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The hardest game for me would be the original Japanese version of Super Mario Brothers 2 which is available on the WII Virtual Console and not the version found on the SNES All Stars Mario game, which is basically the same game, but much easier.

The original game is just brutal and if anyone likes Mario platform games and likes a challenge and then some then this game is for you.

Words cannot express how hard this game is and its not hard from cheap or broken gameplay cause this game plays as tight as any Mario game and I'm not talking about the Doki Doki Panic American released version of SMB2 either, which is a great game, but not hard.

Another game that stands out to me as being difficult is N64 Turok 2 or maybe Sekiro.

What about you?

 

[Exede]

Ikaruga, no question

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Alundra
Vagrant Story

 

[simpatico]

Mushihimesama

 

[SeraphJan]

Rank matches against high level player in Tekken

 

[Irobot82]

The hardest game for me would be the original Japanese version of Super Mario Brothers 2 which is available on the WII Virtual Console and not the version found on the SNES All Stars Mario game, which is basically the same game, but much easier.

The original game is just brutal and if anyone likes Mario platform games and likes a challenge and then some then this game is for you.

Words cannot express how hard this game is and its not hard from cheap or broken gameplay cause this game plays as tight as any Mario game and I'm not talking about the Doki Doki Panic American released version of SMB2 either, which is a great game, but not hard.

Another game that stands out to me as being difficult is N64 Turok 2 or maybe Sekiro.

What about you?

Do what?

Nah,

Original NES Ninja Turtles
Gameboy BattleToads

 

[feynoob]

 

[Gojiira]

Honestly probably God Hand, you just cant fuck up in that game, very unforgiving especially the bosses.
Sekiro gets a honourable mention as well.
A lot of old NES games too but I think a lot of that was just godawful design rather than actual challenge.

 

[IDKFA]

Silver Surfer on the NES

I don't know if was hard or just really poorly designed. I do remember throwing my NES at the wall in pure anger. I think it's also my first memory of experiencing rage.

 

[Guilty_AI]

 

[rofif]

Sekiro. I am not the best at parrying

 

[March Climber]

Hard mode for the thread: Anything after the 360/PS3 generation and No Soulslikes.

 

[TheInfamousKira]

TouchDic for the Nintendo DS.

 

[Fuz]

Project-X
Superfrog
Shadow of the Beast
I can think of hundreds from the Commodore days.

 

[Fuz]

TouchDic for the Nintendo DS.

WHAT DID YOU TOUCH?

 

[clarky]

Ikaruga, no question

Was in coming to say that.

Great game though.

 

[Mr Hyde]

The Evil Within on Akumu mode. Of all the difficult games I've bested over the years, Akumu mode in TEW is the most brutal, most unforgiving difficulty mode ever. To this day, I can't believe I actually put myself through that and grabbed the platinum. It was hell. But holy shit was it satisfying when I beat the final boss and saw the end credits.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

That son of a Bitch



I can beat TMNT of NES, ... i can Beat Ninja Gaiden NES.... I can beat Dark souls series...

BUT THAT BASTARD IS SO HARD!!!!!!.

Thanks to this video game, I stopped being a fan of Donkey kong country for a long time.

 

[MarkMe2525]

This is kind of cheating. I remember bringing the Lion King for the Genesis home from the rental store and being super excited. I saw a screenshot of the stampede scene level that was pseudo 3D, and was pumped to play that level. Needless to say, I never made it.

 

[Laptop1991]

Magic Carpet back in the day, i couldn't get past a certain level, in the 30's, nightmare

 

[SeraphJan]

The Evil Within on Akumu mode. Of all the difficult games I've bested over the years, Akumu mode in TEW is the most brutal, most unforgiving difficulty mode ever. To this day, I can't believe I actually put myself through that and grabbed the platinum. It was hell. But holy shit was it satisfying when I beat the final boss and saw the end credits.

I agree, getting Platinum for TEW is very difficult, Akumu is basically one hit kill, but not only limited by enemy hits, but also blast radius from your own AoE attack such as grenade or Explosives which is ridiculous.

The 2014 TEW was very a underrated game, its basically an enhanced RE4 by Shinji Mikami with very challenging gameplay, but released in a wrong time

 

[Metnut]

8 eyes
Deadly towers

 

[EverydayBeast]

Returnal was like anything else but also had that alien third person shooter spirit.

 

[Rhazer Fusion]

Too many to name honestly. From the past, probably Dragons Lair on NES. The awful, sluggish, frustrating controls combined with nightmarish platforming and cheap deaths made it seemingly impossible. This is coming from someone who completed MANY insanely difficult games throughout their life.

Recently? Maybe Returnal? Not the hardest game ever, but it’s definitely up there. Probably the most unforgiving game I played in the modern era. Still stuck at Biome 3 and still could finish it even with a good player in co-op. Sad part is really like the game, but feel ashamed that I haven’t been able to complete it.

Ranked online matches in any fighting game. Most people fight like their lives depend on them winning that match. It seems like many people study, live, breath and eat fighting games 24/7 and study tournament players online or something to get as good as they are.

 

[dave_d]

Got to say Predator for the NES. I think I got past the first section of the first level maybe once. (Not a good game and super hard.)

 

[dave_d]

Magic Carpet back in the day, i couldn't get past a certain level, in the 30's, nightmare

Was that the level where you weren't supposed to be able to get a castle at first? I know there was one level like that and I figured out a bug where if I tried repeatedly to create my castle it would eventually let me create it and I could escape from the area I was trapped in. (I'm thinking it was that level.)

 

[Fuz]

There was some game on the 64 that was so difficult they didn't even bother to program the last level.

 

[Drizzlehell]

I legit snapped off a joystick handle while playing this as a kid. It was such a raw display of rage that I literally went into Hulk mode once I reached the end for the first time and the game kicked me back to the beginning,. I never played that game again after that...

...that is until I got my hands on a PSP version many years later, and also ended up almost snapping that handheld in half. But since I was older, I had a bit more self control at that point and simply gave up on that shit.

 

[Muffdraul]

Probably Demon's Souls, the game that taught me I ain't got no time for dat. Or maybe Zelda 2?

 

[poodaddy]

Probably either the first NES turtles game or Silver Surfer. NES games were just straight up fuckin demonic.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

The Last of Us
Resident Evil HD Remastered
Resident Evil 4
Star Ocean 2
Star Ocean 3
Star Ocean 4
Valkyrie Chronicles 4
Valkyrie Profile 2
Xenoblade Chronicles
Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Xenosaga Episode II
Final Fantasy 8
Final Fantasy 12
Record of Agarest War
Chrono Cross
Legend of Dragoon
Arc Rise Fantasia

 

[Laptop1991]

Was that the level where you weren't supposed to be able to get a castle at first? I know there was one level like that and I figured out a bug where if I tried repeatedly to create my castle it would eventually let me create it and I could escape from the area I was trapped in. (I'm thinking it was that level.)

It might of been, my memory is hazy after over 20 years, but i just couldn't compete with the other Wizards and the enemy creatures and a castle helps alot, so you could well be right, i tried so many times, it was 36 or 37 i think, i loved the game but it was too hard lol

 

[Edgelord79]

Super meatboy

 

[Nankatsu]

These two:






Kid me tried and tried again, but never beat them.

 

[M1987]

Sekiro

 

[intbal]

Fairlight
C64, American version

It is literally unbeatable.

 

[Vandole]

In recent years probably Hollow Knight, at least getting the proper ending with the Radiance battle.

Going back to the 8-bit era, Milon's Secret Castle was a god damned nightmare.

 

[Danjin44]

 

[Zug]

Baldur's Gate on Legacy of Bhaal mode from lvl1, that was brutal.
Everquest, for the combinaison of game knowledge, organisation and persistence needed to achieve stuff, and the dire consequences when a mistake was made.

 

[Holammer]

Touhou 15 - Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom.
All the games in the series are hard, but this one was actually developed to be extra hard. I Alt+F4'd after fighting Clownpiece for an hour.

Souldiers was brutally difficult at release, but I still enjoyed it. Got to the last boss and died dozens of times before I gave up, then it was patched and I instantly shit kicked the boss

 

[buenoblue]

Rocket league. I was trying to become the oldest Grand Champ at 44. Spent like 2 years playing every night. Got to Champ 3-2 but I just couldn't do it. Then I took a break and couldn't get it back

 

[Krappadizzle]

The one that still bugs me that I haven't been back to in over 20 years is Ninja Gaiden Black on the Xbox. I got so close to the end. I think the second to last boss fight and just couldn't do it and quit and never came back.

I was working at Gamestop and you could only check out the game for a few days at a time and I repeatedly did up until that boss fight and turned it back in. And it taunted me on that shelf the entire time I worked there.

 

[YOU PC BRO?!]

Ninja Gaiden

 

[John Marston]

Ghouls 'n Ghosts on the Sega Genesis.
2 friends and I spent a sleepless night playing in shifts to finish the game.
Battletoads and Ninja Gaiden Black.
Kid Icarus maybe? Not sure it was a looong time ago.

Now I sometimes go the "easy" route coz I feel I paid my dues

 

[Batiman]

Battletoads

Hollow knight ( that arena was hard as shit)

Sekiro

Trials fusion ( some of these courses are brutal and if your trying to ace them)

Super meat boy

I still can’t beat FTL on normal. Made it to the boss like 8 times and he just barely defeats me. So crushing…. I refuse to try easy

Spelunky 1 and 2

Enter the gungeon gets pretty hard but gets easier after experience.

Mario 3D world champions run ( whatever it’s called) I actually haven’t beaten it yet. Platforming perfection. Always plan on trying it again

Getting chicken dinners in PUBG. Probably the most satisfying wins I have ever got in online gaming. So satisfying.

 

[Mr.Phoenix]

Played a few... but I am going to give the crown o hardest to the thing that took me the longest to do. And it wasn't the whole game per se, was just getting two trophies.

Beat Zico and Zone Zeus. Wipeout HD.

If you know you know...

With every other game played, no matter how hard, I usually could pass whatever obstacles in front of me after around 5-10 attempts. Sometimes 20. Not those two though.. think those took weeks to get.

 

[Krappadizzle]

Ikaruga, no question

I had this on gamecube and then again on Steam. Nobody has actually beaten this game. Everyone just puts it on to laugh at how insane it is and battle to get smidges of instances further than your friends for quasi-bragging rights.

 

[Neff]

I've finished Mario Lost Levels many times, it's far from the hardest game I've ever played.

Hardest would probably be Mystery of Convoy on the Famicom or that Winnie the Pooh baseball flash game thing.

 

[Noxxera]

That I finished? I'll go with Dark Souls 2 then. That I havent finished? Sekiro is the top of my mind

 

[tusharngf]

captain planet on NES