Obsidian Director believes that the difficulty option is the correct call for accessibility.

New Vegas, Eternity of Eternity and Pentiment Josh Sawyer, a CRPG lover, is famous. In an interview with a PC gamer, I dug deep into RPG's “Crunchiness”.

Sawyer pointed out the interesting thing about the accessibility of these complex RPGs, and the key to creating accessible RPGs is not a simplified mechanics, but a difficulty option.

If you can make it, you can adjust it

Dragon Fighting Party in Eternal Pillar 2: Dead Fire

“I think we can accommodate different types of players, but it's not 'suitable for one size',” he explained. “When a company like OWLCAT actually gets to the difficulties, the object is actually great. If more people do so, they like it. Do we really want to dive and speak?”

Some players who believe that the concept of difficulties in video games still need to close the door according to the technical level, there is room for controversy. This opinion is especially widespread in communities such as souls, but opinions are changing in that genre.

“I want to be more thoughtful about it. Because I want to support the sweaty boys! I am at least sweat in my own gameplay. If I do not play at the highest level of difficulty, I am annoyed under it. I am annoyed when I play the game.” Sawyer continued.

While sweating, Soo -yeo mentions a player who offers the best opportunity to optimize the character. Of course, you want this progress to be divided. You fail, optimize your build, you succeed, but you can rethink the approach because of a new challenge. It is a constant balanced action for game designers.

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“I think you can do everything by creating a system. [crunchy, reactive design]Can I also create a system that supports scaling, collapses myself, and simplifies it? That's not no I work, but it's not as much as I can think about when I spend time. “

For example, sawyer yourself Eternity 2: Take the pillar of Deadfire. Despite the fact that Obsidian sent a written letter to the first 50 successful players, the game's' The Ultimate'Challense was completed. At the end of the difficulty spectrum, the game's 'story time' mode is almost impossible to die.

“I don't say it's a tuning expert, but serious and crispy challenges, tactics, and 'What do you know? If you want to cruise through this, if you can see your eyesight and follow the story, we can do that for you.”