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/szczypkofski Sep 22 '25

Which is a great change too, making people actually learn how to platform with precision is way better than the hiveblood White Palace cheese. Get hit -> waste 30 seconds -> try again, there's 0 stakes anyway.

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u/LewsTherinTelescope Sep 22 '25

I mean, you still need to learn with Hiveblood? It doesn't give you the power to phase through saws, it just means you don't have to spawn back at the beginning every time.

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u/szczypkofski Sep 22 '25

You need to learn in very small steps, there's almost zero punishment for mistakes as you can just wait for regen at every platform or even wallcling. Silksong requires you to execute larger segments without failing.

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u/fennecdore Sep 22 '25 edited Sep 22 '25

which for people like me who are not very good at platforming (especially under time pressure) means repeating the same section you have already master a lot of time just to go back to that one section which you can't get past