Ever since the rise of the Souls games developed by From Software, other developers have made their own attempts to create a crushingly difficult RPG that keeps you coming back for more. Deck 13 is one such developer. Their first foray into this concept was Lords of the Fallen.

When I was growing up as a young gamer, I played a lot of platformers. These were the bread and butter of early gaming, and it was the genre that I cut my teeth on. These types of games are still present today, but they have been enhanced and upgraded with new mechanics, better story, and pristine graphics.

In the early days of gaming, a high degree of difficulty was something you expected. Classic platformers on consoles like the SNES, Sega Genesis, and PS1 were absolutely punishing. To this day, I still wonder how I finished some of them. While many games on the PS4 offer degrees of difficulty, some still wear their difficulty with pride in a world gone soft.

I remember slot car race tracks from when I was a kid. They were really cool, but they could be finicky. Hit the gas too hard or take a corner with too much speed and your car would be stopped in its tracks as a result of a jam or the car coming off the track.

First-person shooters are a dime-a-dozen these days. They all try to have their own schtick to make them stand out. Some of them throw in some time travel, while others offer intense stories with deep atmosphere and RPG elements. SUPERHOT centers the whole game around its concept. In this shooter, time only moves when you do.