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Another article that highlighs inherent flaws in the American legal system. How can this potentially be an actual lawsuit? How can "journalists" even entertain reporting on this?

Honestly I'm just posting to laugh at my fellow lemmings responses and watch see how the plaintiff is roasted for not gitting gud.

But, there is a real conversation here around continued ignorance of game development and the value of difficult games as a value proposition. Afterall, the person attempting to sue from did choose to purchase the games willingly knowing they're not for scrub casuals like themselves.

What do you all think, is difficulty gating content a real issue? Should dev's have some kind of legal requirement to appease players that can spec a build properly? Is it Thursday and I'm just looking for some easy laughs at a morons expense?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This is like suing an MMO because you want to solo raid dungeons so you can enjoy the content without having to play multiplayer.

Don't get me wrong, their opinion is fine. But the lawsuit is idiotic. Just do what the rest of us do when we're screwed over by circumstance and choices: build a bridge and get over it.

The only circumstance I could see a "too hard" lawsuit maybe possibly hypothetically working out is if the customer was disabled. They might have a slim chance if they could use the Americans with Disability Act (ADA) to sledgehammer the game developer with. I personally don't believe it would work, but I'm not a lawyer so what the hell do I know.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Pretty sure people have actually sued MMOs over group content, several times if I recall.

None of them won, of course.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)
  1. You can file the paperwork to attempt to sue anyone for anything. It doesn't mean it will be accepted by the court, or that the judge will not summon you there specifically to laugh in your face, declare your suit frivolous, throw you out, and refuse to validate your parking.
  2. If Jabroni thinks he's having it rough with Elden Ring, he ought to go back and try out the first couple of King's Field games...
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

From reading his posts, he doesn't think the game is too hard he thinks there's an entire game hidden inside Elden Ring. He claims there's an entire parallel universe for the lands between hidden in the game files and no one has found it because they purposely hid this final "50% of the game" and made it impossible to find.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

...what?...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'd say it's absolutely insane that someone might actually be able to take the creators of Elden Ring to court over the fact they're not good enough to beat a game intentionally made to be hard. I imagine they're the same people who would try and sue Sintendo over a Mrio Mker level that they can't beat first try.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I the US you can sue anyone for anything. You'll lose for stuff like this post, but you can do it all you want. The fact anyone is reporting on this is the issue. It should be ignored.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I do not always have time to “git gud” at a game. Sometimes I want to sit down and play a game for fun, not frustration. I might have played Elden Ring for more than an hour if it had an easier difficulty.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

it's almost as if not every game is made for everyone

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago

You know I could have played Euro Truck simulator for more than an hour if it had been an online pay-to-win MOBA.