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Sony's New Technology Would Adapt Game Difficulty to a Player's Skill Level (hypebeast.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Sony's New Technology Would Adapt Game Difficulty to a Player's Skill Level::Sony's New Technology Would Adapt Game Difficulty to a Player's Skill Level: The company filed a patent for the skill-based algorithm.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago (3 children)

There are examples of subtle difficulty shifts too, such as RE4. The game will spawn more/less enemies and change drop rates based on player performance.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

See also, Left 4 Dead's "Director" system. https://left4dead.fandom.com/wiki/The_Director Pretty sute that qualifies as prior art.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

I thought Max Payne had adaptive difficulty like two decades ago.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Minecraft gets more difficult over time too, the longer you stay in the same area

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

And also "will you snail"