mavu

LIES! Doctor Who would never leave a patient like that!

thank you very much for enabling me going to bed and sleep tonight.

I think “difficulty settings” can work

all of the things you say are completely, 100%, unaffected by a difficulty setting.

The only thing a difficulty setting changes is that some people can say "I am better than you, I beat [game X] and you didn't"

that's it.

and even that is a complete illusion, see the prominent worst business man in the world, paying someone to make PoE ranks for him. Also there are mods, cheats and plain lying.

This whole thing is excluding people, and for what? Literally worthless bragging rights.

as if that little worm was important enough to shoot. pfft

are you aware of the meaning of the word "setting" in this context?
Just in case I can explain:
It means you can switch something from one behaviour or effect to another, basically giving you a choice of how something should work. So, adding a difficulty setting changes nothing about your experience of the game.

do you need more words to explain this simple thing?

I can try to use simple language and shorter sentences if you require it?

would they still like it if there was a difficulty setting?

"Not like THAT! Other peoples deaths!"

yes, i HATED that, and don't think I ever finished any of those games.

that was not a good thing.

Every game should have difficulty settings, the more, the better.
That goes for indi darlings too.

agreed, except that the "getting dumber" really only started around 2010 or so..

"I just got a great idea for a new novel! It's about the end of humanity, but with a twist, because the humans don't even know they are done for yet. They think it's just a bit more aggressive flu, but in fact it's highly contagious and each time you get it, it damages your brain a slight bit more. Everyone keeps getting infected and so they slowly get dumber and more aggressive until civilization collapses in wars and economic chaos."

"That's stupid, something like that could never happen."

same :)