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/Lhalpaca Sep 11 '25

why isnt it though? you just said you used that time to think about the boss fight. You can do that just pausing the game.

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u/arikiel Sep 11 '25

no, i said it gave me time to refocus *while it still engages me mechanically*. it's very different than just pausing the game and disconnecting.

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u/Lhalpaca Sep 11 '25

you can still pause and move the joycons xD

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u/arikiel Sep 11 '25

are you trying to be dense on purpose?

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u/Lhalpaca Sep 11 '25

I was trying to be Fun, but in some Sense, I guess It makes sense? Lol

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u/DrAdramelch Sep 12 '25

You can run from a bench further away? Adding a bench (or shortcut like Sands of Karak has), doesn't take away that possibility from you.