Lurker > Cavedweller2000

Hades

Fantasy

Castlevania

Yay, a new topic that I can actually participate in! Charon and I just started playing a few days ago.

Mario

FFX

Would say unlikely since Ross wants to get out of it but can't. But yeah, probably the Seinfeld one mentioned above.

I don't think there was a Friends episode about a parking space because we almost never saw them driving

Ben Linus

Omg the hideaway has an npc named spoony bard

And obviously, this is measured in nominal dollars. No inflation adjustments.

Evil

All we're saying is that we think these games are perfect as is. They don't need specific features to be good or even playable.

Sorry you couldn't follow, I am not the best communicator, which is why a back and forth can be necessary

Did Nintendo ensure Animal Crossing is not for everyone because there's no combat in it? Did Sony ensure Gran Turismo is not for everyone by limiting it to being a racing game?

These might sound like silly examples, but even the decision to include a pause button is a decision that won't appeal to everyone, but will appeal to some. There is no game in the world that can be for everyone.

If rereleases of dark souls suddenly let you pause, I would be disappointed. It would feel like someone who enjoys the feeling of rockclimbing without a harness being forced to wear one. Wouldn't be the biggest deal in the world though.

Elden Ring is a very fun game.

You can actually pause it by bringing up the Menu Explanation option in the menu. I think some other Souls games have ways to pause them too.

Or you can use a pause mod for any of the games on PC.

Interruptions aside, I feel like Gascoigne is also significantly harder than most of the following bosses too because you likely don't have a full grasp on the mechanics by that point and the game does a shitty job of explaining it to you.

Once you know how the game works, Gascoigne is way easier because he's super telegraphed and you can just stun / visceral him (or toss like 3 Molotovs at him). But when you first reach him, most aren't comfortable with visceral attacks and how easily you can die early on even against normal moba encourages players to play defensive / scared and since Gascoigne is super aggressive, it leads to most people cheesing him rather than learning the necessary mechanics.

I recently played through Bloodborne and thought it was fantastic but I can easily see how people could be turned off by it. It's a weird game where there's a huge difficulty spike at the start and then as the game progresses it becomes easier and easier. The hours I spent pre-Amelia and post-Amelia are completely disproportionate to the amount of content contained within them. Post Amelia was where it kind of clicked and I just started rolling everything and not being bothered if I died playing significantly more aggressive.

Although I will say fuck those fucking insight sucking monsters. I really felt those were bad design purely because you can't get the insight back from killing them and insight is way slower to farm than it is to lose to them

These games arent for everyone

Not being able to pause is obviously not an issue until it is.

stop trying to defend it. Games are fine despite that

just play it

^If you decide to start playing souls games, dont be this guy lol

You can often easily hide your character somewhere if you need to pause

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