Even if you doubled Sekiro's HP and damage, as long as the person isn't willing to engage with the mechanics, they will still not be able to beat the game and people will still whine.
They will just make articles complaining that it's still not easy enough.
None of the From games are too hard for me and those arguing in favor of fewer options, even though the existence of said options would change fuck all about their own experience with the games, make me question my sanity. I'm still waiting for the list of games ruined by the addition of an easy difficulty, because as far as I'm concerned, the article's title is a plain fact. PLEASE demonstrate how the Ninja Dog mode in NG, or the added difficulty options in the later entries of Etrian Odyssey (which are hard as balls games) were to the detrimental to these games. This is peak gatekeeping.
I mean git gud is most commonly associated with Souls. I agree the community here is good, but idk if that's indicative of the community as a whole
Exactly this. Less damage taken, or even just a more generous parry windows, etc. They don't have to modify the core gameplay experience, and dedicate thousands of man hours to reprogramming AI behaviour and damage values. Just a few small tweaks to make the game less punishing for those who want to experience these titles at a more accommodating pace. I want to play the Soulsborne games, but the difficulty curve is too steep (and frustrating) for me to invest my limited weekly spare time into.
You've never been to r/Bloodborne or r/DarkSouls? Those are some of the best communities in Reddit. Souls community in general are very welcoming to those who are seeking for help. The "Git Gud" response is usually mockingly reserved for people who go "this game is bad because X is too hard!"
That's not just because games are easier, if indeed they are; it''s because games are generally more accessible, so the exceptions stand out. And why shouldn't they be more accessible? We're not dealing with the nearly self-explanatory simplicity of two dimensions, two main buttons, and a control pad anymore.
I don't know about OT2, but there was a good deal of smugness in the original thread. Not that this is unique to Sekiro, of course.
In Sekiro, you'd still get bodied if you don't learn the mechanics.
i agree with this. there have been instances where summoning felt like it cheapened the experience for me, and there have been time where i felt it enhanced the experience. I don't know if enemies scale, i think they do(because i spent a week summoning people to help me beat ornstien and smough, but i ended up beating them by myself) and i can't tell if From intended for the game to be easier with the addition of summoning. Regardless, there are no difficulty options.. and if its there, its just another tool that the player has at their disposal...
I think that's where a lot of the defensiveness comes from. Demon Souls etc. stand out because they are uncompromising while the AAA market generally aims to never punish the player too much. To have a game from the ground up designed as "hard mode" is simply a more refined and balanced challenge than switching to mercenary difficulty in Call of Duty.
What is this, in relation to Sekiro? You seriously think this is going to make the game easier for those who want instant gratification? And how does it solve the issue of accessibility? Will that allow disabled gamers to finish the game?
Soulsborne is a multiplayer game with persistent social features, or is that forgotten since sekiro was SP?
Are you referring to mods? If so, the answer is because the developers supposedly did not feel like baking in the god mode switch into the game. Same reason they didn't design difficulty options most likely.
You're right, but I don't think it would be as heavily associated with Souls if it wasn't, at a time, used in earnest. It's definitely softened and the communities are kinder now, but around the first Dark Souls that kind of hardcore mindset was very real
That's not really an easy mode tho, that's just making it easier. The discussion where having is an option, not a universal lowering of difficulty across games
If it was Dark Souls 4 for example, and they did add an easy mode, I do feel there would be a lot of people complaining.
I think the problem with that is it that it wouldnt make much of a difference with the way Sekiro is designed. You could still get wrecked even if you do more damage or take less damage.
I sincerely hope they make an "easy mode" and it's just the same default difficulty their games are currently at, and then the "normal" mode is the same as the optional mode you can activate (in some of their games) by talking to a statue or whatever that actually makes the game even more brutal. That would really show all the CASULS!
