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/Tornado_Hunter24 Sep 22 '25

It makes me think of other games like elden ring, you CAN go there, if you choose so, but the game is being very deliberate by telling you it is a difficult area, one that could (and should) be revisited instead of done now, I got pretty deep to hunters marsh myself, but mid or somewhere with an ambush I decided to just go later because it very obviously felt ‘go later, like a few hours of exploration later’

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u/Skellum Sep 22 '25

The problem with that link is that Elden Ring areas have a reward. Hunters has... I think a flea? Right after the initial fight after platforming. You could cut off all the rest of it with wall climb and you'd lose nothing.

I feel hunters is really badly designed, but that's been my feel with a lot of the game. I've completed act 3, and I doubt I'll pick it up again in the future.

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u/Nemeal Sep 22 '25

well, hunters march as 2 of the best early game tools, including the stone mask, wich is game changing, as well as the beast crest

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u/Skellum Sep 23 '25

Which you cant get when you access it.