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Displaying all articles tagged:
Hardest Levels
backstories
May 26, 2023
The
Dead Cells
Toxic Sewers Level Is Hard (But It Doesn’t, Er, Stink)
What makes the game’s most daunting area so difficult and how new efforts around accessibility have changed the experience.
By
Aidan Moher
hard mode
May 26, 2023
Finding the Fun in Failure
Bennett Foddy’s video games are maddening, tedious, unfair, and borderline impossible — that’s just how he wants them.
By
Clayton Purdom
backstories
May 23, 2023
Into the Breach
’s Final Level Is Hard Without Breaking the Rules
“A high level of difficulty,” explains developer Matthew Davis, “makes every decision interesting.”
By
Aidan Moher
vulture lists
May 22, 2023
The 100 Hardest Video-Game Levels of All Time
Dizzying shooters, agonizing puzzles, and water stages (ugh) that raise the question: Continue?