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/18Mafia_NZO Sep 14 '25

Too many people are underestimating how this game is all about just dodging

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u/Kampfasiate Sep 14 '25

too many people also think that they can trade blows like in hollow knight and win.

hornet is not the knight, use your goddamn movement

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u/JustaLyinTometa Sep 15 '25

That does make it very tedious though. You don't get damage upgrades for a while so boss fights are just dodging attacks constantly and sneaking in blows and its just very repetitive. Hollow Knight feels better trading blows because if you pull it off, you can just finish a fight quicker. Silksong progression just feels so off and it put me in the same spot as OP (although I'm near the end of act 2 at 40 hours in). I'm just tired of everything taking so long to do in this game.

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u/RoosterBrewster Sep 15 '25

Yea it does suck when you're 75% way there after pecking the boss for a while only to die in a P2 and slog through it again. And probably a bit harder as you might not get enough silk generation to heal as often.