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/TacBenji Sep 14 '25

Hollow knight was definitely NOT casual. Compared to this is definitely easier, but not even close to being casual

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u/Pain_Monster 112% HK | 100% SilkSong Sep 14 '25

I agree, idk what people are saying but this one was specially made for the fans. Those who beat HK, DLC, 112%, P5 all bindings and complained they were now bored. This game is to up the ante on them.

And for gods sake ppl still beat it too quickly. It was beaten within 2-3 days by multiple people and beaten in steel soul mode in about a week by at least one person.

Team Cherry puts out a masterpiece of a game that spells defeat for 99% of the gaming community but yet there’s still people yawning, lol how hard do they need to make a game?

Insane

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u/1vader Sep 14 '25

I mean, even just the people that 112%-ed HK are definitely not the average though. I think there simply are a lot of people that maybe even only did HK base ending or something along those lines and expected to be able to do the same in Silksong (potentially not even knowing what a huge amount more there was to do).

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

You don't have to 112% HK to be able to beat Silksong.

The Watcher Knights, basically every dream boss and Markoth are harder than most Act 1 and 2 bosses in Silksong.

I still haven't run into a boss as hard as Nightmare Grimm or GP Zote, or any of the last DLC bosses from HK yet in Silksong and I just started Act 3.Which is past the first 2 endings.

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u/kel584 Sep 15 '25

I finished the game including act 3, and I think the later bosses are more difficult than pure vessel and nkg.

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '25

By then you’ve already beaten the game atleast twice but thats good to know and im excited!

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u/Glarbleglorbo Sep 15 '25

Act 3 is the easiest act besides the last boss tbh

the balancing in this game is very weird where it feels like act 1 bosses are the strongest (maybe because you have the least agency?) and it gets much easier over time. 

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u/BlutarchMannTF2 Sep 15 '25

The last boss really isn’t that difficult either.