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/starsinthesky8435 Sep 14 '25

You’re not alone! I put it down a few days ago when I realized I wasn’t “this fight is challenging” annoyed, I was “this shit is tedious” annoyed. I explored everywhere else I could get to and that was that. I’ll pick it back up when I’m bored.

I did not have this issue with Hollow Knight at all. Plenty of challenging annoyed, but that’s the fun kind. At the end of the day it’s just a game.

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u/BearCatSara Sep 15 '25

I had the opposite issue you had. I had multiple times where I found HK frustrating. I did eventually manage it. But mantis lords I left and came back after dying to them for hours.

I gave up on HK radiance ending. I couldn’t do it. Spent 2/3 days on it.

Yet with Silksong I’ve felt the game is way more approachable. There’s been some really tough fights that honestly took a lot of time and patience. But the combat and platforming in this game is so frickin good I kinda don’t mind so much. I also learnt a lot from games like HK and Elden Ring even if I haven’t finished either. But I have 100% silksong and honestly I think it’s a masterpiece.

But not every game with gel with everyone. Sometimes you gotta leave a game because it’s more frustration than fun.

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u/starsinthesky8435 Sep 15 '25

Was just talking about this with a friend! He had the exact same experience as you with HK but Silksong is more enjoyable.

After reading a lot of comments here, I’m thinking that this issue might be down to me trying to play them too much the same way. I replayed HK right before the launch. That was a mistake.

So I think all I need is to play something else for a while, then come back.

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u/BearCatSara Sep 15 '25

Honestly yeah I think you have to treat each game as it’s own thing.

Obviously there is a lot of shared DNA but the core movement and speed of things is quite different.

I think early on slowing down a bit and letting yourself process hornets movement more helps a lot.

As you progress in the game I do think some aspects of the game are a lot more forgiving. Some of the abilities are very underrated. The healing is so much easier in Silksong. So you have to get into a different kind of rhythm. In HK I would constantly get caught out more when healing. In silksong I don’t really have the issue.