Add an easy mode so I can actually play it.

[MarquisDeSang]

What is the new trend about making games that 99% of the people who want to play the game cannot because it is too difficult?

Who cares if you divide the health of the ennemies by 2 so older people like me can buy your game. Just don't give me any achivement or ranking. I believe that games like Mortal Shell and Elden Ring would have sold 4x more if they had difficulty adjustment.

Difficulty mode have been around since the early 80's (arcade pcb had dip switches). Some DEV prefer their games to be played by only a fraction of their market. They loose money on purpose just so their game can have a hard reputation.

You don't want to rebalance the game, fine, just add cheat codes. Shadow of the Beast on the Amiga 500 is the most difficult game ever made, and it had a training mode (infinite lives).

[Blendes]

Git gud!

[Sparhawk122]

I agree more options are better.

[MarquisDeSang]

I have a life and a job. I play videogames to relax. People who like hard games usually don't have a job and still live with their parents.

[polyneutron]

I'm very very sorry for how it may sound, but I geniunely think so, and I'm not in any way try to put TC down (or anyone with the same view really), but...
these games are meant to be played that way (that is 'the hard way'), it's as simple as that.
Asking for a difficulty slider is a bit too much I think. I might be wrong of course, but it's in the very 'core' gameplay loop of these kinda games - to be more challenging rather than forgiving, and it should not be watered down to just let more casual players enjoy it the way they want (or less skilled players, again I'm not attacking people, I just state facts - some are really just aren't as skilled as others, and there's nothing wrong about it, it's natural).
Again, these games aren't designed to be played to chill & relax.
Of course there are balance issues and details that vary from game to game, and I won't touch those specifics here, I just try to bring the idea to light that not every game should be equally easy & accessible to everyone, and that's fine.
I'm pretty sure you can always find a cheat or a trainer app on some specific forums (not the official ones of course).

[GenSec39]

There are literally thousands of things you will never learn in your life, books you will never read, movies you will never watch, places you will never visit, skills you will never get, professions you will never master, but... you keep b###ing about a single game? This is something I could never understand. What's wrong with you people? You dislike something? - Forget about it and move on.

I still have 5 bags of cartridges in the attic, with hundreds of games from ancient consoles, from my childhood. 2/3 of these games, if not more, I never finished, because they were too hard for me. And guess what? - Nothing, lol. Can you imagine this? Literally nothing happened. I just forgot about them and moved on.

[|Duster|]

This game isn't meant for your grandpa.
Piss off.

[MarquisDeSang]

You cannot understand, you don’t have a job and you still live with your parents.

[GeezusCryst]

Originally posted by MarquisDeSang:

I have a life and a job. I play videogames to relax. People who like hard games usually don't have a job and still live with their parents.

People like challenges like they do in life and if you want things easy for you then just go somewhere else

[MarquisDeSang]

Difficulty settings were present in all arcade games in the early 80's. It is the base of game design. Something really easy to implement, it is just a multiplier 0.5 * whatever for example. In sport, in real life there are difficulty level based on your performance. You play sport with people on your level. That is the basis of life. Doing otherwise is just stupid. If playing a hard game makes you special, you are probably not useful to society.

[coffeeisgood]

Originally posted by MarquisDeSang:

Difficulty settings were present in all arcade games in the early 80's. It is the base of game design. Something really easy to implement, it is just a multiplier 0.5 * whatever for example. In sport, in real life there are difficulty level based on your performance. You play sport with people on your level. That is the basis of life. Doing otherwise is just stupid. If playing a hard game makes you special, you are probably not useful to society.

For the sport analogy, lets say, gaming is boxing, so you would have beginner boxing classes which is the equivalent of animal crossing, and a game like this would be the class for the national team, you wouldn't just expect them to let you into the national team straight away. But, let's say you somehow force your way into the national team and then you expect all the other boxers to stand still and let you hit them. I mean what's the point in even playing this game? Just go play dynasty warriors and chop down 1000 soldiers.

The basis of life: In life, not everyone can be doctors, lawyers, scientists, computer programmers, etc. You have to "get gud" at that too.
I have a job, a wife and a child, I "got good" maybe playing games from the 90's and those reflexes have transferred to modern games. I'm not the best and it'll take me a few tries to beat a boss in souls like games. but I enjoy that type of difficult-to-attain-satisfaction. Sure you probably wouldn't be useful to society if you just focus on feeling "special" from being able to beat a difficult video game. However, I do think that type of "stubbornness" and drive to feel "special" when playing these difficult games, can be applied to many aspects of life. I've applied it to education, work, health & fitness, music etc.

[MarquisDeSang]

I am handicaped, it is difficult for me to hold a controler. I got a motorcycle accident on the track in 2011 and my left hand is not as functional as before. Why do you care if the game can be adjusted to help me with my handicap?

[GeezusCryst]

Originally posted by MarquisDeSang:

I am handicaped, it is difficult for me to hold a controler. I got a motorcycle accident on the track in 2011 and my left hand is not as functional as before. Why do you care if the game can be adjusted to help me with my handicap?

The assumptions you made is hard to take you seriously people like challenges doesn't mean they dont have a job and live with their parent I could do the same and say maybe if you was careful in 2011 you wouldn't have to go through this.

You can whine all you want the developers have a vision for the game and since you fully aware of how these souls like game works you should know better then complaining in genres like this.

[Roia]

There won't be a difficult slider, but certain actions you take in the game can make it way easier.
However, in single player mode we do not have any anti cheat code.

If you are fine with cheats, it's relatively easy to increase your armor value, making enemies hit you for less. Just tweak the % until you find value you are comfortable with.
Outside of falling under the map, or fall damage there are no forced one shot abilities or mechanics.

[Call Sign: Raven]

Originally posted by MarquisDeSang:

I have a life and a job. I play videogames to relax. People who like hard games usually don't have a job and still live with their parents.

That's a strangely insulting assumption to make.

[MarquisDeSang]

You never said that it was not true.