Games Don't Need an Easy Mode

This is a video commentary discussing the concept of easy modes and their place in games. There is a lot of arguments coming from both sides and my video takes the position that games do not need them and that it's ok if games are hard at a base level. I hope to offer an opinion with substance beyond what you typically hear come out of this debate and I hope it can provide positive discussion to the topic as a whole regarding game difficulty, intent, developer vision, community interaction, mystery, ambiguity, and accessibility.

This is relatively spoiler free in regards to showing late game footage however there are multiple boss fights shown and those who are sensitive may want to listen only or come back later.

The game footage used in this video consists of Sekiro: Shadow Die Twice, Dark Souls, Dark Souls Remastered, Dark Souls 3, Bloodborne, and Portal 2.

Miyazaki quote on games being unreasonable: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vg24...

Miyazaki quote on sense of accomplishment: https://www.wired.co.uk/article/dark-...


A link to Vaatividya's video on Bloodborne for those who were curious:    • Bloodborne Story ► Father Gascoigne  

Credits for clips used:

Luality - Nameless King DDR Pad
ATwerkingYoshi- DS3 complete run on GH controller

Misc clips used from:

Theradbrad
SSOHPKK
Reviewzone HD
Shirrako
Gadgetgirlkylie
VaatiVidya
Boss Fight Database

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