Thread 720337996

>Set difficulty on hard
>Enemies become bulletsponges

>hard mode has exclusive content making it pointless to play on normal
>hard mode rewards you with more XP ultimately making it better to play in hard mode

>>720337996 (OP)
>Set difficulty on hard
>AI gets bonus resources and faster build times

>>720337996 (OP)
>forces you to improve your damage output
>creates more opportunities for you to make mistakes and get punished
not a problem

>Set difficulty on hard
>Enemies deal and receive more damage
>Game becomes actually easier

>set game to hard
>is actually easy mode and has the most content
>easy mode is actually hard mode

>>720339628
>set difficulty to hard
>enemies die in two hits but so do you

>set difficulty to hard
>enemies can shoot through walls
>enemies can steal your ammo
>enemies can multiply
>enemies can rape you
>enemies can double jump

>>720338380
Not OP, but bullet sponge enemies are always on a scale.
There's a difference between making the enemy beefier, and turning every combat encounter into a fucking chore.
I remember in Nier running into these gold enemies, or the kung fu robot on the roof, and its like I could kill them, but it was by spending literally 30 minutes doing bullshit chip damage and dodging the same couple telegraphed attacks endlessly. It goes from being a challenge, to being a no fun chore. I mean I know I'm shitposting on /v/ so my claims to how valuable my time is are moot, but I do appreciate it when a game respects my time just a tiny little bit. And in Automata it just made me look it up online because surely I'm doing something wrong, and then it basically spoiled the multiple routes/character thing.

>>720339628
Stocking is my faithful wife

>>720337996 (OP)
>set difficulty to Realistic
>enemies gain infantry tactics knowledge
>1v10s are now impossible

mayaka deserved better

>set difficulty to easy
>game becomes a power fantasy

>>720337996 (OP)
>Set difficulty to hard
>Player dies near instantly from every enemy
>Snipers can one-shot you regardless of where they hit you, and they're fucking everywhere
>Allies become near useless
>Invisibility powerup lasts 3 seconds, and takes 10 seconds to recharge
>Vehicle sections become actual hell
>Enemies with white armor can tank four fucking sniper shots to the head, and still fight
>Fight a boss-tier enemy halfway through the first fucking level
>The unique bosses all become annoying bullet sponges

>>720341747
Halo 2, my beloved...

>>720339909
I will forever appreciate that Shadows of the Empire did this.

>>720341926
Too bad Gladiator Droid on jedi mode is pure bullshit. And don't get me started on the space battle sections.

>>720338090
>the bonus XP is horrendously balanced
>hard mode actually becomes easier than normal about a quarter of the way through the game because of it

>>720338090
I hope thats a man

>>720339909
my favorite

>set game on hard
>enemies stop fucking around and start wrecking your shit

>set difficulty to hard
>enemies become damage sponges
>but each give 5 times exp and money
>gets overleveled in a few hours

>>720341716
Sometimes I just replay alpha centauri on the retarded baby difficulty and just treat it like a comfy colony sim.
Honestly I want a game where you play the colony governor in a 4x game. Like you don't build troops directly, you have to build a city with an industrial base and infrastructure to supply a military base that then makes troops who contribute to a larger campaign you control from the bottom up.

>>720342294
its not but she has horrible bolt ons

>>720342834
>bolt ons
Gross why do women do that?

>>720341527
yeah, she deserved oreki

>People tout a game as being ''reaslistic''
>Said ''realism'' is just you having a seizure from the slightest tick of damage, and having all your shit break constantly
>Said gimmicks also don't apply to enemies

>>720341527
Read the novels anon. They continue a bit after the anime did.

>>720342947
i wish i knew
she had nice tits before too

>>720344348
Reminds me of hardcore stalker mods.
>Every enemy has infinite ammo, perfect armor, and a flawless gun
>Until you kill the enemy then you get 2 bullets and a gun that jams 50 times per minute

>Loud minority claim that a game is much better on the highest difficulty
>Finally try it
>They were right

>>720341716
I wanted to drop the difficulty to the easiest one in Rise of the Ronin to roleplay as Kenshin.

>>720337996 (OP)
>set difficulty to hard
>your character is more of a glass canon
>can deal a lot of damage but cant take a lot of hits, same for enemies
>bonus if enemies have new attack patterns
its rare but its the only type of hard difficulty I like

>Hard mode locked behind completing the game on Normal
>Hard is just New Game+, you have everything unlocked from your original playthrough, but now there are endgame enemies and new scenarios in earlier areas
>There's another even harder mode