I'm not suggesting the difficulty be toned down. Rather, in addition to the grueling default, there be an easy mode? Win win for everyone or will it cheapen the franchise?
I ask because I'm really enjoying the atmosphere and mechanics in Dark Souls. However the investment this game is asking is just too much for me to finish.
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Dark Souls would be even better with harder settings. More aggressive and relentless enemies, less blockable attacks, more damage done to you, that sort of stuff. I would love it. You take what you've learned, and hone the skills even further as the game in a sense closed it's jaws around you the more you ramped the difficulty up, pushing it's punishment for your mistakes up higher and higher, while pitting you against increasingly worse odds and scenarios.