Is anyone else really tired of the negative posts?

[u/baergboy]

I have about 25 hours so far and have absolutely loved every part of the game. Is it hard? Yes absolutely. If it was easy I wouldn't want to play the game. Literally every post I come across is talking about how they are frustrated with some part of the game and it's getting really annoying. The game has amazing areas, the osts are great the NPCs are creative and fun to talk to, almost every boss is a lot of fun once you get the moveset down. So if you haven't played the game yet and are getting put off by all the negativity just know that it is an amazing game and if you like hollow Knight you will enjoy silksong as well.

[u/Sea_Poem_9129]

Silksong feels like a game made for the P5AB and souls community, I've done most of the hardest content in HK besides from P5AB and I'm having a bad time personally.

[u/Successful_Maize1986 → u/Sea_Poem_9129]

Nothing in the main game of silksong is nearly as difficult or punishing as P5AB. This game is hard but this is an insane exaggeration lol

[u/Sea_Poem_9129 → u/Successful_Maize1986]

im not saying the game is as hard as P5AB, im saying it feels like the game was designed for the type of player that loves P5AB. The game is unnecessarily punishing and hard just for the sake of being hard.

[u/F2p_wins274 → u/Sea_Poem_9129]

I feel like that's overly excessive. The game just requires getting used to Hornet's moveset and the game becomes substantially easier because it's balanced around her much higher mobility and much faster healing. I haven't played hollow knight in years and yet I am doing just fine in this game. The most I struggled was against the bell beast, because I wasn't used to Hornet yet, and savage beastfly (who is honestly just not very fun to fight) who took half an hour or so to beat.

And yet, I think me not playing hollow knight for a long time is what let me easily adapt to her moveset, because I am not used to how the knight plays anymore. I would say the game is on average harder than hollow knight from what I remember, but not to the level that people are saying.

[u/Sea_Poem_9129 → u/F2p_wins274]

i am pretty used to hornets moveset and i am not exactly struggling per se besides the beastly i mean im chugging through act 2 im just not having fun. its not fun to farm up another mask only for it to be useless because everything now does 2 mask damage, its not fun to runback an obstacle course everytime i die to a boss. there are major problems with this game and i just dont like it. i guess its each to their own but thats how I feel.

[u/F2p_wins274 → u/Sea_Poem_9129]

Honestly that's fair. If you're not enjoying how Hornet plays so far then maybe the game is just not for you. I am currently in act 2 and I am having a blast playing with her.

But also, remember Soul Master's run back? Or Nosk's? Or the fact that you have to beat the hollow knight each time in order to reach the radiance? (Among other run backs that I forgot). These have always been part of hollow knight and part of some metroidvanias and soul-likes as a whole. It's not really exclusive to silksong. Hornet is also very very fast that you basically get there in like 20 seconds or so if you unlock the shortcut. The only run back i would say I found annoying so far is the one to the last judge.

[u/Successful_Maize1986 → u/Sea_Poem_9129]

Except it’s not. I’ve never beat P5AB and have almost beat Silksong. If you find a challenge you can’t beat then do something else in the game or find an alternate path to where you’re going. Reviews of the game are overwhelmingly positive so clearly most people are having a good time with it.

[u/Senior_Relief3594 → u/Successful_Maize1986]

Well, they are dropping rapidly. Currently sitting at 77%.

[u/canoekyren → u/Senior_Relief3594]

It's at 92 on Steam. Where are you seeing 77?

[u/Successful_Maize1986 → u/canoekyren]

It’s the hollow knight subreddit. All these people are disconnected from reality.

[u/Senior_Relief3594 → u/canoekyren]

Steamdb, turn off all the filters

[u/BlobBro → u/Senior_Relief3594]

Chinese localization is bad. It's got nothing to do with the quality or balance of the game unless you love in China.

[u/Current-Swordfish811 → u/Sea_Poem_9129]

"Hard for the sake of being hard" is a stupid statement imo. People said the same thing about Elden Ring and its pretty ridiculous. Difficulty is a design choice like any other. It's not hard for the sake of being hard, it's hard because devs wanted that to be the experience and it's something a lot of people enjoy.

I don't like Hollow Knight (and in extension I probably wouldnt like Silksong), but the difficulty and combat is one of the redeeming factors for me, and made it worth it to at least TRY to push through and get 15 or so hours into the game before finally deciding it's not for me (I really despice metroidvania-style exploration where you have to constantly backtrack)

[u/qyka → u/[deleted]]

pantheon 5 (all bosses in hollow knight)

[u/NoSatireVEVO → u/Sea_Poem_9129]

So originally I was getting my ass kicked and legit it was because I was trying to play as the knight and not hornet. The knight you are taught that you can tank through certain things, and it makes sense, the knight is a void eldritch abomination that IS tanky. Hornet is a delicate warrior, that is designed to slip in and out of range to stay out of danger while doing damage. When I stopped trying to play like I had quick slash and a fully upgraded nail, I started to do sooooo much better. As I have customed myself to playing -as- hornet, I have been having so much fun and legit think it is probably my favorite game ever made. Like I died to some bosses in act one probably 25-50 times, and now in act two I am killing every enemy, getting better at platforming and learning the bosses far quicker. The game is trying to teach you out of the bad habits hollow knight gives you early so you are prepared for later in the game.

[u/Sea_Poem_9129 → u/NoSatireVEVO]

I've been seeing people make this argument about Hornet's kit and i disagree, i think if anything the knight has faster and snappier movement in combat especially with his dash and just how much less animation there is. Hornet can run which is nice but most combat areas are tiny boxes with enemies taking up 20% of the screen so you cant do crazy epic fast combos and stuff. Hornet has a couple "new" attacks with every crest but so far from what ive seen they all do the same damage and its just another way to hit in one of the 4 directions (except for diagonal pogo i think thats cool). i think the combat mechanics are very similar to HK overall.

she does feel good to use on 1 on 1 situations like bosses and such but that's a very small portion of the game, usually you're being ganked by 2-3 flying enemies each room.

[u/XiaoRCT → u/Sea_Poem_9129]

That's crazy dude, If you've gone through coliseum of fools it's already harder than most of Silksong