I just beat Silksong's Act 3, and I'm not just thrilled the game was was hard—I'm glad it was mean to me, too

Hornet clashes with a pin-wielding bug in Hollow Knight: Silksong.

Harvey Randall, Staff Writer

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Last week I was: Reviewing Borderlands 4, a game I like very much despite its many warts.

There's been a healthy heaping of difficulty discourse surrounding Silksong, and with good reason. This game's tough as nails. I just wrapped up my 60-hour playthrough of all three acts, and I did not walk out of Pharloom with the same thumbs I started my journey with.