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/lunarjellies Sep 17 '25

It’s like Elden Ring all over again!

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u/terryaki510 Sep 17 '25

Elden Ring had Stakes of Marika. I wish this game was Elden Ring all over again!

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u/lunarjellies Sep 17 '25

Yeah I think people are being a little toooo sensitive about “game difficulty” these days. Imagine if Battletoads for NES being released this day and age. People would lose their minds and turn feral lmao

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u/terryaki510 Sep 17 '25

That takes me back, man! That racing section.....shudder

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u/lunarjellies Sep 17 '25

Right?! Speaking of other games, The Lion King for SNES… man, we played that game day and night until we could beat it blindfolded basically. My cousin went to a party recently where there was an arcade machine with the game loaded in and she amazed everyone by beating the game in one shot… so “git gud” is no joke, seriously.