Hollow Knight: Silksong

I finished Act 3 (92% completion) took me about as long as Act 2 (about 20 hours per act for me) and for me had some of the better gameplay moments in the game even though exploring new zones is less of a thing. Enemies randomly having a chance to be buffed with extra abilities and HP in Act 3 is a bit annoying but I was mostly just parkouring past them to get to objectives at that point.

Difficulty wise it didnt feel like a huge jump, but I did do all of Act 1 and 2 with a level 1 needle cos I was a dumbass so that made things harder early on. I would say most of the Act 3 boss difficulties come in learning movesets rather than throwing mobs around (beastfly). So you tend to feel more of a sense of progression learning bosses rather than frustration at swarms of enemies just being annoyingly in the way all the time.

The story leading up to and finishing Act 3 was much more epic and satisfying for me. To the point were I really wouldnt consider finishing Act 2 to be "completing" the game at all. If you enjoyed the game up to the end of Act 2 I highly recommend continuing to the true ending.

Took about 15 tries even with save scumming. 2nd attempt i got about 8 hours in and died after getting a new crest and forgetting I didnt have my fractured mask equipped. I almost lost this one at 17 hours at nyleth breaking my mask and then knocking me into some spikes but luckily I quit out before the death animation

Seananigans said:

Damn, very nice man! Isn’t this 10 hours quicker than required? Impressive.

I’m in act 2 now, screwing around exploring areas now available with various movement abilities I didn’t have before. Only missing double jump at this point, I think.

Random boss appearing in Greymoor was weird, was sorta like the Titan Brute or whatever in Marrow, but I didn’t have a quest for this one.

Also the Weavenests are weird, one has its own map zone color, and the other two I’ve found are just small additions of the zone it’s in. One had a silk skill, another just had a tool. I haven’t found another crest in a long time, still only have 3: Wanderer and Reaper the additional ones. I’ve been using Wanderer since I got it, the 3 yellow slots are useful since I so like having utility like a compass and the magnet for rosaries. The fast attack is great though, and the pogo style is way better than default Hunter for sure.

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Yeee, this achievement was getting 100% and beating the game without dying. I followed a guide for the speedrun achievement before trying the hardcore one and that run ended at around 19 hours. The speedrun achievements are actually really forgiving.

I used Wanderer crest most of the game with reaper as a backup. Seemed like a lot of people dont like reaper because its not the best dps but I like it for fights where you cant get in multiple hits at once between attacks,like lace or flying bosses

Seananigans said:

Holy shit you have to run 100% completion without dying? Wtf!

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There were probably 100 times i had to quit the game and restart if the fight was going badly lol. Idk how the fuck people do it without save scumming

How you people have the patience for this shit is beyond me.