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[FrankWza]

The double bosses in Nioh. It's like fighting 2 separate boss fights because they don't work in tandem and just attack

 

[TropicanaTwista]

Queen Valkyrie on give me God of war mode in GoW 2018. I really don't think there is even a close second after that. But if I had to choice another option, it would be nameless king in DS3. Hardest boss for me in all souls game

 

[Kings Field]

Beating Demon Of Hatred and Owl father while rocking my son in his carriage with one foot. You’d be surprised how much concentration it takes to do both tasks. I also had the TV on mute so that helped a little.

 

[Donkaapo]

Beating Ultimate Ninja 1 in the original Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 with a random stranger.

 

[HRK69]

The only reason I kept playing Lies of P was to see just how much more they copied from FromSoftware.

It’s a terrible copied game, and honestly, I’m just proud I endured it

 

[Dr. Suchong]

I'm pretty proud of Platting Streets of rage 4.
Getting S Ranks on the hardest difficulty needed some intense planning for optimal combos.

 

[PaintTinJr]

Beating Switch Sports Tennis consistently at PowerHouse difficulty (frequently 3 to 0 in games won nowadays once I've had a warm up).

Winning the league in an eFootball season as the game scales the difficulty either by downing the form of your players and or by scaling by your ability, forcing you to always raise your game to get a run of wins or even a draw sometimes.

 

[JackedTortoise09]

Alien Isolation on the hard difficulty

 

[Hohenheim]

FF7 rebirth. Because it took a lot of power getting to the end of that sneezefest.

Also, Sekiro. Last boss was obviously brutal, but so damn good fun!

 

[Davevil]

 

[Nankatsu]

Has a kid I remember being proud of beating KH Sephiroth. Took me ages to be that mf.

More recently I would have to go with Genechiro Ashina and Isshin The Sword Saint, both from Sekiro.

 

[CompleteGlobalSaturation]

Doom Eternal campaign and The Ancient Gods DLC on Nightmare difficulty.

 

[ConkerTheSquirrel.]

The Orphan of Kos

Still to this day, I haven't defeated that one. Such a fun boss, though.

 

[ConkerTheSquirrel.]

The final challenge in The Witness.

Think I played for like eight hours straight until I finally did it.

I'm so tempted to watch a playthrough for the puzzles in this game. I could waste a hundred hours in this game, easily, and not be anywhere near the end.

You have the patience of a saint if you finished this game.

 

[Arsic]

All of Elden Ring and dlc without any summons, or magic.

Man stuff.

 

[ConkerTheSquirrel.]

Dead space 1 on xbox360 on impossible...damn that was intense back in the day.

I remember cheesing the necromorphs behind walls just so I can get through that difficulty. Or was it Uncharted? I dunno, but Dead Space is one of my most-played games. Probably beat it like 9 times since 2008.

 

[dDoc]

Beating Capcoms Tiger Road coin op with one single coin. That was tough.

 

[Felessan]

1st kill of twintania (ff14)
Ragnaros og was good too

 

[Deft Beck]

Tiamat from Final Fantasy Origin: Strangers of Paradise took me two hours on Hard difficulty. I didn't lower it just to get past it. Felt a huge wave of relief when I finally beat it.

 

[balls of snow]

Beating that moonlight blade wielding horse looking motherfcker in Bloodborne old Hunters.

Beating all of Doom Eternal on ultraviolence using a controller.

 

[ConkerTheSquirrel.]

Tiamat from Final Fantasy Origin: Strangers of Paradise took me two hours on Hard difficulty. I didn't lower it just to get past it. Felt a huge wave of relief when I finally beat it.

That game is an overlooked gem. FF fans should definitely give this game a try.

Jack is so macho!

 

[T-Reks]

Not sure how it ranks among other games but beating Pure Vessel in Hollow Knight was definitely a test for an aging gamer

 

[Kindjal]

Getting the true ending of Contra Hard Corps (US version) on the Genesis with Brownie without dying.
I've never done it again.

 

[vodka-bull]

video games are easy, they’re literally made for children

These days. A few decades ago they were brutal.

 

[AngelMuffin]

I consider myself an “ok” Soulsborne player but I beat Ornstein & Smough, first encounter on the X360. Hadn’t watched any videos of it or knew it was coming. I lost to previous bosses multiple times up to that point. Thought for sure I was cooked and was on the edge of my seat.

 

[Illyria]

KHII:FM Larxene & Marluxia data battles. Sheesh.

 

[RCX]

Ori and the Blind Forest

There's a section about half or two thirds thru that has you doing ultra precise platorming to escape a rising tide of thorns (or something like that, its been a while so a little hazy on the exact details).

What I remember is how balls-hard it was. Mega frustrating but very compelling as well. It wasn't trying to be unfair to me, it's just uncompromising. Took me a lot of retries but after banging my head against it for ages I managed to get it done. Pretty proud of that one.

And yes, I'm sure many of you found it easy. But I'm an old man. Get off my lawn.

 

[Markio128]

Back when I first started gaming, a lot of games were super difficult - I’m talking Manic Miner, etc.,back in the Spectrum 48K days. Even later than that, kids games were more difficult than a lot of regular games these days. Tiny Toons on the SNES springs to mind as a game that took me a good while to complete.

I’d say most games nowadays are more a test of patience than a test of skill.

 

[Little Mac]

 

[BlownUpRich]

Elden Ring’s Malenia & especially Promised Consort Radahn, that mofo was something else, they even nerfed him.

Some of the best gaming experiences I’ve ever had.

 

[Raven117]

Pre-patch Promised Consort Radahn (Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree).

This. My god. I lost years of my life taking him down. Easily the hardest (and very unfair, which is not great) From ever designed.

Isshin Sword Saint.

The entire game of Rygar as a 11 year old.

 

[BlownUpRich]

This. My god. I lost years of my life taking him down. Easily the hardest (and very unfair, which is not great) From ever designed.

Isshin Sword Saint.

The entire game of Rygar as a 11 year old.

He only had that double slash attack that was broken, but it got patched, the boss is very fair now, but extremely difficult.

 

[MrJangles]

Snake Rattle 'n Roll on the NES. Looking at a playthrough on Youtube I near break into a sweat. I must have had the patience of a saint when I was 10 years old.