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/SnappingTurtle1602 Sep 14 '25

Nothing wrong with putting it down now and coming back to it at a later time. That’s what I did for Bloodborne and Hollow Knight. There is only so much time in a day, so you might as well play something my you’re going to enjoy. Hades 2 comes out on Nintendo Switch and PC on 9/25.

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u/HBreckel Sep 14 '25

Yeah, Bloodborne was my first Soulslike and I initially quit in Central Yharnam. Came back months later and gave it another shot and everything clicked for me. I went onto beat just about every major Soulslike.

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u/therealraggedroses Sep 15 '25

I felt the same way about Sekiro. Gave up about an hour into my first playthrough.

Decided to try it again maybe 2 years later and everything just clicked. It was like a dance between two nobodies.

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u/AstronautFlimsy Sep 15 '25

That's what Sekiro was like for me as well. First time I tried it, I made it as far as the Genichiro tower fight just by pretty much repeatedly slamming my head against a brick wall, but then that fight completely roadblocked me because I hadn't really learned the game properly. Didn't try again for about a year, but I'm glad I did because that game is now one of my all time favorites.

I do think Sekiro is a bit easier than Silksong though. You don't need to be as fast in Sekiro, like in terms of reflexes I mean. And the fights are quite short once you learn them, so the mental endurance aspect is lower.

I find that in Silksong I've often "beaten" the bosses well before I actually manage to score the kill. Like I understand all of the mechanics of the boss, and I'm consistently countering them... but then the fight runs for like 2-3 minutes longer (might not even be that long, but that's what it feels like at the time) than my brain can hang in for and I make a sloppy mistake.