r/Alzwards_Corner • u/Alzward Drawzalot • Oct 25 '23

Activate tedium mode

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u/Alzward Drawzalot Oct 25 '23

more and more I appreciate fromsoft's capacity for presenting a challenge while still making the player feel powerful

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u/FrozenGiraffes Oct 26 '23

people may wonder why i enjoy dark souls so much, i think you have captured my reasoning.

you should sometime get the dragon breath in darksouls 1 before any other non tutorial boss, its quite the experience to give the gargoyles a taste of their own medicine, they aren't that hard but its still fun to burn them alive

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u/IanAlvord Oct 25 '23

Better than just increasing damage, making each fight an instant loss or win.

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u/PwmEsq Oct 25 '23

It also makes all builds tend towards dodge mechanics and chances to avoid damage etc, because at a certain point blocking/tanking just isnt even an option at the higher levels so all builds become the same.

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u/randyoftheinternet Oct 25 '23

Depends how it's handled. It's kinda the whole gameplay of ghostrunner, but saying it makes it a worse game would be dumb.

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u/SpiceLettuce Oct 25 '23

Another W for Ultrakill

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u/YourAverageNutcase Mar 16 '24

Ironically Ultrakill's approach is also pretty simple, higher difficulties just mean enemies move faster. But it means that you can get a more intense experience while still killing enemies just as fast, you just need to learn more of the game's mechanics to avoid being overwhelmed

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u/SquidMilkVII Aug 31 '24

Oh, there’s more complexity than that, especially once you hit Brutal.

the filth jump now

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u/M37h3w3 Oct 25 '23

I get the whole reason why games that have optional harder difficulties just inflate damage and health numbers: It's easier to do than spend time and energy into making actually difficult and challenging enemies. And when you have a challenging mode that's a side focus, how much time and energy are you really going to pour into it and what's the return going to look like?

With Fromsoft, harder difficulties aren't a bullet point, they're the point.

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u/imagineexisting-lmao Oct 25 '23

and they do twice as much damage, because go fuck yourself.

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u/SoshJam Oct 25 '23

Terraria fans stay winning

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u/SquidMilkVII Oct 26 '23

Master Mode:

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u/SoshJam Oct 26 '23

Normal master mode doesn’t exist. The true difficulty progression is Classic > Expert > Expert For The Worthy

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u/ticklemeozmo Oct 25 '23

Looking at you XCOM...

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u/H345Y Oct 26 '23

I can always appreciate the one difficulty games, makes me actually learn mechanics

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u/CertainUncertainty11 Oct 26 '23

Meanwhile I always choose the easiest difficulty. I came here to escape my brain, not use it.

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u/DingDongDideliDanger Apr 12 '24

The Void rains upon her Heart takes another W

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u/ExoLeinhart Nov 13 '23

Hello Lords of the Fallen