8 Utterly Brutal Video Game Sidequests

Curse you Hollow Knight! How can a game this cutesy and aesthetically beautiful be so agonizingly hard?! While the veneer of this game might be all smiles and wonderfully minimalist design, the gameplay is so rock hard you stand a good chance of knocking yourself out on it as you butt your head against it over and over.

To make matters worse, alongside a punishing regular narrative, Hollow Knight hides a few devious side quests off the beaten path that basically serve to just beat you up. And at the head of these devious deviations is the Delicate Flower Challenge.

Here you're tasked with delivering a beautiful petal pal to the grave of Grey Mourner's lover, which sees you travelling from the Resting Grounds all the way back to the Queen's Garden. Now you might be thinking, "Ah that's pish pal, I'll hop on the old zippy zaps and teleport there pronto Tonto"

Well, my friend, if you do this, the flower withers and dies, so you're going to have to make this journey by foot, and without GETTING HIT ONCE. It's here that you remember what type of game Hollow Knight is and likely cry, but if you want that Mask Shard you better suck it up and get stepping.