Game has difficulty settings

>game has options menu
>settings only affect framerate
shit game

>The harder enemies are just the easier enemies but in a different color.

lmfayyo are you so bad you can't fight the same enemy for 15 min?

>add mook enemies to some boss fights
No. Never do this.

she looks like she does unpleasant things for large amounts of money

>game hides story content and levels behind hard mode

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>you need to beat the game to unlock the hardest difficulty

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Depends on the game. A lot people here say more hp is bad, but games like DMC, Bayonetta, and even a few rpgs benefit from enemies having higher hp because it works well with the combat system. Generally speaking though adding new moves to enemies, mixing up the enemies you encounter, enemy AI getting better, and even changing the level layout are a good start when designing a hard mode.

Depends on the game: for an rpg i'd decrease the skillpoints/exp to force the player to actually specialize in something instead of creating a jack of all trades build. Also increase requirements for skillchecks if present and maybe add unique mechanics like having to eat/drink/sleep to make the player choose if they want to spend money on that kind of stuff or maybe gather resources in the open if possible.
For an action game i'd make unique enemies or patterns for bossfights. All of that would require work though

Or as I like to call them,

You need to beat the game to unlock a harder difficulty, then beat it again to unlock the hardest difficulty, and then beat it on the hardest difficulty to get the best ending.

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A man of culture I see.

That sucks but still better than FUCKING GIVING YOU LESS XP AND SKILL POINTS

what a pure aryan goddess

depends on the game
Thief's hard mode is well done in my opinion, it gives you additional objectives to complete and requires you to steal more valuables to complete a level

This game sucked

This + game being so easy it's a boring chore to go through is the sin of jrpgs.

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Enemies move faster, more unpredictable and more aggressively. I remember Resident Evil 4 has it like that. The Ganados move faster, are more likely to sidestep and lunge themselves at Leon.

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Every strategy game does something like that, or they just blatantly cheat.

>I don't have any idea how you would balance a game like DMC without it coming off as a either bs health and damage
By literally looking at what DMC1 did in Dante Must Die

abysmal taste my guy

More enemy attacks and change-ups in their styles
God Hand has enemies employ faster dodges, more varied attacks and combos, and block more
it works

Does God Hand give them more moves in the hardest difficulty? Not in the difficulty meter at the bottom of the screen, I mean as in Easy, normal, hard modes you picked at the main menu.

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naggers

Alpha males.

>game's hard mode just increases HP and Damage
>high-skill gameplay is built around taking out enemies without dealing with their healthbars anyways
>optional even harder mode that requires perfect timing to deflect attacks without taking damage
>can shitstomp enemies that should one-shot you by the time you finish endgame by pure skill

The better question is how would you do easy mode? I feel like too many people tackle this shit in reverse. Balance the game around the hardest difficulty so you know for sure it works, and then just lower HP and omit or change especially harder enemy attacks and enemies outright for easier difficulties. This way, the player is still exposed to some semblance of real challenge thanks to the game being balanced as such, and I'm sure they'll generally find it more fun overall as a result of challenge still hanging around in places.

>increasing difficulty gives you and the ai +200% damage

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that's how the old games are, which is what they were going for when they made hardcore mode
it's not really that bad, if I beat it you can beat it too

Please tell me that retard at least lost a finger for doing that

You legitimately aren't supposed to kill the zombies in hardcore. Shoot them or even flash them with the light to stun them, blow their legs off if you absolutely need to get past them like if Mr. X is chasing you. NEVER fight a Licker, and just pop the Ivy Zombie seed pods so you can run past them.
You pretty much need flashbangs for Mr. X, which is why it pisses me off that the game will auto-equip subweapons without telling you.

What is that liquid?

nah la beast pwns all

What's the best Elsa video?

Bull

Daddy

Her nose looks weird

Isn't that what DMC1 did?

the ones with a threesome with other girls and don't involve niggers

> Actually let me use it my first playthrough if I know I'm up for it (looking at you, DMC5)
> Switch up all the secrets
> Have the difficulty start off from where normal mode ended
> No HP adjustments, but enemies hit harder
> Throw tons curveballs at the player, like the diffrent campaigns of Resi 2 (OG) sometimes did
> Actually fucking balance the game around it, unlike something like Crushing mode
> Encourage me to actually replay your game

game is designed around the hardest difficulty being the standard. remove certain enemy moves and make item placement more generous on easier modes. health adjusted the same. credits encourage players to try harder difficulties like dmc4

The same way Divinity Original Sin 2 did it. Enemies get more defensive and offensive options and have better AI.

>Use a mod/cheat to unlock the ultra nightmare difficulty that you normally need to complete the game to unlock
>Also use mod/cheat to give myself endgame gear and shitloads of skill points at the start
>Game ends up playing exactly as it would on normal with intended skill points and gear

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