Accessibility options are good. Not everyone is a god gamer with the reflexes of a 14-year old hopped up on Adderall and Red Bull. Some people just want to enjoy the story and the atmosphere of a game and it should be normal for us to let them.

[–] caut_R@lemmy.world 15 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

There‘s a potential discussion to be had about how much of the Soulsborne/-like experience is about overcoming difficulty - and let’s be honest, the vast majority of people won‘t finetune difficulty but just go as easymode as possible - but on the other hand I strongly dislike elitism in games and in the end it should be on the player if they wanna potentially ruin their own experience or not, as such I agree with you.

Would Dark Souls have ever become the iconic game it is and FROM/Miyazaki the iconic devs they are with an easymode (in their games)? Hard to say.

I‘m always happy to see these options especially in indie games, which so often go crazy hard on difficulty towards the end (Celeste endgame for example).

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 2 points 10 hours ago

I usually start on easy mode and then steadily increase difficulty as I go. Nothing will make me refund a game faster than being 20 minutes in and dying 74 times in an impossible encounter. LoP is one of those games.

[–] nuko147@lemm.ee 12 points 16 hours ago

Yeah, is a double edged sword. But if it makes more people to stick to the game rather than abandoning it, is nice.

My brother has Elden Ring for PS5 sitting on the shelf. The only serious playtime he’s had was a year ago when I visited him and made some character progress. Now, he keeps asking if I’ll play it again during my next visit. I always tell him, ‘No, I’m good-it’s a great game, but I’m coming over for peace and relaxation, not to get frustrated.

[–] donuts@lemmy.world 16 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

So much this! I love a challenging game but sometimes you just want to experience the game without the frustration, and lowering the difficulty for yourself has zero impact on people who prefer the original or higher difficulty

[–] PlantJam@lemmy.world 12 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Black myth wukong would be so great with some difficulty options. I'm sure the rest of it story is great, but if I get stuck for a week on a boss I'm going to stop caring about that story.

[–] NJSpradlin@lemmy.world 5 points 16 hours ago

I stopped playing, and until they patch in an easier mode… I won’t get to experience the rest of the story. It’s been a great story, so far, too.

[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 13 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Agreed, it's a great idea. I don't even think I would have been good at soulslike games when I was 14. I just don't have the patience for those sorts of constant boss battles where it takes so many hits to kill the boss but you die in 1 or 2.

[–] ISOmorph@feddit.org 9 points 13 hours ago

You hit the nail on the head. Soulslikes aren't about difficulty, they're about patience. And when school was the only thing I had to worry about I had patience. Now that I have to fight for 30 minutes of game time I don't. Great decision by the devs!

[+] Shiggles@sh.itjust.works -19 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Tell me you never played a soulslike for more than two hours without telling me.

Boss’s weapon moves forward -> press roll, covers about 70% of the souls series.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 13 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

It's true I haven't played the Elden Ring expansion, and I guess that's the most difficult one now so it's required to have played it to be able to parade around your gamer credentials? Whatever that's supposed to mean? To me gaming is about enjoying a medium of culture, not a dick measuring contest. I've played Dark Souls, I've played Elden Ring. I've beaten Sister Friede, I've beaten Malenia.

I still think accessibility options are good.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 6 points 16 hours ago

So that doesn't apply to Sekiro...