History PlayingWith / EasyModeMockery

* '''Straight''': After playing "Alice saves the day" on easy, Alice says "That was boring, it was too easy"

** After playing "Alice saves the day" Alice says "PLAY A HARDER MODE OR I'LL KILL YOU!"
** Difficulty changes plot and ending : Easy mode has ExcusePlot and AWinnerIsYou or ItsAWonderfulFailure ending. Medium mode have serious plot and normal ending. Hard mode have complex plot and GoldenEnding.

** Alternatively, in hard mode, your player character is replaced by a badass version of him/her.
** Alternatively, HardModePerks
** Alternatively, a Let's Player mocks the easy mode, saying that the odds are now unfair in his/her favor.
** Alternatively, easy mode characters are elite champions who get downgraded as you increase difficulty levels. By hard difficulty you are a literal AlmightyJanitor. [[FridgeBrilliance Of course the elite champions would find it easy.]]

* '''Parodied''': When you choose easy mode you get text 'Try on harder mode'

** Difficulty changes plot and ending : Easy mode has ExcusePlot and AWinnerIsYou ending.Medium mode have serious plot and normal ending.Hard mode have complex plot and GoldenEnding.

** Difficulty changes plot and ending : Easy mode has ExusePlot and AWinnerIsYou ending.Medium mode have serious plot and normal ending.Hard mode have complex plot and GoldenEnding.

** The game of different difficulties are different games altogether. Easy mode is a cute little side scroller taking place entirely in GreenHillZone and LevelAte. Hard mode is a shooter[=/=]slasher game that takes place in hell. Impossible mode is a stealth game where every enemy's got infrared goggles and one-hit kill guns with unerring accuracy.

* '''Parodied''': "Easy Mode" is just a 10 second mini game that is impossible to lose. On completion you are told to stop messing around and play on a proper difficulty.

* '''Justified''': The game makers want to encourage the player to play the harder modes.

* '''Reconstructed''': But then buys the game again after the hype and realizes that since the game is so difficult, the only way to make it through will be to accept the easy mode mockery.

* '''Played For Laughs''': The game is a DatingSim. [[StealthPun Easy mode]] makes the girls [[GayOption(and the one guy)]] [[ReallyGetsArround have quite a history.]] [[DoubleEntendre Getting far with them]] is specifically referred to as not being anything special.

* '''Played For Laughs''': The game is a DatingSim. [[StealthPun Easy mode]] makes the girls [[GayOption(and the one guy) [[ReallyGetsArround have quite a history.]] [[DoubleEntendre Getting far with them]] is specifically referred to as not being anything special.

** Alternatively, easy mode characters are elite champions who get downgraded as you increase difficulty levels. By hard difficulty you are a literal AlmightJanitor. [[FridgeBrillance Of course the elite champions would find it easy.]]

%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

** At the end of Easy Mode, [[PlayerPunch Emperor Evulz murders Alice's little sister Chinatsu]] by savaging her into chunks of bloody mess and then throws her soul screaming into hell, after which he says [[EvilGloating "HAHA! YOU HAVE NEITHER THE SKILL NOR THE POWER TO DEFEAT ME!"]]. Cue Bad End.

%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

Basic trope: The game makes fun of you for playing easy mode in some way.

* '''Double Subverted''': On the other hand, it does keep you from the final boss this way, telling you "Now that you're experienced, play a harder mode!"

* '''Deconstructed''': The player gets insulted and returns the game, giving a negative review. This turns into a huge flame war.
* '''Reconstructed''': But then buys the game again after the hype and realizes that since the game is so difficult, the only way to make it through will be to accept the easy mode mockery.

Go back to EasyModeMockery, of course if you were any kind of real troper you would just type in the page URL rather than needing a link.

* '''Straight''': After playing "Alice saves the day" Alice says "That was boring, it was too easy"

** At the end of Easy Mode, [[PlayerPunch Emperor Evulz murders Alice's little sister Chinatsu]] [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel by savaging her into chunks of bloody mess and then throws her soul screaming into hell]], after which he says [[EvilGloating "HAHA! YOU HAVE NEITHER THE SKILL NOR THE POWER TO DEFEAT ME!"]]. Cue Bad End.

* '''Exaggerated''': After playing "Alice saves the day" Alice says "PLAY A HARDER MODE OR I'LL KILL YOU!"
** '''Brought UpToEleven''': The game of different difficulties are different games altogether. Easy mode is a cute little side scroller taking place entirely in GreenHillZone and LevelAte. Hard mode is a shooter[=/=]slasher game that takes place in hell. Impossible mode is a stealth game where every enemy's got infrared goggles and one-hit kill guns with unerring accuracy.

* '''Inverted''': The game makes fun of anyone who plays in hard mode, telling them that they are freaks with no lives who don't know how to have fun.

** At the end of Easy Mode, [[PlayerPunch Emperor Evulz murder Alice's little sister Chinatsu]] [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel by savaging her into chunks of bloody mess and then throw her soul into oblivion screaming]], after which he says [[EvilGloating "HAHA! YOU HAVE NEITHER THE SKILL NOR THE POWER TO DEFEAT ME!"]]. Bad End.

** '''Brought UpToEleven''': The game of different difficulties are different games all together. Easy mode is a cute little side scroller taking place entirely in GreenHillZone and LevelAte. Hard mode is a shooter[=/=]slasher game that takes place in hell. Impossible mode is a stealth game where every enemy's got infrared goggles and one-hit kill guns with unerring accuracy.
** At the end of Easy Moode, [[PlayerPunch Emperor Evulz murder Alice's little sister Chinatsu]] [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel by savaging her into chunks of bloody mess and then throw her soul into oblivion screaming]], after which he says [[EvilGloating "HAHA! YOU HAVE NEITHER THE SKILL NOR THE POWER TO DEFEAT ME!"]]. Bad End.

* '''Zig Zagged''': The game allows players to skip harder levels should they choose or play easy versions of the levels, but at the end of the game if you took any shortcuts, the ending is different. After you've killed the BigBad, when trying to grab his {{BFG}}, he gets back up and [[WhyDontYaJustShootHim shoots you in the face]], saying "This gun's is for veteran players! Come back with some real skills!" There is no indication this would happen, it's a surprise for anyone who decides to play easy to win the game.

** '''Brought Up To Eleven''': The game of different difficulties are different games all together. Easy mode is a cute little side scroller taking place entirely in Greenhilles zone and levele ate. Hard mode is a Shooter slasher game that takes place in hell. Impossible mode is a stealth game where every enemy's got infrared goggles and one-hit kill guns with unerring accuracy.
* '''Justified''': The game makers want to encourage the player to play the harder modes so they have the characters mock people who play easy mode.

** Alternatively, in hard mode, your player chaacter is replaced by a badass version of him/her.

* '''{{Up to eleven}}''': The game of different difficulties are different games all together. Easy mode is a cute little side scroller taking place entirely in Greenhilles zone and levele ate. Hard mode is a Shooter slasher game that takes place in hell. Impossible mode is a stealth game where every enemy's got infrared goggles and one-hit kill guns with unerring accuracy.

* '''Exaggerated''': A character wears a humiliating outfit in easy mode and easy mode closing credits have everyone in the game making fun of the player.

* '''Zig Zagged''': The game allows players to skip harder levels should they choose or play easy versions of the levels, but at the end of the game if you took any shortcuts, the ending is different. After you've killed the BigBad, when trying to grab his {{BFG}}, he gets back up and [[WhyDontYaJustShootHim shoots you in the face, saying "This gun's is for veteran players! Come back with some real skills!" There is no indication this would happen, it's a surprise for anyone who decides to play easy to win the game.

* '''Reconstructed''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???

* '''Exaggerated''': A character wears a humiliating outfit in east mode and easy mode closing credits have everyone in the game making fun of the player.