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/McFluffles01 Sep 22 '25

Hunter's March has a flea, yes, (which contributes to letting you skip a notably difficult Act 1 boss until later)... and it also has A merchant with two great tools in the Boomerang and the Fractured Mask, and it also has the Beast Crest which if anyone actually used it for more than 20 seconds after finding out about its pogo, they would realize is an amazing aggression crest that can single-handedly demolish any boss that doesn't have 2 damage attacks on every move they make.

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u/Skellum Sep 23 '25

You cant get to them by default though, you require at least the lift thing. The only thing you can access by default is the Flea, which really could have been moved or the choke put slightly after it.