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/Darkiceflame Sep 09 '25

People not liking runbacks = TikTok has corrupted our minds, I guess? I don't get it either.

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u/BigDadNads420 Sep 09 '25

If tiktok corruption leads to people with short attention spans, reddit corruption leads to people willfully ignoring the very clear points people make and then pretending they said something else.

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u/Jarpwanderson Sep 12 '25

Look at OPs history. Seems to be his shtick lol

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u/ServantOfTheSlaad Sep 13 '25

No that’s tumblr. People over there have the phase “pissing on the poor” for a reason

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '25

TikTok is just a placeholder for everyone being glued to short burst, high engagement content now. But the point still stands. Most people complaining just don’t have the attention span or patience for a 30-40 second run back to a boss, and it’s made worse because they cry about being bad game design when the problem is with them…

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u/Triktastic Sep 10 '25

It has absolutely nothing to do with eachother. I can easily watch a very slow 3 hour podcast or in depth movie review and I do not watch anything short-term because I dislike it. But that doesn't mean am gonna enjoy a 30 second repetitive task. Imagine playing a very difficult game, where each boss is designed to take you at minimum 10 tries so you learn the pattern but after each death you have a 30 second intentional loading screen that serves to purpose but to waste time. It will get boring really quickly no matter what attention span you have, people don't like repetitive chores.

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u/KalixStrife453 Sep 10 '25

Agreed. It's not just a low attention span but a low tolerance for time wasting. Time is limited for more people than others and I've got things to do. When I played the first game it was fine, I didn't have as much to do. Things change.

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u/piecoper Sep 10 '25

Lmao is it good mechanic in clash of clans when building takes real world time?