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Coro
2,394 posts
Joined September 2010
Coro
Platformer: I wanna be the guy, Super Meat Boy, and of course Battletoads 8D
Sh'mup: Any game made by Cave Co, but especially DoDonPachi Daifukkatsu & Mushihimesama Futari. Oh, and Touhou.
Rhythm: beatmaniaIIDX, hands down. jubeat is also pretty tough 8D. Oh, and o2mania.
Hiryuu_old
439 posts
Joined June 2011
Hiryuu_old
Super Meat Boy and I Wanna Be The Guy. Very hard games.
Copter-kun
399 posts
Joined February 2011
Copter-kun
Like Zekeira, I found IIDX really hard. Another diff was too wtf to me. With an addition, playing on a keyboard (Lunatic Rave 2) is much harder
MikkuMiku
11 posts
Joined April 2010
MikkuMiku

ShinseinaTenshi wrote:

Super Meat Boy and I Wanna Be The Guy. Very hard games.
Yeah, I Wanna Be The Guy was very tough. I can't believe my brother completed the game.
Kiddo-Kun
1,014 posts
Joined May 2009
Kiddo-Kun
Ninja Gaiden I. Kicked. My. Ass.
Wojjan
806 posts
Joined August 2008
Wojjan
I recently downloaded MegaMari, which is a megaman game with a touhou twist to it. That's basically taking two of the most mentioned games in this topic (barring IWBTG because that wasn't hard moreso stupid) and forging them together into solidified death.

I'm not even kidding. Every enemy gets attack patterns as complicated as you'd expect from a touhou-based platformer, the incredible lack of extra lives at the start is almost never enough to get to the boss with even the slightest modicum of chance.

Did I mention all boss patterns are based off of actual touhou spellcards?

Though I have to admit, Marisa has a very small hitbox, and with some luck you'll get the patterns you can dodge the best (every amount of health you deplete does fresh out the boss' array of bullet pattterns though) so it's not incredibly impossible. But still it has to be one of the hardest games I have ever laid eyes on.

Also, some special levels out of the Vip Mario series can qualify, but I only know them through raocow playthroughs, so I'm not the best judge for their exact difficulty.
Rantai
1,000 posts
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Topic Starter
Rantai
I was playing Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter and just remembered how unforgiving this game is.

Didn't help I was playing multiplayer with some friends... which never makes things easier.
Loginer
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Started playing God Hand yesterday. I'm currently at stage 2 (Normal), and I haven't cleared a single area so far without dying at least once. It's not the hardest game I've ever played, but it's definitely another one of those difficult-yet-fair games a la Super Meat Boy.
awp
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awp
I've been very tempted to fire up God Hand again, since I never got far. I do remember it kicking my ass though.
Pokebis
2,047 posts
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Pokebis
I remember the controls being really horrible.
MoodyRPG
2,754 posts
Joined August 2010
MoodyRPG
well recently,i pass Chrono Trigger,what a hardest game man,Seriously
Esupanitix
393 posts
Joined June 2009
Esupanitix
Touhou. 10, 11, and 12 to be exact.

GOD DAMMIT KOISHI
THOSE STUPID HEARTS
AAAAAAAAAAAAAGH ;_;
Kert
2,082 posts
Joined June 2009
Kert
Bucky O'Hare on NES in hard mode when every single bullet kills you. I managed to get to the final boss on the real hardware though
And yeah Syobon Action 2
I even made some screenshots some time ago explaining my frustration
ok cool story goes here
After countless hundreds of tries I got to this place

ok. I thought I knew everything about it and had a perfect plan
But no

Well, I managed to pass this but just gave up here

(not to mention I had -902 tries by that time)
Gomo Psivarh
584 posts
Joined December 2009
Gomo Psivarh
NES Adventure Island...

The 3 BATs in level 8-3 part 4 are totally impossible...
gutsyGumshoe_old_1
12 posts
Joined September 2011
gutsyGumshoe_old_1
Persona 3 FES
Pokebis
2,047 posts
Joined April 2008
Pokebis

-Fluttershy- wrote:

Persona 3 FES
How?
Do you actually play video games?
gutsyGumshoe_old_1
12 posts
Joined September 2011
gutsyGumshoe_old_1

Pokebis wrote:

-Fluttershy- wrote:

Persona 3 FES
How?
Do you actually play video games?
Yes a lot actually. But the fact that the characters get tired so fast made it hard for me to level up. And being the fact that I'm too lazy to grind I never got many levels up. So it was tough .~. And the answer was crazy DX
AzureKikinak
26 posts
Joined August 2011
AzureKikinak
Demon's Souls

First week of me playing it was constant death, really fun once you can survive ^_^
Cant wait for Dark Souls =)
InfernoWonderland
31 posts
Joined April 2011
InfernoWonderland
The legend of Zelda: Link to the past -u- i never finish the game
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DeletedUser_414409
GIRP.
Micaela Mousiki
61 posts
Joined September 2011
Micaela Mousiki
*Thinks*
Hmmmm.....
For me, all games were hard in a way (I suck at games).
But, if I have to choose one...
Tohou *shot* (Don't remember which one *shot again*)
Chibithor
5 posts
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Chibithor
Ignoring all the NES games I can think of, probably Super Meat Boy. It turned out to be one of my favorite Steam games though so I eventually got the Golden God achi. Honorable mention to IWBTG. It's harder than SMB, but in a very unfair manner, so it's more trial-and-error rather than being good at the game. At least the beginning, never bothered to go beyond it.
Tetsu_old
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Tetsu_old
Ninja Gaiden: Black & Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne.
awp
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IWBTG's difficulty is largely fake though; ie once you learn all the Gotchas you can zip through it. I found Mega Man 9 to be the same way, which was why I was glad Mega Man 10's difficulty was a bit more legitimate.
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Lunah_old
Lunah_old
Obiously touhou
Azphyxia
35 posts
Joined October 2010
Azphyxia

Lunah wrote:

Obviously touhou
Apex_old
736 posts
Joined May 2010
Apex_old
Super Meat Boy.

I never had so much intense inertia problems,
until I play this game, that is.
Hard.
nanda2009
925 posts
Joined October 2009
nanda2009

Lunah wrote:

Obiously touhou
Slip
87 posts
Joined June 2011
Slip
Dark Souls,it's almost like dying is the whole purpose of the game
XK2238
2,069 posts
Joined October 2011
XK2238
Mortal Kombat Shaolin Monks (yes, an old game, lol :O).

Everything was easy though, but the final boss...
FisHie_old
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FisHie_old
^ I know what you mean. :D
It was quite a fun game.
monochromesandwich
0 posts
Joined November 2011
monochromesandwich
Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne on Hard mode. INSANE BOSSES.
Rii_old_1
Rii_old_1
for the CDi: Legend of Zelda: Faces of Evil
Blackiris
192 posts
Joined April 2009
Blackiris
Mushihime-sama Futari on ULTRA difficulty. It just makes Touhou's lunatic seem to be a piece of cake.
And IWBTG along with its Touhou crossover ("I Wanna Be The Shrine Maiden") are both quite difficult too...
I'd also mention Kagetsu Tohya - clearing it without using a walkthrough is not really a far cry from a slow-paced walk around the Ninth Circle of Hell.
Pizzicato
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Joined February 2011
Pizzicato
Touhou 11: Subterranean Animism
orz
Zelmarked
407 posts
Joined September 2011
Zelmarked

Pizzicatto wrote:

Touhou 11: Subterranean Animism
Took me a long time to finish the extra on that one. One of the hardest patterns is the criss-cross hearts one, and then again next in reverse.
billy96
589 posts
Joined April 2011
billy96
1.Man Enough (PC)
Playing 4 games at once it's not easy, even when try to flirt with a guy in a blue sweater
2.Iji (PC)
Still having problem fighting Asha in Ultimortal D:
Ivalset
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Ivalset
I should play through Iji again, what a boss game that was.
Rick--
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Rick--
GTA san andreas the last mission..i still stuck in this lavel == until today
hoihoisoi
134 posts
Joined May 2011
hoihoisoi
ALL TOUHOU HELL SHOOTERS (Even on easy, I get quite some kicks, as in I get screwed)
taiko_maniac1811
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Joined December 2010
taiko_maniac1811

hoihoisoi wrote:

ALL TOUHOU HELL SHOOTERS (Even on easy, I get quite some kicks, as in I get screwed)
X2
i only stuck at normal ==

easy is quite easy :3
Haseo_old
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Joined May 2011
Haseo_old

taiko_maniac1811 wrote:

easy is quite easy :3
No shit.

I tried I Wanna Be The Guy a few minutes ago. I died after 30 seconds.
FisHie_old
742 posts
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FisHie_old
Zool was the hardest game in my childhood.

My dad was pro at it though.
Everytime I watched him play, I would go

It was incredible.
Rii_old_1
Rii_old_1
Zelda: Wand of Gamelon

Also extremely hard, ganon shoots little light balls
Salvage
590 posts
Joined January 2010
Salvage
yu gi oh forbidden memories .. awesome and hard as hell game
Backfire
3,207 posts
Joined February 2010
Backfire

Salvage wrote:

yu gi oh forbidden memories .. awesome and hard as hell game
I liked mixing shit randomly and hoping to god they made something boss.
Salvage
590 posts
Joined January 2010
Salvage
lol yea, i used to remember good fusions tho (well, the sand witch thing 2100 with thousands of equipments and the dragon 2800 were the most common)


but after the mages you had to beat the laberinth guy, the 2 crocodile dudes, and like 4 guys more without saving in a row .. it was impossible.
Backfire
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Backfire
My friend and me spent hours upon hours trying to beat it. Getting stars was nigh impossible cause you get like 1 a fight, and if you wanna transfer cards in, you had to spend like 5 billion.
Salvage
590 posts
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Salvage
i beated it with gameshark, otherwise it's impossible imo
Backfire
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Backfire
It's just really retarded >> But I loved it.
Hernan
337 posts
Joined October 2010
Hernan
I beated it, took like 2 or 3 months to gather some good cards but totally worth it /foreveralone
Salvage
590 posts
Joined January 2010
Salvage
lier
bomber34
1,529 posts
Joined February 2011
bomber34
Metal Gear Solid 2 - Sons of Liberty

ON
EUROPEAN EXTREME

omg that is just insane (don't trust somebodys speedrun)
I destroyed my Ps2 controller at the end with this triangle button pressing over 3minutes.
I died over 2000 times !
but it was a worthy experience.

and btw IWBTG is easy :P
Emilescute
23 posts
Joined January 2011
Emilescute
For me it's currently The adventure of Link. My mom knows where everything are on that game and she's really amazing at it.. But I'm pretty much worthless on it... She even had to help to the last boss which I took myself XD
Armaggedon25
2 posts
Joined June 2010
Armaggedon25
Gonna add beatmaniaIIDX (Which I know was brought up in an earlier post) to my list, because the learning curve is the steepest I've ever seen for a rhythm game. The jump in difficulty between normal and hyper is ridiculous :(

I suppose in general bemani games are fairly challenging, but I find Jubeat very fun (and pretty easy). Never tried DrumMania or any of those though.
787B
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Joined November 2010
787B
Dark Souls, there's no doubt about it.
[DG2L]YungYeezy
28 posts
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[DG2L]YungYeezy
Any shooter known to mankind.
-Athena-
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Joined June 2011
-Athena-
yu gi oh took me 1 year to beat when i was about 8 XD kept gathering stuff from meadow mage in free duel
Dark Souls is awesome and hard but far from hardest once you know what you're doing
i think Devil May Cry 3 DMD mode takes the cake i can't think of anything else at this time
BatterKnife
63 posts
Joined August 2009
BatterKnife
I have three games I have never ever beaten. They are just small indy games and maybe people will laugh at this but
My games are "An Untitled Story", "IWBTG", "IWBTSM"
Pokebis
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Pokebis
Hm, I never finished Untitled Story. I should do that at some point.
I don't want to finish I Wanna be The Shrine Maiden, though. That's just lame.
Dafydd
68 posts
Joined November 2011
Dafydd
This might be a repost, but I think QWOP is the hardest.
http://www.foddy.net/Athletics.html
Yeah, 1 meter is a "big" distance. :D
eat my soup
15 posts
Joined December 2011
eat my soup
Metroid on the NES. I beat it, but the game was so poorly designed that to play it without any outside source would take a lifetime to beat.
Pokebis
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Pokebis

eat my soup wrote:

Metroid on the NES. I beat it, but the game was so poorly designed that to play it without any outside source would take a lifetime to beat.
A lot of NES games were like this. You had to basically bomb random walls in the original Zelda if you wanted to find anything.
awp
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awp

Dafydd wrote:

This might be a repost, but I think QWOP is the hardest.
http://www.foddy.net/Athletics.html
Yeah, 1 meter is a "big" distance. :D
just do a kneeling drag, bro
GensokyoAkuma
142 posts
Joined December 2010
GensokyoAkuma
The dark spire for NDS.
It's so goddamn hard, also I just don't seem to have the patience for a hardcore labyrinth dungeon crawler RPG T_T
except for shin megami tensei: strange journey.. god, that game was pretty hard >.< but sooooo damn awesome *__*
I liked the story and visuals of The dark spire though lol
awp
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Strange Journey? more like Shin Megami Tensei: Rise of the Cybermen
Ekaru
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Ekaru
Super Mario Bros. Yes, the original one.

...Yes, I'm *that* bad at platformers.
Dafydd
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Joined November 2011
Dafydd

awp wrote:

just do a kneeling drag, bro
Aahhh yes. But it still ain't easy! :D
Only a few people could do a "close to perfect" run, but would still fall after running several meters. :D



Ekaru wrote:

Super Mario Bros. Yes, the original one.

...Yes, I'm *that* bad at platformers.
I agree with you. But I don't think you're bad with platform games. Bros. 1 had just insane difficulty.
-Insane Super Mario- Totally different from the original. x10 difficulty. :D
eat my soup
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eat my soup

Pokebis wrote:

eat my soup wrote:

Metroid on the NES. I beat it, but the game was so poorly designed that to play it without any outside source would take a lifetime to beat.
A lot of NES games were like this. You had to basically bomb random walls in the original Zelda if you wanted to find anything.
Although I agree, there are T]two things that seperate LoZ from Metroid:

1. Most random bombing was optional. Neither the potion nor container was NEEDED to win, just made it easier.
2. Necessary bombing was most of the time deducted from logic by using the map and seeing there is no passage way into the room nearby on all sides. Plus, it tended to be in the center of the wall.

Metroid was like telling me to find a needle in a haystack over one hundred different times. Thanksfully bombing random places didnt take some form of money like in LoZ.
Low
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Rii_old_1
Rii_old_1
uff I found this new game named "Minecraft" and I still didn't beat the game yet. :(
Dafydd
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Dafydd

Rii wrote:

uff I found this new game named "Minecraft" and I still didn't beat the game yet. :(
Wait I thought, you just build blocks and stuff then show it to mods then poof!
Rii_old_1
Rii_old_1
heh, but I wanna win at it, nvm then, quitting minecraft lul
Aoko
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Aoko
Final Fantasy XII for the DS.
Elit3noob
148 posts
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Elit3noob
Army Men Sarges Heroes on PS1. Still can't get past level 4 >:(
vizzy
671 posts
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vizzy
I think Wild Arms 4. I got to one puzzle near the end of the game and spent countless hours on it, reading FAQs and couldn't overcome it. Then I stopped playing.
Hakeru
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Hakeru
i wanna be the fangam =,=a

too much trap
Dieathan
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Joined October 2009
Dieathan
Mega Man Zero, the first one.
Mega Man X6 was cheap in difficulty but even then I could still finish that. In Mega Man Zero, despite being genuinely hard, I can't even beat the first of the final stages.
Drexel13
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Joined October 2011
Drexel13
Amnesia : The Dark Descent
shit, filled with wandering monster and no weapons at all..
-Athena-
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Joined June 2011
-Athena-
I take my previous words back... Osu is probably the hardest game I've encountered
kriers
1,963 posts
Joined April 2010
kriers

-A t H e N a- wrote:

I take my previous words back... Osu is probably the hardest game I've encountered
I second that
Rii_old_1
Rii_old_1
good point, I'd say stepmania was the hardest for me, I never was able to do 2 of the beatmaps I've downloaded with massive bpm changes (when at my best long ago)
If I'd try it right now... I'd fail worse than before, those maps are more terrible than 1 fingered 200bpm (and I use right hand only for stepmania) (how the hell was I able to keep up with it)
kriers
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kriers
heey, I used 1 hand for SM, too. Playing all the rythm games with 1 hand \o/
Rii_old_1
Rii_old_1

kriers wrote:

heey, I used 1 hand for SM, too. Playing all the rythm games with 1 hand \o/
1 hand only! BIG BIG YEAH!!
Rantai
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Topic Starter
Rantai
/facedesk

Two handed all the way~
-KeRoRo-
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-KeRoRo-
Dustforce is pretty damn tough towards the last unlocks.


Harder than meat boy imo. More controls and such.
jabberwockey
396 posts
Joined July 2011
jabberwockey
This will sound stupid but honestly it's Touhou : Embodiment of Scarlet Devil because Bullet Hell ( Danmaku ) games are by far my least played genre D: could barely get past 3 levels on EASY
YodaSnipe
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Joined February 2011
YodaSnipe
Definitely Resonance of Fate, until you get used to the extremely complex combat system, ur kinda SoL
SereneMidnight_old
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SereneMidnight_old
Hmm... I would have to say either Deathsmiles, Triggerheart Exelica, or Otomedius Excellent. Just don't remember enemy positions for some stages. Especially on higher difficulties...
vizzy
671 posts
Joined September 2010
vizzy
Metroid Prime
SereneMidnight_old
11 posts
Joined November 2011
SereneMidnight_old

vizzy wrote:

Metroid Prime
Don't forget the other two as well...

Last boss of 3 was just a pain... You have so many things to worry about during that fight, down to the point where it's just crazy.
Dafydd
68 posts
Joined November 2011
Dafydd
Any horror game. I'm such a pussy that I just want to camp instead of exploring to finish the game. :D
GeNJiii_old
GeNJiii_old
I remember a hard game, his name was Super Meat Boy 2, its not the hardest i ever played i think, but its very funny.

Totally recommended, and WARNING, your little finger will be punished.....trust me ;)
AfroPriest
74 posts
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AfroPriest
Iwannabetheguy,Ninja Gaiden 2 (made me rage pretty hard,broke a controller),multitask.
game,TheImpossibleGame,Iwannabethetribute (never actually played it,tho).
Pretty much the classics
Drexel13
1,263 posts
Joined October 2011
Drexel13
I suppose I should add Kingdom Hearts 2 then...
defeating Sephiroth (even in LVL99) is still hard..
dodging Meteors, getting ready for the Heartless Angel and his multiple combo long sword
Blue Stig
378 posts
Joined November 2011
Blue Stig
I thought the Prime series wasn't too bad.
You had a big health bar in those games.
...Of course you needed it, but it was not that bad if you read the enemy patterns...
I do remember dying some though...and I still have to finish 2...

Wait I played the special Trilogy version on the Wii. That had a good control scheme. Never mind.

Definitely Iwannabetheguy. Also, Dark Souls
PaiYuri
70 posts
Joined March 2012
PaiYuri
Hard to say, there are quite some games that feel impossibly hard. Just from the top of my head, I'd say Ghouls and Ghosts. I'll never understand how such a game, that's made of pure frustration, could have ever become so popular.
SereneMidnight_old
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SereneMidnight_old
Now that I really think about it. It has to be Ace Combat 6 on Ace difficulty (Landing repair is disabled, not to mention that the enemies are more stronger and more accurate) or Ace Combat: Assault Horizon on Ace (Health regeneration is disabled, not to mention that the enemies are deadly accurate).
Remilia--_old
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Contra!
It gives very little lifes to get through so much T^T i always fail!
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