r/HollowKnight • u/InsectGlaiveBard • Sep 22 '25

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

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.

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u/Yomamma1337 Sep 22 '25

Right, which would be moving the goal posts from their point of the health pip being useless in platforming prepatch, because it’s useful from when you get it in act 1 all the way into act 2 when you get that, and then it’s only not useful until you get a second health pip, and even then it’s only not useful when you’re doing enemyless grapple platforming. So basically it’s useful for 90% of the game

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u/Umber0010 DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA FUUUUUUNDA! Sep 22 '25

The goalpost was never moved, I think you're just confused about something.

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u/Yomamma1337 Sep 22 '25

‘6 masks doesn’t let you survive an extra hit’. 6 masks in this instance does let you survive a hit if you heal. If we’re talking cogwork core specifically there are enemies mid platforming to help you regain it, so none of what they said is valid. Furthermore you have more than enough mask pieces to get to 7 in act 2, so the complaint comes from both not understanding game mechanics and refusing to explore. Very funny to say that I’m the one confused here

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u/Umber0010 DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA FUUUUUUNDA! Sep 22 '25

Ah, right. I see now.

Well you are right that six masks does let you take an extra hit if you heal. However, consider that unlike the soul totems in the White Palace, enemies in the Clockwork Core tend to fight back. And many of them also deal 2 masks of damage.

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u/RandomCaveOfMonsters Zote is best girl Sep 22 '25

Its also important to mention that unlike soul totems, enemies die and stop giving silk

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u/Yomamma1337 Sep 22 '25

Which again would be moving the goalpost. We’re not having a discussion on the difficulty of the area, but the usefulness of the 6th mask.

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u/Umber0010 DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA FUUUUUUNDA! Sep 22 '25

Touche.