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The Civilization series gives you a score at the end of the game that compares you to other world leaders.Not to be confused with Completion Mockery, which makes fun of you regardless of the difficulty. Games featuring a Story Difficulty Setting frequently avert or even invert this by framing the easiest setting as a perfectly valid way to enjoy the game, though this doesn't always mean this trope isn't present either. Subtrope of Earn Your Fun.Ĭontrast Hard Mode Perks, where the game achieves the same result by rewarding you for choosing harder difficulties. For some cases where Easy Mode Mockery is provided by other players, see "Stop Having Fun" Guys. Compare No Fair Cheating, where making the game easier through cheats is discouraged. Another related trope is Hints Are for Losers, which is when the game mocks or penalizes the player for trying to use hints. Related to Idiosyncratic Difficulty Levels, where the names of the easy modes often contain taunts.

The increasing number of game developers acknowledging that there are gamers who are unable to play on harder difficulty settings, along with the desire to appeal to more casual gamers, has reduced the number of recent examples.Īttempts to mitigate this trope vary from not having an easy difficulty altogether, giving various gameplay mechanics to ease the player before the inevitable Difficulty Spike, or instead of locking story or stage, just add score multipliers, or achievements and unlockable wearables exclusive to the completion of the harder difficulties. Has become somewhat of a Discredited Trope, as certain players (especially those with disabilities) generally don’t appreciate a game making fun of them for something that is entirely out of their control. Now a lot of these "mocking" endings are worth seeing at least once, and in a few cases (most notably Guitar Hero 2 and Rocks The 80s), you actually get rewards from the easiest difficulty you can't get any other way. For example, all the enemies turn Super-Deformed and your weapon becomes a broomstick. The Humiliating Way: The game turns ridiculous in one way or another on easy difficulties. This is to prevent you from just unlocking all the extras on the easiest levels and then ignoring the main game. The game may also end early or not give you the best ending. The Serious Way: You cannot unlock extra gameplay modes or features on the easier difficulties. Easy Mode Mockery is where the game radically changes when you play on easier difficulties.
