The hardest game you have ever played

[MishMeesh]

Jak II. I'm not sure if I even finished it, it got so hard near the end game. I love that game, but hell is it ever difficult. I think I remember reading that the developers didn't even intend to make it as difficult as it is.

I rage-quitted The Last of Us after getting my face eaten by the same Clicker about 50 times and never touched it again lol. Not sure if that counts since most people I know who've played the game haven't complained about how hard it is. Might just be me sucking at it.

 

[N a t]

Don't beat yourself up. You're not supposed to go to the graveyard til later in the game. The beginning of the game has a bit of a problem where it's not really clear on where the player is meant to go.

It's definitely worth picking back up - but it's not nearly as fun with the community having moved on to the newer games.

Lol thanks for this! I may pick it up again one day, but I'm fairly satisfied with Skyrim. Some DS endings were spoiled for me, and I prefer that in Skyrim, the story sorta never ends. Even after you beat everything in the game, you can still sorta do what you want and progress? Whether it's just leveling or going on killing sprees. While in DS, you beat the game, and then sorta just have the option to do the same stuff again, but it becomes much harder. At least that's what happened in one of the games.

 

[That Zephyr Guy]

First Dark Souls will always be the best Dark Souls. Recently Dark Souls 3 has been getting a lot of flak for some reason (didn't see all the bashing earlier on in the game's life) but I think it's in very close competition with the first. That's just my opinion though. CAN'T WAIT FOR THE DLCCCCC

I'm not remotely hyped for the DLC ever since I got to play For Honor tbh

 

[lostineverfreeforest]

Dark Souls.

 

[Sgt.Groove]

Warframe...

Your level cap = 30

Enemy level cap = 9999

Also, enemies constantly gain buffs the longer your in mission with increased enemy spawn as well, with lower hp and energy drop rates. The game is hard, but survival and defense take the cake.

 

[Believe]

I really haven't played that many games so I think the hardest one Ive played was Undertale on Genocide mode. I still havent beaten Sans :l just gave up

 

[Tao]

In terms of normal difficulty/games with only one difficulty setting:

Donkey Kong: Tropical Freeze. It's pretty much the only recent game (this and last gen) I can think of where the default difficulty has given me quite a lot of trouble. It always felt hard but fair though, so I always felt it was my own fault I screwed something up, or that it was my own lack of perception that I missed a collectible.

Ninja Gaiden. It's mostly just "hard but fair" a majority of the game, but it gets pretty bull **** towards the last level, especially with how the rules suddenly change in regards to where you start when you die.



For optional difficulty levels:

Ninja Gaiden Sigma, Ninja Gaiden Sigma II, Metal Gear Rising: I just grouped these together because their difficulty is essentially the same. You have to master the controls to beat the hardest mode. The enemies get more health, become more active, etc, but the main challenge is mastering the block/counter. Beating these games on the hardest difficulty essentially makes you a fully certified ninja.

Metal Gear Solid 2/3 (the Japan/EU version. US didn't have the hardest "European Extreme" setting, or so I hear): Again, their difficulty is pretty much the same requiring you to know the game like the back of your hand.



I don't know what others to mention since I'm trying to remember which were hard in a 'genuinely challenging way' and which made everything into friggin' cheap 1 hit kill 'bullet sponges' that you just get bored of shooting.

 

[Bunnilla]

the one not trying to get infractions :/

 

[Mayor Akuro]

theres this game on stream called 'long live the queen' super hard and multiple endings D:

 

[KAnaliseY]

Probably trying to complete Yo Kai Watch 2- Psychic Specters. It took me FOREVER. The final boss (which is way after the end of the storyline) is a nightmare.

 

[Psydye]

Ninja Gaiden for the original Xbox.

 

[JCnator]

Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, specifically the Famicom Disk System version easily ranks as the hardest game I ever finished. When the grueling level design by platformer standards doesn't get you, the unfair design choices and less-than-refined physics will likely bring you down!

 

[Grawr]

I'm trying to think of something more retro, but honestly, I think my answer is Cuphead.

 

[Ably.Saucey]

Early 9 bit Zelda games, one that have you on a flying manta ray while trying to jump around and hit the boss (minish cap I think) and (ages, awakening or seasons) had you fighting a moldorm that keeps knocking you off to floors below so you have to fight your way back to the boss only to have your butt handed to you again and again and again.

 

[Katelyn]

Cuphead BY FAR. Honestly, I think they made it a bit too difficult.

 

[rinabun]

Hollow Knight was pretty hard for me because I'm terrible at platformers in general >.<

 

[xSuperMario64x]

Minesweeper. I don't even know how people think it's fun lol
Like I know how to play it but it's so nerve wracking and I've never been able to clear a board without gettin blown up

 

[LittleMissPanda]

My first time playing Resident Evil 4

The castle segment was so LETHAL

 

[duckykate]

adventure of link

 

[Garrett]

Wipeout HD on PS3. I couldn't even place third in the first race on "easy" and made zero progression.

It was a freebie given out after the PSN network went offline once, so I just gave up.