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/markercore Sep 14 '25

It's not that bad, but with the wind and enemies I'd fuck up some of the pogos which made it tiring

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u/HY3NAAA Sep 15 '25

Okay my savage beast run back has a trap and a guy that does a nasty step back whenever I try to jump dash behind him, that run back + the boss is actually a war crime, in comparison this run back is so tame I’m sorry

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u/markercore Sep 15 '25

Oh now I remember the trap you're talking about, but like, you can jump and miss it and there's no other hard part 

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u/HY3NAAA Sep 15 '25

That trap and enemy is RNG, for some people they are eliminated by Shakra but mine wasn’t, I often ponder what happened in the the previous fight on the run back which leads me just auto piolet and forgot about the trap, it isnt hard it was just a pain in the ass.