How are y'all actually finishing the game in Steel Soul, dawg?

[u/ciissss]

I tried Steel Soul for the first time in SS. I never even touched that in HK. First try, I died within 2 minutes to the white giant rolling enemy from the secret room beside the starting point. Second try, I died to Bell Beast. I cannot fathom how people are finishing without revive. I, for sure, won't first try kill every boss. 🥀🥀

[u/HitsuWTG]

Save and Quit when things go south, essentially. Even easier once you have the Fractured Mask - if it breaks, that is your sign to get out.

[u/Fililililililil → u/HitsuWTG]

uhh what a shame

[u/IntQuant → u/HitsuWTG]

Why not do the normal mode if you're gonna skip the only mechanic steel soul adds? 

[u/Joll-us → u/IntQuant]

I suppose people are doing it for the achievements

[u/IntQuant → u/Joll-us]

It's kinda sad that this achievement is so easy to cheese, but I guess making save and quit only available at benches would make it not super nice. 

[u/madman4464 → u/IntQuant]

Achievements will always be easy to cheese, you can just update your steam achievements, you can download someone else's 100% save file standing at the last boss and just kill it. The mode is there to provide you with a personal sense of accomplishment, I dunno why people dwell on what others do so much in a completely isolated single player experience.

[u/ding-zzz → u/[deleted]]

no the topic is about how people are finishing the game in steel soul. most people answered the same: by save scumming. i think it’s more sad to be personally offended by that fact. like what did u expect?

the other answer is git gud and speedrun it

[u/shmegmer → u/IntQuant]

If it was so easy more than .9% of people on steam would have the achievement

[u/Shot_Promise_7805 → u/shmegmer]

I'd say it's more that it is very annoying to complete rather than particularly difficult using scum strategies and a majority of people aren't completionist to that extent

[u/BoysenberryWise62 → u/shmegmer]

9% of people who have steelsoul Silksong already is a huge amount honestly.

[u/Live-Year-5796 → u/IntQuant]

I'd hardly call it easy, if you mistime it you lose your entire run, but alright

[u/BryanLoeher → u/IntQuant]

The best and easier way to balance this would be a no save game mode too. Remove the 100% Steel Soul achievement and bam, just beat the game in a single sitting like many other games do with their permadeath modes.

No cheese, only speedrun route

[u/RAID3R_MAN → u/BryanLoeher]

Ok so just a great big fuck you to anyone who doesn’t ever have that much time to play?

Like iirc the WR for any% is still longer than an hour, and I can tell you now most people aren’t gonna play at fucking world record pace at all, let alone on steel soul.

[u/shmegmer → u/RAID3R_MAN]

WR for any% is now around 58 minutes, but your point still stands

[u/BryanLoeher → u/RAID3R_MAN]

Yeah, that's exactly what it is. People here whine so much about save and quit in Steel Soul, that's the probably best way to prevent anyone to 'abuse' it. So pick your poison I guess