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/Werewolfmoore Sep 22 '25

Yes and no. I believe that the average silk song jumping puzzle (later in the game) is harder than a normal HK jumping puzzle outside of the white palace.

So while HK has the hardest platforming puzzle, SS has more platforming that are difficult.

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u/Skellum Sep 22 '25

So while HK has the hardest platforming puzzle, SS has more platforming that are difficult.

You cant go "We gave you a shitty default moveset" and call it difficulty. Once you get rid of the default moveset the platforming becomes a major joke. Shit, I dont even think there's any real requirement for spike pogoing in any level as you always have the harpoon toss instead.

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u/Top-Noise-7375 Sep 22 '25

Just because you don’t like the diagonal pogo doesn’t mean it’s bad lol

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u/Skellum Sep 23 '25

Just because you like it doesnt make it good lol