Different to you. Not so different to me. When I played (American) football growing up, I put a lot into it. Lifting weights, etc. I wanted to become as good as I could be at that sport.Zhukov said:You're comparing professional competition with solo amusement. Two very different things.
I treat video games the same way. When I was GM of a WoW raiding guild, I did every little thing possible to maximize my character and to prepare myself for raids. I tried to lead by example. If we failed to down a boss, I didn't want it to be because of me. I always wanted to be a part of the solution and not the problem. I tried to motivate others to do the same.
I don't play WoW or raid anymore. But my hobby is still video games. And I still approach it the same way in solo games. I study stats, game mechanics, etc. I min/max. Although fashion is important, too.
Now I don't expect other people to put that much effort into it. But it does bother me when people obviously don't want to put ANY effort into it. They want to just skip stuff - even when they have easy-mode - at the first sign of a challenge. It's makes me sad.
So maybe it's not so much the idea that a skip button might be implemented that bothers me. I'd never press it. What bothers me is that people are asking for it. It bothers me that easy-modes aren't enough for some people. Because I'm pretty sure that the percentage of gamers who literally CAN'T complete most games on easy-mode with just a little bit of effort is very, very small. It makes me sad that there are people in the world who are really that freakin' lazy. People who would demand a significant change to what, IMO, video games have always been about, overcoming obstacles to progress. Because they believe they are entitled to it. It's just disturbing to me.
So maybe that's a me problem. It probably is. Still makes me hope like hell that developers laugh off this ridiculous boss-skipping idea. Just stay the hell away from my Souls games.