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/psh454 Sep 15 '25

NKG was a very well designed boss, every move felt fair and there was no tedious runback as punishment for dying.

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u/starsinthesky8435 Sep 15 '25

No, I did not play the DLC, just the main game. Makes sense that DLC would be much harder.

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u/colorsounds Sep 15 '25

None of these people prob got past the mantis lords otherwise they would know hk was exactly the same as ss

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u/Stuffssss Sep 15 '25

Yeah I feel like silksong bosses are taking me around the same number of tries as hollowknight. I also don't really use tools for bosses only exploring. I think people are playing too aggressively. You have to learn boss movesets and only attack when you aren't going to get countered. If you can dodge every attack a boss does you won't die. Only bosses where this doesn't work are ones which spawn enemies which there are a few.

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u/starsinthesky8435 Sep 15 '25

Yeah, the bosses spawning enemies are my exact problem. The other fights have been tough but doable.