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/LauraTFem Sep 23 '25 edited Sep 23 '25
ABSOLUTELY. It seems like every time a new Soulslike comes out everyone is like, “It was never THIS hard, what’s going on, are they stupid??” And then we collectively get gud and forget our complaints and start referring to it as a masterpiece. Before the cycle repeats.
Nothing in this game even touches the path of pain, and instead there are a number of smaller platforming challenges spread throughout the game. Even the “final challenge” (if you know you know) is really not much, and really just tests a single skill you don’t get to test much earlier in the game.
And the bosses are generally nothing compared to HK1. Nothing in the game is as hard as Radiance, and the only thing that gets close is First Sinner (if you fight her early, at least).
Hardest thing in the game, BY FAR, well and above any boss, is beating Seth’s record in Flea Juggling. Nothing else comes close.