SlipperySlope
Banned
Basically, games where the hardest part is the beginning, then the game gets easier.
It's... pretty rare. I can only think of three games off the top of my head. Kid Icarus is infamous for this. Another is Breath of Fire. Although BoF never gets really hard, the hardest boss is the General in the robot, which is near the beginning. The beginning is also the only part of the game where you have to grind.
I'll add Fallout 3 to the list. In the beginning you're literally struggling to survive. You have little ammo, can't shoot for shit, guns are worthless, crap armor, can't carry much. Using your defenses around you. The shootout at the Supermarket was pretty freaking difficult the first time through, even the shootout at the school was hard. You're shitting your pants the first time you see one of the stronger Super Mutants. At the end you're freaking Rambo doing headshot after headshot with little regard for defense, and can even have an ally with a freaking Gatling lazer gun! Heck, your ally can do all the work while you just sit in a corner, if you'd like. I'd say Fallout 3 does its flip in difficulty after you get past The Mall. For me that's where things went from hard to piss easy.
Any others you'd like to add?
It's... pretty rare. I can only think of three games off the top of my head. Kid Icarus is infamous for this. Another is Breath of Fire. Although BoF never gets really hard, the hardest boss is the General in the robot, which is near the beginning. The beginning is also the only part of the game where you have to grind.
I'll add Fallout 3 to the list. In the beginning you're literally struggling to survive. You have little ammo, can't shoot for shit, guns are worthless, crap armor, can't carry much. Using your defenses around you. The shootout at the Supermarket was pretty freaking difficult the first time through, even the shootout at the school was hard. You're shitting your pants the first time you see one of the stronger Super Mutants. At the end you're freaking Rambo doing headshot after headshot with little regard for defense, and can even have an ally with a freaking Gatling lazer gun! Heck, your ally can do all the work while you just sit in a corner, if you'd like. I'd say Fallout 3 does its flip in difficulty after you get past The Mall. For me that's where things went from hard to piss easy.
Any others you'd like to add?