SJ Longthorne

Are there any narrative games out there with a difficulty scale that correlates not to something like combat or action, but to the level of drama and social conflict you have to navigate? Where casual means everyone's easy-breezy and on deathmarch you're walking on eggshells?

if not then dibs

To clarify, I'm not talking about normal choice and consequence in-game. I'm talking about an up-front difficulty setting that toggles how reactionary characters are and how much drama you have to deal with in your game, specifically in branching narrative games.

I've been thinking a lot lately about stress in games. I react negatively to stress related to combat/my ability to press buttons at the right time, which I suck at. I don't enjoy it. But what if we considered other types? How would that change the way we approach difficulty?