was grand theft auto iv mind-numbingly easy for you? or controller-throwingly frustrating? rockstar is attempting to scale the difficulty of its next open-world game, red dead redemption, to accommodate players of all abilities. ''''''we've implemented levels of difficulty into the game that employ different types of auto-aiming,'''''' a new rockstar games blog post explains. ''''''casual mode gives you a full auto-aim system (and faster regenerating health). normal mode features snap-to-target with precise aiming using the right stick. expert mode implements free aim with no lock-on at all.''''''

according to the post, this is actually the first time rockstar has implemented multiple difficulty settings in its open world games. it's certainly an interesting approach to take: changing the actual method of gameplay, versus simply scaling enemy and player health. will it be successful, though? even rockstar seems uncertain: ''''''we will be interested to see what people think having played with each option.''''''red dead redemption adds 'casual' and 'expert' difficulties originally appeared on joystiq on fri, 16 apr 2010 15:40:00 est. please see our terms for use of feeds.




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