Hollow Knight players unlock Steel Soul mode upon beating it for the first time.
How Steel Soul May Translate to Silk Soul RELATED: How Hollow Knight: Silksong's Silk Soul Mode Can Differ From the Original's Steel Soul Mode
Team Cherry confirmed Silksong will have 'Silk Soul' mode in its 2019 announcement blog post, and while details are currently sparse there is a lot of room to improve upon Steel Soul's offerings. One of the biggest challenges players can tackle is Steel Soul mode, which adds permadeath that wipes out a save file ala Hardcore mode in Minecraft. No doubt the upcoming Hollow Knight: Silksong will follow in its footsteps.īasic movement and combat are taken to extremes in Hollow Knight's base game, but there are also optional challenges like the White Palace's Path of Pain or boss rushes in the Godmaster DLC to contend with. Team Cherry's Hollow Knight is well-regarded for its challenge even among contemporaries because of its Souls-like elements, and how it builds upon the oppressive atmosphere of Hallownest with tough-as-nails bosses and tricky platforming. Their core conceit revolves around surmounting once-impossible challenges by obtaining mechanics that open up portions of an interconnected world. Metroidvania games tend to be more difficult on average than many other genres.
