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Would you rather stop playing a game than lower the difficulty? The First Berserker: Khazan devs reckon you would
"I'd rather quit with dignity than drop it down to Easy."
In an update on Steam, Neople revealed some interesting information about the behaviour of players that picked up its hardcore action role-playing game since its release in March 2025. Whilst the update is a couple of weeks old now, I've seen the statement doing the rounds in dev Discords and message boards this morning, and thought it was worth bringing to attention more broadly. Regarding game development, I'd rather this than something a little more underhanded, like you see in Resident Evil 4- which will quietly bump the difficulty down without telling you if you're struggling with a certain section (see the video below for more information on that little nugget).
Or read this on Eurogamer
