Most games arent hard, they just need practice or getting used to them, unless of course they are broken. So far, I havent got to a really hard game, unless I choose the hardest level of difficulty.
Most games though arent naturally hard. But there are others that turn out to be harder. JRPGs normally have this moments, specially the SMT saga thats hard for the most part of the game. Some Final Fantasy have bothersome enemies or bosses, as the hated Malboro, or the Bosses that cast Death or Death Lv.
Then there is the hard due to the enemy increasing their skill, as in Winning Eleven or Uncharted.
Then there is the "cheap" hard. The cheap hard happens mostly in Hack and Slash games and fighting games. Where the AI instead of becoming better just blocks all the time and counters. It is even more bothersome when its you who cant block. Games like Dinasty Warriors use this. In hard, the enemies will just block all the time and the hit you when they get the chance, and since its hard, not only do they have more life, but they also hit for more. In NG the harder difficulties have the enemies blocking more and damaging more, but they are not that technically superior. The thing is, one hit damages more than before.
Another game that had the cheap hard was Gears of War. If you turn on Insane, the game transfers hard as damage. The Locust just do the same as in medium but damage more. The same goes for Resistance. In both games the only difference will be that they hit for much more making it hard to survive due to damage and not due to smart AI.
After that, we have the stupid hard, which imo is the worst of all. Its the hardness that will force to:
1-Follow only the way predetermined by the developers as seen in Turok, or in the Belias fight in FFT.
2-The only way to beat me is to level up like crazy. And this goes to RPGs, but not for the side bosses, Im talking about the standard bosses, and here comes Belias again, but I will add to this the final fight in Valkyrie Profile 2. That boss has some really bothersome cheapshots and in the end, its just a clas s 1 stupid hard. Symphony may know what I mean.
So far, the only game that probed a challenge to me was Uncharted and the Max star in PES 08. In Uncharted the AI will act depending on your position and what you are using and will try to flank you, though there are some kamikaze dudes. And in PES 08, the last star (bought only) gives you an AI that adapts to your gameplay and predicts you strategies meaning that you cant do the same play all the time forcing you to adapt your tactic all the time.
Log in to comment