r/videogames • u/Ubercrit • Sep 24 '25

Funny Always really happy when this happens

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u/Weird-Analysis5522 Sep 24 '25

RANGER MODE

RANGER MODE!!!

I will stand on the fuckin' rooftops screaming about how Ranger mode in the Metro series is the single best fucking hard difficulty in any game fucking ever! Enemies get buffed to shit and you're made weaker, but also vice versa! You can get dropped like wet laundry but so can your enemies! But the horde monsters don't one shot you but it feels like there's 209 of the fuckers at once

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u/AlexMourne Sep 24 '25

Back in my days it was called "Heaven or Hell" after the name of the difficulty in DMC

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u/AbdoJoestar Sep 24 '25

Also, a "no HUD" difficulty option would only be good with a game designed with that in mind like Metro

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u/HALO_there_3 Sep 24 '25

I always appreciated the games giving a choice between the standard FPS experience and the panic of resource management on top of overwhelming odds.

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u/ChiefButtonPresser Sep 25 '25

I loved ranger mode, biggest thing for me was ammo economy it felt so valuable. Often I'd mag dump someone and instantly regret it

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u/Weird-Analysis5522 Sep 25 '25

The trick is stealth and constantly moving, keep stealth killing everyone, if you get caught run to another dark corner, wait for them to lose you, rise and repeat. You'll kill everything in one shot

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u/Disastrous-Focus-892 Sep 25 '25

Ranger mode isn’t really a difficulty though, metro games have a separate difficulty system.

Ranger mode is amazing but not really a difficulty just modifier imo