With Hollow Knight: Silksong’s huge launch in full swing, community debate about its qualities and flaws has gone back and forth, with some players insisting their criticisms about things like the game's difficulty are valid and shouldn’t be instantly dismissed as "hate."
all of the things you say are completely, 100%, unaffected by a difficulty setting.
The only thing a difficulty setting changes is that some people can say “I am better than you, I beat [game X] and you didn’t”
that’s it.
and even that is a complete illusion, see the prominent worst business man in the world, paying someone to make PoE ranks for him.
Also there are mods, cheats and plain lying.
This whole thing is excluding people, and for what? Literally worthless bragging rights.
This whole thing is excluding people, and for what? Literally worthless bragging rights.
It does seem so. These’s also an issue with balancing different difficulties and receiving bad reviews if not done correctly but I think it’s minor compared to allowing more people to enjoy your product.
all of the things you say are completely, 100%, unaffected by a difficulty setting.
The only thing a difficulty setting changes is that some people can say “I am better than you, I beat [game X] and you didn’t”
that’s it.
and even that is a complete illusion, see the prominent worst business man in the world, paying someone to make PoE ranks for him. Also there are mods, cheats and plain lying.
This whole thing is excluding people, and for what? Literally worthless bragging rights.
It does seem so. These’s also an issue with balancing different difficulties and receiving bad reviews if not done correctly but I think it’s minor compared to allowing more people to enjoy your product.