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Hollow Knight Silksong
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Since I have beaten Silksong, 100%, and I want to talk about it.
Before doing so however I want to talk about the original Hollow Knight. I love it and have played it 20 times. That is no joke, I have literally played it to either 107% or 112% completion 20 times. I tend to now end all of my playthroughs with the Pantheon of Hollownest. So suffice it to say I am a huge fan of this game and EAGERLY looked forward to the release of Silksong.
Interestingly the game did not release early enough so I had to wait until I got home from work to download it. That worked out in my favor since the Nintendo eShop, along most of the big game storefronts, were crashing due to the amount of downloads. Luckily when I could download it it happened without issue.
So playing the game I was rather taken aback the moment I encountered the first of many enemies that did 2 damage. I shrugged it off but as I saw more and more enemies, bosses and hazards doing two damage my thoughts changed. I didn't take it as the game being too hard, I took it more as "oh, so THAT'S how it is. Okay I will get used to it." In the long run though I was fine with this. Given my experience with Hollow Knight I WANTED this game to be a challenge and it provided just that!
Another thing that happened is I actually had gotten warning of the update patch that would nerf a few things. So I went into my Switch's options and disabled automatic software updates. Good thing too because the very next day the update patch went live on the Switch.
Now I do know that the patch nerfed only early game stuff, but since I was seeking a challenge I didn't want the game to be easier personally. So I played the game as is if you will. Despite this in my nearly 60 hour playthrough I NEVER hit anything that took any more than 30-60 minutes to beat. In Hollow Knight Nightmare King Grimm, Pure Vessel, Absolute Radiance and the Pantheon of Hollownest itself too either several hours or even DAYS to fully beat. But let me tell you, the feeling of accomplishment I got from beating the Pantheon of Hollownest AT LAUNCH before a few changes to some bosses was INCREDIBLE!
For Silksong, even if nothing ever reached that level of satisfying accomplishment I did still enjoy a lot of this game, even some of the widely known "bad parts" of the game, like Bilewater.
One interesting thing worth mentioning about my experience playing through the game. I mentioned how nothing took me more than an hour to beat. I did this without even using any of the Tools the game gives you. No Cog Flies, no poison, no boomerang, nothing. And despite that I still didn't feel like the game crossed a line in terms of difficulty. I don't mention this to brag, but to more say that with tools if may have been easier. Which in terms means that for other players that would have even more options to fight with than I did.
Now obviously there is a lot to be said about difficulty in video games, but personally I am on the side of no not every game needs an easy mode. Furthermore no not every game needs to be beatable by every single person. I do find it silly when people buy something like a Fromsoft game and complain about it being too hard. Fromsoft is known to make difficult games, it's a widely known thing. Wanting a game because everyone else is talking about it is silly and boils down to FOMO. (fear of missing out)
I didn't buy Silksong because everyone else was buying it, I bought it because I LOVE Hollow Knight. I wanted another game just like it. Even if it was half as good I would have wanted it. The game as I played it without a nerf patch was perfectly fine to me. I wouldn't ask Team Cherry to make any changes. The ONLY thing I would want is some even harder bosses. Maybe harder versions of certain bosses I enjoyed.
Anyway, this is obviously a bit of a scatterbrained journal. I love the game, I WILL play it again, and dread Steel Soul mode but look forward to the feeling of accomplishment I would gain from beating it if I do.
Would I recommend this game? If you are into Hollow Knight and/or Metroidvanias yes.
Do you want a game with challenge then yes.
Do you want a game to just experience and walk through it, then no I would not recommend it.
Hollow Knight I feel is a little more lax on the challenge as I have watched some streamers brute for some bosses and still succeed. Given how Silksong is I can't imagine a brute force method being viable.
Anyway, great game, loved it, will play again.
Before doing so however I want to talk about the original Hollow Knight. I love it and have played it 20 times. That is no joke, I have literally played it to either 107% or 112% completion 20 times. I tend to now end all of my playthroughs with the Pantheon of Hollownest. So suffice it to say I am a huge fan of this game and EAGERLY looked forward to the release of Silksong.
Interestingly the game did not release early enough so I had to wait until I got home from work to download it. That worked out in my favor since the Nintendo eShop, along most of the big game storefronts, were crashing due to the amount of downloads. Luckily when I could download it it happened without issue.
So playing the game I was rather taken aback the moment I encountered the first of many enemies that did 2 damage. I shrugged it off but as I saw more and more enemies, bosses and hazards doing two damage my thoughts changed. I didn't take it as the game being too hard, I took it more as "oh, so THAT'S how it is. Okay I will get used to it." In the long run though I was fine with this. Given my experience with Hollow Knight I WANTED this game to be a challenge and it provided just that!
Another thing that happened is I actually had gotten warning of the update patch that would nerf a few things. So I went into my Switch's options and disabled automatic software updates. Good thing too because the very next day the update patch went live on the Switch.
Now I do know that the patch nerfed only early game stuff, but since I was seeking a challenge I didn't want the game to be easier personally. So I played the game as is if you will. Despite this in my nearly 60 hour playthrough I NEVER hit anything that took any more than 30-60 minutes to beat. In Hollow Knight Nightmare King Grimm, Pure Vessel, Absolute Radiance and the Pantheon of Hollownest itself too either several hours or even DAYS to fully beat. But let me tell you, the feeling of accomplishment I got from beating the Pantheon of Hollownest AT LAUNCH before a few changes to some bosses was INCREDIBLE!
For Silksong, even if nothing ever reached that level of satisfying accomplishment I did still enjoy a lot of this game, even some of the widely known "bad parts" of the game, like Bilewater.
One interesting thing worth mentioning about my experience playing through the game. I mentioned how nothing took me more than an hour to beat. I did this without even using any of the Tools the game gives you. No Cog Flies, no poison, no boomerang, nothing. And despite that I still didn't feel like the game crossed a line in terms of difficulty. I don't mention this to brag, but to more say that with tools if may have been easier. Which in terms means that for other players that would have even more options to fight with than I did.
Now obviously there is a lot to be said about difficulty in video games, but personally I am on the side of no not every game needs an easy mode. Furthermore no not every game needs to be beatable by every single person. I do find it silly when people buy something like a Fromsoft game and complain about it being too hard. Fromsoft is known to make difficult games, it's a widely known thing. Wanting a game because everyone else is talking about it is silly and boils down to FOMO. (fear of missing out)
I didn't buy Silksong because everyone else was buying it, I bought it because I LOVE Hollow Knight. I wanted another game just like it. Even if it was half as good I would have wanted it. The game as I played it without a nerf patch was perfectly fine to me. I wouldn't ask Team Cherry to make any changes. The ONLY thing I would want is some even harder bosses. Maybe harder versions of certain bosses I enjoyed.
Anyway, this is obviously a bit of a scatterbrained journal. I love the game, I WILL play it again, and dread Steel Soul mode but look forward to the feeling of accomplishment I would gain from beating it if I do.
Would I recommend this game? If you are into Hollow Knight and/or Metroidvanias yes.
Do you want a game with challenge then yes.
Do you want a game to just experience and walk through it, then no I would not recommend it.
Hollow Knight I feel is a little more lax on the challenge as I have watched some streamers brute for some bosses and still succeed. Given how Silksong is I can't imagine a brute force method being viable.
Anyway, great game, loved it, will play again.
I don't think I will end up liking it more than Hollow Knight, but it's still a great game~
do u have any tips for starters?
Take things slow and observe how enemies attack.
After a point, if you feel a boss is too difficult, explore other areas and get more stuff.
You aren't forced to fight most bosses when you reach them outside of the early game, so take your time and explore.