10 Things ONLY Ultra Difficulty Gamers Will UNDERSTAND

[@gameranxTV]

We messed up the order so for some reason the order is 5 4 3 6!!! Go home gameranx, you're drunk.

[@legendsclan9108]

Who isn't?

[@brandomaydom416]

Mary Jane lol Mary Jane

[@lorinrusu5893]

@@brandomaydom416 I KNOW, I THOUGHT IT'S ME

[@ducksarethebest1264]

Nice video

[@detective_mitch_conner]

Hahahah nice

[@FalloutFan94]

I still have nightmares today from the flak gun mission in World at War on Veteran. The amount of grenade spam is ridiculous.

[@Slashstar314]

I can relate. I played half the series on veteran and any turret or vehicle section is an instant game over no matter how good you are because everyone NEEDS cover in veteran. As for those exposed moments, just cross your fingers and pray.

[@Mac-og2hj]

Hardest cod ever on veteran

[@themightylordofgoblins6880]

"just cross your fingers and pray" couldn't have worded it better, this is basically you when you have to cross an open field to switch covers.

[@londobellace]

I would say the first mission trying to survive on the beach was the hardest. You stay still you die. You move you die. And explosions are always happening anyway. It got a little easier after that. But not by much.

[@CrimsonGear80]

As someone who platinumed WaW…yes

[@n7aven6er29]

My greatest achievement to this day is beating GoW on GMGoW difficulty. Those Valkyries were brutal. Took me 2 weeks to beat Sigrun. It was a solid 35 minute fight in which I only got hit once. Had to play almost perfectly lol.

[@jt11425]

What's absolutely beautiful about Sigrun is how it is truly a combination of everything that you learned. You must master all of the mechanics to stand a chance in GMGoW (and does it by slowly beating the previous Valkyries). Hell, you even need to use the about-face camera change in that battle!

[@TieUpOne]

I gave up 😂 you a demon

[@PromethazineRyan01]

Same here bro GMGoW was something else and Sigrun will give u a run for your money

[@dahakadark4732]

My greatest achievement is beating Ishin Ashina The Sword Saint, that fight is just insanely hard.

[@ryanlafferty5815]

I played through that, making a point of defeating every valkyrie before I moved on......Sigrun is a nightmare, I'm roughly about halfway through elden ring now and nothin has come close to Sigrun so far, Radahn & Margit were done on my second attempts

[@elanaashley6531]

Alien isolation was the hardest game to play for me when it comes to the hard difficulty. I would creep into a room for the first time and that thing instantly knew where I was. So happy to have platinum the game though. Mad respect to those who like playing on the hardest difficulty.

[@Budd631]

Have you tried nightmare difficulty? Pretty rough

[@timallenwood633]

I had to give up. I loved that game, but i got to a point where it seemed like no matter what i did i got grabbed out of nowhere and died.

[@elanaashley6531]

@@Budd631 I played every difficulty there was.

[@HossBonaventureCEO]

AI is literally the only game I ever tell people to start on easy

[@deeziebaby]

Bioshock on ps4 had the survivor difficulty. The first big daddy in the before you get any real powers..... fuck that was tough. I know its not AI, but your comment immediately reminded me of how helpless i felt

[@KaryonTheirStory]

The one hit kill is what makes hardest difficulty seem like bs sometimes

[@TheREALHugo4]

It also makes a challenge worth every second. Especially when you're searching to beat the game to the fullest.

[@raidengoodman8754]

@@TheREALHugo4 yeah but if the experience the way there is RUINING your fun, it’s more worth it to accept defeat snd quit

[@TheREALHugo4]

@@raidengoodman8754 Which is why i enjoy the game first to have more fun and then i take on the hardest difficulty to complete it.

[@raidengoodman8754]

@@TheREALHugo4 thats a good mentality to have.

[@casuallynxgaming]

I was going for the plat in God of War 3 Remastered last saturday and I relate so much with point number 9 here. playing on titan difficulty and most of the game I was playing safe and I knew what I was doing but the flaming cerberus mini boss nearly the end of the game and fighting Zeus inside of Gaia almost broke me. Funny (and sadly enough) I beat them just spamming L1 + triangle like an idiot. I hate when that happens after so many attempts

[@Rickdegraaf]

Well done

[@edwinpritom6336]

That Cerberus was so damn tough on Chaos, I actually thought I got lost in some wacky multiverse for a while. Went to sleep, played the next day, somehow beat it. That was the hardest random encounter ever.

[@manushabearfield]

Same here bro . Been trying to beat cues for like 4 days now

[@armiger2202]

Best strat for the Cerberus fight is spamming square square triangle with the nemean cestuses. The combination of damage and stanlock is very good. Plus it quickly deals with the dogs

[@notproductiveproductions3504]

The best strategy for the Cerberus and two satyrs is Mike Tyson the first Cerberus head with the Nemean Cestus, spam hound kicks on the second head as well as the first satyr, just in case either it’s still there or a third one spawns conserve your magic to use the gorgon summon on them (it’s smarter to do it before the final Cerberus head but not easier)

[@tucowhite]

It's crazy how much this channel has grown keep up the good content guys

[@gameranxTV]

Will do. thanks for your support

[@thejoey993]

You sound extremely casual

[@raidengoodman8754]

How old are you?

[@savingpurity1750]

@@thejoey993 What does that even mean?

[@Chris-rr9ud]

@@savingpurity1750 lol

[@daverock9091]

we need top 10 hardest games based on their hardest difficulty

[@gameranxTV]

Thanks for your suggestion.

[@BigMac87963]

Give Me God of War difficulty will 100% make that list

[@oreo7259]

Doom 1993 on nightmare difficulty would make that list, it is immensely brutal

[@Budd631]

Outlast 2 insane difficulty ruined my life.

[@Eyes-Scream0213]

Dante Must Die Difficulty of DMC will be on the list for sure. Also Master Ninja of Ninja Gaiden

[@leon6257]

The hardest part in Dmc 5 wasnt to beat Hell and hell dificulty, but to S rank all missions on all dificulties. Few people will understand it.

[@bruhder5854]

Hell and hell is much easier than Dante Must Die because it's on Son of Sparda difficulty. Meanwhile hell and heaven and human are too painfully tedious to beat because they're baby mode...

[@ransfordflentjar5694]

@@bruhder5854 I think you mean "Heaven and Hell mode" also for me Hell and Hell for me felt like Demon Hunter mode and was still baby mode anyway

[@thegaminglord2190]

If you practice son of Sparta a lot and get a full s rank there, hell and hell will be a lot easier, you just have to not get hit XD

[@Kal-El207]

You warrior. Wipe the sweat from your brow. You deserve a beer.

[@HUYI1]

That is what ups the ante by X10 lol it's achievable, just about but it takes a lot of hard work to get so perfect

[@x_SwAzZ_x]

The explanation you give Falcon, for the reason wee play on hard diffiiculties, is so spot on! "...you are a tactician," loved hearing that. Not many people grasp the gratification that comes wiith understanding, playing, and beating extremely difficult games or situations in games. Loved this list!

[@gameranxTV]

👌🏼👍🏼

[@Onshki]

Lol it's why I sometes disagree on why a game is good or bad. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance bosses are very susceptible to cheese strats and it sucked the fun out. I don't agree with the consensus that it's one of goat.

[@KainYusanagi]

@@Onshki That was one of the common complaints when it first came out, actually; that the bosses were way too easy to cheese. It's only after quite a few years that it got claimed as GOAT, but because of the general gameplay (the slicing shit up mechanic is SO DAMN SATISFYING) and, much more importantly, the *story*.

[@Onshki]

@@KainYusanagi The story was fine aside from one or two points, and Armstrong is definitely "meme"worthy. But yeah I was told I would rage quit if I didn't master the parry. Yeah the parry is only needed for one boss (betting there is a way without it though) and never for the regular enemies. I probably would have had more fun on normal difficulty since I would have expected less of the game and just got to focus on turning people into health potions.

[@KainYusanagi]

@@Onshki It makes the regular enemies a LOT easier, much like mastering the parry in Sekiro, though.

[@James-ff1wk]

Wish more games had something like “lethal” mode from ghost of Tsushima, it made combat way more tense and satisfying without making enemies tedious sponges.

[@weirdobeardo7419]

Same with Revengeance difficulty in MGR or Heaven or Hell difficulty in DMC 5. It is hard because enemies one shot you, but at the same time, enemies die easily so it is hard if you aren't good at the game. I love difficulties like those

[@TheREALHugo4]

@@weirdobeardo7419 You mean Hell and Hell difficulty.

[@weirdobeardo7419]

@@TheREALHugo4 No, there is a Heaven or Hell difficulty you unlock after defeating Son of Sparda difficulty. It is like Hell and Hell, but the enemies are easily killed

[@TheREALHugo4]

@@weirdobeardo7419 Which is considered as the easiest (the meme) difficulty in the game. The real challenge lies into hell and hell mode.

[@weirdobeardo7419]

@@TheREALHugo4 I know, but if you don't know how to dodge you get 1 shotted, which is, although it's easy, a very fun difficulty. It's like Reve ngeance difficulty in MGR. I had a harder time beating Very Hard then Revengeance difficulty

[@CHRISK51497]

As a gamer who mostly plays on the normal difficulty even on games I know like the back of my hand it's nice & interesting to learn not only the struggles that come with being an ultra difficultly gamer but also what makes them so talented haha.

[@Wave9990]

I remember playing Watchdogs 2 on Realistic difficulty (1 or 2 shots and you're dead) It was really fun doing everything stealth, because that basically forces you into it. I learned how to use every tool at my disposal to take out enemy bases without them even knowing I was there. Also I played Uncharted 3 for the first time on either the hardest or second hardest difficulty (I don't remember) and it was fine up until one section towards the end, that took me hours to get past. My favorite game to play on the hardest difficulty is definitely Spider-man PS4, as it actually makes it challenging unlike the other modes. (I think it's Ultimate Difficulty, when you unlock NG+) Getting that platinum for that game and its DLCs was awesome.

[@doginhat13]

Yeah I remember doing that it was fun I was able to beat the main story in about 4 hours on ultimate difficulty for Spider-Man

[@taylorleteff2717]

This is why I play on the hardest difficulty. On easy mode you Dont have a need to epoit all of your abilities just to survive. I like the thrill

[@jumboparas2020]

Mad respect for those who play in the hardest difficulty.. I would ask for a payment if i ever try to attempt getting platinum..

[@z3rotollranc3]

I know it's not the highest difficulty level, but when Halo Infinite's campaign came out, I made the decision to play the game on Heroic, something I've never done before in any of the past games. It was frustrating at times, the final boss fight was the biggest test of my resolve, but I stuck to it and that feeling of accomplishment when I eventually finished that final fight was incredible and well worth the struggle.

[@juanchavez6649]

Ha herioc seriously play on legendary

[@dragonrabbit7410]

nice! i recommend checking out some of the mcc on heroic as well. reach is probably one of the most well balanced games in the series.

[@MLPIceberg]

Heroic is too easy for me on any halo game. Yeah, I can see how that's a brag. I promise I'm not trying to. I just play games on hard difficulties a lot. But anyway, even on Legendary AND trying to challenge myself by using very little ammo, no picking up enemy weapons, no grenades, no gadgets (unless I absolutely had to), no running over enemies in vehicles, no killing marine AI for their weapons/ammo refill, all skulls on (LASO) and melee turned out to be too easy. 343i dropped the ball on that.

[@boss2868]

Far from a ‘impossible veteran’ but beating the Valkyries in GoW4 on GMGoW made me finally understand why so many people go through this kind of pain and grind. I always thought it was a pointless ego thing, until I witnessed how addictive and fulfilling the prepping and studying in a game can be. Now I only play on the hardest and it sometimes sucks but damn I love it!

[@kraxelnaut3783]

Well said

[@murvdx3692]

Wait till u finish a from-software game

[@driversoflondon5611]

@@murvdx3692 the from software games is dogshit under my shoe when it's comes to difficulty compared to end boss valkyrie in god of war on highest diff. Yes from software is hard, but trying to fight the valkyrie AND on highest difficulty is plain borderline

[@patmcvin952]

@@driversoflondon5611 beating the Valkyries in gmgow+ its no difficult, its just tedious

[@TheFinisher669]

It is an ego thing and pathetic.

[@Montmorency323]

Altering a hot-key to restart the chapter or checkpoint.

[@kelvynacosta]

Ultra high difficult games are good to vent your emotion out

[@almostadonovan]

I'm glad someone finally acknowledged the fact that game developers are sadists by allowing us to do this to ourselves, and we're all idiots for doing it anyway.

[@HUYI1]

They keep on upping the ante in these games to a point of near impossible, thanks goodness that more recent games don't require you to play on the hardest difficulty for platinum these days, I still challenge myself on games I'm used to tho but everything else feels like a holiday break 😁😁

[@TheREALHugo4]

And yet you love being challenged.

[@DisIngRaM]

6:53 I have to disagree with the bullet hell situation, with enough experience in bullet hell game, it becomes more necessary to pay attention to the whole screen. You dodge bullets in bullets hell from inferring the big picture (seeing large part of the screen), and if you don't do this, you can enter yourself to a deadend (A situation where it is very2 hard and taxing to avoid the bullet). Bullet Hell is a kind of mental training I suppose?

[@MissGrimm]

This. When I was platinuming Returnal, I was on like auto pilot the whole time. Especially now in the tower.

[@Jappa1995]

When Gameranx realizes the Ultra Difficulty of editing the 6th spot on the list before the 5th rather than before the 2nd...

[@asheetzmdrawrz7411]

When you came up with "time management", my first thought was XCOM2. When I started LI, the timers just got insane. Particularly, mission timers where you have to have every move planned out perfectly to even get the objective by the last turn. Certainly not impossible but its a noticeable jump in difficulty on Legendary

[@JonathanLopez-lz2le]

There are games like The Witcher where I feel that only by playing on a high difficulty the game does make sense. I mean, on easy or normal mode you can breeze through the games just by using your two swords, but in higher difficulties you really feel the need to actually "act" like a witcher by crafting/using potions, coating your swords, setting traps and using your hexes wisely according to the sitution.

[@5lim.0]

Fallen Order’s Grandmaster difficulty was perfect because it wasn’t about breaking the game but about understanding how to perfectly utilize your abilities and combos

[@tannerteddo]

Gotta disagree. I came from sekiro and souls so played it first run and the JGM difficulty really highlighted the clunky parts of fallen order for me more than anything. The odd movement bugs being far more egriegous and deadly. Jedi master is a bit too easy comparatively though? Id rather have a middleground beteen the two personally. edit - "bug" - bugs*

[@Drequan]

@@tannerteddou can just edit the words lmao

[@batman-cu1ep]

As a gamer I couldn't put myself through this pain.

[@10640404]

I don’t find higher difficulty levels enjoyable, but to each their own.

[@mcbdllc136]

You just wanna enjoy the game 🎮 I feel you

[@SoulshadeVr101]

I like higher difficulty but not frustrating difficulty so many games fail at making a challenging but not frustrating experience it's such a thin line it's normally either a game is to easy or so hard to point it's frustrating.

[@bruhder5854]

Someone reasonable. It's just a matter of taste. You may love a game for some reasons while another may hate it for those same reasons and its completely fine.

[@pulseofme6884]

Most hard difficulty means bs bots for the npcs and not actual hard difficulty.

[@thegaminglord2190]

Agree, I'm a sucker for hard games to the point that i find souls games being hard is actually overrated, but me liking chilly in my food doesn't mean my friends will like it too eh

[@anubismacc8165]

I remember doing TLOU 1 (The Last Of Us) on realistic difficulty, just using brick (except for the parts where it is mandatory to use a weapon), that's what was difficult.

[@kylemcpherson8868]

Why abbreviate just to type it all out right after

[@anubismacc8165]

@@kylemcpherson8868 For those who don't know, get to know

[@sindri1447]

I beat Uncharted 2 on the hardest difficulty back in the day and I only managed to do it because of my deep love for the game. Not gonna lie though: my love truly got tested. A buddy of mine still hasn't finished it on Normal cause he got tired of getting stomped in the section with the tank in Tenzin's village. One of the few moments I've been able to use the "git gud" card on him 😁

[@smartguy360]

That section made me learn how to run and gun

[@Catman-san]

Some people like me just aren't good at aiming with a controller Couldn't beat uncharted 4 without using auto-aim And I've beaten several shooters when playing on PC

[@HUYI1]

Brutal difficulty on the remasters are even more insane than crushing, I have no idea how I completed it on all the games, I guess I know them too well so it's a bit more easier for me 💪💪

[@mcbdllc136]

Those kingdom hearts no damage gamers are crazy

[@xtruezy]

I always hate in spiderman how ultimate crooks are stronger than spider man himself like wtf

[@utisti4976]

After beating Dark Souls 3 and Sekiro I can't play other games on anything less than the highest or 2nd highest difficulty without getting bored lol

[@BigMeowOfAZ]

Vanquish Tactical Challenge 6....or even campaign on God Hard mode. It's less a game and more of a mental obstacle course you have to execute to near perfection, meaning you'll likely fail literally hundreds of times like I did. But that one victory after all those losses more than made it all worthwhile. :)

[@SkyeBerryJam]

Weird, I actually liked world at war on veteran, but I guess that's because I'm more of a run and gunner than anything else anyways. Never beat it, but I think I got a little over halfway

[@gameranxTV]

👍🏼

[@Dark_Saibot]

I’ve always been a strategist at cod. Staying behind and figuring out where everyone is and how to beat the level. Doom on the other hand I never let go of W

[@droljanz]

@@Dark_Saibot most of time i am "bhop" all the time guy due to playing counter strike for ling time ,literally i try to bhop on every game

[@savagescotsman6493]

Loved the video, I always try to play games on the hardest difficulty they allow you to start on. I dont qualify for the likes of the gamers you're talking about here though, they're simply beyond my ability at this point, but I do want to get into it though. They also make some of the best content and challenge runs to watch. God bless/help them lol. And congrats on another great video @gameranx. You are my favourite channel, consistently putting out quality content, on the daily no less.

[@slipperykorn144]

DMC3 on Dante Must Die made me grow chest on my hair, enemy DTs were brutal for sure and bosses like the Gigapede and Leviathan were mildly annoying but you don't experience true pain until the end... those who have walked that path will understand

[@joshuairwin3385]

Beating Margit on Elden Ring was my first genuine understanding of why people play on ultra difficult modes. The feeling of accomplishment was unprecedented.

[@MPHswayze]

I'm disabled and bad at games. Switching to easy mode was the best thing to do. It's a much better experience than getting frustrated losing over and over on normal mode or above. It's funny how some companies are phasing out the term "normal mode" to spare the feelings of people like me though lol

[@tylergarrett8066]

Do you wish they would keep it to not be disingenuous?

[@MPHswayze]

@@tylergarrett8066 yeah, normal is the baseline for "most players." PC wordplay is usually a dirty, unsolicited bandaid on whatever point they're trying to make. Most people don't have brain injuries, thank God, so most of y'all better be playing a higher difficulty than me lol

[@MPHswayze]

@@tylergarrett8066 I forgot something, some companies are changing "easy mode" to "story mode" and that actually makes sense in a lot of ways for how to consume their product. I don't consider that phony PC. It's the "inclusive language" changing 'normal' that zero disabled people asked for. Seriously if game companies want to help disability inclusivity, go do something tangible in the real world like send some pale skinny devs out in the sun with buckets of concrete and shovels. Have them fix some of America's MANY broken sidewalks, so people in wheelchairs can get around a little bit easier. Changing the name of normal mode is this tiny, ugly self-patting themselves on the back to feel progressive, while helping no one.

[@tylergarrett8066]

@@MPHswayze I like that mentality. Glad to have you as part of the community!

[@lasoliribelsson226]

I like to play with "hard" but nightmare and other hardest difficulties are too much :D only games i have finished on nightmare are Uncharted 1-3 i think. sometimes even the hard is too hard for me, for example i was having way too hard time with Prey.

[@Drequan]

uncharted on brutal is almost impossible

[@TheMetalhead1311]

Bahahaha when Jake’s face swooped in to save Falcon in the beginning. Stay gold Gameranx, stay gold. Thanks for the laugh

[@briankristensen7847]

Mad props to people, that play on the hardest mode. That being said i'll never do that, because my mentality is: i play to relax, have fun, enjoy the game/story, not to have a 2nd job. That's just the way i'm build

[@MandosCulture]

Number 2 luck? My cousin beat the final boss in Dark Souls *the Lord of Cinder* by trapping him behind a rock and smacking him with the graveyard sword and the lord never got out

[@bigmike4133]

That's funny my wife does the exact opposite he plays everything on the easiest mode possible.

[@bkzach]

The worst part about difficulty being based on luck is that it doesn't even exist, just the probability machine crushing your soul repeatedly

[@TheREALHugo4]

Like RNG for example.

[@raulruiz7993]

Gameranx really be my comfort YT channel

[@gameranxTV]

👌🏼👍🏼

[@HydroVector13]

It's ironic how people call out souls game for their difficulty scaling but it has an incredibly satisfying one when compared to harder difficulty levels in other games

[@benjamindover1276]

As someone who plays games pretty much always on the hardest difficulty, my biggest frustration is when the hardest difficulty is locked until you beat the game. I enjoy the hardest difficulty because of the start and end. At the start, there is a much higher learning curve which is a fun challenge, but as you progress the progress you have made and maybe even your character (depending if the game has gear / level progression & wutnot) feels a lot more rewarding. plus I like it when my steam achievements are all shiny.

[@wutthabuck8772]

Last time I came this early my girlfriend left me 😂

[@stanettiels7367]

Last time for me and you were conceived . 😂👍🏻.

[@wutthabuck8772]

@@stanettiels7367 I'm not half Kermit tho 😭

[@stanettiels7367]

@@wutthabuck8772 Lmfao. 😂👍🏻.

[@legendsclan9108]

Great Vid as always, although I don't do that many hardest difficulty games only in new game+, I can relate.

[@gameranxTV]

👍🏼

[@liu.16]

I just beat the dragon in god of war on "give me god of war" difficulty and the video thumbnail gave me ptsd.

[@gameranxTV]

👌🏼👏

[@clm9872]

Spec Ops The Line, u need to run to cover because a gatling gun mounted on a heli is shooting at you. Your only possibility is to run, because the building you are in is collapsing. On normal difficulty you are getting hit by some bullets, but u manage to get to cover rather easily. On harder difficulties the damage u take is increased, which makes it pure luck if u get to safety or not. Good luck running on the highest difficulty through that kind of bullethell.

[@kdawg3484]

I'm certainly not an ultra difficulty gamer, but the part about changing up controls really resonated. Lately, no matter what game I'm playing, a major key to success is to figure out a comfortable, more sensible control scheme for me as soon as possible. Once I've done that, everything often just clicks. I don't recall having to do that that much when I was younger, but now it's a systematic process I expect, much like character creation. Since I think I've been pretty sensible about some of the changes I've made, I wonder what percentage of game difficulty can be attributed to strange default control choices. To provide an example, I recently played Bloodborne which was my first FromSoft game. Immediately, I didn't understand why O was the dodge button, because that makes you take your thumb off camera controls and the lock-on button with the right stick in the heat of battle. It just felt wrong. And that's a difficult game where I didn't need to fight the controls. What I ultimately came up with was to swamp L2 and O. That way I can always have a finger on dodge/sprint with O now being L2. I usually only need O, my gun, formerly L2, when I'm already locked on to something and baiting a riposte. The difference was night and day when it came to better movement, and now I've beaten every single part of the game. As a final note about my example, the game does not provide in-game control swapping. I had to use a PS4 accessibility feature that swapped those two buttons on the entire system. It's not particularly awkward and easily toggled on and off with the PS button quick menu. However, as I understand it, that functionality did not exist when Bloodborne came out, so I would've been up a creek without a paddle if I was ever current with games. Also, the PS4 accessibility swapping is still very basic. You cannot, for example move three buttons around. You can only swap two between each other. I initially wanted to move L2 --> O, O --> L1, and L1 --> L2. It's not possible. (I actually prefer the current arrangement anyway.) Still, I imagine a not small number of people find additional difficulty in FromSoft games from that O button being the dodge button. Having such limited options to customize controls is totally unnecessary (in both From's and PS4's case) and often really puts a pointless stumbling block when people are trying to do harder content.

[@adamwest8711]

I don’t know. Never really had that much of a problem with PlayStation controls. They made a whacky decision on Arkham Knight though where instead of being able to quickly toggle detective vision using a bumper, you had to use the dpad which was super awkward.

[@JzpHenry]

Who else is watching thinking "oh, I beat elden ring so I should recognize all 10 things"

[@bazikon7717]

OOOOFFF...Xcom2 was brutal. Especially with the alien hunters

[@stevenhutchinson968]

You should remake a video like this. I play every game on the hardest difficulty, so it was cool seeing this.

[@OfficialKotaco]

I platinum Uncharted 2 and every God of War but the last one. Though very difficult, I look back at those moments as some of the best times of my youth.

[@hashtagrex]

many times the issue is just the fact that games don't understand what difficulty is. Making the game cheat more is not a difficulty, its sloppy design. In the vast majority of games, "harder" difficulty just means the game stops obeying its own rules more and more. Strategy games are obviously the most notorious for this, but even in shooters, RPGs, racing games...it goes on. Whatever game you're playing, if there's something you're playing against, difficulty just means it'll cheat more. It won't just get advantages, or boosts, or actually become better at playing the game, it'll just be allowed to cheat. It's not fun, its lazy from developers and it makes difficulty in videogames completely meaningless. We don't call it skill when players cheat to win, so why is it tolerated that the game cheating is labelled a harder difficulty?

[@TheAdypoker]

Funny that you mentioned UC2, It's actually one of the only games I've gotten Plat on XD. Back then when I got Plat I was really into completing everything and anything to 100%, nowadays I've kind of stopped having fun with most games and get bored after a few hours.

[@jefft5824]

Falcon, does your back hurt from carrying this channel my man? Great stuff as always

[@visionhawk4403]

I don't know if anyone else had this problem but in the original Mass Effect, killing thresher maws in the Mako on insanity drove me nuts. It wasn't as bad in the Legendary Edition, but when it originally came out, and the Mako so was SO wonky, I hated triggering thresher maws.

[@CristuelCasto]

Those thresher maws were sure annoying; one appears right under you and you're dead in one hit! I was never able to understand the pattern if ever there was one, I guess it had to do with trying to keep yourself as far as possible from the central area.

[@liston709]

Personally as someone who likes to always start a new game on the highest difficulty, the intro comment was much appreciated 👌

[@d.f.x.2481]

the machine gun scene in Metro exodus on the hardest difficulty without a crosshair is painful af...

[@kellenmorris8345]

1st stage of halo 2 on legendary... Right from the start you know it was gonna be tuff... Even today but I did it... Then and now

[@alexnooijens3964]

the time mechanic in pathologic 2 is one of the best there is. time doesn't stop. it keeps moving and it's the only limited resource

[@BoomSwishGaming]

Me watching as someone who causally plays on easy: “yes I relate to all of these”

[@jamesavanzado450]

The Evil Within 1 in Akumu mode is a literal hell on earth

[@jamsywamsy]

Resident Evil 7. Beating that in 4 hours when you are NOT a Speed Runner. That shit is HARD!!!!

[@Novakayne27]

#1 is the most accurate thing I've ever heard about games. Playing on the hardest difficulty is no longer playing the game, but trying to understand the games mechanics and coding and then figuring out how to bend or flat out break them. You no longer "Play", instead you exploit and manipulate scenarios to achieve the only correct outcome

[@TheTopStarz]

9:20 Can't even argue with that statement LOOOL it's impossible eating the sun

[@Harbyz]

I hate when your playing on brutal and after many hours you realize your f'ed because of snowballing or no time/resources

[@BigMac87963]

Props to those who go in on the hardest first playthrough. I usually play on normal to learn the game, then I go to the hardest difficulty

[@Vanadium]

Hehhe I am such a guy and I can tell you I HATE game Devs to lock the highest difficult behind a playthrough. Those games who even lock it behind two playthroughs are just so stupid.. I don't play games where I need a playthrough for the highest difficult.

[@The_Deep_Voiced]

13:46 "You're playing the game like you're solving a math problem." Oh, that must be why I'm no good at playing hard games. I'm bad at math.

[@KIRA_G4CH4]

Yes, i agree about playing games is like being a tactician and solving it more than playing. That's how i play most games and i try to experience it as a side note while learning the best way to play and or be the best player as i can be in whatever game i am playing. I used to be more zealous about this in the past but i lean more towards the enjoyment and experience now as i get older. Thanks for the video and game talk. ✌️

[@HolyHadou]

Number 4 made me think of Persona 3's final boss and shudder. Never played it but I've heard things.

[@mukulkumar8681]

Grinding to a high ELO in multiplayer FPS games, I can relate the multiplayer one.

[@BryAnthonyC]

The dopamine levels are so fucking amazing after completing something so difficult in a video game. That's why I enjoy games on harder difficulties because it can teach you perseverance, patience and different ways of strategizing.

[@gameranxTV]

👍🏼

[@bruhder5854]

It's actually serotonin not dopamine. The former is associated with the feeling of satisfaction while the latter is associated with the urge to do something.

[@BryAnthonyC]

@@bruhder5854 Okay thanks for correcting me

[@gregtuff4020]

It's nice to see someone attribute something to a Reddit poster. Half of web content is people stealing from Reddit but you guys are actually citing the poster. Real classy work and I appreciate you guys.

[@leKitsu]

I really like playing games that include stealth on the highest difficulty from the start because I know that would mean that if anybody finds my character, I die It came mostly from playing Payday 2 but you get the idea

[@atomic747]

but the stealth has to be good. Because I would snipe someone from like across the map and the ai would somehow just know where to check.

[@leKitsu]

@@atomic747 I once did a challange in Far Cry 3 Only starter pistol The only exception is that I could pick up weapons from enemies and finish the fight with these but at the end had to drop them Max difficulty ofc

[@werefox85]

Awesome video, great subject and pretty spot on accurate. Kudos! Loved the gag in the intro with Jake tackling Falcon out of the dragon breath. :D You just had to sure that damn crawler section from Gears of War and the fricken tank bridge from Halo. Halo 3 and Gears 3 were the last shooters I beat on the hardest setting, they broke me mentally. Heck they were the last shooters I played seriously.

[@IHaveInsipidus]

“Reloading… FIRE THE PANZERSHREK!” Will forever be burnt into my memory after dying 200 times in that very specific spot

[@agentmaryland1239]

Don't tell that to my one friend, he hates it when the one thing necessary to beat something is luck and not skill. Honestly, I can't blame him because if your luck is crap then you're going to be stuck in limbo replaying that part over and over and over again until Lady Luck finally smiles upon you.

[@Marcie_Pooh]

Platting GOW 1 had to be the hardest thing I've ever done

[@ionelroza]

Nice save from Jake Baldino at the end :)) 00:21

[@whyarewealwaysyelling]

The number one thing non-gamers understand is that people who play video games are at the Apex of existence. Every non-gamer is jealous of your Xbox points

[@thescepterofjudah12]

I beat both Uncharted 1 & 2 on Crushing to get the Platinum Trophies for both. When I played Uncharted 3, I played most of the Chapters on Crushing after beating them to see if I can get credit for it. But I eventually quit, because I just didn’t have the patience to continue to do it. I played Gears of War 1 & 2 on Insane, and did Gears 2 on Insane by myself! Let’s just say that I won’t be doing that ever again. Playing on those levels now that I work a lot more than I did in College, just makes it harder to do and I have less patience to persevere in those modes.

[@Drequan]

uncharted brutal difficulty harder

[@Bobobo-bo-bo-bobobo]

Sniper Elite on Authentic difficulty is honestly the best way to experience the game imo. It forces you to pay attention to where enemies are looking and actually hesitate on your shots

[@woofspider330]

I'm not a high level Destiny player (I actually quit recently...for now...), but my pvp skill and even my general entertainment level went up when I got a controller with back bumpers, that I programmed to jump and slide. Being able to jump and slide while keeping my thumbs on the sticks is so important, even though it took a few days to get used to. Thinking about doing the same with Rocket League

[@CasepbX]

Yeah I value my health too much to do that to myself lol. I get angry just playing on normal difficulty at times. My cousin had a mini stroke from raging at a game once.

[@shaymorcormick8743]

What sucks the most at playing on ultra difficulty is when you get killed by bad platforming or a glitch right after completing a difficult area and before you could save

[@sonicstarman9663]

I actually played some games on the hardest difficulty that was available to me at the start, and for a while I kind of enjoyed it because I got to experience the game while also feeling like I'm not mindlessly playing the game, it's also probably what made me good at some of those games because I was learning how to play a game on a mode that took no prisoners. I don't really do that anymore, because I got tired of constantly dying but it was fun while it lasted.

[@proffessorX]

One thing I dislike about controllers is that sometimes you just cannot reconfigure the buttons as you want them, sometimes you just get a selection of presets which are all as useless as each other. All buttons regardless of device should be fully customisable.

[@bubbagrayer4283]

Halo 5 totally applies to #5. Legendary was hard because your squad could not go to anywhere you told them to go. Hardest Halo solo because your squad is the worst.

[@720jlconner]

Castle Sol in Elden Ring. That Dual wielding, Spectral, teleport right behind you with a super fast 8 combo is the bane of my existence.

[@Anthracite_coal]

A thing I've experienced is not liking the normal mode anymore, because it would be too slow or there wouldn't be enough enemies or something like that, ironically sometimes it would be harder to complete the normal mode because I had gotten so use to the hard mode that my brain would run way too fast for normal

[@jazzyj7834]

I remember the day I lost my mind and attempted Ultra Nightmare difficulty on Doom. To my credit, it only took me about 4 hours and numerous attempts to get past the opening level. But I finally humbled myself and said "This ain't for me. I don't hate myself enough to push through this whole game on this mode." And never attempted it again.

[@adamwest8711]

Doom is tough anyway. Props for even trying!

[@SoreTvGamer]

beating the first chapter in Nier Automata on the hardest difficulty was a feat if done. spent hours and ended up perfecting it. it felt so good.

[@quinskii001]

Love Jake's cameo spear tackle in the intro 😂

[@AntiRiku]

There's nothing that compares to when a challenge that used to feel damn near impossible finally clicks. You rarely if ever get that feeling on standard difficulty unless you're just that bad at games.

[@eclipse402]

You should do a video on the top samurai games for Xbox

[@gameranxTV]

Thanks for your suggestion

[@mmcmullen7411]

I've beaten all the metal gear games on all the difficulties except mgs2. Mgs2 is just a nightmare, gotta fight like 16 metal gears on foot with a sword and I only recently learned you can cut the missiles out of the air.

[@aidan6521]

Doom Eternal had the most fun highest difficulty setting I’ve ever played