Comment on Three developers' different philosophies on difficulty for their games
TheGreenWizard@lemmy.zip 10 hours ago
You know, the darksouls creator’s quote pisses me off. Not because of his opinion, but because the extreme soulslike fanatics will yell, kick, and scream about how difficulty sliders are the devil and how the game itself has its own way of making it easier for you but if you don’t play the game their with their specific build, your play through doesn’t count.
ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 9 hours ago
Well first off, fuck them. That’s just what happens when people lose at PvP.
His quote is absolutely right, and especially with Dark Souls 1. There’s so many ways to approach the game that isn’t the meme pvp build everyone references out the gate.
starman2112@sh.itjust.works 8 hours ago
It’s absolutely not right. I am not good at soulslikes, so the games are harder for me. If you have fun with it, that’s because the game is easier for you
ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 8 hours ago
Well, “soulslike” is a pretty garbage category, honestly. I have played a lot of games that call themselvea soulslikes, and I pretty much only trust Miyazaki with that genre.
Miyazaki’s quote is wrong for what the gaming industry labels ‘soulslikes’, but not necessarily the games he has designed and created. Because a lot of soulslikes don’t do what Miyazaki tries to do.
And I get what you mean about the game being easier as relative. But there’s also the fact that people do challenge runs in all kinds of games. It’s that drive to be challenged and do something harder, so it is not easier, is at the root of what draws people.
starman2112@sh.itjust.works 7 hours ago
No, it’s still wrong for the games that he has designed and created. Let me attempt an analogy.
If you give Sean Evans or Chris Schonberger a spoonful of sriracha, it will not be spicy to them. The same spoonful of sriracha would be overwhelmingly spicy if you gave it to someone who doesn’t use hot sauce. Same capsaicin content, wildly different experiences.
You need to add difficulty options if you want everyone to have a similar experience. Otherwise, you’re just making the game harder for some people for no reason.
Some people enjoy a more challenging experience. Give them options to make it a more challenging experience. Nobody is asking anyone to take options away from players who like the games to be excessively difficult.