Most brutally hard games

[Langku]

I enjoyed the" hours poured into video games" thread so here is a related tangent. What was the hardest game you can recall? I just got soul calibur 4. All told I probably poured 25 hours into it and all but an hour or so of that was getting repeatedly crushed by 2 of the stages in Tower of Lost Souls mode. But even more soul shatteringly difficult was the classic Zelda 2. Just wow, was that hard. Anyone else been broken by a difficult game?

[Desolatus]

I enjoyed the" hours poured into video games" thread so here is a related tangent. What was the hardest game you can recall? I just got soul calibur 4. All told I probably poured 25 hours into it and all but an hour or so of that was getting repeatedly crushed by 2 of the stages in Tower of Lost Souls mode. But even more soul shatteringly difficult was the classic Zelda 2. Just wow, was that hard. Anyone else been broken by a difficult game?

Starfox 64... On the 64. The dumb controls made it damn near impossible to beat. Actually, ANY game I've played on the Nintendo 64. They're all F-Off hard and but draw you in so well. I think I lost hair in Ocarina of Time.

[Hays413]

N64 - Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Some of those puzzles would take me weeks to figure out! Then when I did figure it out, I either felt like a complete moron because the answer was so damn simple, or, still to this day have no idea what I did but it worked and onward I went.

Side note, went to relive the glory days and bought an N64 and Zelda. Hooked er up to my 47 FULL LED (not that LED/LCD crap) and wow was I disappointed! Nostalgia wore off and I was just sad that it looked so bad! Ah aren't we spoiled these days!

[Desolatus]

I guess the graphics do look pretty bad, but I play my N64 far more more than my XBOX 360, so I'm used to it. I just love everything about LoZ:OoT and Pokemon Stadium. I get frustrated to no end, but I keep crawling back.

[Hays413]

I guess the graphics do look pretty bad, but I play my N64 far more more than my XBOX 360, so I'm used to it. I just love everything about LoZ:OoT and Pokemon Stadium. I get frustrated to no end, but I keep crawling back.

I'd need to buy a crappy tube tv to play Zelda again. It's terrible on mine.

[Lunamoth]

I can't recall the ONE most difficult game I've ever played but I got Odin Sphere for the ps2 and it is just...so...frustrating. Beautiful game, it's just all the grinding! There's this stage where you fight a mini boss berserker dude who hacks half your lifebar away with his charge attack. Wanna know what's funny? You go up against two of those +minions in a latter stage. I quit :3

[InfinitiveDivinity]

I guess the graphics do look pretty bad, but I play my N64 far more more than my XBOX 360, so I'm used to it. I just love everything about LoZ:OoT and Pokemon Stadium. I get frustrated to no end, but I keep crawling back.

I play N64 Smash Bros and OoT on a LCD all the time. I love my 64 =P

[cltrn81]

They look so bad cuz the old systems are 480 resolution on a big wide-screen that is meant to show in 1080.

[Silent1236]

Amnesia: the Dark Descent.  Between the puzzles and the utterly terrifying environment with the shadow thing following you, not an easy game.  It's one hell of an indie game though.  Highly recommend it to anyone who likes to pee themselves whilst playing a game

Oh, and Dead Space 1.  While the original campaign isn't too hard, Impossible difficulty is ridiculous.  Definitely brutal.

[Langku]

Amnesia: the Dark Descent.  Between the puzzles and the utterly terrifying environment with the shadow thing following you, not an easy game.  It's one hell of an indie game though.  Highly recommend it to anyone who likes to pee themselves whilst playing a game

I had to stop playing it because it was creeping me out. Scariest game... Or for that matter ANYTHING I've ever experienced.

[Silent1236]

Amnesia: the Dark Descent.  Between the puzzles and the utterly terrifying environment with the shadow thing following you, not an easy game.  It's one hell of an indie game though.  Highly recommend it to anyone who likes to pee themselves whilst playing a game

I had to stop playing it because it was creeping me out. Scariest game... Or for that matter ANYTHING I've ever experienced.

I only play it in 20-30 minute intervals.  I FINALLY made it to the inner sanctum lol.  It's so much fun with headphones on though.  Where did you quit playing?  Apparently a lot of people quit at the prison.

[Trevor]

Portal 2

[Richardalcala]

SMT: Nocturne hands down the hardest game I have ever played. Still haven't gotten through the last stage cause all of the trapped doors.

[smokin terry]

Minesweeper on the hardest difficulty.

[Hays413]

Minesweeper on the hardest difficulty.

Actually not that hard. Minesweeper is just process of elimination. Plus the double click makes it so easy