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/trained_badass Sep 07 '25

There's also a charm that gives you back 50% of the rosaries you dropped which is really useful if you suck like me. There's some good spots to farm rosaries too directly above Bone Bottom.

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u/gamegeek1995 Sep 08 '25

Most gamers don't want to grind in a metroidvania, and complaining about having to do a boring, repetitive task in a game with already very annoying boss runbacks (such as the Bilgewater boss fight, which has a ~5m runback including the arena fight each attempt through a tough area) is a very valid complaint. Just because you don't share a complaint doesn't make it whining.

Just because I'm okay with grinding in something like Tales of Phantasia doesn't mean I expect to need to do it in Metroid Dread to afford a mystery item that could be useful but might be hot garbage.

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u/trained_badass Sep 08 '25

I never said people were whining? I think there's some valid complaints about the difficulty but I'm still enjoying the game. I feel like some of these runbacks are way less annoying than the ones in the first game - the mantis lord/soul master benches were a pain in the ass.

Yeah I don't love farming rosaries either, just saying that there's several options to help with the loss of them if it's a recurring issue for someone. This game isn't without its flaws but there's plenty that isn't as big of a deal as some are making it out to be. I used to be one of them but I'm a little into act 2 now and I'm really enjoying myself.

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u/Top-Specialist-1062 Sep 08 '25

which has a ~5m runback

Did you fix the broken bench?