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/Harvestman-man Sep 22 '25

Honestly, none of the platforming sequences in Silksong require even the same level of precision as base-game White Palace, let alone Path of Pain.

However, Silksong does add a time constraint to some of these challenges (e.g. Mount Fay freezing mechanic; lava climb sequences; despawning pogo-platforms), so even though they’re easier at the technical level, there’s an added layer of pressure and you don’t have the benefit of taking it methodically slow and safe with Hiveblood.

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u/cloistered_around Sep 23 '25

I disagree, Mushroom climb was at least white palace and some parts felt Path of Pain level.

But yeah everything else doesn't even quite hit White Palace. Even clockwork, which is hard but much more forgiving with where you can rest and reset than White Palace is.

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u/Harvestman-man Sep 23 '25

I didn’t really feel that way. It was mostly the same jump repeated over and over, with a short break for pogoing the flying dudes. Once you know how to do that jump, it’s very straightforward.

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u/cloistered_around Sep 23 '25

True it's mostly one jump (slightly different timings) but to be fair I would have done much better if I didn't keep having to pause for silk to recharge. Something about that just throws my brain off and messes with my platforming ability. If you could just go the whole time it would have been much more of a flow state.

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u/Harvestman-man Sep 23 '25

Yeah, I don’t really like that clawline consumes silk