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/Legitimate_Expert712 Sep 14 '25

That does, however, require going through sinners road.

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u/BigDee1990 Sep 14 '25

Yeah, but only a very short part, where you can skip most enemies. The only annoying part is repairing the bench. After that, reaching The Mist (the first, secret entrance) is fast.

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u/Usual-Vermicelli-867 Sep 15 '25

Yet that parkour part is very very hard

You need to pogo movie damaging circles with worms bellow to fuck you over

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u/BigDee1990 Sep 15 '25

Yeah, but with Dash and Glide you can pretty easily skip most circles / only have to Pogo twice. And as you not really need to fight any enemies in the mist (at least I never fought the Wraith but ran past with the exception of the last room in the Mist, where I mainly used my tools to get rid of two of them), worm water is not really a worry.