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whitepplwithdreads t1_j2cw7dg wrote

Reply to comment by Fordfff in Why are some people against accessibility options? by [deleted]

Answer my question and I'll answer yours

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Fordfff t1_j2d0g6t wrote

Oh they absolutely are. But are they not allowed to have difficulty options?

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whitepplwithdreads t1_j2d1ifb wrote

Well, you can make a game so easy that it takes effort to lose if you want, that's your prerogative. But I guarantee you'll get bored. At that point you may as well just watch a series or movie when challenge gets removed.

Short answer yes, i just wonder what fulfillment one gains from that.

When you dramatically reduce the difficulty of dark souls it no longer becomes an impressive feat "I beat dark souls!!!" Yeah but you dramatically handicapped the stats of all the enemies in the process, so what? Everyone has now beat dark souls. It's not impressive any more.

I dunno to me it just seems demanding every game have a much easier mode is not unlike demanding every book have a version made designed for people who can't read very well. Accessibility isn't even the correct term, it's just a nicer way of saying "water this down for people who cant"

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Fordfff t1_j2d2uju wrote

>When you dramatically reduce the difficulty of dark souls it no longer becomes an impressive feat "I beat dark souls!!!" Yeah but you dramatically handicapped the stats of all the enemies in the process, so what? Everyone has now beat dark souls. It's not impressive any more.

Holy shit what kind of sad life one must have to list beating a single player game as a life achievement. I guarantee you that nobody irl gives a shit that you beat dark souls.

Who gives a fuck if other people beat it on easy mode? Let em enjoy the spectacular world and one of the greatest lore ever. The more the merrier.

>But I guarantee you'll get bored

I guarantee you have 0 idea what you're talking about. I play most story based games nowadays on easy, compared to my younger days of often on hard and have just the same enjoyment. Interactivity is the key word. What do you think devs put easy difficulty in games for?

>"water this down for people who cant"

What's the problem with that? Nobody forces you to switch from hard to easy. Again this seems like an issue with not understanding what the word "option" means, so here's a little help:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/option#:~:text=option%20implies%20a%20power%20to%20choose%20that%20is%20specifically%20granted%20or%20guaranteed.&text=alternative%20implies%20a%20need%20to%20choose%20one%20and%20reject%20another%20possibility.&text=preference%20suggests%20a%20choice%20guided%20by%20one's%20judgment%20or%20predilections.

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