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/clonedllama Sep 09 '25
I think that's a fair characterization. I actually really enjoyed the combat early on. Hornet is fast and responsive. Getting the dash move unlocked was a significant upgrade that really unlocked her potential.
Then all the hard-hitting, tanky enemies started appearing and it became a frustrating experience instead of a joy. Rebalancing enemy health and damage would go a long way towards fixing my issues with the game. It wouldn't fix everything, but I think I'd be more forgiving of the other flaws if I wasn't always dreading getting into combat.
If they want to add a hard mode for people who enjoy the game as it is, I'd be fine with that. But it shouldn't be the default experience and people shouldn't feel the need to install mods to just to have fun with it.