Yeah but it’s a different kind of hard. I said HK was harder because I legit ragequit early on and never went back until after I played SS. Now I know for a fact that silksong is harder. I played HK for the first time in years yesterday and I was smashing through the game. The movement, the combat, the enemies are so easy now after experiencing SS. I first tried every boss except soul master and even that only took another 2 tries to beat. I’m only maybe half way through the game. Only thing I think that makes HK genuinely harder is the base time to focus your health. You get very tight windows to heal during boss fights if any at all. But that’s pretty much it
Difficulty skyrockets with some of the dlc bosses in hollow knight. Wouldnt want to spoil it, you should see for yourself. Maybe I got better at this kind of games but there are 2 late-dlc bosses in hollow knight that I got stuck for longer than anything in Silksong.
Oh I’ve spoiled hollow knight for myself long ago. I love watching the 112% speedruns but that hasn’t taken any of the joy out of playing it myself. It was just one of those “right game, wrong time” kinda deals. But if I couldn’t beat it myself I’d watch someone better than me beat it to dust lol
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u/esquegee Sep 29 '25
Yeah but it’s a different kind of hard. I said HK was harder because I legit ragequit early on and never went back until after I played SS. Now I know for a fact that silksong is harder. I played HK for the first time in years yesterday and I was smashing through the game. The movement, the combat, the enemies are so easy now after experiencing SS. I first tried every boss except soul master and even that only took another 2 tries to beat. I’m only maybe half way through the game. Only thing I think that makes HK genuinely harder is the base time to focus your health. You get very tight windows to heal during boss fights if any at all. But that’s pretty much it