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Silksong's early game difficulty patch
In many ways, this is the same discussion around video game difficulty that’s been going on at least since Dark Souls, with some finding the difficulty inaccessible and others preferring the challenge of having to get to know a game.
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The Difficulty Discourse
In Hollow Knight and its recently released sequel, health is measured in terms of small mask icons that effectively work the same way that hearts do, in titles the Legend of Zelda or the Binding of Isaac.
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The fact that Silksong is actually out and playable might still feel surreal for some audiences who have been awaiting the game for years, but the conversation has already turned onto the next contentious topic surrounding the game – its difficulty.
Developer Team Cherry themselves have now promised a Silksong patch is coming for console players, but is available immediately on PC.
Enemies and bosses at the beginning of the original Hollow Knight game dealt one mask of damage, before bosses towards the mid and late-game areas sometimes started hitting for two masks worth of damage at once.
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In SIlksong, bosses even in the early game almost always hit you for two masks of damage, as do some regular enemies.
This means when paired with the lack of abilities you start the game with, it becomes much more difficult to survive.
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In addition, dying twice in a row (without recovering them) causes a player to lose all of their rosaries, which act as currency in the game.
Upcoming Silksong Patch
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The specifics of what’s being done to tone down the difficulty is unclear.
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The patch notes refer to two bosses in particular – Moorwing and Sister Splinter – as well as some tweaking of the rosary economy earlier on, presumably to give players more leeway if they lose a large amount of their money suddenly, and find themselves unable to purchase checkpoints.
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However, due to the difficulty of the game, it might be unlikely that these small adjustments overhaul anything too fundamental, meaning that players who are struggling might have more success by looking into some Silksong tips and strategies to help alter how they play.
