The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoThree developers' different philosophies on difficulty for their gamesmedia.piefed.worldimagemessage-square503linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageThree developers' different philosophies on difficulty for their gamesmedia.piefed.worldThe Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square503linkfedilink
minus-squareinclementimmigrant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoJust allow users to mod the game to whatever difficulty they want and don’t be dicks about it. Devs get to stick to their original vision and gamers get to have whatever difficulty they actually want to make things fun for them.
minus-squareSocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoStick a god mode in it and don’t record my scores in any competitive rankings. One of my favorite things to do is run MAME in cheat mode and just mindlessly blow shit up.
minus-squareCrowAirbrush@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoLet them have their own philosophies, one of the many wonders of life and humankind.
minus-squaretiramichu@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoYou just described having actual accessibility and difficulty settings, but with extra steps. I appreciate the ability to mod games, but decent accessibility and difficulty options should be first-class citizens.
Just allow users to mod the game to whatever difficulty they want and don’t be dicks about it.
Devs get to stick to their original vision and gamers get to have whatever difficulty they actually want to make things fun for them.
Stick a god mode in it and don’t record my scores in any competitive rankings. One of my favorite things to do is run MAME in cheat mode and just mindlessly blow shit up.
Let them have their own philosophies, one of the many wonders of life and humankind.
You just described having actual accessibility and difficulty settings, but with extra steps.
I appreciate the ability to mod games, but decent accessibility and difficulty options should be first-class citizens.