Select difficulty

>select difficulty
>normal
>hard
>very hard

>game has achievements for every difficulty level

>beat the game on "very hard" first time
>it doesn't unlock the achievements for very easy, easy, normal, and hard

>finish very hard
>Unlock extreme/insane

>it actually has different encounters and adds new mechanics to boss fights

>The real ending is locked behind extreme
>You are a pleb and give up and watch on youtube

>select difficulty
>normal
>hard
>very hard

>Pick Hard
>It's not too much
>Pick Very Hard
>It hands your ass back to you on a silver platter and a cup of fuck you

>normal
>hard
>very hard
>game-related name

>Normal is easy as balls
>Hard Mode is goddamn impossible

>super easy
>super hard

>Easy
>Normal
>Hard
>Very Hard
>Impossible
>Lord of the game

>pick anything other than normal
>what the fuck i keep dying this is bullshit!
>petition devs to make game easier on higher difficulties

IWTFTP

>baby
>master

>Normal is too easy
>Hard is too hard
>After failing so many times on hard but managing to beat it, very hard is a cakewalk

>there's no difficulty setting

>red sun on the distance

>difficulty is labeled "impossible"
>is beatable, and is not actually impossible

>Only those 3 difficulties
>Instantly assume hard is normal mode and normal is "we didn't want to call it easy mode"

I can't be the only one.

>finish game on very hard
>unlock extreme
>Say I'll come back to it later
>when you come back you are shit and have to start over from very hard
Well fuck

Sometimes normal is hard as balls too, they just put "normal" so you don't run like a coward immediately.

I like how they threw that upside down in Path of Radiance.

Our Normal was JP's Hard.

>it's actually impossible
>people complain about something being as advertised

>impossible is actually impossible
Has any game done this before?

>people complain so much they nerf it and make it just extremely hard as fuck
laff

Yes
But mostly as a joke

>select difficulty
>normal
>hard
>very hard
>In a fucking RPG

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>Absolute hardest difficulty is dlc

>beat game
>"now beat the game on hard mode!"
>do it
>ending is shit

fucking earthworm jim

I wanna be the Guy, however there's someone who did it in 5 part.

>select difficulty
>unrealistic
>moderately realistic
>almost realistic
>realistic

>acievements for each difficulty
>doesnt give the cheevo the previous lower level difficulties if you beat it on the hardest.

this shit right here.

>Finish the game on highest difficulty
>Sorry but some achievements must be done in other difficulties, you can't do them in the hardest
Why do they do this?

>achievements for each difficulty except easy, but beating easy is a hidden requirement for getting the hardest difficulty achievement leaving you dumbfounded as to why you didn't get it the first time

>hard
>harder
>harderer

>It is really fucking hard even in hard

>hard
>harder
>hardest
>hardester
>hardestest
>hardestestest

>COMMON VIDEO GAME TROPE

NAME [AMOUNT] OF GAMES THAT DO THIS

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I AM THE GOD OF HELLFIRE