Halfling Rodeo
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Last reply because you are seriously autistic.It's worse for the people who would have enjoyed the game the most. You're flattening the curve. Instead of a game where people either give it a 10 or a 5, you're getting a game where everyone gives it a 7 or 8.It's worse for who?
Do I enjoy an otherwise easy game more than I might have if it has a higher difficulty setting that fits me better? Sure. I'm willing to give that up so someone more suited to an easy game can have a better experience. In exchange, I want a better experience in a different game suited to what I like. It's better to play one game perfect for me than five different ones that kind of tried but half assed whatever mode fits me best. I've got hundreds of games in my library. Maybe 20 are really great for me. I wish I had 25 in my library and they were all great and I didn't even look at the rest because they were obviously not for me.
You're acting like someone is forcing you to play and buy games not suited for you. This isn't the case. This is, at worst, a problem for children who get games as presents, but even then smart parents generally just ask the kid what to buy. Play a demo. Watch a review. Pay attention to which developers make what sorts of games and how reviewers rate games you've played before. Don't day one purchase shit out of hype and then bitch that it's not what you expected.
You aren't flattening the curve and making everyone playing it give it a 7/8. You're making an experience many people will give a 0 and not want to play at all by making something too specific to one audience. It's the problems many games have, especially RPGs where the developers know so much about the game they build stupid systems and have difficulty balanced to them and not the average player.
A game with a difficulty slider maybe a game I would enjoy playing easier or harder than the default. If I find enemies aren't challenging but have too much HP to run through I may want it on easy to lower health or harder to make them more challenging. You're acting like Goldilocks was always right and she will never be right for the 3 bears with their own preferences. I want the option to adapt the game to how I want to play it so I buy less games I don't enjoy and waste less money on them.