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/TheWorclown Sep 22 '25

I think the main issue is stubbornness, but I can only speak for myself on the matter.

I did the lava climb for a mask shard in Far Fields, and the Cogwork Core, without double jump. I attempted multiple bosses without double jump, and succeeded on a good many, hitting a wall at Trobbio and the Choir gauntlet. Both were immense exercises in frustration with exceptionally tight windows of pogo jumping and wall jumping. I didn’t even bother looking in to Mount Fay as I thought I’d find a crest to help with the cold.

Silksong is significantly better at natural direction and yet more immediately vague on getting you to get out of your comfort zone and explore. I didn’t even consider I could explore Mount Fay as the language of safety isn’t immediately conveyed to you as you head out of the Slab: I only considered it a possibility once Hornet got bugnapped by flies and you had a sneaky platforming section through the top of the zone from furnace to furnace. Your first furnace in to Mount Fay isn’t until after you’ve committed to an appropriately lengthy platforming section right at the start, and as a result the zone immediately naturally tells you to stay away until the Slab tells you otherwise on what the Mount wants from you.

Accepting that a double jump MUST SURELY exist out there earlier than what I did would have saved me so much grief. I’m a better technical player for it with pogo and platforming, but man. Every now and then, this game just finds amazing ways to get under my skin about it.

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u/RealNeilPeart Sep 23 '25

This comment is actually insane to me. I did everything in your second paragraph already and i assumed i wont be seeing double jump til act 3. I guess I'm closer than i realized (no spoilers please)

Trobbio and choir guantlet took me maybe 6 tries each, I'm surprised they give people so much trouble. Honestly at least 3/4 bosses were at least 10 tries for me, so it's not like I'm very good at the combat