10 Unique Video Game Difficulty Modes That Will Break You

Anyone who’s taken on any of the Gears of War titles on Insane knows of its unforgiving nature, killing you off the second it gets the chance. In the Rise of the Horde update for Gears of War 4, The Coalition introduced more ways to make players suffer in the form of Inconceivable difficulty and an Ironman modifier.

While Inconceivable (somehow) raises the damage output from enemies beyond Insane, it doesn’t close this particular door without opening a window, as it also raises the player’s damage dealing capabilities, evening the playing field by a considerable amount when compared with its predecessor.

As well as raising damage values, it drastically reduces the ammo gained from weapons and ammo boxes, forcing the player to put themselves at risk by scavenging the battlefield for resources.

If that wasn’t enough, the same update also added in the aforementioned Ironman modifier that, like many other games of the same ilk, forces a “permadeath” parameter on the player, hurling you straight back to the beginning of the game if you die.

Conquering one of these difficulties is admirable in its own right, but both at the same time? You’re very welcome to try…