mqstout: Really dig the art and animations and how the general play appears.
Don't dig the "[this]isn't a typical action-adventure game. It's for players that value a serious challenge and searching for answers on their own". Add difficulty settings to your games! And that second half makes it sound like the game is obtuse and unexplained for no good reason.
(Which, BTW, gogblues -- that doesn't have alt-text like it should.)
TZODnmr2k5: ^ This, games with oppressive difficulty just for difficulty's sake are not gonna keep the lights on in your company, as only elite gamers will flock to your games, and not a wider demographic; I'm talking about actual game balance, as games that are too easy are just as unbalanced as ones that are oppressively difficult…
I'm of course speaking in general, as I never played this game, but from the description, it looks like it's a narrow field of gamers that this game is going for.
well
Dark Souls and Elden Ring have sold fairly well
despite some players calling these games quite difficult
Then again measuring the tipping point of what can be called oppressive difficult can be hard as it varies from person to person
Qoute :
When it comes to hard games, the Dark Souls series is probably the most infamous of them all. Because of that, it gets a lot of backlash from people saying things about it that are not necessarily true. A lot of people dislike the game, but it has a massive following of loyal fans.
All the time I see different people saying that the game is impossible to beat, and sometimes I see people saying that it’s so easy. In reality, the game is in the middle. It is not too hard or too easy. Dark Souls is one of those games that, with a lot of patience and learning, you will be able to get through it.
Dark Souls is notorious for just throwing a new player directly into the game without telling them where to go and what to do. A lot of people are not a huge fan of this because they like a game that they can just sit down, relax, and play without having the trouble and adrenaline rush of certain games.
Link :
https://gamevoyagers.com/how-hard-dark-souls-really/
Dark Souls 3 concluded the trilogy and was released in Japan in March 2016 and in the west a couple of weeks later for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. Dark Souls 3 sold over 3 million copies in the first month alone. By May 2020, the game had sold over 10 million copies worldwide across all platforms.
Bandai Namco and FromSoftware have officially confirmed Elden Ring has already sold over 12 million copies globally across all gaming platforms. This includes both physical and digital sales made of March 14.
Dont have recent sales data
Links :
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/dark-souls-3-has-sold-over-10-million-copies-pushi/1100-6477468/
And
https://dotesports.com/general/news/elden-ring-has-sold-12-million-copies-globally-in-less-than-a-month
