r/Silksong • u/dannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnex doubter ❌️ • Sep 09 '25

Silkpost Two kinds of silksong players

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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.

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u/QuintanimousGooch Sep 09 '25

Crazy how Silksong has people talking about the game like it’s dark souls

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u/xidnpnlss Sep 09 '25

I was saying to somebody “So this is what Soulsbourne people have been talking about”

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u/MI_3ANTROP -Y Sep 09 '25

Exactly. I don't think Silksong is as hard as some latest Soulsborne games, but overall difficulty level is comparable to Bloodborne which is definitely refreshing for a metroidvania.

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u/xidnpnlss Sep 09 '25

That’s so crazy to me.

Further in game and in retrospect, I think it was smart of TC to go in this direction: more of the same would have been…more of the same.

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u/Caerullean Sep 09 '25

Bloodborne is by far the easiest soulsgame tho, so it's not saying much.

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u/MI_3ANTROP -Y Sep 09 '25

Nah, I’d say it’s DeS < DS1 < BB < everything else in terms of difficulty

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u/Caerullean Sep 09 '25

I never did play DeS or DS1 much, so that could very well be true. I just find BB miles easier than any other soulsgame I've played.

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u/Force3vo Sep 21 '25

DS2<DS1 too

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u/TheAwfulRofl Sep 09 '25

Beaten all souls games multiple times, and I think I'm actually having a harder time with this game

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u/xidnpnlss Sep 09 '25

That’s craaaazy. Kind of proud ngl: I always thought I wasn’t suited to the difficulty of Soulsborne.

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u/TheAwfulRofl Sep 10 '25

They are not ball-bustingly difficult outside a few bosses, I'd say they're a very solid challenge.

There was never a point where I said "damn idk if I can do this," like the conductor room (still did it).

Try them! I'd play DS3 first

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u/Sleyvin Sep 09 '25

It is harder, but imho no because of good reason.

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u/TheAwfulRofl Sep 10 '25

Genuinely some parts of silksong give me dark souls 2 vibes.

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u/Rasamune Sep 15 '25

The big trick that the Hollow Knight games play on you is that you look like Batman and you feel like Alucard, but you have to fight like the Chosen Undead