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RchHomieQuanChi posted...

Dude, you literally said the game's review scores would take a hit if people got to play it on an easier difficulty. Which is silly, considering there are dozens of games known for their difficulty that have scored incredibly favorably, despite having multiple difficulty options.

There really isn't a good argument for why a game having less accessibility options makes it better. I'm not arguing that the game sucks or even that it's worse without them. Just pointing out the bizarre mental gymnastics of trying to argue that the game would be worse if people with less than 10 hours a week to dedicate towards gaming had a lower difficulty setting that helped them get better immersed into other aspects of the game.

This really just boils down to hardcore FromSoftware fans trying to be gatekeepers.

One of most difficult RPGs I ever played was Wizardry 7. It was old school and a product of the old days of RPGs. In fact, I doubt anyone ever beat it without the hint book.

Even it had enough sense to include difficulty options. Probably because the creator realized that the the difficulty and constant saving/loading would take take some players far too long to complete.