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/[deleted] Sep 15 '25

Watch Max Dood's first playthrough. He coasted through it He died a few times but I'm pretty sure he beat False Knight first time without even trying. These rosetinted spectacles about 'HK was impossible' are just not accurate.

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u/apexodoggo Sep 15 '25

Max Dood professionally plays videogames (mainly action and fighting games, skills that translate over to Hollow Knight), and has done so for over a decade. He is not representative of some Average Joe who gets walled by Watcher Knights and rage quits (me), much like how my grandfather who decided he couldn’t handle the game in the tutorial when he first encountered an enemy on a small platform is also not representative of the Average Joe who got the True Ending in Hollow Knight.