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Hollow Knight: Silksong Is Kicking My Butt in the Best Way
I’ll just say it: I’m a big video game guy, and I’m so good at video games. Silksong? Easy. I’m not like other gamers — I don’t struggle. Okay, time to get real. Hollow Knight is a hard game, and Silksong is no walk in the park either. When I first played Hollow Knight seven years ago, I got my butt handed to me on a silver platter. Partly because I hadn’t touched many platformers back then, and partly because the game was engineered to make you sweat. The Mantis Lords demanded laser focus, and the first Hornet fight showed me exactly how brutal an agile enemy could be. The Nightmare King? The Path of Pain? Let’s just say I learned the meaning of “trial by fire.”
Fast forward to 2026, and Hollow Knight: Silksong is finally here after what felt like a lifetime. I was fully prepared to get wrecked all over again. Not just because my platforming skills are still shaky, but also because of small changes like the downward strike, which completely threw me for a loop at first. But then muscle memory kicked in, and the opening hours felt surprisingly manageable. Don’t get me wrong — Silksong wasn’t a piece of cake. It just felt like I wasn’t fumbling around as badly as I did seven years ago. That comfort didn’t last long.
Then the Second Half Arrived
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