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What does a good game consist of? (part 37)

Challenging additional content

Additional content here implies unlockable boss levels, medals,
collectibles and trophies, not only (buyable) downloadable content.
Additional content makes a good game replay able, so you can beat it

multiple times. If you ever played Shadow Labyrinth on Steam, you'll
probably want to play the game again if you beaten it. The game is
very hard to play and finish, and that's exactly why it's worth playing

again. There's no problem with making a hard game, but additional
difficulty challenges keep the players playing for a lot longer time
and difficulty makes a game worth playing longer, in fact a lot

longer.  Many players play idle clickers instead, because of being
dead sick of hard games. What is the actual truth however is that
hard games a great teachers of cunningness and life. It feels damn

freaking good to beat a tough challenge. Additional challenges
therefore come very handy when making a hard, exciting game. Making
a good and a hard game is a not an easy task either. But insane

challenge in games is most rewarding.

story mode        |beat the main game
challenge           |find all unlocks
trial                   |beat all additional boss levels

Example challenges:

story mode             |finish all quests
challenge                |finish all quests, the timer challenge
trial                        |beat all quests hardcore(perma death)

The good thing here is also you can extra money making hard to beat
DLC(downloadable content). This means new game modes, that are tier 2.
Or not a basic, starting challenge level, put in other words. Works

great on steam platform.

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