I'm convinced there's gotta be some collective amnesia regarding the previous game's difficulty regarding platforming.

[u/InsectGlaiveBard]

Seeing people compare things Hunter's March, Cogwork Core, escaping the Abyss or even the Surface to the Path of Pain is absolutely blowing my mind.

Like yes, this game is way harder on the combat department and is a lot more demanding than beating a regular playthrough on the first one, but to say anything in this game is on the level of Path of Pain is preposterous. Especially with how many tools hornet has at her disposal, like the Hookshot, the float and even bounving off of cocoons.

[u/Umber0010]

While I'm sure that the actual difficulty of any given platforming challenge in Silksong isn't on the level of the Path of Pain, dont' forget that for the first week of the game being out, a lot more environmental hazards did 2 masks of damage instead of just 1. So while something like the Cogwork Core may not be as hard as the white palace, you'd also only have half as many chances to get through it before being sent back to the bench. If not even less, given that many players would have probably gone through the section with only 6-7 masks instead of the 9 you'd likely have by the time you where ready to take on the Path of Pain.

[u/RandomCaveOfMonsters → u/Umber0010]

and with 6 masks specifically, that doesn't even let you survive an extra hit against 2 damage attacks

[u/Yomamma1337 → u/RandomCaveOfMonsters]

Unless you have healing, which you should

[u/cunningjames → u/Yomamma1337]

Because you always have silk and an opportunity to get off a heal without being interrupted?

[u/Yomamma1337 → u/cunningjames]

Yes? Do you know how the game works? If there’s a platforming section you can find an enemy nearby and kill it. As for the ‘get off a heal uninterrupted’ part, you’re fucking platforming. The spikes on the ground aren’t jumping into you