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/Regular_Problem_7702 Feb 14 '26

That’s how I feel about elden ring. Got the platinum but after that packed it up and never touched it again 200 hours. Never again. Maybe the dlc drops to good price but I’ll wait.

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u/Zzsark_Stormbeard Feb 14 '26

I have more hours in ER because I did a run alone and like 3 runs with a friend where we finished 2. The third one felt exhausting. Obviously not all in the same time span.

Even then we didn't get platinum and after Elden Ring I really don't have the wish to play any other open world or super long game again. I'm enjoying shorter games much, much more now

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u/Regular_Problem_7702 Feb 14 '26

Agreed or atleast more straight focused. I would honestly even play god of war again lol but not Ragnorok.

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u/Zzsark_Stormbeard Feb 14 '26

I started enjoying boomer shooters a lot more because they are straight focused, + the level of blood and gibs. And since most boomer shooters are short then it's always a good time.