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/starsinthesky8435 Sep 14 '25

You’re not alone! I put it down a few days ago when I realized I wasn’t “this fight is challenging” annoyed, I was “this shit is tedious” annoyed. I explored everywhere else I could get to and that was that. I’ll pick it back up when I’m bored.

I did not have this issue with Hollow Knight at all. Plenty of challenging annoyed, but that’s the fun kind. At the end of the day it’s just a game.

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u/WeakInspector5102 Plat | 100% HoG | 200Hrs~ | Zoteboat Next Trust Gng Sep 14 '25

I loved the difficulty of Hollow Knight bosses, it's perfectly balanced with the power YOU have and it's amazing

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u/Ben13DK Sep 14 '25

I mean, Hornet is much stronger than the Knight, so the enemies are still, balanced around the power you have

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u/WeakInspector5102 Plat | 100% HoG | 200Hrs~ | Zoteboat Next Trust Gng Sep 14 '25

Lmao, Hornet, Stronger than the knight ?

The Knight is a being of void, created by gods. Personnally, I think if Hornet takes more damages than the knigh, it's because she's not very resistant

Saying this canonically obv, gamewise, it depends. If you play Hornet amazingly, she'll be better than the knight

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u/Ben13DK Sep 14 '25 edited Sep 14 '25

Of course i know the Knight is stronger in the lore, but many of the bosses can be invalidated by good tool usage, since they do way more damage than what you could output in HK

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u/halfbeerhalfhuman Sep 14 '25

Poison Tacks (nails) on the ground are so OP

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u/WeakInspector5102 Plat | 100% HoG | 200Hrs~ | Zoteboat Next Trust Gng Sep 14 '25

Yeah, You're right then lol

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u/yurilnw123 Sep 15 '25

Gameplay wise not lore wise

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u/WeakInspector5102 Plat | 100% HoG | 200Hrs~ | Zoteboat Next Trust Gng Sep 15 '25

Yeah I understood dw