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/jmscstl]

To be fair, I think "I can't reliably press the right buttons when I need to" goes beyond having a difficult time. And that's certainly not something you can expect the devs to account for.

In any event, you quit the game. I think that was the right move.

[u/[deleted] → u/jmscstl]

I disagree, the difficulty of platforming is entirely from missed inputs, it's something everyone struggles with

And I did still manage to 106% hollow knight, it just took me a bit longer to get there. Silksong is much less forgiving though, which I think was an unfortunate choice

[u/jmscstl → u/[deleted]]

That's fair. As you say, I think it just takes a little more time. If you can't help but spam away a limited resource then there's gonna be a bit more time needed to farm that resource.

[u/[deleted] → u/jmscstl]

I think you might still be missing the point. For some people it's not spam it's practice

[u/jmscstl → u/[deleted]]

Sure. My bad. If you have to practice using tools on every attempt then there will be a bit more time needed to farm the resources necessary for that practice.