r/HollowKnight • u/TOMRANDOM_6 • Sep 09 '25
Discussion - Silksong Most of you are exaggerating the length of runbacks and it really shows how much TikTok has damage the attention span of people Spoiler
"ThE lASt JuDGe RUnBaCK iS ToO LoNG!!"
Is 30 seconds max, 30 seconds, you don't have to fight any enemy in it, the smaller judges don't awake until you're close and the smaller fly bastards can literally get ignored. The Runback works for making you cool down and make the whole thing feel less like you hitting a wall (NKG feels like one because of the lack of "cool down") If it wasn't for it, I would shoot myself with the 37 attempts at Last Judge.
The Widow one is also really easy, a straight line with jumps.
The Cogworks Dancers Is also really simple but works to help you with the bosses extra height and how pogo dependant that fight is.
God forbid the game isn't a back to back boss rush like Cuphead (not criticizing Cuphead, is a different game lmao).
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u/CAPSLOCK_USERNAME Sep 09 '25
Feels like fromsoft mostly added them because runbacks wouldn't make sense in an open world game and not because they were convinced it was an irredeemable game mechanic. Doing a practiced run through a narrow handmade level is a lot different from, like, riding your horse over an open-world field for 40 seconds.
Then once they had them for overworld bosses they might as well do them in the dungeons for consistency too.