15 Games That CALL You Out For Being TOO GOOD

Some games love to poke fun at tryhards and overachievers in various creative ways.
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0:00 Intro
0:22 Number 15
1:18 Number 14
2:15 Number 13
3:21 Number 12
4:09 Number 11
5:17 Number 10
6:17 Number 9
7:01 Number 8
7:55 Number 7
9:17 Number 6
9:57 Number 5
11:20 Number 4
11:56 Number 3
13:12 Number 2
14:21 Number 1

[@ramonosuke]

I love how Falcon gets more and more sassy as the list continues lol.

[@GDKF0238]

Love his sass

[@leonr1985]

sassy drunk?

[@stevenstump246]

I appreciate that his narration actually feels authentic and not just like someone blandly reading off of a script. Looking at YOU Whatculture Gaming.

[@Liv3W3ll]

Me too! I love it.

[@Synchro789]

He can be a bit of a negative Nancy when he gets revved up

[@alexbanks8429]

Worse than this, and far more common for me, is when the game asks if you want to lower the difficulty.

[@Fonzzz002]

*cries in early God Of War*

[@Aetheroth]

Memories of Ninja Gaiden Sigma

[@alexbanks8429]

Right now, I’m stuck in an endless loop in Starfield, spawning into an ambush that absolutely obliterates me every time and in seconds. I’m not lowering the damn difficulty. I beat Ms. Pac-Man for fuck’s sake, impossible is what we used to call not-boring.

[@nazz2406]

​@alexbanks8429 tht happened to me in Skyrim once. I saved by a dragon so I could restart n defeat it if I died. But after the first time I died, instead of being far enough away so I could restratagize it spawned either it or me right on top of each other. I couldn't even run away from it with one of my voices. Thts when I learned to keep multiple saves.

[@dimsumkf9191]

​@@alexbanks8429that tilde key never been so good lookin amirite?

[@daewylder]

It really impresses me how gameranx is always able to consistently come up with interesting and unique video ideas

[@OldUncleDan]

For real you'd think they'd run outta ideas by now lol

[@cleetus1715]

I see this comment on every single video

[@nopunintended0038]

🐐🐐🐐🐐

[@leonr1985]

listen kid its their job that's where they get their money from buying beers or coke

[@carproauto4379]

@@leonr1985and pizza

[@theopminer952]

The thing that annoyed me about Forza Horizon 5’s difficulty was that the highest difficulties didn’t even really make the AI better, it just made their cars faster than they should be for the class of vehicle being used. At least when you’re only driving class B cars and lower.

[@Samrtfirdeg]

And they take turns in very impossible way. The cars don't slow down

[@-aku2805]

Yeah it's freaking bullshit, they drive like they're on rails.

[@shincaion]

Also, sometimes you really just wanna drive a slow car with a cool build because of the sound or because it's how you would build it in real life, and the game keeps telling you to lower the difficulty. Like, I am not bad, but I'm not winning races with a C class Eclipse

[@emb2697]

It’s the entire reason why I quit playing. It didn’t get more difficult it just implemented gta catch up physics. I had a plain old 72 Camaro keep up with my Ferrari fxx evolution 😂

[@-aku2805]

@@shincaion Drive a C-class race?

[@ChunkyLeeChong]

I've always hated the "rubber banding" function that a lot of racing games have. It's not so much that the games are calling you out for being good, but it's definitely a way to create artificial difficulty. I've spent all of this time building up a car that should blow the doors off of everything else on the track, but if I get too far ahead, the AI opponents magically appear right on my ass.

[@karisasani7006]

Some of the worst instances of this are like Crash tag team racing or Mario Kart 64 where they can outspeed you even if you are under a boost

[@ChunkyLeeChong]

@karisasani7006 I used to play a lot of Mario Kart: Double Dash!! on Gamecube, and if I remember correctly, it was bad there, too.

[@lux1622]

When i was a kid i thought it was just some upgrade i could get that would make my ride way faster. Safe to say, there was no such thing.

[@2011carp]

Need for speed most wanted as well. they will NEVER be off of your minimap distance@@karisasani7006

[@justinlast2lastharder749]

I mean...if you want that type of experience play on Easy Mode where it doesn't exist? Rubber Banding in Racing Games is the Equivalent of Enemies being able to find you in FPS Campaigns. Sure, you could have stealthed across the map and gotten to the campaign objective...but its and FPS, you are there to shoot at peoole...and with Racing Games what are you there for? Wait for it...Racing People. Without Rubber Banding, it turns into a Time Trial because the first time you make an AI Crash, they are never catching up.

[@bsgfan1]

Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic deserves an honorable mention for swoop racing. Basically, each “race” is a time trial, except the AI is scripted to always beat your first two attempts, regardless of how good they were. This also means that if you make a frame-perfect run on your first 2 tries, it becomes literally impossible to beat the AI’s time. Normally, swoop racing is a side activity, but the first race is a mandatory story mission early in the game that uses the same mechanics. In other words, it’s entirely possible to hardlock yourself out of the _entire game_ by being too good at swoop racing.

[@Zerhya]

Dude 100% second this

[@justinlast2lastharder749]

Its too known. This exact thing has been talked about for 2 decades now. Its on so many videos that you unintentionally directly quoted one...

[@Bluntman-J.P]

@@justinlast2lastharder749 Funnily enough though, I actually did not know this...

[@codyarmstrong8428]

It got changed to one attempt. I've played Kotor recently and you only lose the first race, second one finishes the story. It's still possible to get locked, but much more difficult as most players will have a rusty first run, and then do well in the second after that first practice run.

[@iamskyfall]

Special mention to Breath of the Wild for giving you the poop emoji as a reward for going through the hell of getting all 900 Korok seeds.

[@alexandroswashere3089]

Lol for real?

[@bigd8055]

Their's a line in Skyrim on the Daedras best friend quest where if to talk to Clavicus Vile and tell him that you want more power he'll say "Really? Power? You're a dragonborn; you already have more power than most people who aren't immense, fire-breathing monsters, You're almost as powerful as me"

[@edeyboy2931]

I've enjoyed this channel for years now, but I've honestly only just now realised how wholesome these videos really are. The finer details and important consumer information is as entertaining to watch as it is a terrifying warning that most things you choose to spend your money on will most likely not meet any of your expectations.

[@cobymichaels7863]

Do you know the meaning of the word wholesome?

[@edeyboy2931]

@@cobymichaels7863 problem?

[@warhead5225]

I love everything about these videos. Been watching for years. Informative and funny with background music that sounds like adult swim promo tunes before the show. A very chill vibe.

[@crispycrimps865]

What do you mean when you use wholesome?

[@edeyboy2931]

@@crispycrimps865 you know, good moral content. That's what I mean 😅

[@louiemarks8501]

There's also the "birthday party" in Borderlands 3, but I'm not totally sure if that counts. One of your playable characters from the first game, Mordecai, has befriended a little girl he rescued at some point or another, taught her how to shoot, etc, and today's her tenth birthday. Yaaay. He asks you if you'd go to her party with him. Yeah, why not. Only when you get there, the kid's father is there telling you she died like last week, but she'd be so thrilled to know you're all here for her party. He's arranged some "party games" based on stuff she was the best at; there are pieces of cake scattered around that you can eat because apparently she was amazing at speed eating birthday cake; there's a set of targets set up you can toss grenades through because I guess she was really good at that too. If you beat her records at this stuff, her dad will give you her favorite gun, and him and Mordy will make you feel like garbage for it. Nobody says so until after, but letting all her records stand has him give you the gun anyway.

[@danielperalta9294]

In RE4 Remake, the merchant calls you out for getting all weapons to the max level in a single save, he says something like “unbelievable! you got them all! Everybody needs a hobby, I guess”

[@XelitexX360]

Honorable mention to the secret achievement in CoD WaW "Go Get Some Sun" which you would get for reaching the highest level of prestige, which is basically indirectly telling you to stop playing and go outside just like the Jurassic World one. Honestly I never reached the last prestige level in any CoD except this one... but to be fair, I only got it because I landed in a Zombies lobby with a modder which unlocked all the achievements for everyone in the game.

[@JustGrowingUp84]

"I'm the racing game doctor, and my prescription is a higher difficulty!" - man, moments like this is why I keep coming back to these videos!

[@Digital-_-Spirit]

5:58 “Even good artificial intelligence scripting is pretty simple compared to the neurological prerequisites for boredom” this is gold 😂

[@bittertriumph2045]

Inscryption has a fairly similar thing in the first act. It's laid out sort of like a rogue like, so you run through the first act a few times before you reach the end. If you replay after getting the play down, you can start to kick the first boss' ass pretty quick. The game will literally pause for a second, say this is happening too fast, and change your current battle to something unwinnable. Not just unwinnable, but cartoonishly so.

[@FF-yd4ni]

Yeah, I love me some *EIGHT FUCKING BEARS*

[@bittertriumph2045]

@@FF-yd4ni All flying so you can barely block any of them and they all mutate.

[@ToasterBath]

And yet, somebody actually managed to beat that and the game broke as a result because it's meant to be unwinnable lol

[@bittertriumph2045]

@@ToasterBath I'll need to look that up. It was probably a sight to see.

[@FF-yd4ni]

@@ToasterBath Well, beating 8 fucking bears is one of the challenges required to beat the roguelike mode lol

[@brettstover1850]

If AVGN calls you a nerd it is a compliment and a badge to be worn with honor. 😎

[@TheRisingTide89]

The literal father of angryjoe, gameranx n nearly every other video game related youtube series.

[@ARIXANDRE]

Refreshing list themes with Falcon's signature narration. Awesome. 👍🏻

[@kingschwarzenegger3939]

Go touch grass

[@BSparksGaming]

Always enjoy these countdowns. Thanks for keeping us entertained man 😁🙏

[@n8doggy733]

*bird

[@Jell-E]

Same here. Doing a video every day and for so long yet still stays creative and entertaining. Love these guys

[@jaketodd5924]

Been watching you guys for many years, the best single gaming channel out there!! Keep it up GR ❤️

[@gameranxTV]

Thanks

[@leonr1985]

What don't tell me you don't like Gspot?

[@yellowflash7696]

@@gameranxTV Get rid of these white numbered screens. And put in the names of games instead of numbers like some view hungry chump.

[@PippaC33]

“The neurological prerequisite for boredom..” Killed me.😂

[@v0LkEN88]

Nice to see Infamous SS again after so long. The game really super duper fun to play & it is very satisfying using your superpowers fighting the enemies. In fact I like it more than Spiderman games. Please more Infamous games SP!

[@philparis796]

How did you guys forget God Hand? The game litterally only gets more punishing if you avoid taking hits and perform too well lol

[@PW-vm2ji]

Love falcons Jeff goldbloom impersonation 😂😂

[@Beep.Boop.Bop.]

GAMERANX Is easily the best video game channel on KZbin. I consistently enjoy all of their content and find myself getting excited when a new vid drops

[@leonr1985]

With falcon voice always sounds dizzy nah, next to ign maybe

[@Beep.Boop.Bop.]

@@leonr1985 IGN is boring. Basic reviews and general news. This channel has personality

[@nenadvlaskalija8916]

There is also a PS2 game called "God Hand" and essentially the game revolves around the mechanic, if you're playing good, it will spike up the difficulty and vice versa. Pretty cool game ngl.

[@247420Maniaxe]

I swear one time I was playing Dead Space 2, (I hadn't died or been injured much)and right when you're going through the tunnel to get to the Ishimura. A brute burst through some boxes for you to fight. That one time it morphed into two brutes, I was ecstatic! I had already beat the game twice on hard Difficulty and it had never done that. Might have been a glitch, but I feel games should have more surprises like that.

[@RichtersShadow]

I'm surprised Inscryption wasn't included, since that game swarms you with bears for progressing too much. ... although even that seemingly impossible obstacle can be overcome if you're good enough!

[@Brules]

Was literally thinking this when I saw the video, part 2??

[@StingyPellet]

Flying bears that block flying and attacks in all directions. Somehow thought on Joseph Anderson's first playthrough he beat the bears TWICE - by complete accident.

[@Sbenbobb9]

The fade out on "hack" and "it's whatever though" had me dying lol

[@hiddenleif6854]

LOL the doctor analogy was actually good. If they prescribe you a medicine and suddenly all your problems are fixed and you’re not having any side effects, they are NOT gonna up the dosage or change ANYTHING

[@vickysoni6647]

Recently finished cod mw2 (old) in veteran difficulty and came to conclusion that the only difference in difficulty is how much your teammates will help you during the missions.

[@MrSTVR]

The Undertale thing was frustrating because that's what I did on my first playthrough since I like using official names for characters. It's like a Zelda game punishing you for using the name Link.

[@Holuo1]

OG Homeworld had an auto-difficulty adjustment built-in. If you were doing particularly well (end the mission with more units / resources) the next mission would have more opponents / less resources available to collect

[@BuildinWings]

3:18 "Maybe they will do that, actually. This metaphor ends here" --- You owe me a sip of coffee.

[@TheLeetCasualGamer]

In a competitive shooter, the lobby will claim you're hacking if you're playing to well Interesting mechanic

[@sheldonbryan3706]

With number 13 it's basically the Forza games in general. Basically giving you the option to ramp up the difficulty in exchange for earning more credits

[@rodan92]

and Shadow fight 3 says "Your opponent has been made strong to match your fighting style." I felt like a champ😂

[@LordTyph]

Funny thing is on the Isaac example, you're NOT done after that achievement. You'll even be seeing it three times in total if you want to truly complete the entire game.

[@jakesthewatcher535]

That Madden notification comes from back in the day. Playing against others, before online play, if you were down 21-0 before the half, you HAD to give up the sticks. No option. The OG version of GET GUD.

[@GDKF0238]

I can’t imagine playing madden, and I can’t imagine why someone would play it while ALSO being trash lol

[@SL_Andrew]

In the popular game inscryption, if you make it too far in your first run, which you aren’t supposed to, the screen glitches and says “too fast” and covers the board with one of the strongest enemy’s in the game

[@ryanlukens9280]

For the Forza Horizon game, they hit you with the “you are winning pretty easy” on Horizon 4 as well.

[@ThugSoulja923]

One of my favorite games that did this was the NBA Street series. The announcer HOUNDED you before and after games if you played too well on Easy.

[@ericmoreau4568]

At times during Red Dead 2, it felt like the game was getting upset that I wouldn't crumble and fold despite my increasingly high bounty...😋

[@p5ychojoe138]

You know I like the option to be let out if the other team or whatever is just beating you into the dirt. Would help with the rage quit issue, not fix but help. And depending on how often that happens could also help with balancing. What makes me saltier than getting whooped, is getting punished because I was getting punished and needed to leave.

[@willwroblewski7613]

The fact I was able at one point to get through the training ground section in mw2 in 15 seconds is wild to me

[@TheMcoruam]

6:00 about enjoying a unfair fight: I always have to think about "art of war" basically saying "if you find yourself in a fair fight, you are really bad at tactics"

[@chriskoloski32]

Binding of isaac gets better. You can get 3 million percent. Which is getting the 1 million percent achievement on ALL THREE save files. This will unlock a special art display across all save files that does nothing, but if you get the dead god achievement too then the art changes and gets much cooler

[@pikawaffles2169]

4:09 (Infamous Second Son) - I am so happy I found out the game's name again, back when my dad bought a ps4, it was one of the games that came with it and it was the first ps4 game I ever played, we eventually got rid of the ps4 (including the games) so I gradually forgot about them, I only remembered the main character's design and the amazing particle effects (yeah I used to geek out about those a lot and tbh still do, lmao-) I was annoyed that I wasn't able to remember the name, now that I know it, I can finally rest easy😂

[@Forever_Zero]

I like how there's basically 2 schools of thought in the video, they either mock you for "wasting" your time or they stop you from having too much fun

[@albertscott4599]

Damn, even the game itself becomes a hater😂

[@MrGrugsy]

I love F5's difficulty scale/ increases. I'm playing on Unbeatable now and wins are so satisfying.

[@luvuyomavathulana4133]

Falcon’s narration gets me rolling on the floor as he goes through the list😂😂👌

[@falsehoodmerchant]

I'll add Inscryption to the list. There's an early boss fight you aren't supposed to be able to beat and if you do well you get swarmed by high level Grizzly Bear cards in an effort to block your progress IIRC

[@bryancole4022]

Jeff goldblum telling you to go call the opposite sex is hilarious 😂😂😂😂😂

[@holstorrsceadus1990]

Quality Jeff Goldblum impresion, Falcon.

[@TrilokBaghel]

i think they should have added god hand as well, that game literally punish you for being good at the game

[@Humdebel]

11:30 I find it really surprising that the "homage" GTA:VC is doing with the classic monkey island tshirt "I found the Treasure of Melee Island and all I got was this stupid T-shirt" doesn't get mention.

[@tytan82]

I feel, with some games, the difficulties are either a bit too easy, or a bit too hard (I know I could just try to get better). Like if there were something like Medium.5 🤷‍♂️

[@fantom_foxx_60]

I remember many years ago when I was playing Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Remastered, I was trying to get the platinum trophy. I had to run that training course in under 30 seconds. It was so difficult to do and took me probably more than an hour for such a short thing. You bringing that up and showing a clip of it gave me PTSD

[@iancox2745]

I love that feature in forza, it pushed me to get to the point where I'm getting 1st in simulation diff. Too bad I don't enjoy racing games anymore

[@jessiehogue.]

AVGN calling the player a f***ing nerd is not mean. It's genuine praise!

[@Cedric_22]

I just wanted to say that you guys make amazing content that always makes my day

[@jaypretoriusx]

Not even gonna lie im with you on that "what if i enjoy an unfair fight in total war" its so true sometimes

[@Julzaa]

The Jeff Goldblum ending is too good

[@myferretollie9235]

I remember playing a mission on the Witcher 3 where you offer up a sheep to a Forktail as bait. I busted my Ass trying to see what would happen, if I managed to finish the fight with forktail without the sheep dying. And at the end of the fight, Geralt says, “go frolick little Little sheep you earned it.” EDIT: The reason it was so difficult for me was because I was playing on the hardest difficulty.

[@joshhaney9769]

I've done that everytime playing. It's pretty fun

[@Mboy556]

it's really fun to watch these kind of videos, thank you!

[@sunnicivang1093]

0:44 No way that they used the wrong "your" instead of "you're" in an alleged professionally-made game.

[@nickd3157]

Actually MW2 campaign was one of the only COD campaigns that rewarded you for moving quickly, the original MW2 was the first cod I completed on veteran, which i was hooked on, then decided the next move would be WaW, which if you’ve completely you know the struggle. Grenades!!!!!!

[@KanyeMeatrider47]

I honestly respect gameranx, a lot. They lost relevance and then they gained it right back.

[@MrYankees98]

Love seeing y’all talk about any of the Infamous games

[@jonstodgell2560]

I haven’t heard anyone reference clay fighters in a LONG time. That game was ridiculous 😂

[@Blunts1Fan]

Man the ones for Forza horizon games always annoy me just when you get a good car and do some races only for the game to annoy you. Great video gameranx

[@Zakkleberg]

Falcon has a rambling sort of style with these lists that i absolutely adore. For some reason it comes off way funnier than most KZbinrs who have everything totally scripted. Keep it up

[@tacoface7047]

this video in particular is just hilarious, amazing work with this one lol love you guys

[@gameranxTV]

Thanks

[@sterlingarcher857]

Falcon doing a Jeff Goldblum impersonation is *chefs kiss

[@dennissinned6299]

I remember buying the very first Max Payne and somewhere, either the game manual or a PC Gamer review, warns you that "...if you breeze through it, the game raises the difficulty..." to match your skill or add some challenge. Don't remember the exact words but that was the gist. I was new to gaming back then and i found it peculiar that the game can actually "think" ??

[@davidcalderonjr3639]

I always choose the hardest difficulty so I only ever get those messages when I'm dying like crazy and it's like "Are you sure you can handle this? We could lower the difficulty for you peasant."

[@Adelia0818]

Hi, I love your videos, they are great, thank you for the content and work 🖖

[@gameranxTV]

Thanks

[@harleyx7332]

The Goldblum impression was perfect!

[@Takarr]

Thank you Falcon you just made my weekend

[@tomgreen876]

i think nerd in the context of angry video game nerd is more of an endearment than an insult...

[@FaintAffiliate]

You forgot Metal Gear Solid, in the torture segment with Revolver Oscelot if you are too good at keeping snakes health up they game auto kills you. Also the boss fight with mantis if you perfectly reverse your controls without plugging the controller into port 2 (to prevent his "mind control" as intended) he freaks out about his powers being ineffective.

[@LlanHeinrich]

2:59 at the same time. They'll tell you to lower the difficulty if you struggle too much. So they also tell you "you suck, make it easier on yourself"

[@tamoghnapal6619]

You forgot Max Payne 1 (PC Version Only) where if you didn't die a lot, game would drastically increase the difficulty, basically it increased your difficulty level every 3 minutes, and reduced one level after like 5 deaths. This literally made fugitive difficulty (lowest difficulty) too hard to beat on some levels without save scumming

[@jesuisFORTIO]

Dont forget MW2 MP, where you get shadowbanned and cant play the game from a few days up to 2 weeks if youre too good and a bunch of noobs spam report you.

[@patrickcorrea7992]

Call of duty fell off so hard man

[@Raviouliformiouli]

I’ve been accused of cheating on mw, it was great. I was playing with a friend who was lower level, so I was playing against noobs. But they were all in a room sniping, was I supposed to just not walk into the room and shoot them? I think not.

[@GDKF0238]

@NickReilly-iv6jg Come keep an eye on this tribe. Watch how well that works for you.

[@sensfreak09]

For me the game i have played the most is Valheim 1400 hrs just love the building aspect and how calm the music is just so worth it.

[@Jaxonhellsing]

7:33 Interesting thing about the Annoying Dog in undertale, it's supposed to be Toby fox. There was a secret door in the game that if you avoid touching all the usernames in the credits it will unlock and you can find the Annoying Dog or Toby Fox in the room sleeping on a rug with holes in it.

[@eddthehead123]

There is another game I can't remember the name of. But it stats with your character streaming a totally different game. Lose that game-in-a-game once, and it crashes, starting the actual game. But you can complete that game in a game. Which is awesome.

[@SpaceMissile]

I _totally_ didn't pause at 3:25 for booba. nope, not me. also your Goldblum impression is _so good!_ ahaha

[@leestone5035]

Love The Falcon!! "Maybe Drs. would do that." *Falcon Face* Gameranx rocks!

[@princegroove]

Infamous Second Son is an absolute masterpiece, especially for those who’ve been to beautiful Seattle. 😮

[@Ves_-Xx]

"Do you you think a doctor would prescribe a crazier medi"..YES😂😂

[@mikowizo8604]

There's no way we're gonna forget about God Hand, right? Right?!

[@KingLewin]

Shadow of war punishes you for being too good, they will create orcs that are near impossible to fight, you can't vault them, freeze them, impervious to beasts, not affected by Arrows, no affected by stealth.

[@Jd-lx2sy]

That Goldblum impression was gold! 🤣

[@TmacTruth]

Will never forget in WAW when you got 10th prestige you got a 0 gamer score achievement that said, “go get some sun”. Had me rolling when I was 15.

[@TheBlacksuitspider]

PlayStation's VR Playroom had something similar to what was at the end of The Lost World. The platinum trophy had the description: "Well done, you got all trophies in THE PLAYROOM VR! Time to go outside and explore the real world!"

[@iemjay]

I’ve never seen the Jeff Goldblum ending. That’s gold! It’s a bit insulting, but only because it’s true, and we love him for it.

[@pacoramon9468]

Gameranx really wants a new inFAMOUS, they use it a lot for thumbnails.

[@maxp4573]

Is this just Falcon going off the Rails now ? Because if so, I love it.

[@EISEN70]

That Jeff Goldblum impression 😂😂😂. Spot on

[@gabrielarkangelo]

Hey, The Lost World is actually an amazing game from that time, graphics where above average for ps1 and the soundtrack is epic.