If your game can't even be played without scouring a wiki for hours on end, it isn't "Esoterically difficult", it's a bad game

If your combat system is purposefully sluggish and obnoxious to raise difficulty, it isn't difficult, it's a bad game

If your system for leveling up is heavily dependent on certain builds and certain builds alone, it isn't "Beginning unfriendly", it's a bad game

♥♥♥♥ souls like games, and ♥♥♥♥ everything they've done to the industry since

If your game can't even be played without scouring a wiki for hours on end, it isn't "Esoterically difficult", it's a bad game If your combat system is purposefully sluggish and obnoxious to raise difficulty, it isn't difficult, it's a bad game If your system for leveling up is heavily dependent on certain builds and certain builds alone, it isn't "Beginning unfriendly", it's a bad game Fuck souls like games, and fuck everything they've done to the industry since