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Re:Making difficulty curves in games by ozgrakkurt on Saturday August 08, 2026 @10:23PM (#49227817)
Just make it a concrete option then. What is the point of being sneaky about it?
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Re:Making difficulty curves in games by TulliusCicero on Saturday August 08, 2026 @11:56PM (#49228312)
Yeah, Hades did this with God mode and it worked very well.
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Re:Making difficulty curves in games by mpyne on Sunday August 09, 2026 @01:13AM (#49228626)
Probably because some people want to feel like they're succeeding in the 'actual game' and not the 'Fisher Price version of the game'. For those people the solution is ultimately to make their reality appear to be that, even though it isn't.
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