Game Theory: Hard Mode is a LIE! (Sekiro Easy Mode Controversy)
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Lately, gamers have been up in arms about whether or not all games should have an Easy Mode. Fans of games like Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice and Dark Souls argue that the hard mode aspect of the game is part of the experience and doesn't need an easy mode. Others think games should be accessible to all gamers, no matter their skill level. Well Loyal Theorists, I'm here to tell you that Game Developers have been WAY ahead of you all for a while. You see, YOU are not actually choosing your difficulty setting - THEY ARE! That's right, all your games have been lying to you this whole time and I've got the proof!
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"You're not as good at games as you think you are"
Bold of you to assume I think I'm good at games
I'm trash at games
I am legit the worst player in NA. Please report me when you see me in any online games, I should be banned from dragging my team down.
I'm good!
I think....
Perfect representation of me aswell
That's why I need easy mode 😂
Other games: reduce difficulty when you die
Demon's souls: cuts your health in two when you die
Lol...
Have you ever seen "Easy mode is now selectable"?
That's an insult...
Death is a feature in Sekiro. If you're dying more than twice, you're doing it right
Dang I just realized that hk kind of copied that from demon souls. The more you know
and makes it harder when you die more
To be fair, there's something poetic about Bioshock in particular manipulating you without you realizing it.
Oh... Now would you kindly give me 3 medkits from 1 station?
The thing about Bioshock is that it was praised for its story, not its FPS tech. As a FPS it's pretty mediocre with clumsy gunplay and a surplus of similarly working "special powers".
@@Vladimir_Kv ok? So?
I l a@@carolinacortesmartinez4305 no I’ll link
A man chooses
I was playing The last of Us and was stuck in one of the rooms where you had to get past the clickers. After about 15 attempts that failed at the exact same spot, the game just started me beyond that point. This was the only time I can confirm that I experienced dynamic difficulty modification. It was like the game felt sorry for me and said "here let's just let you skip that part so you can see the rest of the story"
@@CrumpPumps happened to me too. If it happens so often then I must not be a bug
That's most likely a bug I've played than game more times than I actually wanted to (I had to entertain my brothers who didn't know how to play the game) all different difficulties and I found the game bugs out when you don't trigger specific events at the right times. Ive been able to outrun entire hordes of enemies coming in by simply moving faster than the game expects. It was a really effective strategy for conserving ammo when I was low. Cheap? Totally. Intended? Nah. It's on the same level of a speed runner hack. If the game doesn't do it again on your second play through after you've died a lot then you can be sure it was a glitch
Wow, I gave up the last of us after a few attempts on one part cause I'm super scared of zombies and I just couldn't go forward
@@CrumpPumps The second part is great as a standalone game, but if you love the story of the first do not play for that. I enjoyed the game, but hated the story. It was a visually beautiful game and the gameplay was great. Loved the mechanics, but the story overall sucked and lingered on certain characters too much.
now im just picturing the devs looking at you seeing you fail again and again and eing aww man lets give this guy a hand and just picked ya up and moved ya to after the clicker
Me: Thinks I'm trash at games
Matpat: ''You're not as good at games as you think you are''
Me: ''Well I'm a disgrace then''
Git Gud
There there ;)
At least its only a game. If these things applied to real life all your friends would zoom past you as you limp pathetically and then get eaten by a predator before you can kit maturity and have offspring.
But, life does not work that way.
Pffffffffftt
you think your bad at video games i need walkthroughs at least twice on legend of Zelda games
@@daquack1460 No Git better
Player: *DIES*
D.D.A.: "I'mma bout to start this man's whole career"
Underrated comment alert 🚨
I somehow miss the old gt video formats
@Storm X_Boii did you even watch the video?
Enemy: kills player
DDA: I'm about to end this mans career
@@hairclipwatanabe2838 for all those stupid people who don't know what gt means it's obviously GTA dummies
I never noticed any of this in fromsoft’s games. In sekiro, every time I come back everyone’s the same, if the guy deals too much damage you get one shotted, it’s almost like the game doesn’t care if you die again and again it just wants you to actually learn.
I’ve actually been stuck on Isshin the sword saint for about a week now and it doesn’t get any easier, I just start deflecting more hits, reacting to more unblockables, getting better pretty much.
The equivalent of “Nothing quite makes you learn like a grueling unforgiving fight”
there are some games that the fun comes from the difficulty.gems of war for instance.
In sekiro the last boss can two shot you no matter what
Took me 8 hours to beat Ishhin. Dang he was sooooo punishing.
@@alle_edits The only bosses that I remember getting two shotted by on NG and no demon bell are the Chained Ogres and Demon of Hatred.
“You’re being babied”
Uncharted hardest difficulty: Bullets instantly kill you
Suddenly, every small time merc becomes Hawkeye
"oh yeah did you know I'm allergic to bullets?"
"Nathen why do we even have you"
Halo 2 legendary jackals:Welp
Then why not play real life?
So Drake can survive that but him and his brother can't take a small black woman 2v1. Seems legit.
MatPat: I'm gonna give you my opinion.
Internet:😡🤬
MatPat: I'm NOT gonna give you my opinion.
Internet: 😡🤬
Basically sums up some viewers of this channel
Nobody:
Nothing:
Internet : 😡🤬
Matpat:
Internet:
Matpat:
Internet: 😡🤬
i was the 500th thumbs up on this comment and i feel as though ive reached my peak potential.
Internet in a nutshell.
Game: *has easy mode*
Journalists:"All new games are so handholding, I miss the old school tough games"
Game: *is hard*
Journalists:"I sHoUlD bE aBlE tO eXpErIeNcE tHe WhOlE gAmE i PaId FoR"
Game: :|
You're implying that every game journalist is a hypocrite when you should consider that they might be more than one person.
@@ActionGamerAaron That is true, but this comment is meant as a joke. I don't despise all game journalists, but some (a lot) just suck.
@@sneeznoodle SJW's in a Nutshell
Probably why all game with dynamic difficulty is rated well: "I am Soo good at this game without easy mode" except they already trigger the easy mode
@@ActionGamerAaron technically he's not, he never implies that they're the same reporter.
honestly now that i'm an adult i just play on whichever difficulty i enjoy the most. if a game is notoriously difficult without any way to make it easier i just wont waste my money on something not for me
Good point. Games are made for enjoyment after all
i am a souls veteran, bought playstation in 2019 just to play BB, and i got wrecked so hard by Orphan of Kos and Ludwig, their defeats were one of my best gaming memories, now Radahn is included in that list too.
@@jankriz9199 My one Ludwig fight took well over 30 tries on ng+3 with the burial blade
When I beat it, it was my favorite fight in ALL OF GAMING
@@its_saber1525 I’m on ng+ with the burial blade, currently stuck on Lawrence. For now I’m just doing new runs with different builds until I get gud
When I was younger and wasn't as good as now in videogames I sometimes noticed these kinds of little extra helps, like missing enemies, extra items and so.
I saw it and I was like "hell, I suck.
But the developers pretend I don't, so I will pretend too ;)"
“You’re not as good as you think you are”
*pretty bold of you to assume that I thought I was good*
You're*
Sporkinator and assume.
@@Sporkinator Oh know, the gremmar poliss fownd me.
It goes both ways my dude. Sucking a lot is still a measurement of how good you are. So you suck more than you think xd
Same
Difficulty levels are:
Beginner
Easy
Medium
Hard
Expert
Legendary
God
Online multiplayer
Blake Young I connect with this on a spiritual level
Halo showed me this, then the fighting games multiplayer, where you don´t get to touch the floor until your bar is on 0
well you forgot 1, game journalist level that's below beginner
COD WW2
Campaign on Hard completed: Ok time for multiplayer
Multiplayer: *Killed by op smg*
“Ok. I’ll get smg.
*Sniper, Lmg, Nade spam, Everything*
*Leaves game and never plays again*
not really, youll find a lot of noobs in multiplayer as well xD
I won't lie I enjoyed completing bloodbourne so much the feeling of completion on a game that is difficult is so much more fun than just winning on normal difficult game
I think bloodborne also dynamically changed difficulty, there was a glitch that exposed it where if you played long enough the bosses would not use their whole arsenal of attacks
@@randomenvelope if I'm not mistaken that was due to a memory leak caused from consoles staying on too long.
@@randomenvelope nah that was another glitch fromsofts games would have been exposed by now i mean its litterally the “hardest games” if they got exposed for that they would have by now
“Your not as good at games as you think you are.”
That sign can’t stop me, ‘cause I can’t read!
wow
cromancer 321 Thank you. I worked hard on the meme.
"Prepare to die" isn't a threat, it's advice. You shouldn't be running around new areas with 100k souls.
He do realy well if he can get 100 k soul :D
Still do though
Getting 100k souls? Teach me your ways
Roxas Gifford I’ve lost 100k pretty easily.. it hurt like physically because it was only 2 levels
I never thought of it like that
That's really cool
You’re not as good as games that you think you are...
*_Reality can often be disappointing_*
And then high level multiplayer gamers/sekiro challenge runners *laugh in skilled*
11:50 Lead later crash games to be inclusive, *"Perfectly Balanced:"* games they became... THANOS CONFIRMED
But, "reality can be whatever I want"
*you’re
Easy mode is actually an insult to gamers.
Actually noticing when your difficulty gets reduced is always a weird feeling
I mean uh so I hear
In sekiro you have to learn every move of the boss you're facing in order to defeat them instead of the game just getting easier. Before I would do the same thing over and over until I win but after I played sekiro i changed my style. Most bosses I would die the first few attempts but after I learn their tactics it becomes easier, you just have to time your attacks and adjust your strategy.
When his kid grows up and playing like Mario and he says "you know he's a psychopath right" or something
I was wondering that as well
"Dad, I love this video game character called Mario! He's super cool!"
"Yeah, I know, son. But did you know that years ago I made a theory about how Mario was a psychopath?"
_cries_
"Honey, we talked about this before. No ruining our kid's childhood!"
Sounds about right
@@tameronica "But I ruin everyone's else's, why not ours?"
I do stuff.o
Game journalist: *can't get past tutorial platforming*
D.D.A.: "sorry, we can't help you here."
noice
*I SHOULD BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THE FULL GAME!!!*
*DAMN IT IS HARD TO JUMP OVER THIS BOX !*
@@mr.penguin4614 You can.. so long as you can do what it takes.
@@DePhoegonIsle Ikr?
playing through dark souls series has actually made me a better gamer in general. i can crush through other games nowadays easily
have u tried beating Sigrun from God of War 4 on god of war mode?
@@loiclomanga752 easy
@@LuciferMorningStar-xf5lo nah u never play 😏
@@samwekie9749 it is.
@@samwekie9749 Sigrun is actually one of the easiest valkyries lmao
Her attacks are just all valkyries combined with some extra ones on a really easy arena. Runics that can stagger her, as much health regen as possible, high vitality and defense stats for hyper armor on certain attacks, and shock arrows to give that extra bit of stagger makes her easy af. I don't even think she summons anything to direct your attention away from her, while staying rather passive compared to other bosses. Anyone who says otherwise most likely went full runic/strength build and hoped that they won't have to parry any of her attacks, when the amount of telegraphing she does makes it incredibly satisfying to deny every bit of damage she wants to deal.
funny part is, sekiro is always on easy mode untill you ring the demon bell
Honestly after ng 3 it's easy no matter what
demon bell is nothing compared to no kuro's charm, now THAT is true suffering
Let's not forget the calamity ring in Dark souls I and III (haven't played II so I don't know if it is there)
@@kamprouristheoharis8458 DaS2 had a hard mode covenant available the moment you left the tutorial area.
@@Gehrich_ think about it, there wouldn't we anyone who would not rage quit, and so no one would be able to finish the game. and so without being able to progress, to move forward, your mood will be the worst, so you will rage quit... it's a human psychology. but we all able to stedily move forward, make progress, kills bosses, and enjoy the game with dopamine rush after overcame the tall wall...
Other games: "Let's adjust difficulty to match the players skill or lack thereof."
Arma: "Let the AI at random go from braindead training target to aimbot instantkill and be done with it."
Sovietwomble:its free real-estate.
Basically for honor too
Level one bots:You can block?
Level three bots:what happened that attack that is literally humanly impossible to parry that you got there? Ah right I parried it.
Level two bots:Level one or three at random
I want y’all to know that the AI designed in DOOM 4 is made in a way the the enemies stand out in the open or next to red barrels and essentially say hey look at me so that the player has an easier time prioritizing targets
They also sometimes with miss or not go on the aggressive when you’re vulnerable
@@Sh1ranu1 and then there are the people like me who are completely oblivious and clear a room except for a baron and then get killed by him cause i didn't see him until his foot/hoof was on my chest and my legs where gone.
"Sorry? I can't hear you over the sound of people subscribing."
another example for DDA? Pokemon Yellow, you had a pikachu at the beginning and your rival had an eevee, if on 2 battles, you won 2, the rival's eevee would evolve in a jolteon,the hardest to fight with a pikachu, if you won 1, he would evolve in a flareon, neither hard or easy, if you won 0, he would evolve on a vaporeon, the easiest eeveelution to fight with a pikachu
Wow really? That's really cool!
@@lucasschander91 yep
Thats some bull right there
@@darreny.x608 that's true actually
Or a downplayed exemple in the first Super Mario Land. When you die, the screen you respawn in will be emptied of its enemies. Although it's more a case of death not being punishing.
Other games: reduces damage dealt to you and offer for you to change the difficulty
Sekiro: HESITATION IS DEFEAT
Dynamic difficulty can go in reverse. Sometimes dynamic difficulty can be actively made harder than originally intended. I'd say your not secretly in easy mode. I'd say you are more in your own custom difficulty mode. Banjo Kazooie and Mario cart catchup mechanics are an example.
Not good at games? I am proper livid. I'll have you know I once came second in Mario kart.
Cool I got 1st
You're both liars
I've beaten king goomba on ds
Steam Whale you must think I'm well dumb. Proof or it didn't happen
i beat the whole of sky landers. on easy mode.
If MatPat was taken away by an angry mob, his last words really would be "IT'S A FACT!! A FAAAAAACT!!!!"
Why can i hear him saying that?
@@ssseaweed3800
Because he said that at the start of the video?
@@coranbaker6401 No, like i can literally hear him screaming that while his face is getting beat up
Cyber Chroma true say🤣
A game fact lol
I wouldn’t be surprised if Fromsoft had their own ways of making their games easier, but I don’t notice it.
Funnily enough, dying in their games is sometimes strategically helpful depending on what you’re doing. After all, an immortal Undead means you can keep trying over and over as your character never goes hollow.
However, the reason of hollowing is when one gives up. In a sense, when the player themself gives up playing the game, they’ve essentially turned hollow.
EXACTLY
“Making their games easier” *cough cough* MIMIC TEAR +10 *cough cough*
@@tubb1 I believe elden ring was meant to have items to make the game easy
@@lilysmith5722 precisely. It’s supposed to make the game easier (in mimic tear’s case, as easy as one of those roblox cart ride games)
In dead cells when you take a 'sturdy hit' leaving you with 1 hp from a massive hit, the game slows down for an extra bit to tell you "yeah you just tanked that. Let it sink in. That could've killed you." It makes it feel more personal, like a gift from the devs rather than cheating. And then you die 2 seconds later and have to restart the run.
You can even turn it off
Matpat is officially the best gamer in the whole world. He was actually able to play through superman 64 not once, but 3 times... increasing in difficulty. o-o
flip ya
+10 respect
And yet dark souls has none of these safe guards he points out to make his point ..... lol
You can make a point of anything if you cherry pick
@@randomcallum That's kind of the point. He says people are bad at games because when they come to something without these safeguards, like dark souls, they suck. It's not just about Sekiro.
Boy, I sure wish dynamic difficulty adjustment applied to school tests like the SAT.
The GRE (grad school version of the SAT) uses this; they call it computer-adaptive testing. Unlike the SAT, all GRE tests are done using computers, in testing centers, at least in the US and Canada. Your final score is scaled depending on the difficulty of the questions you answered. So you can't game your way to a better score.
Nah man GCSE
@@kato093 wait WHAT? I DID THE SATS AND DIDNT KNOW THIS? WHDBERBRBEHDBDEVEVWBHNWN CKCNDNW3RONQB23EOSXCFM
@@justinfarischon7868 interesting info
How in the world do you know that lol
kato093 latinos for super easy
I'm glad I play on easy mode anyway. Life is hard enough I want to chill when I'm at home
As a designer myself, let me tell you. Systems like DDA have been included in most modern games without the player realizing it. It's both a playing field leveler, and a way to make players feel a form of accomplishment (even if it is what you might call artificial). I believe personally that most games really should have these kinds of systems, and they shouldn't be excluded without a damn good reason. I have made a game without this kind of system before, and it didn't really go well. Hell just testing the levels for playability made it a pain.
Re4 is a masterful example here
Y'know, I am aware of the multitude of commentary on the subject, but I still feel that MatP deserves another salute for making it through Superman 64... THREE TIMES!
Sacrifice for your craft, indeed
N. R. Allen The willpower to go through that POS 3 times...Mad respect
@@nomblob5592 indeed. That kinda willpower outta be worth a Green Lantern ring or two.
N. R. Allen Pouring out a boi with the cold ones for Matt here!
Give that man an Infinity Stone.
I beat master chief collection alone on legendary
Anyone else miss the photoshop matpat bouncing arond on the lectern😂
Every body does
So much. 😥
I need him
YES
me
matpatt: sekiro isn't hard, ur just need to get *better* "
understanable have a nice day
I noticed Mario party “hard” mode is easier that normal mode
Matpat: "Games change difficulty as you change your skill"
NES: "nope, you can just suffer"
They also had to make many of them artificially difficult because there was a limit to how much content it could have(the length).
@@CosmicCreatorCat also because many of them were ports of arcade games, whose goal was to soak every penny from the player, so of course they were as merciless as possible, more deaths= more pennies spend on continues, and most games didn't bother to adjust the dificulty on the transition to home consoles
Yep that's what it was like. I was used to suffering.
Yup. That's why im glad I grew up on those games. Teaches you patience lol
Best system tbh at least for a gamer. I get why companies wanna allow more people to play, but I like the difficulty of NES games.
Matpat: I'm not here to tell you git gud, but to git better
Me: That sounded like a compliment *AND* a insult. Thanks, I think...
Well...he is not WRONG. I take it as a compliment. :)
It's more of an encouragement really...
Might have been a gow reference too given the thumbnail
Well take it as critisims to not get gud but to git better
an*
Actually, I am cool with any kind of games. Hard gameplay gives the feeling of overcoming a hurdle and easy gameplay allows me to enjoy the story and/or the environment and maybe explore if that is an option in the game. I dunno, but I just like playing games, hard or easy doesn't matter to me.
he didnt ask
@@drarkvoid741 I missed the part where someone asked for your input
@@szalyn8849 and who asked for yours?
@@drarkvoid741 and who asked for your reply?
I think it's up to the individual company to decide what kind of gaming experience they want.
If they want something that everyone can manage that adjusts to the players skill level then more power to them. But companies like From Software are under no obligation to make a game that you can beat.
If you can't beat a game as the company made it then that game is not made for you and you should play something else.
I find the whole argument that all games should be inclusive to be absolutely ridiculous.
We don't demand that horror movies have a PG setting and likewise we shouldn't demand that hard games have an easy mode that's obviously not what the creators were going for.
"You're not as good at games as you think you are."
Wait...
B-but wait- I already think I'm pretty terrible.
Oh. Oh no!
Oh god please no!!!
XD
Same
Same here once I got 87th in fortnite
Ashkore Whitemoon same. I suck at every game I play.
Yeah, worse than that
Player: Dies too many times
Game: *lemme fix that for ya homie*
Game: *sees 100% health*
Game: *makes it 200%*
Me: :3 tanks germ
Game: hey have this bazooka with insta kill
Player:wot?
Journalists: they aren’t making it more difficult just more dynamic
You know, I think I've had this work against me. I'll often be trying to figure out how to get through through a tough section, and memorize what path to take and where the enemies are, when suddenly enemies change and mess me up.
I actually watched a talk about gameplay programming this year where they mentioned that in some FPSes, there would he a curve dor how much damage a player takes, with the first few hits doing the least, giving the player time to react. this curve can change between difficulties, but not that much
This game was completely ruined for me when I found out that the shadows actually die thrice.
You used this same joke on another video, how unoriginal
@@nuzaki7134 get gud that the hole point
How to properly clean your metal computer haha so funny, so original that you put it on 100 videos
Ur everywhere
@Ivobardolf wait why
Is it really a controversy... Seems like most of the upset people are the journalists, not gamers.
True despite all that sekiro still have 'very positive' in steam.
its not even a debate among gamers
its because gamers who are not a target audience of from software games - simply don't buy them. but I HAVE personaly done my share of arguing with GAMERS who think that i'm wrong for playing on easy mode, ENJOYING playing on easy mode and NO purchasing/playing games outright, no matter how highly rated - if they don't offer me easy mode.
@@Forgefaerie just out of curiosity, can you tell me why do you only play games on easy mode? And I mean no disrespect, people can play their games any way they want to. The problem is when people (mainly game journalists and not actual gamers in general) try to impose developers to make games the way they want to
@@MrChukinorris because its how i enjoy them? I get plenty of frustrations in real life, the last thing i want from my entertainment that i do to relax - to add to my frustration. easy mode provides engagement without frustration. I enjoy narratives, specifically interactive narratives. very few things take you out of narrative quite like dying repeatedly over and over, or failing that one jump, etc. it kills the flow along with your character. and i know some people are good enough to be able to enjoy that flow on highest difficulties. i'm not one of those people. doesn't make me enjoy games any less or make my gaming experiences and preferences any less valid.
that said, what makes you think that journalists are not gamers? they just happen to write about games in addition to playing them and in theory they are supposed to represent interests of gamers. asking for games to be more accessible to more people is NOT inherently a bad thing. and unlike someone like me who doesn't have a voice that developers might actualy hear or listen to, journalists have a platform so they are using it.
0:48 "We know, but hey!"
That is such a relief to hear that because I always felt this weird sensation while I was playing a game I could never get one shoted, Even if it was supposed to take all my remaining health.
Mat: You're not as good at games as you think you are
People who completed the Pantheon of Hallownest with all bindings: *sadness*
I never even bothered lol, I'm self-aware enough to realise I'm not good enough to do it. Did manage to beat pantheon of gods normally though.
Dark Souls veterans: PREPARE TO DIE, BLASPHEMER!
@@jasonsorin1021 Even Dark Souls veterans couldn't make it through the Pantheons. It sparked its own mini-Sekiro outrage when it released because people couldn't git gud.
It took 5 months for me to beat the pantheon and another eight with all bindings. I’m so glad I did it though. Now I can go into silksong knowing I completed the hardest possible challenge
MatPat: You're just not as good at games as you think you are.
Me: MatPat, you greatly underestimate my own underestimations.
Yeah, I was like, "Dude, I think I'm the worst. You're saying I'm worse than the worst? That's harsh dude."
If my skill level was lower than I thought it was, my skill would be in the negatives
I'm already really bad at video games for someone who spends all his free time playing video games
One of the most frustrating things in a video game ever:
Super Mario Bros. Wii
If you died too often, a green "Luigi" block would appear, prompting the player to hit it and watch Luigi demonstrate how to complete the level. And, you could take over for Luigi mid-day through the level.
I despised it, even as a really young kid, because it was basically saying "Let me show you how it's done".
We all know a game developer who didn't lie to us
Bennet Foddy
Is the health bar 10% full or 90% empty?
Naw. It's just ten times bigger than it currently needs to be!
Its- nevermind I'm dead
both
Both.
0%
Imma make a game that goes
"Choose your difficulty"
*Easy
"You chose Hard, correct?"
'No
"Have fun!"
Edit: and every time you die it gets harder
Roman Minaster pls let me know once that exists
Fire emblem path of radiance kind of had that. The game was mistranslated so normal in Japanese was translated to easy, hard= normal and insane= hard. Since most people played on normal (aka hard) everyone thought the game was way to difficult.
That game's already been made
its called life
@@Mord12gp 💀
Onijhia Jones Oof
I’m gonna tell you right now, sekiro was so hard I nearly gave up , but in the end beating that game was such a great achievement I’m so happy it was that hard.
Same.
Glock Saint is the only boss fight that i feel could match the hype of DMC3 2nd match vs Vergil, and the latter fight had the Nostalgia Boost ontop too.
GOATest of all GOAT fights eveerrrrrr.
Im gonna miss this man 😢
Excuse me, I have beaten Matt in Wii Sports boxing. I am peak gamer performance.
In wii sports resort oh boy matt was super hard
Pfft, I beat Matt in Swordplay, get on my level.
@@Megamean09
I did both.
I wish I was lying, but I did it, wasted so much time in my life and collapsed after it because of the physical strain.
stop lying
@@mr.bisness7617
If you meant me...
Nope, I did not lie.
I had cancer and was physically very weak. Already had beaten it, but like I said: the physical strain was too much.
I played Wii Sports for way too long and then it happend.
I played later on Wii Sports Resort with a friend (I didn't own Wii Motion Plus) and well that was the story.
in sekiro you have difficult modes,you got hard mode and harder mode
Honestly I accidentally rung the demon bell and now don’t want to get rid of it because I ain’t a puss
The best way to get easy mode in Sekiro is to play on hardest mode (bell demon and no Kuro charm) then go back to the regular mode. Everything is easy and you feel like a god at the game
Hard mode is demon bell. Really hard mode is only using defelcts to build up posture damage.
I used the bell but I don’t feel a difference?
The next fromsoftware game will include difficulty modes ranging from very hard - extreme - insane - suicide - hell - impossible
Wow. I thought that I was getting better after each death. Turns out I'm just bad at playing video games.
matpat saying im not as good as i think i am
me knowing that its not possible for me to be any worse
MatPat:You're just not as good at games as you think you are
Me: I already know MatPat, I already know....
I've grown old and soft, Matpat... Your hurtful words are toothless compared to the pain I feel knowing they're actually true
Get good skrub
There's a reason why I watch people play video games because I can't get 5 minutes in a game without dying
I feel ya bro I feel ya I feel that feeling with metal gear series
Wow I feel terrible now. This whole time I thought I was getting better, turns out the games were just adjusting to how much I sucked
For what it's worth, it's probably a bit of both.
i know right, way to put me down mat pat, whyyyy why couldnt you jsut let me believe i was good at games!!!!
just
You may be getting better, if you're doing better the dynamic adjustment will make the game slightly harder so, it's like a leveling system, when you do good at one level of play the game cranks it up a noch, no matter what people think, the system is fair and I personally prefer it even though I don't know where on the slider I am
Ever played a shooter against an aimbot? That's what all games would be like without adjustment to human suckage.
Wow, I actually noticed the assassins creed health bar not being 100% accurate but had always assumed it was a bug.
I thought it was obvious lol
16:04 That music... a place among the stars 2. I’ve only heard that in one other place, and I NEVER expected to hear it here! Nice choice though!
And Here I was thinking I was going insane.
I was playing a game and all of a sudden. An enemy wasn’t where he was suppose too be. He was gone.
Finally know why. Thanks. This makes me more confident too play harder difficulties.
when i keep retrying a fight in mortal kombat X story mode it makes the fight a bit easier for each retry
In God of War I noticed (in normal mode) that every stage or level I had to try a 100 times. Then all of a sudden I would just pass it. Also in uncharted they give hints if u been at the same part for a time. They even give the option to skip if u fail like 10 times.
I'm actually pretty sure this wasn't supposed to be the takeaway. 😂
That's an awesome perspective man. I hope the majority of gamers think like you.
I was just thinking the same thing. I really only play on medium, but after watching this video I think I might start The Witcher 3 on hard. Maybe.
Random guy: I'm a pro gamer
MatPat: Allow me to introduce myself
I have bestowed thou with thine 69th like.
Then I shall him the 96th like
13:22 dynamic difficulty it's also depends on what your difficulty is, except for the hardest mod it's stuck at highest, never gonna drop whatever you do it's still stuck at the highest
my favorite example of DDA is in the original pokemon yellow. depending on how you perform in the first couple fights against your rival, his team will change to be easier or harder for the typing of your starter, specifically the typing of the eevee he has
Matpat: You’re just not as good as games as you think
Me with 800 potions: Whatever do you mean?
Matpat:Your not as good as you think you are
Me with 99 Masterballs and Trying to hide my gameshark:I don't know what your talking about im amazing
Not naming names... FINAL FANTASY 15....
Me with a 100% completion on the hardest difficulty in Doom: *”Wot?”*
Pixel Pudding hi-potions, get gud scrub
Me with 1000 deaths in Dark souls instead of 10.000:
*You were saying?*
I don't mind a harder difficulty in games, what I mind are when the enemies are just giant damage sponges with massive HP pools.
I'd take a tanky boss over a glass canon any day
I'm fine with glass cannons if there is enough of them to be challenging.
The Division elite enemies.
This is actually an odd point in design. Certainly there is a point of 'this is dragging on' in hp bars but, some mechanics become harder to do continually. A bigger hp bar can actually make a boss legitimately harder. Its an element of practice to know the difference
R u talking about sekiro
When your day job is really stressful, you don't always want an angina-inducing games session. But you probably do want the content.
literally this. i put the game on easy so i can beat it as quickly as possible. i think Wolfenstein i turned it up because it was too easy but in general i'm trynna get the story and then move on
What is when the difficulty is part of the story like dark souls.
The only 2 things that I have found too hard so far (I've only just beaten the 3rd boss) are all the gunners in the sunken valley and the swordsmen area you have to go through before the 3rd boss, the swordsmen there are easy enough to kill but when their is 2 of them it's just not possible for me
"And btw, you're a terrible person and should be ashamed of yourself if you picked the wrong side.
Unfortunate thing is apparently they're both wrong sides."
*Livin is hard*
Matpat:your just not as good at games as you think you are
Me: how dare you insult me with the truth
you're*!
Very true I'm terrible at games
bar the sheep it's true but you don't need to shove it in my face! (wipes tears away)
Dont worry your not alone XD
_I_ _CARE_ _NOT_ _OF_ _YOUR _FEELINGS_, _BUT_ _YOUR_ _SOUL!!!!_
I learned this when I struggled on Kingdom hearts standard mode, but found critical mode super easy
I really like this hybrid animated and live matapat editing, hope it is used again.
This is why I just play Stardew Valley and Slime Rancher
same but i do got dark souls 1 just got it i doubt i can beat it though
Ah I see you're man of culture as well
@@Stafarns You'll get through it mate. It's punishing but it's mostly fair. You'll die a lot, but you'll learn eventually.
Yeah same here I love stardew, and yeah I'm having a hard time playing dark souls... I'm definitely an easy mode gamer
Porn?
Remember Matrix: Path of Neo? Starts you off with a showdown to determine your difficulty, you have to win to earn playing on hard. Great mechanic, shame it never caught on.
That was also implemented into MW during the training segment at the opening
Pokemon Red and Blue. Your difficulty is determined by your first and second fight against Gary
Edit: I think it might actually be Pokemon Yellow now that someone mentioned it.
@@ramonalavigne5508 sauce
@@shandercarrero8077 Some guide book that I read in the 90's? I could be misremembering though.
Yeah nothing is as dumb as setting difficulty level BEFORE you even played or know buttons etc. Path of Neo was just stupid with its difficulty setting. When I chose hard it does not mean that I am good at the game, it means that I WANT to be good at the game.
Me when I saw matpat not using his normal avatar: pardon me nani
Attack on titan reference at 17:32....that is the dialogue levi says to eren....he can either rely on himself or he can rely on levi squad.
I'm that one person who plays minecraft on creative peaceful and still manages to get killed.
Edit*
1. thnx for the likes! most I ever got!
2. I play ps3/4, so no commands or void other than end.
3. Why tf did some people take this seriously?
Dont dig bellow bedrock
FluffyLilEspurr oof
It makes two of us....
Dafuq...
Wait are you my long lost brother?
how is that even possible?
And then theres Sekiro:
"Yeah I can totally survive one more hit without healin"
*dies*
hahahaha XD
You died because you HESITATED.
Jo Ferency help I’m stuck
Help I. Stuck
@HackipGaming true in a real life or death situation as well
I would like to see a fully adjustable difficulty setting in addition to easy normal and hard modes. Common stuff like health and rewards to more detailed options like aggression, teamwork, and even spawn rates.
My only opinion is DDA's should only be applied on easy nerfed in medium and not applied on hard.
MatPat: "You're not as good at games as you think you are"
Don't worry, I already know I suck.
I have bad news for you..
@Old Glory I've never played Battlefield in my life, but I imagine I'd die immediately.
@Old Glory Haha, couldn't make it through without shitting on COD could you?
I'm not into first person shooters, so I don't think I'd like it.
@Old Glory It's just funny to me how whenever I'm talking to a COD fan it's always "it's great you gotta try it, blah blah blah. Battlefield sucks."
And my experience has been the same with Battlefield fans.
I'm not trying to be rude or anything, it's genuinely amusing.
Lizz Wellne you suck even more than you think
6:57 If you've ever looked up how much ammo they use in firefight engagements then that starts looking like the most realistic part of the game...
Sid Meier: " in video games, you always win"
Me who plays Dota and LOL: " nope, not with a stupid team"
Unless you steal baron using xhin zhao and carry tf outta ur team which lets be honest happens in a 1 in 1,000,000 chance
Mat:"Ur not as good at games as you think you are"
Viewers:"But that's just a theory right?"
Mat:"No it's a fact"
Put my PlayStation through my wall.
...Unless if you train 7 hours a day in competitive multiplayer, then play campaign/single player and beast mode the hell outta those enemies.
Problem solved, I guess?
PhoeniX [LynX] One must truly be respected if they can complete Halo 2 Legendary deathless.
I turned on Spider-Man on the hardest difficulty setting and completed the first few missions after not having played it since alst year
Nice
Cerebral Cloud *cough* *cough* jackal snipers upon *cough* *cough* Outskirts Legendary Hell-Mode...
Unless its Minecraft, Half a heart MEANS half a heart
It really does fuel your anxiety for the bed less days.
do you mean half a heart doesn't mean half a heart
Unless you have full Diamond/Netherite protection 4 armour. Because damage reduction is amazing.
@Breadloafer true in fall damage
Minecraft isn't hard you can cheat ALMOST every fight if you take time to set up a battle arena to fight a boss and you rant even forced to fight monsters
Sekiro was in the title and referenced a lot but there weren’t actually any mentions of how/if Sekiro uses these difficulty adjustment tactics
2019 outrage is cute at this point.
So basically almost every D&D DMs secret
@@holywatermuffin7772 I mean, if you are the DM, are you telling your players after the fight that you adjusted the HP during it, fudged dice rolls, made the monster target somebody else, nerfed it at some point etc? Never heard any DM saying that outright to his players, but most DMs have probably done some of it at least once. So it is kind of a secret that not every player knows.
Can relate 100%. I've been the DM and never had the guts to tell my players I staged some fights to make the session more enjoyable. I bet that if I told them, they'd be very disappointed.
@@holywatermuffin7772 I fully expect the GM is cheating in one way or the other to make the experience more enjoyable, and I appreciate that fact. Just like when I am GMing the players tend to enjoy the results that come from that cheating.
But as a player I would never actually want to be told what was cheating and what wasn't. And as a GM I would never tell a player either. There is an understanding that it is happening that I think most players are aware of, but no one actually wants to know the specifics. And for that reason, it is a secret on an instance basis.
@@sendicard When the DM suddenly tosses a portal at you that teleports you to the bottom of the ocean to be encountered by a gargantuan marine monster, it's pretty overt, but then you know you've pissed the DM off pretty bad. But no, usually the DM should indeed fudge a few things and plan out the encounters to match the player's skills, both on paper and their actual player skills. That is actually the most difficult thing as a new DM in my opinion, adjusting the game just right so it's challenging, but not impossible. I have killed so many players on their first encounter, or tossed some basically peaceful, harmless mobs at them. They still took subdual damage from faceplanting when trying to run on a wall to stab bats in the air.
@@garbello8640 If you build the world right, your staged encounters could very well become an integral part of the plot you're playing. "Why was there a troll there? There shouldn't be any trolls there!" "Why of course, the evil wizard is driving them from the mountains!" Or something like that. Not cheap plot devices, just good storytelling.
"...feel a sense of accomplishment when they eventually succeed."
Bold of you to assume I could ever succeed.
@a normal everyday Spider It was a joke mate.
I didn’t think Sekiro needed an easy mode but I like that the dark souls series offers the pyromancer class as a different way to play the game for players with different skills
dont forget sorcerer its basically easy mode
@@KillerQueenBitesZaDusto have you tried fighting Pontiff or O&S with sorcery?
@@gumball6445 no i have not, I don't play with sorcery much on dark souls, however elden ring sorcery is basically not even fun anymore of how basically Comet Azur one shots everything "and i think rannis dark moon also got a buff in update 1.04" lol
@@KillerQueenBitesZaDusto ywa ds magic is kinda mid
i actually like the concept of dynamic difficulty but i would much rather have it as a separate selection.
and the game could keep track of how well you are doing through out several runs which would allow for the game to
progressively get harder as your skill as a gamer at that game gets better.
To be fair, DDA works in reverse too, like in RE2(remake) upping the challenge by giving zombies a second lunge if you're doing too well for example.
it was a title to beat a game now everyone can beat the game
not to mention the surprisingly deep DDA in RE5 that would make the enemies hard as nails with brand new mechanics if you cranked the difficulty up and did too well
I hate the DDA in REmake2, because I'm basically stuck playing in hardcore mode if I try playing normal. What's the point of having a dynamic difficulty, if it's just going to allow itself to peg out near the top of the scale anyway? I guess I could start jobbing, like the speedrunner that MatPat talks about did for RE4, to make the game easier.
Nah, I'd rather have a game that was made with challenge in mind, and builds interesting encounters around it.
Also, I don't recall the zombies every gaining a second lunge on the higher difficulty. They definitely get a longer lunge, with better tracking, but I hadn't ever seen a second lunge.
NOBODY EXPECTS A SECOND KNIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah normally DDA works against me, not for me. Kinda wish I could turn off that tryhard part of my brain.