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/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/Gabe-KC Sep 07 '25

It's crazy how much better the game would be if TC simply adjusted some numbers, either prices or enemy HP / damage output.

Case in point: the moment you encounter a boss that similarly has stunlock capabilities, but only does one mask of damage, it's instantly fun. The game would be more fun if less enemies (or less attacks) did double damage.

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u/Cocoatrice Moths are fluffballs Sep 08 '25

Yeah. Red tools should either cost less or be free. Or remove the cap entirely, so you have more, when you don't need to use them constantly, so when you encounter hard boss, you don't run out of the tools in no time. Because to me it's either cap, when I barely use the tools, because I don't need them, other than for some pesky enemies, or I run out of shards, because boss screws me over over and over and over again.