choosing hard mode your first time playing a game

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mysterious loyall X: Jul 8, 2003

smt gmes have the worst hard modes imaginable since everything costs a billion times more and does more damage so its just annoying iirc

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mysterious loyall X: Jul 8, 2003

good hardmodes: changing enemy locations or making encounters stronger hell even better ai sometimes, or at least different behavior.

bd hardmodes: making all the enemies bullet sponges and do more damge to u

# ¿ Sep 20, 2016 19:34

mysterious loyall X: Jul 8, 2003

Evil Eagle posted:

My favorite hard modes will always be the ones that remix the enemy layouts and give the bosses new moves or make them faster. So Castlevania Order of Ecclesia has my favorite hard mode. Unfortunately you can't play hard mode from the start in OoE and a lot of other games which is a shame.

ooe hard mode was cool

# ¿ Sep 20, 2016 20:44

mysterious loyall X: Jul 8, 2003

goferchan posted:

If a game makes you play through once to unlock hard mode the hard mode better add some cool poo poo. The bayonetya hard mode is awesome because you start seeing endgame enemies in the first fight of the game and it's pretty short to beat anyways. Stuff like the zelda hero modes being locked behind completion is dumb though , just let me do that my first time through

making u play thru the tutorial mission to do 3 of the climax attacks or whatever with the upgraded psycho dogs who are immune to witch time is a pain in the frigging rear end but the rest of bayonetta 1 hard mode is cool

# ¿ Sep 20, 2016 20:45

mysterious loyall X: Jul 8, 2003

Kazvall posted:

Hard is usually standard mode, and easy/normal is made for kids and older adults with poor reflexes

n00b spotted

# ¿ Sep 20, 2016 20:49

mysterious loyall X: Jul 8, 2003

yes i did play the first doom, it was released just this year. wait, what do you mean there's 3 other games in the series and one of them inspired darkness charlie murphy

# ¿ Sep 20, 2016 20:49

mysterious loyall X: Jul 8, 2003

I.N.R.I posted:

in smt iv i did hard mode but changed it to normal mode whenever i used a store :>

what the

# ¿ Sep 21, 2016 03:46

mysterious loyall X: Jul 8, 2003

Daikatana Ritsu posted:

Only when I'm playing Borderlands: The Handsome Collection, Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection, and Gears, OP.

add the Bioshock: The Digial Boxset now on steam for 59.99 to the list. perfect

# ¿ Sep 21, 2016 03:48

mysterious loyall X: Jul 8, 2003

holy poo poo. bioshock infinite on 1999 mode was loving awesome. no wonder all the reviews say doom 1 aka goty 2016 will make you remember the 90s(difficulty from bioshock infinite)

# ¿ Sep 21, 2016 03:48

mysterious loyall X: Jul 8, 2003

Commoners posted:

Clear Skies got really hard at the end at high difficulty because of all of the Monolith guys having pinpoint grenades that killed you instantly. I remember entering a construction site, firing a shot, and seeing six grenade icons pop up on my screen all at once.

Also, having a snork kick your shin and kill you instantly.

clear sky was really bad

# ¿ Sep 21, 2016 17:49