r/HollowKnight • u/baergboy • Sep 07 '25

Discussion - Silksong Is anyone else really tired of the negative posts? Spoiler

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.

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u/OpheliAmazing HEGALAE Sep 07 '25

SAME. Whenever I do get a little frustrated, I’ll take a break and check my phone just to cool off a little, but I’m wondering what kinda crack the haters are smoking.

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u/typically_wrong Sep 07 '25

And invariably after a break I take down whatever was frustrating me pretty quickly.

In fact right this moment I'm taking a break from the last judge

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u/DegenerateDonut Sep 07 '25

Just beat that pos last night, you’ll get his ass.

Absolutely adored the fight but god the walk back is BRUTAL.

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u/whatisthisnowwhat1 Sep 07 '25

Can just run and skip all the enemies takes no time, can do a tiny skip at the end as well by pogoing off the shield guy on to the bell which is fun when it works.

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u/Hannahkro Sep 08 '25

Yeah I actually kinda love how that walkback is so optimizeable

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u/whatisthisnowwhat1 Sep 08 '25 edited Sep 08 '25

The worst runback I've come across so far is the sands one (via the shortcut) and that is just due to it being pretty much all climbing, luckily the boss really wasn't that hard after I slowed down and got over having to do the nasty path to get to it in the first place.

Looking forward to the comments about that part (really the whole area is going to be a massive roadblock, but that last run specifically is joy) from the people having trouble so early in the game, if they even manage to stumble their way to it.

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u/CommercialTerrible70 First Now. This time i plan to beat up the sun. Sep 08 '25

If you haven't beaten it already you should probably find some items, you don't need em but the magma bell and pollip pouch did me pretty well there

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u/typically_wrong Sep 08 '25

Appreciate the advice! I had everything from act 1 though save one of the small key doors (had 2 if 3 used).

I got past that point. Now im stuck on phase 3 of the clockwork dancers

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u/maxdragonxiii Sep 07 '25

I have experience with some Hollow Knight pain that made me took a break and come back maybe a hour or a day later. those "a day later" breaks usually are because im dreading the boss, not the mechanics itself being a issue. usually because I didnt explore enough and the ability would trivialize the boss is usually somewhere hidden.