I thought I was a Resident Evil pro until I tried the max-difficulty hell mode hidden in RE4's demo

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Game devs always love giving their «very hard» mode some kind of goofy name. You know: «Insanity,» «Nightmare,» «I am Death incarnate!,» «Hell Bastard Apocalypse,» something cute like that. The ultra-difficult «Mad Chainsaw Mode» hidden in the Resident Evil 4 demo(opens in new tab) is one of the first to truly feel like it deserves its epithet, though.

First reported by Eurogamer(opens in new tab), you have a random chance of unlocking the mode each time you start a new run of the demo⁠—it's unclear if you have to finish it once to unlock the opportunity. Mad Chainsaw Mode ramps up enemy HP, poise, and aggression while also mixing up their placement, and I hear tell that beloved Chainsaw Guy Dr. Salvador (where'd he get his degree, anyway?) is swapped for his crazy-strong Mercenaries Mode alter-ego Giant Chainsaw Man(opens in new tab) during the big dust-up at the end of the demo. But I didn't make it that far.

I've beaten RE4 six or seven times now, some of those on Professional difficulty, and I've also five-star sweeped the Mercenaries mode to unlock the game's ultimate Handcannon weapon. I pretty handily cleared the demo last night and figured «I'm an RE4 pro, I'm ready for this!»

I was not ready for this. At the demo's very first fight not one, but four premium extra-strength Ganados rushed in to greet me. I wasted all my ammo, knife durability, and only healing spray to not even drop all of them, then promptly Yakety Saxed my way as far as I could until some Castilian bumpkin with a grudge gave me the old Geralt of Rivia(opens in new tab) at the end of a hay fork.

It didn't even feel like a proper difficulty mode as much as it did a trolling ROM hack, and it was hilarious. For an actual chance of beating the thing,