Current Events > "Dead Space on easy is just right" -Polygon

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Because the average gaming journalist barely even touches a game before having to hand in their article due to deadlines.

Still on them to be able to understand they're writing for gamers, not other journalists.

probably the same journalist who couldn't get past Cuphead's tutorial...

Who says they're writing for gamers?

I could not give less of a fuck what difficulty people play games on.

I beat it on normal and I don't know if I'd want to go harder

Who are they writing for?

Their readers. Most of whom likely don't play a ton of games and as such don't consider themselves "gamers".

Casual gamers are still gamers.

Casual gamers are still gamers. My reflexes and motor skills are crap, but I didn't really need them. Just had to be deliberate. Playing on easy is fine, if that's what you want to do, but I think it's strange we have major influences suggesting you remove any challenge from a game.

Citation needed

Citation needed

This isn't removing any challenge from the gamwm it's matching the challenge to the gamer. Easy is still plenty challenging to most people.

Casual gamers

Bolded the part that gives it away so you don't have to search through all 2 words.

Is it?
My corpus collsum was damaged at birth. I have poor reflexes and needed PT learn to do things like write and ride a bike. I feel like most people, as long as they game, would be as capable or more than myself.

Caring about what difficulty other people play their games on is a bit like caring how other people eat their steak.

You underestimate how bad people can be at games even when they enjoy them.

Remember when Polygon posted that video of their Doom gameplay?

https://youtu.be/7FD-uwu847Q

No wonder they can only play games on easy.

I used to game online when more of my IRL friends did. Always at the bottom of the leader board and making my team/friends angry for sucking. I, in fact, suck at games. If one is less skilled than me or just wants to play on easy, that's cool. I certainly wouldn't suggest easy should be the default experience.

Who the hell cares? They felt easy was perfectly balanced; you're good enough that you can do better.

Of course big publications are going to play on easier modes. They have incredibly tight deadlines and need to see as much of the game as they can.

Moreover, it's high time the Difficulty Gatekeepers realize that they are the minority. Like, a tiny minority. "Gamer" isn't some niche anymore like it was in the 90s, damn near every household in the country has a console in it, and casual players massively outgun the Hardcore Elite. Every major publication is going to cater to them because that's where the numbers are. And no amount of Elden Ring anomalies is going to shake that. Want something catered to the "hardcore" crowd, find a YouTuber. Because a small operation is all that can afford to cater to a niche.

Gamers are casual. Time for us to get over it.

And no, saying "I'm not that good" means nothing. The minute you complain about "removing all challenge from a game," you are by default more hardcore than the actual casual crowd.

Did anyone actually read the article? It's not even a big deal. They're just saying how they feel that the amount of ammo you get per encounter on easy is just right compared to medium.

But I don't like the hardcore crowd. If they wanted to play the game on easy for whatever reason, that's cool. I'm not gate keeping. My only issue is that they suggest that easy is the best way for most people to play.