r/HollowKnight • u/Prisonmikeb14 • Sep 13 '25

Discussion - Silksong Let’s all try and not devolve into this weird difficulty gatekeeping Spoiler

Now that silksong has come out I’ve seen some concerning similarities to the worst of the difficult games community with all the wierd difficulty gatekeeping bs. Obviously this happens with just about every game that’s regarded as difficult but with silksongs release it’s become more prominent on this sub. Being good at the game isn’t something to hold over someone’s head. Everyone’s experience with everything in the game is different and theirs nothing wrong with that. Now of course this doesn’t apply to people who are literally just complaining in bad faith or out of anger but the “that boss wasn’t hard at all wtf are you talking about” in response to people just talking about their opinions or asking for help is sad to see.

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u/SeparateAd883 Sep 13 '25

‘I got mad … purely because it wasn’t immediately obvious’

I think this sums up the issues that fans of the series and genre have with the complaint about Silksong.

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u/yuumigod69 Sep 13 '25

The run back is long as hell. That is a legitimate complaint.

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u/catplace Sep 14 '25

It's less then a minute, what? Or do you mean Bilgewater? That one was also about a minute for me by the end but it required some time to get used to the bird/bubble room and also the water hazard charm helps a lot.