A new war in the realm of video game gatekeeping has broken out in the wake of Hideo Kojima announcing that his upcoming game, Death Stranding, will have a Very Easy Mode.

But no chapter in the controversy over whether the video game requires an easy mode has been quite as satisfying as the “you cheated not only the game, but yourself” meme. The copypasta is ...

Adding an "easy mode" would betray the core philosophy of the series, and it would give players a way to "cheat" in some sense. But there's already ways to make the game easier for players who don ...

Adding an easy mode has never ruined a game. Some of the people arguing for an easy mode in Sekiro aren’t just doing it because they refuse to unlearn or adjust their normal play habits.