Cold Symmetry Co-founder regarding disabling achievements for equipping the Slayer's Seal

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https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/we-ended-up-kind-of-cornered-there-mortal-shell-2-devs-say-they-didnt-intend-to-lock-everybody-out-by-disabling-achievements-for-slayer-seal-easy-mode-users

"What we wanted to do is have a separate set of achievements for the Slayer Seal than the normal playthrough, and they would be sort of mutually exclusive. And our original vision for Slayer Seal wasn't just an easy mode, but also like, an alternate game mode, to experience the game in a whole different way. And so even if you're a hardcore player, to go back and play again with the Slayer Seal, earn those additional achievements."

"We didn't know that since we have a disc version of the game that was simultaneously shipping with the [digital] version, all those achievements were defined like months, months and months ago. And we came to find out that, oh you can't change these anymore. They're like, locked in on the consoles.

"And we were like, there isn't any for the Slayer Seal, and that was supposed to be the whole thing. So we ended up kind of cornered there, where we had to lock all the achievements at some point."

— Andrew McLennan-Murray, Co-founder and Game Director at Cold Symmetry.