• Flames5123@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    9·
    1 day ago

    It is a game that you need to practice. I spent 96 hours to get 100% in 2.5 weeks. I crashed out on more than one occasion. It’s like practicing anything. I loved getting better at it, but I understand that it’s not for everyone.

    • tiramichu@sh.itjust.works
      10·
      1 day ago

      The thing that makes me upset isn’t that it’s not for me.

      I accept that plenty of games aren’t for me, and that I shouldn’t play them. I’m never going to get into Dark Souls or Elden Ring, because they aren’t going to be my thing.

      The part that makes me upset is that Hollow Knight very much was for me, and was a game I enjoyed and have very fond memories of. I was very much looking forward to Silksong, but the difficulty is so much higher that I can no longer engage with this world I once loved.

      It feels in TV terms like watching Season 1 of a show and really getting into it, and then when Season 2 comes out, you excitedly start watching - episode 1, episode 2, but your TV somehow stops working every time you start the third episode. Or any episode after the third. Everyone is talking about how great the show is and you’ve seen clips and you want to experience it, but no matter how much you try, you can’t.

      If I hadn’t seen Season 1, I’d just give up after those two episodes like “That show’s obviously not working for me” - but I have seen Season 1. I’m invested, yet now I can’t see it through.

      That’s why I’m upset.

        • village604@adultswim.fanEnglish
          2·
          17 hours ago

          Good point, there’s a streamer I enjoy watching that plays games that I’d personally never touch.

      • Flames5123@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        20 hours ago

        If you beat hollow knight, you can beat silksong! It’s about patience and practice. I was going in and greedily getting off many hits instead of learning each boss’s fight and tells. It’s like learning how to play a difficult song. You will mess up a lot. You will repeat sections over and over. It will be a little frustrating if you let it frustrate you.

        And you know what? It’s a video game. Download mods if you want to give yourself more hearts or have the bosses do less damage. We all have limited time to play games so have fun with it.

        • village604@adultswim.fanEnglish
          2·
          17 hours ago

          It’s about patience and practice.

          Lots of people don’t want that in a video game. Which is perfectly fine because no game is going to have universal appeal.

          • snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works
            1·
            4 hours ago

            Yeah I found I became my own worst enemy in silksong, whenever you get a new movement ability it just opens up a ton of crazy stuff you can do and for a while I was just fighting the urge to go too fast (and doing it anyway)

          • Flames5123@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            1·
            17 hours ago

            Exactly. Everyone wants a different thing out of video games. Mods exist to tailor that experience if you’re willing to.

            Games are art, and the creators have a vision, but ultimately the players interpret the art all differently.

      • _stranger_@lemmy.world
        1·
        19 hours ago

        I’ve got a friend with a lot on his plate in the same boat, so he bought it on steam and used trainers/cheats to make himself invincible. Then it became a playable movie of sorts and he enjoyed the shit out of it. It’s a single player game, don’t let anyone judge you.