entremet
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People really hated that back in the day. I found it funny.
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Difficulty Modes that Insult the Player
- Thread starter ZealousD
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People really hated that back in the day. I found it funny.
SodiumBenzoate
Member
That being said, "Girlfriend Mode" is insulting and stupid. Wow.
JigglesBunny
Banned
Anyone who takes themselves seriously enough to be offended or put off by the image or name of the difficulty most likely shouldn't be playing The New Order in the first place.
entremet
Member
I think it's a photoshop
Haunted
Member
Oh, get over yourself.
I played Wolfenstein on that difficulty and had a good sensible chuckle at the selection screen.
The only difficulties that are insulting to me are those that pretend as if it's going to be tough, yet they're actually easy. Wolfenstein is honest in comparison while making a joke about it. Totally fine.
Saintguine
Member
Honestly OP, you make it sound like the game called you a disgusting racial slur and then mocked you using a racial stereotype. You're really making mountains out of mole hills.
Ninja Dog was a response to the whining brought on by OG Ninja Gaiden xbox. If Ninja Gaiden's difficulty was a non-topic when it came out, I doubt Ninja Dog would have ever been introduced.
People need to stop being self-conscious about difficulty levels when developers poke fun at them about it. I played Viewtiful Joe on kid mode because I was not worthy for Kamiya-sama's Big Tokusatsu Adventure and I must grovel appropriately for it.
twothunder
Member
I Wanna Be The Guy GAIDEN :: Easy Difficulty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=towQmKiIlK8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=towQmKiIlK8
Saintguine
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NinjaFridge
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How do you function in the real world?
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
You SHOULD be ridiculed for playing on baby easy toddler mode.
There are plenty games I am not good at. I do not expect them to cater to me with some compromised experienced that could never hope to portend the game's true challenge. 10 year olds can beat Wolfenstein on that difficulty and probably Normal or even Hard considering how easy games have gotten, so you're damn right the character should resemble the player at that point.
This is another accurate portrayal, from Duke Nukem Advance:
Piece of Cake Mode - You are a wimpy 10 year old. Go play outside, kid.
Who Wants Some - You are fucking casual scum who neither lifts nor plays games.
Come Get Some - You might just be a man with hair on your chest, but you better prove it.
Damn I'm Good - The only true way to play the game.
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Diggeh
Unconfirmed Member
Riposte
Member
I really like these. To me, it shows pride in spite of having to play to expectations, and they tend to be pretty funny in a teasing way. As far as difficulty setting names go, the only kind I like more are those that reference the material (e.g., MGS4's Solid Normal, Big Boss Hard).
This is worse. The more intrusive difficulty selection is, the more of a game mechanic it becomes (a game breaking one).
This is worse. The more intrusive difficulty selection is, the more of a game mechanic it becomes (a game breaking one).
VeryGooster
Banned
I actually wish games did more of that especially since western "AAA" games like to hold your hand anyway.
WrenchNinja
Member
people who play on casual fire emblem awakening are babies
Whole team is babies
Whole team is babies
"Girlfriend Mode" is absolutely wrong, I agree.
But being offended by an adult man dressed as baby which is not only a homage to the older games but also just a joke that is on one screen - I have no idea what to say, OP. And I seriously don't believe that someone picks up a game, sees that image and then turns it off because that person feels insulted - nobody has that low self-esteem.
But being offended by an adult man dressed as baby which is not only a homage to the older games but also just a joke that is on one screen - I have no idea what to say, OP. And I seriously don't believe that someone picks up a game, sees that image and then turns it off because that person feels insulted - nobody has that low self-esteem.
Coffee Dog
Banned
If you are so bad at games, or are so unwilling to learn to play by it's rules, you are unable to experience the game the way that it was designed to be played, there's nothing wrong with mockery.
It's just poking fun at you. A bit more creative way of naming difficulties than "easy, medium, hard, extra hard". After all, you are playing as macho Nazi slaying machine BJ Blazkowicz
I'm going to go with this, seems more like keeping to the series in a playful manner
Veritigo_X
Member
Pick a different difficulty level that doesn't make fun of you.
It is.
VeryGooster
Banned
Was "girlfriend mode" an actual thing? I thought it was just a dumb quote from someone.
SenorArdilla
Member
It's based on a comment made from one of the designers.
Interpreted as: "So easy, even your girlfriend can play it."
White Knights are everywhere on the internet.
TheLostBigBoss
Banned
OP if you're offended by a game making a joke about how hard you want it to be, I question how you deal with actual jokes in the outside world.
tell yourself.
Member
its good to challenge yourself and use your brain in videogames, i dont mind developers making fun of users for being too scared to even try.
Jazz 1 and the GBA game had this too.
Eel O'Brian
Member
You SHOULD be ridiculed for playing on baby easy toddler mode.
There are plenty games I am not good at. I do not expect them to cater to me with some compromised experienced that could never hope to portend the game's true challenge. 10 year olds can beat Wolfenstein on that difficulty and probably Normal or even Hard considering how easy games have gotten, so you're damn right the character should resemble the player at that point.
This is another accurate portrayal, from Duke Nukem Advance:
Piece of Cake Mode - You are a wimpy 10 year old. Go play outside, kid.
Who Wants Some - You are fucking casual scum who neither lifts nor plays games.
Come Get Some - You might just be a man with hair on your chest, but you better prove it.
Damn I'm Good - The only true way to play the game.
Yeesh, speaking of taking shit too seriously
People who pick babby AutoPlay difficulties should feel bad and be mocked 
Christ, in The New Orders case its a reference to the original and a funny one at that. I thought this was going to be a thread about how modern games have difficulties that insult the player (due to condescension) not a thread about someones humourlessness.
Christ, in The New Orders case its a reference to the original and a funny one at that. I thought this was going to be a thread about how modern games have difficulties that insult the player (due to condescension) not a thread about someones humourlessness.
And they deserve to be ridiculed wherever they pop up
Welfare
Member
This is a shop guys.
DealWithIt
Member
Everybody is just shitting all over him, but I think it's a mistake to make the game insulting to people who aren't good at it. You can lol all you want at him and says he's casual scum but I think we're better off long term if games ARE inviting and make people feel ok with playing them. Give the offer of easy difficulty from the beginning without shaming the player, don't lock it behind deaths to humiliate the player.
My wife has started to play games but she's still learning. I would find it pretty annoying if the games she played on easy mocked her. I get that this one is a reference to the orginal, but I find all the LOL YOU SO BAD posts pretty asinine. Give me a simple description of what each mode entails, let me play on hard and let my wife play on easy. Don't make players who are learning how to game abase themselves for no reason. That's just making barriers for entry into our community so you can feel "superior" to some casual. grats.
Protip: Beating a game on hard doesn't make you special.
My wife has started to play games but she's still learning. I would find it pretty annoying if the games she played on easy mocked her. I get that this one is a reference to the orginal, but I find all the LOL YOU SO BAD posts pretty asinine. Give me a simple description of what each mode entails, let me play on hard and let my wife play on easy. Don't make players who are learning how to game abase themselves for no reason. That's just making barriers for entry into our community so you can feel "superior" to some casual. grats.
Protip: Beating a game on hard doesn't make you special.
But how can I feel good about myself with Machine Games picking on me like this.