Most pointlessly hard achievement there is?

[subject_87]

My vote is for HL2: Episode 1's 'The One Free Bullet'. You only get to fire one bullet throughout the entire game, to knock off a padlock (Rockets, crossbow bolts, grenades, energy balls, physics objects, etc. are fine though). Runner up is 'Little Rocket Man', from HL2: Episode 2, where you must carry a garden gnome through the entire game and deposit it in the missile at the end.

So, what are your candidates? (Note: Grind achievements like dealing one million damage points and so on don't count, because they're not really hard, they just take an ungodly amount of time.)

 

[Skorpyo]

Well, how about "Rocket Man" from Episode 2?

Haul the friggin' garden gnome around the WHOLE game and send him into space with the rocket. I didn't even have CLOSE to enough patience for it.

 

[BlackHazard]

Rock band 2 do all the songs in one go without pause.

"Bladder of Steel"

 

[subject_87]

Rock band 2 do all the songs in one go without pause.

"Bladder of Steel"

Wow, that'd take how many hours?... Also, is there a certain score you have to reach on each one, to add another level of sadism?

 

[hopeneverdies]

Any of the higher end ones from Audiosurf.

Ninjutsu: Do a 3 minute+ song on Ninja Elite while earning Stealth (no greys) and hitting every colored block? There ain't no way in Hell I could do that.

Other notables include: Snowstorm (get a 7 white block chain reaction), Stealth Legend (Ninja Mono, Stealth bonus, 11 min+ song), Bizarro (fill all columns within 15 seconds without matches), and Bauer (a 24 block match).

 

[Danceofmasks]

Doesn't guitar hero 3 have achievements for NOT using a plastic guitar?
I was like, wtf ...

 

[Gahars]

My vote goes to Little Rocket Man from HL2:Ep2, or just many of the achievements on Guitar Hero 3 (some of which are downright unplayable).

 

[Dr_Pie]

I found 'One Free Bullet' pretty easy and fun to do. 'Little Rocket Man' was fine as well, up until the vehicle bit. That was just annoying as all hell.

For me though, Peacekeeper on Mega Man 9. Go through the game killing only the necessary enemies (bosses and mini-bosses)

I've attempted it at least twice. No chance of me doing it. It annoys me.

 

[BlackHazard]

Rock band 2 "Bladder of Steel"

They say about 6.5 hours and their is one on expert.

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

I know Little Rocket Man has been mentioned, but what about Guardin' Gnome (Left 4 Dead 2)?

Pissed me off to carry the gnome that far.

 

[BlackHazard]

Doesn't guitar hero 3 have achievements for NOT using a plastic guitar?
I was like, wtf ...

It's pretty easy if you've played Frequency or Aplitude.

 

[Lukeman1884]

I doubt this is the hardest, but it's certainly the one I remember as most frustrating. The "If they came to see me beg" achievement from reach.

 

[Braonan]

The Burger King games.

 

[IamSofaKingRaw]

Collect all the feathers in Asscreed 2 or the damn blast shards in Infamous. I don't know why I'm still trying.

Not for a trophy though trying to finish MGS4 in under 5 hours with:
No Alerts
No kills (yep you have to use non lethal weapons on bosses)

You basically have to memorize the whole damn game to do it.

 

[EHKOS]

I know Little Rocket Man has been mentioned, but what about Guardin' Gnome (Left 4 Dead 2)?

Pissed me off to carry the gnome that far.

I actually got that on my second try with a random team. They seemed kinda pissed but they helped me nonetheless.

 

[LaMer]

I doubt this is the hardest, but it's certainly the one I remember as most frustrating. The "If they came to see me beg" achievement from reach.

That was mine, too. Took me around an hour (of pure rage) to nab that one. Ugh.

 

[BioHazardMan]

You know you can get Half Life achievements with cheats on right? At least on 360.

I still can't get Mile High Club or Sum of All Zeroes (Cod 4 and COD WAW)

 

[LaMer]

You know you can get Half Life achievements with cheats on right? At least on 360.

I still can't get Mile High Club or Sum of All Zeroes (Cod 4 and COD WAW)

I spent a straight week on Mile High Club. And I still don't have it.

 

[tseroff]

The hardest? Well coming from a total trophy whore, (that title is self-imposed, due to my Master Assassin trophy and my Julius Caesar trophy, those took forrreeeeevvveeer)but the hardest was getting the Perfect Knight trophy in Arkham Asylum. That was an assortment of really difficult achievements. All the riddler umm riddles, the challenges, and the other crazy ones, it was insane to get them all