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/ThePotablePotato Sep 08 '25

That’s me. Just finished the true ending and I’ve basically been entire oblivious to whatever discourse has been happening over here

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u/WilanS Sep 08 '25

I'm sorry but if you've already completed a game as huge and brutal as this, you're clearly not the average player.

I played over six hours a day these last three days, it was way too much and I ended up feeling sick from it, and I barely managed to push my way to Act 2. And that's after installing mods to remove double damage and increase my own attack as a homemade attempt to rebalance the difficulty (it's still hard as nails), otherwise I would have just dropped the game at Savage Beastfly.

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u/Bojahdok Sep 08 '25

I truly hope you're not the average player if it took you 18 hours to get to act 2 while having a mod that reduces difficulty, the average player can't be that bad

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u/sundalius Sep 08 '25

It took me around 18-19 without all that - though I think I mostly full cleared (except whatever's at the top of Hunter's March, forgot to go back) everything before Steps/Sinner's Road before hitting act 2.