I’ve been cooking this take and Im gunna say it:

THE NEXT FROMSOFT SOULS GAME SHOULD HAVE AN EASY MODE

Argument: several Castlevania games had difficulty options. The NES ones did not, but Bloodlines on the MD had two characters sort of represent different difficulties, and you could increase your starting lives. Nobody says Bloodlines is easy.

Castlevania Chronicles on the Playstation has literal difficulty selection, actually a littany of options and modes. Nobody says Chronicles is easy.

Dork Soles is as close as you can get to 3D Castlevania. There’s a throughline between fighting axe knights in Castlevania 1 and fighting silver knights in Dark Souls 1. Dork Soles doesn’t have the platforming focus because that shit’s unplayable, but the games have a very similar spirit. So put Easy or an Assist mode in Dork Soles IV.

This position is unassailable and any attempt to disagree will prove nothing other than that you are a nerd and a g*mer