RE: Dark Souls easy mode. Ive played many games on normal and then on harder modes for a hard challenge. Halo on Legendary and God Of War on Give me God of War are great examples. But I feel Dark Souls should not offer an easy mode.
They exist as purposefully hard challenges. Sometimes this is an elitist endeavour to find the best of the best. Often though its to provide a challenge for normal folk to rise to and find levels of dedication, perseverance, and accomplishment they never knew they had until they were tested. Dark Souls falls into the latter and the sort of admirable qualities I believe From were looking to engender with their games.
If you provide settings to meet gamers in their comfort zones then you lose the struggle and the point. Marathons are run by people of all skill levels but they all finish the same race. Just like in a marathon its most rewarding to see the less capable take on the challenge of a Souls game and beat it.
There are smug elitists in gaming that use hard games as a childish one-upmanship but in my experience most Souls fans are more like the well-meaning supporters who line the route of a marathon and cheer people on.
I can see value in both sides of the argument, I just side with the nos. The most annoying thing I find with the debate is the portrayal that everyone who agrees with no is a whiney elitist who feels they will be robbed of some childish sense of achievement by an easy mode. The challenge exists for noble reasons, Read More – Source
