Oh my God, that crab has a gun: Another Crab’s Treasure takes an aggressive stance on accessibility
With the launch of Lies of P and Lords of the Fallen this year, we’ve seen the revival of the age-old discourse around Soulslike games and difficulty emerge once again: Should Souls games have easy modes? While Dark Souls developer FromSoftware has resisted most calls for improved accessibility in its notoriously unforgiving games, other developers have been free to experiment with the genre conventions as they see fit—and one of next year’s stranger-looking Soulslike games is taking a unique approach.
Ian Boudreau672023-11-03