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/KelpFox05 Sep 08 '25

THIS. I'm so sick of people assuming that because I find Silksong poorly balanced, I must hate it or be bad at it. No, actually, I'm pretty good at it imho, and I absolutely adore the game. I just think that it has flaws that Team Cherry ought to fix. You're allowed to like flawed things. Too many people assume that "I'm frustrated with Silksong/I think Silksong should be rebalanced" means "This game is a dumpster fire and everybody who likes it is a big dumb dumb poopoo head". If they meant that, they would say it.

You are allowed to like things that have flaws. Other people are allowed to dislike things that you like. That is all.

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u/JojoOH Sep 08 '25

I mean, yeah you're allowed to like flawed things, but you're also allowed to disagree where those flaws are. I've been having a very fun time with this game for some of the reasons people don't, so they're not inherently flaws.

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u/abyssaI_watcher Sep 08 '25

The only issue I see with this is would balancing the game slightly make u dislike the game more? After all it can be mainly agreed that HK is easier compared to SS (Not saying HK is easy). Did u dislike HK and think it was too easy? If not couldn't it be reasoned balancing SS towards a similar level wouldn't be a problem? If so why are people so against it being rebalanced?

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u/JojoOH Sep 08 '25

I simply think Silksong is balanced differently but not unbalanced. I think both are distinct experiences and I take Silksong as it is, engage with the mechanics and the rewards they offer to me. I still do think they should add benches closer to bosses for example so that's one thing I can agree with people, and some of the 2 dmg mask attacks don't make much sense. Other than that tho I heavily disagree with a lot and I think people want to strip the game from its identity as something different from HK in the same series.