Arguably the best soulslike made outside of FromSoftware's offices, Lies of P, is also one of the rare games in the fledgling subgenre to include difficulty settings, but the developers only gave fans easier options after half of them got their puppet backsides whooped.
The fairytale-infused soulslike enjoyed difficulty options a few years after its initial launch thanks to the equally excellent Lies of P: Overture expansion. Difficulty options are very contentious with soulsalikelike fans, so you can imagine how hectic the discourse got when developer Nough Studio added not one, but two difficulty settings, both of which were easier than the standard.
