The most difficult game ever thread?

SoccerDude28 · 03-03-2005, 05:17 PM

What did you guys think was the most difficult game ever made?

I choose Jak 2. Ratchet and clank going commando is also up there. I heard Ninja Gaiden is impossible to beat, though I haven't played it yet.

DemonFox · 03-03-2005, 05:24 PM

Jak 2? Ratchet and Clank 2? I guess ya don't play action games much, do ya? For me it would be... a Myst game. I don't know which Myst, just a Myst. They're so boring it's too hard for me to play them.

Well the same goes for other first-person adventures. I just picked Myst cuz everybody knows Myst. Even my friends who never heard of "pure-adventures" know Myst.

SoccerDude28 · 03-03-2005, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by DemonFox

JI guess ya don't play action games much, do ya?

I do a lot. But mainly first person shooters

I'm new to the console universe.

DemonFox · 03-03-2005, 05:27 PM

FPS on a console? :eek: That's the worst thing ever!

lumi · 03-03-2005, 05:29 PM

Strategy games are the most difficult for me, real time or turn based. Often I'll do okay in the beginning, but later on I just can't compete against the computer's superior resource and military managemant. I still like the games, though, but I wish I could get better.

SoccerDude28 · 03-03-2005, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by DemonFox

FPS on a console? :eek: That's the worst thing ever!

Nononono on a PC of course. I can't stand an FPS on a console. It drives me crazy. Some platforms are just not good for some games. PC's struggle with platformers, and consoles reek when you play an FPS on them.

TheGreatFrith · 03-03-2005, 06:40 PM

Okay going to go out on a limb here and pick a console game:

Fatal Frame 2. Got stuck without a camera being chased through a house by a ghost that was kicking my butt. Basically supposed to run and hide and run and hide and run and hide.... gave up.

ConcreteRancor · 03-03-2005, 06:55 PM

It's kind of an old one, but I'd definitely say The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Most fiendishly unforgiving game ever. Of course, that was part of the fun. Still, after five attempts at it, I still have never beaten it.

Bastich · 03-03-2005, 08:39 PM

Druuna: Morbis Gravis.

You have to play it to understand. It has the worst controls of any game I have ever played. Just turning your character around can be enough to make you you lose your sanity after a short while.

Intrepid Homoludens · 03-03-2005, 08:53 PM

Really? I would think in your case it has to do with Druuna being......you know, immensely gifted in the upper torso department that's impossible to concentrate on the game to finish it.

<runs>

Bastich · 03-03-2005, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Intrepid Homoludens

Really? I would think in your case it has to do with Druuna being......you know, immensely gifted in the upper torso department that's impossible to concentrate on the game to finish it.
<runs>

Sadly, I have to admit that I wasn't familiar with Serpieri's (sp?) work before buying the game, so I was rather surprised when one of the first things you see in the game is a monstrous pair of breasts.

Amazingly enough, they even managed to screw up the character model for her. It looks awful.

Intrepid Homoludens · 03-03-2005, 09:05 PM

She looks like The Incredible Hulk with supersized man boobs.

SakSquash · 03-03-2005, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by DemonFox

FPS on a console? :eek: That's the worst thing ever!

Why? I play them on xbox all the time and i've never had a single problem with them.

Anyway, I thought far cry was pretty hard, more specifically the last level.

artwking4 · 03-03-2005, 11:08 PM

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Originally Posted by temporaryscars

Why? I play them on xbox all the time and i've never had a single problem with them.

Anyway, I thought far cry was pretty hard, more specifically the last level.

I wish I could play FPS games on consoles. I just have too much difficulty aiming precisely without a mouse, regardless of whether or not I inverted the Y-axis. And the games that DON'T allow that option...

My most difficult game would probably be The Feeble Files. It had some major math/logic puzzles in it that I was not expecting. Nothing stops a story-driven adventure game dead in its tracks like the quadratic formula (of course, if that were actually the case in this game, it would have been easier). Also, I've never finished a Myst type game beyond the first puzzle or two. Except for Zork Nemesis.

Crunchy in milk · 03-03-2005, 11:50 PM

I'd have to say : Blinx - The time sweeper.

I found Ninja Gaiden a cake walk, but I just couldn't finish Blinx. Some people claimed they where defeated by its 10 minute time limit on every level, some claimed to be defeated by the difficulty in aiming. I'm more honest and just admit I was defeated by an inability to play a white pussy cat wielding a vacuum who rewards themselves after a hard days vacuuming by going to a shop and buying new outfits and/or a new vacuum.

Kudos for the designers trying to target the female gamer though.

insane_cobra · 03-04-2005, 12:12 AM

I'm ready to lick the shoes of anyone who gets past the last stage of Zuma Deluxe!

I also think it's the most ingenious game design since Tetris.

100ja a.k.a. mr_mitja · 03-04-2005, 01:32 AM

Civilization. And strategy games in general. I'm such a moronic strategist, my civilization was so primitive, that at one point in the game my knights battled against tanks (this is actually true, believe it or not)! You're right, at that point I stopped playing it.

badmojo · 03-04-2005, 01:38 AM

Yoma · 03-04-2005, 01:55 AM

Now playing Hitchhiker's Guide from here http://www.douglasadams.com/creations/infocom.php - yep, ConcreteRancor is right, thats the hardest

Elton28 · 03-04-2005, 04:03 AM

For me, it would be:

Icewind Dale (top down RPG by Black Isle for those not int know)

Compared to Baldurs Gate, which BTW I find so much easier and less buggy, IWD can be so difficult. You can literally have hordes of frickin' monsters attacking you from all angles (in excess of 20 sometimes) and you will find it can take so many attempts until you figure out a strategy to beat it.

I remember trying to beat Yxunomei in Dragons Eye.....egads that took about 8 attempts!

The only FPS I have had problems beating, was playing the map Arcane on Godlike in Singleplayer Unreal Tournament. The Skaarj are nigh on impossible to hit, even if you are a good player, and they know exactly where you will be at the precise time to lay a Headshot on ya!! (cheating-wallhacking-bots

)

I think this took me a good 11 attempts to beat that map, as bots can rack up frags so much quicker than you can.

Oh, the part in MOHAA when you have stormed the beach and have to run through that minefield past the MG42; thats a bitch too.

AF

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lumi Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Washington, USA Posts: 2,120	Strategy games are the most difficult for me, real time or turn based. Often I'll do okay in the beginning, but later on I just can't compete against the computer's superior resource and military managemant. I still like the games, though, but I wish I could get better. Share Share this post on Twitter

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TheGreatFrith Old Bag Gamer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 7	Okay going to go out on a limb here and pick a console game: Fatal Frame 2. Got stuck without a camera being chased through a house by a ghost that was kicking my butt. Basically supposed to run and hide and run and hide and run and hide.... gave up. Share Share this post on Twitter

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ConcreteRancor No justice. Only me. Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Hanover, NH Posts: 1,370	It's kind of an old one, but I'd definitely say The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Most fiendishly unforgiving game ever. Of course, that was part of the fun. Still, after five attempts at it, I still have never beaten it. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Fabricati Diem, Pvnc Currently playing: Shadow of the Colossus, Prince of Persia: Warrior Within, Guitar Hero

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Crunchy in milk delusions of adequacy Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 1,403	I'd have to say : Blinx - The time sweeper. I found Ninja Gaiden a cake walk, but I just couldn't finish Blinx. Some people claimed they where defeated by its 10 minute time limit on every level, some claimed to be defeated by the difficulty in aiming. I'm more honest and just admit I was defeated by an inability to play a white pussy cat wielding a vacuum who rewards themselves after a hard days vacuuming by going to a shop and buying new outfits and/or a new vacuum. Kudos for the designers trying to target the female gamer though. Share Share this post on Twitter

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Elton28 Αγαπώ την Κέρκυρα Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: YORKSHIRE AN' PROUD OF IT!! Posts: 649	For me, it would be: Icewind Dale (top down RPG by Black Isle for those not int know) Compared to Baldurs Gate, which BTW I find so much easier and less buggy, IWD can be so difficult. You can literally have hordes of frickin' monsters attacking you from all angles (in excess of 20 sometimes) and you will find it can take so many attempts until you figure out a strategy to beat it. I remember trying to beat Yxunomei in Dragons Eye.....egads that took about 8 attempts! The only FPS I have had problems beating, was playing the map Arcane on Godlike in Singleplayer Unreal Tournament. The Skaarj are nigh on impossible to hit, even if you are a good player, and they know exactly where you will be at the precise time to lay a Headshot on ya!! (cheating-wallhacking-bots ) I think this took me a good 11 attempts to beat that map, as bots can rack up frags so much quicker than you can. Oh, the part in MOHAA when you have stormed the beach and have to run through that minefield past the MG42; thats a bitch too. AF Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Μανολι Θα ημουν μαλλον στο ποδιλατο μου!!!

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