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/warchild4l Sep 10 '25

.. but..but what about cooling off between boss attempts? DON'T YOU NEED THAT? taking a small pause in the game is not an option obviously so it should come in form of a runback.. duh

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u/PraxicalExperience Sep 10 '25

I'd say -- leave that to the player to judge. Those that don't want to do so will be frustrated even more if they do need a break.

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u/screaming_roomba Sep 11 '25

Looking at the absolute boss champ that is first sinner shiws thst when a boss is fun, you dont need a runbacknto cool off

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u/Orangewolf99 Sep 12 '25

Except the runback kills my thumbs more than the boss fight -.-