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I'm honestly glad they revisited the difficulty (the chance events mostly) of the game. With such an well written story it would be a shame if people missed out just because of the 'luck of the draw' so to speak. I also really appreciate the not hand holding experience the game provides. All games are not for everyone and trying to make them appeal to everyone is a fruitless and sad endeavor. Kudos for the article/interview Patrick! Keep up the great work. =)

i should really get this. love the art style to fucking bits.

also gods will be watching.... co-mander...

i should really get this. love the art style to fucking bits.

this x1000 and what i want to scream at a select few Dark Souls fans. maybe less caps though.

I can appreciate difficulty in games, but I don't get the nostalgia for old-school quarter sucking unfairness. If I fail in a challenging game I want it to be because I fucked up, not because the rng was being uncooperative.

I really loved this game.

The Russian roulette sequence was the only random aspect of the game which really frustrated me. Having it about 30 - 40 mins into the level meant a good few hours wasted to a 1 in 7 chance.

I'm not sure what they've done about that sequence in the update. It'd be interesting to play it again.

Great article Patrick.

After my initial experience with the game I just (sadly) accepted the fact that I wasn't cut out for this game. Can't wait to be able to give this game another go in one of the easier modes.

I agree with you to an extent, but then you get randomly shot 3-4 times in a row on the first, second, or third round and you basically wasted 2 hours because of RNG.

I think it's very important to note that it was this game that wasn't cut out for most people, and not the other way around. It's actually very refreshing that thanks to these changes a lot of people are coming out of the woodwork and willing to give it another shot after inevitably hitting a wall of frustration that simply wasn't worth the trouble to overcome.

@ghostiet: You can put a player in a no win situation without resorting to chance based difficulty. The film The Dark Knight was all about the Joker creating no win situations where no matter what you did you ended up the villain. You can put similar mechanics in a game. You have 1 minute to beat the level but there are two hostages that need to be saved. The hostages each take 30 seconds to get to in the opposite directions when going at your fastest speeds. You only have time to save one. Choose. You've now put the player in a no win situation. The Walking Dead (at least the first season, I haven't played the second) puts in quite a few situations where no matter what you do you fail in some way. And, again, there is no chance to it. Another way you could do it in this style of game would be to have limited resources with no chance of winning unless you sacrifice someone to get more or preserve what you have. By making it impossible to do without sacrifice you can achieve the same goal while making gameplay fair.