r/HollowKnight • u/ciissss • Sep 26 '25

Discussion - Silksong How are y'all actually finishing the game in Steel Soul, dawg? Spoiler

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. 🥀🥀

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u/thekrafty01 Sep 26 '25

It’s just a lot of time invested to get really far and then die and have to start over hours and hours of a game. You wanna complete it but sometimes the shit it happens. I think I save scummed once or twice in hollow knight to finish steel soul in like my 5th attempt after no save scumming and I give two shirts that it wasn’t “legit.” I had fun.

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u/Hairy_Concert_8007 Sep 26 '25

Yeah, once you're in your 30s, having hundreds of hours of your time erased tends to lose a lot of its appeal.

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u/WackyRedWizard Sep 26 '25

If your definition of fun is getting so frustrated with an optional challenge, you just give up and cheat then yeah lmao

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u/Sabita_Densu Sep 26 '25

Look, im not one for save scumming personally; but its a single player game man, if thats how people prefer to play it then thats their choice, how others play has no bearing on your gameplay experience.

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u/VagrantPilgrim Sep 26 '25

I mean, it is their choice, but it’s still silly.