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Post by stratogustav on Mar 26, 2016 10:19:27 GMT
Captain America And The Avengers for the SNES was definitely the hardest I ever played. Also I would add that it is unbeatable unless you have some kind of cheat code mode in place.  The hardest game I finished was Gradius V for the PS2, also one of the best games of all time I have to say, and the best shmup, even better than Truxton in my opinion. I had to use the Konami cheat code and even with that I failed many times.  Honorable mentions: - The Contra games in general - The NES Ninja Gaiden games (makes the PS3 games difficulty look like a joke) - The NES Double Dragon games - The NES Mega Man games - The Soul games in general (including Bloodborne, I used to play my brother's copy and people say it is easier, but it wasn't) - Castlevania Lament Of Innocence when you don't cheat with the potions (whether is Leon Belmont, Joachim Armster, or Helloween's Pumpkin, the game knows how to punish any reckless move) |
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Post by Balder on Mar 26, 2016 12:00:19 GMT
I don't know which is the hardest I've played, but the hardest I completed may be Ninja Gaiden 2. Pretty hard...
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Post by scipioafricanus on Mar 26, 2016 12:44:54 GMT
Metal Gear Solid 4 on Big Boss Extreme mode.
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Post by dschult3 on Mar 26, 2016 14:54:22 GMT
Metal Gear Solid 4 on Big Boss Extreme mode. I thought you were going to say Karateka on the 7800, but then I remembered something... No one played that game for more than 5 minutes. |
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Post by spidershinobi on Mar 26, 2016 17:14:17 GMT
Asking which game was the hardest makes for a hard question to begin with.
One thing is that we often can't tell how hard a game can get if you don't know how deep it may go. For example, shmups with rank-based difficulty often encourage players to avoid performing very well so the game don't go nuts. The other reason is that many times the hardest games may not even have been good, so we don't necessarily remember them...
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Post by Cervantes on Mar 27, 2016 2:35:10 GMT
Besides, are we considering hard but balanced games or downright unfair/buggy games too? I mean, for a good game that is hard I should say either Ninja Gaiden Black on Hard or NG 2; or maybe I should mention a shmup like Layer Section (it is brutally dificult with the amount of credits given to you in the Saturn version). For an older one, I remember beating Batman (NES) being a very masochistic endeavor. Also, Ys: the Oath in Felghana in the hardest dificulty. For a single section/level, the hardest thing I remember was beating VR-18 in Metal Gear Rising: it took me two days playing this same short level over and over again, as you have to be absurdly precise with your positioning and parry timings.
For downright buggy/unfair games, then probably TMNT on NES. Fuck that game.
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Post by stratogustav on Mar 27, 2016 3:26:44 GMT
LOL! TMNT I forgot those NES ones were definitely up there.
You raise a good point because there are hard games that are just hard in a stupid way, and others that are very hard but extremely fair. Those that are always fair tend to be good games.
I also agree that difficulty does not necessarily make a good game. For example the Kirby games which are always extremely easy, they are yet very good games.
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Post by fsfsxii on Mar 27, 2016 6:45:55 GMT
Possibly Ninja Gaiden 2/Sigma 2 on Master Ninja difficulty, but sometimes it becomes very cheap.
One game that has done difficulty right is God Hand, the better you do the harder it becomes, so you're stuck in limbo.
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Post by Balder on Mar 27, 2016 11:45:21 GMT
Possibly Ninja Gaiden 2/Sigma 2 on Master Ninja difficulty, but sometimes it becomes very cheap. One game that has done difficulty right is God Hand, the better you do the harder it becomes, so you're stuck in limbo. Wow have you beaten Ninja Gaiden 2 on Master Ninja! |
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Post by fsfsxii on Mar 27, 2016 12:19:19 GMT
Nope, though i gave up too early. Whats making the MN run very difficult is that the sigma version has 3 additional chapters where you play as females, they insanely difficult especially because their weapons are atrocious. Other than the rest of the game with Ryu was easy.
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Post by Pimpjira on Mar 27, 2016 12:45:13 GMT
Hardest games I can think of that I beat are Batman for NES, Donkey Kong Country(it was hard for me, I suck at the barrel parts), several Castlevania and Mega Man games. Bloodborne will definitely on the list if I beat the DLC probably, main game was hard at first but not too bad once I learned what I was doing.
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Post by stratogustav on Mar 27, 2016 21:48:09 GMT
Nope, though i gave up too early. Whats making the MN run very difficult is that the sigma version has 3 additional chapters where you play as females, they insanely difficult especially because their weapons are atrocious. Other than the rest of the game with Ryu was easy. You can still go back for the Platinum at least. |
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Post by fsfsxii on Mar 28, 2016 2:46:09 GMT
Nope, though i gave up too early. Whats making the MN run very difficult is that the sigma version has 3 additional chapters where you play as females, they insanely difficult especially because their weapons are atrocious. Other than the rest of the game with Ryu was easy. You can still go back for the Platinum at least. Platinum is almost as tough, it requires you to complete all co-op missions, on Ultimate Ninja difficulty, some of the missions can only be won through exploits and glitches, couple that with the terrible netcode and its near impossible. |
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Post by stratogustav on Mar 28, 2016 5:34:59 GMT
Got damn, you got me exciting, I never tried going for it but it sounds like a nice challenge to get that Platinum, Sigma 1 as well, and then Razor's Edge for the trilogy.
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Post by MeleeMonk on Mar 29, 2016 14:50:57 GMT
The hardest game I've ever played would probably be either Metal Slug 3 or Battletoads (I suppose Ghost And Goblins & Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts deserve an honorable mention, too).
The hardest game I've ever beat, however, would have to be Adventure mode in Melee on the Very Hard setting without using any continues. It literally took me years to do that.
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