>zoomies and redditors hate "archaic" gaming conventions like life systems, continues, and game overs
>these types of games usually had a checkpoint right before boss battles
>fast forward to today, they praise games for doing away with traditional "lives" but also suck off Soulslop for making other heavily time-wasting mechanics (like runbacks and loss of progression currency on death) the industry standard
Make it make sense. I can fully understand the argument against going back to the beginning of the game if you lose so many lives, but I can't understand why the same people who asked for that to go away to then praise other gimmicks that waste just as much of your time.
