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Would you prefer if games had a separate difficulty setting for boss fights? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by ArmoredCavalry@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

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I usually play games on "normal" difficulty these days, for a balanced challenge. However, I don't particularly enjoy boss fights, or at least I don't enjoy the extra challenge associated with them. Was thinking it would be nice if games had a separate setting so I could just set boss fights to "easy", while not making the rest of the game less challenging as well.

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[-] hh93@lemm.ee 27 points 11 months ago

Depending on the game I'd even do the opposite.

I don't care for the 20th fight against bandits to be hard - but a boss should feel like more of a challenge and take more time to finish.

[-] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

In certain circumstances, I agree. I am currently playing The Outer Worlds RPG. In the game there is a companion quest which culminates in fighting a "Mantinqueen"- a giant monster space bug. There is a ton of build up to it. The monster had previously killed the companion's entire mercenary group. The lair was spooky and atmospheric.

Problem was, mantiqueens were creatures I'd already fought in the open world. I could demolish one is about a minute with my upgraded weapons. This made the boss fight underwhelming.

I wouldn't want the solution to be just tacking on more healthpoints, but there are other options to make the boss creature more interesting to fight and the game took none of them.

[-] MeepMorp@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

I'm playing Jedi: Survivor on story mode right now and this is exactly how I feel. It's a shame because even on story mode, boss fights in Fallen Order were still a little challenging.

[-] Chobbes@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah I was going to say… in many cases bosses seem to be easier than the normal fights. The bosses sort of focus on being a novel gimmick with easily telegraphed attacks, which often ends up being easier than normal fights in some games.