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[–] jettrscga@lemmy.world 174 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I love how all the comments insist on discussing the difficulty, despite OP literally pointing it out as bait.

That's good bait.

[–] AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 39 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I know it's bait. I'm just looking for an opportunity to unload.

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 32 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The circle of "just want to feel something" wraps round and round.

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 29 points 1 day ago

I've never had vitriol spewed at me quite like when I argue in favor of easy mode for soulslike games. I'm at a point where I hate soulslike games, half because I don't want to spend ten hours on a boss that I can't beat, and half because I don't want to associate with soulsborne players

[–] HexesofVexes@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

I see a lot of bait like this around, I also see a lot of double standards in gaming.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 102 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (69 children)

I never understood the obsession with stupid difficult games at all. It's like, let me bang my head on a coffee table for 3 hours trying to make 5 minutes of progress. No thanks

Edit: Wow, this blew up, quite a controversial take, and not a hint of irony from all the people commenting about how I don't get it.

Edit 2: For what it's worth, I have played Dark Souls 1 all the way through, some of Dark Souls 2, got to the end of Bloodborne, played about 3 hours of Elden Ring, and a bit of Lies of P. These games just aren't for me. I played them bcz my friend loves them, and I was trying to make a soulslike bcz that seems to be all the rage right now.

[–] daellat@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago

Very game dependant for me. I enjoy metro/stalker on their highest difficulties and play CS2 sometimes but most other singleplayer games yeah no thanks. It's mostly just a flat increase to health and damage anyway

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[–] JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 36 points 1 day ago (10 children)

Easy mode ftw. I've only got so much free time. I wanna chill when I'm gaming.

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 day ago

You don't want to spend twenty hours trying to beat one boss, and being told to git gud whenever you ask for advice on the internet? But think of the sense of pride and accomplishment you'll feel when you finally beat it! The best part is you get to go through this like 10 times

/s

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[–] HollowNaught@lemmy.world 42 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (8 children)

I dislike how people use game completion as a method to gloat

Like bro, don't we all play games to have fun?

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You want to feel alienation? But isn't this what you are already experiencing?

As for the bait: I don't need easy mode, I don't want easy mode; but it really isn't my decision.

[–] javasux@lemmy.world 44 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This is extra funny because Elden Ring's diverse player build options means that it has the most adjustable difficulty curve of any FromSoftware game. Holding up Elden Ring completion specifically as any kind of bar to surpass is laughably naive.

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

That's the key. If you:

  • summoned
  • used spirit ashes
  • used ashes of war
  • used sorceries
  • used incantations
  • levelled up
  • drank a flask
  • opened the map
  • used a weapon
  • used a controller or a mouse/keyboard
  • opened the menu
  • used your hands

You didn't beat the game.

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[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 36 points 1 day ago (3 children)
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[–] Undaunted@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 1 day ago (6 children)

I've never touched any game of this series. If I need to replay a section or fight in a game more than 3 times it annoys me so much, I need to take a break. This often led to me never playing that game again, because only thinking about being stuck at that spot again kills all the fun for me.

In Cyberpunk for example my car got stuck in the middle of nowhere by a glitch and I would have needed to walk for god knows how long to find another vehicle. Needless to say I never played that game again, even though I was not nearly even half way through and liked it up until that point.

[–] kboy101222@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Did you not just hit the "summon a vehicle" button that the game gives you to summon one of the many cars the game gives out for free? Cause it's there. I believe they tell you about it during the prologue and it's enabled before then.

Did you just skip all tutorials or something? I'm struggling to understand how on earth you got stuck so bad you ended up quitting the game. Plus, if you're half way through, you have a minimum of 2 vehicles, the starting car and Jackie's bike, if not even more. Wtf were you even doing?

[–] Undaunted@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 day ago

Now that you mention it, I know that I was aware of that featured. Either it didn't work or I don't remember it correctly why I got stuck there. It's been a few years now.

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