The back of Monkey Island 2's box (in between boasting "256-color scanned art" and a warning that it's "Void where prohibited") specifically calls out its "Lite" mode as being for "beginners and magazine reviewers." Yep, that's a dig against game journalists.
So an easy mode that solves many of those puzzles for you would seem to defeat the whole purpose, right? Well, Monkey Island 2 not only has "Lite" option available, it is particularly insulting to a certain group within the games industry. There's nothing worse than getting roadblocked by a tricky puzzle, but half of the fun in playing adventure games revolves around slowly figuring out some obtuse bit of logic. You know what? I think I can deal with that. In Ninja Dog mode, badass ninja Hayabusa sports a long, flowing, permanently-affixed purple ribbon on his arm, and sidekick Ayane constantly makes fun of him for the entire game. Rather than just making the game easier on players, though, Itagaki wanted to make sure you knew you were playing the lesser game. It includes a bevy of fresh enemies and unlockables, and two new difficulty modes: a much harder Master Ninja mode, and a much easier Ninja Dog mode. To appease his critics, Itagaki-san and Team Ninja re-released the game as Ninja Gaiden Black a year later.
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Habitual shades-wearer Tomonobu Itagaki wanted to bring the soul-crushingly difficult series back in full force-and he did-leaving everyone who played it to complain that perhaps Ninja Gaiden was a bit too unforgiving. Ninja Gaiden games are notoriously difficult, and the 2004 series reboot (simply called Ninja Gaiden) is no exception. Watch the video below to see some of the biggest slaps in the face dished out to those who opted for "Easy mode." Prev of 13 Next Prev of 13 Next Yes, many games have an easy mode for less-experienced players, but it takes a special kind of jerkface to openly mock and berate those players, either by yanking the rest of the game right out from under them, completing it for them, or altering the experience in such a way that you're constantly belittled just because you want a less difficult ride. And sometimes, developers can be real dicks about letting you play that way. Sometimes, you just want a walk in the park as opposed to a frenetic sprint through button-hammering hell. What's the point if you can just waltz straight to the end credits without even trying? But, while challenging games like Dark Souls are brilliant, sometimes you just want to play a game without the threat of death lurking around every corner. We all expect some level of challenge from our games.
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