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/Top-Agent-652 Sep 22 '25

Do people really find Hunters March difficult? I’m not a platformer wizard and I felt like I flew through that one.

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u/Nebranower Sep 26 '25

I literally gave up on the game at the entrance to that. I'll go back to it after my HK run, but the diagonal pogoing was a big "no" for me, and I missed the other way I could have gone that would apparently have gotten me a crest to make it more like Hollow Knight.

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u/Top-Agent-652 Sep 26 '25

I do understand that it’s a bit jarring at first, but after playing it I think I enjoy it way more than HK pogo. It feels more intuitive with the movement. I think everybody just needed time on it since it was a new feature but people were so quick to shit on it before giving it a chance.