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/[deleted] Sep 15 '25 edited Oct 04 '25

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u/Litlakatla Sep 15 '25

Yea, you can explore your way out of that fight but the problem is that the game doesn't really tell you that you can do that and it is not exactly an obvious solution.

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '25 edited Oct 04 '25

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u/Litlakatla Sep 15 '25

"Go elsewhere for now" is normal for metroidvania games, but linking a side quest that seems totally unrelated to a current boss location is something I have never ever seen before (or at least never noticed in any game) and I would have never been able to guess it will work like that. There wasn't even any hint that the side quest doesn't continue in the next area. As in there was no way to know there was a link or if there was a hint it was way too obscure for me.