Although brutally difficult games aren't too out of the ordinary nowadays, the developer that arguably started this trend off back in the mid to late 1990s was Rare. While this did mean that many of their games were seen as primarily appealing to "Hardcore" audiences because of how difficult that could be, this hasn't stopped Rare from becoming one of the most beloved developers in the industry today, with many fans desperately pleading for them to potentially remaster or remake the classic games that made them such a household name in the first place.