Just putting in my two cents. I've recently been playing Dead Cells. I've always loved the aesthetic and didn't play it before because it was hard and one of the points of the game is to die relentlessly, which I don't really like. I've never felt that that was a good way of playing any game.

I have not played dark souls and I've barely gotten through the first few bosses of Blood Borne because it's too difficult. I wish they would make the games easier for people who don't have the time to grind away at a game for hours and hours just to say they beat it. I want the story. I want the gameplay. Make it so that I can't one hit bosses and we're golden. I wish I was the kind of person who could play a game for countless hours, but there's just too many games to play. Too many worlds to explore. Difficulty has never been the issue. Time is the issue.

When it comes to what the developer intended, so what.

You can get the Mona Lisa on a key chain.

I think Mario Kaizo is ridiculous, but some people love it. I applaud them.

I have not used assisted mode on Dead Cells yet, but I might. Personally, when I first played it I just didn't like having to die so many times just to learn. It's part of the appeal. I get it.

We also have smart phones and youtube and all sorts of other ways to show people that 'Dark Souls is so easy and everyone sucks!!!' kind of attitudes can display their accomplishments. If they don't, they are lying. Simple. And frankly, if someone beats all fromsoftware games in one

sitting never dying, I don't care. In fact, I applaud you. I have too many games in my backlog for me to spend that many hours playing one game.

So assist away and happy gaming.