it's clear you can see the issue but we have a difference of opinion on whether or the same this topic starts on is at the root or not. I'd say it is. Games are ultimately reflective of their creators. If there's a disturbing amount of missing accessibility options, it's all rooted in the same problem.
Those option can take a different form of that of an option before you start the game. Why is it so out of bounds? They are functionally the same. You can't argue for the game to not have an easy toggle and then explain that it's already there.
People aren't playing the same version of the game though. It's literally a DnD inspired game and the closest thing we can get to as a DnD combat sandbox and that includes options that literally break the game, which would still break the game regardless of difficulty.
This is saint behaviour, thank you. The cycle must come to an end and a new age will dawn in it's wake.
From fucking sucks at accessibility, always has. Elden Ring and Sekiro are shameful, period.
I think the worst is the implication that people wouldn't be able to help themselves if an easy option existed. Like, no one wants to acknowledge that this isn't the most common build in the game:
I don't think the boss above was given the option to do damage in the first place.
I don't want easy mode. i want the ability to key in enemies based on what I know to be my weakness which is I can't tell if an enemy is coming from my left, right, or behind when not on screen. I can't tell audio direction cause I've lost all hearing in one ear and the other isn't so great itself. So, I need visual indicators and some extra time to process. But I also realize that level of support in the game actually is an almost insurmountable challenge so I'd take easy mode and also I don't trust From to also make that indicator contrast enough.
I mean, you keep bringing up how your criticism is valid... and yeah, you can criticise something all you'd like...
Disgusting. Froms games are not special and shouldn't get exception for any rules just because a bunch of people like them very much. This mentality is exactly the problem. More so than if any from game ever got a difficulty toggle.
We don't disagree on anything, we're just desperate for different things.
The whole "I would be tempted to use easy mode/the artist's vision needs to be preserved" argument is fairly dumb IMO. However, the "20% less damage taken" easy mode people want is already covered diagetically through builds, armor, spells, and systems. Grant covers that in his article (I edited it in after you quoted). Not putting the easy mode clearly drives creativity, as no AAA game has the same in-game options as Elden Ring. It lacks in accessibility options compared to a game like TLoU2, but definitely not in options on how you want to play.
The game should be fair claim to critism from people who cannot engage with it because eof difficulty and they should not.be dismissed over some Bs like the games vision.because other games aren't afforded this immunity.
I just made that thread. I hope it's OK, but if it's not the right way to word or ask these questions then that's fine too.
They both love the game. The game has the same accessibility problems as nearly every other AAA action game.
I think the issue is that, in this specific instance it really isn't. Because there's a level of gatekeeping on display. Like, if a player wanted to ignore all the options like summoning, magic, co-op etc. and wanted to make a melee focused character based on Guts but didn't have the reaction time to handle that there's no option besides "Well GG fam." or in more toxic cases "This game isn't for you, I a random person from the internet has chosen this."
I absolutely love the game too; I'm 27 minutes into their discussion and echo all of their thoughts so far. It's an accessibility mess for the disabled on innumerable levels.
If the normal experience is still there. Then it is unchanged. Unless we are saying that the game isn't ready for people until all exploits are patched. In which case elden ring hasn't even been released yet. People are playing right now with the knowledge that the game can be made easier and they still are doing it. This doesn't change with an easy toggle.
Gavin Moore (Demon's Souls Remake Creative Director): "There are no difficulty options in Demon's Souls, and there shouldn't be."
https://www.gameinformer.com/interview/2020/10/29/demons-souls-playstation-5-interview-fractured-mode-sixth-archstone-and-more I thought it would be fine to post this, because the whole easy mode thing was a huge question before it was just confirmed today.www.resetera.com
Problem solved then? Why did this need to get to 61 pages, if diagetically the game already covers what people are asking for? They're the same picturePeople aren't playing the same version of the game though. It's literally a DnD inspired game and the closest thing we can get to as a DnD combat sandbox and that includes options that literally break the game, which would still break the game regardless of difficulty.
Intended mode: "Oh neat a new boss, WELP, kamehameha"
Easy mode: "Oh neat a new boss, WELP, kamehameha"
I'd prefer they'd just have easy mode out of the gate to be honest, but Metroid Dread updated with an easier mode post launch and I don't think many people had an issue with it.
I'm not sure either. But I am looking for a compromise to discuss in order make sense of this insane need to preserve this particular line of videogames in their purest form.
For what it's worth. This discussion shouldn't be limited to From. But I don't play every game ever made so I struggle to come up with more examples.
www.resetera.com
They clearly are special because they sell many millions and no other series spawns these fucking exhausting circular discussions full of bad faith posting and just overall assholeishness
