GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Sid Meier's Civilization is known for being one of the most brutal strategy games you can play at the highest difficulty level. Of course, if you're ...

Mark has been thinking and writing about games since a Gameboy Pocket and a copy of Link's Awakening was first placed into his tender, seven-year-old hands. Since then, he snagged a creative writing ...

From retro games to modern titles, the inclusion of difficulty sliders can make any game harder or easier to beat. In some cases, this can be a way of allowing all gamers to enjoy some of the best ...

Games like Blasphemous and Dark Souls 3 balance difficulty and fairness, gradually increasing challenges to reward player progression. Lies of P and Hollow Knight offer gameplay mechanics that cater ...

A League of Legends competition in an arena. Image by Patar knight - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 A League of Legends competition in an arena. Image by Patar knight - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 League of ...

It seems as though every six months or so the discourse around difficulty settings in video games lights up across pockets of the internet — typically tied to the release of the latest soulslike.

Graph domination games represent a vibrant area of combinatorial game theory wherein two opponents engage in a strategic contest on the vertices of a graph. In the standard format, one player, known ...

Welcome to the Best Games Ever Show episode 49: The Best Game with the Worst Difficulty Spike. High difficulty is one thing. As long as it's consistent, it can be an asset. Souls games are essentially ...

Oblivion Remastered has taken some well-judged steps to fix the original's wonky skill and attribute system, but it's still a very strange, unbalanced experience. Nublivion's middle, "Adept" ...

An HR advisor with a background in recruitment and HRIS functions, with a passion for video games and writing. Oliver grew up playing Call of Duty with his siblings and has garnered 1000s of hours ...