Psychonauts 2 will feature an invincibility toggle to enable "all ages, all possible needs" to enjoy the game - Game journalist mode ahoy!

Can you imagine if Cuphead had a similar mode from the get-go? The challenge would be nonexistent. It would discourage trial and error. Just breeze through, no problem.
An invincibility mode on Cuphead would still not have prevented Dean Takahashi spectacularly bringing a-great-a shame on himself.
 
That’s cool, can I also get an option to skip the combat sections and go straight towards the dialogue?
 
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Reminder that Double Fine's community manager for the past year is Heather Alexandra, the tranny from Kotaku. He's most certainly handling the company Twitter account.

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The sad part is that even if Timmy grows a spine and decides to fire this tranny, we won't hear the end of it as DF will be accused of tRaNsPhObIa, just like when Jessica Price pissed on consumers over the Guild Wars thing.
 
The sad part is that even if Timmy grows a spine and decides to fire this tranny, we won't hear the end of it as DF will be accused of tRaNsPhObIa, just like when Jessica Price pissed on consumers over the Guild Wars thing.
Actually, Heather Alexandra is a perfect fit at Double Fine because Tim Schafer is of the same disposition, going as far back as when he did his infamous Gamergate literal sock puppet routine at GDC six years ago. Tim undoubtedly approves of how the company Twitter account is being handled.
 
Game Journalist Mode

for srs tho what happened to like a "god mode" cheat code

Journalists aren't skilled enough to unlock cheats. They can't even jump over obstacles in tutorial mode.

Back in the NES days we'd beat difficult games. It took practice but we did it. Too many win buttons now.

You know what? Good for them. If the game studio wants to provide an ultra-easy mode for people who are bad at video games without taking away other difficulty levels in the process, go for it.

Well it is a better trade off than making the game easier for journalists, kiddies and gamergirls.
 
This is making the
https://twitter.com/tamoorh/1415258557419773953?s=19
The blue checkmark brigade are at it again with their disingenuous, emotionally manipulative faggotry. I reiterate, why not just watch a fucking playthrough if that's all you want?
Wrong URL, but yes, the game journos are being uppity again.

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In any case, reminder that Souls games DO have Easy Mode for "accessibility". It's using co-op phantoms and internet guides for cheese strats & builds.

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EDIT: Oh look, another ex-Kotaku moron.
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So much idiocy over this issue, but mostly on the part of the developer. They could have just said this is like good old fashioned cheat codes and then throw in some funny options as well like making your characters have big heads with a few presses of the button. You would be adding in more features which you can use to further market the game. Everyone likes having funny ways to dick around in the game.

But if they did the sensible option they wouldn't get asspats from the usual suspects. They can't resist the virtue signal or a chance to shine theirs.
 
Umm, Mr. Schafer, sweetie, I couldn't help but notice that your game is rated T for Teen. My little brother, about seven years old, wants nothing more than to play this game, but he can't because he's too young for it. Why are you deliberately excluding children from your playerbase? That's very problematic. Also, I couldn't help but notice that it's gonna cost $60, but I'm afraid I don't have that kind of money. Is this your way of saying that those who are less financially well-off are not welcome to play your game? Yikes. Also, my PC is as old as a donkey's balls, and the system requirements seem way too high for it. Why is this game so exclusionary to those with shit PCs? That's a yikes from me, Mr. Schafer. Learn to do better, please.

On a more serious note, I'm absolutely positive that, even with this feature, this game's still not gonna be as successful or impactful as "exclusionary" games like Cuphead and Dark Souls.
 
This is making the

Wrong URL, but yes, the game journos are being uppity again.

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In any case, reminder that Souls games DO have Easy Mode for "accessibility". It's using co-op phantoms and internet guides for cheese strats & builds.

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EDIT: Oh look, another ex-Kotaku moron.
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I didn't realize that God of War man Cory Barlog joined in the circlejerk too.

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Commence battle of the Gods of War (though Balrog is avoiding Jaffe's point):
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