Psychonauts 2 to Feature an Invincibility Toggle as 'All People Should Be Able to Enjoy Games'

Double Fine has revealed that Psychonauts 2 will feature an invincibility toggle as it believes that "all people should be able to enjoy games."

[SullysCigar]

That's great - maybe you could move the character for us too?!

[XiNatsuDragnel]

True

[strayanalog]

As interesting as that would be, this seems like a welcome variation to PS5's Game Help feature, assuming it was widely implemented.
Besides, adding more accessibility for players with slower reaction times or disabilities is a great thing. In the end, at least it's a toggle and doesn't need to be on.

[CobraKai]

That’s the thing I don’t understand. It’s an option and people act like they can’t change it.

[neutralgamer1992]

CobraKai

Because don't you know everybody's a macho man on this side and every game inside everybody plays souls like games and are masters at them and are pros at speed runs

I never understand how a game having easy difficulty or story difficulty affects another gamers experience

[monkey602]

It's not cheating @Hollow!

Someone else experiencing this game differently to you has no effect what so ever on your experience. It doesn't impede you. There's no gain for them over you, other than they get to play something they might not have been able to otherwise.

If the developer has a vision to make such a feature work then they absolutely should be encouraged. It has nothing but a positive effect.

[Knushwood Butt]

I take Sully's comment to mean, 'but where do you draw the line?'.

I beat Ratchet. My 8 year old son beat it before I did, using the default difficulty level. I saw there was an invincibility toggle but I personally had no interest in it. To be honest I thought it was unlocked by collecting golden bolts, but whatever. If my son or anyone wants to use that option, then fine, enjoy,

Then last weekend I was playing GT Sport challenges where the goal is to compete against times set by Lewis Hamilton. It's hard. Should there be a toggle to enable an AI driver that can beat Lewis for you? Personally I don't want that. Thanks.

[ThinkThink]

I love this! My daughter is just getting into videogames so the toggle is much appreciated.

[CobraKai]

Same here. I like these options, especially for our young’uns. My 4 yo son is able to play Rift Apart and enjoy himself.

[Kerppamaister]

@knighted yeah when your kid wants to learn how to ride a bike just get the training wheels off right away and wish them good luck. Some people...

[NotoriousWhiz]

^ I know you're being facetious but kids actually do learn to ride better, and quicker without training wheels. I taught my youngest how to ride on two wheels when he was 3 and no training wheels were used.

That said my kids like to play minecraft on creative, which is effectively the same thing as this invincibility mode referred to here.

However, I also give them the opportunity to learn reflexes, etc by trying other games, but it doesn't hurt to have an easy / invulnerable mode as an option to just relax and enjoy the story.

[Kerppamaister]

@whiz you mean to tell me you just put him/her on a bike without holding them up at first? How did they get on it? Of course you learn faster when all the restrictions come off but we all need help to get started or we need to start at really basic level stuff.

[The Wood]

Some act like they never used cheat codes back in the day.... its an option....chill

[NotoriousWhiz]

@Kerppamaister

I did not hold them. I simply had them coast down a grassy hill until they learned to balance. They fell a few times, but it was grass so no harm done. Afterwards I had them pedaling while going down the hill, and then they were good. Total time from never riding to riding on two wheels was about 4 hours.

[Orchard]

How inclusive of you.

Just because you can play 'normally' doesn't mean everyone else can, lots of kids struggle with games, people with disabilities etc. - that doesn't meant they should be excluded from enjoying the same games we do.

[Dark_Overlord]

And I can't play any sports due to medical reasons, does that mean I should demand they all cater to me now? Not everything has to include everyone.

[Orchard]

@Dark_Overlord If there was something they could reasonably do to make it so you could play sports, without affecting others, they should do it, yes.

The above does not affect anyone negatively - so why does it matter?

More people playing games is a good thing, for everyone.

[neutralgamer1992]

Dark_Overlord

How is that the same thing? Physical sports compared to video games? Seriously why would it bother you me or anyone if developers found ways to make it easy for everyone to be able to enjoy. ND and insomniac recently have done a nice job of giving a lot of accessibility options (and I am sure many other developers are doing the same)

This is something I just don't get it. Even gamer is a macho man when it comes time to talk about difficulty in games.

[HackFraud]

@Dark_Overlord But you can post your 4 IQ opinions on the internet for free so maybe you shouldn't criticize inclusivity so much :-)

[CobraKai]

@Dark_Lord
No. No one should cater to you. But they should make physical sports available to those with disabilities who actually want to play and cater to them. Everything should include everyone as long as it’s age appropriate. A disability shouldn’t be an inability to enjoy something you love.

[victorMaje]

People with disabilities should definitely get an option to help them enjoy the game, but if you have no disability and are just struggling with a game that toggle is the wrong option to have.

100% agree with knightedHollow on this.
Genuinely interested to read counter arguments instead of just disagrees.

[Orchard]

@victorMaje The simple counter here is, if someone wants to spend $60-70 on a game, which is single player only - let them play it however they want. It’s their money and experience.

Them enabling this option does not detract from your experience.

And this whole mentality that you must finish every game on max difficulty and 100% it or you aren’t a gamer is complete garbage - if you buy the game and play it by any means - you are a gamer.

[Popsicle]

“Lots of kids struggle with games.”

Spare me. I was 6 years of age when I first played Mike Tyson’s Punch Out. I spent about a year moving up and down the Minor, Major, and World circuit before finally facing Mike Tyson.

I remember my parents huddling in my bedroom with real excitement to see the dream match between myself (Little Mac) and The Dynamite Kid himself. It was a big deal and they understood the determination it took for me to get there as neither of them could last a single round with the Minor Circuit Champion Piston Honda.

I was KO’d in the first round and the game over screen came shortly after, but just the fact that we all got to see what the digitized prodigy even looked like was a treat. No one else we knew had ever faced him or seen him in game in the pre-internet days.

Then I (Little Mac) got up off the mat again and again and at the age of 7 I finally TKO’d Tyson in his undefeated prime. It was such a rewarding feeling to win the match and retain the World Circuit title I had previously won from many bouts with Super Macho Man.

I learned a lot from that experience. I learned to believe in myself, perseverance, tenacity, and that I could accomplish most anything if I give it my all. Many games on the NES were unrelenting if not unfair in their difficulty and I cannot help but think I was shaped positively through this experience and many like it.

Life comes at you hard as an adult and unfortunately there is no invincibility mode.

[victorMaje]

@Orchard
To me cost is not the point here, even if a game is gotten for free the invincibility toggle from the start still changes what you get from the experience.
Of course you're free to play a game however way you want but it's about what the experience of the medium brings you & teaches you, because there is a teaching experience in overcoming obstacles by understanding the difficulty & adjusting your behaviour.
Remove the need to understand the obstacle & overcome it & you remove the learning experience. I'm not saying all games have to have a learning experience, but in the ones that do have some form of difficulty to overcome, there is a learning opportunity, wouldn't you want them to want to overcome it? or at least try?
Story mode, easy, very easy difficulty are one thing, invincibility toggle from the start? That's a whole other thing. No triumph without peril. I may be taking it a bit far but it's true.

"And this whole mentality that you must finish every game on max difficulty and 100% it or you aren’t a gamer" I never said that & would never be an advocate of this line of thinking. You love the medium? You're a gamer, period. We're all gamers here, except maybe mobile gamers, ok I'm joking you guys are ok :)

[dbcoops]

Why does a person with disabilities need an invincibility toggle, that has nothing to do with accessibility and really just seems kind of insulting.

[Orchard]

@dbcoops Lots of people with disabilities don’t have the physical capabilities to do button mashing for combat or timed combat, moving while attacking etc. They still want to play games so why artificially restrict them from doing so if we can make the game more inclusive for them?

But please do tell us how making the game more accessible somehow detracts from your experience…

Also Ratchet did the same, yet you were praising that game and I didn’t see you complain once about the god mode?

[JTShiny]

Or maybe automatically complete the game for us lol

[1Victor]

@ Sully
Don’t forget to have it come with a assistant to spoon feed you crushed Cheetos and Mountain Dew / S

[brewin]

It's better than having people just watch others play it on YouTube or Twitch. Theres a while subculture out there that doesn't even play, they watch others play. And you want to bash on this?! I think it's a good thing to make games more accessible and easier to complete for more people. That's good for gaming

[anubusgold]

Some people are handicap and cant use a controller how clueless can you be.

[b777conehead]

Knight hollow as some one with disabilities I welcome this and the ratchet and clank rift game. I have no feelings in my hands so I have problems. So since you can play without it what’s your problem. And why do you care if people use it. It dose not effect you

[Dramacydal]

It's cool to gatekeep gaming when you started gaming on a PS3. Tell me more.

[lelo2play]

So many people complaining about a Invincibility Toggle on a game... when those same people watch movies and TV series about invincible superheros.
I wounder if they complain about Marvel and DC Comics movies...

[MadLad]

Eh.
Some people enjoy games for the story and atmosphere.
If they aren't your typical core gamer (or a game journalist :^) ) this may be the way they can still enjoy the experience.

I used play on the hardest settings in most games, but I typically knock it down a peg or two, being I don't have as much time to game as I used to.

[frostypants]

Also, I identify as someone who would prefer a racing game. Can they make a mode in this game where I drive an F1 car? I can't enjoy it otherwise.

[Terry_B]

More and more young gamers will be annoyed when a feature like that is missing in future games if this becomes a trend lol.

[neutralgamer1992]

My dude we use to have cheat codes and they went away because now those can be sold as micro transactions (in RE2 you can literally buy dlc that would give you unlimited life and ammo and unlock best guns)

This stuff use to be cheat codes

[FPS_D3TH]

Or it was locked behind completing the games on harder difficulties or rewards for better scored playthrus

[lodossrage]

While that's true,

This kind of stuff once upon a time were cheat codes, that's not how things operate anymore. And yeah, gamers are going to start expecting more and more hand holding with stuff like this invincibility toggle if this gets popular.

[senorfartcushion]

It’s funny how a lot of gamers are forming a backlash against simple cheats 😂 The nerds.

People are talking about trends like it’s taking something from them. It’s taking away their less fun? Does that even make sense? Not only is it a toggle, but a trend at a time when those exact fake gamers are spending their money on microtransactions, signing their gaming futures away day by day. Insufferable anti-gamers they are.

Cheats are fun and those saddos badly BADLY need some fun in their lives, however lonely they may be.

[dbcoops]

Remember Game Shark?

[ArmorOfGod]

No problem here if that happens. Essentially, they’re bringing back cheat codes and labeling them “inclusivity toggles” for virtue points. Cool. Whatever floats your boat! Now bring back the Big Head Mode cheat and label it “inclusivity mode” for people with poor vision. Lol. More virtue points!

[ArmorOfGod]

The disagrees know I’m right but they hate it so all they can do is downvote without providing a counterpoint. “B-B-But Microsoft wouldn’t pander for virtue points to sell their products! M-M-Microsoft cares about INcLuSIVIty!!1!” 🤣😂

[darthv72]

The disagrees are because what you said was stupid. And how you said it was equally as stupid.

[ArmorOfGod]

@darthv72 NPC says what?

[ArmorOfGod]

@knightedHollow Wow. You’re right! My mistake. Please excuse me while I eat this McDonalds inclusivity meal, which looks and smells and tastes like a Cheeseburger but they call it an Inclusivity meal so that’s what it is. IT’S NOT A CHEESEBURGER. McDONALDS CARES ABOUT InCLuSiviTY!

[Kyizen]

This is the participation trophy in videogame form. In the NES days games were damn hard but we would play them over and over learning patterns and getting gud. Now we expect less of your kids.

[senorfartcushion]

This is the least true thing I’ve ever read on this site.

It’s nerds overcompensating for being nerds. Combat loneliness, then things like this will matter a lot less to you. Not an insult, I’m just saying.

“Hangthedj”

[Mulando]

This was the normal case before PS3/xbox360
There were Cheats in games but with time they vanished (with Trohpies & Achievements). :(

[Orchard]

It's great to see modern games being more inclusive of everyone. This functionality and the accessibility features in TLOU2 really stand out to me - and it's great to see the biggest companies in the industry recognize this as an issue and prioritize it.

Keep it up!

[lodossrage]

I have to respectfully disagree. This isn't inclusion. This is hand holding.

Inclusion would be if a certain group were kept OUT of playing and they were being brought IN. Nobody is telling anyone of any age NOT to play Psychonauts 2. This is flat out hand holding.

If you're bad at a game, try and try again until you LEARN and get better. Accessibility I can get behind. Not everyone has both their hands for example. Or can fully see or hear. Bringing those people in IS inclusion.

Invincibility toggling is NOT inclusion. There is no debilitating factor keeping them from playing the game. They just lack skill.

[FPS_D3TH]

It’s a single player game. Does it really detract from anything if all you care about is the story or something? I wouldn’t use the feature, but people consume games in different ways.

[NeoGamer232]

I respectfully think you are wrong.

There are a lot of people that have a lot of problems playing and finishing games. Not because they are bad at gaming. But because they do not have the physical abilities.

Examples... People who can't control the shaking of their hands at times, people with limited hand and wrist mobility, One handed people, people that cannot translate their thoughts to actions quickly, etc.

I am fortunate to have fully mobility and be able to play games at their most difficult levels. There are a lot of people that just cannot. These accessibility features are not about hand holding they are about allowing people with limitations to experience the game from start to end by playing it. You can't get that experience from you tube videos fully. Gaming is a art form. Everyone should be able to enjoy the art. There are things like trophies and achievements for the people that want to say they beat a game on normal, hard, or insanity difficulties.

[IanTH]

It's a toggle. I mean, as easy mode detractors like to say about games like Nioh and Sekiro - let the director have their vision, and if that doesn't match up with yours then this just happens to be a game that isn't for you.

And, may I remind you...it's a toggle. Don't use it if you don't want and/or need it.

[-Hermit-]

@Lodossrage

Then don't use it. Why do you give a damn how others play a game? it literally has no effect on you what so ever.

[Atticus_finch]

What would be hand holding to you would be a challenging experience to someone just getting into gaming or with a disability.

[vallencer]

But you don't have to use it.....like the amount of people that have an issue with this is astounding to be honest. I think it's cool that the options there. Plenty of people want to or already do enjoy playing games and now more people can without getting frustrated.

[dbcoops]

What was done in TLOU2 was accessibility this is not.

[Orchard]

How is it not? Certain disabilities would make this type of game very hard if not impossible, imagine doing Meat Circus in the first game with only one hand? Or at the age of 5?

People shouldn’t be locked out of experiencing a game because of their physical or mental capabilities.

And why do you care? Does a kid using god mode in the game somehow detract from your experience with the game?

[dbcoops]

"How is it not?"

Because its not, its a cheat not an accessibility option. That's just an excuse being made for it.

"Certain disabilities would make this type of game very hard if not impossible, imagine doing Meat Circus in the first game with only one hand? Or at the age of 5?"

If you're that disabled then an invincibility toggle isn't going to make the game an easier to play.

"People shouldn’t be locked out of experiencing a game because of their physical or mental capabilities."

I agree, but just because a game doesn't have an invincibility toggle doesn't mean they are locked out if other reasonable accessibility options are included as well as peripherals that accommodate disabled people.

"And why do you care? Does a kid using god mode in the game somehow detract from your experience with the game?"

Its an open forum I can share my opinion on the subject just like people who complained about an easy modes for Sekiro, or people who moaned about Sony offering an optional help feature or yourself and your personal opinion that differs from mine, if you don't like what I think about it you're free to not reply.

[Orchard]

"Because its not, its a cheat not an accessibility option"

That's a blurry line. TLOU2 would let you:
- skip puzzles
- automatically navigate the map/perform jumps
- reduce damage
- disable most enemy AI
- be invisible to AI when prone
- slow down gun play
- have unlimited breath underwater
- highlight items and enemies in the world

And that's not even half of them... those could be considered cheating too.

"If you're that disabled then an invincibility toggle isn't going to make the game an easier to play."

Except it can. Psychonauts 1 required you to run around, jump, and attack enemies at one time. That is a lot of simultaneous hand movement, which may be beyond certain peoples physical capabilities. With invincibility they can stand still and just attack the censors without having to run around/risk dying. Having this option could allow them to play through the game.

"I agree, but just because a game doesn't have an invincibility toggle doesn't mean they are locked out if other reasonable accessibility options are included as well as peripherals that accommodate disabled people."

But by your logic, anything that makes the game easier is a cheat, not an accessibility option. So what options would you propose?

Easy modes were fine in Sekiro, are fine in Ratchet, and will be fine in Psychonauts 2. Stop being elitist. You don't have to play on max difficulty and 100% a game to be a gamer.

[dbcoops]

Did TLOU2 have an invincibility toggle? Its rhetorical.

"Psychonauts 1 required you to run around, jump,"

"With invincibility they can stand still"

Well you kind of defeated your own argument, again like I already said if you're that disabled that you cant run and jump in a game than just "standing still" while invincible isn't going to make a difference in terms of playing through the game.

"Stop being elitist."

Stop name calling, being argumentative and looking for a fight where there isn't one. We have a different opinion get over it. Like I said if you don't care for my opinion you're free to not reply, apparently just not capable.

[Orchard]

"Did TLOU2 have an invincibility toggle?"

Go turn on all of the accessibility options and try dying ;)

"Psychonauts 1 required you to run around, jump,"

That's some nice selective quoting right there, you even included the last comma. I mentioned that the first game requires 3 inputs at once at some points of the game to do effective combat/avoid dying - running, jumping and attacking/shooting.

That may be too much for people, by giving them invincibility, they no longer have to run and jump while attacking/shooting, they can just attack/shoot - so you've opened up the game to more people.

"Like I said if you don't care for my opinion you're free to not reply"

You are the one answering my original comment...

People like yourself are the problematic part of gaming that gets us all a bad rep. You don't need to be so upset because someone else is playing the game with unlimited health - it doesn't reduce your experience nor your accomplishments in the game.

So if you had a bad accident tomorrow and couldn't game 'normally' anymore you'd rather give up on gaming than have someone add accessibility options for you to be able to game? Doubt it.

[dbcoops]

"Go turn on all of the accessibility options and try dying ;)"

You didn't answer my question. But I'll just go ahead and infer from your lack of an answer that its a no there is no invincibility toggle.

"That's some nice selective quoting right there"

There you're words if you don't like them quoted you should choose them better in the future.

"You are the one answering my original comment..."

And you're the one who keeps angrily replying because you don't like my opinion. I simply suggested the way to end the conversation if you don't like it was to stop replying but like I said apparently you're not capable of that.

"People like yourself are the problematic part of gaming that gets us all a bad rep."

Funny I've literally done nothing but shared my opinion on the subject and you're the one now making insulting comments like this, I think its people like yourself that can't carry on an adult conversation and respect different view points without descending into insults that the real problematic part of gaming. I never said it effects me personally I said its not an accessibility option because its not, rather you want to accept that or not is of no concern to me but if you cant be civil then just move on and go insult someone else cause I have no interest in it.

"You don't need to be so upset because someone else is playing the game with unlimited health"

You don't need to be so upset that I see the option as a cheat and not an accessibility option.

"it doesn't reduce your experience nor your accomplishments in the game."

I would agree

"So if you had a bad accident tomorrow"

I don't deal in if's and hypothetical's they add nothing to the conversation and are pointless reasons for argument.

Since you're not capable I'm just going to end the conversation here for you, wont be reading anything you reply with on this subject but feel free to waste your time replying if you like. I get your point of view of the situation but sadly I think I could type until my fingers fell off and you would never get mine and would just continue to be insulting so why bother, moving on now.

[neutralgamer1992]

This is great more games should offer this. Not everyone plays for challenge some of us with kids just want to play for an hour and feel like we had fun and made progress. Unlimited ammo and health makes games a lot more fun.

Not saying games like souls needs this but most other games should allow it. Even in GTA5 if you fail few times it will offer if you want to skip that mission and move on. But than in game like RDR2 it doesn't even let you enable cheats and save(something that was doable during the early days of gaming)

[Dixiedevil]

Invincibility is one thing but what if there’s a hard jump? The game should have an AI mode that 100% completes the game and still gives you all the trophies and achievements.How else can the majority of game journalists be expected to experience the entire game for a proper review?

[ThinkThink]

Who cares, they are just video games. You sound like one of those people that pauses the movie when someone leaves the room to get a drink. Just relax..

[brewin]

I'm all for these kind of inclusivity features in games. The medium can be enjoyed by more people only if it becomes accessible to more people. If you want the challenge, then by all means, turn the difficulty way up.

By the same token, those who just want to enjoy games should have an option to tone it down as well. The "Git Gud" culture of gaming can be very toxic, which turns people away from gaming. I like some difficult games, but no reason something like difficulty should limit a games potential market.

[The7Reaper]

You sound like someone who hasn't gotten gud.

[brewin]

I've beat some of the most difficult games there are. I was raised on the old school where a games difficulty was part of its charm. I love a good challenge in a game but that doesn't mean that everybody has to. I know lots of people who won't play certain games because they're too difficult. Well if they were difficulty toggles on some of those games more people would play them simple as that. and see you just prove my point right there that's part of the toxicity of the gaming culture. you automatically jump to well you sound like somebody who hasn't gotten good m*********** you don't know me. Some of my favorite games are some of the hardest games in history stuff like Ninja gaiden. Sit down and shut your mouth if you don't have anything to add to the conversation and just want to attack people with ignorant ass comments like that

[neutralgamer1992]

brewin

They don't have any legit point. How do you playing Witcher 3 on story mode affects me playing on hard? How does that affect my experience of the game? It really doesn't and that's a fact.

And trust me developers know this that's why we are seeing more accessibility features. The best selling series in gaming history as in Grand theft Auto v allows you to skip missions after you fail certain number of times. So even Rockstar games learned from their past experiences because some of the missions in earlier GTA games were quite hard

Some people just need to tell everyone how great they are at video games when I bet you most of them play games on normal. This internet tough guy image is only there to make themselves be proud of playing a video game on hard

[brewin]

Yes I love that feature in GTA. I'm all down with more accessibility being brought into gaming.

And it is sad with some of these people that need to use games to show their skills in life LOL. It's called a freaking game yet people somehow think that if they're good then theyre better at life than others who aren't good at the game. It's the sad kind of God complex that keeps gaming looking like a niche hobby.

[neutralgamer1992]

brewin

don't worry they are the ultimate defination of vocal minority

[LucasRuinedChildhood]

Speaking of inclusiveness, it would be nice if PlayStation owners could get the same quality version of Psychonauts 2 for the same money (Series X version but no PS5 version). Inclusiveness only goes so far though, I suppose. A lot of us would appreciate that much more than this toggle.

Considering this is the last Double Fine game on PS consoles anyway, it's just a bit petty really. It would be like if Sony gimped the Xbox version of MLB The Show (if they could get away with it). If they did, the American games media would certainly complain about it.

[brewin]

If it's on PS4 you can play it on PS5 so technically it's still there. the sad thing is I bet Microsoft would be willing to put Game Pass on the PlayStation 5. But Sony has their competing platform with PS now so they just won't allow it. Sony has said numerous times in the past they don't see how it offers value to their consumers. I guarantee you if Sony would let them Xbox game pass would be on PS5 and Playstation gamers would absolutely eat that up. As much as PS gamers say they don't care about the Xbox games, they just simply don't know how good they are because they refuse to try them.

[Levii_92]

LMAO

[FPS_D3TH]

Back in my day, we used to call these cheat codes til companies decided it be easier to sell these as dlcs and features instead

[chicken_in_the_corn]

All games should have this

[goldwyncq]

Definitely not. It should be at the discretion of individual creators. If someone wants to put it in their game then good for them, but nobody should be criticized if they don't.

[Aussiesummer]

This world, I swear.

[MetalProxy]

Yeah it has nothing but damn Euphorians

[Eonjay]

What about for trophies and achievements? Isn't this basically a cheat?

[IRetrouk]

This is a really good idea, more devs need to do this sort of thing, usefull for kids or people with disabilities.

[Kavorklestein]

It will pro ably be the thing that convinces my GF to play 100% thru the game. She is actually good at Fortnitw and Apex, but gets discouraged from single player games for some reason.
I think more games could benefit from the simple option to be much easier.
Not for me, personally, but I can see it helping more people have options to enjoy the game.

[IRetrouk]

I agree, it's not for me either but I see plenty of uses for this as an honest option to help loads of different types of people, not sure why peeps are disagreeing to be honest🤷‍♂️

[staticall]

What about achievements/trophies, does this «feature» disable them?

But come to think about this, why add combat or difficult situations then? I played through the original Psychonauts and not once i wanted to turn on the cheats, difficulty was just right. And doesn't that speak negatively about how the game was designed?

(small rant) Let me give you an example (it's probably only applies to me, but still) - Evil Within 2. After some patch, devs added Bethesda account integration. And if you do that, they enable cheats for you (but cheats actually do not disable the trophies). I beat the game on normal difficulty first (legit). But then decided to start a highest difficulty walkthrough (for trophy). And after dying for 6th time in the row on the same boss, i said "Screw it" and turned on the ammo cheat. And didn't disable it till i "beat" the game again and got my trophy (it was too convinient). But i feel that i didn't earn it. And after remembering all the frustration, i don't want to start from scratch. I feel like, this convinience just took my will to improve and play the game legit away.

And, on some level, i think this option in the menu and cheats are completely different. For cheats, i have to go online, find them and input in the game (sometimes under certain conditions). But if i'm just looking through menus and find "God Mode", i'll probably turn it on. It's just too easy to do.

[The7Reaper]

Before too long every game will hand you the platinum trophy as soon you boot it ul because they don't want some gamers too feel excluded because they haven't gotten one.

[senorfartcushion]

So like cheats then? Accessibility is good but you know how annoying people are, you say it’s for a cause and they provide a backlash like whiny babies. Call it god mode and move on.

The whingers, overcompensating for being single by “getting gud” at video games aren’t worth the story they always inspire.

We had cheats in games a few years ago, Red Dead 2 even has a few *GASP* shocking, I know. But we did. This is a cheat. Cheats are fun.

[YourMommySpoils]

What, nobody played Lego games before? Can't believe some are complaining.

[VersusDMC]

God/easy mode is fine. Games like DMC, Bayonetta and Ninja Gaiden have it. Nobody cared or cares.

But when you say all people who like hard games sound like this i don't know why they are surprised there is backlash...

"uh, excuse me I beat Sword Guy Serious Time on a no hit hard mode and if didn't do that I don't respect you. and like, can you even comment on things if you're not diamond six rank in shooty mcBlam? I don't think so,''

[iamrperry]

I’ve always wondered why games don’t have a dynamic difficulty setting. They must be able to program it to understand your reactions to scenarios and tailor the game to a harder/easier difficulty.
That way the game would be accessible, but also still allow people to get better the more they play.

[fitofficial]

Cool. Toggle means it'll never affect me. Options!

[Kane22]

in ratchet and clank rift apart. if you put the game in story mode. you cant die during combat. i see no issue with this. why are people so against this? don't use it simple as that.

[nibblo]

That's fine, their game their rules. Wouldn't want From Software to change how they want to make their games and the same goes for Double Fine.

[SinisterKieran]

damn, thats pretty pathetic

[BrainSyphoned]

My invicibilty toggle is watching Cohh Carnage play on hard difficulties. I also have a babysitter feed me baby food while I sit in my oversized diaper.

[zachyBROosevelt]

“Just set the controller down and watch as the game plays itself” how great.

[zachyBROosevelt]

This just in - Dark Souls has a “You Can’t Die” mode

[northpaws]

No wonder I couldn't enjoy CoD, this is what it was missing.

[northpaws]

Can they just make it super easy instead of completely invincible? It seems to kinda defeat the purpose of games.

[jznrpg]

Lame . Just call it god mode and stop acting like you are gaming saviors

[Bronbron92]

Great Idea but what’s going to happen when someone expects this option in another game and it’s not available hopefully people don’t go to arms about it, granted this is great for kids or anyone with a disability to play a game quickly as others or even for the people who like to see the details in games without the hassle of getting bother by enemies

[The7Reaper]

Sweet! The journalists can finally finish the games they have to review

[silkylove]

People are mad at an accessibility feature in a 3D platformer?

[OhReginald]

Game journalist be like....." 10 out of 10"

[victorMaje]

Great to see in-game cheats are making a comeback.

[Destiny1080]

no doubt, this will help a lot of xbox gamers

https://www.trueachievement...

[jznrpg]

Lol

[REDDURT]

As long as they don’t get trophies/achievements I am fine with it.

[Locutus_of_borg]

Yup , me too …

[Killer73nova]

Can’t believe how many people are complaining about a feature that is completely optional. I thought gaming was for peoples own enjoyment. The gaming community is getting more toxic by the day.

[CrimsonIdol]

N4G is peak gaming toxicity to be fair. It's total classic N4G that this non-news non-issue has become the highest trending news item. Gamers be jumpin' at SJW shadows cast by a harmless teen-rated platformer getting an accessibility option, neurotically afraid that somehow it's part of a slippery slope that leads to their imaginary Dark Souls trophies being taken away from them.

[XxINFERNUSxX]

Well on PC we had trainers for years and still do, and some old school games you just had to hit ~ to bring up the console and enter: god mode 😀

[giovonni]

This is great. My six year old daughter would love this. She has a growing interest in video games, however she has a hard time, and becomes overwhelmed with the controller.

[justadelusion]

participation trophy gen, hooray?

[Locutus_of_borg]

I’m guessing a lot of those against this idea are the macho men of gaming … maybe when they where children they was thrown straight into the deep end of a swimming pool and made to learn to swim without any help , or thrown behind the wheel of a car without any help learning to drive … maybe even got a really important job with no training ..

[deadfrag]

This latest 2 generations kids dont like to make there brain work,they want everything given for yesterday without making any efford...exercising the brain is too much work !Lame! Part of the enjoyment in Vídeo games is to overcome the dificultys impose by them .....at least for me!

[stupidusername]

This comment section make it seem like people on N4G are completely oblivious to the fact that some people have disabilities.
My friend lost a arm, so she plays with one hand and one foot. A lot of games are too fast for her, even on easy, so this is a very including option.
Saying 'get gud' doesn’t help.

[Father__Merrin]

Good. Will be great to grab the gamerscore

[dbcoops]

Thought people didn't like hand holding in gaming, this shouldn't go over well at all.

[Killer73nova]

They don’t but praise sony for implementing software to hand hold through the whole game

[dbcoops]

Sony announced an optional help feature and there were plenty of comments here that were anything but praise.

[njitram2000]

Games used to have cheats for invincibility and that was fun. Not being able to die in GTA with 5 stars or the first Driver where the police would go so nuts trying to destroy you that they would clip themselves out of bounds. I welcome options like this.

[Towers]

Hopefully it's just a toggle in easy mode and won't be an option in normal or hard modes.

[Jinjojuice49]

Its only like what mario does with the golden feathers or what ever it is that makes you invincible.. Great feature for young kids that want to play.

[PCgamer98]

Don't see that big deal out of it. This is just no different from back in the days when cheat codes are just norm in videogames.

[Kyizen]

Getting close to the point where you can watch someone else play it and have as much fun yay.

[mkis007]

I'm ok with this as long as it locks out finishing achievements/trophies on a game. I thing all the souls games should have such a mode with 0 trophies too,

[P_Bomb]

Ive seen god mode lock out the ability to save, so there’s that workaround too.

[Towers]

According to DoubleFine's twitter it has no effect on achievements and trophies.

[Vithar]

people complaining about options /smh

[mastershredder]

Oh so it’s psychonauts the ride...not really a game anymore after that “win for me” option eh?

How rewarding.

[redrum06]

Jesus, people on N4G are the fucking worst and toxic. It’s a fucking accesibility feature which could come in handy for people with a disability. How is it possible that some of you children react so negatively on this?

[FreeckyCake]

I mean, I can understand if it's a difficult game like bullet-hell games where one needs a godly reaction, or difficult titles like Cuphead. But for a platformer? Gaming was built around being challenged and overcome that challenge. Guess that's going to change.

2030: The game will play itself for you to enjoy it.

[frostypants]

It's not a game anymore at that point.

[Kaii]

Let's call a spade a spade, this is the true journalistic difficulty they've wanted all their careers.
Congratulations

[anast]

It's good for children under 5.