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Easy Mode Is Actually for Adults (www.theatlantic.com)
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[–] RaoulDook -5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I'm older than you and have beaten all the Dark Souls games and Elden Ring.

I grew up playing actually hard games like Bionic Commando and Ninja Gaiden on the NES.

This article's premise is BS. Easy mode is for people of any age who have not gotten gud.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

This article's premise is BS. Easy mode is for people of any age who have not gotten gud.

I don't disagree with you, but a lot of people, when presented with new game mechanics, don't have the time to spend "getting gud".

I know that if I were to start playing, for instance, Hollow Knight today, rather than at its release (cleared Pantheon of Hollownest), I'd likely have to put it down or install a nail damage increase mod – I have kids now; no time to grind at bosses to learn the patterns.

[–] JPSound 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Years ago, I may have felt the same and I probably did but my life is not compatible with "getting gud" at every game that comes my way or that i even want to play. I grew up with the same systems as you as I know full well they used to be much harder and the challenge was the whole point. Not anymore so much with a lot of games.

I have chosen 1 game to fully invest myself into and that's BG3. I'm on my tactician run, just as I did with DoS 1 & 2 and I'm enjoying it because I'm willing to do so with that masterpiece of a gaming experience. But I also play other games when I can't and I just want it to be fun. Hard, easy and everything in-between, I just wanna zone out, forget about my day and watch an interactive story unfold before me.

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