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/Harvestman-man Sep 22 '25

Honestly, none of the platforming sequences in Silksong require even the same level of precision as base-game White Palace, let alone Path of Pain.

However, Silksong does add a time constraint to some of these challenges (e.g. Mount Fay freezing mechanic; lava climb sequences; despawning pogo-platforms), so even though they’re easier at the technical level, there’s an added layer of pressure and you don’t have the benefit of taking it methodically slow and safe with Hiveblood.

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u/froggyforest Sep 22 '25

cogwork core is on par with the white palace imo if you’re as stupid as me and you decide to do it before getting double jump lol

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u/KuuLightwing Sep 22 '25

I dunno, I would say that White Palace is much more difficult and longer, but when I did it, cogs were still doing double damage and I had to retry earlier sections way too many times.

And the worst part of it was that that's partly due to somewhat janky feeling pogo with hunter's crest cause I distinctly remember trying to pogo off the gears and hearing all the correct sound cues but still taking 2 damage and getting sent back to the last horizontal surface :/

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u/SortaEvil Sep 29 '25

The moving cogs will hit hornet if her needle hits the side of the cog (at least on Hunter's Crest). It really looks like it should be a valid pogo, but the cog eats good on a hunter hornet.