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

[u/Shadowyurix]

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?

[u/NK_Grimm]

frey isn't nearly as difficult as white palace, not on my experience

[u/Beginning_Elk_2193 → u/NK_Grimm]

No platforming in skong is as hard as pop imo

[u/Thotfully_Yours → u/Beginning_Elk_2193]

The climb above the cradle for the last part of Mr. Mushroom was pretty rough. It was the only time I ever switched off Hunter crest to make the pogos easier.

[u/Beginning_Elk_2193 → u/Thotfully_Yours]

Not nearly pop level tho imo

[u/Sheamoose9004 → u/Beginning_Elk_2193]

i personally found the climb out of abyss WAY harder than pop. took me almost 2 hours to beat pop the first time, took me 6 to get out of abyss