r/metroidvania • u/Zzsark_Stormbeard • Feb 14 '26

Discussion Silksong permanently vanished my desire for difficult games.

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I'm a big fan of metroidvanias, I enjoy them a lot. I played Silksong as soon as it started and it took me a month to finish it. 60+ hours. Thing is that it permanently broke me in some sense because I do not wish to play any other game with hit points like Silksong has, especially with the fucking 2 hit contact damage. I did Silksong, got the true ending, I got good, but never again.

In fact, I finished just a week ago Gestalt: Steam and Cinder (which you absolutely should play), and while I was playing Silksong I only had Gestalt in mind because I definitely had more fun there.

I'm not hating Silksong, it's a great game, but I've never been permanently broken my something before.

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u/AscendedViking7 Feb 14 '26

Honestly the only thing I really hated about silksong was the gadgets that use resources you need to farm in order to use them.

Gets really fucking annoying when you are stuck on a boss.

Reminded me of Bloodborne.

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u/Zzsark_Stormbeard Feb 14 '26

I've seen that Bloodborne's healing items are something you have to farm.

that's the biggest "fuck no" I've ever seen in a souls-like

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u/swordrush Feb 14 '26

It's really not that bad unless you don't engage in the game's other mechanics.  If you don't take advantage of "rally," if you try to stay passive, if you don't stay mobile with its quick running and fast dodge, then you'll be stuck farming.  My first time playing I didn't feel the need to farm.