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Hollow Knight: Silksong devs address difficulty concerns: “You have choices”
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The high points of the game are very good. The low points ruin it, in my opinion. I get that frustration might be fun for some people, but I find it discouraging and I don't feel like Silksong *wants* me to be successful. It feels like it wants me to feel frustrated and angry, and that's not an experience I want to have. I doubt I'll finish the game, which sucks, because I loved Hollow Knight, and I love the parts of Silksong that aren't just making me mad.
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The high points of the game are very good. The low points ruin it, in my opinion. I get that frustration might be fun for some people, but I find it discouraging and I don't feel like Silksong *wants* me to be successful. It feels like it wants me to feel frustrated and angry, and that's not an experience I want to have. I doubt I'll finish the game, which sucks, because I loved Hollow Knight, and I love the parts of Silksong that aren't just making me mad.
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You’re describing the horrid souls-like experience embraced by every gamer in these times. It’s unpopular to dislike being annoyed and frustrated with your game, didn’t you hear?
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God, all the people that can't imagine that people don't enjoy things the same exact way they do.
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It’s got the bloodborne blood vial issue with having the grind for crafting materials if you get stuck and use them all. Definitely could use a cost nerf for the tools and not every attack from a boss shouldn’t do two or three damage.Huh. Maybe I'm just too early in the game still (despite having put 10+ hours into it) but crafting materials are like, the one thing I'm *not* hurting for. It's got the Zelda rupee problem for me, at least at this point in the game -- I'm constantly pegged at the max capacity, and it feels like I have basically nothing to use it on. (I mean, I do use the tools I have found so far, situationally, but I don't think I've been down by more than ~100 or so from max other than for that one wish in the starting area.)
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Huh. Maybe I'm just too early in the game still (despite having put 10+ hours into it) but crafting materials are like, the one thing I'm *not* hurting for. It's got the Zelda rupee problem for me, at least at this point in the game -- I'm constantly pegged at the max capacity, and it feels like I have basically nothing to use it on. (I mean, I do use the tools I have found so far, situationally, but I don't think I've been down by more than ~100 or so from max other than for that one wish in the starting area.)Which boss you at? You are fine till you hit a point and run out. Once you hit empty it’s a constant grind to get back to full and that’s also not counting the more expensive tools later in the game or the tools that need you to return to specific locations to “recharge” for beads. It’s just this extra layer of grind and tedium that Hollow Knight didn’t have with the spells all using soul.
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Huh. Maybe I'm just too early in the game still (despite having put 10+ hours into it) but crafting materials are like, the one thing I'm *not* hurting for. It's got the Zelda rupee problem for me, at least at this point in the game -- I'm constantly pegged at the max capacity, and it feels like I have basically nothing to use it on. (I mean, I do use the tools I have found so far, situationally, but I don't think I've been down by more than ~100 or so from max other than for that one wish in the starting area.)At least for my playstyle, tools have become essential for boss fights, and I’ve run out and had to grind for resources for them twice. Especially when you get to the point where you are basically just doing boss fights and rarely, if ever, fighting a normal enemy.
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Which boss you at? You are fine till you hit a point and run out. Once you hit empty it’s a constant grind to get back to full and that’s also not counting the more expensive tools later in the game or the tools that need you to return to specific locations to “recharge” for beads. It’s just this extra layer of grind and tedium that Hollow Knight didn’t have with the spells all using soul.
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Is cup head comparable? It looks really floaty
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Kinda bad timing to say this considering Randy Pitchford said almost exactly the same thing about Borderlands 4. Same message with different words.
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Let me fill up the negative space in that comment...I want Silksong to be hard. I want to do things dozens of times before succeeding, I want to struggle then overcome It's all skill based. You get better, your character gives you more breathing room, but ultimately you have to learn and overcome each new challenge And that feels amazing, it's not for everyone but I don't want a way to make it easier... It would cheapen the experience to even have the option
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Let me fill up the negative space in that comment...I want Silksong to be hard. I want to do things dozens of times before succeeding, I want to struggle then overcome It's all skill based. You get better, your character gives you more breathing room, but ultimately you have to learn and overcome each new challenge And that feels amazing, it's not for everyone but I don't want a way to make it easier... It would cheapen the experience to even have the option
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Which boss you at? You are fine till you hit a point and run out. Once you hit empty it’s a constant grind to get back to full and that’s also not counting the more expensive tools later in the game or the tools that need you to return to specific locations to “recharge” for beads. It’s just this extra layer of grind and tedium that Hollow Knight didn’t have with the spells all using soul.
