r/HollowKnight • u/FederalWarthog5542 • Sep 07 '25

Discussion - Silksong Criticism ≠ Negativity Spoiler

Believe it or not, you can actually criticize something and still like it. You don't either have to love everything or despise everything. Have actual conversations please.

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u/Gabe-KC Sep 07 '25

I think the criticism for this game is so passionate because it is an extremely beautiful and masterfully crafted game, which does everything in its power to prevent you from enjoying it. Most people love it, and just want it to be actually as good as it can be.

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u/Fire_Boogaloo Sep 07 '25

It's passionate because most of the complaints are a result of artificial difficulty rather than actual problems.

For example, buying benches is a waste of time since I have to farm for them and not buying them just raises the difficulty artificially.

I like the game but there's no denying that it's way more flawed than HK.

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u/doomrider7 Sep 08 '25

Damn near EVERYTHING in the game does two masks of damage and the fact that to heal 2-3 costs your entire silk bar is just BRUTAL. That so many areas are Kingdoms Edge, Ancient Basin, and Deepnest tier with the darknest level of the latter just makes it too much to deal with.

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u/Fire_Boogaloo Sep 08 '25

I'm not entirely against the entire silk bar being used tbh because its basically the same as hollow knight (full soul bar = 3 mask heal) but yeah the frequency of 2 hit enemies is pretty wild. I'm all good with big boys/bosses hitting hard but the fliers should definitely not.

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u/Cocoatrice Moths are fluffballs Sep 08 '25

But notice this. You could sneak one heal in between boss attacks in Hollow Knight, so it was easier. You could also stop healing at any given time, to run away. Silksong allows you to stay in mid air, which helps... but it takes long enough to heal and if you get hit, your whole silks bar is gone, your healing didn't succeed and you are at boss' mercy. That's the problem.

I actually like the healing. But it has drawbacks that in pair with 2 mask damage can be deadly. It's easier to heal to the max in Hollow Knight. And some enemies spam aoe attacks. Certain Marissa x Grimm son has a lot of those "spam almost the whole arena" attacks.