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Helldivers 2 director weighs in on Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree's difficulty: 'A game for everyone is a game for no one' (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Being bad at games isn't a disability.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Say that to the person that has lost an arm and is playing with a special controller

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

There are plenty of videos showing people beating the game using one hand with disability controllers as well as entirely with voice controls or controllers that were specifically designed to be as stupid as possible (like bananas).

[–] [email protected] -2 points 4 months ago

But it involves much higher commitment than a regular run

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Difficulty is not the same as accessibility.

Remapping the inputs so they can be done with one hand is not the same as "you get twice as much health and mana".