Game Developers Being Cruel
Game devs and designers know how to pull a prank, or maybe their just sadistic and get a kick out of seeing players suffer. Considering how much time, thought, and effort goes into every game it's only natural that some like to add a cruel twist of fate that knocks the player off their feet... and then proceed to hit them repeatedly with a baseball bat.
I'm looking for enormous spikes in difficulty, sections of the game that suddenly expect an entirely different mindset and you need to readjust ASAP, traps where you could only avoid if you had prior knowledge and may potentially cause a dead game, mechanics or obstacles that are infamous for filtering a ton of players from even finishing the game, and so forth. When talking about difficulty spikes, try to keep the game's general difficulty in mind. Dark Souls bosses can be challenging, but it comes from an already challenging game. That isn't to say that there can't be bosses that are unreasonable even for Dark Souls (if I see comments saying Dark Souls is baby easy I swear to God!) It can be hard to tell sometimes but I'm also looking for intentionally designed torture. The Bed of Chaos is infamous, but as far as I recall it comes from it being more or less unfinished and rushed. Your sentence is different depending on your motive, we're looking for first degree murder. Lastly I won't accept "The Entire Game is cruel" statements. Too easy and vague, even if it is true for some.
Obviously be respectful as people will find different things difficult.
I'm looking for enormous spikes in difficulty, sections of the game that suddenly expect an entirely different mindset and you need to readjust ASAP, traps where you could only avoid if you had prior knowledge and may potentially cause a dead game, mechanics or obstacles that are infamous for filtering a ton of players from even finishing the game, and so forth. When talking about difficulty spikes, try to keep the game's general difficulty in mind. Dark Souls bosses can be challenging, but it comes from an already challenging game. That isn't to say that there can't be bosses that are unreasonable even for Dark Souls (if I see comments saying Dark Souls is baby easy I swear to God!) It can be hard to tell sometimes but I'm also looking for intentionally designed torture. The Bed of Chaos is infamous, but as far as I recall it comes from it being more or less unfinished and rushed. Your sentence is different depending on your motive, we're looking for first degree murder. Lastly I won't accept "The Entire Game is cruel" statements. Too easy and vague, even if it is true for some.
Obviously be respectful as people will find different things difficult.
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Cultists from Blood are sure annoying but imo it doesn't hold a candle to Shadow Warrior
Or as I like to call it "Oops! All Hit-Scanners!"
Or as I like to call it "Oops! All Hit-Scanners!"
@paqgamer_ @FastBlueApple Both have been added, thanks. Man a lot of FPSs borderline on evil.
paq250_
6 months ago