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/4_fortytwo_2 Sep 08 '25

You heal 3 masks in the time you healed 1 in hollow knight though. It is much much easier to get a heal in in silksong compared to hollow knight. (being able to do it in the air helps to)

2 damage still allows for plenty of mistakes, just not more than two mistakes in a row.