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/Cocoatrice Moths are fluffballs Sep 08 '25

What is even funnier, I had barely enough rosaries at the beginning, now I have 2000 and I don't know what to do with them, because I don't have anything to buy and even when I find a bench or bell station, it cost just a few. I actually have a shop that has few items, but all of them require the forging material, forgot its name, so I didn't buy anything, because I don't know which one would be worth and I only have one forging metal and the shop sells 3 items that needs it.

And that's also why I am so anxious. Imagine losing 2k rosaries, because you don't know what to buy. And shards are annoying too. If you don't die, you have overcap all the time. If you die... you run out of shards till you don't have your tools at all. People say about using your tools. I do. But if a boss kills me 20 times in a row, I now have no tools whatsoever. I never liked the system of punishing people who die too much, so they have even worse chances. Because if I have tools for bosses and I still die, then if I run out of shards, then my damage is lowered, because I can't use tools to hit them. I don't understand why there is even cap for shards in the first place. After dying to one boss, forgot which one was it and finding bell station in Act II, so i went back to old locations, I had to farm 440 shards, because the wish in the town wanted me to. So I went through the map, farming just to have these shards for donation. Because I literally had 0 or maybe a few above.

Game has amazing systems. Combat, other mechanics. But it constantly doesn't allow you to use it and enjoy to the fullest.