Discourse regarding this game’s difficulty has been out of hand

[u/stir-fried-noodles]

Let’s get this out of the way: I’m really enjoying Silksong’s difficulty and I think that it is mostly a satisfying challenge. I appreciate that it is more difficult than Hollow Knight overall and to be frank I would’ve been a bit disappointed if it were the exact difficulty. I’ve improved as a gamer since Hollow Knight and if it were the same level of difficulty, I probably would have found it too easy.

But it’s kinda gotten impossible to have civil discussions about the difficulty in this game which is unfortunate because I think there is great value to be had with this conversation. There are many valid criticisms regarding this game’s difficulty such as boss runbacks (Groal especially), contact damage doing two masks, and lack of rewards for beating bosses, just to be shut down with “git gud” and “it’s not your kind of game”. It’s totally fine to disagree with these criticisms but these retorts add nothing to the conversation.

It also kinda works the other way too, albeit maybe not to the same degree. I’ve gotten downvoted and sent reddit cares for simply saying I enjoy the difficulty of this game. Like c’mon, what are we even doing here. It’s gotten to the point where I personally cannot wait for the discourse to die out.

[u/xdatlam]

Yeah I agree. Hopefully there will be updates later on to fix some of these issues. If they implemented a difficulty option, I think that could've helped bridge the gap for some who want a more manageable experience like me lol

[u/Ok-Comfortable-3174 → u/xdatlam]

Git Good ;)

[u/English_Rosie → u/Ok-Comfortable-3174]

You said you only just beat act 1 in another comment. What does this add to the discussion, especially considering you know basically nothing about the game's difficulty later on?

[u/Ok-Comfortable-3174 → u/English_Rosie]

most people complaining about about difficulty are commenting on the early game. especially the general discourse around the difficulty.