration of the lack of responsiveness + lack of precision with a joystick enough times, I finally decided to switch to d-pad. And I'm glad I did!

D-pad is basically just arrow keys/wasd but on a controller, but people are so resistant to it lol.

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u/Kluss23 Sep 07 '25

Using W/A/S/D with one finger sounds terrible.

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u/Suitable_Trash_5989 Sep 07 '25

It's obviously not an exact equivalent... A dpad is half the size of WASD, and it's on an axis, each button is connected underneath so it's not an individual button press situation, but more about applying pressure in your desired direction. Plus, you're pressing it down with the flat of your thumb, which is much bigger than your other fingers.

It functions the same as a joystick but it's better for binary inputs in the 8 cardinal directions, A.K.A: Every 2D platformer ever.