This mechanic appears in most action games developed by GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE. It allows players to tailor their confrontations with enemies to their proper skill level. In some games, higher difficulty levels also affect the player’s experience with puzzles. GRASSHOPPER has crafted games with anywhere between two and five optional levels of difficulty. Some games prohibit playing on the highest difficulties until clearing the highest one previously available. In other cases, as with killer7, the final difficulty level unlocked is ironically the easiest. Conversely, in NO MORE HEROES Ⅲ, the hardest difficulty is only reserved for rematching bosses instead of enduring for the entire game.
Appearances
- killer7
- BLOOD+ ONE NIGHT KISS
- NO MORE HEROES
- FATAL FRAME: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse
- NO MORE HEROES 2: DESPERATE STRUGGLE
- NO MORE HEROES 英雄たちの楽園
- NO MORE HEROES: HEROES’ PARADISE
- Shadows of the DAMNED
- 3nd Impact
- SINE MORA
- LIBERATION MAIDEN
- LOLLIPOP CHAINSAW
- BLACK KNIGHT SWORD
- KILLER IS DEAD
- SINE MORA EX
- TRAVIS STRIKES AGAIN: NO MORE HEROES
- NO MORE HEROES Ⅲ
- LOLLIPOP CHAINSAW RePOP
- Shadows of the DAMNED: HELLA REMASTERED
Nomenclature
- Normal, Deadly, Bloodbath, and Face the Swarm (killer7)
- adventure mode and action mode (BLOOD+ ONE NIGHT KISS)
- SWEET, MILD, and BITTER (NO MORE HEROES and NO MORE HEROES 2: DESPERATE STRUGGLE)
- Hard, Normal, and Easy (FATAL FRAME: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse)
- VERY SWEET, SWEET, MILD, and BITTER (NO MORE HEROES 英雄たちの楽園 and NO MORE HEROES: HEROES’ PARADISE)
- LEMON HUNTER, DEMON HUNTER, LEGION HUNTER, and SATANIC HELL (Shadows of the DAMNED and Shadows of the DAMNED: HELLA REMASTERED)
- NORMAL and HARD (3nd Impact)
- NORMAL and CHALLENGING (SINE MORA and SINE MORA EX)
- Easy, Normal, and Hard (LIBERATION MAIDEN)
- EASY, NORMAL, HARD, and VERY HARD (LOLLIPOP CHAINSAW and LOLLIPOP CHAINSAW RePOP)
- EASY, NORMAL, and HARD (BLACK KNIGHT SWORD)
- EASY, NORMAL, HARD, VERY HARD, NIGHTMARE (KILLER IS DEAD)
- SWEET, MILD, BITTER, and SPICY (TRAVIS STRIKES AGAIN: NO MORE HEROES)
- BERRY SWEET, BITTER, Spicy, CAROLINA REAPER, and Death (NO MORE HEROES Ⅲ)