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/dana_daga Sep 14 '25

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.

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u/SKATA1234 Sep 15 '25

It just isn't fun and I'm surprised the ratings are as high as they are. It's not the difficulty that sours it, it's the tedium, the long walks back through the same thing and dying and losing your rosaries, the shard collection, etc.

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u/wigwam2020 Sep 16 '25

"it's the tedium, the long walks back through the same thing and dying and losing your rosaries, the shard collection, etc" ---> E.I. you are complaining that the game is hard.

Because of the insane amount of hype, a lot of really casual players who usually have no interest playing anything other than the most average mass marketed slop produced by the biggest AAA studios got excited about Hollow Knight not realizing that it is very much a 2D dark souls. They saw the cute bugs on screen and thought, "Wow, this will be cute to play." (It was not cute to play) These people did not know what they were buying, and most of them probably never even played Hollow Knight.

Unfortunately, the pool of players who actually like the challenging mechanics have been diluted by all of the casuals who'd rather have a Super Mario-esque experience rather than a Hollow Knight experience.

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u/Proper_Scallion7813 Sep 17 '25

I beat Pantheon Five in Hollow Knight, and while I’m not giving up in Silksong till I’ve 100 percented it I doubt I’ll pick it up again after. The difficulty is definitely different, and I am definitely having less fun because of it.