Flintlock Locks Achievements From Being Earned on Easy Difficulty

Just last week, Kepler Interactive released action game Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn on consoles and PC. While it’s always nice to have another game to play, the latest title from A44 Games seems to implement a rather curious design decision, and that’s prohibiting players from earning achievements/trophies if gamers play on the easiest difficulty.

This is mentioned in the game’s start screen when players choose a difficulty level. Those who choose the “Story” difficulty (one star) will be greeted with an “Achievements cannot be earned in Story difficulty” message/warning image via OleManLogan).

While it’s normal for gamers to gate some of the achievements/trophies to a difficulty level, I think this might be the first time I’ve heard of a game completely locking players from earning any of it just by playing it on the easiest mode available. In the grand scheme of things this might not be a big thing, but it’s something I personally hope doesn’t make its way into other games.

Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn is available now on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC. So far, it’s sitting at a respectable 71 overall on Metacritic.

For those not familiar with the game, here’s a quick description of it:

From games studio A44, makers of Ashen, comes an explosive Souls-lite, where Gods and guns collide in a battle for the future of humanity.

The Door to the Great Below has been opened unleashing the Gods and their armies of the Dead. The lands of Kian are besieged, the city of Dawn is on the brink of destruction. It’s time for the Coalition army to fight back. Embrace vengeance, gunpowder and magic as you embark on an epic journey to defeat the Gods, close the door and retake the world.

Are you OK with developers locking achievements behind a difficultly wall? Mind, this is different from not being able to earn all the achievements because some are locked (usually beating the game in the hardest difficulty setting has an achievement/trophy tied to it), but completely locking out all the achievements though? What do you make of it? Leave a comment below and let us know.

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