20 Video Game Hard Modes For True Masochists

Ninja Gaiden Black is considered to be one of the hardest video games of all time. The game’s difficulty is so ruthless that even on its hidden easiest difficulty that’s supposed to make fun of you for not being able to play on normal, it can still give some people trouble.

The aggressiveness and power of Ninja Gaiden’s enemies are infamous, but this is still not enough for the true enjoyers of pain, who play on the game’s hardest setting, Master Ninja.

Unlocked by beating the game on Very Hard, Master Ninja is the ultimate challenge of Ninja Gaiden that takes everything that makes the game the torment it is and pushes it to the absolute limit of what a human being can handle.

Master Ninja doesn’t just beef up enemies with extra strength and durability. It also limits the enemies’ spawn pool to only the most powerful types of hostile creatures, forcing you to constantly take on foes that you’d normally only see sporadically. And to top it off with an extra bit of spiteful annoyance, the mode also severely limits the amount of items you can carry.

It's not a game mode you play for fun. It’s a game mode you play to prove you can take it.