Easy mode is unlocked by repeatedly dying on normal mode

>easy mode is unlocked by repeatedly dying on normal mode

>you're automatically placed into easy mode if you die enough times with no chance of opting out
>the game doesn't tell you

>hard mode is just enemies with inflated stats
>that's it

>achievements are locked behind beating the game on hard mode
>if you die even once, the game irrevocably places you on normal mode

>game is still too hard, even on easy

When has this ever happened?

devil survivor 1

any shmup made by CAVE

A badly designed game. Hard Reset had really stupid difficulty spikes. Catherine was a game I could only finish on easy.

>die
>would you like to switch to Easy Mode

YOU ROTTEN MOTHER FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT GAME I WILL RAPE YOU IN YOUR SLEEP, SNAP THE DISC AND SHOVE IT UP DEV'S ASSHOLE SIDEWAYS AND SPIN IT

>easy mode is unlocked by complaining about the difficulty in your steam review.

>Game outright insults you for picking the easy mode

>Game compliments you for picking hard mode.

>hard mode is unlocked by beating the game once
>literally no changes except for more difficulty
Why do games do this

I unironically loved that Kid Icarus Uprising did this.

fucking brainlet

>hard mode
>all NPC are trying to kill you
>it's actually easier than normal mode

>Games "hardest difficulty" isn't even that hard
>Just extremely tedious and time consuming

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> SNAP THE DISC
> DISC
Console Peasant

These

>there's only an easy and a normal difficulty
>hard mode DLC comes out 6 months later
>it's just buffer enemies and more stage hazards

If Devil May Cry 3 did not call me a pussy I would not be the man I am today.

>game calls you a wuss for playing on easy
>game calls you a normie for playing on normal
>game calls you a tryhard for playing on hard
>game tells you to get a life it you play it on every difficulty

>Game's hard mode makes the game a bit easier in a way than easier modes
What games do this?

stalker. enimes do more adn TAKE more Damage.

>if you die even once, the game irrevocably places you on normal mode
Fucking classic mode Sm4sh

fallout 4's survival difficulty makes the enemies shit out tons of overpowered weapons

I never felt more insulted until DMC1 showed me that.

I was even more upset my friend opted for it

Rhythm games

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>Die for the first time
>Unlock the hardest to play character in the game
>Probably the first character you unlock
>Untold number of people tried that character on their second run and died in one hit

Valkyrie Profile's easy mode is arguably the hardest difficulty, since it restricts the dungeons that are available. As a result, several critical skills and spells can't be obtained and some powerful characters can't be recruited, making end game enemies extremely difficult.

The hardest difficulty gets you access to certain end game spells and weapons almost immediately, which trivializes most of the game.

Dragon Dogma. Enemies can one shot you for about a hour into the game but it literally rain gold so you can tank up with the best gear at any given point in the game and have max stacks of all healing items. Assuming you can get by the first hour then you will find the game easier in comparison.

That sounds absolutely fucked

I remember there was some quirk that made the very last bullet pattern in Touhou 10's main story harder on easy than it was on normal.

name six games and a movie that do this

>hard mode
>game gives you more abilities and slots from the start
>makes it easier than the second hardest difficulty
th-thanks kh2

I think STALKER was already mentioned but hard makes both you and enemies have less health/do more damage.
Id argue that some spellcards in touhou are easier on hard mode vs normal

>easy is normal
>normal is NG+

Any game with a Heaven or Hell mode
Most games with a NG+ mode
Most rhythm games

Tell me about Chihaya, Why is she so flat?

Makoto a cute! A CUTE!!!

>easy is very easy
>normal is easy
>hard is unlocked after beating the game
why

Because she's a retarded man with no sex appeal.
The worst is when you have to beat Easy to get Normal, beat Normal to get Hard, beat Hard to get Expert, and so on. Just let me have them all at the start.

Game only takes an hour and a half to beat. Whats the big problem?

>hard mode does some things you like and some things you hate
Why does difficulty have to be so one-dimensional?
It's stupid that I can only have enemies with an AI comparable to a human if I also make it so that they have stupidly high stats.

>you have to win in easy , normal and hard
>just to unlock the extreme difficulty
>enemys are just bullet sponges

>game gives you 'help for the stupid' boost and items if you die a lot

>fail so badly you lose 50,000 cr
>become Human PLUS

>one of those items is actually really fun, and is incredibly unlikely to be obtained normally
Tower of Guns is stupid