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->The last dungeon in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII'' is fucking ''tough''.
-->-- '''[[https://socksmakepeoplesexy.net/index.php?a=ff03 Pat R.]]'''
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->''"We start off with 'Cryptic Hard' if you don't know what you're doing, 'Medium Easy' if you know exactly what to do. Then we progress to 'Bumbling Easy' (I didn't even know what I was doing here), and finally, 'GRIND YOUR BONES TO MAKE MY BREAD!'"''
-->-- '''WebVideo/RosssGameDungeon''' (on ''[[Film/FlashGordon1980 Captain Zzap]]'')
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-->-- '''WebVideo/{{SomecallmeJohnny}}''' on ''{{VideoGame/Mother 1}}''

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-->-- '''WebVideo/{{SomecallmeJohnny}}''' on ''{{VideoGame/Mother 1}}''
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-->-- '''WebVideo/{{SomecallmeJohnny}}''' on {{VideoGame/Mother 1}}

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-->-- '''WebVideo/{{SomecallmeJohnny}}''' on {{VideoGame/Mother 1}}
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-->--WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd in his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvWuy7p5mZE Rocky Sega Master System review]]

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-->--WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd -->-- '''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd''' in his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvWuy7p5mZE Rocky Sega Master System review]]



-->--'''''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation''''' on ''VideoGame/LightningReturnsFinalFantasyXIII''

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-->--'''''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation''''' -->-- '''''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation''''' on ''VideoGame/LightningReturnsFinalFantasyXIII''



-->--[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAqYYLt5Ip8 Border Down PRO REVIEW]]

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-->-- WebVideo/{{SomecallmeJohnny}} on {{VideoGame/Mother 1}}

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-->-- WebVideo/{{SomecallmeJohnny}} '''WebVideo/{{SomecallmeJohnny}}''' on {{VideoGame/Mother 1}}



-->--'''WebVideo/RosssGameDungeon''' (on ''The Chosen: Well of Souls'')

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-->--'''WebVideo/RosssGameDungeon''' -->-- '''WebVideo/RosssGameDungeon''' (on ''The Chosen: Well of Souls'')



-->--''WebVideo/PlayStationAccess'', "7 Crushing Difficulty Spikes That Will Utterly Destroy You"

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-->--''WebVideo/PlayStationAccess'', -->-- ''WebVideo/PlayStationAccess'', "7 Crushing Difficulty Spikes That Will Utterly Destroy You"
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-->--'''''WebvAnimation/ZeroPunctuation''''' on ''VideoGame/LightningReturnsFinalFantasyXIII''

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-->--'''''WebvAnimation/ZeroPunctuation''''' -->--'''''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation''''' on ''VideoGame/LightningReturnsFinalFantasyXIII''
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->'''Rob (after drowning in ''VideoGame/RachetAndClank1'' on Easy Mode):'''''"[[PunctuatedForEmphasis What. Is. THIS?]]"''

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->'''Rob (after drowning in ''VideoGame/RachetAndClank1'' ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2002'' on Easy Mode):'''''"[[PunctuatedForEmphasis What. Is. THIS?]]"''
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->''"[[PunctuatedForEmphasis What. Is. THIS?]]"''
->''"What Rob's experiencing here is a well-documented gaming phenomenon, commonly known as a difficulty spike. They happen when, regardless of difficulty level, a game decides to challenge the skills of a player in an entirely new way. Sometimes, they can seem so insurmountably massive, that players like Rob just give up."''
-->--Nathan doing his Brian Cox impression to describe Rob drowning in ''Rachet & Clank'' on Easy Mode from ''WebVideo/PlayStationAccess'' (in ''7 Crushing Difficulty Spikes That Will Utterly Destroy You'')

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->''"[[PunctuatedForEmphasis ->'''Rob (after drowning in ''VideoGame/RachetAndClank1'' on Easy Mode):'''''"[[PunctuatedForEmphasis What. Is. THIS?]]"''
->''"What ->'''Nathan (doing his Brian Cox impression):''' ''"What Rob's experiencing here is a well-documented gaming phenomenon, commonly known as a difficulty spike. They happen when, regardless of difficulty level, a game decides to challenge the skills of a player in an entirely new way. Sometimes, they can seem so insurmountably massive, that players like Rob just give up."''
-->--Nathan doing his Brian Cox impression to describe Rob drowning in ''Rachet & Clank'' on Easy Mode from ''WebVideo/PlayStationAccess'' (in ''7 -->--''WebVideo/PlayStationAccess'', "7 Crushing Difficulty Spikes That Will Utterly Destroy You'')You"
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-->--Nathan doing his Brian Cox impression to describe Rob drowning in ''Rachet & Clank'' on Easy Mode from ''PlayStation Access'' (in ''7 Crushing Difficulty Spikes That Will Utterly Destroy You'')

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-->--Nathan doing his Brian Cox impression to describe Rob drowning in ''Rachet & Clank'' on Easy Mode from ''PlayStation Access'' ''WebVideo/PlayStationAccess'' (in ''7 Crushing Difficulty Spikes That Will Utterly Destroy You'')
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->''"[[PunctuatedForEmphasis What. Is. THIS?]]"''
->''"What Rob's experiencing here is a well-documented gaming phenomenon, commonly known as a difficulty spike. They happen when, regardless of difficulty level, a game decides to challenge the skills of a player in an entirely new way. Sometimes, they can seem so insurmountably massive, that players like Rob just give up."''
-->--Nathan doing his Brian Cox impression to describe Rob drowning in ''Rachet & Clank'' on Easy Mode from ''PlayStation Access'' (in ''7 Crushing Difficulty Spikes That Will Utterly Destroy You'')
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-->-- {{SomecallmeJohnny}} on {{VideoGame/Mother 1}}

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-->-- {{SomecallmeJohnny}} WebVideo/{{SomecallmeJohnny}} on {{VideoGame/Mother 1}}
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->''"This game has turned into a corridor of death with the flick of a switch!"''
-->--'''WebVideo/RosssGameDungeon''' (on ''The Chosen: Well of Souls'')
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-->-- {{SomecallmeJohnny}} on {{VideoGame/Mother1}}

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-->-- {{SomecallmeJohnny}} on {{VideoGame/Mother1}}{{VideoGame/Mother 1}}
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->''"Oh, you wanna talk about shit hitting like tanks, try '''everything''' in the final area of the game, Mt. Itoi. I get it; the final area of an RPG is supposed to be tough, [[ObviousBeta but was this area even playtested?]] Before, enemies '''at max''' were doing about 40-50 damage with the best equipment possible, but now I've got assholes doing that stupid [[OneHitKill one hit kill]] shit all the time, and some who hit for '''insanely''' high damage, well above my HP limit [[ForcedLevelGrinding and that's after all my fucking grinding]]. This is not a difficulty spike, this is a difficulty mountain, and it's called Mt. Itoi."''

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->''"Oh, you wanna talk about shit hitting like tanks, try '''everything''' in the final area of the game, Mt. Itoi. I get it; the final area of an RPG is supposed to be tough, [[ObviousBeta but was this area even playtested?]] Before, enemies '''at max''' were doing about 40-50 damage with the best equipment possible, but now I've got assholes doing that stupid [[OneHitKill one hit kill]] shit all the time, and some who hit for '''insanely''' high damage, well above my HP limit [[ForcedLevelGrinding and that's after all my that fucking grinding]]. This is not a difficulty spike, this is a difficulty mountain, and it's called Mt. Itoi."''
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->''"Oh, you wanna talk about shit hitting like tanks, try '''everything''' in the final area of the game, Mt. Itoi. I get it; the final area of an RPG is supposed to be tough, [[ObviousBeta but was this area even playtested?]] Before, enemies '''at max''' were doing about 40-50 damage with the best equipment possible, but now I've got assholes doing that stupid [[OneHitKill one hit kill]] shit all the time, and some who hit for '''insanely''' high damage, well above my HP limit [[ForcedLevelGrinding and that's after all my fucking grinding]]. This is not a difficulty spike, this is a difficulty mountain, and it's called Mt. Itoi."''
-->-- {{SomecallmeJohnny}} on {{VideoGame/Mother1}}
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->''"The combat difficult ramped up quickly, and suddenly regular enemies had health bars the size of Christmas Toblerones that I could only patiently chip away at all through early-to-mid- Janurary."''

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->''"The combat difficult difficulty ramped up quickly, and suddenly regular enemies had health bars the size of Christmas Toblerones that I could only patiently chip away at all through early-to-mid- Janurary."''
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->''"The combat difficult ramped up quickly, and suddenly regular enemies had health bars the size of Christmas Toblerones that I could only patiently chip away at all through early-to-mid- Janurary."''
-->--'''''WebvAnimation/ZeroPunctuation''''' on ''VideoGame/LightningReturnsFinalFantasyXIII''
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->''"Well this is a little bit more sensible than ''{{Darius}}'' pyramid; you got to have that lovely level 1, then after that it just goes straight down to Hell. [[StealthPun In both directions.]]"''

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->''"Well this is a little bit more sensible than ''{{Darius}}'' ''VideoGame/{{Darius}}'' pyramid; you got to have that lovely level 1, then after that it just goes straight down to Hell. [[StealthPun In both directions.]]"''
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->''"This is around the time where the game hates you for getting this far and decides to flip the "Fuck You" switch."''
-->-- Our own YMMV.SuperRobotWarsAlpha page, on the [[WakeUpCallBoss Turn X's stage]] in ''Alpha Gaiden''

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-->--WebOriginal/TheAngryVideoGameNerd in his [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvWuy7p5mZE Rocky Sega Master System review]]

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-->--TheAngryVideoGameNerd in his [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvWuy7p5mZE Rocky Sega Master System review]]

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-->--TheAngryVideoGameNerd -->--WebOriginal/TheAngryVideoGameNerd in his [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvWuy7p5mZE Rocky Sega Master System review]]
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->''"How does a game go from being so easy, to being so '''fucking hard'''?"''
-->--TheAngryVideoGameNerd in his [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvWuy7p5mZE Rocky Sega Master System review]]

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