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Hardest game you've ever finished?
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Hmm I remember Nocturne being very difficult for young me, I've never replayed it so idk if it was a me thing.
Wait I can't believe I forgot, 3rd Birthday on Insane, it is incredibly challenging even with a maxed out board, like unbalancedly challenging.
Wait I can't believe I forgot, 3rd Birthday on Insane, it is incredibly challenging even with a maxed out board, like unbalancedly challenging.
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doom on the snes or prince of persia on the 48k ( also my first ever game i finished). probably played harder over the years but they stick out when others dont.
Sekiro was a bitch to beat but on subsequent playthroughs it's not too bad. But also Bloodborne and Nioh was though, particularly to platinum. Other souls games aren't too difficult when you've beaten the first and kinda know the formula.
I have never beaten a game on hardest difficulty I think since most games feels unfair and unbalanced on higher difficulties. Too many instances where you get one shot without telling what instakilled u.
I have never beaten a game on hardest difficulty I think since most games feels unfair and unbalanced on higher difficulties. Too many instances where you get one shot without telling what instakilled u.
Resident Evil 6. Can't believe I saw it through to the end without puking. That was some effort !
Dont @ me.
Probably Dark Souls
Not a game entirely, but the Defiled Chalice Dungeons from Bloodborne still haunt me to this day.
Demon's Souls (first Souls I played)
Bloodborne (+DLC)
SMT3: Nocturne (first SMT, some of the dungeons and save points were brutal)
Breath of Fire V: Dragon Quarter (I took a breath after beating it alright, holy shit, so fucking hard at the end)
Mega Man X7 (what a slog)
Rocket Knight Adventures (on Super Hard difficulty - one hit and game over)
Dynamite Headdy (the back half of this game is something else)
SMT: Strange Journey (these dungeons and bosses...)
Bloodborne (+DLC)
SMT3: Nocturne (first SMT, some of the dungeons and save points were brutal)
Breath of Fire V: Dragon Quarter (I took a breath after beating it alright, holy shit, so fucking hard at the end)
Mega Man X7 (what a slog)
Rocket Knight Adventures (on Super Hard difficulty - one hit and game over)
Dynamite Headdy (the back half of this game is something else)
SMT: Strange Journey (these dungeons and bosses...)
Hmm nothing in particular stands out. Done stuff like Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 on Master Ninja. Celeste chapter 9 is surely the hardest platforming I've ever done, being like a 13 hour long gruelling gauntlet requiring absolute mastery. All FromSoft games, but they're not too bad tbh. Wipeout HD and Omega all trophies. Metal Gear Rising all trophies, Vanquish challenge 6. Some frustration but I feel like everything I've done was very doable still.
Probably one of: Super Meat Boy (Light world), FTL (all ships Hard mode), The Witness, Braid, Hollow Knight.
when i was a kid, probably t2 judgement day for mega drive. those pesky controls were simply annoying.
This shit right here. So many different kinds of jumps and you have to memorise the level perfectly and know when to go quickly and when you have to wait a moment to let the lava/ice move a bit further.
My proudest platinum even if there's no way to know if you've done it legit or not seeing the game has an easy mode that doesn't disable trophies.
Sekiro was a baby game in comparison.
My proudest platinum even if there's no way to know if you've done it legit or not seeing the game has an easy mode that doesn't disable trophies.
Sekiro was a baby game in comparison.
xcom series i guess
i also beat many SMT games but i dont think theyre really hard? or at least they werent on the difficulty i usually play
i also beat many SMT games but i dont think theyre really hard? or at least they werent on the difficulty i usually play
I'm old and not great at games so am proud of demon's souls completion at launch and bloodborne (platinum, which unlike basic completion requires some tough fights where you can't summon help).
If beating Through the Fire and Flames on expert in Guitar Hero 3 counts as finishing it then probably that. Hell, even beating the Devil on expert is a feat.
A no damage run of Mega Man 10 I guess? I've cleared several of the so called "hard" NES games like Turtles, Contra (no cheats) Ninja Gaiden, Ghosts n Goblins etc. but I don't really think those are quite as hard as people make them out to be. Or maybe I just have too much time on my hands to learn them proper!
Hardest game? I mean bloodborne was challenging but I normally play games on the highest difficulty to get the most bang for my buck. The uncharted games on crushing(brutal is just dumb), last of us on grounded, Halo's on legendary, gears's on insane, call of duty's on veteran, the last god of war was extremely rewarding but again so was bloodborne and I haven't really played any of the other souls games. There are other games but I can't really think of one that was the hardest. I mean sure they were difficult at times but I got through them.
Oh God I can't believe you could muster the strength to finish that train wreck
Sekiro is definitely up there... I'm working towards 100% achievements in In Death, and that one's pretty damn hard (PSVR rougelike). Almost killed the ultra-tough optional boss in Digital Devil Saga once, but almost doesn't cut it lol
Whoa. When I read the title, the first game that popped to mind was I Wanna Be The Guy, but thinking about it more... The Witness is definitely a contender for me, too. That game is challenging in a whole different way than most "traditionally hard" games. Excellent choice.
Bloodborne. Not a Dark Souls veteran so the difficulty was quite punishing, but I persevered, partly because the setting is so amazing - it ticked all the right boxes with me.
Call of Duty 2 Veteran difficulty also took a lot of dying and save-scumming, lol.
Wish I'd finish Ninja Gaiden NES. Got close, but no cigar.
Call of Duty 2 Veteran difficulty also took a lot of dying and save-scumming, lol.
Wish I'd finish Ninja Gaiden NES. Got close, but no cigar.
you mean difficult as in requiring skills or difficult as in cumbersome, requiring bruteforcing and thousands lives lost?
If it is the former, it is probably some 2d/3d fighting games on hard difficulty trying to play fair and square against the CPU.
If it is the latter, Giana Sisters Twisted Dreams. I reached the finale but was so angry at the game that I stopped there. That was before the patch that made the requirements easier. They thought that those old computer platformers were difficult because they were for skilled players, while the truth is they were difficult because of bad game design and lack of qa. Unfortunately that mentality spread to all those newer indie platformers.
If it is the former, it is probably some 2d/3d fighting games on hard difficulty trying to play fair and square against the CPU.
If it is the latter, Giana Sisters Twisted Dreams. I reached the finale but was so angry at the game that I stopped there. That was before the patch that made the requirements easier. They thought that those old computer platformers were difficult because they were for skilled players, while the truth is they were difficult because of bad game design and lack of qa. Unfortunately that mentality spread to all those newer indie platformers.