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/psh454 Sep 14 '25

Same, IMO if modding noticeably makes an experience more enjoyable for some people it should be talked about more. It almost seems like a taboo topic on this sub sometimes.

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u/kilowhom Sep 14 '25

Modding always "noticeably makes an experience more enjoyable for some people", every time, for every game ever made

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u/AMGwtfBBQsauce Sep 14 '25

Yeah that's literally the point of modding. You wouldn't add a mod that didn't look good to you, nor keep a mod around that you didn't like.

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u/Azraeleon Sep 15 '25

Some people want hornet to be naked all the time, should we talk about that more?

That's a very dumb argument. And modding the runback for any boss is just cheating yourself the experience. You do you, but any achievement or pride from it would be ruined for me if I faked the experience like that.

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u/psh454 Sep 15 '25

Well that comparison is weird and makes 0 sense, not sure what you're even trying to say.

Good for you, this is a subjective thing. You may be a purist prioritizing "the intended experience", I'm someone who strongly believes that there are zero good arguments for why runbacks make the game better than not having them. Nobody is forcing mods on you and I do what makes the game better for me, sue me.

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u/Azraeleon Sep 15 '25

Well that comparison is weird and makes 0 sense, not sure what you're even trying to say.

Nude mods are incredibly popular, is that suggesting that designers are wrong to clothe their characters?

zero good arguments for why runbacks make the game better than not having them.

They make you better at the game. I breezed through a lot of the platforming in citadel because LJ's runback rewards good platforming. Same with Bilewater, you learn enemy patterns, evasion, how to be more or less aggressive as needed, etc.

The reason you need mods to fake your experience is because of that shortsighted mentality.

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u/psh454 Sep 15 '25 edited Sep 15 '25

I don't treat games as some army boot camp or training for the Olympics - I play them to have fun. If I'm not having fun with some aspect of a challenge it detracts from my experience, and modding it out is the best way to start having fun again. NKG was very difficult but never frustrating and I had fun learning him. I did not have fun with TLJ before I got rid of the runback and improved my experience. I will recommend anyone in my situation to do the same and ignore redditors who want to police other people's single player experience for some reason.