Let people know the intended experience is challenging. If people aren't able to meet the game at its level of challenge, for any number of reasons, and turn the difficulty down to where it is doable to them, why not let them? Set the default to the "intended experience" but let people of different ability levels have their fun too.
By the way, people who are much better than games on average are also not having the "intended experience", but no one is upset at them for not "respecting art". People playing Dark Souls on guitar hero controllers or w/e aren't having the "intended experience".
The anti-easy mode discourse is just ableism in a mask.
Let people know the intended experience is challenging. If people aren't able to meet the game at its level of challenge, for any number of reasons, and turn the difficulty down to where it is doable to them, why not let them? Set the default to the "intended experience" but let people of different ability levels have their fun too.
By the way, people who are much better than games on average are also not having the "intended experience", but no one is upset at them for not "respecting art". People playing Dark Souls on guitar hero controllers or w/e aren't having the "intended experience".
The anti-easy mode discourse is just ableism in a mask.