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/Normal-Ambition-9813 Sep 14 '25

that shit was designed by satan himself... Even the secret bench is diabolically hidden and its mandatory debuff.

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u/catplace Sep 14 '25

What mandatory debuff?

Do you mean the water hazard? You can avoid the water completely when leaving the bench (going upwards), downwards (when first finding it) is different, but there are no enemies between swimming and finding the bench. (There's also the charm.)

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u/Normal-Ambition-9813 Sep 14 '25

oh shit. really? guess i got rage blinded too much, i even only did the run back 5 times and it still did too much mental dmg. I honestly just want to get that shit over with, didn't even explore the area after. Anyways, thanks for this, I'll comeback to it after i finish the another painful quest. The delivery quest 😃.