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Nobody is putting a gun to your head and forcing you to play every game. Not every game has to be for everybody, and that's ok. The exact same criticism can be made the other way around, that no game should be too easy because boredom is bad. And it's exactly as stupid an argument in either direction.
Nobody would be putting a gun to your head and forcing you to play on an easier difficulty either
No but apparently some people are dying to put a gun to every game dev's head on the planet to force them to create a Very Very Easy Mode.
Of course not. I do believe that gatekeeping gaming is a fucking stupid thing to do though. Not every game HAS to be for everyone, and that’s not even what I’m saying so bad argument to begin with.
What I AM saying though, is more people can play the same games and.. GASP.. actually be able to talk to their more hardcore friends about the game that their friend recommended! Man! What an idea!
There is nothing preventing YOU from playing on the highest, most hardcore gamer difficulty, so again, your point is moot.
My point is preventing people who aren’t able to function on the same level as a “normal” human from playing one of the biggest franchises in gaming history is stupid and there is nothing and no reason whatsoever to exempt them from being able to enjoy the games other than this stupid ass arbitrary gatekeeping bullshit a lot of so called gamers like to pull out.
You can still sit there and run around with no armor and do a no hit run. There is literally nothing stopping you from that… unless… you want to play on an easier difficulty and don’t want to admit it..?
The journey is often as important to the experience. It would be like your friend telling you about a great hike but then driving to the top just to talk about the view.
And if someone can’t make that journey because of things they have no control over, fuck them right? You people are truly disgusting. Yikes.
Not everyone gets to make the same journey. You live in a fantasy world.
God, I wish I lived in a fantasy world. But, unfortunately, I have to exist alongside people who can’t think of anyone other than themselves. Like.. most of the commenters here who kept trying to bring up what they believe to be valid points, but really just paint themselves as assholes who don’t want people to be able to enjoy their hardcore gamer games. Oh well. There plenty of people like you out there.
"People disagree with me and that makes them unfeeling sociopaths."
Wrong again. Read what I am saying. I can’t do it for you. I believe in you though.
Yeah. The human experience is not, cannot be, and should not be homogeneous.
Find some humanity, buddy. It’ll do you better than this.
You should read "Harrison Bergeron".
If that’s where you got the silly idea that life can’t be made easier for others when we can, I’m good.