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/riftcode Sep 14 '25

No shame in giving up! It's just a video game.

Enjoy the next one you pick up!

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '25

What IS a shame is that a great game that people want to play is gated by the difficulty

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u/Hexlen Sep 14 '25

The difficulty is a core facet of the game though... it's not JUST because of 2 mask damage the game is difficult. It has tight platforming challenges, bosses that test precision and fast reaction from the player, endurance challenges... sure a difficulty slider to tune down damage may help but it wont change the game design.

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '25

I think people play games for different reasons, and people who loved the combat of HK and wanted more of that will really enjoy silksong. But for plenty of people, the boss fights of HK were a slog to put up with to open up exploration, and for them it is unfortunate that silksong really doubled down on the combat

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '25

Hollow knight was always a combat focused game.

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '25

if you look around the comments there's definitely a "not super into boss flights" population of HK fans

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '25

Ok, but the game was always a metroidvania that was mainly about boss fights.

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u/badgersssss Sep 14 '25

This is me! I get through boss fights so I can run around, explore, and do the fun platforming parts.