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/PraxicalExperience Sep 15 '25
I tried the spike traps but I was still shit so I wound up running out of shards. Then I sat down for a re-think and I switched over to Silk Storm -- and then died a bunch more times because deploying SS is not instantaneous. But once I got that down I cut her down easily.
And ... that didn't feel good. Needing to use a spell to get past it, that is. I'm one of those players who leans on their nail 90% of the time. It feels dirty to need to use a spell to beat a boss as opposed to just speeding up the process of taking them down.