No, it's called taking the easiest and most obvious path to moderately good damage which is not only well-resisted but has been nerfed to hell and back from when it was originally broken beyond belief.

That would be a weird and highly specific bonus, wouldn't it?

No, what I'm saying is, the Greatsword of Artorias literally makes no sense.

No, Sif wields the Standard Greatsword of Artorias.

Of course, but the Lightning brand is for scrubs.

Sorry, I'm not a fan of exposing myself to malware.

If you think a video game NPC is capable of invoking true and honest shame, in every dimension of that word's meaning, you've got a very flexible definition of 'shame'.

>saved for those who like stuff like that

Arrogant. That's the perfect word for Shin Megami Tensei I was looking for.

>negative effect to the player

Well there, Mr. Man, if you wanna go there, then Suwako shits on everyone.

>new users

Tell me, have you ever played an SMT game or is this simply an intellectual exercise for you?

I almost thought you were serious there for a second, given how awful the Kotaku commentariat can often be.

Actually, you're completely wrong.

>in before "why didn't they finish their first kickstarter game before asking for more handouts!!1"

No, you're missing the point. It's not about difficulty levels. The way the game treats the player in the case of SMT, or, for example, new Ninja Gaiden (pre 3) is integral to her experience with it. It's not just an inert menu option to make the game harder, an option which most players avoid anyway - even on the…

Because SMT has always been for crazy people in the way that Touhou's hardest difficulty is for crazy people.

The get the "no hats" mod, play on a f2p-blocking server, and stop bitching about new content you don't have to engage with.

Emphasizing Star as opposed to Wars isn't really a negative, though, compared to the benefit of dropping "The".