Barkley said:
That's not the only issue people take, there's also a lot of arrogance. Take Dark Souls for example, people would argue against an easy mode because it's meant to be hard, they don't want it to be accessible, they don't want people that are bad at games to be able to play it. In their eyes it's meant to be hard and more casual players shouldn't go anywhere near it even if adding the difficulty doesn't affect there experience in any way. |
Hehe, Souls games are a good example, because how would an easy mode look like? Remove enemies or traps? Hey maybe we could build an empty level, that players can run through, just for the fun having the options? There are so few enemies in the souls games, everyone counts. So maybe having monsters less life points or attack power? But overcoming the challenge is in the souls games the entertainment, if they have less points they are dead before you figure out how to beat them (because all foes are beatable) or with less attack you could run around. As an example to this point - after I figured out the Tomb Raider gameplay, I was going around and looting fallen enemies, while one or two still were shooting at me. So I didn't triggered the next wave, but the damage they did was laughable and I could always get into a cover, to heal. Tomb raider was a very boring experience. So, you say: but nobody must take the easy mode! And I say: I would, as everyone else. Because the challenge is a t first so big, everyone would be tempted to go easy mode. But the big challenge offering you at the beginning is the whole point of getting excitement out of the fact that you overcame it in the end, found a way to beat the challenge. So an easy mode would take away the excitement out of this game. So no, I'm against it. There are enough games that take their entertainement out of other sources, so choose them if you don't feel excitement about overcoming a challenge.
