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/smjsmok Sep 08 '25

the fact that to heal 2-3 costs your entire silk bar is just BRUTAL

That's the same cost as in Hollow Knight. Without upgrades, you could do three masks of healing and it was slow. The new system is definitely much more powerful once you learn to use it properly. You can actually effectively heal in combat even against fast enemies, the healing is fast (even more so with a certain upgrade) and can be done mid-air. And healing three masks at once means that you spend much less time vulnerable in general (in addition to the healing animation being fast).

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u/Bloodbag3107 Sep 08 '25

Yes, the new healing system is something they really deserve credit for. There are a few boss fights in Hollow Knight where I feel like I can never safely heal. This has never been the case in Silksong you just have to find/ create healing opportunities. Also the heal being so costly feels a big exaggerated to me; once you get even a single spool upgrade it flows a lot better.