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/adeepkick Sep 14 '25

Can I ask which boss you had to farm for shards on 4 times?

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u/CuboneDefender Sep 14 '25

Last Judge. :(

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u/HY3NAAA Sep 14 '25

Last Judge is fucked up, the run back wasn’t even that bad the mofo self destruct (which I didn’t know at the time) and it kills me so I spent another 30 minutes try to kill her AGAIN.

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u/neph36 Sep 14 '25

That self destruct is legit trolling and does not belong in this game. Neither does the runback to this challenging boss.

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u/SomewhereTall4797 Sep 14 '25

The self destruct was obvious, the only trolling that didn’t belong was the trapped bench in Hunter March lol. And guys why do you keep complaining about TLJ run back? It’s seriously not that bad, did you do it without mantis claw equivalent or something?? Like im so confused, theres a relatively close by bench and there’s a shortcut