[mpopp]

sorry if this is an old thread.
for me its obsidian, it was hard even with a walkthrough

mainly because your in a foriegn world so no solutions to puzzles are sensible, just abstract. This game gave me nightmares, very cold.

[Keregioz]

Schizm, black dahlia.

[spdiscus]

Lighthouse

[beatchef]

Curse of Enchantia was pretty obtuse, as was Discworld.

[Tobbe]

For me it was Black Dahlia, some of those puzzles were CRAZY!

[bysmitty]

RAMA, Black Dahlia, and Lighthouse

...bysmitty

[Inwards]

I'm willing to bet that no one has ever completed these without hints:

- Discworld I & II
- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

I personally found Kyrandia 3 to be way harder than it needed to be due to the multiple solution rat holes. Although I don't consider it to be a "true" adventure game, Riven gets my vote for the most annoyingly obtuse puzzles.

[kglaser]

Restore a spot for me on the Black Dahlia bandwagon. There's still one puzzle in there that, after playing the game twice, with the BalmoralSoftware walkthrough (which is very comprehensive), I still have no freaking clue what the object of the puzzle is.

Also, has anyone ever played through Blue Ice? I only had the demo, but I would think that one's a strong candidate for hardest adventure game ever.

[saucyminx]

The Pandora Directive was hard for me.

[colpet]

Schizm.
I'd agree with kglaser that perhaps Blue Ice should take this dubious title. Even some reviewers never finished the game. I have this one and am saving it until I can find someone to play it with (the old '2 heads are better than one' theory )

[MdaG]

Discworld and Schizm (never finished Schizm)

[Psychocandy]

I almost gave up on Still Life due to the sheer absurdity of the puzzles... That and the fact that I wanted to beat Victoria McPherson's head in with a blunt instrument.
I only stuck it out until the ending* because I'd loved Post Mortem so much.










* and I use the term "ending" very loosely.

[Pankake]

Don't know about you guys, but I found Beneath A Steel Sky damn hard.

[beatchef]

I totally agree, I forgot about that one! Oh, and Indiana Jones & the Fate of Atlantis on team mode, i'm sure solo was probably even harder hehe

[Naveed]

Fate of Atlantis on team mode was damn hard MI2 was extremely hard too.

[jelly3]

Rama, drama ding a ling.

[Fien]

Blue Ice. Just getting past the opening screen is a mental challenge. I've read complaints by people who were sure it was a bug or a technical glitch. But it isn't.

[rtrooney]

Originally Posted by kglaser

Restore a spot for me on the Black Dahlia bandwagon. There's still one puzzle in there that, after playing the game twice, with the BalmoralSoftware walkthrough (which is very comprehensive), I still have no freaking clue what the object of the puzzle is.

Also, has anyone ever played through Blue Ice? I only had the demo, but I would think that one's a strong candidate for hardest adventure game ever.

I can email you what I think is the definitive BD WT. Was written by a friend of mine, and I helped edit as well as supplied some graphics.

It's an "old style" WT in that it is a Word document with no screen shots, but I think you would be surprised how comprehensive it is,

And, FWIW, I also helped her write the WT to Lighthouse using the same style. I can send that to anyone who might be interested.

[Terramax]

As for AG, I'd say Myst 4 (one of the only 1st person AGs I've played). I think 1st person games are 10X harder than 3rd.

Anyway, I'd like this moment to also say that, for non-AG, the Guilty Gear games. Anyone tried completing these on the hardest? HELL, try completing it on normal is hard enough.

I'm sorry, I needed to get that off of my chest.

[tsa]

The first Discworld game. No logic in there whatsoever. I didn't finish it, and I didn't play the ones that came after it. Although I love Pratchett's Discworld series, I didn't like the game at all