Difficulty levels in games

[Rock8man]

@malkav11

It still counterbalances the increased difficulty. Maybe not fully, but when the increased difficulty is what you want, that’s a bad thing. And making it still harder overall is, as you say, more work. So that’s why it’s not obviously the correct solution.

Only to a degree. Yes, players who like their games challenging do want the game to push back more as you make your way up the power curve, and usually a good game design balances it so when you get stronger, the enemy gets stronger. But eventually, those of us who prefer more challenging games still want to get to the top of the power curve. We still want that feeling of being a badass when we get to the top.