I'm pretty sure that asking a question related to football in a football game is Fake Difficulty for anyone who doesn't actually watch football.

Alright, some thought on this page:

• One Hit Point Wonder should not be on here, since the entire game is designed with the assumption that you'll be dodging bullets. It's real difficulty, it's just a different kind of difficulty than you find in games with a health bar.

• Similarly, I'm rather iffy on the inclusion of One Hit KO, since those attacks are usually designed to be dodgeable.

• Ratchet Scrolling also should be taken off, for the same reasons as above.

• Randomly Drops does not seem to actually be fake difficulty on its own, it only does that when it's a mission critical item (in which case Luckbased Mission already covers that)

• Selective Memory is more a Gameplay And Story Segregation thing than anything that belongs here.

• Guide Dang It, being a player-reaction to difficulty rather than a gameplay element, probably should be taken off. It would be better to mention that Fake Difficulty causes Guide Dang It in the description.

So how do you line yourself up with that star?

Okay I think I got a new proposed criterion.

Player-induced fake difficulty: Commonly seen in an Online multiplayer game. A dungeon or obstacle you can't get done by yourself and must ask other players for help. Unfortunately, the players are uncooperative or flat out selfish and don't lift a finger to help, making something much much harder than it should be. Does not count to issues caused by a Griefer, because they were not coded into the game.

Is the page picture supposed to be a black square or is it just my computer?

Question: The "pushing a button" example listed in the description: Would it still count if the player must alter the mechanics of the button in some way before the right number is a possible outcome? (ex: You find a panel, flip a switch, and the next press will be the right number.)

Anyone else feel this might be better off as a YMMV trope? I know the descriptions on this actual page are mostly pretty clear and reading the article it really shouldn't be one, but I find in the end it somehow always ends up on games where it doesn't seem to belong. Given how different people's ideas of what difficulty is "fake" and what is not are, I feel only tagging this as YMMV would do justice to that.