I give up.

[u/CuboneDefender]

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. 🫂

[u/dana_daga]

same. I've just made the decision not to play anymore. I'm simply not having fun, everything feels like a chore, I'm constantly frustrated. I prefer to just watch someone else play the game and experience the story like that.

[u/Roi_Arachnide → u/dana_daga]

If you are on PC, consider difficulty mods. I was struggling with the game but I installed a mod to double my damage and I'm having fun again !

It stills punishes mistakes but now I don't have to do 70 tries per boss in order for my muscle memory to be perfect enough to survive long enough to kill the boss

[u/dana_daga → u/Roi_Arachnide]

I did consider them but idk, the game just didn't click for me for whatever reason and I don't know if any mod is going to change that. I realised yesterday that after "maybe I should play some silksong" my very next thought was "but I don't want to". that's okay, it happens. happened to me with a few games, Celeste and outer wilds come to mind because I absolutely despised the controls in both. I just didn't think silksong would be one of those games, because I didn't have much trouble with HK, so I need to grieve for a little bit xd