u/Chyou_Lighthouse — reddlx

This is a thank you to everyone who helped me out yesterday

I was truly feeling bummed with Hollow Knight, and posted about my frustration looking for advice and opinions, but I honestly was not expecting the sheer amount of support I got.

So thank you to everyone who gave me support, motivation, guides, tips, advice, and related to me.

Special thanks to everyone who told me to take the traditional route to the city of tears instead of going to Crystal Peak first

And special thanks to the awesome person who told me it's good to get a good night's rest and then come back to the game. Worked like a charm :D

Thanks again, everyone! I shall keep updating my progress now that I've finally made it to the City of Tears.

You guys are the best!

Love,

Chyou~

Okay so, I'm around nearly eighteen hours into HK. I'm playing it for the very first time (on PC). I've only defeated Hornet around 11 hours in. Gone past Mantis City and found my way to the City of Tears, except, the sheer amount of platforming and very precise movements to cross over drove me away from it.

I searched for alternative routes to the City of Tears and someone said you can use the Crystal Heart to fly yourself over from a bit in the Forgotten Crossroads to a secret entrance on top of Salubra's shop and it'll take you there directly. So I saved up and got myself a lamp to Crystal Peaks. I've unlocked the majority of the map and even accidentally dropped into the Resting Grounds.

And I know how to get to the Crystal Heart.. but it's basically the same "parkour" that drove me off from even taking the main route to City of Tears. It's a little easier, but I've died there several times and Crystal Peaks only has like, two benches. Which is a very long road every time I die and it's a very precarious journey too. Like, I might die in the middle of the way if I'm not careful enough. But that doesn't happen often. It's still quite a tease to get there again. So, I've become really frustrated, and I'm beginning to question if I shouldn't play the game and if I'm just not capable of playing games on higher difficulties.

My experience only goes as far as Mario, Hoyoverse games, Undertale, etc. Which are all what you'd call easy games, I know. So should I just quit? Or do more advanced gamers also struggle? Like, will it get better over time in terms of me getting used to it?