Meaning of hard mode | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A game mode with a higher difficulty than the standard gameplay.
   countable, uncountable
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hard, mode.
   countable, figuratively, uncountable

Examples

“Even then, once the main game is cleared – it has to be clocked in one play session, but it’s far from lengthy – hard mode is unlocked (plus a pair of affable bonus modes) which doesn’t just up the difficulty, but completely rewrites the dungeon structures and enemy patterns.”

“Currently, to increase accessibility as well as replayability of the game, we added two difficulty levels. On easy mode, most players should have little trouble reaching the end of a level. On hard mode, extra obstacles offer bigger challenges.”

“If you’re playing on hard mode, be warned that zombies can break down wooden doors.”

“More commonly, to support all player skill levels, games ship with multiple difficulty levels: an easy mode that’s tuned to provide very little resistance for players who want to focus on the story, a normal mode that’s tuned for most typical builds, a hard mode that’s challenging for a typical build, and a hardest mode tuned to be a challenge even to optimal builds, for example.”

“But just when I thought I’d gotten the hang of things, a snake chased me into a deeper level of the labyrinth! Everything’s on hard mode down here.”

“I moved across the country twice the year I finished my dissertation because I like to live on hard mode, apparently.”

“Easy mode: draw the recipe you found. Hard mode: Make the recipe and write about the experience making it.”

“Notwithſtanding this melancholy and hard mode of living, they are ſeldom or ever ſick, and all arrive at extreme old age.”

“A hard mode in the form of a written document is often referred to as a “hard copy.””

“Since you are working on a target mode of giving—an unfamiliar or a hard mode—you will find this formula especially useful.”

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