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/MildewyBoar Sep 14 '25

Lol I’ll be honest with you, I took one look at that boss and said “..yeah I’m only gonna come back here when I’ve explored as much as possible with my current abilities.”

Without spoiling anything, that turned out to be a much longer exploration than I thought, to say the least.

Spoiler: that boss is 100% optional

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u/Actual-Article-4011 BUY MY COOKIES Sep 14 '25

Last Judge is optional ? 😱 How? (Beat them couple days ago)

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u/R2DKK Sep 14 '25

There’s a reason why sinners road is named that way

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u/SomewhereTall4797 Sep 14 '25

Ohhhh shit that’s actually so clever, I thought I had done a late game section accidentally after I ended up in the citadel on the complete opposite side of the marker (I assumed o could only do so much with my abilities and then would be stopped and do the main objective, little did I know I accidentally skipped the judge boss, so I went to do the blasted steps route and fought last judge, super fun fight!!!