20 Video Game Hard Modes For True Masochists
1. Dante Must Die and Heaven or Hell - Devil May Cry 3
Devil May Cry 3 is easily one of the most difficult entries in the series, and this isn’t even counting its absolutely insane difficulty settings.
On top of the regular Easy, Medium, Hard, and Very Hard difficulty modes, all of which are a huge challenge all of their own, Devil May Cry 3 offers two hidden unlockable settings that only a true masochist would consider playing on.
The first one, called Dante Must Die, is a special setting that you unlock by beating the game on Hard difficulty. In Dante Must Die the enemies are stronger and more aggressive, but they also gain access to Devil Trigger, aka Dante's special ability that only the player should be able to use, turning even the most basic devil into a mini boss fight.
If that somehow doesn’t sound punishing enough for you, however, after beating Dante Must Die, you also unlock Heaven or Hell mode, which lets you kill enemies in one hit, but the enemies get to kill you in one hit as well.
Really, at the end of the day, it’s just choosing which flavor of masochism you’re more into.