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Soulslike fans continue to be tiring (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by BeanisBrain@hexbear.net to c/games@hexbear.net

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Was in a comment section about designing games to respect the player's time and mentioned I never finished Hollow Knight because it makes you fight the final boss again each time you want to give the secret boss another shot.

Someone jumped in literally telling me "GET GOOD" and when I told them there were other things I'd rather be doing, they followed up with "so don't get hard games just to complain about." They never responded when I asked them how I was supposed to know exactly how hard everything in the game would be before I ever played it.

Every fucking time. I swear I can set my watch by it. The Dark Souls series has earned my undying enmity for what it has done to gaming discourse.

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[–] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"Noooooo, you can't use cheat codes. That ruins the game dev's vision of the game."

Uh aktually, Freedom 0 states that a program installed on a user's PC ought to be run by the user as they wish for any purpose. Therefore, if the user wants to use cheat codes on their game, they should be allowed to do so.

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago

Freedom 0 isn't about engaging with art. you can scramble the frame order in a movie, that's your prerogative, but it'll probably just make a mess.

lots of professional developers are mediocre game designers, the user at home is extremely likely to be even worse than that.