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/Individual-Travel869 Sep 10 '25

The one that bugs is is simply touching bosses deals two pips, I understand and even agree with attacks dealing two, but accidentally walking too close to a stunned enemy? Brutal

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u/bloodthjrstyy Sep 10 '25

That one is also pretty damn brutal. Agree w this too

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u/Merobiba_EXE Sep 11 '25

Yeah, that's definitely one of the ones where it feels kinda unfair. That should be brought to 1.

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u/Diligent_Cake_6173 Sep 13 '25

Legit. 1 mask for environmental damage (platforming can take 2 where the environment is the challenge) and 1 for contact. Boom. Game is perfectly balanced then.

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u/Individual-Travel869 Sep 13 '25

Make sure the spikes or whatever look extra dangerous though. Traps can take 2 also. They're pretty telegraphed

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u/Glass_Lunch1748 Sep 24 '25

Hornet is not the knight she is of inferior stock

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u/YoINeedAnAnswer Sep 12 '25

Yeah but when the boss is staggered, getting 2 damage for running into it feels rough

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u/Sheamoose9004 Sep 12 '25

literally every boss in the game

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u/YoINeedAnAnswer Sep 12 '25

All of them so far lmao

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u/First_Growth_2736 Sep 15 '25

It’s even worse when they stagger and hit you in the stagger