15 Video Games That Mock You For Playing On Easy Mode

9. Streets Of Rage 3

As previously mentioned, there's sometimes a huge difference between the American and Japanese versions of a game, particularly in regards to difficulty. Sometimes a game is actively made easier for western audiences by the developers, and sometimes the difficulty settings are renamed from "Hard" to "Very Hard", and from "Medium" to "Hard", so that Western players don't find themselves too discouraged when playing games like Ninja Gaiden and Devil May Cry.

With that said, sometimes even western players are expected to rise to the challenge and overcome the odds. In Streets of Rage 3 for instance, the final two stages of the game are completely unplayable on easy mode, meaning that you'll have to replay the entire game on medium just to see the final ending. Worse still, after the fifth stage of the game, Robot X will actively taunt the player for their mistake, proclaiming "You play this game like a beginner!"