Silksong Topic 2 - It was the best of sequels, it was the worst of sequels

Before tonight I hadn't watched anyone else play this game but it was really eye-opening watching my fiancee fight B roodmother . She's generally a very skillful gamer and beat Hollow Knight 112%, but she takes a very defensive, patient approach to fights and I didn't realize until now how many problems this game makes for you if you don't play aggressively.

This really isn't a game that feels like it wants you to wait for openings and that fight especially makes it apparent. If you let up on the offense all of a sudden there's goo all over the floor and four adds controlling space in a tight room with you and you haven't hit the boss in 10+ seconds, meanwhile playing hyper aggro you could've been hitting the boss non-stop and solving a lot of those problems before they even really surfaced. I personally love how much the game rewards fast-paced aggression but I can see how people who don't want to play that way could run into a lot of issues with a lot of fights.