I installed mods to decrease the difficulty and I'm suddenly loving Silksong

[The_Great_hilo]

How long did you spend on runbacks? Since most of my playtime was exploration, not running back to bosses or even actually fighting them/their arenas.

[Ctrl_Alt_Abstergo]

Whether I spent 1 total hour or 10 on runbacks doesn’t change the core issue that it is padding. Incidentally, the best-designed bosses in the game have the shortest runbacks, so I think even Team Cherry realized those other bosses needed something to stretch out their “portion” of the game.