But again, it’s a niche game that has been clearly made for a certain audience. Of course that audience, which has loved the series for almost a decade now, will want it to remain true to its roots - and why shouldn’t they? Not everything needs to be aimed at everyone, that’s the beauty of it.

It’s a niche game, driven to the west by a core audience of people that have devoted tons of time and dedication to it. Now that it’s got a semblance of mainstream popularity, you get folks crying that they need to be catered to as well. It’s silly and childish, of course fans will get upset about that.

The answer is simple: no. Dark Souls shouldn’t have an easy mode. Can’t play it? Tough. There’s loads of games that I’m fascinated by, but have no skills to play - and I’m not entitled enough to start demanding that everyone accommodates my whims. People should just learn that not everything is going to be for them…

Well, considering that the voice acting has easily been the worst part of the new reboot series, I’d say Vikander can rest easy.

It’s appealing to the lowest common denominator of people who think they’re smart or nerdy because they bought a t-shirt featured on the show.

“Games”

Oh fuck, a sponsor is working to get money as well out of something? Holy shit, say it ain’t so.

Doesn’t explain why gambling sponsors are allowed - that is also illegal in those countries.

Jezebel is extremely anti-sex when it isn’t convenient for them.

Except in real life you don’t play as one gender for half your life and then suddenly are forced to become the other gender.

“Nearly unwatchable”

Since you obviously can’t read, I might point out to you that I’m someone who tried to commit suicide but didn’t, and has been struggling with chronic depression and anxiety since I was twelve.

Not much value putting focus on a guy who is a blip, yet you devoted an entire massive article on him when you could have just let him rant on without giving him the time of day to begin with.

Unless you’re equating transgenderism with suicide, I don’t understand what you’re talking about here. One removes you from existence, leaving behind only pain and devastation, the other leaves you alive and well, living more fully because you’ve realized who you are as a person.

Saying “I’m depressed” is not the same as saying “I’m suicidal, I’m going to kill myself, help me.” Your entire base argument is wrong.

If that person said “fuck it, I’m not going to even try to treat this and I’ll let all of you go on knowing that I could have survived if I wanted to” then yes, it is selfish.

My shrink told me point blank that suicide is, and I quote, “a selfish act that serves no one” during some of my darkest periods at the time. It was exactly what I needed to hear, even if it wasn’t what I wanted to hear.

They’re always around, at least that’s what I learned through personal experiences. But writing about how nobody cares about your feelings anonymously online is not a way of getting help, and that’s something that the tumblr-generation has yet to grasp.

Got to the point of actually staring down at the train tracks, counting the minutes for the train to arrive so I could jump, when the thought came to me that, sure, my pain was gonna go away, but that train driver was gonna have nightmares and trauma for the rest of his life, as was everyone else on the platform, as…

That’s quite an assumption to make, and certainly one that people in the “survivors” group (though the name sucks) that I belong to would disagree with. Many of us, most I’d dare say, had second thoughts about suicide because we realized how devastating and profoundly selfish and unfair it was towards those that love…