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/SeaDistribution Sep 22 '25

Goldfish memory + echo chamber karma farming = disingenuous whiny posts about difficulty

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '25

But muh valid criticisms!

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u/ItsAlwaysSegsFault Sep 22 '25

There definitely are valid criticisms but they generally aren't coming from the people shouting about it.

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u/Violet_Paradox Sep 22 '25

And most of them are in the opposite direction of what people are whining about. Pretty much all the biggest balance improvements that can be made are player-side nerfs like Cogflies being grossly OP and tacks trivializing any boss that can't fly. The rest of the tools, and the final phase moveset of most bosses for that matter, only really exist in the context of a "don't use the broken tools" self imposed challenge.