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    Grand Theft Auto 5 Made Me Sad.

    He addressed that point in the article. All the examples you gave are the players choice, they are optional. If you don't like them, you don't do them. And as for Niko in GTA IV, yeah, that ain't great writing either and it received quite a lot of criticism after the initial hype around the game...
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    Zero Punctuation: The Cave

    They had it included in Day of the Tentacle and it got rereleased multiple times with improved graphics on other systems. But all of that was 20 years ago. They haven't done a modern anniversary edition or anything, but it plays fine in ScummVM.
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    Jimquisition: Dumbing Down for the Filthy Casuals

    It wouldn't make the game accessible for FarmVille players, but it would open up the game to most regular gamers. Nobody is talking about removing parts, just adding some. I don't understand that logic. How is easy-mode the root of all evil, but a walkthrough is totally ok, even so it spoils...
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    Jimquisition: Dumbing Down for the Filthy Casuals

    They have with Demon's Souls and Dark Souls. That's why the publisher now wants the game to be easier. As already said a few times: Not buying the game is not a solution, that's the very thing causing the problems you complain about.
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    Jimquisition: Dumbing Down for the Filthy Casuals

    Because it doesn't sell enough. It's that simple. You can want your ultra hard niche title all day long, but if the publisher thinks he could sell a few more units by making it a little bit more accessible, he will.
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    Jimquisition: Dumbing Down for the Filthy Casuals

    I can't remember having 1000 post long threads about easy-mode back when Demon's Souls was released or back when Dark Souls was released. People who didn't like that simply didn't buy it. Has worked out great for you, hasn't it? Now the developers are thinking about attracting a wider audience...
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    Jimquisition: Dumbing Down for the Filthy Casuals

    Has it ever crossed your mind that people might like parts of a game and hate others?
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    Jimquisition: Dumbing Down for the Filthy Casuals

    If you think that supports your argument: It does not, it does exactly the opposite. The whole point of going all out easy-mode (including walkthroughs, god-mode, level skip, etc.) is that you have to do nothing to get everything. All those random level ups that serve to provide the conditioning...
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    Jimquisition: Dumbing Down for the Filthy Casuals

    I am not saying it's good or bad, I am saying it's an inevitable result of the current game industry. Games are made more accessible for wider audiences, if you like it or not. Thus I think the only good response is trying to figure out how to make them more accessible without scarifying the...
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    Jimquisition: Dumbing Down for the Filthy Casuals

    The Myst: Masterpiece Edition has a build in walkthrough available right at the bottom of the screen, many other modern point&clicks have that as well. Modern FPS include auto-aiming via the right trigger and generally have heavy aim assists, the days of Quake and Unreal where you had full...
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    Jimquisition: Dumbing Down for the Filthy Casuals

    Yeah, and then not enough people end up buying the game and those type games disappear from the market place. Problem solved... Why is it so hard to understand that not buying those games does not solve the problem? That's the very reason why games have been streamlined so much over the last...
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    Jimquisition: Dumbing Down for the Filthy Casuals

    You now what is holding back video games as an art form? That kind of elitist bullshit attitude. I mean what's next? Sending DMCA takedown letters to all those tutorials on Youtube? After all real men don't need a walkthrough, progress has to be earned all by yourself! Everything else just...
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    Jimquisition: Dumbing Down for the Filthy Casuals

    Nobody feels threatened by the lack of easy-mode, as those people that want one will simply not buy the game. The problem however is that lack of easy-mode leads to lack of sales and lack of sales leads to the introduction about easy-mode in one form or another. The easy-mode isn't being talked...
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    Jimquisition: Dumbing Down for the Filthy Casuals

    They very much still all boil down to elitism and exclusivity. You don't have to use the easy-mode. Depending on where they place it in the menu you don't even have to see it, ever. How exactly is something that has absolutely no impact on your gaming experience destroying it? I am talking...
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    Jimquisition: Dumbing Down for the Filthy Casuals

    That post doesn't address that point at all. It tries to give some justification why hard is fun, but that is not what we are discussing. If somebody likes their games hard and likes challenge and failure. Good for them. A ton of other people will just toss the game in the garbage can or not...