>easy mode is too easy
>hard mode is too hard
>normal mode is too hard

>>712947278 (OP)
Name one game?

>normal mode is too easy
>hard mode is too grindy

>>712947336
nier

>>712947278 (OP)
>Enemy count and drops scale with difficulty
>Easy mode is hard
>Hard mode is easy

>>712948096
fuck dragons dogma

>easy mode is hard
>normal mode is normal
>hard mode is easy
Valkyrie Profile before anyone asks. You just get more stuff on hard mode.

>>712947336
Touhou

>>712948213
try actually playing normal mode again. Yeah you don't get 10k bags of gold from goblins but the lower enemy defense makes a huge difference due to the way defense works in the game.

>>712949429
this

>>712947336
Age of Empires 2
For whatever reason the easy AI was basically comatose but the standard AI will bum rush you within 5 minutes.

>easy mode is too easy
>normal mode is too easy
>hard mode is too easy
>maddening/lunatic/maniac mode is complete bullshit

>>712949575
I'm trying to play 2 right now and it runs like dogshit, ima play 1 once I give up.

>>712947278 (OP)
>normal mode is actually hard mode in the new modern port and nothing tells you in the menu
>you can't change difficulty mid game

>>712947278 (OP)
>normal mode is too easy
>hard mode isn't harder, it just makes all the enemies HP sponges

>NTSC normal mode is actually Japanese hard mode because someone fucked up big time on localization

>>712947336
every game released in the past 3 years

In most modern games hard mode is normal and very hard is the meme difficulty where everything one shots you

>"hard" mode just makes everything tedious and grindy instead of actually difficult

>Normal mode is too easy.
>Enemies are massive health sponges in hard mode but also have extra phases/content.

>>712952151
The Terraria special.

>Game plays itself on easy mode
>Normal mode is easy mode but you have to play
>Hard mode is actually very hard mode for the first couple of hours, then it turns into normal mode
>Very hard mode is simply everything one shots you and takes forever to die

>easy mode is very easy
>normal mode is easy
>hard mode is normal
>very hard mode is easy

>need to beat the game on normal mode to unlock easy mode

>>712947336
Touhou UFO

>>712952749
>need to unlock difficulties
fucking hated that shit
i'm not playing yakuza twice

>>712952749
I never understood why Mega Man Legends did that.

>>712947278 (OP)
my shower does this. its highest heat setting is way too fucking hot but its second highest isn't nearly hot enough. it's annoying as shit

>>712947278 (OP)
>normal mode is too normal

>>712947278 (OP)
Realistically, how does one make a game more challenging besides "all numbers go up"?

>>712947336
Luminous Avenger iX 2. Whoever decided to lock the true ending behind Hard Mode can go fuck himself.

>>712954143
Introduce elite or harder enemy types earlier, have harder encounters where there are more enemies or they're placed in places that are harder to deal with and make enemies more aggressive and give them new attacks and attack variations.

>>712947898
normal mode in nier is baby tier difficulty, what are you on about anon?

>>712953034
it can make a little bit of sense for hard mode since there are people who will play on the hardest difficulty available and then complain the game is shit instead of lowering the difficulty.

>second highest difficulty mode is harder than the highest

>>712947278 (OP)
>easy mode is too easy
>hard mode is too easy
>hidden hard mode is too hard

>hard mode is too easy
>very hard is cock and ball torture mode with 500% health and damage

Scaling difficulty by just changing the damage numbers should be grounds for having your hands cut off

>>712947278 (OP)
JIBUN WO

>>712947278 (OP)
>easy mode force players to learn the mechanics to proceed
>normal mode is the dev's intended difficulty mode
>hard mode makes the game harder but it removes the padding and assumes that you are familiar with the characters & setting
This game doesn't exist.

>>712954749
name 1 game

>>712947339
Sign of a bad video game, and I really truly mean that

>>712960649
Kingdom Hearts

Bullet witch

>>712953034
you'd be surprised how fast a NG+ run goes in Yak when you're skipping all the side content.

>>712960649
MyHouse.WAD