20 Games That HUMILIATE You For Playing on EASY

[@SuperJD77]

That demoralizing feeling when the Death Screen of a game asks you to turn down the difficulty….

[@liloreoinya]

😂 I was playing watch dogs and kept dying to Nigel Cass. I was like yup I chose the wrong pokemon for this battle. To easy I go.

[@lonewolffang]

DMC teased me so much.

[@SuperJD77]

@@liloreoinya LOL- daaaaang.

[@SuperJD77]

@@lonewolffang oh yeah, that game definitely comes to mind with this lolol

[@subzer007o4]

Turn down for what

[@Linksays]

The Chicken Hat actually makes the enemies laugh so hard that they forget you were there lmao

[@rileymiller3154]

Yeah there just love watching snake get imbarased on a mission by wearing a chicken hat

[@Linksays]

@@rileymiller3154 "Damn bro, this Snake is such a clown. I feel bad for if we were to catch this guy, even CP would be confused. Lets just let him through."

[@Lineproof]

@@rileymiller3154 embarrassed*

[@rileymiller3154]

@@Lineproof thanks M8

[@dianandrian222]

Man, defeating the Zombie's like enemies so hard I must use chicken hat but still lose 😂😂😂

[@benny5299]

i remember in POSTAL 2: Apocalypse Weekend if you were quicksaving too often the main character (dude) would say something like "even my grandma can finish this game with saving this much" :D

[@PowertipBrushhead]

Love Postal 2

[@dotcomgamingd5564]

he also says "didnt you just save?"

[@Go.DGanka69420]

postal 2 underrated game 🔥

[@wii1245]

OOOH, a Gordon Ramsey statement the game, minus the swearing, just to "bitch slap" you hard.

[@Falcon532.]

I like games that label the easy mode with "you are playing for the story" or something like that because that is exactly what I'm doing

[@Bakesuta]

Honestly that's very relatable ;-;

[@PunLlarena]

For games that have focus on stories, yes, but most of the games they listed don't have much story.

[@JoshuaJacobs83]

@@PunLlarena Yeah. Metal Gear Solid isn’t know for its story

[@PunLlarena]

Right, let's put an exception to that one.

[@JoshuaJacobs83]

@@PunLlarena Devil May Cry Monkey Island

[@rogue_4tw763]

20? Woah, Gameranx stepping up their game.

[@godemperorforever]

Facts Sheeeeeeeeeeeesh

[@fafafagat]

They been on that grindset

[@Lego-Lodge]

a bit too much even imo

[@dainfamous82]

Nah they just put together old videos into one.

[@terrywitzu7874]

@@dainfamous82 Yeah, man. This is straight "filler". Another, "What 10 Games can you fall the farthest?".

[@nicememes7570]

One note about Spider-Man's kid mode. It took control of web swinging away, which ironically meant that if your tried to make jumps, but not the intended way, you will preform what was supposed to get you across the path, in the direction of the destination. This is a lot of nonsense that adds up to: the game would yank you away from a spot you could've landed, and dropped you off the face of the earth.

[@RayR1990]

It's for toddlers ffs , why would you choose it ? Lol

[@nicememes7570]

@@RayR1990 I was a kid??? Roflmao, also after I beat kid mode I was like "yeahhhh I can play on easy now!" And it was unironically easier just due to the auto web swing being turned off.

[@nicememes7570]

@@RayR1990 legit it was the first game I beat

[@Kingsley_Shat]

@@RayR1990I literally got the demo of this spiderman game out of a Kellogg's frosted flake box and it only had the first two levels on it.. downloaded it onto a pc that also had kazza installed on it so I could pirate system of a down, eminem songs, and a lot of softcore porn..

[@Graphomite]

Kid Mode secretly Unfair Mode. lol.

[@raiden6428]

At least ninja gaiden confirms. Nothing worse than going for the hard trophy only to accidentally switch to easy hours in

[@lonewolffang]

Ohh..ooh..ooooh. That hurts so bad. I know how you feel.

[@anything_x]

right! 👊

[@quantumrift11]

Ya, some games you just wanna check each difficulty to see what it's like. But you'll lower it with the flip of a switch, and then cannot raise it, and lose the achievement, and weren't warned. Most games do warn you fortunately that you can't raise the difficulty back again (which makes sense) but some games don't do such a good job of fully explaining what you could miss out on.

[@JayHog1992]

Except easy mode only triggers on the first chapter, it never occurs again, so this is mostly for players who can't even beat the freaking Murai.

[@Primusaur]

Jokes on them I like being humiliated and use things like this in games as a digital dominatrix.

[@skysight1553]

Oh ok

[@snoookie456]

they're actually the losers, cause they don't get to experience the immensely euphoric humiliation

[@Primusaur]

@@snoookie456 this guy gets it!

[@JonatasAdoM]

@@snoookie456 They don't reveal they're bad at the hard levels. That's their way of being humiliated without making it public. Humiliation + Masochism.

[@wii1245]

I wish Sailor Mars to be my dominatrix

[@sariahthomas5915]

In Ninja Gaiden II, there's an achievement called "Indomitable Spirit" for choosing to continue the game 100 times after dying (doesn't have to be consecutive). Definitely felt like a back-handed compliment that made me laugh! XD

[@ECODKyleskymast]

There's also one for Call of Duty: World At War called "Purple Heart" which you get for dying 20 times in a level.

[@corvusalendar5405]

Another insult to injury in Godhand is that the game adjusts difficulty in-game based on how well you can fight without taking damage/doing combos. And the only way to lower the difficulty in game is to learn a move where you apologize to the enemy for forgiveness to reduce the difficulty.

[@gfear24]

If they don't want people playing "Easy mode", they wouldn't put it in as an option. Some people don't play games to get good at them. They play simply to have fun. Some people have fun putting themselves through torture on the hardest mode. Others have fun playing on easy because it's more about chilling out and relaxing.

[@Nyghtking]

Yup, I play games to have fun, not bust my ass. I'll play on a difficulty higher then easy when I feel i've learned enough about the game to decide I want to challenge myself with more difficulty.

[@NeoTechni]

its more that they want to learn how to play it so you can try it on a proper difficulty. Its why many games lock out later levels or proper endings on game journalist mode.

[@General_Tso762]

It isn't "torture" it's way more fun than easy, you just gotta have skill.

[@DCapybara]

@@General_Tso762 Did you not get his point? It's that fun is subjective, Idc about having skills in a virtual game which is just useless irl, I just want to enjoy myself playing the game, isn't that fun enough?

[@fordid42]

You're not a real true gamer unless you can beat every single game on ultra-high insanity difficulty, didn't you know that? this kind of gatekeeping with difficulty elitists is truly the most pathetic thing I've ever seen. And I play on hardcore or veteran modes in my games. I love a bit of a challenge, but I also want to enjoy the game. People play the games the way they want to.

[@TheRoseThatKnows]

I will never apologize 4 playing on Easy. I play games 2 de-stress and have fun. Not 2 rage or die a million times.

[@rockndave02]

Exactly!

[@yugbhardwaj9744]

9 year olds :- Real gamers play on hard mode. U pus for playin on easy. Well they got nothing else to worry about. Homework maybe. But We got life and real things to do. Thus when we play games, we play to refresh and relax.

[@TheRoseThatKnows]

@@yugbhardwaj9744 thats another thing with hard mode players. They always make dumb insults 4 how everyone else plays. Grow up! Let people enjoy games how they want 2!! Dying lots of times or losing a bunch simply isnt fun 4 everyone.

[@snoookie456]

I'm 29 and I got to work as a musician in a jazz bar with no formal education whatsoever where every night I would play with a different insanely good musics professor or even Berklee graduate. And I actually managed to not suck while doing this job for two years. This one dude told me "you're good on the guitar, so you'll probably be good at Dark Souls". I'm never trying Dark Souls. I get the feeling that if I was ever good at this type of "challenging" games I wouldn't be good at anything else lol I don't always play on easy, but I have enough in my life so I would never actually feel like a loser if I suck at a certain game. It's such a childish thing to be so competitive at such trivial things. I absolutely love video games, they are an art form like no other and just having access to it to me is its own reward. I don't play games to be good. I play games cause they're good. While I do sort of understand people who take it too seriously, bottom line is there are people who just want to enjoy that game, not break five controllers in order to get that golden trophy that only 1% of people unlocked. Plus I used to own a Sega Mega Drive when I was 7 years old, so when I see the word "difficulty" in a game nowadays I can only laugh.

[@marcuscheng9413]

Y’know, pretty sure someone committed suicide ‘cause of this.

[@rjspires]

Should do a list of games that, when released, were set in the future, but are now in the past.

[@stanettiels7367]

10:40 “If you’ve got two working hands.......” Shows Michael J Fox. Either you’re brutal or I have a sick sense of humour.

[@ryansteele2111]

That's what I was just thinking! Shots fired

[@As_Arturas]

I see you chose the easy mode in real life.

[@stanettiels7367]

@@As_Arturas Lol.

[@liloreoinya]

No lie. I play most games on easy 😂 at my age I'm all about the stories.

[@intruder3578]

I'm 50 and had a stroke so I play on easy

[@dalpaengi]

@@intruder3578 so does my 74 year old. I started doing it too. I just have more fun

[@CasepbX]

I started once I hit 30 lol. Just don't have the time anymore.

[@christophedenisleet3007]

@@dalpaengi your 74 year old what lol

[@nickgarcia1292]

@@CasepbX ? For the most part normal is still quite easy in story games.. I did have to turn down fallen order tho heh

[@Nipplator99999999999]

The MegaMan EZ option is an exception for myself. I'm a Army veteran and a squad mate and friend, that I used to play games with on our downtime, received some life destroying head trauma that caused significant difficulty with being a human. This drove him to attempt the final salute... Thankfully his condition and luck made even that desperate relief impossible for him. After many nights feeling like I had teasing him with the happiness he'll never again experience, I found out about EZ on MegaMan and I was able to finally save us both from ourselves. Even if just pretending nothing happened... The worst torture for either of us is knowing that he's still in there fully unchanged, but trapped in a body that doesn't speak the same language as his brain anymore, and there's not a thing that will help him. My own mind is experiencing advanced symptoms from the traumatic injuries and exposure I've suffered and don't know how long before I can't remember myself, much less him, costing us both the only people who know who we really are.

[@viciousredacted3576]

wow thats deep idk what to say but just wow also thank you for your service

[@kermitgotthesickkicks4265]

Woah that's some deep shit. I never thought I'd hear on youtube. My Condolences. And Thank you for your service.

[@SunnyDSovereign]

@@kermitgotthesickkicks4265 I never thought I would see a dog commenting, with the username "nipple johnston" but Here we are.

[@kermitgotthesickkicks4265]

@@SunnyDSovereign same.

[@Dovah_Slayer]

Wow i.. I don't know what to say

[@MikeHunt-yl1so]

At the end of the day video games are meant to be fun. Some achieve this by putting it on easy mode and any higher difficulty can ruin the experience especially when people play for the story or just to kick back and turn off their brains. So when a game asks what difficulty level you want to play its just asking which one gives you most enjoyment.

[@AnarchicArachnid]

for you, I take normal to be "we balanced the game around this" and then sometimes I go "okay this is too easy" and go above to hard /difficult

[@hoobadoobamaster8551]

This may be too late but it would be absolutely sad if you can't beat a game on easy mode and have a hard time and honestly you deserve to be mocked if that's ever the case

[@SpanishArmadaProd]

No

[@christianalexander579]

I tried to play a game on hard once and never finished the game

[@hoo2042]

@@hoobadoobamaster8551 …so wait… Your opinion is basically that people on the lower end of a particular skill spectrum deserve to be mocked? Gosh, that just makes you sound like a grade-school bully… No thank you…

[@GOODEUSMAXIMUS]

If a game even looks at me wrong, I’ll put it on easy so fast.

[@michealwarren6681]

I'm not here to get frustrated on levels of games when I spent my time at work I'm here to just have fun! Screw competition

[@smilegabe]

That's the spirit! Don't let some overly competitive gamers gatekeeps on how you should enjoy playing games. I usually start playing games on Normal mode cause that's like a default difficulty for me where everything is pretty much balance

[@Player_D]

Agreed. This is particularly a point of contention for me with single-player games whose publishers insist we not play with mods. Whom am I hurting? I like having all the money in games if I can't have that irl, lol.

[@Lunar3011]

damn these people suffer from a severe case of skill issue, not even normal mode people??????????

[@Burnlit1337]

I feel like many of these devs came from merciless arcade games, like from those old flash games or custom games from sc, wc3, c&c, etc., who intentionally made it hard to beat games/maps for people to suffer through. Only now, since they have to make an easy mode for their game, they have to humiliate you.

[@Vanadium]

Yeah because remember on the NES for instance you just get game over as you play the Mario games if you have zero lives left. You had to start from scratch. I think many people forget that. We as kids could not even get further so what's the deal about the newer mario games? I don't understand that and also dark souls is easy peasy if you are from that decade. Most games are way to easy in my opinion. The real " Get GUD" is back from the 80s and 90s.

[@thestonegoose]

@@Vanadium I grew up in the 90s and most of the games we had (not very man) were just never finished. We played them.until we got game over and that was that. Now and again you got a bit further but never finished them. Thinking back, that was pretty shit but I guess it gave you a bit of a hard life lesson. I haven't played dark souls but I have Bloodborne. I STRUGGLED through that game I have to say. I found it extremely tough. I just wanted to point out, just because you played some tough games when you were young has nothing to do with how good you are at modern games. Hell, even think of the skills needed for those old games (hand eye, timing and quick reflexes were just about it). Modern games require much more broad skills as the games are more complex.

[@lunarjellyfish5538]

@@Vanadium Yeah, like I beat Ninja Gaiden Black on the hardest difficulty at age 7-9. Is still one of my all time favorite games, and I still think it's one of the toughest modern games out there. But when they released the new NES, I bought it, and it comes with a bunch of old NES games including Ninja Gaiden. And wow, the old ninja gaidens were pretty damn tough.

[@k.t.1641]

@@thestonegoose Yep you'd play for a few hours until you get pissed off then shut off the system and go outside or call a friend over to help. If your lucky he has a magazine that had cheats in it lol

[@megatronjenkins2473]

Not really on Easy, but in Deadpool: The Game, he broke the Fourth Wall, and told me to hand the controller to someone who doesn't suck. I finished the level, saved and quit.

[@Scion141]

🤣🤣🤣

[@OhNoTheFace]

So successful troll by Deadpool

[@michaelfrantzen5806]

These days i always play on easy mode. I'm in it for the experience and the story, fighting bosses for 30 minutes straight is just boring for me. They can poke fun all they want :D

[@General_Tso762]

Solution: ghet gud

[@redyokai3726]

What’s the point of not having a challenge. Playing on easy is boring.

[@jokeair1615]

I mean if you want stories just read books or something

[@extraordinarygamer937]

@@jokeair1615 u literally have no right to tell other people how to spend their time and money.

[@jokeair1615]

@@extraordinarygamer937 free speech, it's a right

[@James-gj8rn]

I’d argue that it is sometimes really fun to play on Easy (take Uncharted on Explorer mode for example, blasting your way through enemies while invincible makes you fell like a badass)

[@EikottXD]

Playing games on easy or normal does not make me feel badass.

[@ZTheLastViking]

I used to play all story games on easy before I started playing battlefield when I was younger. If you die all the time it ruins the flow of a good narrative but as you get better you should adjust the difficulty. Once you know what you're doing the challenge adds to the experience in the beginning it can be more annoying than anything.

[@BeefMeisterSupreme]

@@EikottXD good for you

[@copykat829]

Me not playing video games makes me feel like a dumbass.

[@Cubinator73]

In MGSV I was asked once whether I want the chicken hat; it was during one of the first missions where you have to mark and destroy three satellite antennas. And although I denied the chicken hat, I didn't feel humiliated. I was laughing tears, because up until this point I haven't seen such a funny question pop up whenever I was having a hard time getting through some level. The thing I find even more funny and which I didn't know up until now is that there is a second chicken hat making you literally invisible :D

[@SethiozProject]

I remember getting it once, I didn't feel insulted, but I felt upset with myself for managing to get such a dumb message to pop up, ofcourse I denied it and instead increased the difficulty instead. If i see stuff like this in a game, I take it as a challenge like "oh you think I can't handle it? let me show you!" I play games like Killing Floor, Killing Floor 2, Back4Blood ..etc on hardest possible difficulty, because that's what I find challenging. I'm so used to those modes, that they often seem too easy.

[@DemDogg86]

I love that everyone hates on JarJar, but neglect the fact that he's quite possibly the most powerful Sith to ever exist.

[@DemDogg86]

@Mexican Joker nope! Cause I want it too!

[@Mutrax4706]

i dont even know why he is hated im not much of a starwars fan but im curious

[@vikingmetaldragon]

@@Mutrax4706 Might be the voice, eyes, mouth, nose, body, personality, intrusiveness, uninvited presence that no one wants.

[@DetElliottStabler]

@@Mutrax4706 because he was created to annoy fans of Anakin Skywalker aka Darth Vader

[@petecampbell3929]

The Force Unleashed 2 one is hilarious 😂

[@Luxray2000]

I can deal with games making fun of me for playing on difficulty. But the one thing I absolutely despise is when games prevent you from finishing the game until you play on a different difficulty setting. No amount of explanation as to why you can’t beat it on easy mode will ever make that okay. Sometimes I just want to vibe to the story

[@kate_alt]

If a game did that I'd just ask for my money back tbh

[@Lunar3011]

damn bro you can't even beat the normal difficulty?

[@FarrierNoire]

Thanks Gameranx! Always impressive how you guys publish videos every single day. Really appreciate it.

[@jesusgurrola7062]

NBA street vol 1…the commentator would tell you to bump the difficulty up if you were playing on easy😭😭 #PS2days

[@redbeardreturns3550]

Off the "HEEZY"!

[@ThugSoulja923]

That’s the first thing that came to my mind 😂

[@near5148]

Lol

[@martynasmatutis8284]

I hate games that mock you for not wanting to spend hours and hours perfecting their combat system/stressing out over literal pixels on a screen. If you want the challenge, go for it, but it's shitty of devs to mock a player for just wanting to have fun in a literal game.

[@mr.poopybutthole1826]

With the direction games are going in now, and how much more insane they've gotten. Like graphics, world size, new mechanics and animation. I think wanted could have a decent remake

[@Binkx1982]

I hate it when games give you crap about playing on easy. If it's a good game I prefer to play on easy the first time to be able to enjoy the game. Then a couple years later when I play again I play it on a harder mode to challenge myself.

[@jep1st]

I pretty much always play on normal because it most often feels like the game was built around that difficulty setting. Still, I don't really get why you would need to insult players who play on easy settings since there are a lot of people who really don't play games that much and thus have very limited skill so it's kinda stupid to demoralize those players with limited skill by insulting them.

[@derrickvictor8829]

Most casual players don’t play the type of games that insult easy mode, though. Know your limitations. Lol

[@SpanishArmadaProd]

Lmaoo

[@michaelawesome1864]

You should have a thicker skin lol. Plus when I think easy I don't think new players I think Game Journalists

[@chevialle]

they need to matured up and take the insult, they know they have skill issue therefore deal w the mockery

[@LuminousWhispers11]

@Hephaistos Accessibility is for people with who are disabled and deal with making it so they can use a product or service. Like for example, using colors that colorblind people can tell apart. It has nothing to do with video game difficulty. Video games are created for a purpose. All of these games on this list were created to challenging. Removing the challenge kills the game which is why they mock the player.

[@Autofill120]

That DMC one be like "I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed" lol

[@shaunbroyhill]

Just a comment on the very first one (and may be applicable to other games in the list as well). Games like Super Mario Galaxy 2 weren't designed for hard core gamers, but to be openly accessible and playable by all, across multiple ability and age levels. My son has 20/400 vision (legally blind), and has severe brain damage to where at 9 years old he has the brain development of a 2-3 year old. And he loves Mario games to the point that he could spend all day doing it on his switch if he could. And if Nintendo didn't put in modes such as this and the one where the player won't die when hitting items, my son would fail every time. He also loves Mario Kart 8 where he doesn't have to worry about steering the best or having to brake for corners- these are simply too complex for someone like him to be able to process. So features like this are not "humiliating" players, but what they are doing is opening the door for players that without these features would not get any entertainment or joy from the games. I am only speaking towards specific games that include specific features that are not their to humiliate but rather to assist. Some items on this list truly do aim to humiliate, but those are games that aren't designed or have the desire to be accessible as they are more hardcore games. In example, you will never see my son playing Metal Gear Solid, because that isn't a "family friendly" game designed for players of all types and levels.

[@saaaahduuuuude1228]

Can you people realize that the world doesn’t revolve around the disabled. Most people don’t have to deal with this, it’s humiliating to people who aren’t disabled or something. Being treated like a cripple if you aren’t, is embarrassing. It’s not embarrassing for your son because he is in fact a cripple

[@SylverScourge]

@@saaaahduuuuude1228 the world *should* revolve around the disabled actually. Disabled people shouldn't have to accommodate you, it should be the other way around. Mario is geared towards families and a lot of its player base are children, children may need an assist (like in mario odyssey if you play on assist mode you won't immediately die). If you take offense to getting assists on a game when you play on easy, put on your big boy britches and play on hard like a real man.

[@Rodrigo-ei4ht]

The insulting part comes with them giving you a bronze star for using this mode and not letting you get to the final boss... If it's meant to be accessible for everyone, why do they punish someone for using the assist mode by locking away the final boss. Let them have fun and give them that final ending. I agree, games like Mario should be accessible to everyone. Games spark joy in so many people and every one should have the opportunity to experience one.

[@speedingpullet7400]

I'm so glad modern developers (mostly) consider accessibility a vital part of game design now. Also heartily glad the 'beat the game on Hard' trophies/achievements seem to be going the way off the Dodo too.

[@RedReaper666OG]

I remember one of the Guitar Hero games making fun of you for playing on easy. It did that by NOT allowing you to unlock Free Bird!

[@blackbeardyman8336]

I just started playing DMC 3 today and it did show the easy mode message to me xD That Ice Guardian is just horrible for someone who's playing DMC for the first time, come on!

[@diarionmadison]

Wait until you get to the end of mission 5.

[@smilegabe]

Yeah Cerberus is pain for first timer.

[@smilegabe]

@@diarionmadison Is that Agni and Rudra?

[@diarionmadison]

@@smilegabe it is... and I was stuck on them for about 8 months.

[@smilegabe]

@@diarionmadison What difficulty are you playing? And are you playing as Dante or Vergil? Which style do you use?

[@quinnplays9166]

"If you've got 2 working hands" Shows Michael J. Fox Bruh

[@christophermccrea7133]

🤣🤣🤣

[@isturboot1659]

brutal

[@null-rj7fe]

I'd like to see a series where you and Jake "grain-of-salt" baldino discuss a game in a back and forth style. Y'all could even argue different viewpoints to give it some drama

[@TheDarkblue57]

The’re the same person. Ever see them in the same room?

[@Jaekization]

I mean personally, I play on easy because I like playing a lot of different games, I currently have about 5 with battle passes and several story driven games. I don’t have time to play on hard difficultly on all my story games. If I enjoy the game enough I’ll replay it on harder difficulties, but I do enjoy having the option to bring able to breeze through games.

[@donkarnage6986]

Maybe you are playing to much?

[@Pocket_Kingss]

Aka youre just a 🐱

[@jonathankitchen7141]

Normal mode

[@davipenha]

Why are you even playing if you are only caring about have to finish and begin other games. You can actually take a time in the same game or just quit

[@saaaahduuuuude1228]

@@davipenha I’ve heard 3 people advocating easy mode for this reason, it makes no sense. Is the only goal just how many games can I play in a year? Jesus, what a boring attitude towards games

[@malkaviian]

Another game that goes rough on the player by choosing an "easy mode" is Pathologic 2, if you died at least 15 times (which is really easy to die like that), you will have an offer from the Fellow Traveler, he will remove all the penalties from dying, restoring your health, stamina, infection and imunity bar to normal. The catch is, you want things to be easy, so now you won't see the end of the game.

[@sowayan]

I played god of war 1 for the first time recently there was an underwater traps puzzle that I kept dying to the game asked me if I wanted to switch to easy which will only apply to combat WHICH WAS NOT THE THING I WAS DYING TO

[@JensenSarpy]

I don't care what it wants to call easy mode. I just play the game to wind down after my day's done. I'm not in it for any big competition or anything. Heck, I don't even notice 99% of those "play on easy" tropes anyway in the menus.

[@GoodNeutralEvilChaos]

I hate people who mock me for wanting a more casual playthrough.

[@jimbo130406]

I used to play Monkey Island 2 on Easy for years when I was a wee guy (about 8 or 9 on Amiga A1200), I remember playing on PC years later and coming across all these puzzles I'd never seen

[@t7justkc64]

Whatever game it is I always make sure to play either normal or hard. For me it's a better experience to play the way the creator wanted it to be played. Being challenged is also fun.

[@MrTerrorzone2012]

Same here specially in games where hard mode or very hard mode give enemies better AI or forces you to use everything at you disposel to beat it

[@ririndesuyo673]

Same. It'd not be worth the money if you beat it without any challenges anyways. Especially since you lose out on alot of the experience (e.g. Puzzles, challenges) that may be ommited or downright easy if not on normal / hard. The difficulty is part of the experience and is why I really like FromSoftware games where there's no difficulty level at all lol, you just play the game.

[@Vanadium]

Haha, only if the AI actually is better. I hate shooter's or any game you have to fight , economy or with real weapons when the Devs are to lazy and just make the enemy's bullet sponges or and make them cheat. Most oblivious RTS is the Total War frenchies. They won't push their combat and economy AI. They are so bad that they cheat so much, it's unbelievable..

[@Lazarc91]

I swear FromSoftware just have their developers just remote control the enemies to troll you. Lost so many souls from situations that I should've survived in but got steam rolled

[@lizzynyyyaaa1402]

That’s why I love the nier series

[@Brendito1]

I literally remember feeling insulted as a 10 year old kid 😂 “what, do they think I’m stupid?!” (Mario gal 2)

[@SethiozProject]

and then you started crying and rage quitted like a LOSER you are?

[@mtnman8783]

I've never paid much attention to difficulty levels. I just adjust it untill the game feels right and go from there

[@Rodrigo-ei4ht]

What's the most boggling thing with the Wanted entry is that the description is sensible and reads as: Suitable for users playing a shooter for the first time. I do like that they moved away from insulting gamers for wanting to play an easier difficulty because maybe they're new to gaming or not that good. Devs finally stopped gatekeeping gamers 👍 Watching streamers made me realize that some people just aren't that good at certain games but they want to experience the story or are passionate about a series. More people should definitely be able to enjoy a game without judgment.

[@puchopucho7790]

i think an honorable mention should had been Postal 2's Liebermode difficulty. Not even the police have guns, they mostly ignore your crimes, health items rain over you and the mode punishes you by not getting rocket and napalm launchers, wich are the funnest most powerful weapons in the game. The "Liebermode" name is a reference to Joe Lieberman who was against violent videogames, they named it like this because this mode basically takes away most of the violence of the game. Now, being the most violent videogame in history, that's a lot.

[@ExtraTurtle]

Love the mega man one. They basically say: "oh you can't play normal difficulty? ok we can't make the actual game more easier so let's just make it a walking sim"

[@jackskellington684]

One rule I've had since as long as I've been playing video games is that whenever I get a new game I always play them at easy to understand the story and to connect with the characters

[@SpanishArmadaProd]

Lmao

[@Lunar3011]

damn bro man up

[@relyk4771]

To be honest, I always play on easy or story mode with story games. When I finish the story line or whatever i start a new playthrough and play normal or hard since I got the controls and game mechanics down.

[@gameranxTV]

👌🏼

[@relyk4771]

@@gameranxTV Dammmn y'all replied in under a minute😂😂

[@coreybrooks8896]

As long as you're having fun playing the game, who tf cares what difficulty you're playing at lol

[@cooperstanton3752]

Facts

[@davipenha]

You should, if you a mental capable human being.

[@hayvan420]

devs really forget some of us have social lives so we just wanna relax and enjoy the story

[@slw8866]

I'm not playing on easy that much but what makes me mad is people that feel superior because they play on higher difficulty. It's video game people, you play like you want, you want to focus on the story and play on easy, well good for you, your game experience is not less important that people who play on hardcore. Only dumbasses think that they're superior because they play on the highest difficulty. Sorry not sorry, that's true.

[@weedthepeople2795]

Ya thats a drag race mentality......i dont wanna race, i just wanna drive around the environment and check out the car......i like a challenge, but i also like exploration and discovery...I dont do games like dark souls or sekiro.....the whole thing is a straight up grind, beginning to end.....that shit isnt fun to me

[@thetrashcanman7537]

Just means they are better at the game than you no need to cry about it

[@weedthepeople2795]

@@thetrashcanman7537 i see we have our first drag racer

[@thetrashcanman7537]

@@weedthepeople2795 don’t care about your new terms if you’re trash at games watch a nice tv series lol no need too complain that people are better beating games on the hardest modes as opposed to people who wanna press a button a few times and have the game play itself

[@jari2482]

@@thetrashcanman7537 ppl like you are the main reason many ppl don't take gaming serious

[@blizzardkhaos]

I always play on easy mode. Because I just want to experience the story, game world etc. just experience the game how I want to. Then when I’m in the mood for something tough I play Dark Souls lol

[@Bakesuta]

Alternate title: *game devs who decided to bully you for being new to the game and trying to figure out mechanics first*

[@OhNoTheFace]

Never play sports if that is your worry

[@extraordinarygamer937]

@@OhNoTheFace sports are actually better and more rewarding than getting good at a video game.

[@OhNoTheFace]

@@extraordinarygamer937 No shit shirlock. What a non point to what was being said

[@manylittlefish693]

Sometimes people play on easy mode because they just want to experience the game without wasting hours and hours of their life on having to improve at playing it

[@AnTi90d]

Twisted Metal is 100% the reason that I stopped playing on Easy as a kid.

[@otakufreak2617]

You too huh, tm3 that blimp level. Fuckin metal!!!🤘😈🤘favorite cars, Auger, club kid, hotrod (i think was the name of the pyro car, been years can't recal), and outlaw. Started with tm2 but 3 was my jam

[@wytewillow2828]

Same

[@saaaahduuuuude1228]

And your better for it

[@TheLeetCasualGamer]

I haven't played Monkey Island but I have been looking for something that said "play easy mode if you're a game journalist."

[@uryenatienza4093]

Monkey Island made a journalist mode before we even wanted one.

[@kynoVNs]

Guide to enjoying Kojima games If you see something stupid. Ignore it If you see something unreasonable. Indulge it If you see a loading screen. Prepare to be reminded who directed this game

[@Lazarc91]

Sometimes it's more difficult being in the gray area in a gamers spectrum. One side I want to enjoy the story, other side I want a challenge. Then there's the outliers like time. Sports are similar in a way.

[@AbsoluteSkycaptain]

Ah yes, my favorite jrpg: Desigia.

[@isturboot1659]

Falcon is legendary for reading a scrip of games he has never played.

[@KickyFut]

I believe he pronounced it: "Dissajeeya"... 😂

[@KazumaTsuno]

what's worse is how he prnounced Nippon Icchi. Nippon aychee. god i love the mispronunciations.

[@jagjerison284]

All while throwing shade at "reviewers" who need easy mode, he exposes himself for being basically no different.

[@bobbiscub]

Just wanted to say, I was born with one arm. But even I've learned how to play games just fine.

[@Tomsonic41]

It's so humiliating when you fail a few times and the game says "Want to skip this section?" or gives you some kind of super-buff you can only get this way. I can't remember which game it was, but I played one that automatically switched the difficulty to easy if you kept messing up in the same place, and didn't give you a choice!

[@bengosling4606]

Mgs3 gives you a "EZ Gun" on easier difficulties, it's suppressed with infinite tranq ammo

[@Peruvianbean]

And 80% camo, silent footsteps!

[@lio9567]

The Batman Arkham when the villains come speak over u

[@hgdge]

i LOVED the idea of MGSV chicken hat. more games should implement game busting mechanics like that especially when open world.

[@Dovah_Slayer]

It's fun to use to mess with the AI even though it does look stupid

[@Mangler559]

Challenge is all well and good but some of us just want to play a game and experience the story. No need to insult us for that.

[@treyebillups8602]

Surprised not to see Cruelty Squad, a game that turns you into a faceless flesh blob if you die enough to be knocked down to easy mode, and then still kicks your ass.

[@buddygettingnutty8351]

That game is like taking every LSD drug in the world.

[@TkrB]

I hit Like before I even watch any Gameranx videos because I know you guys always release quality videos and I want to show my support.

[@matthewhardwick8208]

Well why would you offer easy mode in the first place hmm developers?? You had to have played through your own game on easy for testing so why you be judging us?

[@fleuttre4510]

Because the easy is just there to make fun of us

[@nightmarelycanthrope2230]

Some people play on easy because they just wanna enjoy the game and not have broken things or rage fits

[@TheWhitefyre]

Game Developers: You want to play on Easy Mode? Wuss. Me: But I'm here for the story! It's a legitimate thing! :(

[@ryanekrem971]

I forgot about the n64 castlevania game that if you play on easy stops half way into the game and basically says screw off now go back start over and do it right literally ending the game half way into it. What a slap in the face!

[@afibuffygirl]

Not to mention in metal gear solid 5, the whole reason why nobody does anything when u r caught 3 times is because the enemy is literally pointing and laughing at u....the enemy is too busy laughing at you to do anything.....serious burn lol. The being said, I absolutely love the look of the chicken hat, it's definitely a kojima thing.

[@AdamBladeTaylor]

Shattered Steel for PC. Came out in 1996. If you were having trouble beating missions, they had in game cheats you could turn on. If you turn on Invincibility, the main character would call you out on it. "Okay buddy, you ARE bullet proof." If you then turn on the Infinite Ammo cheat, the game would call you out again. "You, my friend, are TRULY a coward."

[@wizzero00]

You made me question my many years of pronouncing Disgaea, but seems everyone else calls it Dis-Guy-Uh or close to that as well.

[@sithstalker6936]

Yeah, how does he get Disignia from Disgaea?

[@jessigraphiel9048]

I can agree with Number 1. After watching my bf die multiple times while fighting Cerberus I couldn't keep myself from laughing a little when the game said "Easy mode is now selectable".

[@Lunar3011]

did he choose yes? that's how you know if he deserves you or not

[@pandanarkystudios5198]

I've always loved the witcher difficulty settings. What do you want? Story only? A little of both? Or do you want to spend way more time fighting than anything else? Lol

[@apersonwhoexists546]

I just want to enjoy a game not get insulted for just wanting a casual experience

[@alanw9620]

Wanted Weapons of fate is actually a very good and underrated game. Too short though but it was a game i had lots of fun with.

[@aaronsteindler3245]

I once failed a song on easy in Guitar Hero 2. I subsequently unlocked an achievement "Long Road Ahead." We were all surprised that there was an actual achievement for this as nobody in my dorm had ever failed a song on easy. Funny enough, 3 months later, my dorm had a GH3 competition, and I ended up winning it.

[@kararrsameer9243]

Sometimes I like to play on the easiest possible difficulty even if it's insulting especially in open world RPGs cuz I like to experience the story and the world without having to grind a lot, but I like hard difficulty in shooting games cuz it's more fun that way.

[@SethiozProject]

Only games I like "easy" mode, are those "drinking and eating" simulators, it has always annoyed me in some open world games that have thirst and food levels, but on harder mode they just go down so fast that if you do one thing, turn around .. and your food is almost empty, that's not challenging, that's just annoying! In those games I either write a trainer to freeze food and drink or just set it on lower if it doesn't effect other aspects of the game. Otherwise I always prefer harder modes.

[@Lunar3011]

that kinda takes away the whole point of gathering some resources, but i totally understand if you don't like them, sometimes i download some mods that reduces the time it takes for you to starve or disable the feature in some cases where other gameplay elements are way more important than staying healthy@@SethiozProject

[@StevenHallOfGaming]

i like how Ranarok goes about difficulty it just feel like a real game that is trying to challenge you along the way instead of just giving you the cookie

[@jeanpicard1844]

“Difficulty level” in most games, typically just means increasing enemy health bars and making the player character weaker.. Essentially difficulty level could probably be called “how much do you want to play a grind-sim?”

[@CARLOSLOZANOA74]

Guys you are the best!! Keep on the good job 👍🏽

[@GozzerP]

easy isn’t easy for everyone just watch Nolan North play through Uncharted series. gamers take their skills for granted sometimes.

[@TheSultan1470]

True.

[@badintroductions2004]

I haven't had this happen to me before but I usually like playing new games on easy first because I want to look at the story first and after I beat it the first time I go for like the second hardest difficulty

[@DarkJon001]

Wrong with DMC and resident evil, you play it on easy mode, get more weapons and stamina, complete the game, then play it on harder difficulties. I didn't feel like the game was mocking me and it had to be done with DMC 3 as the normal mode was actually hard mode

[@christopherlind]

Love the video keep up the great work

[@darkraven5626]

Lmao I knew this whole comment thread would be full of the typical masochist tryhards that love playing on the hardest difficulty possible while belittling those that play on easy or even normal. This is why the skill gap will forever be this way and needs to stay that way to keep people who want to experience games and stories at lower difficulties away from the Dark Souls/legendary/no life skill-based elitist players that think they're gods in gaming. Before anyone counters with "JuSt WaTcH a LeT's PlAy If YoU'rE pLaYiNg FoR tHe StOrY oNlY" you're right now taking away the experience of someone wanting to play that game and see things for themselves. They don't need to play only for the challenge. Such a stupid mindset. Experiencing things firsthand through your own gameplay experience is always a great thing, no matter the difficulty setting. Also games are meant to unwind for a lot of people that want to take it easy, not come home from something just to build more stress over the mindlessness of a higher difficulty setting and some of these developers are incredibly stupid for adding insults for choosing easy unless the game is originally meant to be punishing. They most definitely do not need to watch a playthrough. I only watch playthroughs of pathetic masochistic games like all of Dark Souls for example. So typical that I would see all of this in the comments 10 months after this video was made. Fun fact for the elistist/hardcore/meta players: you've only accomplished showing everyone that you know how to play a game at the highest difficulty setting and then some, like adding handicaps to punish yourself more...that's it! No trophy, cash prizes, trip to the Caribbean, nothing. Just a pat on the back and a congrats. You aren't special, a god or even "the best" by showing everyone that you completed a near impossible task by having the masochistic joy of dying a lot and spending hours upon hours making builds, studying enemy and boss movements, theorycrafting and gettin just too meta... Actually you know what? I take one thing and one thing only back. We have the kind hardcore players that will show and help those that do decide to attempt something difficult and they're the only ones that get a pass because they don't pick on those that play on lower difficulties. They do it all out of kindness aside from the "GiT gUd" crowd. Long story short, enjoy what you like, but harassing those who choose a lower difficulty setting makes you equally as lifeless...

[@yaboi2500]

That’s a whole lot of words that boil down to “I’m shit at all games”.

[@nasibrakal2761]

Imagine having this in New multi-player/battle royal games Like a game that would have cosmetic items, skins and emotes that you can buy ,but you can also earn by actually playing and grinding for them And if you do buy them, the game would put a badge under your profile labeled " I stole my dad's credit card " or " I'm a loser " or something like that, and the more money you spend the more worse it gets ( money spent = cosmetic item that you want+ insult badge ) On the other hand earning those items would give you badges like " oh I'm the boss " or " I'm inevitable " . . . . (100 headshots = cosmetic unlocked +honor badge +xp = leveling up )

[@cuentaalterna3754]

that would be a terrible idea.... why would you insult someone that is paying you money?... you could give the nice tag for achievements, but insulting your customer is a bad move.

[@SilverBld]

I kinda hate it when games do that tbh I mean it's not wrong to play on easy difficulty most importantly you have fun and these games just makes you feel bad about it as if you're doing something wrong I play on easy but I'm having fun and that's what matters in the end

[@MrBlackTLP]

You forgot to say that in Metal Gear Solid 5 enemy soldiers laugh at you when they see you for long enough if you are wearing chicken hat.

[@keynanmartinez]

I hate how game developers treats gamers with disrespect playing it on easy. If you're going to insult us why put it in thier in the first place?

[@austinnorth4291]

Lee Chucks revenge, my favorite monkey island game.