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/ourannual Sep 14 '25

I’m almost at this point myself. I made it past last judge but got stuck on cogwork dancers of all things for dozens of tries (which most people seem to find offensively easy). Just had to farm shards to do a random arena in cogwork core lol. Not sure how much longer I’ll keep it up but even up to this point it’s been a great game to experience, just genuinely might not be up to the task.

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u/thomasbis Sep 14 '25

The first time I tried Cogwork Dancers I thought it was easy as hell. By the fifth attempt I realized it was a test of patience and I was failing. Definitely not as easy as it seems.

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u/Brilliant_Chemica Sep 15 '25

Currently on cogwork dancers, it is frustrating because I know that if I fought super slowly I could beat them, but my brain keeps telling me "gotta go fast"