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Apparently it’s more common than I realized. Most games doing it apparently don’t tell you it’s happening. For example I played RE4 when it was new and had no idea it had dynamic difficulty.
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mohab@piefed.social 7 hours ago
It’s not unknown, but I think it’s an underrated mechanic: in God Hand, the better you do, the more the difficulty increases. If it gets too much and you want to lower it back down, you can grovel and beg enemies to go easier on you.
I wish more developers tied difficulty change to in-game actions like that.
False@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
mohab@piefed.social 4 hours ago
Yet another Mikami game. Incredible legacy.
markz@suppo.fi 6 hours ago
Building your moveset in God Hand was also resl interesting.
wellbudyweek@lemmy.ml 5 hours ago
Ratchet and Clank on the ps2 did this insanely good. Some guy on youtube completely described how they did it, let me find that real quick
markz@suppo.fi 4 hours ago
Hmm, I remember from one of the developer commentaries that only future levels should get tuned, not the one player is currently on. Maybe the intro level was an exception.