After 55 hours and 27 minutes with the game, I have finally completed Hollow Knight: Silksong. No boss left undefeated, no tool left abandoned in the expanse of Pharloom. And at the end of my journey, I’m more certain than ever: Silksong doesn’t need to be easier.
That’s not to say it isn’t tough to beat – it definitely is – and I do think the game could be more accessible – including ways beyond a simple difficulty slider. But, as I spoke about briefly during the most recent episode of our podcast (when I had rolled credits on Act 2, but not yet achieved 100% completion of all in-game activities), I felt that the base challenge posed by Hollow Knight: Silksong was perfect from a gameplay and narrative perspective.
