{"id":4116,"date":"2025-09-08T15:42:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T15:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/?p=4116"},"modified":"2025-09-08T15:42:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T15:42:28","slug":"make-it-easier-some-hollow-knight-silksong-players-call-for-casual-mode-others-discover-hardcore-cheat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/ru\/make-it-easier-some-hollow-knight-silksong-players-call-for-casual-mode-others-discover-hardcore-cheat\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cMake It Easier!\u201d: Some Hollow Knight: Silksong Players Call for Casual Mode \u2014 Others Discover Hardcore Cheat"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The long-awaited Hollow Knight: Silksong<\/a> has only just launched, but debate around its difficulty is already heating up. While some fans are asking the developers at Team Cherry to add a casual or easy mode, others have unearthed a secret way to unlock the brutal Steel Soul mode from the start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steel Soul discovered early<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Players report that entering a Konami-style cheat code \u2014 up, down, up, down, left, right, left, right \u2014 under the \u201cExtras\u201d menu triggers a sound effect. From then on, a new option appears when starting a fresh save: Steel Soul, a hardcore setting where death is permanent and there are no second chances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Community split on difficulty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

At the same time, forums and review sections are filled with frustration over Silksong\u2019s steep challenge curve. Complaints include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Harsh spikes in difficulty and unavoidable boss fights.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Minimal upgrades compared to the first game.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Punishing penalties for death, including losing currency.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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    One Steam user wrote that his wife \u201cspent three days stuck on the Murving boss and gave up,\u201d while another lamented, \u201cI\u2019m 47 and my hands aren\u2019t what they used to be. With arthritis, should I have to give up the games I love?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

    Others stressed the importance of accessibility:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    \u201cI know not everyone will agree, but please add difficulty settings. Not to ruin the challenge for hardcore players \u2014 just so people like me actually have a chance.\u201d \u2014 Steam user<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

    Not everyone agrees<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Still, plenty of players pushed back, saying that Silksong\u2019s challenge is exactly what makes it rewarding. \u201cOnce you understand the mechanics, the game becomes much more manageable,\u201d one Reddit post read, with others praising the higher difficulty as a natural evolution from the original Hollow Knight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Mods already provide options<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    For PC players, modders have already released tweaks that reduce enemy health and damage, effectively serving as unofficial easy modes. Whether Team Cherry will respond to calls for an official casual mode remains to be seen.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Silksong players are split: some want an easy mode, while others found a cheat to unlock Steel Soul hardcore from the start.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4117,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_gspb_post_css":"","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[45],"class_list":["post-4116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-games","tag-scandal"],"blocksy_meta":[],"featured_image_url":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-4-150x150.png","medium":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-4-300x160.png","medium_large":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-4-768x410.png","large":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-4-1024x546.png","1536x1536":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-4-1536x819.png","2048x2048":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-4.png","trp-custom-language-flag":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-4-18x10.png"},"post_author":"Astra","assigned_categories":"Games","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}