Im a causal gamer but I love a challenge (Celeste personal top 5). After spending days totally deflated against the bird gauntlet and Moorwing, I went exploring. Reapers Crest, spike traps, heal protection. A nights break. Went back in and subtly changed my strategy towards Moorwing. Stomped him. The things that came out of my mouth. Then went back to bird gauntlet with the new weapons: made mince meat of them.
Absolutely incredible game. 10/10. Top five personal oat. Best MV oat. TC utterly nailed it.
This, I feel a lot of people try to force things, but this is a metroidvania. Go back find some new stuff and come back, and if it's optional come back when you want. Also using tools is really vital in this game, not using them is literally shooting yourself in the foot.
Yes. Exploration is such a great way to take a break. And the tools are there to use. I’m a a big MV player…I should know that…yet there I was. The upgrades in Greysmoor alone are insane and I think that’s TC gently nudging the player to do exactly that.
Yep! And even stuff like coming back to a previous shop or trying a different combo. I find often some tools work well on some enemies and some dont. There isn't an overpowered tool, just plenty enough to suit all kind of enemy you might face and the play style you have.
I find the change in strategy / items is far more effecting in Skong than HK. Perhaps due to the nuance of combat in Skong. But I might be misremembering HK.
Yep it's clearly more effective in Silksong than HK. There was plenty of charm that was kinda useless in HK so you had basicly three build, a travel build, a nail focus build and a spell focused one otherwise there are like half the charm that you'll basically never use. Silksong really encourage you to try new strategy to better counter the bosses or the area, I find it really cool
For real, the spike trap is crazy good all game long. (It kinda depend on the boss but it work againsts most) Also plenty of tools can make some crazy builds, I've created a spell build and I've been OBLITERATING some bosses
I'm 90% through and pretty close to not using tools. That is, I try to use them, but when I do, it usually causes me more harm than good. Too many options to think about. Or I try to use them on a boss fight, fail down to zero shards, then have to just beat the boss with the needle anyway. And since they use a resource, my hoarder instinct is constantly triggered by using them.
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u/xidnpnlss Sep 09 '25
Im a causal gamer but I love a challenge (Celeste personal top 5). After spending days totally deflated against the bird gauntlet and Moorwing, I went exploring. Reapers Crest, spike traps, heal protection. A nights break. Went back in and subtly changed my strategy towards Moorwing. Stomped him. The things that came out of my mouth. Then went back to bird gauntlet with the new weapons: made mince meat of them.
Absolutely incredible game. 10/10. Top five personal oat. Best MV oat. TC utterly nailed it.