I don't have a ton of time to play video games (mainly I just do not want to spend that much time sedentary) and I certainly don't have time to grind away at a game to progress in a story gradually. I just do not have enough time for that!!
(btw I am not talking about "casual" games with no death / mobile games / etc though those are fine and valid also I suppose, I specifically mean story-based / signle-player campaign games)
props to easy games (the most recent Dragon Quest I'm looking right at you) and games that let you scale the difficulty (especially the ones that let you adjust it on the fly). also easy modes get bonus points for making the worst gamers mad.
shout out your favorite easy games here
I didn't use it, but Hades is a really good game and it has an easy mode.
The "godmode" where every death buffs you without any other changes made that game so much easier to enjoy while still being a fun challenge.
The way they did it was really elegant, too. For anyone who doesn't know, whenever you fail a run with God Mode on you get a scaling damage reduction, not a damage boost or bonus XP or anything like that. It means you still have the chance to learn how to do the fights, since Hades is mostly a game of "dodge the telegraphed move/big red circle."
I had it on so long I maxed it out, and even then I forgot was on at times, but even an old like me could get to the end and feel accomplished. A really talented studio all around made that.