Mario Galaxy 2 has the Grandmaster Galaxy. an easier (but still rather hard) and a brutal one hit death version.
This is not the first or last game to do something like this . . . but what is this and why does it exist? Lets have a discussion.
Many games seem to have this premise where 99% of the game is at a constant difficulty. Could be hard or could be easy. That's fine, the games are fun. However that last 1% is exponentially harder than the rest of the game combined. Why does this 1% even exist?
To give the more experienced gamers a challenge?
To pad out the time completionists take to 100% the game?
To artificially lower the number of people who beat the game?
For games with trophies or achievements, making that final one or two trophies less common?
What do you think about this practice? Do you like it and find these extra levels hard?
Or do these final challenges in the game just annoy you as it's just taking you longer to 100% the game and move on?
Or do you not even bother about these final overly hard challenges and never do them?
Do you find them fun or not?
This is not the first or last game to do something like this . . . but what is this and why does it exist? Lets have a discussion.
Many games seem to have this premise where 99% of the game is at a constant difficulty. Could be hard or could be easy. That's fine, the games are fun. However that last 1% is exponentially harder than the rest of the game combined. Why does this 1% even exist?
To give the more experienced gamers a challenge?
To pad out the time completionists take to 100% the game?
To artificially lower the number of people who beat the game?
For games with trophies or achievements, making that final one or two trophies less common?
What do you think about this practice? Do you like it and find these extra levels hard?
Or do these final challenges in the game just annoy you as it's just taking you longer to 100% the game and move on?
Or do you not even bother about these final overly hard challenges and never do them?
Do you find them fun or not?