Elden Ring Drama

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[@Chesslover69420]

I've found the Elden Ring DLC borderline impossible to beat due to the unfortunate circumstance of me not owning it.

[@Hatti69]

i got the same problem

[@Ccompton917]

Based

[@austinsultenfuss7661]

The hardest of difficulties.

[@gabrielnihei]

If you dont mind just pirate it

[@AEGISDEFENSE]

Not gonna lie, you had me in the first half.

[@RayBetterThanEvilCanival]

“Elden Ring needs to be more accessible to disabled people” Hey man, if Asmongold can beat it, then any disabled person can beat it

[@iandungeon273]

DSP beat elden ring

[@TheMadPickler01]

Elden ring has been beaten on both dance pads and donkey Kong bongos. As long as you have a head to bang off bongos and a cognitive mind you can beat elden ring

[@dylanburston7453]

@@TheMadPickler01 An actual goldfish beat godrick. One of the most inbred creatures on the planet beat a elden ring boss. Its also a fish

[@thegodofsoapkekcario1970]

@@iandungeon273 Asmon may be the roach king, but DSP is an actual roach, he can survive through a nuclear fallout and say “dood the devs are stoopid fer doing this ackackackack”.

[@spookyjones6577]

Listen, she can just use mimic tear.

[@KiNgPoPo69]

I am a disability support worker, one of my clients has 100% Elden ring with only one hand using a controller on PC. He got me into it.

[@Lonnieherron]

We need more people like you.

[@今田安努隆]

Did you get challenged by a challenged person lmao

[@spaceunicorn162]

What a legend

[@LLukik]

There is a streamer, Patrikturi (czech streamer), with one hand who completed all souls + Bloodborne + Sekiro + Elden Ring deathless in a row, 2 times now and he is not making big fuss about it.

[@Zionswasd]

...you must be a physician

[@mynameisdamiens]

"it's to hard!" "Whats your fragment level?" "My what?"

[@TheScottman]

These ppl are goofy I swear lol

[@shen5533]

Scooby Snacks

[@buster7618]

Too

[@mac1bc]

It's really not that hard though 😅

[@kennard3106]

Rellana is harder than Malenia! Scadu lvl 2

[@arat9111]

You cannot beat DLC because of skill issue, I can't because I'm jobless. We are not the same.

[@DontKnow-hr5my]

I feel you brother, i got it still, but God bless you anyways

[@nyxebit8200]

Dude Im with you on this one, been waiting for the Elden Ring sale and now its on sale I dont have the funds to buy the game XD

[@trek8911]

Hope you find a good job soon buddy

[@jasonkong6968]

I can't because I have a job.

[@slimesoup7944]

Jobless too last purchase was this DLC

[@austin132140]

As a father, maybe it should be referred to as a distraction not a disability. Also, if your kids are making it difficult for you to game, then it isn’t the time to be gaming.

[@markop.1994]

Based

[@smitty215able]

Oh I felt this in my soul

[@jeanventura5366]

100% this. Words matter. Meaning and definitions matter. An unexpected distraction is not a "temporary disability".

[@SknCommonLisper]

She's too used to talking with peers, that's the issue. It's an in-industry term, and is used frequently (coined by MS iirc). However 90% of her audience, are not in the IT industry, therefore have 0 idea about the term and instead hear it as separate words, or something she 'just made up'

[@Zaenathi]

tru

[@sithianempire7445]

Hot take maybe, a game doesn't need to be designed for everyone.

[@devonh117]

exactly, and miyazaki said the exact same thing. People forget that the scadutree fragments play a huge part.

[@Fusionade]

It's a PAUSE button dude, LMAOOOOO. I've already beaten SotE with no summons but some of y'all are INSANE. ITS A PAUSE BUTTON. ADD IT. LMFAO.

[@tkajr7]

Hot take: most games should have basic QOL features that are present in every other game

[@nathanwood2880]

@@Fusionade this aint playstation 2 mate

[@drockopotamus1]

@@Fusionade Nah, just go play another game lol. It's not that hard. DO IT.

[@KhajiitOnSkooma]

The difficulty IS part of the appeal, is part of the journey. I suck at this games, but you persist, and find a way, your own play style.

[@assassinsa1]

Thank you! I also suck! If ya get mad, put down the controller and take a break!

[@Rockalanche]

there is a difference between difficulty and challenge though. Being difficult for the sake of the difficulty is boring. Challenging, however, gives you that reward. Most bosses in Elden Ring offer that challenge because you can solve the puzzle on how to beat them. Difficulty is not the appeal. Challenge is.

[@KhajiitOnSkooma]

@@Rockalanche I don't know if my definition is right tbh; but difficulty is part of the challenge IMO. We all been on the same ground it's part of the magic of the community of this games, we all beat the games but do it in very different ways.

[@horrorking1000]

You're talking to an echo chamber that just says "you're wrong" they won't listen because they don't want to they want everything handed to them which is why this chick is bitching about it on Twitter

[@horrorking1000]

​@@KhajiitOnSkooma💯 dude especially in elden ring the design of the game is play your way but an op build won't always make up for lack of skill

[@internetmortuary]

Elden ring brought a ton of people into a niche of borderline masochism and they're complaining that it's too hard? What?

[@majorshepard2]

I think elden ring was a success for fromsoft but also their biggest mistake.

[@araaraaura1887]

It's what happens to any niche thing that gets popular. Normies want to participate so they can be seen participating, and have no real interest in the thing itself. So they see no issue with completely changing the substance of the thing.

[@tobiwonkanogy2975]

@@araaraaura1887 See K2 Mount Everest.

[@C_O_N_C_E_P_T]

Exactly. Please change it because I’m new to these games and don’t want to try

[@Willy_Warmer]

No lol. Elden Ring brought people into a niche of difficult yet fun fights. The DLC prioritized difficulty and got rid of the fun aspect for anyone who isn't unemployed or a child that doesn't have school. No one wants to come home from a 9 to 5 exhuasted, open up the game, and spend the next 3 hours of their free time memorising boss attack patterns and combos, and then trying to be perfect because the boss does too much damage, and then spend an hour actually fighting the boss because it takes forever to chip away at the massive health bar that they have no reason to have. I've played the other souls games, I've played Elden Ring tons of times. I can say for a fact that any boss I found memorable and fun, my friends found memorable and fun, and the commmunity found memorable and fun, almost always was difficult because of the hard to learn attacks and damage output, despite having low health, or high health, despite having easy attacks. The DLC bosses all have hard to learn attack patterns, all have high ass health, and all do a high amount of damage. If you're getting to the point where you need to throw in a poorly designed leveling system that doubles the average player's damage just so they can actually see themselves doing something to the health bar, you went to far. And, Fromsoft hasn't ever been about "masochism," you have. You spent years addicted to souls games, got good at them the same way a person who practices art for years would be good at art, and found souls games naturally easier. Then you guys whined about it and for some reason Fromsoft decided to just do fanservice and made the DLC like this. Now you and your group of "masochists" that are a small percentage of the overall playerbase are annoyed that casual players and new players aren't intrested in pretending that said fanservice is made for them too.

[@kanaria-cu3uv]

it's funny how every time you hear the "do it for the disabled people" excuse, you never hear it from an actual disabled person.

[@eric7591]

Disabled people rarely get big platforms like Alanah.

[@michaelcastoria]

Everything is not made for everyone that’s life sometimes there’s nothing u can do about it people need to learn this.

[@Ferdy-c6w]

I fix wheelchairs and such for work, disabled people just play it. Be it with a modded controller... but most can and will play this with feet, an extra big arcade stick etc....

[@LalaDepala_00]

As a social worker who works with disabled people - they are more often than not very down to earth and humble. It's always non-disabled people who yell the loudest.

[@tymak_cz]

What do you mean by "actual disabled person". In video she clearly formulate her idea - maybe with a bit unlucky choice of words. There are other disabilities than being in wheelchair, blind or retarded.

[@Theo-q3y2m]

the fact that people are already 3 shotting the final boss with perfumes goes to show how ignorant it is to call the game "too hard"

[@smithynoir9980]

Exactly! Anyone complaining about difficulty isn't making use of what the game gave them. Not the games fault these people need literally everything spelled out to them. Alana is the type of gamer that needs to be told that the left stick / WASD is walk in every game despite it being that way in every game.

[@E.G.I.L.3D]

people who do that are sweats who have a deep understanding of the game, this logic not applicable to an average player

[@Snake0Gamer]

I saw one where the person buffed for 1 minute and one-shotted the final boss with Ancient Dragon’s Lightning Strike (the lightning stayed during the transition and killed it immediately after)

[@RevyaAeinsett]

I don't really think the ability to cheese the game is really indicative of its difficulty. If you need a dozen buffs to do things like that, then we're not having an honest discussion about the game's difficulty. Might as well say the game is easy because certain bosses can be cheesed with Comet Azur, even though that spell is a meme in 90% of the game.

[@TophatBoar]

I killed him after 3 hours of tries by changing to the anvil and smacking him before he smacked me in normal game, then I came back to the dlc in ng1 with perfumer build and oneshotted him. Knowledge is power

[@barliechrown9994]

"If you beat the boss on the first try, that's an rng fluke". Girl, If my luck was that good I would've won the lottery 3 times over. Lmao. Lemme take my wins.

[@barliechrown9994]

At least it isn't a skill issue!

[@jesustyronechrist2330]

She is so salty and entitled. Well... She was a gaming journalist. And kinda is one still. She has been cursed, she carries the mark. She will forever be bad at video games and have bad takes on them.

[@richardjamesIII]

Didn't homie with no hands beat the dlc with his mouth?

[@sethisevilone02]

true omega giga gamer right there

[@aerickmon3350]

The real Elden lord right there Homeboy was on Godwyn the golden difficulty

[@nujevad28]

You can't say that. You're not allowed to argue against people sticking up for a group they don't represent.

[@taylemgames2652]

To be fair, tongue reaction time is FAR faster than your hands. Why we can eat and rarely ever bite our own tongue. So once you have it trained, it is pretty lightning.

[@dzeklakovic7568]

Handi playing counter strike better than me, guy has no arms nor legs. There was this other guy playing with his mouth, I think it was pubg or something, actually crushing it as well...

[@Tsukeseigi88]

George Carlin once said: “Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.” Now imagine if all games were made for the average person...

[@majorshepard2]

That's why games are so trash nowadays. Just made for idiots because idiots reign the world

[@VoidedStranger]

Lol, that's a crazy twist. Agreed, though

[@Ziggyvu]

All this over her asking for a pause button 💀 yall need actual hobbies

[@VoidedStranger]

@@Ziggyvu she should expect criticism if she's online.

[@xenaloredana3182]

​@SKETEALSPIDER a pause button doesn't make the game easier. You guys need to stop being dramatic

[@MattMcMatt]

Situational disability, I can’t pause and I have to go to the bathroom

[@majorshepard2]

Disabled person

[@Nwaaah]

Bathroom required, but Midra is smacking me left right and centre. I think Miyazaki is oppressing me as a disabled person, not respecting my need to piss.

[@Kenspiracy664]

Steam deck.

[@pedrohenrique-et3fs]

there is an option called "exit game" you return to the title screen and all progress is saved except a current boss fight.

[@IncognitoActivado]

@@pedrohenrique-et3fs "exit game" doesn't count.

[@Beasticus999]

If you think elden ring is too hard.... Summon someone. Use ashes. Use another weapon. Summon another someone. Try a different armor set. Level up your scadutree blessings (I think it's called). Try something else. Remember the definition of insanity. If you keep trying the same thing over and over and failing, that's on you. Git Gud

[@dnlkr]

Don't summon 2 people, the boss health bars get way too bloated.

[@snorseburger7381]

Never summon someone especially with Radahn

[@jelly_lay_.9968]

@@snorseburger7381unless you get a friend or someone whose good enough to solo for you

[@LeonCamero]

​@dnlkr more wacky when we're all bleed builds 😆

[@digiorno1142]

@@snorseburger7381Starscourge Radahn at least you can kill him without even hitting him once, just running around summoning all the allies. Not sure about the dlc version but summons are the intended strat for normal Radahn

[@drokoner]

Waiting for the girl who beat the base game with a dance pad to do it again xD

[@rancid_]

She is working on it currently (twitch)

[@aaronasissoard1098]

That's an insane accomplishment

[@Dkp-tj4lv]

​@@aaronasissoard1098she's beat the game twice.. at the same time. She used a controller controlling screen one while using a dance pad to control screen two. Miss Mika is great at the game.

[@aaronasissoard1098]

@@Dkp-tj4lv 😮 I was going to say are you serious but it seems unnecessary why would anyone lie about that 🤣 is that her channel name?

[@Evanz111]

@@aaronasissoard1098Yeah Miss Mika is the woman who did it!

[@BetonKundySlap]

I think people are more defensive about Elden Ring because they don't want to let it turn into a regular western game and want it to keep having it's specific feel to it. Also it's pointless to have this conversation on twitter where it gets covered in a huge amount of extreme opinions from both sides who just want to have an argument.

[@Slow-Galarian-Poke]

This is the exact reason, it remains one of the last bastions of gaming integrity and quality. FROMSOFT has never compromised and that’s what people adore about them. This is another classic case of someone coming into a group they never really cared to be a part of and changing it to suit their needs because the group is “trendy” now. Notice how these discussions never got this far with the last 6 main souls games?

[@oemahkucing7876]

​@@Slow-Galarian-Poke you are gatekeeping

[@silentxboredom9320]

@@oemahkucing7876he’s actually not lying tho if this is was such a big deal why wasn’t it being as discussed back when demons souls or dark souls 1 was as much as it is today his statement is true

[@silentxboredom9320]

@@Slow-Galarian-PokeI wholeheartedly agree

[@Lupercal210]

​@@oemahkucing7876Gatekeeping is not always a bad thing.

[@dfdoom9153]

The helldivers 2 dev summed it up nicely. “A game that is made for everyone is a game for nobody”

[@alexandreiss0agr276]

look how its going for them lol

[@ContranianCommando]

​@@alexandreiss0agr276is it bcuz of them , or bcuz of sony dumb nonsense that is affecting the game?

[@michaelmiguelicutti2829]

@@ContranianCommandoit’s because the devs, not sony

[@lukewarmape603]

@@ContranianCommandoThey over patched and over balanced, tale as old as time.

[@vincentvega3093]

A game for everyone is not played by everyone.Nobody is forced to play everything. This is the worst sentence in existence of gaming.

[@Trevkage]

Crazy people think the DLC is hard when there is a literal mechanic that makes it easier 😂

[@sora3354]

Mimic will carry. 😂

[@zatharigo7815]

how does that exclude the possibility of it being, hard despite the scadutree fragments? I'm not saying its hard but saying that they are crazy is fking idiotic.

[@engetsuren1702]

It's crazy that people think it's dark at night when flashlights exist

[@linkbloodelf9833]

Same people who said the base game was to hard because they kept dieing to the tree sentinel.

[@javi_fc]

@@engetsuren1702 i mean it's crazy to complain about it being dark when you have a flashlight available but choose not to use it

[@drunkfarmer5106]

If Kai Cenat can kill the final boss in the DLC after 500 deaths, your sorry ass has no excuse, not sorry.

[@alkoholikerensnill6810]

To be fair Kai kinda cheesed The boss with bloodfiends arm

[@drunkfarmer5106]

@@alkoholikerensnill6810 It was in the game, and he used it without cheating. This lady can do the same.

[@alkoholikerensnill6810]

@@drunkfarmer5106 still very low level of skill required to use this weapon

[@supersamui.4423]

​@@alkoholikerensnill6810And? Its a tool the game gives you anyway he beat radhan fair and square, i dont see why she cant use it as well

[@alkoholikerensnill6810]

@@supersamui.4423 very much disagree

[@boytoy720]

They all bought DLC from a man who is known to make his DLC harder than the main game. This happens EVERY TIME

[@gagepodrybau1720]

I mean yea the dam DLC SHOULD be harder than the OG otherwise it feels like a waste of time if the level of difficulty is less, it doesn't even make sense to make it easier lol

[@ilikechicken5524]

Theres a difference between beign programmed to lose and beating something. Elden ring bosses arent "programmed to lose". You as the player are intended to beat them, but the bosses dont sit down and let you win fights.

[@Nwaaah]

..Depends on the boss lmao. But yes you're right.

[@F3nres]

Just because there is a path to victory does not mean it was programmed to lose. I agree with the point mostly overall I’m just nitpicking.

[@colwellalec]

Yeah I mean the dopamine hit has gotta come from somewhere. Otherwise fromsoft wouldn't be as successful as it is, but phrasing it like that is like trying to diminish it to nothing, which is like come on, I feel like we all have felt that sense of satisfaction from beating something in a game that was giving you trouble, whether it is a FromSoft game or whatever else. I've heard this take from him a couple times and never really agreed with it, like if you're making it your whole identity or trying to use it as some sort of "I'm better than you" that's pretty cringe, but its fine to feel a sense of accomplishment from a game imo

[@wizsk1]

​@@pontus.andersson Sekiro Genichiro first fight

[@vinniegret4841]

@@pontus.andersson "programmed to loose" is your sekiro first genichiro boss fight, or any other casual shit game with any scripted cutscene loose after a bossfight or whatever. it neither are hard neither fun neither feels good to replay, neither anything good. But the difference is that FS boss losses are the ones where you loose by your own actions, unscripted, and you will not beat them if you give up. Its not a scripted loss. And neither the game programmed to loose. I dont like this argument of the "programmed to loose" when we look only at tjose who won. EXCLUSIVELY.

[@kauaichan]

I’ll just say it-I’m disabled from a TBI (traumatic brain injury), and I can play this game just fine. There is nothing wrong with it. Maybe you need a magic build lmao but WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH DISABILITY??? I seemingly, with my broken brain, can beat this game. Have beaten this game-multiple times-and seemingly understand strategy, patience, timing, and most importantly YOU DONT HAVE TO SHOW UP TO EVERY FIGHT lmao…..people just don’t like a challenge? Heaven forbid we have games we grind that aren’t monetized or pay to win. Go back to Fortnite lol

[@lopezenrique750]

I'm not even a sweaty gamer but I love the fact that Elden Ring is so difficult. That's the whole reason you feel great when you make any sort of progress.

[@Michelle-zk8kv]

I am a sweat and I love the game being hard. I barely feel any sense of accomplishment when I play anything that isn't pvp competitive games like league or cs2. Fromsoft games have respectable difficult enemies that challenge even the sweatiest players. There are simply no other pve games that foster this same sense of accomplishment.

[@hubachecka]

That's fine but sometimes the From software community thinks this is the only way a SinglePlayer game should be enjoyed. For example I didn't like Elden Ring since I like story driven games with a power progression much more.

[@yamidanne]

That's been the case from Dark Souls 1 through Sekiro for me but Elden Ring doesn't have it. For me Elden Ring enemies are all just random flailing of arms with delays and random hyper armor that feels more like random lags than a beautifully choreographed dance you learn.

[@Digger-Nick]

But it's not difficult, that's the entire point lol

[@Digger-Nick]

@@yamidanne Cause elden ring was a cheap cash grab

[@gorgeouszan]

People crying the game is too hard....meanwhile I'm watching my friend who this is his first Souls game ever beat all the bosses in 5-6 attempts spamming summons and his Dark Moon Greatsword weapon art having the time of his life. Clearly someone is playing wrong and it ain't him. ER has a lot of tools that make things really easy if you want it to be, there's really no justification for claiming anything about it is too hard.

[@maccawacca69]

It aint that hard but I still can imagine some people have issues. We are all built different, hell I skate, surf, MTB, race road bikes blah blah and these things are hard to some. Every day I see an imbisile who can't use an indicator in a car never loan beat Elden ring. I like that you hold the general public to such a high standard, wish I still did.

[@Kiryu_Kazuma01]

My first souls game I have ever beaten was Bloodborne, and I loved it. I don’t think I had more than 10 attempts on any boss in the main game. Been hearing for years how hard it was, especially Gascoigne. I beat him in 2 attempts. I thought BB was super easy.

[@gorgeouszan]

@@maccawacca69 i don't. I already know who the morons complaining are. They're the ones that try something, it fails, so they do the exact same thing again, it fails again. Rinse and repeat until they blame the game.

[@RanEncounter]

​@@Kiryu_Kazuma01 Yeah, the only problems I really had was Orphan of Kos and some Chalice dungeon bosses with the health and armor debuffs. These took a while to learn the pattern.

[@matx6666]

Yeah, people are too stuck in their "I'm a bad ass gamer who don't need no tools the game gives me to make things easier".

[@mercurialblonde]

The crazy thing is that you can pause elden ring, but they don't label it as a button for some stupid reason. The menu explanation window pauses the game.

[@eladriladri]

Holy shit are you serious? I had no idea

[@MATCHLESS789]

I mean you can also always quit out, which is an even more powerful tool than pause because you can save yourself from enemies or falling to death.

[@bladechild2449]

@@MATCHLESS789 if you quit out in the middle of a boss fight you'll be put out of the boss room though.

[@MATCHLESS789]

@@bladechild2449 so? Once you've secured 3 free minutes you can do the fight.

[@Yeahdoh]

What does it matter, probably 37 people in the world have done that

[@Julian-Pike]

Hiding behind the disabled for one's lack of skill is morally repugnant.

[@MachoMaamRandallSandwich]

Why is anyone surprised. Women's choice in games are Sims, Animal Crossing, Stardew Valley, Disney Dreamlight Valley. In other words, playing dolls. They're opinion of Elden Ring is always going to be "I want less of the challenge part and more of the doll house part"

[@bardiatalebi3649]

My guy, she has worked on accessibility features of numerous AAA games‌, including God of War: Ragnarök. She has an award show for accessibility in video games. She also does have some sort of disability which she explains in her video, though she wouldn't be what the average Joe might call a disabled person; it still DISABLES one from playing the game. People on the internet are so unbelievable STUPID it really does make my blood boil sometimes.

[@Julian-Pike]

@@bardiatalebi3649 I care about nerfing the souls experience to enable the disabled to play as much as I care about nerfing football to enable the disabled to participate. As in; I don't.

[@ETBrooD]

@@bardiatalebi3649 No one's being stupid. She's using a term colloquially that should only be used within the profession among peers. No regular person uses "disability" in this context.

[@rhetro777]

How does a pause button help a lack of skill?

[@marinacroy1338]

I work 50+ hours a week and I have an hour commute. I work weekends as well as week days. I have maybe a few hours a week to play games. I also live with my family and help care for my much younger siblings and grandparents. I have been flying through the DLC. I shamelessly use "cheese strats" like max level vigor, npc summons, spirit mimic, max Scadutree fragments (when possible) and OP bleed weapons. It makes the boss fights manageable since I don't have time to grind for levels or learn every single pattern. I'm aware its cheesy, but I want to actually enjoy and progress the game. I really dont see how "I work alot" or "I have kids" is a valid complaint. The game gives you soooo many tools to make the fights easier. Use them! Another note: theres nothing wrong with taking a while to get through the DLC. I keep seeing streamers speedrunning the dlc.... which is their choice, but just because your favorite youtuber finished the DLC in 24 hours doesnt mean you need to as well. Take your time and enjoy the ride. If you have kids and a 40 hour work week, the ride may take a little longer to finish, but thats ok. Doesn't make you any less of a gamer in my book.

[@glawenclattuc3127]

I think the problem is that she has mistaken things she doesn’t personally like about the game as being actual problems that need fixing.

[@marinacroy1338]

​​@@glawenclattuc3127 Yea, thats a theme I noticed too.

[@Michelle-zk8kv]

Yep this is the way. If you have trouble just take it slow and level a bit. Co-op exists. Summoning, ashes of war, billions of consumables all exist to help the player. The game is hard, fromsoft games are hard. Yet, in this one they gave the player the largest variety of tools than in any fromsoft game prior. I just cannot comprehend how these people run into bosses and complain when there are a million things they can be doing to help themselves instead.

[@MiyamotoMick]

I wouldn't count most of those as cheese tbh, except for mimic spirit. Perhaps if you looked up a walkthrough for the fragments maybe. But most of the time summoning NPC helpers just makes the boss fight harder since their AI is bad and now the boss has more HP to deal with. They generally don't carry their weight compared to a 'decent' player help summon. Also maxing your vigor is just a good idea, not really cheese aha

[@weirdbro6597]

I feel like a lot of casual players quit the game because they can't be bothered looking up youtube for cheese strats and broken builds. Most people who are new to fromsoft games and are going 100% blind will most likely never had a good time, especially someone who works 40-60 hours a week.

[@MrMaxim]

I think ultimately it is not for us to choose how difficult a game should be or what accessibility feature it should have. It is for the developers to decide how the base game should behave. The same way any piece of media is controlled by the media creator pretty much.

[@larymcfart4034]

I love this!

[@natesondre]

This world of having to appeal to absolutely everyone has become unhinged.

[@_MaZTeR_]

In an attempt to appeal to everyone, you end up appealing to no one

[@SLS-4Kubica]

@@GloomSkullCandy You can pause the game you just need to go in to any menu and open the help menu and click Menu explanation and the game pauses

[@NayuzAqua]

​@@GloomSkullCandyGo to site of grace? Go to somewhere safe? Or if you want to freeze the game then just open the help window. Between the 3 big open world like ED (Zelda BOTW, Genshin then ED) only Zelda BOTW really pauses the game. Would be cool to newer players and just diable it durin boss fights to have people using the pause to cheese it? Would, but hey, you can still do the things I said early.

[@SamNewman1984]

ruins a lot of things sadly

[@SamNewman1984]

@@GloomSkullCandy thats the problem with you people. you never allow one example to be a symptom of a larger issue. 'give an inch, theyll take a mile'

[@LeeorVardi]

The big problem people had with Alana’s video is that she drastically cheapened the word “disability”. A mental disability is the condition in which your mind functions abnormally (compared to the norm) and this hinders your ability to perform a task. A physical disability is the condition in which your physical body functions abnormally and hinders your ability to perform a task. Having a responsibility over a child is NOT a disability. Having a minor inconvenience is not a disability. And going with that, using a main game mechanic is also not an accessibility feature. As you stated correctly in the video.

[@tiltedlampshade]

Is it a temporary disability if I want to play Elden Ring but I need to drive myself to work? I'm pretty sure I'll be permanently disabled if I tried. If people think being a parent is temporary disability, you need to reevaluate your life and priorities. Child protection services and courts are not going to help you if your reasoning on why your kid got hurt is "Elden Ring doesn't have a pause button."

[@TheMharr]

*She* didn't cheapen it. The way she used the word was preexisting and we'll established in certain industries (including the one she specifically works in - Game Dev).

[@detectivescrotes]

@@TheMharr "The big corporations say it so it must be right" - That's basically your argument. She did cheapen it, and so do all the corporations that use these terms.

[@Goob1246]

She is using the word disability in the same way that physicists use the word “retardant”, and psychologists use the terms “positive reward” and “negative reward”, and artists use the word “value”. Hint: a negative reward does NOT mean “a reward that is bad”, a retardant force isn’t “a force that is mentally handicapped”, and low value doesn’t mean “low worth”. Alanah is using the word “disability” in an extremely specific context and is not referring to disabled people or any common usage of the word “disabled”.

[@1shogunate696]

It’s funny because she doesn’t actually have kids but considers her dog or whatever a child. Also she use to work for ign so that doesn’t surprise me

[@BrandonsYouTube]

Didn't a literal goldfish clear one of the bosses.....?

[@zade8586]

people have beaten the games with potatos and bananas with electrodes on them, as well as DDR machines.

[@Ice.Newton]

Yeah when i saw that I knew I had no excuse lol

[@anonisnoone6125]

@@zade8586 Y do people use this ridiculous arguments against anyone who says something negative about souls games?

[@Alec_cz]

​@@anonisnoone6125Get lost lol

[@Drunkendrakon]

Some people are worse than goldfish.

[@Aetrion]

To me the core of the difficulty/accessibility issue is simply this: I like it when everyone plays exactly the same content, but there are many different options how to approach it. It doesn't bother me if there is a way to make beating a boss easy. Bring a friend, find an item that counters him, sneak up on a ledge and shoot arrows in his toe till he dies, use all 200 potions you gathered in one fight... that's all fine, because hey, that's the player figuring out a way to do it. What I hate is when there is an easy mode that is actually just stupid mode, where the player is allowed to win without actually finding a way to beat the content.

[@Fxrrxt2x]

Such a good game. I rarely play games that really make me have to understand it and take into consideration everything I've learned so far. And it's an extremely satisfying experience because of it. Other games just seem like "move forward with brain off and you win" in comparison.

[@kennysofyan3452]

Agreed

[@malman_is_boiiii]

Nice, I don't think she was talking about an easy mode though.

[@joeytoofly5139]

i've played and beaten every souls and souls like title out there and i have to say elden ring has alot of cool things the other games doesn't have but it forces people to play in a pretty dumb way. I never used a summon in my life until i got elden ring and it seems like thats what they intend on you doing which is kinda lame and you can say well its just a skill issue you can dodge every attack the bosses do well when am i supposed to get an attack opening when the dlc bosses have unavoidable AOEs and they have 6 to 8 hit combo strings. bosses like gauis radahn, and messmer even though messmer was a cool boss that 2nd phase is just cheesy, I shouldnt have to summon one of the 15 people outside radahns boss arena that all have the same fingerprint shield estoc build. Whats the point in all the build diversity and cool stuff if people are going to have to respec for one boss. its overtuned

[@desertdude540]

@@malman_is_boiiii Adding a pause button *is* an easy mode, since it would allow you to pretty much single-step your way through combat: Do something, pause the game, analyze the situation and decide your next action, then unpause and take that action before pausing again.

[@shadowedsoul]

“Elden Ring needs to be more accessible to disabled people” That isn't an issue with the game, but with the controllers. There are so many disabled people that have customized controllers to enable them to play FromSoft's games just as they are and beaten them. That is accessibility. As for the pause "issue" is entirely intentional for players to commit and always remain aware of their surroundings. It's so that players don't just pop their inventories up and switch weapons mid-fight or to punish players looking at their menus in unsafe locations. Many other games do the exact same thing. No there doesn't need to be an official pause feature other than pulling up the menu and quitting out of the game. Boo hoo if you don't like going through the loading screens. If you have a kid that you have to watch, then don't play the game, make that same argument about League of Legends. Can't pause in the middle of the game and it doesn't matter that one is single player and the other is multiplayer. The concept is the same.

[@saberix69]

The most important accessibility feature that every game on pc should be keybinds for literally every action your character does. I had issues with Dark Souls because you can't bind movement keys and I don't think you can bind arrow keys I'm not sure lol. But when I play like WoW or Ff14 I can play them pretty easily because you can keybind everything. But there shouldn't be a hard pause in these games and I beat half of Dark Souls without even being bothered about no hard pauses. I did a bunch of things to be able to play Dark Souls and it actually wasn't that difficult I just got exhausted easier because the fights can be movement intensive.

[@mikael393]

Man let me remap sprint to L3 and im fucking happy

[@ExeErdna]

Yeah controllers are basically standardized now if every button has a use what more can they add?

[@FKA_Skull]

Why do you need a pause button? Worst case scenario is you die, which you’ve already done hundreds of times. This is the most accessible FromSoft game ever made, look at how it sold in comparison to other titles. Accessible doesn’t include every person on earth.

[@Tommy9834]

I think the reason why people get up in arms about hearing "accessibility" in regards to FromSoft games, is the same reason why gamers get upset when we see a game with a female, or a minority protagonist. No one actually has a problem with it, but we also see how it's been co-opted for something we don't want. For example, in the past, we have heard how we need an easy mode for one reason or another in the past, and now, it feels like the word "accessibility" is the latest iteration of this discourse.

[@crusaderpenguin5326]

Very well said. It’s the constant moving of the goalposts and constant attempts at chasing us out of our own hobbies that we are tired of.

[@Copperscaled]

asmon mentioned it before, accessibility and difficulty are not the same thing. i think those people felt the pushback on "difficulty modes" so they decided to use the term "accessibility" instead, even though these things are different from each other. and people aren't having it.

[@MrBeetsGaming]

Are people not aware of cheating or.....

[@ivanfelipe240]

The souls community has been annoyed for years about adding an easy mode which is terrible but also accessibility true accessibility is good to see in video game

[@AkaiKnight]

Skyrim is the most accessible Elder Scrolls game to date. And as a result, it's the most popular one of all. The Witcher 3 is the most accessible witcher game. It's the most popular witcher game. accessibility and inclusion increase audience capture. That's what gamers are not getting.

[@haruhidaso]

I was fighting Messmer, my mom called me so I picked it up and let Messmer kill me. It’s not that hard lol

[@kamilwazny5540]

now hear me out, wouldnt you prefer if you could just pause the game and go back to fighting the boss after the call? what's the downside?

[@Batman-bh6vw]

@@kamilwazny5540 Right?

[@shakyrob6512]

​@@kamilwazny5540 The fact that you are no longer "in the moment" that you were in. Might as well start fresh. Odds are by the time you get back to the game you will forget what it is exactly that you were going to do or what was about to happen.

[@VicoSun]

@@shakyrob6512 EXACTLY!!!! I read a lot of comments but no-f*king-one say this argument!!! For me flow of a fight way important than a f* pause. I any scenarios i just prefer start fresh - it's better.

[@haruhidaso]

@@kamilwazny5540 it loses the feeling of immersion. I played DS1 as a middle schooler 13 years ago, and I remember thinking not being able to pause and forced auto-save was a genius idea. Pausing a game is such a “video game” mechanics that it takes you out of the game. Same with save loading. With your logic, why wouldn’t Elden Ring and Souls game allow manual save and loading save files? Because it loses immersion.

[@tomasdufek3342]

Disabled people are totaly capable of playing elden ring, in czech republic there is one handed god gamer from birth, he finished the entire souls saga with one hand without dying in row and now he is going also for the dlc

[@PeoplePleaser578]

Yeah bro they dont really care about that, they just want the game to be easier because they want the ability to speed through the bosses and oneshot everyone so they dont have to feel bad or commit time to it.

[@monsterhuntervideos4446]

Dude, people who can play with one hand are the outliers or exception to the rule, not the general rule itself. The vast majority of people will not be able to beat Elden Ring with one hand, disaled or not, so your point is totally invalid. You can't take ourlier situations and apply them to people in general. Sure there are people out there who can play Elden Ring better than me with one hand than I can with two, but they represent a tiny fraction of players, and are obviously highly gifted. The same as people who can play the game using their mouth or a dance pad.

[@PeoplePleaser578]

@@monsterhuntervideos4446 The point is it’s completely stupid to demand accessibility options “so that everyone in the universe can play and beat the game” when disabled CAN already beat the game. The expectation is that games should cater to absolutely everyone who exists… and it doesn’t work that way.

[@Digger-Nick]

Doesn't change the fact that Fromsoft is too lazy to implement a pause button

[@PeoplePleaser578]

@@Digger-Nick They don’t want to… it’s a feature of the game, you aren’t supposed to be able to pause, it’s not laziness, they literally chose not to include one 🤣. They didn’t implement one in DS1, 2, 3 or Bloodborne either.

[@scadubro]

I disagree, the DLC bosses were not designed to let you win. Learning the move set and triumphing is a peak experience. Beating Consort Radahn with nothing but a Claymore and a dream was an incredible experience for me as I felt I overcome something very difficult that even some people find near impossible to beat.

[@oliorogue]

If you're trying to beat the dlc naked with only a shortsword then expect bosses to take many attempts.

[@Umrtvovacz]

Gatekeeping. This is why we need gatekeeping.

[@jesustyronechrist2330]

Gaslight Gatekeep Girlboss

[@proctiv5488]

The gaming community needs to grow up. Not every game is designed for every gamer. From finding a game mechanics unenjoyable to finding them too difficult, if that is you, the game is not for you.

[@Carpenter0102]

Exactly, the real complaint is Elden ring is popular and too difficult for streamers to farm views by looking good at the game 😂

[@zozozozozizizizi]

It's not the gamer community that complains about elden ring, it's the casuals\journalists like the woman in the video. Most of the videogame audience today are people who don't even like videogames, and that's why the industry is declining.

[@milaninter2442]

​@@Carpenter0102Streamers get more attention by struggling than they do by being godlike tbh

[@apolloisnotashirt]

Yes, if the game is difficult for you to play, just walk away. No one is going to disparage you for it. BUT if you go on Steam to complain however... expect me to throw hands.

[@gryph0n55]

Okay, but if a game CAN be for a lot more people, and it would be incredibly easy for the developers to do, and it wouldn’t have ANY impact on the typical experience of most players, why shouldn’t it be done? The fact of the matter is there are hundreds of thousands, maybe millions, of disabled gamers who can’t experience Elden Ring at all who could experience it entirely with just a few number value changes for an option mode. Little to no work required on the part of the devs, nothing changes for normal players, but the world of difference for hundreds of thousands of prospective players. So what’s the downside. Actually identify materially who is getting the short end of the stick in that situation? Because yall talk like games have never had difficulty options. Were there ANY negatives to Doom 2016 having a super easy baby mode? Are there ANY negatives to every COD having a really difficult Veteran difficulty in their campaigns? It’s insane to me that people need to have it explained to them why giving players difficulty options, LITERALLY more options for the player to choose from, is a bad thing. Especially when there’s no material detriment to the game itself or the work the devs have to do.

[@garytomkins1114]

Pause mode would change the game. Pausing suspends reality. The game works on adrenaline... on being unable to get back to where you want. If you got a 2 year old, responsible for a 2 year old, why are you playing Eldon Ring. Play it when you have spare time.

[@SentientTeapot2444]

Resting at a grace is basically a pause. The only place you can't pause is in the middle of a battle which, ehh, I can understand why they didn't do that

[@reedk2402]

You can pause by opening the inventory and going to menu explanation. Weirdly enough ppl knowing this didn’t destroy the game, no one felt reality shattered, and the game was still completed by people who paused.

[@GeoPePeTto]

@@BasedBebsThe reason to have a pause, is, wait for it, so you can pause the game. I’m not arguing that it should be implemented or not. I just don’t see why it shouldn’t.

[@bifeclassico]

I think Sekiro is great that you can pause, but ER could do as well

[@Ruchunteur]

As long as pausing doesn't give you a big advantage then it's fine. Like, if you don't get access to your inventory while paused or you don't get to "see" what the enemies are about to do (giving you extra time to plane your next move). If the pause is just a wallpaper with written "paused" on it I really don't see what the big deal is. Haven't you ever receive a phone call in a middle of a fight ? or someone at your door ? Maybe someone is asking you something time sensitive. Whatever it is, it would be nice to not have to throw your attempt because you can't pause.

[@kartelUSM]

If your kid is running around with a fork while you're playing Elden Ring, pause feature is the least of your problems.

[@Guirko]

Fromsoft games are not good because they're difficult, they're difficult because they're good. That's not to say difficult = good, but it's one way to make a good game and it's what Fromsoft went with. The decisions they ask players to make are meaningful because they have extreme consequences, be they good or bad. Consequently, if you erase some of the bad, you also erase some of the good.

[@hunkabunka]

Now she should pick a fight with The Act Man and call his mom.

[@Evanz111]

She might even be able to tell me my ideal TV settings…

[@GuiiBrazil]

Goddamn.. Act Man... to this dude still make videos? I unsubbed a while ago, don't even remember of him anymore.

[@Daniel_C_Griffin]

​@@GuiiBrazilYeah? He's very popular.

[@neildeeley4177]

@@GuiiBrazilwhy wouldn’t he make videos because you unsubed lol

[@GuiiBrazil]

@@neildeeley4177 what??

[@unit38421]

I think having accessibility settings for players who need it would be great. However, the way to implement it should probably be to make it a free DLC, like RedMod for Cyberpunk 2077, as a way of opting in instead of having it be a part of the base game.

[@drgitgud]

rare asmon L: fromsoft players dont look for validation, i personally just have the mental fortitude to sit down and learn a well designed boss its fun, i dont mind dying 15-30 times, the bosses are great in every single way and if they where pushovers the game would be garbage imo can we please just let fromsoft games be the ones that are challenging? just play broken builds and summon, they put in enough stuff for casuals. go play the next assassins creed. its not that hard to understand there is thousands of games out there. feels like the woke gaming mob has awoken

[@Sephirothkingdom782]

Exactly. I dont understand why he says its weird to feel good about beating a hard boss in a pve game, because logically some bosses in games are significantly harder than the average fighting game player

[@majorshepard2]

Dude. I beat Margot with the base thief dagger +0 as no hit just to prove it for myself. Took me several hours. Souls games were never about to brag to others. It always was the personal challenge you set yourself and trying to overcome your skill and keep improving. These games are all about the challenges and lore. People don't understand this. They don't understand the feeling of accomplishment after hours of trying. They just give up and cry

[@Kiryu_Kazuma01]

Facts. When playing Sekiro for the first time last year, I must have died 200+ times between the General Genichiro in the tower and also the final boss. But attempt after attempt, I finally learned and beat it. Learn the game

[@hadowsinc.3156]

​@@majorshepard2idk sounds like you're putting yourself above other people and stating your accomplishments for.... validation? That being said fromsoft games are pretty casual games. I mean I beat all of them and I struggled to heat the newest zelda game

[@hadowsinc.3156]

I think people who make the build argument are going about it the wrong way since a "broken build" is equivalent to a difficulty slider. Now I know it would hard to do and there's a lot that goes into it but, ignoring all that fromsoft fans never get into why different difficulty modes would hurt at least in theory. I personally don't care I beat doom on easy I beat it on the hardest difficulty and the existence of either mode didn't hamper my enjoyment.

[@Stewart.george]

Asmons statement about vocabulary mattering can be used against his own argument. She has deliberately used the word disability where she could just say some people are parents. I'd be surprised if it isn't deliberate rage baiting for more exposure on the topic.

[@rustyjoe703]

She could said an inconvenience. But then again, who knows the site she linked to in her Twitter reply to all the backlash is crazy.

[@bmbmunoz2]

but she LITERALLY DEFINED THE TERM!!! SItuational disability is whenever you have a situation that takes your attention away from whatever you are doing. In this case playing a game. You are deciding to say, "Naw I already know what disability means and even though your term consists of 2 words to describe a specific scenario, I am going to focus on just one word because I can't fathom the word disability being used in a different way."

[@Stewart.george]

@@bmbmunoz2 Yes I to watched Asmons whole video and heard him make the exact point your trying to regurgitate. Do you have an actual reason why people with real world responsibilities a.k.a 'situational disability' need accessibility features in a game?

[@bmbmunoz2]

@@Stewart.georgeA situational disability could be somebody surprising you with 10 million dollars. Thats an unrealistic one but It could also be a really bad cramp in your leg. A pause button would be nice for those situations. And that's all she was trying to say. Not that a responsibility is a disability.

[@Stewart.george]

@@GloomSkullCandy Yes, It's generally agreed that there are 4 definitions. What would your point be?

[@TheAlyeid]

BrUH! I’ve NEVER disagreed so hard with Asmongold. You’re outta there. She used the word….no one asked her, tired of all these random new buzz “terms”. Having a child is in no shape or form a disability. This is dangerous and I promise you will revisit this video. Victim mentality is a no-go!

[@rustyjoe703]

He has some good takes and bad ones. I think he knows what he's doing and playing both sides. He is clearly wrong on this situation, and he knows it.

[@TheAlyeid]

@@rustyjoe703 yea it’s NEVER been so obvious that he just plays devil’s advocate whenever it suits him. I feel like he just see these topics as silly debates that he couldn’t care less if he wins or loose.

[@sumitramahapatra2313]

​​@@TheAlyeidHe definitely cares somewhat about losing otherwise he won't be banning chatters who disagree with him but in general this is just another drama for him to farm. So he doesn't really care about the outcome.

[@MySOAP12]

"The game is programmed to lose". Can you tell that to the bosses that killed me 63 times?

[@alejandrovaldez9848]

You beat that boss didn’t you? 😂

[@Nynphierno]

There are builds that make the whole game easy but when you use them the same people that cry about difficulty call you a cheater lol

[@IncognitoActivado]

The difficulty per se has nothing to do with the main theme of the video.

[@n3xt695]

if u make the boss look like a joke vs a person who struggled against it for 10+ hours you simply bruise their ego so they'll say ur not fighting the game legit

[@new-bp6ix]

Honestly, difficult games like this teach me a lot more than easy games. In my work, when something fails, I don’t scream I just calm down, control myself, think about the solution, and move forward.

[@lordlegolas4548]

- Allowing more people to play it? - No, get good Even tho Elden Ring is not perfect and has a lot of broken shit, YOU CAN LITERALLY CHEESE THE GAME WITH SOME BUILDS, if you can't do it normally (including if you are disabled) Rellana best boss btw

[@robinmayr5265]

yeah or i could just download a cheat engine, oh man what a fun that is. In my PERSONAL opinion its best to let players do most of their balancing. Just give them a bunch of menus where you can change almost everything. Yes you will never get the experience the developers intended for you to have but that is something everone can decide on their own

[@whitestrake8]

based opinion

[@W1nDs0R]

To be fair the game would be ruined if they added a difficulty toggle, it would set a precedent and probably kill Fromsoft

[@davids8127]

I play FPS and I spent a 1000 hours in Tarkov from which 100 was about learning the game and getting carried till I got good. Grinding and learning is the best part idk why people so against the game when actually they against the concept of learning curves.

[@snow56border]

A game for everyone is a game for no one.

[@geno755]

There are two kinds of people: the ones that fight and the ones who complain and do nothing.

[@MarkEvans-xw5ix]

But by the that logic every single person who plays elden ring has a disability every time their phone rings, or someone knocks on their door. Its stupid.

[@impulse3507]

She's trivializing the cultural and societal definition of disability. By the logic of "being parent= situational disability", the logical extremis is everytime I blink while I play is me having a situational disability. That's why ppl are mad. Not because of disability inclusivity in video games. I was really happy there were disability settings in GOW:R, means more ppl get to play the game.

[@IncognitoActivado]

In those types of cases, the correct phrase would be temporary impediment; not temporary disability.

[@mak20attack24]

lol, you can’t just shut your child off. You can choose to turn your phone off or not answer your door and no one’s life is at risk. Your child is dependent on you at all times. There’s a huge difference.

[@bluemoondm8629]

@@mak20attack24 Children are a Responsibility, not a Disability.

[@mak20attack24]

@@bluemoondm8629 when speaking in terms of gaming, they are a hindrance. Someone who has kids can’t play as much or as constant as someone who doesn’t. Which can also being called a disability or disadvantage

[@PinkPiratePickle]

"Honey , paul is trying to lick the outlet , i cant.. i am in a middle of radahn ... i cant pause...will make another one , put him in plastic bag"

[@marienritter1856]

A pause button definitely does make the game easier by the way, even if it’s not an “easy mode.” Imagine being able to pause in the middle of fights, so that you can calm your nerves and collect your thoughts, plan a strategy, and then unpause and execute, versus having to respond while under pressure without a break. Two completely different experiences. These games should not have a pause button, they never have in the past and the map thing is clearly unintended.

[@xeroeddie]

I agree that the games don't need a pause button, but would it make boss fights easier, though? These game are rythm focused and about muscle memory. You kind of lose that rythm if you'd pause for a while, I'd imagine.

[@swampraider3488]

​@@xeroeddiebasically you're implying death is inevitable. If so, you're already dying if you don't pause and have your kid calling you, so basically no point in It haha People are just normies and have videoludic FOMO

[@DionysusFourTwenty]

Sheeeeersh, maaaaaan. I'm disabled AF & this DLC is the best DLC that has ever been released for any game, ever.

[@TheSonOfDumb]

I can find no reason why even with a kid you simply can't just play Elden Ring in shorter chunks of time.

[@Revenant-oq9ts]

I've said this before but the problem that led us here is the use of language. Disabled used in general conversation doesn't mean the exact same thing as disabled used in accessibility. It's a communication error caused by specific meanings of the same word in different contexts. I don't blame people not versed in accessibility design for reacting that way when they are using the word differently from those who are versed in accessibility design. It's the same way how opposite sides of the political spectrum see the same word "woke" to refer to the same thing, but ascribe different meanings to it so it refers to properties which the object being referred to happens to be. The left would say woke means inclusive and equal opportunity for minorities. The right would say woke specifically means pandering and that inclusivity alone is not woke. Neither side agrees with the base definition and both refer to it in conversation through their lens, so the opposite side cannot see the point they are making.

[@cleverlyblonde]

I'd say woke is the state I am in after my alarm clock went off in the morning.

[@jesustyronechrist2330]

Yeah, it really feels iffy and problematic when Alanah puts her own inconvenience stemming from having to be a responsible parents on the same exact level as a person with no arms or legs. Like... She really comes off as incredibly entitled here. Like she suffers from victim mentality.

[@notenoughcalories]

Claiming Elden Ring DLC is TOO hard without trying different builds/methods/exploration is like saying Margit is hard without upgrades/levels 😮‍💨😮‍💨

[@smithynoir9980]

It's just typical games journalists behavior

[@btbrotherton]

I don’t want to try different builds. I want to beat every boss in light armor two handing a big sword with no items or summons.

[@moonrabbit2334]

​@@smithynoir9980 The irony of the veterans whining like game journalist you live long enough to become game journalist ig😂

[@MagicMonkey96]

Margit and Godrick were too easy imo (I used rock sling)

[@gsoma4022]

Did you watch the video ?

[@SuburbanTrash]

No. If you want to make the game easier to beat then you don’t want to experience Souls games. The difficulty isn’t “the only allure” no. But the base gameplay loop of struggling on a challenge until you overcome it not by some bullshit, but by yourself, is the core identity of Souls games. If you hold any other opinion about that, you are simply wrong. SUMMON if it’s too hard. They already gave an easy mode

[@Almmy]

Calling it before i watch this, asmonbald will simp.

[@Almmy]

CONFIRMED HES SIMPING ALREADY.

[@Tawleyn]

@@Almmy Oh my god! Agreeing with someone means you're simping for them!?!? Wow, I never knew that. I guess I gotta tell all my friends, family and co-workers that I am a simp for them.

[@keenantheho]

​@@Tawleyn damn bro you simp for you're family that's messed up. Ask assmongold where his therapist ran off to and ask them for help

[@123darkpassenger]

@@Tawleyn Agreeing is one thing, defending someone when they’re clearly wrong and being stupid is another.

[@Tawleyn]

@@123darkpassenger The amount of discourse around her, what she said, and the Erdtree DLC in general says that no, she is not "clearly wrong." That's just your opinion.

[@Mistarpotato]

They did not increase the cap, they changed the scaling up to a specific level but it still ends up the same as it was before the patch. Nothing else was changed beyond PvP weapon balancing and some weapons for PvE.

[@gradybodenschatz4920]

I'm a single dad with two kids and I work full time. And I definitely had some tough times but it only took me a week to beat the DLC and I really didn't think it was that hard it was a lot of fun I am also a big die hard souls fan😊

[@davethescrub858]

*tips hat*

[@DirtSpud]

Sounds like you got gud. 🤙

[@gibby_sama5800]

The issue with an end-game screen that proves your accomplishments.. is that Photoshop exists.

[@je25ff]

Single dad here in my mid 40s....yep, it's super hard for me despite gaming since OG CS. It's still doable for sure.

[@jonikalemasi3062]

Here is some advice use the mechanic of balance between the Base game and Erd tree....Go get the erd tree fragments the more u get the easier it will get.... and the only thing u have to do is. Explore if u cant beat something go explore more. There is shit in the game that makes u one shot bosses they are that broken.....

[@davids8127]

Respect!

[@W1nDs0R]

So it isn't really that the game is too hard, but rather external circumstances mean there isn't enough time to git gud?

[@Carpenter0102]

Solo runs are very hard but the game isn’t meant to be speed ran either take your time and enjoy learning the fights

[@smiffitysmith8450]

that twitter clip out of context just to get clout is the most insane thing in this "drama" she just used it as an example and people are losing their sht

[@AresGodOWar]

I wish people would just go play another game if it's to hard for them, Cohh isn't great at games, He is good, But he is rolling through the DLC like nothing, Because he is smart enough, To use all the mechanics the game gives you. The problem is people are to lazy or to stupid.

[@xLionsxxSmithyx]

He also has kids and Fills the criteria of the narrative she is trying to push... which proves that her point is just absolutely wrong and ignorant.

[@AresGodOWar]

@@xLionsxxSmithyx The thing is, If you use what the game gives you, It isn't hard. Plus you can farm yourself upto level 350.

[@123darkpassenger]

I think she is a bit of both, using her kids as an excuse to say she is disabled is proof of that.

[@AresGodOWar]

@@123darkpassenger She wasn't talking about herself or kids though, She was responding to someone that said he has kids, And don't have time to play a hard game.

[@delivererofdarknessshoguno1133]

​@@AresGodOWar comparing having kids to a disability is wild, situational or not. And I can't see how this would interfere with playing difficult games anyway. Like it's common knowledge, you don't start multiplayer matches when you know there is a potential of you being distracted. And with fromsoft games I can say with certainty that even being distracted often would hardly interfere. Like let's take DS1. You are in sens fortress, you suddenly realise that you will need to go do something. What will happen? The worst thing is you will get killed in game and be set back a bit, which while possibly frustrating is hardly the end of the world, you are expected to die anyway. Frankly, the only situation where you can't just quit the game to later reload at the exactly the same spot is if you are already fighting a boss, which is unlikely to take more than 5 minutes anyway. In this sense having a controler on low battery is a disability too.

[@couchpotato6260]

Accessibility? A fucking gold fish beat the godrick

[@yigitdnr7260]

Im sure a dog can do renalla no hit

[@Fusionade]

@@couchpotato6260 I’m sure someone in a wheelchair can go down regular stairs. But why should they? Learn what accessibility means you dolt. Just because someone out there has done something doesn’t mean it should be the norm. And also, the goldfish proved how pure RNG can accomplish anything. Doesn’t make it good design…

[@Crazed3raser337]

My problem with her video is she says "no one wants to add an easy mode, we just want more accessibility options", yet doesn't actually give any practical examples of how to add accessibility options that aren't fundamentally an easy mode. Her only example was a game that had a literal god mode? How is that not easy mode? And while I don't think a pause button is needed, because if something super urgent happens, just step away, and if you die you just come back at the nearest site of grace or stake of Marika and lose like 1 to 2 minutes of progress, I also wouldn't complain if they did add one, not like it is a big deal, and then more in depth control customization like Asmongold mentioned is another good idea, but other then that how do you genuinely add more accessibility features that don't just make the game easier? The gameplay is pretty simple. You press the attack button, your character attacks. You press the dodge button, your character dodges. All that's left is figuring out the timing of doing those. It's not like street fighter and their legacy vs classic control style. Elden ring doesn't have 20 step complicated combos all utilizing different buttons to pull off.

[@lemonnade5974]

Elden ring does have an easy mode. It's called using spirit ashes and summoning help. Just because there is no label named "easy mode" doesn't mean one doesn't exist. Fromsoft is just a little more creative in how they approach difficulty.

[@CarlosRivera-db8qq]

kinda funny how before he found his cheese build he was on the same ship saying it was too hard...

[@majorshepard2]

Bad gamers unite in shit takes

[@Tawleyn]

We say things that we don't truly mean when we're angry. It's just what humans do.

[@nagito6628]

It's not too hard, it's poorly balanced. The insane difficulty differences between builds is bad balance.

[@hihii3263]

@@nagito6628 The base game has the same thing with bleed build, also every souls had the same thing where there some build are just broken (knight halburd in ds1 for example) and that what happen when you have more than 15 categories of bulids

[@majorandras7474]

He was always aginst summons, and bleed builds until now. He was being a gatekeeper until he couldnt jump that game anymore​@@Tawleyn

[@PlusOneGamer]

My brother has kids, he just plays when they’re asleep. It’s not a disability it’s a responsibility. That’s your fault for not managing your time better that you can’t pause.

[@freddart5163]

And you can just quit out the game it drops you right at the same spot

[@miros05]

@@freddart5163 Exactly it's not like Miyazaki is point a gun at her head, her kids should be her top priority not some game

[@Brewnelley]

@@miros05 she doesnt have a kid she just said a pause button would be cool for parents and other reasons. Not sure what about that is a bad take.

[@123darkpassenger]

@@Brewnelley The game devs don’t have a responsibility to cater to individuals who can’t manage their time better, grow up.

[@freddart5163]

@@Brewnelley it's not the pausing that's a problem it's clearly an oversight when they took away invaders. Her saying something like less button presses in a game that's already minimalistic is crazy

[@apensalesman]

Not even a minute in and hear that "Elden Ring needs to be more accessible to disabled people". Bruh I remember back when i was into league of legends there was a guy with no hands, just little stubs. He was live on twitch and a much higher rank in league than I was. If the disabled are doing that, then I think they can figure out an Elden Ring build.

[@Noobshaba2]

17:20 or you can just raise your kids and set a separate time to play Elden Ring. People are upset because she is trying to make the point that the game is more important. We live in an age where telling someone your kid is more important is ridiculous. Game shouldn’t change for you.

[@codenamegama]

people want attention wether it's positive ot not

[@Ziggyvu]

Imagine talking about a video you haven’t even watched yet

[@codenamegama]

​@@Ziggyvuwhat do you expect if you want attention

[@Cosmoman78]

​@@ZiggyvuNot wrong tho. 100% skill issue.

[@Alec_cz]

​@@ZiggyvuYou don't even need to watch her vídeo or not she's super brainded

[@dantheanimator5072]

Since she’s a “she”, she knew she would get it with defenders and haters in tow If it was a guy making this video and argument…Asmon and others in here would be like “but that’s not true. I disagree with you”

[@Audey]

18:14 "aggressively misunderstanding" is maybe the best description for twitter I've ever heard.

[@sidg868]

People complaining about SotE's difficulty are like people trying to open a door that has several locks. But they're trying to open it by ramming the door, hoping that it will break if they try it hard enough. Then someone comes and asks them why are they not opening the locks with the keys that are around the room (spirit ashes, npc/player summons, scadutree blessings, revered spirit ashes, consumables, spells and incantations, etc...), and they just say that they don't want to use them because it would "make it too easy". And so they keep trying to get past the door by crashing against it. And when they get tired, they still don't use the keys, they ask the people who put that door there to replace it with a paper sliding door so they can break it more easily.

[@Tyanus2]

I had 19 blessing and still had to change my build that I used through entire Elden Ring base game for the final boss then I defeated them with 3 health flasks used, at some point it's not difficulty it's a balance issue

[@sidg868]

@@Tyanus2 I agree that the final boss needs some balancing. That second phase is just insane...

[@Tyanus2]

@@sidg868 I know right, we have a map wide attacks (T-posing and slash), teleporting to your face with shadow attacks, holy pillars shooting everywhere after each attack that you have to block with a shield to mitigate (that my build didn't use) and that combo that happens with normal meteor attack in second phase, plus the orbital bombardment when his health is low. so in total everything that countered my mage lol.

[@anonisnoone6125]

She isn't complaining about difficulty ffs. A pause button doesn't change anything. What is wrong with souls fanboys getting pissed over everything?

[@Digger-Nick]

@@anonisnoone6125 Fromsoft fanboys aren't known for using their brain

[@MatthewAlexander-c6q]

I beat Elden Ring in a month after launch. With a strength build. I'm not bragging at all, I'm a complete idiot! And should have made a different build. Stop bragging and play the game the way you want to play that game.

[@logos9619]

Elden ring (base game) was about a 6/10 in the fromsoft game difficulty scale. The DLC is like an 7.5-8. Even miyazaki said he didn't make it as hard as he wanted it to be.

[@MagicMonkey96]

Can you scale some other games so we get a comparison please

[@BerryNice1996]

Ninja gaiden games are solid 8-9 for rxample

[@CoperliteConsumer]

Harder than sekiro?

[@czproductions]

Nah Redahn is definitely harder than Isshin and Orphan Of Kos

[@DylFromTheMist]

@@CoperliteConsumer i feel like sekiro is the easiest/ hardest at the same time because it relies on your parrying ability as a player so if you get that down it is the easiest but if you suck at the mechanic then i think it would be the hardest

[@greywalker5354]

An Argument for not having a pause button is the developer doesn’t want you to stop,think and re strategies your current predicament. I believe they want you to live and die in the moment, with no relief. I don’t think Average player knows about the crafting pause. Perhaps an oversight?

[@desertdude540]

Exactly. If you have a pause button, you don't have to keep your cool and avoid getting into a loop of panicking, queueing up bad inputs, suffering the consequences, and panicking some more until the "YOU DIED" text shows up. You can attack or dodge, pause before the animation finishes, take all the time you need to decide your next action, then unpause and queue up the action before repeating.

[@limitedhangoutlive]

I swear I hope they don’t cave to this nonsense.

[@Brewnelley]

Elden ring itself is a massive cave to this what do you mean its the reason why its the biggest and most successful souls like ever made. The game is full of accessibility options to make bosses easier.

[@babbsan123]

It took me like a month to beat the dlc. Since because i did not have the time i just went in, progressed through the boss for a few hours and then repeat next day till i beat them.

[@hentikirby7142]

To be disabled is to not have the option to do something. Its actually a dilemma. You are able to keep playing Elden ring dlc, but you are also able to go and check up on your child. Its only a matter of letting your elden ring character die or your real life child die. What will you choose?

[@trashee973]

You know how easy it is to just put the controller down, too? Enemies don't roam. If nobody's attacking you and you suddenly put the controller down, there will very rarely be a situation where anybody will start attacking you. I'm not saying not to add a pause button but the argument that the game is unplayable is stupid. Either you can put the controller down or you can't, but if you're in a situation where you can't take two minutes to finish fighting whoever you're fighting in the game and then get up, maybe you shouldn't be playing the game in the first place.

[@ThatGuy-ze5kk]

i do love my kids... but it's elden ring!!🤗🤣

[@rayzu4380]

Souls games are CLEARLY about difficulty. Not about "being the hardest games", but the elemental part of their design comes from difficulty (Artorias would not be that cool and legendary if he was easy because his legend says that blablabla, you know). Miyazaki has already said that not making this games a challenge would DESTROY THEM. It's not about having the biggest PP, it's about knowing how to use you small, fragile and unupgraded PP to kill a fucking god by using the RPG shit or by getting skill, or even both of those things. It's better to get good than to get frustrated.

[@BlueH-wi8ez]

Yeah she said it's not PART of the appeal, well I disagree with her, it's part of the appeal for many people, and when she says it's not part of the appeal she acts like people are saying it's ALL of the appeal, obviously there's more to souls than difficulty.

[@spacewalker806]

3:00didn't he cried and change his build to the most braindead build cause he can't beat mesmer?

[@DylFromTheMist]

yeah lmao "im done this isn't even fun"

[@miros05]

Remember kids, it's only hard when it's pvp. Asmon and his braindead takes

[@davidturrentine9318]

Thank you!

[@decilence6184]

Highly advisable to do that when you realized that you fucked up , you would be shocked how many players quit because they didn't want to change their glass canon build

[@ChaoszZChannel]

Asmon has good takes usually but damn, that braindead take he heard and is just repeating " a game is programed for you to win" doesn't really mean anything and is really reductive to the effort the devs put in to making a first time challenging experience that supports most peoples abilities to play in the game without resorting to lazy ass difficulty sliders, what's the alternative would a game with no way to "win" be challenging? But well duh, you want a real challenge? Go no life 5k to 10k+ hours to catch up to other pvp no lifers because that's what's a real challenge is. Last time I checked people play games for entertainment not just fun or challenge, those are not the only metrics, it's a ridiculous take that people don't play souls likes for a challenge, just like people play stardew valley to relax. And yeah it's nothing new that you can dramatically reduce the challenge by having knowledge and a good build, that's like 99% of games it's not rocket science. Idk just feels weird.

[@caltirius]

I think Eldenring is too visual because the overwhelming most blind people can't beat it. Isn't anywhere a border? You don't need to create a game for everyone. I would even say this isn't possible and it's no good ldea. You need huge compromises to reach everyone that make games bad. Beside this argument you can make the game much easier with the right strategie. You can summon people and ghosts. You can choose op weapons...

[@TFP3666]

OG Flamelurker would have filtered these people in 2010.

[@kshadyij]

as a longtime souls player - this is objectively a bad take. from soft went back on a number of gameplay mechanics that led to artificial difficulty in that game like the lack of omnidirectional rolling, really terrible camera, extremely poorly explained world tendency mechanics and general bad camera - further demon souls is perhaps the least challenging of from soft games - especially when compared to ds2/sekiro and bloodborne (esp the dlc) - don't let your 14 year old nostalgia confuse you about what makes a game good. Miyazaki himself has accepted that there were many issues with boss design and gameplay mechanics in demon souls which he is has fixed in latter games. Also I dont think Miyazaki ever wanted to filter anyone, in fact the whole reason he added coop to the games was coz he wanted more people to play his games and to help each other out. stop being a snob for just being one.

[@naxergss2625]

@@kshadyij really bad takes here

[@WrecktifiedUSBB]

As an actually disabled person who is legally blind and mental health since I was a child. I find it idiotic to conflate having kids in a house bothering you while playing video games with my disabilities. Difference is kids are a choice. Why am I surprised that a loner who makes his living steaming would have such a heartless take?

[@scarletsletter4466]

Yea I know that would trigger people. Calling children interrupting you a “situation disability” is like… not exactly incorrect when you’re talking about video gaming but it’s also inflammatory. I’m dyslexic which might seem like it’s not that big of a deal, but games that allow me to reverse the controls are way more accessible to me. I can’t just get a babysitter & make dyslexic disappear 😂

[@Greencheez-y]

I definitely think she used a poor choice of words, especially in the current socio-political climate. But I'm pretty sure her main point is that her lack of free time and responsibility to her kids *disable* her from having the time to beat the game. And something that disables or disrupts your ability to do something is a disability. But it's definitely not a medical disability in the sense of having a mental disability or physical disability like having no arms for example. On the other hand, elden ring has always been as easy or difficult as you make it. It's the most lenient fromsoft game ever.

[@FadedMaple07]

It's a "situational disability" which means you are not (dis) able to do a thing at the moment. It's just a term software developers use when developing accessibility features. Look at it like this. Someone loses their arm which means they have a permanent disability because they can only use one arm forever. Someone broke their arm which means they have a temporary disability because they can only use one arm for an extended period of time. A parent holding a baby is a situational disability because they can only use one arm at the moment. The point is the same THEY CAN ONLY USE ONE ARM.

[@Greencheez-y]

@@FadedMaple07 not everyone is a software developer. And the point is a disability is still a disability by the definition of the word. Even if I try to get into a building but the door is locked, I'm disabled from being able to go in there, sure it's a weird way of saying it but it's still factually correct. The English language has always been fluid like that, has a lot of words that mean the same thing. At the very core and conception of the word, a disability is just something that takes away your ability to do something. Sure, what she is saying is not the same as a medical disability. But saying something is a disability or a handicap on your ability to do something is not wrong.

[@FadedMaple07]

@@Greencheez-y True, i'm sure she just doesn't know that normal people don't use the term. But, it just makes me mad when people hear an unfamiliar term that they don't like and immediately resort to making fun of the person saying it instead of googling it first.

[@lavabeard5939]

you have to admit though its dumb to refer to having a kid as a disability. like yes her point is valid, but she doesn't have to die on the hill of "having kids is a disability cause there's no pause button"

[@MidnightGrimoires]

Exactly, words have a meaning for a reason. A lot of them can be dynamically used in place of others, but appropriate usage of words in certain situations is also important. For a parent to use disability rather than responsibility when referring to their own child is quite stupid, but I also get that people who don't have kids won't look at this situation from that angle. Especially when they've never had parental responsibilities get in the way of their more leisure activities, and instead they have a very lazy lifestyle and get to play games all day.

[@JizBoyy420]

They are tho

[@icgaming4508]

@@MidnightGrimoires Yes but context also matters. She specifically said situational disability which is an actual thing. For example let me give you an example. Think about the word disabled. Now let me give you two sentences: "That person is dsiabled" and "That car is disabled". Those two are using the same exact words yet they have a different meaning. And here she clearly describing specific types of disabilities. Also why are you conflating the words responsibility and disability? You do realize that those states can occur at the same time. Another thing is that she never said that it wasn't a responsibility. Saying that it is a type of disability does not mean she said its not a responsibility. You talk about the appropriate usage of words but do you realize that using the word responsibility is not appropriate in this context? She is not talking about responsibilities. She is talking about disabilities. In fact she is talking about a specific type of disablility. A disability she categorized. If you do not believe me I want you to look up the term situational disability. A situational disability can be things like you not being able to see your phone due to the sun being too bright. As a result an accessibility feature is created where the brightness of the screen adjusts accordingly. There is a reason why this type of setting is under the accessibility options in your phone. The kid example was just a hypothetical. The situation can be replaced with anything. For example you have a package containing a collectors edition of a game that requires a signature is delivered during a boss fight. You go over there to sign it. That is a situational disability. Essentially think about this in a general form. She essentially said that x situation can occur when playing the game. This x situation has priority over playing the game at that point in time (it can be anything it doesn't necessarily need to be a responsibility). You having to address that is a situational disablility for playing the game.

[@MidnightGrimoires]

@@icgaming4508 I don't need your examples, just the example she used. That's it, not giving it other levels of complexity. Just the situation she used the language in and her usage of it. In that context it was a stupid use of language, nothing more. It's not that deep, as personally I think she was saying what she was feeling faster than she was thinking what she was saying.

[@icgaming4508]

@@MidnightGrimoires But do you understand the structure of her argument? Do you understand what a hypothetical is? Because right now it seems that you are getting stuck with the semantics of it. Can you demonstrate how the use of the language here was stupid. She laid out a premise being that not having the ability to do x because of situation y is a situational disability. She then said having to stop her kid from putting a fork in an outlet is an example of her not having the ability to play the game. Therfore this is a situational disability.The opposite of ability is disability. So not having the ability means the same thing as disability. The prefix dis- means not or opposite. So in this context it is appropriate. The word responsibility is not appropriate because her argument had nothing to do with responsibility.

[@CeraphineLuna]

Asmon didn't skip a beat simping for this lady when she called children a disability/hindrance. Responsibility would have been a better term for the average decent parent.

[@bigdswinging3403]

I never hear anybody compare the fragments to sekiros prayer beads. That’s pretty much exactly what they are.

[@hadowsinc.3156]

Similar but not quite. Scadutree frags are more so locked behind pure exploration while beads are always behind a miniboss. At every corner sekiro forces you to learn it's mechanics to progress while ER wants you to make it easier by actually playing the game lol.

[@bigdswinging3403]

@@hadowsinc.3156 I should have clarified I meant on what they do once consumed not how they’re found. But yes sekiro you are rewarded by beating a boss, some found. Elden ring thru exploration only

[@xeroeddie]

It's basically like Golden Seeds in the base game. You find them and if you want to, you can use them at a grace to make the game easier.

[@bigdswinging3403]

@@xeroeddie I think these are added to the game to progress with the difficulty. They are part of the game just like talisman are. Talisman are buffs so they make the game as well.. summons are obviously added to make the game extremely easy to beat.

[@xeroeddie]

@@bigdswinging3403 Yeah, that was my point. Golden Seeds are there to progress with the difficulty, just like Scadutree Fragments. They're implemented in the exact same way.

[@johnthetactician]

Having your own children is a responsibility, not a disability.

[@Greencheez-y]

Lol very good point. But I think her point is she has other obligations or responsibilities that take up her time and *disable* her from having the time to beat the game. Poor choice of words on her part for sure especially in the current socio-political climate. But I see what she's saying. I will say tho, that this game is the easiest and most lenient fromsoft game ever. Elden ring has always been as hard or easy as you make it. Even with the dlc before they nerfed the difficulty

[@DinoNucci]

Correct

[@Evanz111]

You clearly missed the part where Asmongold rightfully called you illiterate. That word does not mean you’re in a wheelchair or have access to handicapped parking. It means you have something inhibiting one of your senses or your ability to do something.

[@lyndonbauer1703]

​@@Evanz111 Is my job a disability?

[@DinoNucci]

@@Evanz111 wrong

[@itsdafunk]

i think some people straight up just didnt read. Theres literally a prompt in the beginning of the dlc that tells you how to "git gud"

[@symo9924]

People remember that Disabled people exist just when From Software publishes a game. There have been so many games absolutely impossible for disabled people (ie Diablo!). This is so stupid and such an old statement.

[@psychophilosopher3674]

I mean, there's a simple reason for that, nobody cares about Diablo. Nobody has faith in those devs

[@symo9924]

@@psychophilosopher3674 True!

[@peves-]

She says it like she has a disability but she has 2 working hands and seems to be cognizant enough to manage just fine. So her points about disabled people don't even make sense. Is she implying that she is disabled and that's why she can't beat it? She is fine. Having a child is not a disability, it's a handicap. So you play when the kid is in bed.

[@symo9924]

Yes exactly... I could agree with her saying that maybe a 'pause' button could help during situations where you need to stop playing for whatever reason, but I don't like the fact that people wait everytime that FS releases a game to talk about such a wide topic such as disabilities when there are much worse games out there that people never mention. Then, when FS is silent for another 5 year period nobody talks about this issue anymore. Same old same old I guess

[@psychophilosopher3674]

@peves- it's a matter of language. English is basically 6 languages in a trenchcoat, so if you try to read what someone's saying based on your knowledge, rather then their intent, your gonna be wrong about any other regional dialect

[@aceking121212]

This girl is the definition of an insult to the people of Australia. The down to earth she'll be right mate is the conplain about everything mate.

[@Brewnelley]

what did she complain about? All she said was a pause button would be cool and achievements for beating the game doing the hardest methods would be cool too. do you disagree with those things?

[@123darkpassenger]

@@Brewnelley A pause game system would go against the whole game design of Elden Ring. If you’re playing a game and something takes priority over it then boo hoo that’s life, People like you are just displaying immaturity when you act like the world itself should bow down for your convenience.

[@johndoe-vy4bt]

You have "obligation" not "disability". Words matter. You just want to use word "disability" so people feel sorry for you. If you used proper term like "obligation" you would be criticised (rightly so) for not doing the right thing like focusing on rasing your children.

[@trex4101]

Imagine growing up and seeing a clip of your mom saying that birthing you was a disability to her life ahaha crazy mom shouldn’t be allowed a kid

[@supersamui.4423]

Would cry honestly

[@number1cheater272]

It's just true though. You have to make so many sacrifices to raise a good child. Like once you have a kid and plan on raising a good one, your feeling become irrelevant and it's not something everyone can handle

[@johndoe7017]

That’s not really what she’s saying but okay

[@johndoe7017]

It’s like Asmon said, you’re intentionally interpreting it in the least charitable possible way. You just want something to be mad about lol

[@rikatan]

So you're saying that giving birth doesn't make it more difficult for you to play the game? You drama people are completely deluded, like genuinely insane.

[@gronidahunter1390]

I see your point that arguing for no pause button is crazy. And agree to an extent. I think it changes a lot of bosses if I can pause the fight and let the “adrenaline”/excitement/boss nerves settle down as the health bar ticks down. Part of the game I enjoy on boss fights is fighting my own nerves to stay calm. And I assume everyone also has to fight nerves when the health bar gets low. But in the end I can simply choose to not pause on boss fights so the counter argument is there.