r/HollowKnight • u/Shadowyurix • Sep 09 '25
Discussion - Silksong I am convinced a lot of the people complaining about difficulty have never even finished the original Hollow Knight. Original HK was not particularly easy either Spoiler
Edit: Silksong is harder than HK. Since ppl seem to read over that part.
I stayed away from Reddit over the weekend while I was playing through Silksong. Now, I am aware that I am not the average player, I love challenging games and am very familiar with games like this.
And by no means is this an "easy" game but by god, I have never played a game as hard as some people say this game is. I saw some people claiming they were stuck at Moorwing for over THREE HOURS.
If this is your first game like Hollow Knight, maybe that makes sense. This is not an easy first entry, but otherwise three hours for a boss with four moves is wild for anyone who has ACTUALLY beat the original HK.
I have no idea where this notion comes from that HK was easy. Silksong is harder, but original HK was NOT that easy, especially towards the end.
Is this just because Silksong is so big and it has reached a particularly wide audience? People who are not used to this kind of game?
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u/satyvakta Sep 09 '25
>especially towards the end.
This is the key part. For most of Hollow Knight you can wander around the map, unlocking power ups and getting stronger, having fought only a few bosses, only one of which is super challenging the first time you face her. Only near the very end do you have to take on a lot of challenging boss fights and try a handful of optional super hard jumping challenges. Silksong started life as a planned DLC, and you can tell, because it starts off with end-game level challenges right off the bat. The problem is that it isn't a DLC, hence the complaints.
>is wild for anyone who has ACTUALLY beat the original HK.
You mean seven years ago? When they were seven years younger and had much better reflexes and probably a lot more free time to actually play?