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.
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Ninja Gaiden: Black & Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne.
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.
Super Meat Boy.
I never had so much intense inertia problems,
until I play this game, that is.
Hard.
I never had so much intense inertia problems,
until I play this game, that is.
Hard.
Dark Souls,it's almost like dying is the whole purpose of the game
Mortal Kombat Shaolin Monks (yes, an old game, lol :O).
Everything was easy though, but the final boss...
Everything was easy though, but the final boss...
^ I know what you mean. 
It was quite a fun game.
It was quite a fun game.
Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne on Hard mode. INSANE BOSSES.
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.
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.
Touhou 11: Subterranean Animism
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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.Pizzicatto wrote:
Touhou 11: Subterranean Animism
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:
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:
I should play through Iji again, what a boss game that was.
GTA san andreas the last mission..i still stuck in this lavel == until today
ALL TOUHOU HELL SHOOTERS (Even on easy, I get quite some kicks, as in I get screwed)
X2hoihoisoi wrote:
ALL TOUHOU HELL SHOOTERS (Even on easy, I get quite some kicks, as in I get screwed)
i only stuck at normal ==
easy is quite easy :3
No shit.taiko_maniac1811 wrote:
easy is quite easy :3
I tried I Wanna Be The Guy a few minutes ago. I died after 30 seconds.
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.
My dad was pro at it though.
Everytime I watched him play, I would go
It was incredible.
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 wrote:
yu gi oh forbidden memories .. awesome and hard as hell game
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.
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.
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.
i beated it with gameshark, otherwise it's impossible imo
It's just really retarded >> But I loved it.
I beated it, took like 2 or 3 months to gather some good cards but totally worth it /foreveralone
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
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
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
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.
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.
Any shooter known to mankind.
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
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
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"
My games are "An Untitled Story", "IWBTG", "IWBTSM"
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.
I don't want to finish I Wanna be The Shrine Maiden, though. That's just lame.
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.
http://www.foddy.net/Athletics.html
Yeah, 1 meter is a "big" distance.
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.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.
just do a kneeling drag, broDafydd 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.
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
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
Strange Journey? more like Shin Megami Tensei: Rise of the Cybermen
Super Mario Bros. Yes, the original one.
...Yes, I'm *that* bad at platformers.
...Yes, I'm *that* bad at platformers.
Aahhh yes. But it still ain't easy!awp wrote:
just do a kneeling drag, bro
Only a few people could do a "close to perfect" run, but would still fall after running several meters.
I agree with you. But I don't think you're bad with platform games. Bros. 1 had just insane difficulty.Ekaru wrote:
Super Mario Bros. Yes, the original one.
...Yes, I'm *that* bad at platformers.
-Insane Super Mario- Totally different from the original. x10 difficulty.
Although I agree, there are T]two things that seperate LoZ from Metroid:Pokebis wrote:
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.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.
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.
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Rii_old_1
Wait I thought, you just build blocks and stuff then show it to mods then poof!Rii wrote:
uff I found this new game named "Minecraft" and I still didn't beat the game yet.
Final Fantasy XII for the DS.
Army Men Sarges Heroes on PS1. Still can't get past level 4 
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.
i wanna be the fangam =,=a
too much trap
too much trap
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.
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.
Amnesia : The Dark Descent
shit, filled with wandering monster and no weapons at all..
shit, filled with wandering monster and no weapons at all..
I take my previous words back... Osu is probably the hardest game I've encountered
I second that-A t H e N a- wrote:
I take my previous words back... Osu is probably the hardest game I've encountered
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)
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)
heey, I used 1 hand for SM, too. Playing all the rythm games with 1 hand \o/
Rii_old_1
Topic Starter
/facedesk
Two handed all the way~
Two handed all the way~
Dustforce is pretty damn tough towards the last unlocks.
Harder than meat boy imo. More controls and such.
Harder than meat boy imo. More controls and such.
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
Definitely Resonance of Fate, until you get used to the extremely complex combat system, ur kinda SoL
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...
Don't forget the other two as well...vizzy wrote:
Metroid Prime
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.
Any horror game. I'm such a pussy that I just want to camp instead of exploring to finish the game.
GeNJiii_old
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
game,TheImpossibleGame,Iwannabethetribute (never actually played it,tho).
Pretty much the classics
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
defeating Sephiroth (even in LVL99) is still hard..
dodging Meteors, getting ready for the Heartless Angel and his multiple combo long sword
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
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
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.
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
That's why there's the Konami Code~ (Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A, sometimes Start)Remilia-- wrote:
Contra!
It gives very little lifes to get through so much T^T i always fail!
Remilia--_old
I think it had something to do with when you beat the final boss it makes you play through the whole thing all over again just to see the ending. It's just plain evil if anything.Nyarlor wrote:
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.
Don't worry, I've only ever gotten as far as the fifth level I think. Still had fun with it though.
for me is golden sun, megaman battle network 1 & 2 and age of empire... 
Prime was...meh...in the difficulty department. MP2 was really hard just because the two dimensions thing was ridiculous to figure out. But MP3 on Hypermode difficulty (yay Trilogyvizzy wrote:
Metroid Prime
)was definitely the hardest, every freaking enemy goes into Hypermode as soon as they see you. So annoying.Probaly Osu! That's why I like it so much. Other than that I'd say Starcraft II. Not so much on the singleplayer department, but when you start playing the MP aka the real deal shit just gets too tough for my nerves. I wanna be the guy isn't really a hard game. Its more about memorizing stuff. Yeah, I've beaten it a couple of times.
You all can laugh at me when I say what the hardest game I encountered....
Megaman x, Legend of Zelda I and II (There's a reason why they are hard for me...)
Megaman x, Legend of Zelda I and II (There's a reason why they are hard for me...)
I'd have to say, Dark Spire. I got to level 8 or so and just couldn't handle the game :<. One time, I started to play it, walked into the tower and took like 3 steps, got into a battle and died. Had to start over..I think it's hard anyway.
since im in malaysia i played multi through the taiwan + korean server iircbocca wrote:
Probaly Osu! That's why I like it so much. Other than that I'd say Starcraft II. Not so much on the singleplayer department, but when you start playing the MP aka the real deal shit just gets too tough for my nerves. I wanna be the guy isn't really a hard game. Its more about memorizing stuff. Yeah, I've beaten it a couple of times.
general rule of thumb the last time i tried:
you meet a korean, you meet your doom
Topic Starter
Going by that just about every competitive multiplayer game is hard.
On the basis that there is always going to be someone better than you/can beat you.
On topic: Unfortunately I haven't really come across any hard games lately. F-Zero GX still kicks my butt though.
On the basis that there is always going to be someone better than you/can beat you.
On topic: Unfortunately I haven't really come across any hard games lately. F-Zero GX still kicks my butt though.
Resident evil..... can't finish this game without walkthroughs xD
Castlevania : SOTD , player over 1 month & just 99% game completion , & clearly played with 200% game completion after 2 years
osu!
A lot of people say the Touhou games are extremely hard, but they're just predictable patterns of bullets... on easy difficulty. Anything above that, and you'll get your ass handed to ya.
Though I usually find the Kingdom Hearts games very difficult (then again, I always play them on the hardest difficulty)
A lot of people say the Touhou games are extremely hard, but they're just predictable patterns of bullets... on easy difficulty. Anything above that, and you'll get your ass handed to ya.
Though I usually find the Kingdom Hearts games very difficult (then again, I always play them on the hardest difficulty)
Men of War : Assault Squad
took me a day just to finish second mission in easy
took me a day just to finish second mission in easy
Quoting Keima: Real life is just a shitty gameMinty Gum wrote:
Life?
So it doesn't matter
Spyro the Dragon
yeah touhou!