Why Players Are Quitting After Just 10hrs - Naraka: Bladepoint

[@LifeOfRio]

Very fun game has some things to fix but ill have a full review together for yall.... im gaming on twitch daily :TWITCH: m.twitch.tv/Lifeofrio :TWITTER: twitter.com/LifeOfRio :DISCORD: discord.com/invite/lifeofrio Satire is the best comedy

[@richardyamato]

You're pretty damn good

[@springtrapnibba]

The person fighting you at the start really thought they had found a new person to bully then got embarrassed good shit Rio teaching what happens when you abuse the foolishness

[@LifeOfRio]

lol bro he was ready to bully me man he did everything to win lol but thank u fam

[@DR3_34D]

Ye

[@DR3_34D]

As I read foolishness he said it

[@kingcold298]

Dude really said " I can bully this guy. I play Dark Zone solo in Division. Easy money."

[@lilwatermelon4209]

bro, I'll tell you a little trick, when you counter someone's focus attack, and you disarm them you can actually pick up their weapon if you have more space in your bag. I learned it from my Chinese friend, it's pretty nasty, especially in the early game. love to share it with you. if you read the comments. liking your video!

[@KimicYT]

good tip actually=

[@govind9060]

Well don't do that otherwise they may quit the game lol

[@godsfather9686]

@chaintech it Clearly not? Here comes the expert nerd

[@gawdlysiinz5134]

@@govind9060 who tf cares if they quit the game lmaooo

[@hyperadmiral835]

Yes this is why i always buy the weapon slots

[@Sklumbo]

I hope this game blows up, loving it so much.

[@LifeOfRio]

I would like to see that happen to it it’s fun

[@toxxgg7173]

@@LifeOfRio facts

[@meakone23]

seen yesterday, bought yesterday. BEST CHOICE IN MY LIFE

[@kiddvakkano]

Yesss this needs to blow up as long as they fix netcode and some optimization this game Gunna run melee BR

[@iamhere9573]

I dont think it can survive without going free2play

[@BevinEG]

Its brutal. Quick L's the nature. People need to stop expecting easy wins.

[@LifeOfRio]

true man u die in seconds before getting the chance to react lol u have to train

[@nandog2597]

Game journalist mode

[@clorkmagnus]

This game is brutal for people who don’t learn. You literally die in seconds if you don’t know what you are doing.

[@SoSoSmoothGaming]

@@LifeOfRio I’m training now!! viper Ning/ Yoto Hime right now!! Focusing on reading weapons combos to parry more!! Great 👍🏾 video my brother!! Dropped a sub as well!!

[@Shadow4i5]

Agreed

[@paytontaylor4259]

Quick trick for this game hold down the focus but release it before it charges to get armor with a normal attack so you can’t be interrupted, and you can’t be parried that way it’s a sure way to start your combo unless the enemies is using a charge attack, it’s a great way to finesse people after you hit them with a focus attack as well because they will expect another focus attack and parry but you’ll light attack them instead and then it’s just easy damage at that point

[@khalilXD100]

I like how you get to customize even down to ur chars skin color, that is lit, makes the character feel more personalized

[@LifeOfRio]

i agree 100% man i love that

[@khalilXD100]

@@LifeOfRio Finally got a reply from Rio, I’m officially one of the cool kids now. Pass me a buttoned up winter jacket and hot cocoa in a wine glass. Love from d island man dem anuh bro

[@creathyang7520]

Like, finally, a wu tang club that's more politically correct, right, lol. It's a pretty cool feature

[@sevionus80]

@@creathyang7520 What lol

[@clutchhutch3287]

no one gave me an easy way out in Rocket League, I just kept playing because that game is so fun. If Naraka is a fun game, then a high learning curve shouldn't be an issue. Challenging games need to stay part of the mainstream, especially in this generation of easy-to-play easy-to-win games.

[@nooxygen7149]

Is it just me who finds more challenging games more fun then spam a to win

[@MrBiosh0ck]

People getting soft and lazy

[@windows5096]

@@MrBiosh0ck theres just more gamers. and casual has always been king. So lets just say for every 3 people that start playing games, only one of them plays hardcore. hard games arent the future no matter how you look at it. People arent “soft and lazy”, they just arent sweaty neckbeards trying to be number 1 competitive.

[@TheHipisterDeer]

Besides there is a bot mode and a mode where it's strictly combat based.... And a mode strictly using ranged weapons.... There is enough game modes here to basically get good... It's like dark souls, just keep learning and you will eventually get there.

[@k2089]

fortnite got a skill gap too. 1 shot and mfs build a 5 star hotel and got you paying rent

[@VTsimpingSan]

Wow, I never realized that I do play a lot of games purely for the cosmetic. I bought weapon skins in Valorant after a day of playing it. I'm still completely ass at it. I end up quitting a lot of games just because I end up sucking at them even when I do practice.

[@kingban1613]

Rookie mistake. You always ask your opponents name before a fight. Rio, you hear about Bleach's new chapter!? We back yo!

[@LifeOfRio]

😂so true bro it’s like he never watched a samurai movie

[@ds3pvpfun865]

after the counterstrike hits you can instant grapple for more damage :) also doing a light attack into a crouch cancel parry is good for countering focus . so much to learn but worth it.

[@thercf16guy35]

Heres what helped me-- ive played and am still playing apex for a long time. As a result, ive learned how to play BRs so all i have to do is learn to fight. I understand that you shouldnt loot a ton, just grab a decent weapon and your first kill will give you the loot you need. I also know from apex that the only way to get better is to fight a lot. I say that to say that if you play BRs already, this has a similar learning curve

[@inthaniak]

"her ult is so OP, no idea what i should do against it!" *pulls his own ult, wins within 3 hits* hmmm... okai.

[@LifeOfRio]

Lol I didn’t ult I counter and got lucky one of her ult slashes missed else I would have died

[@Mike-rt2vp]

I don't know about auto parry or combos. But more PVE and story I think is fair. I would compare it to fighting games and how casuals play arcade mode against the computer for a long time before they jump into PVP. That way the casuals can still learn the timing and combos, they just won't learn all the situations until they play other players. I think that's a nice middle ground.

[@stanleesomanly9585]

I appreciate the encouraging words just got started trying to get better

[@EliteSnowPirate]

I’m worried this game is asking too much of casual players and that is gonna be why this doesn’t get big. The skill ceiling is high to a fault.

[@techigokuriso7822]

to start the best thing for new player is bloodbath mode. it is one of the most recommended mode for new players as a lot of them are not bots. they go from noob to top teir players and you can learn there

[@vallife1283]

The intro alone got me hyped

[@LifeOfRio]

lol thank u man im hype for it

[@quad7375]

first min and half was all i needed to subscribe. best game commentary ive heard since 2012 cr1tikal

[@xephyrexe5246]

If you guys are gonna play it on pc, be warned that the game requires a SSD to function well.

[@AdrianRund]

My issue is when I created my account I accidentally selected AS instead of NA and now I can’t use the club system because I don’t speak Korean (or Chinese or whatever it is). Says “can only be accessed on AS where you created your aacount” so whack

[@dtxyywrld]

it dont get much better than rio catching a whole ass body before he hits us with the intro

[@SoSoSmoothGaming]

Right!

[@XxMIGGITTYxX]

The parry system is good in concept but needs work due to the inconsistency…ping and hit detection among the issues I’ve encountered. Also feel like the player count is a or map needs adjustment. Games feel dragged out at times due to too many ppl just hiding and waiting till end game just to get score for survival.

[@saiyang9088]

Yea the amount of time i got killed by their attacks going through my parry 😞

[@papasalvo]

NGL i fucking died at "I'm with the foolishness" I need that shit on a coffee mug and a tshirt thats gonna be a hot subscribe from me dog

[@JLZZ3R_0]

After 100 hours in the game, I will consider it a great game but has a few things to fix. Really appreciate the devs for giving us the survey to considering to fix the game and care about the community. What I see right now is for sweaty tryhards for this type of game but it takes time to learn, took me 5 days to learn how this game works, basically rock, paper, scissors. Only problem is the grappling broken, matari and tarkji are broken characters, and spears, swords, daggers are op. My tip for new players is too keep playing the game and play quick match instead of rank if you feeling like your trash, also use practice range for combos for your play style.

[@ddennies5435]

Damn bro slow down

[@JLZZ3R_0]

@@ddennies5435 LULW

[@wtfbugs]

Great video man glad you expanded

[@OtsdarvaOS]

3:15 Another royale did this. Spellbreak. Was curious why everyone was moving around in a weird fashion, very rarely seeing actual other players. Then they put me into big boy games, and sadly I never learned most of the stuff to compete so I ended up leaving after a while.

[@Draven10101]

"I Just Want To Tell You Politely In My Quiet Voice.." 😂😂😂

[@LifeOfRio]

Hahaha that’s just how I felt

[@gohanv2661]

So glad you bringing back the "Do not buy"series review also this game do look like the skill gap is really high

[@DaggerofTime]

It’s Gunztheduels meets battle royale. Remember double pump? It came from Gunz ex players

[@malachiw392]

i was so unbelievably happy you won that first duel

[@pekopeko0619_]

“Woah hey can we talk let’s talk”😭

[@OneWingedAngel849]

I will say that you're right, but I think people deciding to give up after one loss isn't the games fault. See when I started playing and I played through the tutorial I was like well it seems nice, what I was really looking forward to was seeing the skill ceiling I was looking to be destroyed so bad simply because I wanted to see what there is to learn and when I started off with bots and a few random players who were also new I wasn't not impressed but I wanted to be mind blown so I played like 2 matches and hopped off. When I actually started playing showdown mode with my main Valda Cui and unlocked her first spear skill, first thing I did was try it out in regular game mode and my two fav weapons became Spears and Staffs if you get the Legendary souljade for either of them in game I don't know what could be more fun than landing those combos. I've used the katana skill too and it looks so epic. The game takes getting used to just like you would any other shooter the only difference is everything is up close and personal so people looking to be in the back spamming projectiles won't have it easy, it'll actually be more difficult.

[@Borengar629]

I completely agree. Best example for me personally is For Honor. I bought it a good time after it first came out but got really frustrated with it pretty quickly because I couldn’t get a feed on the ground without having 4 players violating me. So I put it aside and honestly forgot about it. Then some 2 months ago I reinstalled it. Not gonna lie. The first 50 hours was just me getting me butt slapped. But this time I stuck around. I learned that 4 players bashing my skull in was me being in a bad position. And now I am pretty decent at the game and loving it to death. That was a valuable lesson to me.

[@RafaelN132]

I gotta agree with what you said about this gen only caring about cosmetics and not competition. So far, my ONLY issue with this game that really pisses me off is when you double tap "F" it cancels your special. I've gotten screwed by that a few times, in the middle of a heated battle, I didn't even realize I tapped "F" twice, but I did mean to press it so I can get my skill off and it never goes off and I'm like wtf bro, how is it on cooldown if it never popped. It's cuz a double tap puts it in auto cooldown. Devs gotta fix that, sometimes these fights be intense, don't be punishing me for accidently "spamming" the "F" button, I'm trying to fight for my life lol, this Great Sword is trying to biblically destroy me lol

[@lebronrod7]

Rio thank you sir for covering this game. I already know the vid about to be 🔥 from the intro

[@LifeOfRio]

Lol thank u fam I actually have fun on it man

[@apocalypticfuryflame]

You smacked the soul out of that player in the intro. Damnnn

[@LifeOfRio]

Hahaha thank u fam he really tried to disrespect me

[@BGIANAKy]

People are quitting because you realize that higher ranks are 50% Chinese smurfs and high as pings teleporting around. Or fucking cheating. That’s it.

[@doc9448]

"I'm with the foolishness. FG. Foolishness Gang all day!" Fool. Why you make me dead dead dead with that one quote like lmao

[@LifeOfRio]

Lmfaooo glad u enjoyed it fam

[@callstack6282]

Remember first rule of this channel: Do not buy series is not about not buying games!

[@mrbiggtings]

Charlie Murphy voice: Damn Rio. He thought you were sweet... WRONG WRONG.

[@LifeOfRio]

🤣🤣🤣thank u fam

[@justinramsoondar162]

I laughed SOOO hard at the first part of this vid. this is the REAL content i was lookin for

[@LifeOfRio]

LOL thank u so much fam

[@yeee33333]

bro you mad entertaining, subbed

[@William99387]

the gameplay looks good, its just the battle royale part that got me staying away

[@ThatHitman47]

there are other game modes. there is a 1v1 tournament type mode. and blood bath is literally just a death match.

[@Lukengoodz]

You don't even have to play the BR mode to practice, you can go into the free for all mode (The BloodBath) And just stam those over and over for newer players, its what i did and its super fun, you get every weapon, 16 players in a match and you just practice what you want to. That way newer players don't spend 10mins looting to get dumpstered. The reason The Bloodbath is good is more often then not, your going to be 3rd partied in the BR mode, so it also on top of teaching you the mechanics, it teaches you how to move around a battlefield with multiple players trying to grapple stam or chase you down and you learn and adapt over time naturally. This games amazing but im 100% not about that "Give me a easier time" life, people put effort into anything in life they want to get better at, gaming is no different!

[@sephritine5481]

Just bought it only found out about during nvidia update well looking forward too this it's like a mix between darksouls and fighting games mixed with br type game play it's amazing

[@alencifps1535]

Skill Gaps are annoying to go through, I've been playing Valorant everyday since beta and watching and rewatching every tip video on the block and I still suck at it

[@toxxgg7173]

Tragic for you 😂

[@barneyman1574]

Me in everygame ever. I want to be competative but shit man im just so bad and just barely average at all the game.

[@Freethered]

lmaooo i just played valorant first time today, i suck.

[@alencifps1535]

@@toxxgg7173 Mans said tragic 4 you, I'm sleep, so what you sayin is 1, it's easy to be good at something, and 2, you are good? If so, good for you buddy, but news flash, everybody ain't u

[@sledgehamr6303]

I totally agree with everything you have said in this video the player base that leaves are unskilled or refuse to learn because they want the easy win and fair enough go play a lame game where everyone wins regularly but for me seeing the end screen saying "glory is yours!" Means all that much more having been spanked repeatedly to get to where I am and I still get totally outplayed to this day this game is a really good example of accepting the learning curve

[@SaberXLOVE]

nah dude just because the game soooooo laggy (in my shit pc) and the game pay to play with shop and battle pass nice

[@JohnDoe-fi6db]

My man erased his family tree

[@giilee3969]

I’m down for it. Honestly it took me like 6months to get apex down fully & that’s been my favorite game in history. I definitely get the same vibe with advance movement. Naraka here I come

[@Awsomemobs2000Theminecraftdude]

In a cultivation (Aka Wuxia) novels, the only time a character doesn't introduce who they are to their opponent is when they don't believe the person they are facing is worthy of knowing who they and/or they think their opponent is gonna be an easy kill. So yeah, the peep at the beginning.... yikes he got slapped up. Forced to eat their pride XD

[@1IGG]

Or people aren't weeps and play battle royales as they are supposed to be played?

[@Awsomemobs2000Theminecraftdude]

@@1IGG Thought weeb was exclusive to Japanese stuff, this is chinese.

[@Walrus101]

The opening chase and battle immediately had me laughing

[@danomaly8943]

I gotta get on this myself. It sounds dope. I don't think you should never have an auto party for a fighting game that's PvP. Just get better. The way you explain it is that intimate knowledge of the game and skill means something and for a player there's nothing better. I'm more in favor for having fun game modes where you can work on your timing as opposed to auto parrying... something about that just seems off. I've been looking for a game I can put my time into for a bit so hopefully this works out for me.

[@yamato8672]

well said

[@call_me_kujo9352]

I’m new to the game on PS5. Sometimes I feel like the difference in strategies used, and moves able to execute between PS5 and PC players gets real apparent. It’s still fun but dang it makes me wanna switch to PC and start over.

[@CalcTM]

This is definitely the best game I've bought in 2021. When your skills get better, your 1vX get's better as well. A lot of people gotta realise that they built this unique environment for you to use it to your advantage. Line of site is key in this game, also.

[@0d0gn]

Im constantly fighting for rank 99 in california as kurumi. Im silver 2 right now. Its rough in my lobbies. Alot of world class hall of fames in my lobby just suplexxing my existence but im almost always top 20. 140 trios in with 57% top 5 rate and 9% win rate. Game is rough.

[@jerhaire4837]

On god I never comment on vids. But you are my fave KZbinr! Your content is great and funny af. Nice ass intro lmao

[@LifeOfRio]

Lol thank you so much man im glad you enjoyed it

[@babrdiddle]

lol i haven't even watched the rest of the video, im dyin at the intro 10/10

[@Bozzify98]

Daaaaaamn man, I just got this game and played my first solo match and I POPPED TF OFF. Now you’re telling me it was against bots 🙄😤 shiiiiiiiit

[@khelouch4461]

That intro was pretty chad, here, have a like

[@pab9089]

This game is absolute fire, I don’t even wanna play anything else

[@ceezy585]

buying it now lol

[@taxuenowoz4038]

All I can say in chat is “YOU COURT DEATH.”

[@Awsomemobs2000Theminecraftdude]

I see another who knows wuxia.

[@0KJaye]

Parry needs a dedicated key , one that WONT accidentally que up attacks. You should be able to Parry mid swing. If I Parry at the wrong time sure I should be punished but since I can't Parry during swing it means ppl choose the dodge cancel then parry. Devs should cut to the chase and implement what players are clearly doing anyway. But when you add in The fact that you're vulnerable even during knockdowns imo means the game needs better 'back off me mechanics. I also wouldn't mind if all counter skill were activated mid combo. Just to allow at least one moment during a fight to have some spamming back off.

[@0KJaye]

I'm also a firm believer that "cancels" are indicative of bad design somewhere throughout a system. When players cancel to accomplish something 9timesOutta10 it either wasn't intended by devs or was an oversight. Essentially when you design something complete & well thought out , cancels become unneeded. If to play a game well it requires a player to do a function to skip a function then your system needs work...

[@JeroNotHeroo]

a lot of people saying the game is easy doesn’t understand that every game until about silver 3 is full of bots. this isn’t a game we’re it’s a meta-to-win, you have to grind, play, fail, learn, play, fail, and when you do win it feels so fun and actually worth it. It’s so skill vs. skill. If you put the time in you will be wiping full squads with swiftness.

[@reachtrev69]

This looks like anime BR dark souls. Especially with how much dying there is apparently. Good video my homie, church!

[@CrystalMang0]

How does it look like anime dark souls? Looks nothing like anime. Samurai swords and stuff equal anime?

[@reachtrev69]

​@@CrystalMang0 Waifus with bunny ears and cat ears bunny tails and fox tails. Swords that are way too big to use. That's more what I was going for.

[@CrystalMang0]

@@reachtrev69 "waifus" ? That's not an anime only thing.

[@reachtrev69]

@@CrystalMang0 you are right

[@roronoazoro9228]

1:19 you earned it (Y)

[@blackicezero23]

I love this game and been playing this for a month but BOY now I'm struggling man !!! Its so off putting !!

[@darkbleezy7191]

Great video. Literally best game I ever played and I’ve been playing BR’s since H1Z1

[@LifeOfRio]

Thank u man I’m just training on the cancels

[@darkbleezy7191]

@@LifeOfRio 🙏seems like anything more than a point and click is too much for people these days

[@quad7375]

"we gotta stop comparing everything to fortnite just because it has colors" yo quote of the week

[@genesisnemesis8850]

HE COMING AFTER U LIKE MAD I LIKE HOW U SAY LET STARTED THE VIDEO

[@LifeOfRio]

Haha thank u fam

[@genesisnemesis8850]

@@LifeOfRio No Problem

[@tystuntin]

That intro was TOP TIER FUNNY

[@LifeOfRio]

Lol thank u fam glad u enjoyed it

[@zemasa6022]

They really need to balance the ranks for games

[@SavvyReefer]

that may have been the best intro I have ever seen

[@SincerelyHaniko]

I stopped after the first 15mins. it's literally everyone you run into attacks EXCLUSIVELY you. Then they just run off, don't even fight each other. Not for me, I rather sit on my balls until they explode.

[@RaggedyAnnWins]

i can see South Park making a world of warcraft type episode to this game. 😭

[@MeowMeowRanger]

Hi Rio, if I'm not mistaken, is this a BR version of Ubisoft's ForHonor?

[@NoteVST]

That Yoto Hime got smoked trying to abused focus attacks and right clicks didn’t know shit about the cancels

[@zeal834]

At nighttime est naraka usually peaks at 100k players live, mostly players from Asia, lowest live players is 20k

[@ramsaybolton9151]

The game should have some sort of actual MM. No one that works or does other shit and has an hour to play per day is going to just get wrecked for a month before even being NOT shit. It's simply not fun. When you are facing a player that puts in 200 hours per month you will simply never catch up to them as a casual player putting in 15 hrs per month.

[@pekopeko0619_]

It won’t be that hard you just need to know what your doing and train

[@deus9873]

Damn that intro, savage🤣

[@gohanv2661]

It was so sick and that along made me want to try the game looks fun

[@LifeOfRio]

lmfao he tried to bully me

[@devonceleon]

AYOOOO RIO SENPAI WITH THE INTRO KILL🔥🔥🔥🔥 After watching intro edit- They don’t wanna work for it Rio they want it handed to them.. this game is goated.

[@nosafeword5166]

I wish people will hear you more you are so right

[@jakeybeyify]

Damn that humbling intro man got served

[@LifeOfRio]

LOL thank you man he tried to end me

[@Paiku]

I enjoyed this video, thank you! :D

[@LifeOfRio]

Thank you I’m glad

[@Velossitee]

I wonder why they wouldn't quit. The gameplay in the closed beta I'm sure someone was being payed to make the game look good because I sure as hell hate the sheer amount of stupid no-block gameplay in this game...I get light spammed and combo broken and can't get out of a combo getting thrown at me especially Yoto...I have Yoto and I can say that she is ultimately P2W don't buy a game or pay for items in a game that gives you the option to buy characters for real life money it won't end well :I I'm coming back every single year at least once to try and see if anyyyyyone is actually playing in NA because everyone keeps macroing and nobody literally plays NA. I have great ethernet I have an SSD and I did everything you told me devs... why am I not getting in a 1 minute queue? I hate the 20 minutes come on.

[@SidRandom]

1 minute 45 seconds in..... Subscribed. I dont even play this game but that was awesome.

[@tangodelta366]

8:00 to 8:06 Very well said 👌

[@imixture4645]

Because of your intro LMAOOO i subbed and Boughy the game cuz you deadass violated that player he thought shit was sweet 😂 🔥🔥

[@JC-ex5ve]

Good video mate! You are spot on with your thoughts 10/10

[@ChaosKingTru]

To many of these new gamers want "Instant gratification." That is why they try to say thing like a Auto parry system...like nah bruh go to Walmart and get you some of that "get gud" and stop being a salt baby. LOL Good Video bro.

[@animefreak4865]

Bro I just found your channel. I love your vibe

[@kesamek8537]

Skilled timing in proper grown up gameplay is exactly why Summit1g ragequit Guild Wars 2, really great games like that have a skill floor and a skill ceiling that actually mean something.

[@Masa6x]

i thought guild warss 2 was a basic mmo, tbf i never got very far into it cause i went back to shooters, and played casually with my friends, im guessing the pvp requires good understanding of meta and ability timing as the main mechanics?

[@kingfavy6740]

It’s almost like asking for honor to add an easy party system lol

[@LifeOfRio]

Lol so true

[@afkcnd2395]

I genuinely find players who ask for auto parry disgusting, and I'm a noob on pc.

[@tangodelta366]

IF (only if) that happens, that's the time that I'll quit this game. The game is good as it is, and I'm really enjoying it so far. No need to add those auto parry bs tbh.

[@afkcnd2395]

@@tangodelta366 Yes And it makes all the salt of it, the winner of a game killed me, so I watched him, I was just amazed by the skills he had. It has the potential to become a esport! More than for honor. Imo it's should be the direction mmo and other rpg should go! Now when I look at blue protocol for instance I can't help myself think "the gameplay look shallow".

[@yass3425]

I really needed to hear your advise about Pr games and waiting for the mobile version to get release soon

[@kingscarletbuilds]

The trio matches can be brutal especially towards top 10, been practicing in solo alot cause boy those Ls can come fast in this game, still crazy fun for 20 usd

[@brucenatelee]

Imma be honest, I think modern gaming is changing for better and worse, but maybe mostly worse. For me, I notice a lot of games are being made to be harder, even competitive PVP games. Battle royales, for example, focus on being the last man standing. I don't know of any new PVP games with respawns and just letting people go around killing shit except for Call of Duty, Battlefield, Halo, and Destiny. I've never played a BR before, but from what I've seen, being bad means not playing more and more. I remember playing SMITE and died so often, then death counter increased by 5 seconds every time to the point I had to wait a minute to respawn. I want to keep playing games, not be restricted from them for being bad. Back in the day, games were hard and experimental, while also having limited lives. However, it was about moment to moment gameplay. No builds, nor work put into creating your character or set ups. You play, get a power up, see how far you go. Run out of lives? Start over. They also didn't emphasize story as much either. Difficulty today is about being a dick measuring contest with how much a game can punish you, and I think this started with the Demon Souls and Dark Souls IPs. Battle royales, Rogue-likes, Souls-likes, games featuring griefing, etc. This is all I see if they aren't single player story experiences. I heard this game Naraka: Bladepoint is a BR, meaning you aren't just going to lose, but you're going to be kept from playing the game as much as possible, if how I think BR games is right. Do you die and go straight into another game? Do you have to endure the length of a game first? Can you quit if you gotta wait for the game to end to just find another game afterwards, or punished if you do so? I'm too scared to spend money on a game only to realize it's too hard that I end up not being allowed to play it or can't get better at it and have to just drop it and know I spent money on a game I'll never touch again. And this doesn't mean I think games need an easy mode or anything, but that there's a bit of an economic risk in playing games that are all about being the best or not a t all, myself never beating Dark Souls, Bloodborne, or Hollow Knight. Yet, I got Mortal Shell and haven't started it yet. Overall, for me, games aren't trying to be fun, but challenging regardless of fun.

[@moiracroft4944]

Tbh, this game is about PURE SKILL, vs like Apex, warzone and whatnot. This requires so much more than point click, or dropping an ability. This game rewards aggression, once you land combos its easy, i will agree with some that the parry system is sometimes weird, like parrying and disarming someone is about pure prediction, but there are times where i parried perfectly and it did nothing, probably a bug or minor connection issue. But honestly this game is meant for you to actually work for your kills, i dont think it should cater to those who want the easy road

[@XonixDerps]

While I dont rock with the idea of lowering difficulty, there are games like battlerite where if the skill FLOOR is set to high and keeps getting higher or messier at times rather than a nice pace - it usually seems to scare new players away from even bothering learning. Then bam game fails after awhile. Sure some stay with dedicated player bases but those are usually extremely small compared to say fighting games etc (Mobas as an example have champions usually easy as hell to play but have some nuance but later on vs skilled players youll find it harder to win with said character because theyll know all of your characters moves, so you end up learning the harder characters with the easy ones as a foundation)