So does balancing difficulty, unless you want half-ass difficulty option just like any other games out here.
Why would FROM wants make something intentionally poorly design!?
At this point I think guy is trolling lmao
What? So......You basically rather play poorly designed difficulty mode as long as you beat the game?
And people who have limited free time can't play games that are long, so should they cut their games for more accessibility!? I'm sorry you cant expect one game to be design around each individual life style. There are 1000 different games for every type of gamer, we have options. If one game is not made for your taste and style then you can go with another game that it is.
I almost made a snarky remark on how you probably like that the most based on what you expect from games
Oh yeah I really REALLY dislike the options in some of the ports of classic FF games. The phone versions of the earlier games have all kinds of cheats and to me it's just stupid.
I also dislike the existence of rewinding time in Disney Afternoon Collection. Get hit on Tale Spin, just press a button and you can rewind back to the moment you weren't hit. Knowing the existence of that almost ruins the experience for me. Even if I wouldn't have much of a temptation to use it, the existence of it comes to my mind almost every single time I fail. And sometimes I press the damn button by accident!
You are right that it's not as bad when it's just an option in the main menu. Some games allow you to change it from in game menu though, which kinda works if you feel easy mode is too easy and would want to make the game harder. But in any case having the easy option even in the beginning makes the step in entering the adventure less dreadful.
but you are talking about "accessibility" for everyone, this would also applies games some can't finish because it too long or cant play them because it has too much violence and gore. Also tell me, what about people who can't play VR because they get sick when they try to play them?
No, people are soft enough as it is. Struggle makes us better. People need to understand this. Keep removing all the barriers of difficulty and handing out participation trophies and this is what you'll end up with.
In essence, whatever you think is easy enough, won't be enough for some others. People will reee and since the precedent was set the bar will keep getting lower and lower till games basically play themselves. This will also start effect how games are designed. Especially rogue-likes and such.
Lots of people argue that we're already dangerously close with how everyone constantly wants things to just be fed to them. Especially things that promise to make life easier. But make things easier and people get lazier and lazier leading to loss of critical thought and health.
When I was younger, I wanted to be on the Basketball team. There where only so many spots. Knowing that made me work even harder to earn one. No one set the court to easy mode. I had to practice, practice, practice. And even with a heart condition that made my heart beat 2 times faster than everyone else's that I had no idea I had at the time. We still made it to internationals and placed 3rd. I'll never forget that struggle. It absolutely without a doubt made me a better man and equipped me for life later on. Whats better, is that I know I earned it by competing against the best. No one gave me any handouts. That's something I can be proud of for the rest of my life.
I use this analogy a lot when encouraging people to change their lifestyle. I call it the hamburger analogy.
You have two paths, A nad B, that lead to a hamburger. Now, a hamburger isn't the healthiest thing you could eat. Bear that in mind.
Path A is basically a straight and wide path that leads right to the hamburger.
Path B is curvy and full of obstacles that you have to overcome in order to get to the hamburger.
Which path do you think most people would choose to take? I guarantee most today would take the easier path.
However, taking the harder path actually has benefits. You would get a workout by overcoming the obstacles on this path so there are physical benefits. Overcoming odds also gives people mental benefits as well. Feelings of self worth and confidence. All in all, it would be better for you overall to take this path, especially when the reward isn't too healthy, the workout you got would counterbalance this.
But people just don't think about this. Everything today is about instant gratification. This has got to be the most Veruca Salt era there's ever been.
If I'm making a game, the difficulty is absolutely part of the whole experience just as much as any other aspect of the game. Let game makers decide how they want you to experience their game.
Then there would be a market for games to be made specifically for those people. And there are tons of those time wasters. But obviously, difficulty is a part of the experience that is important for tons of people. No need to try to retrofit the devs vision by mandate. That will end up ruining things for everyone.
And there is game for that, you don't play games like Sekiro or survival horror games for relaxation.
Well I personally beat resident evil 6 on the hardest difficulty if that counts, like I say most of the time I'm not really arguing for me.
My only point really is that challenge curve is different for ever gamer. We may be challenged on Hard but for others they may have that same challenge on easy. Hell I know some people that get scared even looking at a controller never mind having to press two buttons at once or something
I just came into this thread to laugh at you. Ahahahahhahahahaaa
