At least I can fight Malenia 50+ times without any tedious things in-between. If you die three times at a boss in an 80s game, you’re starting that game over. I would say that if 80s/90s games had similar qol improvements then most of them would not be as hard as souls games.
People that say soulslikes are hard weren’t gaming back in the 80s/90s huh?
I picked up the og Mega Man. How the fuck did my 5 year old self play that shit?
Action games could either be hard or last 20 minutes.
They chose hard.
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At least I can fight Malenia 50+ times without any tedious things in-between. If you die three times at a boss in an 80s game, you’re starting that game over. I would say that if 80s/90s games had similar qol improvements then most of them would not be as hard as souls games.