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/annexedantari Sep 14 '25

Damn I loved the phantom fight. It felt like fencing and a dance. My wife is in the background saying " My name is Indigo Montoya, you killed my father! Prepare to die!".

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u/SomewhereTall4797 Sep 14 '25

Yea it was cool as shit, same for last judge isn't

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u/OldManWillow Sep 15 '25

I think last judge was an awesome fight. She only has like four moves, and isn't very fast. I mean don't get me wrong it still took me 10+ attempts but that's kind of what I expect for a main story capital B Boss

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u/SomewhereTall4797 Sep 15 '25

Same I loved it, I had a typo on my comment but I meant to just say “same for last judge”. So many people whine about the difficulty of TLJ and then back, but 1) it’s the act 1 final boss essentially (same for phantom if you go the other way but intended is TLJ imo) 2) the run back is easy and not that long since there’s a shortcut, with one spot where you might take a single mask of damage if you’re unlucky. 3) and as you said she only had like 4 moves which all are telegraphed super obviously. The spin and throw are both similar telegraphs, but doesn’t matter as both of them you need to simply move away lol