Using trainers is quite common. So no, they don't "experience the same struggles". Instead, they reach a point where the game simply isn't fun anymore and then cheat past it. The idea that everyone has the same experience is fundamentally flawed because in the absence of an actual Easy mode people just cheat instead.
Many fighting games do include 1-button combo options and combo assists these days. And most fighting games have difficulty ladders and adjustable AI to scale to your skill level.
I wouldnt consider it wasted time especially in Bloodborne, killing enemies can give you things like blood vials that which a boss that is proving to be difficult is awesome, on top of that if you were to fight them you would be gaining more and more souls until eventually when you beat the boss you have accumulated a ton of them to go off and level up, just make sure to pick em up every time you die.
I don't know what he said nor do I care for it. I'm of the opinion that everyone should get to enjoy any game they purchase however they want. And developers taking accessibility into account is responsible and positive.
Thanks, exactly what I wanted to hear.
I mean, considering there's what, 5 games?, in the same series and they still haven't done this tells me they don't care about lost sales due to difficulty
There are a few bosses in soulsborne that are harder in co-op, to be fair. Ludwig, the demons in DS3 DLC, Ancient dragon, Darkeater Midir(Co-op is stupidly brutal with him). But, yeah, co-op is mostly easy mode.
A flawed statement, considering Souls games are really popular streamer games. Streamers aren't your most hardcore players either, and some of them outright suck ass, yet managed to reach the final boss and beat it.
This doesn't seem to be an offensive stance for a developer to take though, they seem to be catering to their fanbase, like most developers should, even if a very small minority doesn't enjoy it. No game has a 100% enjoyment rate.
There is also no reason why every game should need ones. Some games just target different people.
You dont get the full ending but you can play all the way till the end.
Hm, true, but there isn't any harm in expanding potential enjoyment either.
its was there since day one, its how i was able to get passed World 2 because i was having difficulty with the dragon. Did she get all the bosses? there was like 5 or 6.
Would they enjoy it? I wonder if someone who can't bother to learn the combat will fair any better with piecing the story together or finishing side quests. Adding more cutscenes and cutting down on the horror could potentially expand the audience too, but it doesn't mean it has to be done either.
The fighting game business model is significantly built around non-"enthusiast" fans button mashing their way through that particular game's story mode. If you couldn't finish games like Tekken by smashing every button and wiggling the sticks, not as many people would buy them, IMO.
This is a screenshot of one trainer from one site for Dark Souls 1. I imagine it's just the tip of the iceberg. If you added up all the sites with trainers and all the various versions, you'd be looking at hundreds of thousands of people. Potentially low millions with all three games combined, but there's no way to prove that. Using various forms of cheating to bypass difficulty spikes in games is pervasive on PC. People play until the game stops being fun. And then they either get bored and stop playing, or start exploring other options.
A lot of players play Dark Souls games offline because they hate the Invasion stuff.
Yeah, I'm one of those people. I play every Souls games offline.
THIS. People don't get how they come across when asking for shit like that. It's being entitled and nothing else. It's telling noone in favour of changes to the vision of the devs is responding to this.
It has an impact on what the devs wanted the game to be and how they want the players to experience it.
