I can tell you right now that people will debate you about how such accessibility features could change how the game is made because those options are there for anyone to use and abuse, and could diminish what the games offer. And they will tell you about the legacy of these games and why its difficulty is paramount to its success. They will also tell you that these games are about overcoming barriers, which is true, but also the dumbest argument because all games are about overcoming barriers. Difficulty is by definition a barrier, but what is easy for some is hard for others, and what is hard from some may simply be impossible for others. Few in this thread seem to understand that difficulty is subjective, or that accessibility is meant to equalize and help adjust and fix the mismatch between physical and mental impairment and barrier. Or it's that they simply don't want to listen and or don't care that someone who would love to play these challenging games cannot do so. The only accessibility that ever seems to get agreed upon in these types of threads is options for colorblindness, difficult of hearing/deafness, better subtitling, the basic stuff that should be a standard in all games.
The entire OP is based on a strawman and no one has done that. If anyone has asked for an easy mode it has largely been on the behalf of themselves.
People who try and justify elitist gatekeeping disgust *me*.
To be clear, I don't think From Software is gatekeeping. I don't love their decision, but ultimately it's their call.
Okay. It's apparent how certain people happily rate you as some raunchy villain just because you like a certain type of game. I see people people on the first pages also still pretend that nobody ever tried to change the game in their head completely to fit their tastes. Nobody is ever against controls customization and similar additions, we had like 5 threads with the same results. For the rest you have to sit down and actually play the game and put some effort in like everyone else or move on. FS isn't changing anytime soon and that's great. We need more games of this quality, not less. I'm sure you can find something else to play in those 99%.
This is brought up a lot, and I have no issue with putting nearly all the dev time into tuning the original difficulty. But to act like lengthening the parry window or decreasing the health is some herculean task always comes off as disingenuous to me.
I was playing through this game 2 weeks ago for the first time and didn't have the slightest fucking clue of what the posture bar represented until I got stuck on Lady Butterfly. After a lot of googling I finally learned that I'd been cheesing all this time and didn't know anything about the combat. So, no. Not like Sekiro.
On that last sentence. I do agree. Though something to keep in mind is that physical and mental disability is a very broad spectrum. The hardware end definitely needs some attention and I love what Microsoft has been doing there and making that controller (stuff like this has been long overdue). But hardware is also just one end of the spectrum, the software side also needs to be looked at and addressed as well. I'm hoping that overtime we'll see options that will go beyond what we know the basics of accessibility to be, because we need to go beyond the basics of understanding of accessibility. Not only are audio and visual accessibility options important, but video games are very unique overall and require a heavy amount of the players input, and that needs to be looked at on ways to improve options. Any options can go a long way into helping someone.
I am mentally disabled and rarely leave my house. I get disability checks once a month that I use to get clothes, groceries, and at least 1 hobby item that is equivalent to the price of a full priced game. I can beat hard games without too much issue, I've beaten F-zero GX in very hard difficulty and I consider that a very major achievement with how insane that game is with its difficulty and requiring near absolute precision in its story mode. I also would like the industry to do better regarding accessibility.
You mean the text that only appears once on the screen that literally no one reads? I'm talking something like DMC's void mode where you can experiment with a random grunt-type NPC to get familiar with the deflect, counter hit and deathblow mechanics. This game has a very good but unique combat system, which warrants a full tutorial mode in my opinion.
No, they shouldn't. They should do what they want. Game development takes time. So focusing on what is important is what matters.
Agreed. Let them deliver their vision how they see fit. They're selling a product and if they don't want to compromise they don't have to. Just don't buy it.
Where exactly do you find this mode in the game? And do you honestly think text tutorials are the best way for a new player to learn about things such as input buffering? It's fucking useless even for people who read it.
