Comment on Elden Ring Player to Sue FromSoftware Over High Game Difficulty

• fushuan@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Let them not like the game for gods sake, they are in their right to refund it, they are not complaining about the game, just saying that it’s not for them. I love it and have tons of hours played + spent reading the wiki but it’s not for everyone and it’s cool of they don’t like it.

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  • teft@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I think you need to reread my comments. I don’t really care if someone likes the game or not. I only care if someone says they can’t get good at it when they put in less than the minimal effort. It makes me wonder if people like that gave up riding a bike since they couldn’t ride professional downhill racing tracks in the first hour of learning to ride.

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    • fushuan@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I find my comment completely valid. That “minimal” effort is just entertainment gate keeping. If they don’t have it in them to spend that extra effort it’s their choice and if you want them to change, complaining about it is very backwards.

      You could have suggested them to ignore the tree sentinel or Margit, hoever was their first enemy, you could have suggested the to explore the game and ignore hard enemies just like in skyrim we ignored trolls, bears or dragons until we levelled up… Idk, anything but “you didn’t even try how dare you say you don’t like it” wtf.

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      • teft@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You could have suggested them to ignore the tree sentinel or Margit, hoever was their first enemy, you could have suggested the to explore the game and ignore hard enemies just like in skyrim we ignored trolls, bears or dragons until we levelled up… Idk, anything but “you didn’t even try how dare you say you don’t like it” wtf.

        The first enemy is meant to destroy you. You skip him and find other things to do and come back later when you’ve leveled up. It’s an open world game.

        You mean where I do exactly that?

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• Skua@kbin.earth ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It's okay for people to not want to take several hours to learn to play a videogame. I say this as someone who has taken the time and likes this game a lot

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  • teft@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Oh absolutely it’s ok to not want to take several hours to learn to play a video game. But don’t say “i can’t get good at this video game” if you’ve only put in an hour or two. That makes little sense. Difficult things take time to get good at otherwise they would be easy things.

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    • rikudou@lemmings.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I mean, what if I don’t get good after two hours? Will you refund it? Or will I be stuck with a game I suck at that cost $50 or $60 (or however much that was)? Look, I never was good at gaming. Everything I play is on easy or normal. I’m glad most developers keep gamers like me in mind. And as far as I understand, being hard is part of what makes Elden Ring entertaining, which pretty much makes it the opposite for me.

      And pretending that everyone is (or can be) as good as everyone else at everything does not make much sense.

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• acosmichippo@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  So your argument against playing for longer than an hour and getting good is playing less than two hours and refunding? You need to play the game for a few hours to understand the combat systems and the way that enemies react.

  and your argument to enjoy a game is to force yourself to play it longer than the return period is, therefore eliminating any chance of a refund?

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  • teft@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s an argument for longer refund periods. Not for people giving up before they’ve tried.

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    • acosmichippo@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      well the reality is we do not have longer refund periods. so in the current state of affairs, yes, it is an argument for people to give up.

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• rikudou@lemmings.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Dude, I just don’t like it. The game just wasn’t fun for me. The game’s not my cup of tea. It’s not a hard concept. Also, you kinda move the goal post a bit.

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