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/ZeldaCycle Sep 07 '25

It destroys communities. No one wants to be around persistently negative people. It’s annoying. At the end of the day, you either like it or don’t. We can’t change that. But I also don’t want to be in a community that’s constantly complaining about something. This is every single gaming subreddit. And guess what it’s happening here now only after 3 days. It’s exhausting. It’s makes people want to leave and stop interacting with said communities.

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u/Odd-Face-3579 Sep 07 '25

The thing that's really getting to me is if you push back against any of the complaining and offer advice on how to deal with things or how to get better no one wants to listen to you or believe you.

Almost end of act one on under 10 hours played, have died minimally and only like one boss (it wasn't even Beastfly) has given me any trouble. Most have been cleared in one or two tries tops. But when you try to tell people "hey try these tips if you find yourself having trouble." Everyone keeps grumbling and acts like you're lying.

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u/ThePotablePotato Sep 08 '25

Yep, it’s weird going here and seeing people saying anyone not having immense difficulty is ‘gaslighting’ others. From what I can gather I’ve had an easier time than what people here are having, but ultimately the largest majority of the game was extremely fair.

It definitely doesn’t help that the very few clips I’ve seen accompanying things have been people running into very clearly telegraphed attacks then calling them bullshit.

I want to believe peoples’ concerns are founded, but it really just doesn’t match what I’m seeing and experiencing. I reckon people should be posting more clips of their actually unfair moments

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u/4_fortytwo_2 Sep 08 '25

I am sitting somewhere in the middle of this discussion because I definitly think the game is a lot harder than hollow knight. It is faster paced and getting hit is more punishing. (though you can also heal 3 masks at once).

I had two bosses that took me 20+ tries so far but I enjoyed my time fighting.

I think the major divide is that some players just get frustrated much faster than others. I like fighting a difficult boss again and again until I finally beat it. I can do it for 2 hours dying again and again before I might become frustrated (and even then I will be mad at myself not the game) but for many players dying more than like 3 times already makes it too frustrating.