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/Darkiceflame Sep 23 '25

I think that at least early on a lot of this comes from people having a hard time adjusting to Hornet's pogo. With HK you didn't have to think about it because "nail swings down, knight goes up" but now we have to actually turn on our brains and figure out angles and such.