Is Hollow Knight TOO HARD

[Diskus]

I’ve read a lot of discussions and from what I see a few of people think this game is really hard and I agree to an extent. I feel it was hard in the beginning with nothing but the base weapon and really no charms and gadgets but I feel like when a game challenges you to think about some encounters when you aren’t equipped to the teeth makes you wanna explore and see what you can find and then curb stomp that boss you been dying to a few hundred times. That’s just what I feel and I know it’s not everyone’s cup of tea but I think if you just give the game about 2 hours of your time you can really have fun with it.

[RAHHHHH!!!]

no

[gyoto007]

Personally i think it's harder than most games, it has an old school feel to it in terms of difficulty and i'd say it's not for everyone but for me i didnt have too much of a hard time with the game (expect with the radiance ♥♥♥♥ him).

[Sunsetter]

Yes

[Gremlin]

Gameplay-wise it's not the hardest, but definitely not on the easy side. Quite harder than Ori, for example.
I'm in progress right now, and the main difficulty for me is not the gameplay itself, but I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO. D:
This is intentional, of course, to provide this "old-school" feel, but still... some OBJECTIVES tab and map markers would've been great, if they existed ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. I'm butt-hurting because I need to read guides for this stupid reason only

[Mexican ground karate]

As stated above it is significantly harder than most games but its not that hard.
I personally think its way easier than dark souls if you just want to complete the base game.

[Nova Solarius]

Nah. It's a hard game, but getting 112% completion is perfectly doable.

[Witt]

Originally posted by Gremlin:

Gameplay-wise it's not the hardest, but definitely not on the easy side. Quite harder than Ori, for example.
I'm in progress right now, and the main difficulty for me is not the gameplay itself, but I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO. D:
This is intentional, of course, to provide this "old-school" feel, but still... some OBJECTIVES tab and map markers would've been great, if they existed ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. I'm butt-hurting because I need to read guides for this stupid reason only

You can buy map markers from Iselda in Dirtmouth, though.

[New Breakfast]

it's hard, but not so hard that you should flatter yourself, unless you can get through one or both of the two last pantheons

[RevolverBigBosselote]

I think the Radiance is a pretty intense difficulty spike but otherwise its fine

[Sokurah]

The fact that its hard makes it fun.
Pure vessel kills you in 5 sec in your first 10 trys 🤣

To make the dance and defeat him is a nice rewarding feeling.

[Mexican ground karate]

Originally posted by RevolverBigBosselote:

I think the Radiance is a pretty intense difficulty spike but otherwise its fine

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[Witt]

Originally posted by Vivaldi:

Originally posted by RevolverBigBosselote:

I think the Radiance is a pretty intense difficulty spike but otherwise its fine

Let me introduce you to my friend Nighmare King Grimm

Let me introduce you to my friend Nightmare King Grimm, as part of the Pantheon of Hallownest. :)

[Sokurah]

PoH was too much for me tbh.
Too many boring enemies at the beginning.

Only the hardest 8 or so like in the other once would have been great.

[Witt]

Originally posted by Sokurah:

PoH was too much for me tbh.
Too many boring enemies at the beginning.

Only the hardest 8 or so like in the other once would have been great.

I have to admit, it only gets really hard once against the Grey Prince Zote and what's coming after. The bosses before are easy, but some actually give some challenge (Sly, Sisters of Battle).

[Phirestar]

It is very hard, but I wouldn't say that it's too hard.

If it truly was, then I think that people wouldn't play it.