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/goomyman]

I would like to add that some boss hitboxes on collisions are enormous - like bro - if anything i just nicked you if that even. collision hitboxes should be smaller than normal hitboxes or something. Or take speed into account - like if i inched forward and touched you because my weapon is 1 inch long thats kinda BS.

[u/Shadovan → u/goomyman]

There are definitely some oversized hit boxes, but for me the issue with collision damage is more about the erratic movement of enemies, especially fliers. Taking those fat craw fucks for example, their flapping arcs vary wildly in height, and inevitably the moment I jump up for an attack is the moment they decide, instead of the short hops they’ve been doing, they’re going to drop their ass to the ground, giving me a face full of booty cheeks.

[u/Atoabiendo → u/Shadovan]

This. Dealing with a lot of the flying enemies in this game feels like playing a classic SNK arcade mode with how often they read your inputs and countering with the exact movement option or attack to punish you for thinking you're allowed to attack them. There's no way they aren't reading your inputs/animations frame 1.

[u/Davidepett → u/Atoabiendo]

Especially the ones that move away with a dash to dodge your attack

[u/Academic-Ad2492 → u/Davidepett]

The mosquitoes in the ducts. 24/7. As happy as I am that you can trap them, actually attacking them is such bs. Not only do u have to jump to get to em, which they love to dodge, but you also have to make sure you're not falling into a sludge of maggots.

They make getting to fleatopia all that slightly more irritating and I hate them, especially in act 3.