Ritwik is a passionate gamer who has a soft spot for JRPGs. He's been writing about all things gaming for six years and counting. Hardest difficulty options in open-world games provide a challenging ...

Some of the best PS2 games, like Devil May Cry and Jak II, can be brutal.

Ritwik is a passionate gamer who has a soft spot for JRPGs. He's been writing about all things gaming for six years and counting. Games with multiple difficulty settings cater to all players, from ...

A League of Legends competition in an arena. Image by Patar knight - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 A League of Legends competition in an arena. Image by Patar knight - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 League of ...

It's not that uncommon for lengthy RPGs and JRPGs to hit players with difficulty spikes from time to time. Some are the result of the devs wanting to pad out the game and encourage players to explore, ...

Jaime Tugayev is the News Editor for DualShockers with over a decade of experience, and a much longer love for fantasy, shooters and strategy games. "We choose to play these games not because they are ...

We all come to video games for different reasons. Sometimes we want a chill game to relax to, others a fun co-op experience with a friend, but other times we’re looking for a challenge. Early on in ...

It seems as though every six months or so the discourse around difficulty settings in video games lights up across pockets of the internet — typically tied to the release of the latest soulslike.

DeathSprint 66 is a great action racing title that's unapologetically difficult, and not in the "you can do this if you try hard enough" type of way, like with a Souls game. High-difficulty purists ...