Mario, Take The Wheel (The Jimquisition)
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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is fantastic, and everybody knows it.
There's less of a consensus on its "Smart-Steering" option, an accessibility feature that some argue against because it's an accessibility feature.
Bonus Content: Life Haxz with Jim Sterling
(Footage captured by Laura Kate Dale from letsplayvideogames.com)
"Riceton, Riceton! Fetch the hounds! The casuals are after my videogames again!"
This kiled me.
I can imagine Total Biscuit saying this :)
All I could think after that part was, "Wait, so is there a Nintendo game that lets you become the Last Starfighter?"
anyone know that painting?
Tedphoenician Sort of, but you basically just go hang out in the Mushroom Kingdom since Bowser's not really much of a threat to anyone.
who is "riceton" supposed to be? Is Jim referencing a book/movie here?
I'm a teacher and I've been bringing my Switch and Mario Kart 8 to school with me. I play with my students in between classes or at the end of the day. They're young and/or inexperienced. We have auto-steering and auto-accelerate and it's fantastic for them. Now all courses are doable for even the least skilled players. Some kids say that it won't be fair because I'm much better than everybody and I provide perspective: you're playing Mario Kart at school. Who cares if you're dead last? This is awesome and thank God for Jim Sterling.
You are the worst. D: Literally Hitler.
Wish my school had videogames being played there.
You're a hero Chris. Keep doing what you do.
As a former teacher: you're awesome. Keep doing things that include more kids.
I remember getting to go leave class in elementary school after tests to play Mario Kart 64 in the school gym with the other special needs kids because of my Asperger's syndrome.
Special Education teacher here. Thanks so much for mentioning the impact that making this game more accessible for folks with disabilities is because of the choices the developer made. I appreciate the critical thinking!
I appreciate you taking on that difficult job. Helping children with disabilities is hard work.
I actually was sold on M 8 by smart steering (I already have the original+DLC). Not because I need it - I've been playing since super circuit on the gba, Im a super cool hardcore 1337 Mario kart player. But I have a 3 year old who loves cars and trucks and bikes, and it's wonderful to hand him a joycon and share my hobby with him early. It's a great way to spend some time with him. Crazy enough, he can't tell the difference between smart steering or no but he sure does love the cars and the colors and stuff! I love that I can be a lousy try hard and my son can be 3 years old and hold the controller upside down and we can both play the same game together and neither of us is having a compromised experience! (Also it is super adorable when he yells "DADDY WINS!" at the end of the race even when I didn't win). Thanks for the video Jim.
Oliver awww
Hope y'all still play that's adorable
Never change, dude.
(except to improve; don't not improve on account of me. ;D)
ps your son is lucky to have you
That is a really nice thing to read. Thank you for sharing it.
I lost both my legs in 2001. I LOVED Rock Band when it was popular. Obviously, I could not play the drums and use the foot pedal. When Lego Rock Band was released, I bought that because there is an "Auto Kick Pedal" option. I was so excited to play the drums and not worry about failing songs b/c I have no legs. Accessibility is a good thing. Does me using auto kick to play I game I loved affect you at all?
Hell no man and mad props to you for fighting the good fight and truckin' on, glad to hear there was a way for you to enjoy the game! The kind of people who get upset at this type of things are sad and do nothing with their life. It's not even a generalization, I've had many gamer friends over the years and the only ones that ever complain about easier difficulties are the ones who sit on their ass and play nothing but games all day. Being good at a game is ALL THEY HAVE. Therefore, someone getting to do what they do more easily personally offends them cause it takes away the one thing they had going for them, as pathetic as it is.
Yes! And I bet you people with working eyes want books written in some sort of combination of tiny pictures that when placed together in a certain way form cohesive thoughts, dialog, and ideas so you can enjoy reading like us blind people, too? Fat chance THAT will ever happen.
zahzahvah DAMN MILLENIALS AND THEIR HAND OUTS! IF YOU VALUED YOUR LEGS YOU WOULDNT HAVE LOST THEM!!!1!11!
Every morning, around 10:20, I wonder to myself what a different and altogether sadder album Def Leppard's Hysteria might have been had the band's reaction to their drummer losing an arm been "Sorry mate, it's the Job Centre for you!". I write alt-history speculative fiction of that alternate future and it's a dark, loveless wasteland.
zahzahvah No. As long as you enjoy it go for it. You're not affecting my experience in any way. If people want to bitch at you then that's their hang up. I seriously think some people would rather bitch and moan instead of enjoying a game.
Have none of these people ever used a cheat code for fun? I never heard anyone say "OMG THE KONAMI CODE IS DUMBING DOWN GAMES!"
Umar Bajwa I remember when Game Genie was a thing. Nobody was whining back then.
Deanna Jackson Game Genie and cheat codes were the reason I even finished the games back then. I still had fun and that's all that ever mattered.
Nope. No one complained about the Game Genie (we loved playing with it with our friends when I was a kid). We actually used to enjoy sharing games and getting other people to like them too. I don't get this whole elite, gatekeeping, exclusive attitude. It was fun playing with other people. I did it right through college. In the dorms, I played Mortal Kombat with the guys in their suites because local multiplayer games were awesome and we all liked other people who played games, even if they weren't great at them.
In short, who gives a shit how someone else enjoys their gaming experience? There are ways to avoid issues in multiplayer experiences through matchmaking. They can ban that mode altogether unless it's some sort of party group. Or they can have matchmaking that only matches people with the mode on with one another. It's not that critical. I don't know why people feel like they can't enjoy a game if someone who's not as good as them can enjoy the game.
The Konami code casualized Contra. Despicable.
But ... you know we kinda called it 'cheating' right? and it wasn't given the same respect as beating or playing a game without them.
The problem is now it's basically almost default & nintendo is pushing it as normal (which is sure the fuck should never be)
Imagine... the nintendo babes of today, being made to play a sliver of the NES games... my god, they'd quit gaming, but seriously... look at the entire mentality shift.. from 'you'll have to get alot better to win, to ... You can win no matter what'
My little down syndrome brother loves mario kart. he wants to play himself, but he's shit so he just gets me to control it for him instead while he sits and watches, which he's pretty happy to do, but he'd obviously be a lot happier if he could play himself. don't have a switch, but if we ever get one then, needless to say, smart steering would be fucking perfect.
That sounds wonderful. Good lookin' out for him. Hope he does enjoy it.
Can we get this man a switch?
Good I'm not the only one who does stuff like that. My Downs brother likes games, especially Red Dead Redemption, because he likes the horses. He can't play though, so I just give him a second controller and play for him. He's not mentally capable enough to know the difference, and I know some people think that's mean, but how can it be bad if he's getting fun out of it?
Heartwarming to see. I do the same for my brother with cerebral palsy. If we play NFS he presses accelerate while I steer and brake.
I also have a mentally challenged brethren that also has problems playing video games. *nintendo give me free stuff*
Super posh snobby Jim-sterling should become his own character like Khorne flakes homunculus.
*get
Have you watched this week's episode?
Bonefetcher Brimley Ask and ye shall receive, apparently...
you can unlock him if you won 5000 races in 50cc without touching the controller
He kinda copied it from friendly jordies
The fact that people become elitist over any game let alone Mario Kart is hilarious.
I must confess to feeling slightly smug for understanding Dwarf Fortress...
This is hardly new.
Super Smash Bros. became popular specifically because they took the fighting game formula from things like Street Fighter, which had become so overwhelmingly focused upon the same hardcore gamers that had been playing the game since the original Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter II of the 90's that nobody new was capable of playing or enjoying the games, and made a game accessible to literal toddlers by making a game you can play only using the stick and one button (two if you want the specials, three for blocking/dodging). Suddenly, the fighting genre was popular again because Smash Bros. was easy to play for total noobs.
How did people respond?
Git gud, scrub! No items, Fox only, Final Destination!
WHAT? Metaknight has a really annoying special? BAN HIM!
We found this game that let us into a genre we couldn't have fun in before! Quick! Let's all recreate the exact same crap that locked us out the first time so that nobody can ever have fun again!
I think it's sad more than anything else. These people's lives are so empty that they become elitist douches about fucking video games.
@Nnelg Dwarf Fortress is the only game that you have full right to feel smug about even for understanding how to launch that damn thing, let alone understanding some of the mechanics of it.
The fact that people become elitist over *anything* is hilarious.
Oh no, it looks like my mom can actually play mario kart with the grand kids now, better call the fucking video game police, she's cheating.
zztophatzztophat brilliantly put
Looks like my friend's 5 year old can play with his dad and dad's friends, worst thing ever.
That was my thought exactly. It's Nintendo... there's nothing hardcore gamer about it and never was. The Wii sold more units to retirees than all other markets so grandma and grandpa may have bought a Switch(stupid name again Nintendo) so they can play games with the grandkids as well as maybe enjoy the games when the little heathens are at home.
Pretty much sums up my thoughts exactly.
@JETWTF Yeah, and the only reason old Nintendo games were even difficult in the first place was to artificially extend the lifespan of the game itself.
True thing. Yesterday I was at a family party. I brought my Nintendo Switch and my copy of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. My 3 year old nephew wanted to play the game, a 3 year old. The Smart Steering option helped him get around the tracks, which will help him develop and get into gaming in the future and he had fun with it. He can learn with it and get better.
Now people, please tell me why THAT is a bad thing? These idiots are acting like they DON'T want people getting into the games they love.
True Looneyman these people don't have anything going for them, so they use the games they love as an identity. It makes them angry whenever their exclusive little club gets opened up to the "casuals," because it's like their identity itself is being threatened.
Either that, or they're just cunts.
Yeah. I think my rage is better directed at getting hit in Mario Kart 8 (though I do realise that when I rage, someone else is happy and vise versa) though normally I keep my rage to low levels..... especially when I'm playing while watching a TH-cam video thanks to the Switch's Portability!!!!!!!!
Because kids these days need to git gud like we did back in the non-current year. Back in MY day, we weren't allowed to talk about games at all until we got our SNES Live MLG Pro certification. Kids these days think they can just play games for fun, without dedicating at least 200hrs a week like real gamers!
True Looneyman if he doesn't learn to play games blindfolded with his feet he will fail at life. Seriously though, my nephew plays Overwatch against bots and is so happy he gets play of the game every match.
The only argument I can give is that it's not as satisfying as doing the work to win yourself, which a 3 year old won't care about. It's a shit argument but it does have merit when you know you're cheating yourself.
That pompous nobleman impression had me in stitches.
I have autism which gives me mobility issues, and I've never been able to play Mario Kart before, but now I might be able to!!!
freyfreytheinvincabl I've never heard of someone with autism not being able to play games. Is there a good video on this I can watch to educate myself? Thank you!
freyfreytheinvincabl filthy casual
Awesome dude!
I personally don't believe you and think you are making all this up. I cannot see how any form of Autism would hurt your mobility. If anything your brain could be wired in a way that would give you a distinct advantage while playing video games. Some very good players are on the spectrum.
But I would like to be proven wrong because if I am not than that just hurts my image of one more person in this world.
Aberran Fox People with autism proper (as opposed to Asperger's) frequently suffer from things like hypotonia (essentially really weak muscles) and poor motor planning, he/she is not making that up. Check your facts before you call strangers on the internet liars.
It's not stupid to enable smart steering by default. Not notifying the players about it is though.
Mistakes like that make me shake my head, because Nintendo puts a lot of thought into so many other things but then just flubs something that basic.
That's how big productions are unfortunately. No matter how hard anybody tries, stuff slips through the cracks anyway. Fortunately they can patch it out.
It should be on option when you start up the game with your profile the first time. Sort of like games that ask if you would like to take the tutorial when you start it up for the first time. Forza Motorsport has adaptive braking and steering options, but it's less intrusive and you'll still crash if you use no other inputs. As for vibration, I still use wired versions of controllers, and turn the vibration off so there's no chance of it throwing me off in a critical situation. Because I like to play hard.
Having said that. The way that someone else wants to play the game via in game options has literally zero impact on how I play. The only exception to this is cheesing just for the sake of winning, and using exploits. Neither of which are represented by some options that allow less adept players to enjoy the game.
Well look who commented before they watched the entire video. :P Jim literally says this.
have a little box that says "smart steering" somewhere in the racer select screen that you can just check/uncheck, so the player certainly know what kind of control assists are on? that is a simple solution that doesnt even cost anything
If you genuinely, unironically act elitist about mario kart then you really need to reevaluate your life choices.
how many people are actually reacting like that though?
definitely not most people
I am a trve kvlt casual game fan!
Mariokart sold out and got shit after Double Dash! Nintendo don't make games like they used to! Now they're just greedy and want money! There's no creative freedom!
Now excuse me, I'll go play Mariokart SNES. That's for trve gamers.
mojotheaverage you make us Berserk fans look bad
If people play the game on hard mode and tell people "Oh you can't experience the game unless you play it on Chaos Nightmare Mode because Easy is for pansy core." to the ones who have no experience of the game/franchise.. They are bloody sadomasochists, that thrive on all forms of misery..even if it's inflicted on themselves.
See: Touhou.
That kick at the end... Wait, does Jim normally not wear pants while filming and we just can't tell because of the podium?
I am so aroused.
So what you're saying is that we need to get him a bigger dildo so that he has to be completely naked when he has it equip?
He's said before that he doesn't. As someone who used to be, to use a clinical term, "a great big fat person", I completely get it.
+jackd23 Exactly. I expose my dick 'n' balls to the elements because I'm hardcore at life. GIT GUD fuckin' pants-wearing casuals
How fucking poor does one's life have to be to derive superiority over other people from not dying five times in a Mario level...
Exactly. I don't need the White Tanooki suit, but I will admit I love having it there. After completing the game, it was fun to see how fast I could blaze through some of the levels with it.
I saw this and the first thing I thought was "now I don't have to unplug my kids controller and play for them to make them not get upset they are losing and quit."
Can play with your kids no matter how young I love it. ^.^
the white tanooki suit would be useful in the nes games, begause those where harder than you might remember.
RoonMian hey remember PeTA and their"bullahit" flash games?
I own Mario Kart 8 and had no intention of buying Deluxe. Now that I have learned about auto steering and auto acceleration I actually might buy this game. Because I have two little kids at home and I would love to be able to play Mario Kart with them.
if they can't play Mario Kart they shouldn't play Mario Kart.
They can play Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
Limbo Studios
Well, now they CAN play Mario Kart, so now they should, by that same logical train of thought. You are saying literal children should not play Mario Kart.
+CanterlotCrusader
What are literal children?
The opposite of numerical adults.
My wife never really played video games until the past few years. I, on the other hand have played video games my entire life and now work as an art director making them myself. So it's easy to say that video games have become pretty important in my house. Two years ago I bought my wife a 3ds and Animal Crossing and this sparked a newfound love of games in her. She has since moved on to playing the new Yoshi games and some Kirby games etc.
She is by no means good at video games, she is quite obviously still learning the inherent video game language many of us started learning on the NES when we were children. So these optional modes of play for her have actually helped her to find a love for video games that she never understood before. If these modes didn't exist she would have just put many of these games down and never touched them again. These features have allowed her an entry point to modern video games that, as an adult she never would have taken otherwise.
Now she has a much better understanding of what I do for a job, and we can have pointed discussions about games and subjects that we never were able to before. So for me, having another thing to relate with my wife, and more recently my oldest daughter, over is incredible. These features have literally brought my house closer together so... it's cool that people begrudge that.
I'm the same with a lover who lives and breathes Dark Souls. I suck, plus I have a ridiculously bad attention span due to an anxiety disorder, so an easy mode would help level the playing field so we could connect more. I enjoy the lore so much but I won't enjoy playing it neat.
As a tangential topic, has she gotten to try Kirby: Air Ride? It's an old Kirby racing game for Game Cube Nintendo that has a simple control scheme (one button and the control stick) that was incredibly fun even with how simple it played. It easily was one of my favorite racing games, simply because I was able to get family members into it that didn't really play video games in the first place.
KoopaKrump Oh my god, that brings back memories. That was probably the single game I played with friends most when I was on a console. Surprisingly high skill ceiling, and shockingly low skill floor. Conclusion: damn good design.
I don't think she has but I'll look into it since we still have the Wii hooked up to the downstairs TV. The controls just make the Wii the easiest thing for the kids to play most of the time.
Those games aren't easy because of options. Those games are just easy and they are supposed to be easy.
"They'll never git gud if they play on easy." So fucking what? Why should anyone have to be a master at a game?
Guys
Guys
Luigi wins the race by doing absolutely nothing
Do you not realize
Luigi is dumbing down videogames. Scrubs'll never get good at videogames if they like Luigi.
SMG4 Joke?
sup #NotMyPlumber
As a Luigi player in every game he's in....
I concur.
"I'm-a Luigi! Number one!"
Biggest irony of all, I bet a lot of these "hardcore gamers" used cheat codes and magazine walkthroughs all the time as children. They were the most popular parts of gaming magazines when I grew up in the 16-bit into n64/ps1 days for a reason, and it wasn't because no-one used them.
I love how people claim someone is getting a "free ride" out of a $45-60 game...
Challenge in a video game is not a MERIT. it's a PREFERENCE. So if you get annoyed at people liking an easy mode, you might as well get annoyed when they like a different pizza than you.
westingtyler have you seen the pineapple pizza haters
Well I agree, unless it's pineapple... :)
I like Supreme the most
But Pineapple’s pretty great too.
Since we're doing food analogies, I'm gonna say that difficulty in video games is like chillies in a curry. In moderation, it adds a nice kick that makes it better, depending on preference. Exceed that preference, and the flavour, um, the fun of the curry, er, game is just completely overpowered by raw spice. No flavour to be found, just pure spice. And that's no fun.
As someone who has a cousin who is physically disabled and struggles to hold a controller and actually use it, having an option like this in Mario kart would be perfect for him.
Peter W Lul just end that kids life if he can't even hold an controller to play Mario kart.
@@jeffthepotato5195 How about you _end your own life_ for being so goddamn toxic that you think a disabled child should be _killed just for not being able to hold a fucking controller right._ Spare everyone else the headaches and stop wasting our oxygen.
I love easy modes. They're good.
I remember reading an article about how "people who play games for fun are killing the medium" or some other BS.
It upsets me, because that's the only reason I play games. I love being able to be a psychopath in DayZ, I love being able to down a couple baddies with a sniper rifle a kilometre away in Arma, I love being able to build a terrible house in Terraria, I love making factories in Factorio, I love driving at around at 700Km/h in Grip, I love flame rushing a base in Red Alert.
I do this because I think it's fun.
It's fun.
I play games for fun, because they're fun.
I think they're fun.
You speak my language, Sandwich. I like you.
I agree wholeheartedly. To be honest, I'm pretty shit at games in general, but I still enjoy them, and part of what makes them enjoyable to me is easy difficulty settings, where I don't have to feel like a scrub every second of the day. The thing is, I like to go on harder difficulty when I've played a game a lot, know a lot about it, and feel like I want a challenge - not to have a harder difficulty as the default. Terraria, for example, is a game I've played long enough that I almost exclusively play it on expert difficulty for the challenge, the new items, and the sense of accomplishment, but there is no way in hell I would use an equivalent difficulty on any JRPG.
Grinding is fucking tedious.
This was really rambly too. Sorry about that.
@ no no no etc.: Nah mate, don't feel bad about sharing your positive experiences. Ain't no fault it that.
Also, I do that, too, because I like trying new things.
The first time I tried Civ 5, it was the first game like that I played, so I started easy. Now I play on the highest difficulty to give the bots the illusion of a fighting chance.
The first time I tried Xcom: Long War, I played it on the easiest difficulty. Now I play it on the highest, because at this point, it would feel wierd not to.
I have become the master.
Time to see if it can land a single hit at me now.
Don't feel wierd about biking with training wheels when it is new to you. You will slay the highest obstacles as if they were nothing in no time at all.
You can't say you're "pretty shit at games" and then tell me you play Terraria on motherfucking Expert mode. I've pumped so many hours on that game and I don't dare touching Expert mode lol.
Jokes aside I agree with everything that is being said in this comment chain. That's why "difficulty curves" are a thing, and "difficulty levels" too, since gaming started to go past the basics of arcades. And people who are elitist about it are just assholes, period.
It's good to include them for sure, but it is interesting to see how easy/arcade modes completely ruin some games. Like just TRY playing DCS world with the arcade settings that literally nobody ever uses. It's just awful. A flight sim that is focused solely on the simulation aspect, having 90% of the simulation stripped away.
But its good that its there I guess, for those who stubbornly want to play it and refuse to just jump into a fun arcade game like ace combat.
It doesn't hurt anyone that its there since IF someone is silly enough to play DCS world with arcade settings, they are playing on their own. They can't really join multiplayer servers as there the server admins dictate on the rules and you can bet your ass its full simulation all the way.
"The casuals are after my video games" is now my favorite quote to say in a foppish voice.
You're right, the whole "git gud" shit gets old as soon as you point out how some people really can't play as a result of their disability.
How does it even apply to them? Nobody is shaming physically impaired people for not being able to play Dark Souls.
it applies to them because people with poor motor skills (eg in their fingers or arms) can't play as well or for a long period of time? the fuck do you know about disabled people anyway, but i'd rather side with them being allowed to enjoy a game that puts some thought about how they might interact with it than with a bunch of elitist jerks who should probably just get laid already.
For them there's other games
Hubblebub Lumbubwub So people with disabilities aren't allowed to play Dark Souls even though they love the game and want to be able to play it, is what you're saying? Because that's what it sounds like, you're basically saying that there are other games, just don't play Dark Souls if you're not good at it.
Tamaki742 Yes.
Last time I checked, games are, first and foremost, suppose to be FUN. If it takes an easy mode for someone to get enjoyment out of game, then so be it.
+Keith Gallistel Most people had FUN even when games required you to master the game to even get anywhere. The biggest deal is not that it has this option, but the fact that is enabled by default. This will eventually and has already watered down games in general and will even affect how they behave when faced with a challenge in real life. If something is enabled by default then majority is going to play the game like that.
By 'most people', bloxyman22 means the niche small group of people who played video games back then when it was a niche hobby and the difficulty was due to hardware limitations instead of any artistic or mechanical decision by the developer at hand:P
Do either of you actually know if it's "most people" or a "niche small group"?? Come on here.
Yes, actually, I do know that one o.o The percentage of the population playing video games increased substantially over the years before exploding into the mainstream with the mobile game market's rise. Before that, video games and their players were tacitly acknowledged as extant at best and shunned at worst for being different.
Let me elaborate the point I was trying to make if you didn't understand: One guy is telling me one thing, one guy is saying another, there's no source even though they're both trying to argue percentile of people.
Someone who complains about those Mario Kart features shouldn't be allowed to use red shells because they're for casuals who can't aim.
I still manage to miss with red shells, lol! Much prefer Blur to Mario Kart, better driving mechanics IMO, but you can't please everyone. A lot of my friends can't play Blur because they aren't used to racing games were you have to counter steer.
You say that as a joke, but myself and many others play Mario Kart without items.
In fact, Mario Kart should have more item customization options just like Smash Bros does.
Why aren't features like that on this accessibility crusade's radar?
I do see that being a good point, as the items are based on luck and as such can make up for playing well. I am not sure if there is a really overpowered item. Maybe one of the stars, the gold mushroom or the bullet. Say you had a player who got 3 of those in a row. It would be a huge advantage compare to someone getting 3 green shells or 3 bananas.
With no items its more fair... however, I do think the items probably makes the game more fun for a lot of people. Its like a loot box every time you get something.
Red Shells are literally worse than Hitler.
Maybe if there was an option where item boxes showed what item they contained, maybe there would be competition based on that. (and item boosts based on what place you are, are, obviously, disabled.) And you should have an option to manually seed the item distribution, so you can have tournaments where people learn all the item placements by heart before the tournament.. Because hardcore.
replace red with blue, the blue shells can go kill themselves.
Think of it this way, hardcores--if the smart steering really is a competitive advantage, then it's making the game harder for you! You just need to get gud!
Tobias Banks
No it just increases volatility as players cannot increase their skill to the extent that other less gimmicky games can.
Tobias Banks
It is a gimmicky game anyway and barebones so it doesn't matter much
+The Law that sounds like excuses coming from someone who isn't good at Mario Kart. Get gud.
Uncertainty Lich
i use smart steering because its impossible to come in first place on 200cc hard cpu. 1 slip and boom there goes your position for good. i should know since im good at screwing them over at the last second 80% of the time.
Actually the software isn’t even that good and can be a determent since it prefers central racing thus it can actually be a determent
Imagine having accomplished so little in your life that your self-esteem hinges on proclaiming your ability to press buttons while watching a screen more proficiently than literal children.
Imagine having accomplished so little in your life that your self-esteem hinges on proclaiming your ability to touch a ball with your foot while watching people run around more proficiently than literal children.
(description of a professional football player)
Pro football players play other pro football players. Not children. I don't think you'll find many (or even any) professional football player whose self-esteem is tied up at being better than a child at football. Idiot.
Cameron Satterlee some people shouldn’t be aloud to do metaphors.
@@hubblebublumbubwub5215 Soccer*
@Cameron Satterlee
I don't think the self-esteem of gamers is tied up at being better than children either but you just casually ignored that. You basically insulted me for using a strawman when I was making fun of your strawman.
My 5 Year old has both smart steering and acceleration, and he loves the game, and comes 11-12th 95% of the time!
Where myself and others, use neither. It's a very good system. Jim hit the nail on the head.
Sometimes you come home from a long day and you just want to enjoy a video game without too much thought.
Give yourself a win- play in easy mode, turn on smart steering.
Why should anyone feel bad about how they choose to enjoy their own game.
Bless you, Sexy Boy Sterling
Honestly I wish there were more games that did that. Mainly so those tired people could stay the fuck away from muh tryhard videogames! REEEEE!
I fucking hate playing 2v2 in starcraft 2 and have the other guy be a total shitter and go all "sorry, I'm tired from work". Fucking play something else you dingus! REEEEEEEEE!
No but seriously, its only mildly irritating and I do hope that more games do that. Especially the more casual games. Options are always good as long as they are explained well. One thing that brings my piss to a boil is a long list of difficulty options and the game never bothers to tell you important shit. Like please, tell me what does mechanically change with each difficulty option. Does it affect damage multipliers? Is certain loot/whatever locked behind a higher difficulty mode? FUCKING TELL ME DAMN IT!
But no, its always the usual "play this if you are familiar with these games" bullshit that tells absolutely NOTHING.
Sorry, I got a bit carried away, but I ain't deleting all that crap! Eat my doodoo!
This is exactly the reason I love arcade games on emulator. Infinite credits = infinite retries, and cheats that give you all the upgrades at the push of a button leads to you doing shit you could never do before in the games, and makes you feel like a glorified badass in several games. To a lesser extent, Genesis and SNES games on easy mode with cheats or save states can be genuinely fun when you're just too tired to give a shit.
+ProjectiluvOP Yeah what's with that?? Games that have "artistic" difficulty names (not even just like, "Private" and "Commander" but like idk, vague shit along the lines or "Weed-wacker" vs "Fertilizer") or even just "easy/medium/hard" but they don't say that, like, for example, depending on what you pick, you can't play half the quests. Or legendary loot is unobtainable. Or your health bar depletes faster. Best part is those bits could be for either easy or hard! I'm not bad at video games but sometimes my hands don't work great or I have processing issues, so I usually play on more relaxed settings (normal default, easy/modded/cheat mode for buggy or hard games) and it's a pain to find out I might be excluded from some of the game. That in itself is not a bad thing, necessarily -- I wouldn't hate if I was locked out or could "skip" certain levels or quests if there was enough content that that felt like "extra" or completionist stuff. But shit cut off that drastically affects how you experience the game? That blows. And not finding out until you read a wiki page or watch a video or something, cause the difficulty settings just said shit like
*Weed-wacker*
_For when you want to enjoy nature. A walk in the park._
*Assorted Spring Seeds*
_For those who enjoy parks a lot._
*Fertilizer*
_How the game is meant to be played._
*Survival Death Match: Parasite Bees*
_For devoted gamers. A bit harder. One life run._
You know how people keep saying they want video games to be the "dominant form of media" or things like that? How they want games to be as popular and recognized as films, novels, etc. are now? This is how that happens. Let everyone experience it.
〈-thatguyoverthere This guy gets it. It's like people forgert that there are books, movies, and television programs made specifically for kids.
That is how the Wii and NDS exploded yeah.
That's the thing I don't get. Gamers are always like "We want games to be recognized as ARRRRTT!!!! We want games to be taken SEEERIOUSLEEE!" and then they complain when "cashyooalls" (I'm using that spelling exclusively at this point to get across the pearl-clutching elitism people exude when saying that word) actually PLAY games.
I've come to this conclusion: It's like a treehouse. You want people to LOOK at your treehouse, you want people to ADMIRE the work you put into the treehouse. YOU WANT THEIR ADMIRATION FOR THE TREEHOUSE. But you're not letting them INTO the treehouse.
"Hardcore gamers" have a cognitive dissonance/confidence problem. They want games to be recognized as ARRRRTTTTT, but only from the outside, so THEY can feel even more elitist about being part of that art. They want video games to be recognized, but what's even MORE important is that they, the players, get recognized as PLAYING the games. THEY'RE with it. THEY beat that game on that difficulty. They're part of twu gamers. They're part of the treehouse. EVERYONE LOOK AT THE TREEHOUSE! But don't let anyone in, because otherwise the treehouse is not elite anymore.
That's what "hardcore gaming" is. It's "LOOK!!!! LOOK WHAT I'M DOING!!!! Look. Don't touch. No touchy."
Bia T
"No, you can't play with it. You won't enjoy it on as many levels as I do." -- Professor Frink
Bia T
So where's the cognitive dissonance?
Easy mode Dark Souls would lead to more people caring it exists in a positive way, and less caring in a negative way.
That NintendoLife guy said it's too easy on 50cc to win with Smart Steering, but he didn't even get all 60 points...
What a noob.
life's good when you're a ninja block
Here's a TV that looks like an apple.
SKELETON WARRIORS!
Life's good when you're a Skeleton Warrior that looks like an Anime Fan on a Ninja Apple!
*Chains of Love plays in the background*
Mathew Haswell from a prom night?
I dunno... He says he is a real person, but I've never been in the same room with him...
And I've also never seen his legs!
and I've never been in the same room as you, as a matter of fact, I have ever seen you, how can I know you are not a bot?
Byron the best He should a leg in the last 5 seconds of the video mate...
Well, I don't really empathize with living things in general... Further research is required to get to the bottom of that.
Yes, but who did those legs actually belong to?
If Jim buys brash games I want him to make it just play a loop of skeleton warriors.
whoguru5 SKELETON WARRIORS!!!
Why does Jim play skeleton warriors every time he says the word "cunt" though?
Was there some joke he made ages ago that i missed? or is it just jim being random?
Mydogbuddy007 its gotta be that copyright trick he figured out
+Michael Casiano
Is that really all it is? I mean, yeah, he's talking about nintendo and showing nintendo game footage (and nintendo are really bad for that copyright shit) so it would make sense. I just thought their was more to it than that. Like that barbarian doing the funny stare thing being a reference to a funny thing that happened in a game Jim played.
Mydogbuddy007 he explained more in a video a few months back about why he put those videos during segments but its too complicsted or i really am missing the point with the skelly warriors joke.
So smart steering is getting a lot of people angry, but then nobody bats a fucking eye when an FPS has auto-aim
nope people complain about that too
Controllers are just that trash that you have to have auto aim
Thooo, there are fps's that can be played with a controller and no aim assist.
(like doom on nightmare)
I like Jim's pants.
I like how he's not drinking on the job.
Free ride? I had to pay $60 for the bloody game let me use how I want.
Juicy slots
great video!! it's kind of related that on the switch reddit a mother of disabled children was posting her thanks to nintendo for this feature. her children were finally able to enjoy a fun game. sadly but not surprisingly, the top comment was from a moderator reminding everyone to be nice and that bans would go out to those who rip this woman's post to shreds as some of these little pricks were ready to do.
Can I have the link for that? I'd love to see that for myself!
One of the hardest competitive genres, fighting games, has been doing this for years. You can choose an easy execution option, where special moves and combos are done by pressing one button. It has its downsides, so no one but scrubs whine about it.
Kwyjibo O_o
Which one?
is it on by default? no probably not
Marvel vs Capcom 3 is a famous one that does it
Kwyjibo O_o That doesn't seem to be widespread. I don't know what games you're talking about, besides Street Fighter for the 3ds.
Kwyjibo O_o Skullgirls is a good example of accessibility, its detailed Tutorial is unmatched in the genre.
"This encourages cheating, even being lazy!"
Y'know, that segment says a whooole lot more about the person writing it than the invulnerability leaf. I and other players self-impose challenges all the time. I love being the Loudest Man in Dunwall.
Kevin Thompson correct. And I'd argue that the best players do this 24/7. I beat a raid or five or six in Warcraft, but the best players had to be WORLD FIRST and they tried real hard to do so. Speed running is another example. Search TH-cam for "ADGQ Mario Kart 64". You'll never be as good as the guys running this game, and that's a challenge they imposed on themselves and no smart steering would ever get what they do done. So if you're worse then someone using smart steering, you need to git gud"
Its kind of like how people people complain about "easy combos" in fighting games is cheating, even though its literally less options and flexibility, and people that complain about those need need to realize they are worse than the inferior way to play.
Not only do i fully support Jim's opinion that easy modes wouldnt hurt any game guven tge right circumstances, but theres another thing i want to add. Even for an experienced gamer like me, I am not *always* a huge fan of high difficulty in *some* games (I emphasize "always" and "some" because I still like me a bit of Dark Souls). There have been lots of times where I do not want to put up with a steep difficulty after a long and stressful day at school or work. I want to give a shout out to Shadow Warrior 2's description of Easy mode, which consoles it's users for "not feeling like they to prove anything to anyone and just to be a badass at the end of a long and stressful day"
Most of us are with Jim because we're not immature cunts. I don't care if my game has an easy mode or whatever equivalent mode or setting. It's my decision to use it or not. Why would I care what some douchebags think about it? It's my game, not theirs.
Why is that important? If video games are supposedly all about fun then why can't someone just enjoy the easy mode instead of the game cradling them. Easy mode exists for a reason, so just pick it if you want to. I like easy mode sometimes, but don't feel better because I picked "the story" difficulty even though they're the same fucking thing. If I want to play a game for the story sure I might pick easy but I don't need the game to tell me that it's okay I picked that.
Asmodeus
Funny that, I was absolutely certain that Jim was very good at being immature himself.
5persondude You been putting jims live hacks into practice.
5persondude that's beautiful from the guys who made shadow worrior
It seems as though the people complaining about optional easy/invincibility modes have completely forgotten about video game cheat codes that were in games in the '90s and '00s. I used invincibility cheat codes on some games when I was in middle school because I hated beating my head up against a wall in a game that I had really enjoyed up until that point. If I got hopelessly stuck, I could either use a level skip cheat or an invincibility cheat and go on my merry way. However, if you want to press on and reap the accomplishment of beating it yourself, then by all means, do it! Options aren't a bad thing!
I've used the option to turn the difficulty down in a game myself -- namely, Yakuza 0, because fuuuuck trying to fight Awano and Lao Gui one after the other without any healing items -- and I won't apologise for it. Seriously. If you think an easy mode or an option to skip a mission is bullshit, then don't use it. Nobody's forcing you to use it. Nobody's putting a fucking gun to your empty little head.
Or, alternatively, continue to scream and spit about little kids being able to play Mario Kart, I guess. *shrug*
It's pretty obvious they added this mode so that Polygon would be able to review the game
Don't you mean most gaming journalists?
True, though Polygon is a very special kind of inept at playing video games, they make all others look good by comparison
haha are you referring to that terrible doom video? Or are they always that slow in all of them
They're almost always terrible. Other fun examples: It took them weeks to review Nioh because they couldn't make any progress in the game. Previewing some VR gun game, spends the entire time talking about how guns are scary. Upon attending a Rock Band preview event, writer posts article bitching about how he hates rock music, crowded events, and video games..and would rather talk to some rando about politics in the Phillipines.
Ok, you win the comment section of this video.
Jim... I've never seen such a brutal killing spree on the entitled! You straight up mashed their bones into the floorboards! They're dead Jim! Stop! For the love of God they're dead!
He actually missed a really important point that kinda nukes his argument, but admittedly people aren't articulating it well: 200cc.
200cc is a super challenging bonus mode where you go faster than the courses are designed for (it was added in the DLC). Thus even pros fall off the course and braking is essential. But if you have Smart Steering on you never fall off the course or have to brake and it gives such a HUGE advantage it is absolutely cheating. Unfortunately you can't ban Smart Steering in regular online matches, only private matches which are Friends Only.
Though similarly, you can't choose if you want 200cc or not in online matches either..
GELTONZ This doesnt nuke his arguement remotely. It just speaks to nintendos lack of foresight when implementing a system. It just needs the option to filter whether you want smart steering players in your game.
Sure that might affect que times but if it bothers you that much, you can just play 150cc
+GELTONZ I don't have MK8D so I don't know but I looked it up and people are saying it can be turned off. It seems a lot of people are worried what this means to their super hardcore -small- GIANT dick waving skills but people are responding that skill is still a requirement in 200cc matches. Either way, it hardly "nukes his argument" because his other points still stand. Maybe complain about this supposed issue to Nintendo? Surely they will listen to you... surely.
Oh, what was the saying that the hardcore like to tell peasants....... git gud 200cc non-auto steer players. I kinda like that idea! A 200cc match with some 6 year old kid defeating a bunch of 30 year old gaming elites using auto steer! lollool
Screw that, they're not dead enough. Jim, please continue.
+Asmodeus You're right! Carry on Jim.
Love how people have so few issues in REAL LIFE they can bitch about how someone else experiences a game, when that experience had by someone else effects them and their experience in no way.
Jim's points about Mario difficulty actually goes back to the good ol days on PC where cheat codes existed. Or even game genie in the console games. There's always been a market for this stuff and its just a shame that game companies have moved away from it.
I'm PRO-OPTIONS. I feel the lack of options in single player games is one of the great failures in gaming these past several generations. So few games take the FIFA, Civilization, or Don't Starve approach to gaming accessibility. Imagine having the New Game+ features of a game like Tales of Symphonia unlocked for FREE on your FIRST ever playthrough? I would LOVE to play RPG's with the option for 2x XP or 10x XP especially if those games expect you to grind.
Roger Babin Bravely Second actually has that option along with whether enemies drop items or gold. I found that really convenient as I wanted to grind for items/gold quite often while not over leveling myself so all I had to do was turn off XP gain. I wish more games would allow you to do that.
One of the players name in the online footage is named "Hitler69".
Because of course he is.
Internet.
Wait if that gets past nintendo's naming filter does that mean i can name my pokemans after members of the 3rd reich and/or murdering dictators? Pol Pot i choose you!
HASEnoncorperated actually pol pot wouldn't work because "pot" can be taken for a drug reference. Same problem with Mao Zedong.
Goebbels, Stalin, Mussolini, Hussein, Paul Ryan (yes that one), and my ex-wife, however, are all fair game.
Fuck I didn't see that. That is fucking amazing.
19:26 I should have guessed Jim didn't wear pants while recording these
Mario Kart has always been a hardcore competitive game. It was never aimed at a casual audience. SJWs have ruined another pro-MLG series.
Just like how they ruined competitive stair-jumping at my local post office by installing a ramp.
KingBlue That last sentence sounded like a Ken M. sentence
The fact that I sincerely don't know whether or not you are joking disturbs me.
Superb analogy. I'm going to definitely use that one in the future.
boxorak I thought the last sentence was a dead give away?
The world is full of idiots. You can never be too sure.
Optional option is optional.
I am gonna say, while I initially agreed I then remembered my 200cc experience and oh egad it needs to be removed from that. 200cc is a bonus mode where you go faster than the courses are designed for, thus requiring you to use your brakes. Even pros fall off the course here. But with Smart Steering on, you never have to brake or worry about falling off the course and it gives an excessive advantage and kinda ruins the game.
So I'm okay with it in every mode except 200cc.
It's not a "bonus" anything. It's a basic mode, just like the others. And who said it's designed to go faster than the course was designed for? The brakes have always been there, and it's a hell of a lot more logical to say everything below 200cc is SLOWER than the tracks were designed for.
And again, auto-steer disables drift boosting and short-cutting.
Combinemon You surelly know your shit, could have not said it better, you beautiful, pokemon.
I'm not sure if I missed a joke but if I didn't:
It's a digimon not a pokemon >:v
Same difference
I am severely disappointed by the lack of Chains of Love in this video.
limegol We all are
Can we get an option to turn weapon durability off in BotW? xD
BUT THAT WOULD MAKE BOTW, DA BEST GAME IN WORLD, ACESABLE TO BABIES!
Weapon durability in BoTW is more about balancing the complete free form exploration aspect of the game. By turning weapons and shields into effectively consumables they can award the same Knights Claymore 50 times and still have it feeling somewhat worthwhile as opposed to reducing the challenge for accessibility.
Although the point about it being an option is still true. You don't HAVE to do it. Like you don't have to turn off random encounters in Bravely Default but it's there if you just want to get through a dungeon without stopping every 10 steps.
In fact, BD's sliding scale might be a good way to do it. Have the default be normal durability, and it can go up to weapon invincibility or down to "Hope you like Bombs"
Nintendo hire this person they'll turn your entire company around.
Heck might even stop all the copyright strikes give this person a medal.
SavingPrincess I would love that! Or at least stop them before breaking instead lowering their damage as they break and allowing repair on certain locations. Like another great rpg that clearly Nintendo looked at... *coughs Witcher 3 *coughs
Actually, weapon durability in BoTW is about making the player tear his hair out and swear like a sailor.
Bah! If kids are having trouble with a
game, they should deal with it the way we had to - by finding one
of those dodgy books full of cheat codes and hoping the god mode code
they gave you actually worked!
Built character, it did!
It did build character. I felt pretty good about beating the campaign of Starcraft Broodwar without ever using cheat codes. Gave me a sense of accomplishment. Couldn't pull that off as a kid. God bless cheat codes.
My favourite of which is Donald ducking going quackers
The “cheat” is use the DPad to move
No seriously
Back in my day, we had to walk fifty miles in the snow to beat our video games!
I agree with you, Jim. Don't know why people care about how other people play. If it doesn't affect you, then why the fuck do you care?
Erick Schuster de Oliveira Because a lot of those types of players have inferiority complexes who have nothing else going for them. So they take it as a personal affront when someone can beat the same game as them, even if it's on an easier setting. These people are just sad people.
Erick Schuster de Oliveira Because a lot of those types of players have inferiority complexes who have nothing else going for them. So they take it as a personal affront when someone can beat the same game as them, even if it's on an easier setting. These people are just sad people.
You get a like for the Invincible reference.
Mohamoud Adan Yo right.
This is why I love Jim's policies on praise and anger. He knows all companies have issues and even if Nintendo makes mistakes.... Big ones, they still have fantastic things going for them.
Be it Sony's laughable use of the PS Store to get games too bad for even Steam
Or Microsoft often squeezing out developers to do things against their wishes
No one is perfect. Jim giveth and Jim taketh away. Thank God for Jim.
I don't hate Nintendo... I hate vapid corporate apologists who only hurt gaming in general with their blind admiration.
Typical Jim, takes the easy way and tapes a fake mustache to his face instead of growing his own. From scratch. Casual fake mustache havers grind my gears.
Matt Forbes IKR! What's the point of having a fake moustache? The fakers should get a tache or get out, rather then ruin the fun for us. Noobs!
Jim's moonface is a thing beauty don't make me punch you trolls back to your caves...praise the sters
Yes i missed the word 'of' I dare you to give a fuck
Are you serious? I can't tell. Because if you are, get over yourself. He doesn't *want* a moustache. He's just wearing one to make a joke or have fun.
@@MoisesCharles honestly can't imagine why you think the guy is joking. Fake mustache wearing people are disgusting and need to be called out
That gutter bumper and training wheel comparison made a really good point. Damn.
The only thing I disagree with here, is the point about the auto drive mode being on by default. It's likely much easier for you to turn if off, than it is for someone - who really needs it - to turn it on.
But maybe, that default setting, could have been communicated better? Show a prompt, to turn it on or off, the first time the game is launched for example?
I thought the exact same thing dude, not so much the second part. most experienced gamers always fiddle with the settings b4 even playing the game but yeah
or just have something pop up when you start your first race "would you like smart steering"
It's a conundrum, right? I had no idea that this smart steering thing existed at first, and I thought the controls were just not working correctly. Experienced players who are like "Okay, this is just MK8, I know what this is" would be taken aback when a shortcut just doesn't work. I agree with Jim's take at the end of the video.
I get it. Throw this at a kid and expect the kid to get the idea that they need to go into a Settings menu, read it, and toggle it correctly, and it's a mess. They decided to confound a few experienced gamers that would eventually take a hint.
Shoud have been a question when you start the game
Not really cause the game should alert you when you first open it that there is the option for smart steering, so those who really need it can turn it on if they want to, and the people who don't need it aren't confused/hampered at first.
shout out to youtube for not puting this video in my feed. good thing i came to the channel right away
Getting mad at this, and all the subsequent points, is like getting mad at the fact that you can make the computers fight themselves in Smash or putting them on easy. Just let people have fun.
One of my favorite things to do is take 4 CPU players, ramp up their difficulties to max, and set them to town on each other. It's a joy to watch. ^_^ Same with 2 CPU characters in Soul Calibur.
People get their knickers in a twist because some people can have something that in no way affects them? Might want to rethink their priorities.
That's something that the 2 main American political parties cry about every day, not shocking that it bleeds into everything else.
I mean, in a competitive multiplayer game, it would inevitably effect some other players.
+GlossyCandle And how would smart steering affect other players?
this shit happens all the time in the speedrunning community with people accusing us of cheating by using glitches. it's hilarious. Being from the Zelda community it's probably a bit worse because a lot of the base plays "for the experience" and absolutely hate it that we're able to take shortcuts.
I hear the Undertale community has a similar issue with lets plays where they spoil the game/demand the runners to only play the game in certain ways
+GlossyCandle No it wouldn't. Did you not hear when Jim points out that Smart Steering disables the drift speed boost and prevents the use of shortcuts? Both of those are critical to competitive play.
Wow, right next to the Game Grumps releasing a Mario Kart 8 Remastered video
I just saw that too lol
More like Lame Chumps amirite
No
Sir Musty oh shit, shots fired 🔫🔥
Krombopulos Michael Only a 12 min difference too.
3:43 Is it bad that I know what porn video that's from?
Yes and you should be ashamed of yourself. You must watch a lot of porn to recognize Malena Morgan & Elle Alexandra.
Shit...
FernandoFlynn link plez
TheNakedCourier Tragic, just tragic...
Y'all are disgusting. I've never even heard of Malena Morgan whose multiple sets with Elle and Celeste Star are...
Shit...
I think its worse that I recognized her, with her clothes on
Jim's got a damn good setup. he gets to talk about whatever the hell he wants, gets paid through crowdfunding, and can record his bits with alcohol and no pants XD
BORN DIFFERENT
brokenSCART BORN PERFECT
BORN INNOCENT
Get home from work: see the Jimquisition isn't up yet.
Refresh page every five seconds until it is.
So true
You too?
I appreciate this video. I wasn't a fan of the invincibility leaf but I never looked at it from the perspective of helping out extremely young gamers or those with accessibility difficulties. Thanks for sharing that perspective.
Back in my day, all cars were manual. If you didn't know how to use a clutch then you had NO business being in a car. Nowadays, any fool can drive a car, they don't even have to use 2 legs! What's the point of driving if you can be lazy?
And don't even get me started on cruise control...
Lets not forget self driving cars
Steer assist legally
It’s not self driving and will shit off before a crash to prevent liability
Also manual cars are quite good in my experience
And of course, one of the players in your little online demonstration is calling themselves "Hitler69". The Internet was a mistake.
What? You dont like 69? I think 69 is a fun activity.
_(what else about that username could you possibly dislike? oh how radical of me to break the expected mold)_
Oh gosh that's so terrible hahahha nice joke Reddit
I have a mutual oral sex agreement with Adolf and I find this offensive.
Looks like the fcc agrees
I'm definitely on the competitive side, and easy mode is fine, as ling as in a multiplayer environment it doesn't make it easy winning there, Mario Kart 8 does this, as shown, so it's perfectly fine.
Really agree with you on this one. Just yesterday I was visiting home and playing on my switch when my mother (who has never played a video game in her life) wanted to try it. So I just turned on auto steering, auto acceleration, and motion controls, handed her a controller and she had a grand ol time.
Omg why do people pretend that like Mario kart is this super MLG pro game? Its fucking Mario Kart its for fun. You should be thanking Nintendo for making a game that can be played both for fun and competitively. It's not like this is Unreal tournament or quake 3.
If Jim was in costume when doing the auto-steering tests, then Luigi won by doing absolutely nothing.
Couldn't agree more. Dry Bones is the best... also that stuff about accessibility.
"free ride"? you know they still had to pay for that thing right? (cue everyone who torrented looking away) what's wrong with everyone getting some enjoyment out of the stuff they paid for?
The funny part about your statement is that the people complaining about the game having an easy mode probably feature a larger percentage of torrenters than the kids, cripples and casuals needing the easy mode. Insert "Hackerman" meme.
Well, just because you bought a car doesn't mean you get to enjoy driving it. After all, it's not the car I deem worthy of driving. So it doesn't matter what YOU think about your purchase, it only matters what I think about your purchase. And if you drive a car that I don't like you should feel bad and, by Jim, I will make you feel bad if you don't already.
It's basically "Easy Mode" for feeling superior. Unless they shit on somebody else and "elevate themselves" by doing it, they don't have anything to offer.
Same for people making fun of fat people in the gym (which almost never happens anyway). They put them down so they can always point to them and say: "Man, they sure suck and I am great. Even if my own personality is donkey shit, as long as I distract everybody I will be fine!" Imagine if the fat person lost weight. Now the spotlight is suddenly showing the non-existent personality of the bully.
That dry bones is back segment is amazing. I need one of those in 10 hour track form. Just 10 hours of Jim saying "he's back, he's a skellington, etc etc, with babycakes playing in the background. I don't know why. look what you've done to me Jim.
Our Only Number One Nintendo Fan has spoken!
More options for the players are always good
darksouls easy mode: You can't get invaded.
this is also known as offline mode.
Offline is much harder, because summoning is the real easy mode. Trouble getting through an area? Summon another player. Boss kicking your ass? Summon another player. It's not quite the game playing itself, but if you get a competent summon, it's even better: it's someone else playing the game for you. I'm not ashamed to admit I've easy-moded more than a few Dark Souls bosses in my time.
StraightOuttaJarhois
I play it with friends that finished the game often enough. and we even have problems with bosses we know to fight because they are much harder with summoned people.
i think ds needs a real easy mode for people that dont like it because its to hard.
I thought easy mode was using online and summoning players to help you. Or using magic.
Dewinter Yageu Harder? Don't they just have more life? That's not a problem, because you can just hit the boss in the back while another player distracts it, and change roles when it aggros you. Or stand back watching while two sunbros do it for you.
Jack Ball invasions really aren't that big a deal, summoning well makes up for it
...holy cow. I never realized that the Nov 2013 forum post JSS reads in this episode had a bunch of people saluting a blonde haired guy on stage with a "Make Nintendo Great Again" slogan on it. THAT was a bit ahead of its time...
I don't know why people are so against easy modes. Sports games like Madden and MLB the Show have had beginner modes for years and you don't see the hardcore players complain. The difficulty setting are so customizable you could adjust things like pitch speed and referee AI to to make the either as casual-friendly or hardcore simulation as you like. I actually wish more games could be like that.
You lost me at "sport games"
DEUS VULT You lost me at "Its not a style of video game that I play therefore your argument is invalid"
Absolutely, the more flexible the options to alter the difficulty are, the easier it is to gradually ease yourself as a new player from beginner to expert.
Robert .Breedlove adding optional accessibility options help sell more games to casuals, which I support
Smart steering is great as an accessibility option for people who can't play the game as intended because of physical disabilities. Good on you Nintendo!
Also, the best way to give Dark Souls an Easy Mode is to give the player a Map.
Because as we all know, it helps to have a map.
Who needs a map? **ding**
I just want rid of that goddamn Stamina bar. >:U
Oh! I meant, an active minimap on the corner of the screen like Witcher 3. Knowing where the enemies are placed based on the icons on the minimap would make a massive difference in difficulty in Dark Souls.
hmn, I though of something, but it would need online..
"knighting." would work like a long summon- and it would also work like a inherent red eye ring, so that enemies have a higher aggro rate towards the knight. The person who gets the knight woudl take less damage, deal less damage and would get less souls but more embers/humanity to re summon their knight if they perish.
the knight would either get an increased droprate or maybe some special fashion souls..
maybe special gestures that would help communication, so that it still stays consistent and fits the mood of the game
thsi would still have struggle as theme, cooperation, but it would mean more because its someone else who suffers for you..
maybe the person that asks for knighting could get special spells that can heal their knight- so then two people could play together and the game would be open for people who may have longer reaction times or problem grabbing a controller or something..
Speaking of physical accessibility issues and video games.....
I really want to play Dark Souls but I have dyspraxia... any tips or mods that might help?
platformers are painful, but i find a lot of FPS games on PC quite fun. Comfortably silver elite on counter strike, although it took many hours of practice. However, 3rd person games such as dark souls and GTA i have a tough time, overcompensating many corrective actions. My dyspraxia is also quite mild, but it definetly has an effect, which is a shame because i am enthralled with the world of dark souls and GTA
I have dyspraxia too, though I've been through treatment for it to make it more manageable. Mine is not severe but I would say still noticeable (I used to have that distinctive "loose boned" walk until I got training with it.)
I am generally quite bad at third person action games that require fast reflexes too. I could not get my head around God of War for example. When I tried to play Dark Souls this way, I found it very difficult. But then I changed my thinking to how I play strategy games - waiting for the right moment to strike, spotting patterns to exploit and building routines. If you think of it that way, the clunkier combat becomes a bonus for a dyspraxic rather than a punishment. I play slowly and methodically, carefully learning each new enemy type and building my response to each situation. Do I get killed a lot? Oh yes. And bosses are sometimes a huge struggle (fuck you Fume Knight!). But if you persevere perhaps you will enjoy it. But in the end, if you don't, it's no big loss either. I never played God of War but there are hundreds of other great games out there I can enjoy. I get a great feeling of satisfaction when I overcome a challenge in Dark Souls.
As an aside, my brother plays Dark Souls like he plays all action games with a lot of charging in and relying on his excellent reflexes and instincts to see him through. Weirdly, we favour similar loadouts and equipment, but he struggles with the weenies and mooks and finds the bosses much easier, whereas I rarely die to a mook once I've learned it's rhythm but usually really struggle with bosses. I guess it's because learning a bosses full moveset is usually harder, but they telegraph more generally so someone with excellent reflexes can respond quickly if they are good enough, whereas the mooks reward care and patience.
your health needs to git gud noooob hahahahahahah
Use a Rock Band drum set.
Oscar C hey Oscar, I enjoy dark souls on its regular difficulty. but I sometimes wanna feel like a badass, or just see the world, or different character builds.
I use a cheat engine it has all kinds of crazy options to make the game easier. You can boost up your characters stats, or even turn on invincibility if you find any parts paticularly hard.
However, I only use this stuff offline, which cuts out the community portion of the game.
You can get banned if you use it online, but also... it would be way unfair to possible invaders.
:D
I actively fucking lost it at you using smart steering and being an announcer. "we're not gonna use the fuck out of this gold mushroom'
Love you, Jim!! Never stop doing you.
Wait! In the original Majora's Mask there wasn't that stone that helps you?!
I'm so glad that it's in the game! Every time I play the game I'm always stressed about running out of time so that I don't have to fuck around the world trying to find the thing that I supposed to do is a great help (also if you haven't played for a while it's a great reminder).
Anyway when I heard about this function in MarioKart 8 Deluxe I was happy about it. It literally helps other people to experience the same thing that you like. Why is that bad?
Also as someone who is constantly trying to get my family members to play games with me sometimes this is a great option for them! I tried to introduce my parents and my siblings to some games but it's not that easy for someone who hasn't played a game coordinate their hands and eyes to play a game. So yeah great move Nintendo!
That Switch purchase is coming closer and closer.
You know, I would probably be more willing to play "Mario Kart 8" with the easy-drive setting. I'm absolutely awful at driving or racing games, so this setting would actually make me want to pick it up.
Too right Jim. In my Video Game Design 2 class last year, we talked about Dark Souls having difficulty settings and virtually every one else (all a bunch of 19 or 20 year-old elitist gamers apparently) were vehemently against an easy and medium mode added to it. I suck at Dark Souls... I get so frustrated and I can't seem to understand the subtle nuances of it or gain the muscle memory and reflexes to beat any of the three games. Perhaps my gaming preference precludes newer games and I should just stick to old fashioned games that I played as a teenager back in 1993 because I'm 36 and I'm just stuck in the 90s. What I took away from that discussion in class was this: the inability of the others to not let something go, that they wouldn't even utilize and effect their game play experience, is a testament to their youth, their narrow mindedness forged greatly by the online community that bullies people into, as Jim said, "getting good or fucking off", and their sheltered inexperience with or wanton unwillingness to acknowledge the existence of gamers who may be learning impaired, like myself. Thanks a lot Jim for this video.
If any law enforcement were to ever seize Jim's hard drive, they'd have some questions about all the baby in costume pictures
I admit, I laughed at "It's a lot to swallow"
Having your mouth open is quite important to the process of swallowing, good on you doctor.
Jim "Hipsterboy" Sterling was the first edge lord which criticized Nintendo while listening to Linkin Park. No one has ever done that in the history of Nintendo!
Jim sterling the only human Nintendo fan
I don't have a wii or switch, but this smart steering for mario kart is effecting me ALOT
seriously, it's fucking awesome. My sister never liked mario kart because she doesn't have the mental faculties for the eye-hand coordination and reflex that is needed to play without being last all the time. Can't wait for it.