>>28048098It's not about whether you can turn it off or not. It's about how they took a neat item and made it so overpowered that it lets you steamroll the game with no effort, and this change was absolutely unnecessary for an item you're given very early in the game.
It's like if they started selling master balls in stores at the beginning of the game. Sure, you can avoid them, but a smart player would use everything they can to help beat the game. When the game hands you a way to beat it with your eyes closed, it's not the players fault for not gimping themselves. That's just poor game design.
But yea, you're totally right. In fact, everyone should play the games using only caterpie holding black sludge, because playing like a moron to make the game harder is apparently necessary since game developers shouldn't be expected to balance a game anymore.
