Game Difficulty as an Art Form

This week on Brainlords we’re upping the difficulty to Legendary! Why do we keep coming back to the only medium that you might not even be good enough to experience? We share our histories with Gamer Rage (tm) and discuss some games that are better for having all the hardest parts in the beginning in order to conclude which game is *perfectly* difficult. Questions, Comments, Suggestions? CONTACT US: [email protected] Kyle - Cute Monster Props Jorge - JMV    THINGS DISCUSSED Death Stranding 2 How do you balance difficulty and frustration in games? (0:11:35)  Halo: Combat Evolved, Control, Doom, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, Devil May Cry,  Bayonetta What games have the ideal difficulty curve? (0:22:57) DMC3, Stranger of Paradise, Armored Core Series, Zone of the Enders, Gatcha Force, Custom Robo,  Silent Hill series, Resident Evil series, Star Fox 64,   Should games have personalized difficulty options? (0:40:27)  Celeste, Claire Obscure: Expedition 33, Doom: The Dark Ages, Dark Souls series, Lies of P, Sekiro  Do you rage at games? (0:54:29) Deltarune Ch3 Game Ratings: Secret Bosses (1:04:10) Final Fantasy I, Final Fantasy VII, Bloodborne, Kingdom Hearts 1&2   What is the ideal reward for difficulty? (1:22:02) Deltarune Ch1, FZero GX, Paper Mario, Anarchy Reigns What is a Perfectly difficult game? (1:34:08) Muramasa Demon Blade, Yoshi’s Island, Tunic The Question Zone (1:54:28) What are your favorite easy games? - I’m Too Young to Diane Kirby Superstar, Kirby’s Epic Yarn, Felix the Cat (NES) What is the gaming achievement you are most proud of? - SwordOfKings128 PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds The Rec Room (2:02:10)   Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator, Animal Crossing: New Horizons,  Lucah: Born of a Dream, Death of a Wish, Friendship ft Tim Robinson, Summer Wars, Wolf Children