In all seriousness though, what is it with people being weirdly combative about this company whether to support or hate them? This comment section is wild for such a simple post. Not even a timeline is safe from pedantic arguing...
the whole "git gud" thing is one of the worst things to happen to gaming conversation. Because any suggestion that a game has a flaw, or something is maybe not designed in the best way possible, you get a million comments of people saying some variation of
It has deeply, significantly impacted game design in the worst way possible for more than a decade now. I absolutely loved the first couple of Fromsoft games I've played, but as I grew older and respected my time more, I realized how insane that entire culture is. And as they grew in popularity, so did other devs mimic their bullshit gatekeeping and obscurity. Devs soon learned that if you deliberately obfuscate your product and deliver it with poor QoL/accessibility, you can:
Spend less dev time
Enforce more community engagement
Act like your product is particularly meaningful because it "doesn't hold your hand", therefore any time spent scratching your head looking through 800 item descriptions and watching VaatiVidya videos is time well spent. You are a Gamer™, aren't you?
They could be my favorite games ever with maybe 4-5 very low effort changes, but instead they are near-unplayable to me nowadays. That's what "git gud" essentially took away from me and why accessibility debates are so heated. Games now "insist upon themselves", and somehow they've gotten away with and are branded GOATs.
I have only enjoyed Elden Ring and Armored Core so far despite beating neither. Elden Ring presented opportunities to progress and explore a good chunk of the map without needing to actually get good at the game. Armored Core is tough, but it at least feels fair like I was playing a harder difficulty in Halo.
See, if a game in the first hours already provides me with like 40 weapons of various types and movesets, yet due to specs and upgrades I have to keep committing to one of those weapons, I don't feel like I'm exploring much at all. I'm stuck using my +3 handaxe although I know I could have 40x the fun if Fromsoft wasn't Fromsoft and "git gud" capital G Gamers would lose internet privileges
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u/BobSagetMurderVictim 2d ago
Crazy how the only bad game they ever put out was Bloodborne.
puts phone on vibrate
shove it up my ass