Top Five Cruellest Hard Modes in Video Games - rabbidluigi

[@blastinus3714]

You forgot the best part of Alien: Isolation's difficulty: if you have a microphone, any noise you make also alerts enemies to your location. Yes, this is a game where in the right circumstances, something in the real world could get you killed.

[@delk1299]

Also the Kinect on Xbox one detected your movement

[@purplehaze2358]

I feel like that's an analogy for my life.

[@sonicmastersword8080]

Blastinus So it is essentially the movie A Quiet Place.

[@dakotakade3547]

Wow, it removed my comment?

[@miciso666]

only for consoles tho. i dont see it anywhere for steam version wich is sad.

[@michaeloettinger2683]

After all these years you still manage to make some of the most engaging topics in my sub list

[@purplehaze2358]

That's sad that THESE are the most engaging things in your sub feed.......

[@michaeloettinger2683]

Dr Bright I like long game critiques. And there’s only like 5 KZbinrs that do them and they upload less then once a month. I also like game documentaries like no clip. So In the mean time I follow channels like this, Scott the woz, and caddicarus. I’ve been following this channel forever now and he’s never failed to get my attention with his videos.

[@fumf202]

Dude I started watching you six years back. You're STILL killing it and one of my all time favorites. Never change my dude!

[@Quetzal00358]

Two ideas: 1) Top Five Worst Cases of Backtracking in Video Games 2) Top Five Games That Hold Your Hand Too Much

[@theenderengineer1943]

I actually would like to see him cover those.

[@cedenoa001]

Would love to see Paper Mario TTYD for #1

[@lordtullus9942]

Some people tell me backtracking is annoying and a pointless waste of time in games when the devs can't think of how the player can progress. Others tell me backtrackingbis fantastic and the pinnacle of player decision making and recognizing how the world around you is connected. To this, I ask: WHAT IS BACKTRACKING AND IS IT GOOD OR BAD

[@henryknippling2408]

You just want him to put skyward sword on a list

[@theenderengineer1943]

@@lordtullus9942 That does sound confusing.

[@TheGrayMysterious]

Doom has a history of making the hardest mode intentionally bullshit. The first two games sped up all the enemies, made them attack faster, and respawned them a few seconds after they died. The third game constantly drained your health down to 25 and increased the damage done by enemies, but gave you the life-regaining Soul Cube from the beginning, and now 2016 has die-once-and-it's-over mechanics.

[@jonwootton2181]

In Little Big Planet, the difficulty is pretty much all over the place Some stages are easy, some are almost impossible

[@colBoh]

It should also be worth mentioning that id Software ALSO said they couldn't beat Nightmare! difficulty on the original Doom.

[@sonsofblades]

Nightmare mode can be beaten on the old Doom games. Blood's Extra Crispy mode makes even the best FPS gamers shit their pants in terror. In some levels, there's only exactly enough ammo to kill off the monsters, and no more, making it you have to pitchfork super strong enemies (god forbid if it's the ones you can't cheese with ducking). And in the original Dos version, you can't save and come back later, otherwise, the difficulty bugs out and changes to the lowest difficulty upon loading the save game.

[@spooknukem1095]

Alien Isolation's nightmare mode literally gave me nightmares from how stressful it was. I would see the xenomorph run into a vent, I'd try creep forwards a bit, then it would suddenly jump back down a few meters in front of me. Hiding in lockers was always a gamble because sometimes the xenomorph would just find and kill you. Goddamn, it was satisfying to finally beat though. But those forced combat sections with the working Joes can go eat a pant.

[@thecman7545]

Was wondering of trying nightmare mode on switch, reccomend or nah?

[@discipleofdio1040]

"Five hours to beat the tutorial" Is this an Etika reference?

[@seancreedon4399]

"You thought that was hard? I JUST DONE THE TUTORIAL LEVEL!"

[@smithwesson1896]

You mean that nutjob?

[@aaronjames3228]

@@smithwesson1896 don't be disrespectful, jerk

[@sbfh014]

Playing hello Kitty island adventure without a guide has to be *horrifying* imo

[@A_Demon_Doggy]

SBFH01 “Butters, what the hell are you doing?”

[@superslobro]

Jeebus Chris, that sounds WAY harder than anything that was in this video.

[@vittripps]

We'll know soon

[@chronostc4850]

Shoutout to Cry of Fear nightmare Mode. Even the weakest enemy can kill you in 4-5 hits, you are forced to save with this cassette tape which takes up an inventory spot in a game where you only have a maximum of 6 inventory slots at best, which is halved to 3 near the end of the game, while also needing to carry all of your weapons, healing items, and items for puzzles in this 6 space inventory. Even past that, you can only save a maximum of five times throughout the entire game. Where the average playthrough sees somewhere between 50 and 100 saves if you're like me. And if you're getting that sweet sweet S-rank? You can only save four of those times, and only use *two* healing items. For the ENTIRE GAME.

[@georgemeyers7172]

That doesn't even sound possible to get the S rank on Nightmare mode.

[@InoMercy]

I love how the hard mode in Persona 4 actually asks, "Do you hate yourself?" when you select it.

[@goldencyclone4984]

Calling it now, Lunatic+. Edit: I knew it. Lunatic+ is not a game mode, it's a religious experience.

[@OmegaVideoGameGod]

The older fire emblem games would make you feel shocked, fire emblem 5 thracia 776 was insane.

[@goldencyclone4984]

@@OmegaVideoGameGod I've played everything but the Jugdral games, not looking forward to Thracia...

[@OmegaVideoGameGod]

@@goldencyclone4984 its not impossible and as luck based as people say it is but hear me out, it's all about math, if you get stuck ask me lol.

[@oof5992]

OmegaVideoGameGod Thracia is not hard. It's just not beginner friendly. It can easily be broken and it's not hard.

[@ThereAreThoseWhoCallMeTim]

Personal honorable mention: Punch-Out Wii’s Title Defense mode. It basically takes all of the opponents and raises their difficulty by like 1000% or more. Some of the opponents like Great Tiger, Aran Ryan, and Bald Bull will make fighting Mike Tyson feel like a complete cake walk. And if you want to stand any chance against the Sandman in Title Defense mode, you’ll need godlike reflexes and the patience of a million Mr. Rogers’s.

[@kaelanmcalpine2011]

TD Piston Hando broke me so much that I put down the game. I wanted to try to see if I can beat it later, but I lost the game so it was too late for that.

[@FletcherReedsRandomness]

Here's an idea: Top Five Characters No One Liked Until a Later Game. For example, Raiden from the Metal Gear franchise.

[@emblemwarrior11]

Would Riku from Kingdom Hearts fit that? Pretty sure no one liked him until he got his redemption arc.

[@alexwright5419]

Fletcher Reed Nero from Devil May Cry might count. Some fans didn’t like him until DmC Devil May Cry came out with the new Dante. Even without that, fans warmed up to him over time. A lot of fans rejoiced when he was in Devil May Cry 5

[@Kingdom850]

@@emblemwarrior11 Riku was written that to be that way, so I wouldnt really count him.

[@emblemwarrior11]

@@Kingdom850 hm... In that case, what about Protoman from the Megaman BN series?

[@Odinfrost]

@@emblemwarrior11 Pretty sure people mellowed during his 2 last appearances (aka, holding back ansem and helping to close the door)

[@josephfrance3223]

If Lunatic+ from Fire Emblem Awakening isnt on here im eating my headphones

[@SeaMager]

Your headphones has been spared

[@lordtullus9942]

I'm glad its on here. Anyone who claims that lunatic + is fair is a fucking idiot

[@emblemwarrior11]

Congratulations, you wont die!

[@jules9424]

Lunatic+, or as I like to call it: 'Resetting until that hammer dude doesn't have Hawkeye' or 'Praying that not too many enemies have Counter'. Seriously, who thought that this was a good idea? I'll take ironman Thracia over this shit, please.

[@takumidoutou4412]

Joseph France lunatic reverse is worse in Fire emblem new Mystery of the emblem

[@alexwright5419]

Top 5 Sequels That Fixed Nothing or Top 5 Games That Were Too Ambitious

[@Mariodash23]

For a countdown, how about unexpectedly sad moments/endings in light hearted games?

[@acesamm]

KLONOA- wait...

[@kirbysuperstar5494]

So, the entirety of undertale then?

[@double2254]

The best way to make difficulty is to make everything stronger including the player (DMC one shot mode where you one shot everything but you get one shot as well)

[@HandmadeGoose97]

Dante must die mode👌

[@whiteamericanmale7392]

Have you ever actually played heaven or hell? It's a gimmick. Nothing is a challenge when you have infindent rapid fire ranged attacks. I get the point you were trying to make, you just picked a bad example.

[@EternumTagerMain]

White American Male Changes the formula to basicly a third person shooter. Spam the Infinite Ammo, High Fire raté pistols and you’re set.

[@fyrflyr2378]

FE community: The newer FE games are too easy! Lunatic+: Am I a joke to you?

[@nachohangover5104]

I don't think anyone would deny Awakening Luna+ being hard, it's just not challenging in a fun or engaging way. Conquest Lunatic is well-liked because there's way more thought put into the map design and enemy skills.

[@jinkisaragi874]

Unpopular opinion but i think the newer games aren't to easy at all. The older games were on many occasions just frustrating while the newer ones are just hard enough.

[@kaelanmcalpine2011]

@@jinkisaragi874 Currently going through Blazing Blade for the first time. Don't think I would say it's frustrating per se, at least most of the time, it just keeps you on edge more since one wrong move and you'll lose that character forever assuming you don't like to restart, which I don't. I just recently got a glass-tipped in an Eliwood chapter because Sain died, though I would think that's one of the exceptions where it wasn't, mostly, my fault and more the shaman mage was annoyingly powerful. I also lost Florina (for the second time) and Rebecca in the same chapter and had to restart the previous chapter because Eliwood died.

[@PancakemonsterFO4]

FyrFlyr Gamer: this is top easy Lunatic+: i‘m about to end this guys whole career

[@aegisScale]

@@kaelanmcalpine2011 Blazing Blade is more frustrating for first-timers at certain points, like Battle Before Dawn and the subquest where you have to talk to a pirate captain (where a boss just decides to appear at the bottom of the screen and charge you while the rest of the enemies start moving). Fortunately, those points are few and far between.

[@aaronmoreno5344]

This may be a weird topic to discuss, but I think it'd be interesting to talk about: Top 5 Games Hated in America but Loved in Japan

[@CazaliEiben]

Every Monster Hunter that stayed in Japan. Also, if you specify a country where it's loved, you should also specify a country where it's hated, not the entire continent.

[@megagustman]

*+Cazali Eiben* Umm, I think that by America he's referring to USA, that's just how it is usually called. As for a suggestion I would say Super Robot Wars, nearly nobody knows about this awesome strategy franchise that has a lot of mechas. But I would guess it doesn't really fit because it isn't really hated but unknown, is just that that was the first franchise that came to mind.

[@CazaliEiben]

@@megagustman That's how it's usually referenced to by people with half-knowledge or less. Fact is, America is the content, not the U.S.A. When the landmass was named America, the lands occupied by the U.S.A. nowadays weren't even part of "America". Nevertheless, it's important to make the distinction between America and one country on it.

[@megagustman]

*+Cazali Eiben* I'm sorry but, even when you are right, nearly 99% of the people in the entire world calls USA America and trying to change that at this point is, well, pointless.

[@CazaliEiben]

@@megagustman I'll still call them out when they do that mistake.

[@DoomedFenix]

There should be a video game list about 10 video games that's mechanics failed in the past but are in common in games now a days

[@Francesco-wi1ut]

Top ten modern 3D platformers Top ten photo modes Top ten more great games that no one bought

[@Megamean09]

Top Five Negatively Influential Games. Games that pioneered very big, very bad changes. Whatever started the trend of every mobile game being """"""""""free"""""""""" should definitely be high up. What I wouldn't give for a single mobile game with just the slightest semblance of one iota of integrity.

[@gowary]

Pakimeme. Stupid casuals and fanboys told nintendo it's okay to have very slight changes in it's games (same generation like red and blue) but they will still buy them both/all. Nintenduh could easily put all the monsters In a single game but split some of them and make 2 "dIfFeReNt" editions which idiots buy

[@MrEnte3000]

@@gowary Get your head out of your ass. Who is forcing you to buy both versions? The whole point is to encourage trading Pokémon with other players. Fucking nobody buys both unless they are collecting them. Moron.

[@Megamean09]

@@MrEnte3000 No, the point is to make completionists buy the same game twice. It's lazy bullshit and it's always been. I don't agree with this guy on his first point, but he's definitely right on this second. Even when they make a definitive third version, they still exclude some Pokèmon from it so you have to buy the first two for completion anyway. Not everyone has friends they could trade with, and even now that we can trade with other people online, literally over 90% of all trade offers are jackasses rendering the system useless by demanding level 9 or under unobtainables.

[@1Thunderfire]

Part Time UFO is supposed to be very good. It is by HAL (or rather HAL Egg) so I think that a degree of confidence.

[@MrEnte3000]

@@Megamean09 No, you fucking *don't* have to buy them. Nobody is forcing you. And that 90% is just a complete overexaggeration.

[@TamsmitSam]

A hat in times death wish mode is painfully difficult

[@cedenoa001]

I've never tried it, I'm still playing thru it.

[@FrahdChikun]

Ever since it came out, I don't think they actually made a lot of updates to the hard part of Death Wish itself, only the Peace and Tranquility option. It feels like the only ones who playtested the mode were the devs themselves (who probably have platforming and reflexes of speedrunners, which this mode demands). This turns a rather fun and cute platformer into an incredibly bullshit mode that made one of the best characters into one of the most hateful to many (Snatcher's still a good character, though). Thankfully it can be cheesed through workshop add-ons, despite the rather funny penalty for trying to enable cheats via the console. It's also very pointless, since most of the rewards are already available for free on the workshop. If you're planning on buying the DLC, just get the rewards off the workshop. Saves you the hassle and some of the packs these rewards are in also include a bit more. Hopefully the next DLC is a bit more relaxing and forgiving.

[@aardbei54]

@@FrahdChikun Aura Badge best badge

[@porkeyminch8044]

Pointless? You don't complete Death Wish for the rewards, you do it for the sake of it. Or at least I did. Even then, I probably spent longer trying to beat mushroom hell the first time than I did on almost any death wish.

[@FrahdChikun]

@@aardbei54 I used "that girl's Badge" which also allows invincibility. Though looking at this Aura Badge, holy shit it's even better!

[@nextgenwarrior]

On the subject of hard modes, I do feel that Furi deserves some sort of mention as far as doing hard modes right. Furier mode doesn't just buff enemy hp or damage or nerf you like crazy, it basically makes the boss fights entirely new, more challenging experiences with all new attack patterns and moves that greatly change the experience.

[@RayzeCruxis]

Touhou on lunatic. It's you vs the game trying to give you a seizure.

[@angus3826]

Come fight me Rabbid, these hands are rated E for everyone.

[@rosariocrimson]

In Heroes of Might and Magic V, if you select the highest difficulty there's a note asking you to inform the developers if you beat it, because they aren't sure it's possible. I wouldn't have put it on this list, but it is funny to me how that's a genuine request.

[@TerravancerYoh]

Don't like Lunatic+ anymore huh? Also, really glad my suggestion for Doom 2016 in this list made it. Here's some topics I think you can make interesting: Top Five Mirror Bosses Top Five Silent Protagonists Top Five Villain Episodes in Video Games (The brief portion or bonus mode of a game where you play as the villain of the story instead of the hero. You could probably workshop that title.)

[@RenoKyrie]

Dont know about mirror bosses, could be Super mario and Legend of zelda game For silent protagonist, P3, P4, and P5 protagonist Honorable mentions to God eater protagonist because... there was something that made me very surprised *SPOILER ALERT* They accualy freaking talk in a cutscene and GE3 has the most silent protagonist talk For villian episode, Live a live is one of them because before you play the true final chapter you accualy play as the villian before he turned evil(And man it was tragic as crap)

[@TheWizardMus]

Villian episode Id say the dlc in Fire Emblem Echoes where you get to play as Slayde and Fernand long before the events of the game

[@Dark_Mishra]

A Top 5 Silent Protagonists list would be hard since voicing protagonists is still a fairly new addition to games. Obviously Link would be on the list, but honestly, I'd rather have my player stay quiet than have an annoying voice.

[@Andrex2311]

Devil May Cry 3 and 4's Hell and Hell mode. It's stupid hard. Never beaten it myself, but my girlfriend did. Then again, she is a masochist so...

[@amarson2322]

Andrex2311 Dont lie dude

[@ninjapotatolorf6237]

Top 5 (or 10, however many you want) Good Games with Bad/Weird Controls. It could make for an interesting discussion as to why these games are considered excellent despite un-intuitive control schemes. Or maybe the weird controls actually contribute to the gameplay in some way. A few games I can think of off the top of my head include Kid Icarus: Uprising, Katamari Damacy, The World Ends With You (Final Mix Switch Version), Getting Over It w/ Bennet Foddy, and Sonic & The Black Knight (alright It's kinda debatable how good the last two games were, but they're still worth discussing in my opinion)

[@RenoKyrie]

Most Kingdom hearts game can be in that like Chain of memories for GBA and Re:Chain of memories, the obvious 358/2 Days(The story really was amazing but man the control was garbage), and Birth by sleep

[@takanuinuva]

Top 5 beloved games that haven't aged well.

[@Highretrogamelord]

Here is my idea: Top Five Greatest Uses of Time Control in Video Games (stopping time, slowing time, speeding up time).

[@dumbsterdives]

titanfall 2's "cause and effect" mission is a must for that topic

[@reallycoolbird]

Superhot is a obvious choice for this one.

[@Sorain1]

Superhot, and Achron come to mind. Superhot's use brings new strategy. Achron is literally a Meta-Time Strategy Game. I can't play Achron for crap, I literally can't wrap my head around its time mechanics well enough for that. It's still a damn amazing use of time manipulation.

[@TheDwarvenDefender]

That's not Platinum Games; It's Yoko Taro wanting you to suffer.

[@JiJ1511]

Here's an idea. Top 5 best innovations in gaming. The Analog Joystick, portable gaming, motion controls, rumble, etc.

[@superpippo93x]

Ahhh, you taunted me with that Hollow Knight music! Was hoping to see it on the list, but to be honest compared to the other games, it really didn't belong... Great video as always Rabbid!

[@leohawman5075]

Yeah while steel soul mode isn't easy, it really is far more beatable than what's here. If hollow knight ever were to be on something like this it would be like top 5 or so hardest boss gauntlets because the pantheon of Hallownest would definitely be there.

[@cyrushalberd624]

Yeah. From what I’ve seen and heard, the Pantheon of Hallownest is borderline asinine. Fighting 40+ bosses in a single sitting is already a recipe for disaster, but forcing you to fight three of the hardest bosses in the game back-to-back (NKG, PV, and AR) at the very end is stupidly brutal. At least you get a healing stop after the Nightmare King, but having to defeat the other two with no breaks borders on cruel, especially when PV already made completing the fourth pantheon difficult by itself.

[@seanfeld-]

Issac's greedier mode is way easier than hollow knight.

[@yoshifan2334]

Cyrus Halberd at least you get an hp refill after PV and the bench after NKG let’s you charm up for specifically those following bosses

[@cyrushalberd624]

yoshifan2334 There’s a healing stop after PV? That’s more reasonable than I was expecting. Guess I must have accidentally skipped past it on the videos I was watching. Or do you mean an HP refill like the one that happens after THK and before the true final boss in the main story?

[@aidanpittman5225]

Top 5 Sequels That Fixed Nothing

[@mccuish]

Sees court room stage from Wolfenstein 2 *starts screaming on the in side*

[@toffee924]

Top 5 things we miss from older gaming generations

[@Ckoz2829]

Salad Attack x Dead Webb Finished games

[@_elynas]

Kirby star allies was the hardest game ive ever played, can’t imagine that game with a hard mode.

[@amirgarcia547]

PK stfu Ω Heroes in Another Dimension: You called?

[@coreenforcer6404]

No. SOUL MELTER EX without friends is the most unfair and stressful experience ever.

[@Dullsonic3]

@@coreenforcer6404 *cough cough* Twin Bugsy *cough* 3 mages *cough HACK* VOID!!

[@coreenforcer6404]

@@Dullsonic3 I said SOLO soul melter.

[@Dullsonic3]

@@coreenforcer6404 yeah i know

[@larrychilders6599]

How about we combine Lunatic+ and permadeath, along with making every character loveable

[@angryretailbanker5103]

I'm surprised Halo 2's Legendary difficulty didn't make the list. Forget the infamous Jackal snipers. I barely made it out of Cairo Station, the very first level of the game!

[@joshualighttime604]

That nothing. You should try laso halo 2 😇💀💀

[@GopnikStar]

Love that Nightmare King Grimm music in the intro

[@camthegamer6304]

The use of the Nightmare King Grimm theme from Hollow Knight in the intro is extremely fitting

[@colBoh]

Fun fact: When Nightmare! mode on the original Doom was created, the id Software devs claimed they couldn't beat it either, with John Romero saying, quote, "It's just gotta be impossible!" And just like 2016, it made that mode by taking out one of the most merciful things about the game-- the slow response time of the enemies and their projectiles.

[@TanookiCom]

omg the second mouth joke for alien was really funny!

[@alexpousson5237]

Next week's top 10 should be your favorite Switch games

[@andrewmeredith15]

One of my personal favorite accomplishments in gaming is beating ninja gaiden black on hard, and oh boy let me tell you that will test your patience and your sanity.

[@flyingfist4203]

10:18 Alright, I'm glad I didn't immediately put a comment saying, "Wait, hasn't he done a list like this before?" And it's good to hear you explain the difference between two similar videos.

[@lordj15987]

One of the only channels that actually has me looking forwards to the subscription plug.

[@McBehrer]

Damn, you are getting really good at putting that subscribe reminder in surprising and funny places. It gets me every time. Well done!

[@shadowshifterwolf]

I loved the fact that the opening bit an the numbers had "Grimm troupe" from hollow knight as the song xD... that was definitely an ass kicking if I ever saw one

[@Fracturite]

One of the items I would have put on the list would have been Dust: An Elysian Tail Hardcore mode, which makes it so nearly all enemies can kill you in two hits and reduces your invincibility frames to the point where it is less than your recovery time, which means you can be stun-locked to death by spikes on the floor.

[@SuiteLifeofDioBrando]

Dissidea 012 Duodecum is extremely tough in hard mode. SMT Nocturne hard mode is ridiculous.

[@Sniperbear13]

anyone who can beat Nocturne on Hard, Kudos.

[@cartooncritic7045]

Nocturne on Hard is definitely brutal, but I don't think it really compares to any of the difficulties on this list.

[@hoodedman6579]

Duodecum is very easy to cheese when you have access to original rules, though.

[@WhiteFangofWar]

I have beaten Nocturne on Hard mode, but it's merely a series tradition with the most recent being Merciless Mode in Persona 5. I've never seen a mode in the SMT series that is actually impossible (there is one impossible boss but that's another story). Unfair at times yes, but there are ways to muddle through it, as demonstrated by someone actually recording a low level run of Nocturne's Hard mode, and beating Persona 5 on Merciless with Joker solo.

[@oliverhaywood7754]

Just wanted to say thank you, RabbidLuigi. You continue to make entertaining videos frequently and I found your channel nearly two years ago.

[@michaelsilver253]

Luigi has elevated sneaking the message to like & subscribe into the video to an art form.

[@brycec2183]

Okay that was easily one of the best subscription reminders yet

[@feedthegeesemore7243]

I'm glad you used Grimm's theme for the intro. Recently just beat Hollow Knight and I love the game as a whole.

[@phoenixstar0755]

This video is the number one reason why, when I get to making my own games, I’m going to make sure it’s as fine tuned as I can get. The best way to ensure something like this is to get feedback from those who play test the game and also the community. Say someone isn’t a fan of how underwater combat is handled. I can just make minor adjustments so it isn’t as drastic of a difference. Or maybe it’s too hard or easy? I can adjust the stats if needed. And because I plan to add multiplayer to the game, I need to fine tune all of that too. It’s a huge project, but I’m pouring my blood, sweat, and tears into it. But considering I’ve put my heart into over a years worth of work, I’ve committed to it. And I’m not going to be the guy I used to be who comes up with ideas for a mod in Minecraft and never follows through. And once it does become a reality, I hope it’ll be worth it. I’m excited, a little nervous, and in desperate need of a shutting up right now…

[@justindeloach6751]

That Reminder to Subscribe part with the Alien mouth got me. +1 for rabbid. You're a damn solid KZbinr pal

[@anone.mousse674]

What’s with the new thumbnail design, my dude?

[@rabbidluigi]

I got bored of writing out the title of the video in the thumbnail.

[@anone.mousse674]

rabbidluigi Fair enough. Carry on, then.

[@duncan1897]

rabbidluigi Personally I like the new style!

[@manuelalbertoromero9528]

@@rabbidluigi Right...;)

[@frostyblade8842]

@@rabbidluigi I think the new style is better

[@Dinker27]

When you mentioned horror, the first thing that comes to mind was the One Dangerous Zombie mode in a Resident Evil game but fuck me, that Nightmare mode in Aliens sounds like a grand old time.

[@PrideBornAmadi]

Beat Alien Isolation without dying. Once you do the game is so second nature it’s never difficult again. The stress alone from that run is easily one the most nerve racking experiences in horror games.

[@TheTruestZero]

It's pretty bad game design when you NEED LUCK to actually beat any sort of hard mode. Lunatic+ is just lazy ass design.

[@CPUGoddessBlanc]

Awakening difficulty settings in a nutshell: Easy: As simple as getting Tharja to spread her legs for Robin Normal: The enemies are like Green Units! Hard: Donnel might die iff'n ya ain't careful wif him now, ya hear? Lunatic: "Now that's strategy!" Lunatic+: *"PICK A GOD AND PRAY!"*

[@quiettimegaming3642]

I beat Nier Automata on very hard, and I can say without any doubt whatsoever that the most difficult parts can be the flying sections, which makes the prologue one of the hardest parts of the entire game (on very hard). But you’re completely right. It is Entirely unenjoyable. And you wind up spending at least 90% of most engagements spamming the evade button. And what’s worse is that there are several times throughout the game where if you die, you will get an ending. And that’s also super frustrating. Because at best you can only go back to your last save point. Meaning you are also constantly saving.

[@dragonstormx]

Having BS a difficulty mode seems to be a thing for good Doom games. The classic Doom's Nightmare Mode had all the mode had all the monsters respawn.

[@marsneedscheerleaders]

Nier on hard broke me like no other. Thanks for reminding me.

[@d3-ll754]

On the subject of Lunatic+, I recently found myself playing Binding Blade on Hard Mode, and I'm starting to think Binding Blade HM might be one of my new favorites. Like, the sudden increase in dificulty will smack you around the face pretty hard if you're not expecting it, but it never feels unfair. You just have to think more strategically and not be too stingy with EXP (tip: Marcus comes in very handy for the earlygame).

[@alanfinck5595]

Top ten glitches or exploits that got patched.

[@GoldenGoomba900]

Top 5 Best Edutainment games

[@dylanferrell2889]

Lunatic+ is downright insulting too considering the only way to subvert getting the perfect stat increases you need is to use the PAID exp grinding maps

[@skynet091287]

Dragon Age Inquisition had a very fun difficulty you can call Nightmare Trials! Here, you simply play the game on Nightmare, which is already brutal as all hell, where every encounter, which there are hundreds of in the game, can take hours to beat! If that isn't hard or timeconsuming enough, try doing it with every trial turned on as well! This does things like always scale enemies to at least be your level, give enemies tons of random buffs and abilities, remove the ability to restock potions outside of your home base. make your potions only heal one segment of health and gain exp much slower than before...

[@andrewcosmicanimations8709]

How about Top 5 games with the most divided fanbase? Basically games that are both incredibly loved by fans but also extremely hated by everyone else at the same time.

[@EternumTagerMain]

The Sonic Franchise

[@GarryDKing]

The intro music is Grimm troupe music, so fitting!

[@scottbrookes4330]

I’ve beaten lunatic+ on Awakening, but ONLY thanks to the grinding DLC. You can’t even do regular encounters to grind as the enemies are already as strong as end game opponents. To anyone who has beaten that monster of a mode, you have my respect. Even more so if no DLC was used.

[@AuraSilverHero]

Top Five Character Creation Systems in Video Games

[@mortemtyrannus8813]

You know what, there's one I wish you'd said. Darkwood. The normal difficult has very few checkpoints, but infinite lives. The hard difficulty, limited lives. But nightmare? One life. One single life to make it from the Prologue all the way to the ending. Considering that the game throws you into the Minecraft idea of "scavenge in the day, survive the night," only surviving a night is next to impossible if you are nowhere near your safehouse, taking away all my lives seems like an excellent idea. Still love the game, but nightmare difficulty can suck a fat one, if you know what I mean.

[@khonamoshr1771]

Your part pn Alien Isolation reminded me of when my friend was trying to beat the world record for speedrunning nightmare mode and it how he died to the Alien reacting when it shouldn't have

[@ChiefMedicPururu]

I have an idea: Top 5/10 Worst Game Backtrackings.

[@DrPumpkinz]

That outro speech made me think of the Pantheon of Hallownest.

[@thepetruccinator6318]

I know this isn’t an extreme example of an extra hard difficulty setting, but legendary from Halo 2 comes to mind, especially on co op

[@Thebluedud]

I played Ultra Nightmare once for the achievement you get for beating the first mission. It took me several tries, but I eventually did it. Out of morbid curiosity, I decided to see how far I could go. I thought for sure I'd die in mission 2. But I survived. And by that point, I had this weird premonition that ended up coming true about exactly where and how I would die: Falling to death in the Argent Tower. After that, I never touched it again.

[@DerpyPloo]

In the Alien: Isolation section, he says that on nightmare, the xenomorph "Near enough one-shots you...", but doesn't it one-shot regardless of difficulty, just a bit confused here, though the rest of his argument here was valid.

[@viris4755]

That reminder to sub actually got me. I hang my head in shame

[@EvilBookMan]

Props for the great choice of Hollow Knight tracks lately. That game can never get enough exposure.

[@strictlyworse_mk7108]

I approve of the countdown translation music choice.

[@PansexualPancakes2]

What if you made a video on battles in games that you were MEANT to lose? Like the Squall fight in Traverse Town in the first Kingdom Hearts

[@mediamammoth2675]

Top ten Forgotten Franchises. As an American, I regret the states never got to truly see how great the Turrican series was without emulation. We never got the Amiga games and that shit hurts.

[@thefilodough8066]

I know I've probably said this on some other video, but top 5 hard/unfair mods in video games. There's surprisingly a lot out there some being deliberately hard (YASH for Skyrim) and some just poorly designed (Prodoomer for the original Doom) and I just think it would be cool to cover.

[@matteste]

SMT Nocturne's Hard Mode: A mode fitting for those seeking the thrill of death. The tutorial fights there are infamous player killer and controller breakers.

[@mon573r6]

9:25 to 9:39 urrgh turned notifications on....you earned it. Damn it...

[@dbm816]

For this video, Nightmare King Grimm's theme would've been more fitting than Troupe Master Grimm

[@Terumimi]

5:38 *Points to the entire Touhou fandom including myself*

[@Voldenmist]

Top 5 most interesting/interactive/best credit sequences.

[@DaveFloatzelloverSimon]

Okay I know this one doesn't really come up much but Etrian Odyssey has some of the most cruel hard modes in its later games in its series. Like even on easy mode it's still a damn nightmare to complete this series but the challenges in it make it amazing though.

[@AppleWoods6]

I totally agree with Greedier mode, I'm currently over 200 attempts in trying to beat it with The Forgotten and didn't do much better with it until I beat it with the other characters I managed to beat it with

[@michealforguson5317]

Dead Space 2's hardest difficulty, gave the enemies an incredible amount of attack power, killing Isaac Clark in just a few hits. But that's just the icing on the cake. You are only allowed to save your game a total of three times, making you question where and when would be the best time to save... But...it turns out that saving is almost entirely useless in this mode since dying even ONCE will delete your save file! .................................Wow...... That is just pure evil.

[@themidnightotaku22]

(Looks at Xenomorph mouth) I ain’t hitting that subscribe button!

[@korhol2065]

My personal number 1 has to go to mein leban difficultly in the new colossus, this basically the same as doom 2016 but unlike in doom where you needed extreme reflexes and even more extreme aim, new colossus expects you to learn enemy placements, never trigger the alarm most of the time, and going against enemies that can kill you in half a second If you have the platinum for the new colossus, you deserve a medal of honor

[@ZephyrVersion3]

Lunatic+ was a paywall as you either need to pay for the DLC abilities and weapons to beat it without 100+ resets per level trying to get a possible to beat combination on enemies