The begging for a Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice easy mode is insulting

The people begging for a Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice easy mode are insulting From Software by asking them to accommodate bandwagoners.

[deadfrag]

I really hope FromSoftware dont end making an easy mode...but if they do lock all the achievements and trophys on that mode or just add only one that express that the game was Finnish on easy mode.But i really hope they dont ever had easy mode and keep there vision.

[pandehz]

I think From Software takes it as a huge compliment that many people want to experience the game but a little more relaxed version due to time constraints and what not.

[Hungryalpaca]

The games aren’t very long. It’s just a matter of patience and timing in their games and pattern memorization.

[tontontam0]

Then people and critics are going to review bomb the games for being a generic button masher game.

[Shadowsteal]

Asking for an easy mode on a FromSoft game is like asking for a well done steak.

[Kitt92]

Strongly disagreed he difficulty is what makes their games so good not every game has to be made for everyone and that’s okay different people like different things

[AspiringProGenji]

Time constraints is just an excuse. The game isn’t even that long and once you master it is mot hard. Learn the game people smh...

You have a Witcher avatar... would you want CDPR to cut the lenght of the game in half due to time constraints?

[froy402]

Time restraints? What's wrong with playing 45 min or so and just managing to make it to the next checkpoint

[william_cade]

I'm super busy and had no problem playing From's games other than them being challenging. sometimes I play and die and go back to work.

If it's a "journalist" thing then fuck them, seriously. They get free codes to the deluxe editions with xp boosters that we have to pay for just to experience the game as intended, while the rest of us can usually only afford the standard edition of games (the incomplete version).

Sekiro is a fair to everyone and they want to change that for the small percentage of marketing extensions and at the same time call us entitled. Yeah, no. Like the article said it's insulting.

[Knushwood Butt]

Didn't someone speed run this in 40 mins?

[Zenbaby369]

If a developer truly cares more about their vision than what is obviously a LOT of people. Then fine, they can be selfish. That is what it is, so call it what it is, it's selfish. Which is what every single person here who is against them having an "easier mode" is. They enjoy the challenge and love it. They don't want their "little brother" to enjoy it like they did. We don't live in the past, we do have the option for game modes. That is a gOOD thing. So stop bringing up the "good ole days" because difficulty options aren't bad, we can quit acting like they are. How someone else feels is of no consequence to you. You don't need validation from your peers knowing that you beat a game, or do you? If so...I feel sorry for you :)

[sampsonon]

why is it that you care again? especially when you can play it on hard still?
i can understand if if it was a multplayer game where someone would be at a disadvantage.
but buying a game worrying about someone else somewhere in the world playing it the way they want is insane.

[DaDrunkenJester]

It's about keeping the developers vision and the experience they wanted to create. It's not about catering to people who arent willing to play the game the way they intended

[Shikoku]

I love how people want to "keep the developer's vision and the experience they wanted to create" matter with these games but others its just who cares lol.

[DrumBeat]

I'll leave this here... again.

When a developer makes a game, they lay down a series of challenges for you to overcome. Meet the challenge, or don't, but don't you dare try to impose your snivelry onto a game. Don't attempt to reduce or dumb down someone else's work. Do fucking not.

When I was growing up we played games with no modes. The challenge was set, and we either met it or we didn't. Appreciate and respect the artist's work.

Adding an 'easy mode' WOULD affect us ALL. It would also undermine, insult, and yes, infringe upon the people who made the game. They made a specific challenge to be overcome and mastered.

How would it affect everyone else, you ask? It gives EVERYONE the option to choose the 'EASY' way instead of taking the challenge THE DEVELOPER WANTED us to take.

If the creator WANTS levels of difficulty, that's totally fine, but this developer doesn't, and goddammit you should respect that.

[hiawa23]

I agree 100%. I am fine with Sekiro as it is, but as a gamer who has been gaming since the early 80s, at this stage I don't use games to measure my sack, and just want to enjoy them.
The level of enjoyment is different for all gamers, so I feel the more people you can appeal to, the more gamers you can get playing your games the better, for all gamers. I am all for the devs adding an easier mode for this game for those who may want it. It doesn't add or take away from anyone else's games. As far as trophies and achievements goes, who really cares about another gamers trophies or achievements,? I don't.

[BigTrain]

This right here. Whoever has a problem with easy mode needs to get a life. Not everyone has hours upon hours to grind away playing games. The game had a decent amount cool adverts and people picked it up thinking that it might be a somewhat demanding action game but found out it had difficulty on another level. If the dev puts in an easy mode I'd give them more respect for not squeezing their entire fan base into the Impossible difficulty box. Don't want an easy mode, don't select it. It's that simple.

[ArchangelMike]

@sampsonon

You're missing the point.

A creator (developer) has a vision for a game. They put their time and energy into creating a game that they envision. Only for people to say, "make the game the way I want the game to be".
Now take that mentality and apply it across the board.

I find Fortnite inaccessible because of the building. So can I start a petition for EPIC to remove building from the game? Or What about Devil MAy Cry 5 - It's just way too hard for ME to get S rank combo's, so should I start a campaing for Capcom to please dumb down the game just for me? OR WHat about Resident Evil Remake, it was just way too hard for ME so can they please make it easier just for ME please.

My goodness! Let the developers create what they want to create, and implement it how they deem best for their game. The throttling of creative freedom is exacty what companies like EA, Activition and Ubisoft do to their games and they usually always end up as mass market mediocre experiences. The reason From SOFT have excelled is precisely because they don't do mass market dumbed down experiences. They appeal to those gamers who have the grit to take time learning the mechanics of the game. Appealing to noobs and casuals is definaterly not the right way to go with these franchises.

[RacerX]

You want developers to keep their vision and their experience..... But outrage when their vision and experience disagrees with you politics, or when their vision includes loot boxes.... Just sayin'.

[Knushwood Butt]

Agree with DrumBeat.

For entitled gamers, there are thousands of alternatives. Go play something else or raise your game. Alternatively, just watch a stream of somebody else playing it.

[sampsonon]

@Knushwood Butt:
"For entitled gamers, there are thousands of alternatives. Go play something else or raise your game. Alternatively, just watch a stream of somebody else playing it."

It's a single player game. why do you care? i could be playing it right now on an easier mode.... how has that changed your life? did you feel sick? are you unable to eat? did it effect your game?

f they had a setting it wouldn't matter because you could play the hard version. and you could even gloat about it.
hello? you there?

SOMEONE CALL AN AMBULANCE! he found out someone was playing the game in their home on a easier mode. 911!

[Knushwood Butt]

I care because I value variety in game genres. This developer has a reputation for challenging, single player games. They cater to a certain audience. If they water it down they weaken their brand.

The rest of your comments make it difficult to take you seriously.

[milohighclub]

Dadrunkejester

But their vision will still be there in the standard difficulty adding an easier mode affects absolutely nothing for the soulsfan.

[monkey602]

I think all the whinging here from the journalist side of the argument should be insulting to FromSoft.
They've developed absolute art with their souls series and are well renown for it now. The games are clearly designed from the ground up with very fine attention to difficulty in mind, so the game is difficult but will always be possible to overcome.

The argument people have about time constraints doesnt work either. If someone says they can't find the time to waste dying and repeating the same bosses over and over until they grasp the concept of the attack patterns and tells then the game simply isn't for them. The entire series is built on that foundation of risking everything for the glory of accomplishment through skill and perseverance. That is an absolutely perfect reason not to like the game, it is not an acceptable one to have the developer change their vision and work. It would be a betrayal to the entire game to remove that system.

The simple fact is that if the game is too difficult you either need to put the effort in to get better or come to the realisation that you just don't enjoy this type of experience and move on

[rainslacker]

Difficulty doesn't have to change the actual gameplay. It can be something as simple as being more forgiving of mistakes, or in some cases, taking less damage, or more frequent checkpoints.

They can keep their vision and make the normal mode the current way they do things, and just have the easy mode an option. Give the trophy for completion to the hard modes, and call it a day. These games are praised for their quality, so they get attention, but not everyone hears they're not as easy as other games. That turns them off of the game, as if you're not expecting it, the frustration tends to lead people to quit and wonder why people thought it was so good in the first place. That's how the real world works at least.

[RacerX]

I find it funny how "insulted" and "outraged" some gamers are, that a different gamer sitting in his own home wants to play the game with an easier mode. The arguments are so dumb, you all have too much time on your hands if you care how someone else enjoys a video game... Let alone, care enough to actually be angry about it.

[monkey602]

Personally I'm not insulted or angry in any way, shape or form.
I couldn't care if they made an easy mode really.

I would just understand if FromSoft were insulted at the gaming journalists throwing them under the bus. When they should be defending them.
In a way I can understand that some people could want this game to be more accessible but in a market currently flooded with other options those people could just move on and leave FromSoft to do what they do best.

RacerX you'd be seriously mistaken to think I'm angry or upset. Or that I've let this discussion consume my day in some way.
I'm simply throwing my 2 cents into a discussion about a hobby of mine. Same as you just have

[frostypants]

I'd actually love it if they offered an easy mode...that could only be unlocked in NG+. Just to screw with people.

[harmny]

Trophies and achievements? So that's your reason. Your ego. Hahahaha pathetic. "Look mommy I'm In the elite group of gamers that beat sekiro! I'm better than someone else! Look at all my trophies and achievements"

[rainslacker]

I really hope we havent devolved so much that people are insulted over something so stupid that isn't even directed at them, and has no effect on them whatsoever. If ones self worth is tied to being able to complete these games when they're hard, and needs to be in that elite group to feel good about themselves, then they probably have bigger issues than is these games get an easy mode or not

[hiawa23]

My thoughts, exactly..

[Uken12]

I am a huge SoulsBorne fan. Played all of them hundreds of times. Invested countless hours into Dark Souls alone.
I was hoping Sekiro would be awesome. But to be honest it has problems. It is highly unbalanced and the mechanics actually make no sense.
The difficulty wouldn't be a problem if you could actually level up against it and didn't have to spend a bunch of time mastering the controls. Yes, mastering the controls. It's too high of a skill gap for people to even get into the game.
I don't really feel like spending all of that time learning every meticulous boss fight just beat that boss for absolutely no reward.

You receive trash experience from them and by the time you beat them all of your money and experience is gone anyways.
Unseen aid is absolutely pointless and stupid. You receive it from dying a lot. Well the standard enemies are dumb as hell, very easy. Mid Bosses and Bosses are frustratingly cheap. one or two hits. Thats not actually difficult, it's cheap. So you have to learn all of there moves and hope the bad camera angles and bad lock on doesn't screw you.
The lock on is bad because you randomly lock onto grapple points in an important fight, which will get you killed many times.

The move variety isn't there. No customization. Seriously just a highly watered down Souls game with bare bones mechanics. The boss fights are what it is about. It isn't a long game by any means. It is only long because you get stuck at a boss fight and just do it over and over again. It's a boring way to make a game "Hard".

Art Design and graphics wise. It looks beautiful. Cool enemies and environments. It's impossible boss fights really take away from the game. But it needs them because otherwise the game would be way too short and feel empty. Which it is.

Bloodborne was a simplified Dark Souls. Made more mainstream. Sekiro is a simplified Bloodborne.

Also the farming is highly annoying and sucks. Just like Vanilla Bloodborne and having to constantly farm for bloodviles and bullets. Which they ended up changing, why? Because it was designed poorly and made the game tedious. It took away from the action and was annoying.

I like my games with difficulty but this game is just cheap. I've beat Ninja Gaiden on OG Xbox on the hardest difficult, Beat Legendary on Halo, Beat Champions road in Mario 3D World, beat Crystal Man's crap level in Megaman 5.

Sekiro's difficulty annoys me and makes me not want to play it. It makes it not fun. It's is trying to be an action game but you are punished for it. The only way to level up is to find an area to run through the Meatsim enemies. And just farm experience and gold. Boring and there is no reward. Nothing to collect.

This should be labelled as a Boss Fight game. It's just not that fun. If I want to get meticulous at fighting in a video game. I will just play an actual fighting game. It's the laziest From Software game to date. They should take a break from yearly releases and spend more time on a more well thought out game.

[Dspdspes]

I can't believe what I just read......

[Alek83]

As long as most trophies and achievements can only be received in the original (current) difficulty, I don't really care if they introduce an easy mode. The game would just be boring and unrewarding, but whatever.

[sampsonon]

i think when people say easier mode they don't me LALALA mode. more of a medium mode more than anything.
and i think having a different trophy list will stop the man tears from falling.

[Hungryalpaca]

The games aren’t that hard. They’re about timing, reaction and patience. The games difficulty is built around that.

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[sampsonon]

@Hungryalpaca: i know that's what it takes. and i wouldn't be playing on an easier mode. but like people have been stating in the comment section. there are people that work long hours, have kids, you know, other things that take precedent over gaming. so having a mode that one doesn't have to grind for the 5 - 6 hrs.

i don't understand how you guys don't see just how immature it sounds when people are fighting to keep something out of reach of others. especially when it doesn't affect them in any way.
if it was a multiplayer situation and it affected their game play i could understand.
but yeah.

[FunAndGun]

If you are that pressed for time to play, then just watch a YouTube video playthrough. You can experience the whole game and don't have to deal with the pesky gameplay portion of the game.

[rainslacker]

Why would you care. The plat can be locked behind the hard mode completion like many games already do. Is your ego so precious that you need to prove yourself bu your trophies?

[NeoGamer232]

If a game's rating of 9's and 10's is solely based on its difficulty that is pretty stupid. I like From software. Have fought through several of their games just to prove "I still have it" when it comes to difficult games. But, I do not give it a 9 or 10 just because it endlessly kills me, makes me doubt my gaming ability at times, and I end up buying a new controller after I "recycle" the current one in frustration. There is much more to these games.

I agree that achievements/trophies should be driven based on current difficulty.

[solideagle]

lol

[Samus707]

It really IS insulting and bums me out about the gaming community right now. Speaks to the weakness and fragility of the people who are unable to beat the game. They can't accept their own inadequacy and so they blame the game for not being tuned to their skill level. It's the equivalent of a needing a participation trophy in sports. What a joke.

[Indigon]

An easy mode would not take away the experience. If you don't want to experience a watered down game just don't select easy mode.

[sampsonon]

you can't reason with ignorant people I'm afraid.

[NXFather]

I would have said stupid since ignorant people can learn and be informed. Some people insists against factual truth and evidence.

[ArchangelMike]

I know exaclt how you feel.

It's because of these same cry babies that big game publishers now exploit them with microtransactions, booster packs, and "time savers" in practically every game, because people want someone else to butter their bread for them - because "it's just way too hard" and "takes up... omg!!! just way too much time". Then go play Candy Crush, or Mario or whatever. What you even looking at Sekiro for when you know it's just not your type of game?

[Hungryalpaca]

It’s pretty clear you don’t play the games. Overcoming the challenges is what makes them unique. Take away the difficulty and the games quickly become boring. Just watch late game players go back to early areas and cleave through everything.

[Indigon]

You are probably true but that's not a good reason to not have an easy mode. Apparently some gamers are requesting it. Having an easy mode does not affect your gameplay if you never select it.

[rainslacker]

I find spending hours on one thing kind of boring. Even understanding it's supposed to be hard, I usually dont go away from such things feeling inspired that I finally got through. If something is that unforgiving to actually learning what needs to be done in other games, it's usually considered bad design.

I also think people assume that easy means a hold your hand mode, but there are ways to make a game easier without actually changing the nature of the game play to require timing, learning, or understanding like these games require.

[Asuka]

Yes it does.

It cheapens my experience and makes my accomplishments feel worthless when I know someone else out there did it an easy way. Call it being selfish on my part or what have you. But that's just how I feel when I see someone else getting a "participation trophy" for accomplishing the same things I worked hard to achieve.

[Xb1ps4]

Lol really? Over a video game?

I work hard at my job... imagine how i feel knowing that there are ppl making millions while they sleep!

Now that makes my accomplishments feel worthless...

[Asuka]

@Xb1ps4

I mean yeah it is just a video game. I'm not really mad about the video game or easy mode per se. More so the mentality behind it. Hence why I mentioned "participation trophy." I just can't stand that mentality of "I must be handed everything because I was born and I breathe thus I'm entitled." That is what I cannot stand. It's just how I feel.

but TBH as far as complaining about a video game I could give two s****. hell even the drama about epic game store exclusives I don't really give a f*** about. Just people whining because they have all the time in the world.

[rainslacker]

So, the person completing the last of us on normal mode has the same accomplishment as the one who completed it on grounded mode?

Also, you should evaluate the importance trophies have on your self accomplishment. It is not the mark of being good at games, or you are a true gamer that you get a plat in these games.

People want to play the game. I dont think they're asking for that to get easy trophies or accomplishments. I have yet to see anyone ask them to change it so much they can get all the trophies easily, and hard mode completion trophies are a common staple in many games. It would affect you at all. It could even distinguish you from others who havent achieved the hard mode trophies.

[Onenyte]

Persevere or F**k off tbh

[DarkZane]

I say it would take away from the experience. Having an easy mode would very likely have an impact on the normal difficulty game balance.

[Indigon]

Why? If you don't choose the easy settings it's never going to affect you. If you don't pick it it basically isn't even there for your.

[FunAndGun]

Just go watch a YouTube video playthrough if the gameplay in the game is too hard. You can 'experience' the game in a few hours that way....it would be very easy.

[william_cade]

It won't take away from the game play (because you can choose not to), it will take away from the experience. From's entire cult following is based on being challenging and hard to access. You take that away, you also take away the mystique these games have i.e. the experience. Seriously you can't believe what you typed, it isn't even possible.

It's a fair and complete game and doesn't play favorites. Get a grip.

[opc]

I wouldn't want to insult them with my money.

[Gamehard]

Yeah, the steady stream of articles trying to justify why there needs to be an easy mode added really is obnoxious. If FromSoft felt so inclined, they should add a crybaby mode where the enemies all run away crying at the sight of you or they die instantly when they attack you. Disable trophies or achievements in it and just make it so stupid easy that it's more unenjoyable for the people begging for it than the game currently is because it's too hard.

[TheEnigma313]

That would be funny as hell. Not a bad idea to troll all these complainers.

[iDadio]

Well let’s face it we’ve all seen people do little preview videos and for some reason they are generally done by someone bad at games. Now imagine trying to write a review article for a game you can barely surpass the tutorial.

[CaitSith]

Haha, Crybaby Mode. I like that.

[notachance]

it isn't even that hard, especially if you're blockdancing

all these bandwagoners got affected by all the media suggestion "hurr durr it's from soft games, you need to be a loser with no life to git gud at it", and probably tried early bosses and got surprised a game actually requires you to learn and not be a practical god after 5 minutes tutorial.

you just need to learn, and you'll see it's actually fair and doable. Not taking in the internet suggestion that it's hard helps a lot too.

[sampsonon]

a grown man being offended by people wanting to play a game with an easier mode is a joke.
it's a fuking game. while you sit and play it you wouldn't even know, nor should you care, that someone is playing it on a easier mode.

GROW THE HELL UP and find something more important to be insulted by. something that actually effects your life.
not a bloody video game.

elitist snob

[yomfweeee]

Not only that, they think they are "skilled" because they have the time to get killed hundreds of time. That isn't skill, that's have a lot of free time.

[TheEnigma313]

no one is insulted, just tired of grown men crying about it.

[sampsonon]

funny cause the title reads "The begging for a Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice easy mode is insulting".
didn't you read the title?

[BlackTar187]

Would rather be an elitist snob then some whiny entitled snob

[sampsonon]

you're both. congrats!

[AspiringProGenji]

You wouldn’t survive playing Battle toads Double Dragon or Spideman Maximun Carnage if they were released today... we get it mr. snowflake

[pitythefool]

So the group crying for an easy option the developers didn’t want to put in the game are being reasonable but the group saying play it the way it was made need to grow up,

Bloody hell put the dummy back in pumpkin someone has it backwards.

Let’s put it this way how many people are crying for easy modes to get taken away when the option already existed

[BlackTar187]

You don't seem to know what entitled is.

[akbennyewu]

Sampsonon, you are 100% correct, you boss.

[FunAndGun]

A grown man crying for an easy mode in a video game is equal cringe.

Grow the hell up and don't play it, watch a YouTube playthrough, or cry more.

[Kabaneri]

Co-op would have made this game way more accessible and fun.

[TheEnigma313]

What's sad is a bunch of grown men online crying about a game is too hard. Grow a pair and stop complaining. If you're a gamer you are already familiar with fromsoftwares games. Stop being a bunch of babies and just watch it on youtube if it's too hard.

[yomfweeee]

Asking for it and even making an argument for it, is not the same as begging.

[rainslacker]

I'm just discussing it on the philosophical level. I really couldn't care less. But I tend to take the side of an easy mode not affecting anyone the way some make it out like it would. I also see a lot more hostility in those that are against it as if their self worth is somehow tied to their ability to finish the game, or bragging about taking 7-9 hours to complete one boss, as if that kind of thing is typical, and as if they wouldn't throw the controller not only through their TV, but their neighbors TV, before heading over to best buy to throw it through all their TVs on display. I'm all for learning the game mechanics. But to me, if a game is that unforgiving, I consider it poor game design.

The last valkyrie on GOW on hard mode was a challenge. A good one. One where you can see where you messed up, and work to find ways around it, but for the most part, itnwas forgiving enough you had time to learn that and comprehend it, then it was just a mix of being good, coupled with a bit of luck. Took me about 3 hours to do, after hours of grinding out some other upgrades which didn't really help much. But it forced me to try different things, and learn some combos I thought might be helpful. That helped in other parts of the game. That's good design IMO. These games are, "Well, you screwed up or aren't aware of what needs to be done. Let's punish you in the most frustrating and annoyingly way possible as a result." Sekiro appears to be a bit better about the punishment

[SoulClaw]

Put Millenials in a concentration camp....this crying is so fucking annoying....this pussy generation will ruin everything we love

[iDadio]

The self entitlement, lack of resilience and outright laziness is indeed sickening.

[DrumBeat]

That, take away their cell phones, and leave them with one of these for the entire camp to share.

https://i.pinimg.com/origin...

[rainslacker]

You mean those who get offended because someone wants an easy mode on a game?

[FloydianAndroid]

It’s just a residual effect of what the zeitgeist is in today’s culture. Everything has to be inclusive. People want maximum payoffs for minimum effort. I would venture to say most people “begging” for an easy mode really have no interest in the devs vision for the game.

[DrumBeat]

They ruined online game chat. Everyone's an insular little mouse now.

[Hungryalpaca]

I’m getting really tired of this. The games are hard. They’re about learning the mechanics, timing, patience and pattern recognition. The difficulty and dying is part of the mechanics. The games are built around a core difficulty which is why the combat is so satisfying. It’s all built to work together.

Adding an easy mode would require more time and resources to completely balance it out. It’s not just “lowering boss health” or “damage done”.

When you get powerful in the DS games and go back to starting areas, they end up being really boring because you’re not fighting for your life. You’re just hacking away and enemies aimlessly. There’s no tension, death only comes if you’re an idiot and enemies are laughable.

The difficulty is what the games are built around. The challenge, constant learning and testing the player.

If it’s too hard figure out why. Go to the training guy and practice what it is that you’re having trouble with.

Learn the game, don’t cry about it being too hard because you’re too lazy to figure out how the game works.

[InMyOpinion]

I wonder if this concern is raised by actual gamers or if it's mainly gaming journalists?

I'm usually having a hard time watching game streams where they fumble to handle the most basic of operations. Last night I suffered through a journalist completely butchering EDF: Iron Rain. He didn't even looked amused by what is probably the best game this year (completely objective).

[Wolfenstein51]

I bought Demon’s Souls and loved it....until it got too hard. I played Dark Souls and....same thing. I frequently buy copies of games on console and PC. So let’s break it down:

Dark Souls : $60
Dark Souls Remastered PC: $60
Dark Souls 2: $60
Dark Souls 2 PC: $60
Dark Souls 2 Scholar of the First Sin PC: $40
Dark Souls 3: $60
Dark Souls 3 PC: $60
Bloodbourne: $60
Selkiro: $60
Sekiro PC: $60

That is $580.00 that From Software could have received from me....BECAUSE THEIR GAMES ARE TOO HARD and I am ONE consumer. Many people feel the same way I do. From Software potentially lost millions from consumers because their games are too difficult. THAT....is just plain stupid on their part. So yes, easy mode should be an option after dying like 10 times or more on ALL games.

[monkey602]

And on the other side of things created a huge fan base and even their own sub genre with a large following of copycat titles.
Yeah I think they're doing fine without your 580 dollars dude

[BlackTar187]

Demon Souls and all souls are the hardest the first few hours they get much much easier the further you progress . So i think you're full of it.

[ArchangelMike]

Your straw man argument is burning itself down.

If Sekiro is not the game for you please just move on, your blatant hyperbole is uncessesary and disengenuos. There are millions of other games out there that you will love and enjoy. But let FROMSOFT mak the games that THEY want to make, not the games that YOU want them to make for You. It's called "creative freedom" and without it we would'nt have games like the Soulsbourne games, or even Sekiro.

So yeah, go ahead and keep your "$580." Yeah right!

[rainslacker]

I'm much in the same boat. I dont mind d the difficulty as I'm fine learning, and if I like it I'll play the hard modes for trophies anyhow.

But, can't remember which game it was, maybe dark souls, but was enjoying the early part, and spent about 40 minutes of rather stale early game play before getting to the first boss. Up to that point, there was no actual tutorial of how to do things. But that was fine. Then the boss fight started, and I was quickly killed. I barely had a chance to do anything before it happened. Ok, I thought...I'll just go again, but nope, got thrown back to the beginning and then ended up falling down a hole about 30 minutes on the way back to the boss. So, respawned back at the start, and made it back to the other boss on the other path, and was quickly dispatched. About three hours all together, and after all that, i just thought, "this isn't fun". I. An overcome hard modes. I can beat hard bosses. But I'm not going to spend hours just to have the chance to do so. Its soured me on the ideas surrounding this debate, and is a big reason I don't go for their games day one. I often get around to them at some point, but I dont usually get the feeling that I've accomplished something because i beat them. I end up respecting the design, but finding it fundamentally flawed on a design level because it expects the gamer to understand, and I doubt one could beat these games without excessive research into the strategies required, because the games themselves don't really make that clear

[FGHFGHFGH]

There's usually a shorcut to unlock near the boss in souls games so you don't have to go through the whole level

[Omar3li]

Should've learned from the first time, L

[Hungryalpaca]

so Change the entire game because you don’t like a challenge. Got it.

[Shikoku]

No the fact you think it's insulting is the problem. Some people want to play them but they don't have time to sit and play the same enemies and bosses a 1000 times to "get gud" at the game.

[Hungryalpaca]

And I want an instant raise at my job without doing any of the work necessary to get it.

[GamingSinceForever]

I like the game where it’s at, but why complain about others wanting the option?

Let the hardcore play it on difficult and the casuals play it on easy. It’s a single player game so why does it really matter to any of you?

Complaining about others complaining is nevertheless complaining. Smdh!

[DrShoe]

I've said this before, game reviewers aren't real gamers

[GordyNYC]

Some people just dont have the time to devote to getting good at a game. I just want to see the environment/enemy/story design throughout the whole game. Call it "explorer mode" or something.

[Majin-vegeta]

Watch it on youtube then

[GordyNYC]

watching isnt playing.

[Casepb]

Are they? These are people that don't have the time to "git gud" for whatever reason and just want to experience the game. If it's insulting then by that logic NOT wanting the game to be enjoyed by all gamers is selfish.

[BoneMagnus]

I haven’t played it yet - is it more difficult that Dark Souls or Bloodborne?

I remember when I first played Bloodborne, I had to adjust because the combat it is different than Dark Souls. But I figured it out and was fine.

I figured this would be the same.

[iDadio]

Same ball park generally but again different style. If you made the transition already from souls to B.B. you can do it again. I’d maybe say the learning curve on Sekiro is slightly steeper but also gets a bit easier overall once you can parry and stop pressing dodge.

[DVAcme]

I only approve of an easy mode if it's as insulting as humanly possible to the player. I mean lock the ending to normal mode, change sound effects to clown horns, make the main character dress like Dr. Frankenfurter and change the music to elevator jingles. Basically, make it hilariously awful so that players with actual balls will still get something out of it by taking the piss out of it and streaming it for laughs.

[Chriswynnetbh]

I'm glad that FromSoft has yet to add easy modes despite all the crying and whining every time they release a new game. This is the exact type of culture we need to move away from. Not everything needs to be all inclusive. As a person that plays games for the challenge, I don't bitch and moan about games I find too easy. Clearly those games aren't targeted at me so I don't play them. If you can't get through Sekiro, or any FromSoft game for that matter, either git gud or move the fuck on.

[Thundercat77]

Sekiro is like playing Punch Out against Myke Tyson.

You need to learn the patterns of all enemies and bosses which takes a lot of time. You need God-like reflexes and timing. You need patience and be ready to die a lot.

Sekiro is a good game but I am not a fan of the new deflect based combat and the dragonrot system which I feel is unnessesary.

On previous games you died a lot and that's ok. Now you die a lot and also you have to take care of that desease too like if it wasn't enough already.

[iDadio]

Yeah but it takes so many deaths to even trigger it once and you get plenty of droplets. That would only become a problem if you was literally dying hundreds of times.

[SkippyPaccino]

This is what happens when you give the puddle babies & the cross-play babies a voice. It never stops...

[AnubisG]

I've been reading about this for a few days now and it's truly getting old.

There are two sides and both are little crybabies.

On one hand you got mainly journalists calling for an easy mode for Sekiro.
On the other hand you got these elitists thinking that somehow an easy mode will ruin their fun. How the actual F will it ruin your game or fun if they add an easy mode? It won't.

Yes, FromSoftware games are hard. But that does not mean they can't add an easy mode for people who aren't good gamers but would love to play Sekiro without getting a stroke.

They could do it easily. Lock the trophies in easy mode so all these butthurt elitists stop crying about it. These elitists are like children and they feel like their cake is about to be taken away. Guess what, if you beat Sekiro in it's current form, no one will take that away from you.

If they add an easy mode, more people can experience how awesome and artistic this game is. It means more sales and a better chance for a sequel. So stop crying about people wanting an easy mode. It will change nothing for you. This is just a game and not your life or identity.

Jesus Christs you people.....seriously.

[Chriswynnetbh]

Clearly FromSoft isn't that worried about the extra sales as their games do pretty well as is.

And by asking for an easy mode, you are asking them to alter the experience they want you to have. Their games are meant to be challenging and that aspect is built into the core vision of their games. It's essentially the same thing as asking a musician to change the style of music they write to appeal to a wider audience. You wouldn't go up to a math metal band and say, "hey you should write pop music so that I will buy your album". See how asinine that sounds?

[AnubisG]

What you are saying is not even in the same ballpark.

[Fishy Fingers]

I enjoyed the challenge of Bloodborne for the most part, but simply dont have that much free time to invest in one game anymore. Personally I'd welcome an 'easier' mode, it would bag them another sale and why any of that could upset the badasses who do have the time/inclination to play it on default I have no idea.

[Mr Logic]

Came here for all the From gatekeeping. Was not disappointed.

If you're someone who has a problem with OTHER people playing a game on a different difficulty than you, then maybe it's time to reexamine your life priorities.

[Hungryalpaca]

Making an easy mode requires resources and rebalancing all of which take time and resources away from building the game the way it’s meant to be played. That’s what you people don’t understand. The difficulty is core to the game. Changing the difficulty requires rebalancing the entire thing. It’s not as simple as “give more health”.

[XxExacutionerxX]

I would like to enjoy the game, at least have a medium mode of play for some what of a challenge. A game being too hard is only enjoyable for a small audience of people. I’m sorry but I hated Dark Souls and still do because dying 1000 times to get through somewhere is not fun and there is no point. If anything the game should bring you in and teach you how to do well in the first couple of levels. Then after you feel like a bada**, then the game should challenge you in the later levels.

[Phantom68]

No. It isn’t.

[Inzo]

The only people begging for an easy mode are so called games journalists which begs the question how did they review Bloodborne? This means that they were either lying or they summarised someone else's review who actually finished the game.

[XxExacutionerxX]

Would Super Mario 2 lost levels be as Successful as Super Mario 2 If they had released that game first in the US? Heck No. Having a very difficult game doesn’t sell well and isn’t fun compared to a game where someone can play through for the story and enjoy the game they’re playing. Games are meant to be fun and the casual Audience will end up passing on everything FromSoftware makes if they keep releasing games that are too hard. There’s going to be a huge differences from a sells point of view between Sekiro and Ghost of tsushima. One of those games most people will get through and enjoy the story.

[Chriswynnetbh]

You think FromSoft is really that concerned about a few extra sales? They haven't cared since Demon's Souls, why would they care now?

And games aren't MEANT to be anything. Fun is completely subjective and if you aren't having fun playing their shit then go find some other game to play. Simple as that.

[XxExacutionerxX]

Why do you play games? Because you have too, are you getting paid..
Games are supposed to be fun

[Chriswynnetbh]

Yeah but I actually think the fun is in the challenge. Without the challenge, I wouldn't have fun playing them. I avoid easy games like the plague. If I'm not overcoming anything what am I doing? Going from point A to point B with no obstacles sounds boring af.

[motorsport71]

An article everyday about the same subject. Let it tf go already

[TheEnigma313]

they will keep talking about this just like when they kept b****ing about cross play.

[hiawa23]

The more people devs can get to buy or play their games the better for all gamers so I have no issue with them adding an easier setting for this game. How does that affect your game? It doesn't. Gamers enjoy their games as they see fit. You don't get to decide for other gamers.

[hiawa23]

Or gamers can do what I do. When I run into trouble I just open up the IGN or You Tube guides.

[JesusBuiltmyHotrod]

Let game creators make the game they want to make..not everything needs to be accessible to everyone...this is yet more faux outrage. The vast majority of games are already watered down for mass appeal.

[Wolfenstein51]

Games are meant to be fun, not frustrating.....period.

[TheEnigma313]

there are other games out there you can enjoy.

[Chriswynnetbh]

Fun is a completely subjective term. If you aren't having fun, then maybe you don't like the game. Ever thought if that?

[PixelOmen]

Asking for Sekiro to be easier is like asking for your sushi to be cooked. What's the point? Just eat something else.

[Psychonaut85]

It's like when I played Super Meat Boy. I enjoyed it, got several levels in, then started just getting slaughtered repeatedly. So I quit. Because i wasn't good enough, and I wasn't invested enough to spend the time to get good enough. At no point did I think that the game should be easier. If you were that genuinely interested in experiencing Sekiro, you'd invest the time to get skillful at it. Like I'm sure you do many other things in your life. If you're not interested enough to put in the time then you don't deserve the experience. Because the challenge and difficulty IS a huge part of the Souls-like experience. It's baked into the very structure of the game.

[Petebloodyonion]

I don't see why adding an easy option should be a detriment to the game.
Honestly, it's a single player game and if some ppl can't overcome the challenge then it's not fun for them.
(Here's a legendary difficult game)
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

And no! it won't dilute the product because an option is inserted as an example
The original Contra is considered one the hardest game of all time yet we all know of the Konami code that grants 30 lives.
After 30 years, the game is still considered a masterpiece so is the Konami code.

[Moe-Gunz]

No keep the game the way it is. From creates challenging games but it all relies on the player to understand what he or she is doing. It’s fair in its difficulty.

Games that have artificial difficulty is the ones I dislike. You know the ones that just make enemies take more damage and hit harder but they’re not smarter. I don’t like those.

From creates challenging rewarding games and they don’t need to change their philosophy imo.

[buffig]

Does nobody remember the days of 8bit gaming when you got 3 lives to finish a game (Excluding 1ups). My 10 year old has 100% completion on hollow knight, but he was shocked when I put metroid on the nes for him to have a stab at. Games used to be hard as nails. Now it seems everyone needs all the answers instantly. Learning every attack pattern and how every move is telegraphed to the point where you finally beat that boss you've been stuck on for 2 days is where half the fun comes from

[TheEnigma313]

My sons gets frustrated at the first mario. I tell him it's too hard for him and he got pissed because he kept dying. Most of our generation grew up on majority of games being difficult.

[anonymousfan]

It's a bit like porn vs getting a girlfriend. One is easy and fleeting the other is hard and rewarding... :P

[Vithar]

Miyazaki is at his home LHFAO

[Sirk7x]

Remember Tenchu, when if you died at the boss with multiple health bars, you had to replay the entire level? I remember.

[froy402]

Awesome article , i approve.

[SpinalRemains138]

It's not hard to press L1. This is getting ridiculous.

[Hakoom]

instead release a patch and make it harder xD
this game sure is tough but i enjoy being killed over and over in it lol

[Count_Bakula]

"I don't want this to exist because I'm not going to use it." Current BS landscape for most things. WTF do you care if you're only playing the original way?

[senorfartcushion]

Insulting? It's not about you, selfish arse-crack.

[Fraggle1987]

I love from software games but by god I hate from software fanboys. The issue of an easy mode in sekiro has really brung the arsehole out in them. Sanctimonious, stuck up pricks. The fact that you care about other people playing a mode that helps them and does nothing to you says it all. Having you as a fan base is insulting.

[opc]

It's really goofy because they'd get more sales which would lead to bigger and better games.

Oh well.

[akbennyewu]

Actually, the holier than thou response to a pretty reasonable request is insulting. Quit being offended by everything you may not agree with.

No one I asking to make the entire base game easier, they are simply requesting the implementation of an easier mode.

I get that it is contrary to the base structure of this title, and even understand if the request is denied on that very reasoning, but that does not make it okay to respond like this.

[Rachel_Alucard]

Japan takes pride in all of their work. If they serve you something, you are supposed to take it as it is because they see that as the best way to enjoy something. Like if you go to a restaurant in JP and order coffee, you can not make any adjustments to that coffee, or you will offend them and they may claim they don't have any sugar/milk/etc. This is seen as hostile to Americans since everything is self serve, but it's a good thing since it results in higher quality focused products instead of trying to appeal to everyone like in the west. Adding an easy mode goes against that mindset.

[Larrysweet]

every game needs easy mode. none cares if your a maschoist

[Wolfenstein51]

From Software can go ahead and keep making hard games. Myself, and MANY others, will continue to avoid their games like the plague. There are too many good games nowadays to spend an entire evening trying to beat one boss.

[SaveFerris]

Why not just respect the developers vision? Video games, like puzzles, can be challenging, but that is part of the fun. That feeling of satisfaction you get by beating a boss after several hours, or days, is that much sweeter. If From Software decide to add an 'Easy' mode, I'd hope it would be a 'press X to win' where the game ends after a single button press and the player gets no trophies or achievements.

[opc]

I respect their vision and will not buy their game. Is that a win for them?

[SaveFerris]

That is your choice, and no different from you choosing to buy one game over another. Meanwhile, other gamers will choose to buy Sekiro because they want to.

[opc]

you didn't answer my question

[Wolfenstein51]

I got it. Keep the games hard and add an easy mode 1 year later so I can play it on the cheap.

[gamer7804]

there is already mods that makes it into an easy mode, just play how you want to play the game and not worry about how other people want to play it... sheesh.

[SpineSaw]

Time to Git Gud cause Souls games have only 1 mode and it is the easy mode. What's next asking gamers in PVP FPS games to stand in front of you so you can get a Kill? Souls games have been around for 10yrs now and they only have the easy mode who are these people?

[blvdnights1414]

Yeah well I didn't want the T-800 to be lowered into the vat of molten steel. But you don't see me crying "change the movie because I can't enjoy it the way it was made" You as a consumer have the choice to purchase the product they made or to pass on it and as it is not something you'd enjoy. Stop acting like you're a stakeholder in their company because you paid money for something they created for your entertainment.

[ramiuk1]

It does no harm adding easier mode,maybe same dificulty but enemys with lower HP?
or player with double the HP it would normally have.
either way some gamers want to experience the game and its story yet my struggle with certain game types.
likea game having a rpg story with selective chat and one thats chosen for you to keep the story flowing on a mor drect path (witcher and mass effect)

[buffig]

My friends and I, about five or six of us, buy every From game at launch. A big part of the experience is coming into work day after day and discussing our gameplay sessions from the night before. Who beat which boss. How we did it. Which paths we chose to explore. How many times we died. Fundamental to this is the level playing field. Nobody went home and beat it in a night by running through it on easy. While I appreciate this might not be for everyone, I think From know who they are making games for. We're all very passionate about these games. They mean a lot to us and I think it's ok for us to not be happy with the thought of the addition of an easy mode. I realise this is all just speculation and conjecture, but the reasons listed above are why I personally would hate this hypothetical scenario.

[AK91]

Ugh

[PyroMessiah86]

From Software games are supposed to be challenging.

This is the developers vision and style that fans love them for. If you can't deal with that then you don't respect the original vision of the game and should look elsewhere.

If you want an easy game go find one. There's plenty to chose from.

[william_cade]

I hope their next game is even more challenging. They don't need game reviewers to sell their games.

In fact most reviewers are crass anyway.

[SandwichJones]

lol "i better get my superiority badge"

[NovusTerminus]

So, since I can beat DMC on Hell and Hell it's insulting to have easier modes then that. Everything lower then it should be removed.

If it's an option, and your not planning to use it... There is no big deal.

[Ogygian]

The option of an easy mode is like a cheat menu. It's too tempting and would ruin the game, so adding it in would be a serious mistake.

[Gwiz]

What if I told you that Sekiro is not even a hard mode.

[WelkinCole]

Artistic Freedom

Diversity of games

It goes against these if we ask Devs to change things to fit people.

Its not a good thing.

Beside if you think Seriko is hard you obviously you have not game long enough to know what hard games are like for example Contra or NES Ninja Gaiden.

[X-23]

I have this on my back log to play because when I play it I want to give it all my attention however the solution to this is simple: If the game is too hard for you then either step your game up or just play something else, seems like we've literally just started getting real games again that actually challenge the player and now people are begging for that to go away, nah son.

[Mfm]

Writes message,

If only i had a friend...

[DafunkyRebel]

DS series and Bloodborne had coop that’s why it was enjoyable and people could beat them but Sekiro is balls deep in that difficulty curve with no coop that most people just give up, and that will ruin the game experience so an easy mode is logical

[ChiefofLoliPolice]

Not to offend you but that type of mindset right there, is very poisoning to the gaming community as a whole. New games and even those with a longtime hardcore fanbases are being casualized. It's sick🤢.

[Veneno]

What's really bad is that the youtubers and games media that I actually respect are whining about easy mode too. I lost alot of respect for them over this. They should know better than to ask From to compromise their art.

[aftershock]

Am I mistaken, but did people not bitch this much even on the first Demon Souls game? The challenge is part of the allure of From Software games. Either adapt and overcome or trade your copy in. The feeling of elation you get from beating a tough section is unmatched in gaming.

[riibhu]

I wonder what kind of reaction these people who demand easy mode will have when they find out that Sekiro actually has a hidden "hard mode" lmao.

[SirenAries]

It compromises that director's vision. they spend years balancing the game a certain way. It's not like a typical action game, their games are extremely precise. It is never not fair Or hard just to be hard and cheap (cough Nioh cough) You hear a lot of excuses like "well we don't have the time to really sit down and learn it." Get real. go play something else then, that's the trophy generation talking. These games are geared towards a hard core demographic. it should not have to be watered down because people wont apply themselves and learn it just like the rest of us did. It took me 3 tries before I figured out demon souls and realized this game is the real deal. Now I'm hooked on the entire souls series and their games because I put in the time and challenged myself. The reward for hard work is rewarding gameplay and an exhilarating experience.

[Harryvok]

I can’t see how adding a mode where you had a more forgiving parry window, did more damage and had more health would affect anyone else playing the game on the regular mode, especially being a single player game. Doesn’t actually have to change the developer’s vision at all. Maybe they’re worried that an easier time with the game would start to highlight inadequacies in their game because it relies so much on being ‘tough’.

But hey, if they’re happy to narrow their audience and sell less copies (whether that’s a lot of sales or not), it’s their decision in the end. I got burnt out after DS3 and The Surge. I just can’t be bothered playing an area or boss more than a couple times, not with limited game time due to life, so I’ll just skip this.

[SirenAries]

You say "highlight their inadequacies" yet you're the gamer who can't complete the game on your own and have no skill. These are top tier developers who sell a lot of copies and score very high. The only inadequate person is you and the gamers who will not apply themselves. you want a trophy just for showing up. Many of us have full time jobs, families ,commute etc. and we still beat these games . don't make excuses because you dont have patience or a high skill level for gaming.

[pitythefool]

It doesn’t affect anybody, it’s just not an option, those who don’t like FPS games can’t select third person view in Halo.

I mean why not, it won’t affect anybody, it will make it more accessible, right ?

Doesn’t matter the devs never wanted to make the game that way, people are within their right to demand that are they.

[Harryvok]

Oh get fucked wanker.

[GodOfNothing]

What would happen if life had an easy mode? Take all the challenge out of the day-to-day struggle and just dumb down all of existence for the weak, tired, or lazy. I'm at least 35 and I grew up playing hard-as-balls NES games like ninja gaiden, contra, mega man series, etc., and I am so irrevocably satisfied that a modern major game publisher still produces a worthwhile challenge and experience which caters to more mature gamers who might not want to have their hands held throughout their gaming experience. Sekiro and other From games are made for a somewhat specific audience, namely those who want to stick it out and be sincerely challenged like gamers used to be. Games used to teach us to think for ourselves, to have good hand-eye coordination and to react quickly and intelligently. Now it's just following orders from cutscene to cutscene. After 30 years of gaming I still kinda suck at most games, but getting the plat on BB and finally beating Sekiro (with a side order of CHEESE, why lie?) made me feel like a real gamer again. Playing either BB or Sekiro on EASY would have robbed me of the accomplishment I felt and thereby circumvent any reason I would have had to pick up that controller, or create that fictional universe in the first place. Gaming should go back to its roots and leave the weak and the chaff in its dust. Survival of the fittest, fellow "humans."

[SirenAries]

Amen!

[bumsick]

I bought this game at release on steam, loved all the souls games, finished all the souls games. However i decided to refund it after a few hours. Life being what it is nowadays i do not have the time to dedicate to a game that requires this much attention. What i didn't do was moan about it being difficult and say "i want an easy mode". I accepted that unfortunately it's not for me, and went about my day.

[chris235]

you have to take into account that the majority of game players (i am not using the term gamers here) is now the casual crowd. of course they are a little bit upset.

[Tetsujin]

"This is the From Software way, and it’d be wrong for them to lose their unique identity solely because outsiders or naïve admirers want to hop aboard the bandwagon." I stopped reading after this line.

I'm not going to call out the author on this, but rather those who debate the "From Software doesn't need to cave in" fan base. Outside trolling, there are (and will be) gamers who want something different, and will not have an idea what type of games this company (or any others) has created in the past. And before people start arguing YouTube, Twitch, Mixer, etc. just watching someone else play a game from the company isn't really enough to justify how their games actually are. That's like me making a Street Fighter 2 video for someone who never played the series; to find out the game isn't for them because a professional/expert was showing me what they wanted me to see.

If From Software wants to make an easy mode, let them. Not everyone has 40+ hours to dedicate to a game, and sometimes people just want the story, a few other aspects, and to move on. If they like the game, they will replay again on a higher difficulty. It's not always about catering to crybabies who can't play harder games; sometimes it's to cater to those that realize real life comes first.

[outsider1624]

I've played bloodborne but it was really to hard for me. I'm not going to ask for an easy mode. I see players beating this game like it was nothing. Either i get good or play something else.
I say just name the difficulties.
Easy mode as kids/babies mode
The hard mode as for real men.

[sagapo]

At all you haters for an easy mode; GT sports is a so called driving simulator, yet comes with a load of assist options. Does that mean you have to use the assists because others do?? Of course not! See what I mean? If people want to enjoy a game without getting frustrated why would you care as long as you can play it the way developers intended? Especially since Sekiro has no online feature, where as GT does.

[8bitswarrior]

People asking for this easy don't have the patience to learn and take the time to enjoy a game.

[milohighclub]

It's simply allowing for game to be accessible by more people and will have zero impact on the core game or the superfans experience with the game.

[milohighclub]

Wow, reading through these comment is enough to turn me off fromsoftwares games. You guys are absolute virgins.

[melons]

And these articles from either side of the argument are boring now.

[Kosic]

I don't understand how having an easier mode effects the game for others who don't want it.
You can still play the game the way it was intended and just ignore the easier mode.

Guess it's a reason to make an article....

Edit; reading some of these people's responses as in "it's the developers vision."
That's a crap excuse. You make the normal mode, that's their vision, then they can patch in an easier mode for the players. Their vision hasn't changed...
And people saying "it effects us because we can pick the easy mode as well" learn some self control. /Facepalm

[Samonuske]

If they do they should do what ninja garden did and put a pink ribbon on you or something else as demeaning for playing on easy

[Cobra951]

Your op ed decrying the call for more accessibility is insulting. How would more people enjoying the game through an easier play mode ruin your experience with it through the difficult mode?

[Fritzwochel]

From Software should focus on getting rid of the frame pacing issues and do optimizations.

[soulrebel]

Keep it as it is. It's their vision. Imagine this whinging a few decades ago:
"My Rubik's Cube is too hard, design me an easier one 😭" ffs

[TheHan]

Honestly there’s nothing wrong with a easy mode, it wouldn’t change the vision of the game and wouldn’t affect development. It would just make it more enjoyable for those that don’t have time to waste dying over and over again in a game. It’s strictly players choice, I think these dark soul fans are grasping at straws in hopes of a similar dark souls sense the series has ended.