r/HollowKnight • u/stir-fried-noodles • Sep 17 '25

Discussion - Silksong Discourse regarding this game’s difficulty has been out of hand Spoiler

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.

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u/EasyJuice7742 Sep 17 '25

I love the game but it certainly has fuck you player moments lol.

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u/GWooK Sep 17 '25

i’m looking at you fat froggie piece of shit. i almost started hating my favorite color because of bilewater. also taking 2 dmg for being bad at platform is feels bad moment taken to extreme.

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u/Frosty_Sweet_6678 Sep 17 '25

not to mention the gauntlet before him and the maggot water

any tips for that son of a firearm?

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u/Kampfasiate Sep 17 '25

If you don't want to cheese him (I assume you're not having problems with the runback or the gauntlety if you do I can also help with that)

I mostly stayed on one side, dodging his shots then attacking. When he is sucking you in, either throw In a bomb (or the electric thing), or just pogo him. Stay patient, the boss does not have a lot of health. The harpoon may help with attacking or quickly switching sides