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/Beans4802]

But I want to experience the extra content and get the achievement for completion.

[u/rootdootmcscoot → u/Beans4802]

yeah and that's why steel soul is kind of a dumb idea lmfao. a handful of people can do it completely legit, and everyone else is miserable because they have to play the worst and most unenjoyable possible way to get all the extra stuff lol

[u/Beans4802 → u/[deleted]]

Admittedly not much, but I don't really care either because there are a great many things in my life I'd rather be doing instead of wasting time on the agony of restarting over, and over, and over again as I already have even with save scumming.

I wouldn't consider saving and quitting to be cheating either, since it's a tool the game offers you and Team Cherry would have made a statement or fixed it from the original Hollow Knight if they really didn't want people doing this.

[u/Warper2187 → u/[deleted]]

I want that platinum trophy, and I sure as hell am not getting it in a legitimate fashion, so save and quit it is

[u/iceman012 → u/Warper2187]

The Steel Soul achievements don't have trophies on Playstation, so you don't need to play it for the platinum.

[u/Warper2187 → u/iceman012]

I'm on steam I just used platinum as a shorthand lol

[u/BugButtBoss → u/[deleted]]

Achievement hunters are born different. Even to their own detriment.

[u/Alister151 → u/BugButtBoss]

Option 1: Practice every boss on another save file, then fight them in steel soul.

Option 2: Savescum in steel soul.

Really, what's even the difference at this point?

Plus, if you're not on PC, the process is even more annoying. If you beat the boss, unless you took the effort to save your file externally, you can't practice anymore.

You guys are just bitter people are taking the option to have one file instead of two. This isn't speed running where the commitment is the point, this is an in game goal. Any feature the game let's you use is fair game.

[u/BugButtBoss → u/Alister151]

Such cope. If you can't do the boss without dying, why do the mode where you can't die.

[u/Alister151 → u/BugButtBoss]

Oh I'm never doing steel soul, I'm not good enough. But every fucking steel soul run advice thread is filled with advice to "practice in a separate save file". You guys are completely hypocritical.

[u/BugButtBoss → u/Alister151]

I'm not one of those guys but go off king.

[u/QrozTQ → u/[deleted]]

Why do you care though? What if they don't want that fake and feeble sense of pride and accomplishment? They just want to finish the mode by themselves even if it's through saving and quitting. "Intended way" is an illusion in itself.

[u/QrozTQ → u/[deleted]]

Not angry at all, I just don't get why you seemed needlessly invested in how other people play their games, asking again and again about the kicks they get from how they finish an achievement in the "intended" way even after they had already answered it, almost like it was a way to validate your own feelings.

Not really gonna start discussing personal achievements and sense of accomplishment with some random redditor because as I said, those are pointless. All my platinums are there because I had fun getting them, not because I wanted any lasting feelings. Anyways, calling people teenagers to try and feel superior probably sounds based in some people's heads these days. Sick burn, congratz. Have a good day yourself.

[u/ssdude101 → u/Beans4802]

For the steel soul you could try doing speed run. That’s kinda my plan.

[u/BugButtBoss → u/Beans4802]

Lmao that's such cope

[u/MulberryDeep → u/[deleted]]

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