Should games have difficulty settings? Isn't it interfering with the creators' vision?
Should games have difficulty settings? Isn't it interfering with the creators' vision?
Grayson Walker
Adrian Foster
Not if the vision was to have difficulty settings
Luis Carter
What if the game is actually different on each difficulty setting
Michael Barnes
They shouldn't, there was never been a good difficulty selection, either only one of them is good, which negates the point of having a difficulty select in the first place, or none of them are good, since the developers try to balance all of them and fail (or they don't try to balance them at all)
Lucas Bailey
While I don't expect many people here to share my opinion, I do prefer not having difficulty settings for that exact reason.
Lincoln Peterson
>Should games have difficulty settings?
Yes
>Isn't it interfering with the creators' vision?
Imagine living in an era where difficulty selection is not part of your design document. OH WAIT!
Oliver Rogers
>creators' vision
Uhh... do you know what the definition of the term "Normal" is? If a game has a normal difficulty that is the creator's vision. If not, the default difficulty that is selected is the intended difficulty, like in Doom. Everything around those difficulties is artificial difficulty or pic related
Blake Brooks
If you cant hack it on ultra-violence then try a lower setting.
Easton King
Depends on the game. Doom, sekiro, and platformers in general should not have different difficulties.
Devil May Cry, rhythm games, and RPGs should have difficulty settings.
Elijah Turner
Fpbp and checked.
Thomas Ross
>Doom, sekiro, and platformers in general should not have different difficulties.
>Devil May Cry, rhythm games, and RPGs should have difficulty settings.
Why?
Jacob Anderson
Sekiro have difficulty settings within the story.
Josiah Davis
what did he mean by this?
Xavier Phillips
in doom's case, no because the map designers literally have to choose what does and doesn't get placed for a given difficulty setting
Joshua Campbell
>bell demon
>Kuro's charm
Also shuura's ending is easier than the other two ending.
Julian Walker
ok and?
Connor Gutierrez
git gud
Angel Rivera
You can have multiple visions, so sure. Just don't lock a difficulty behind completing the game unless it's a continued learning curve from the hardest normal mode. Timespinner and Bloodstained are retardedly easy on normal, and you need cheats to unlock other modes (which also have shit balance but it's better at least). And don't confuse the player, make sure they know what the intended difficulty level is.
Jonathan Smith
first post best post, as usual
Easton Parker
Based in reality and game design pilled
John Flores
Creator's vision is multiple difficulties.
Gavin Garcia
>They shouldn't
Imagine being this fucking stupid
Jacob Allen
he's right though
Jack Gonzalez
FPBP
Cooper Long
>because the map designers literally have to choose what does and doesn't get placed for a given difficulty setting
so?