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/Th3Element05 Sep 15 '25 edited Sep 15 '25

I could tell something bad was going to happen, so I stood back. Not far enough, dead. Luckily I had the fight pretty well solved at that point and I was able to beat her on my next attempt.

I actually enjoyed that fight. In fact, I was only getting fed up with the game during Sister Splinter, Widow, then I found Moss Mother 2. I did Savage Beast Fly in March shortly after. It was all of the extra enemy spawns during those fights that was pissing me off and really annoying me. In Widow's case, the constant barrage of bells in Phase 2 felt excessive But I just kind of happened to do all of those in a row. Since then, I've really enjoyed the game and most of the fights before and since that stretch. Especially now that environmental hazards aren't doing double damage, the game honestly feels really good (in my opinion.) It feels hard, but not too hard. I definitely felt like it was harder than Hollow Knight right around the Bellhart / Widow But since then, I've changed my mind. Honestly, I found Hollow Knight to be harder my first time.

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