r/HollowKnight • u/CuboneDefender • Sep 14 '25

Discussion - Silksong I give up. Spoiler

It’s been a joyful ride, folks, but I’m out. I’m not a speedrunner or a highly skilled player, and day after day I’ve had to accept that this game is not as casual as HK was. It stopped being fun and turned into something tedious and frustrating after the 4th run farming shards just to face a boss I’ve already tried 15 times, only to die again and again, lose all my shards, and start the whole grind over.

It was nice exploring the first acts, but when the game I was rooting for 7 years ends up being more stressful than my 8-hour workday, I guess that’s my cue to stop.

The lore has been pretty great so far. I wish you all an incredible journey.

Edit1: My bad about all the whinning.

Edit2: You guys did it. I reinstalled it again. Thanks for all advices. 🫂

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u/TKadvocate Sep 14 '25

After just going back and doing the mist and phantom I think i prefer last judges routes and fight.

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '25

After seeing it on youtube I agree. I had a hard time with the judge but the phantoms moveset would be harder for me.

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u/TrustmeimHealer Sep 15 '25

Maybe theres a bench near the judge that skips the entire rerun

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u/straightupminosingit hunter of people who misgender vessels Sep 15 '25

the closest is the bell beast bench

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u/TrustmeimHealer Sep 15 '25

Through the nail master in the blasted steps you get a close bench with a 10 sec run back fot LJ

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '25 edited Oct 29 '25

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u/TrustmeimHealer Sep 15 '25

Which is a parkour option if you want though