Yeah, I did too. However it's from there on out things get tougher and the reason why it's considered to be so difficult has most to do with the brutal last level and final boss(es). Ninja gaiden 2 is another story though comparatively, I breezed through it in a few hours and was a bit disappointed actually.ScrabbitRabbit said:
Suppossedly hard games you've found easy
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Persona 3, only because the final boss got HYPED the fuck at me as this impossible 13 formed badass. Naturally, in preparation for this I went so fucking overboard and hoarded every single Soma the game gave me. I had at least ELEVEN!
It's an item that you can use in a battle to restore your entire party's HP and SP to maximum and I had far too many of them. Ok forgive me that I was playing it on Easy but Persona 4's Easy mode was hard as fuck. I was expecting it to be harder if anything...
It's an item that you can use in a battle to restore your entire party's HP and SP to maximum and I had far too many of them. Ok forgive me that I was playing it on Easy but Persona 4's Easy mode was hard as fuck. I was expecting it to be harder if anything...
I've finished Bioshock Infinite's 1999 mode twice with not too much trouble (got stuck on Lady Comstock for a little while the first time through because I hadn't bothered to upgrade my weps) Since I'm not exactly amazing at FPS games it can't be as hard as Levine wants to make it out to be 
Dark Souls is one of those games where if your not paying attention you will die. That's all it is really, effort and applying yourself.
Dark Souls is one of those games where if your not paying attention you will die. That's all it is really, effort and applying yourself.
My friends tell me Farcry 3 is hard. It is not. I'm already packing 4 guns and I reserve my C4 for the armored guys.
If we go wayy, waaayy far back, Phantasy Star 4 was said to be difficult. It's only difficult if you do nothing but attack during random encounters. If a boss fight takes more than 7 well thought out rounds, you're not ready for it.
If we go wayy, waaayy far back, Phantasy Star 4 was said to be difficult. It's only difficult if you do nothing but attack during random encounters. If a boss fight takes more than 7 well thought out rounds, you're not ready for it.
For me, it's kind of relative. Once you get good at a game, it starts to become easy. That's a no-brainer. The more times you play it, the better you get at it. But there's also difficulty in the sense of how much you need to learn in order to overcome the difficulty.
For instance, Touhou 6 is a ***hard*** game. Even on normal mode it gets nuts. But that's only because you have so much to dodge and you have one hit box to focus on. But yet, there's not much to really learn. It all comes down to a matter of survival while pinning your finger to the 'fire' key. It takes time, many trials, and some frustration. And that's also another reason why it's considered difficult. But in time playing the game becomes second nature. And despite every failure I've had while failing it, I can say that the game is balanced enough.
And then when you play Touhou 7, the game feels run of the mill, and doesn't seem hard at all. But that's only because you've figured out already what needs to be learned. And most likely, you've learned what needs to be learned. There isn't much that needs to be learned for games like that, it's just that it takes many trials and practice to overcome it.
Armored Core 3, and its family, on the other hand is hard because there are more items that you need to pay attention to. Stuff like overheating, energy conservation, armor points versus defense points, and energy weapons versus solid weapons.
For instance, Touhou 6 is a ***hard*** game. Even on normal mode it gets nuts. But that's only because you have so much to dodge and you have one hit box to focus on. But yet, there's not much to really learn. It all comes down to a matter of survival while pinning your finger to the 'fire' key. It takes time, many trials, and some frustration. And that's also another reason why it's considered difficult. But in time playing the game becomes second nature. And despite every failure I've had while failing it, I can say that the game is balanced enough.
And then when you play Touhou 7, the game feels run of the mill, and doesn't seem hard at all. But that's only because you've figured out already what needs to be learned. And most likely, you've learned what needs to be learned. There isn't much that needs to be learned for games like that, it's just that it takes many trials and practice to overcome it.
Armored Core 3, and its family, on the other hand is hard because there are more items that you need to pay attention to. Stuff like overheating, energy conservation, armor points versus defense points, and energy weapons versus solid weapons.
I was going to say Dark souls, but since so many people here have already said that I'll go ahead and say
Super Meat Boy, the extra pink levels are stupidly hard, but the game up until that point is pretty cake walk. finished every level and dark world level without using a controller (playing with keyboard obviously).
Super Meat Boy, the extra pink levels are stupidly hard, but the game up until that point is pretty cake walk. finished every level and dark world level without using a controller (playing with keyboard obviously).
Everyone saying Dark Souls is making me feel bad, I'm still struggling with it now
I read in some gaming magazine ages ago the final boss of the first Fable game was voted hardest boss of the year. That I never understood, it was a piss-take.
I read in some gaming magazine ages ago the final boss of the first Fable game was voted hardest boss of the year. That I never understood, it was a piss-take.
People say the Super Star Wars Trilogy for the SNES is brutal, but I had each one beat in 2 days.
Oh, yeah and Zelda 2. It could just be experience, but even the final palace and those jumping knights aren't so hard when you know when to expect them and to either find the safe spot on the blocks, or to run.
Oh, yeah and Zelda 2. It could just be experience, but even the final palace and those jumping knights aren't so hard when you know when to expect them and to either find the safe spot on the blocks, or to run.
Every time I played Dragon Age: Origins on Hard, I would die so many times and have to reload that I thought Nightmare would be, well, a nightmare, so I avoided it entirely. I finally decided to play DA:O - DAII back to back with all the DLC on Nightmare; but it's ridiculously easy -- maybe it's because of my build or that it promotes better planning and thinking, but this is nowhere near as bad as I thought it would be and heard it was.
The Pokemon Nuzlocke challenge, if that counts. I went with the most standard rule set in the original Pokemon blue.
- Pokemon faints -> release
- First Pokemon encounter on a route means only that Pokemon may be caught
- No save scumming
- Black/White out = game over
- Nicknames are required.
Maybe it was due to the AI being retarded in the earlier days, but it was a breeze.
Also sort of related, every forum or joke about Persona 4 lists Shadow Kanji as this this insanely hard to beat boss battle that will make you cry. ...I found the difficulty to be incredibly underwhelming >.>
- Pokemon faints -> release
- First Pokemon encounter on a route means only that Pokemon may be caught
- No save scumming
- Black/White out = game over
- Nicknames are required.
Maybe it was due to the AI being retarded in the earlier days, but it was a breeze.
Also sort of related, every forum or joke about Persona 4 lists Shadow Kanji as this this insanely hard to beat boss battle that will make you cry. ...I found the difficulty to be incredibly underwhelming >.>
I've heard a few people talk about how hard Bayonetta is.
While it is definitely hard to get a Platinum, let alone a PURE Platinum rank overall in a level, I say playing it casually, it isn't too bad for me. Especially when you get the timing on dodging enemies down and taking advantage of Witch Time.
Again, getting Platinum on all the levels was a pretty steep challenge, even with the option to simply load up your last checkpoint if you mess up. Possibly the hardest part in that challenge was that one shooter section late in the game. There are so many things to dodge it's ridiculous. I even just settled on getting a Gold for that part but ended up getting a Platinum on the second fight with Jeane and I STILL got the Platinum. I was pretty relieved after that.
While it is definitely hard to get a Platinum, let alone a PURE Platinum rank overall in a level, I say playing it casually, it isn't too bad for me. Especially when you get the timing on dodging enemies down and taking advantage of Witch Time.
Again, getting Platinum on all the levels was a pretty steep challenge, even with the option to simply load up your last checkpoint if you mess up. Possibly the hardest part in that challenge was that one shooter section late in the game. There are so many things to dodge it's ridiculous. I even just settled on getting a Gold for that part but ended up getting a Platinum on the second fight with Jeane and I STILL got the Platinum. I was pretty relieved after that.
I found the original Mega Man surprisingly easy when I played through it last year. Of course there are bullshit parts, like the Ice Man level, but the game is overall very generous. Navigating through Wily's Castle is actually much easier in this game than the later ones. If you get a game over, you just go back to the start of the stage you died in, instead of the beginning of the castle.
Either your friends only played the first two hours, or they kind of suck, as Far Cry 3's biggest flaw is that relatively soon you become Rambo on steroids.BeerTent said:
Personally it probably was WoW raiding - apparently getting out of the bloody fire is a delicate art.
Dark Souls isn't easy, but it's difficulty is vastly overstated. Its very difficult for a mainstream console title, but it's very easy compared to many old school games, arcade games, and indie games. I Wanna Be the Guy and I Wanna Be the Guy: Gaiden are infinitely more difficult.
Many people only play AAA titles, so for them Dark Souls may be the most difficult title they've ever played.
Many people only play AAA titles, so for them Dark Souls may be the most difficult title they've ever played.
Dark Souls became faceroll easy when I had leveled up enough to wear all of Havel the Rock's gear and laugh off most attacks.
Ninja Gaiden 2 was difficult at the beginning but I eventually hit a point where I just blazed through every obstacle in my path.
Ninja Gaiden 2 was difficult at the beginning but I eventually hit a point where I just blazed through every obstacle in my path.
I found Dark Souls- the general gameplay- to be a lot easier than most people apparently did. Possibly because I naturally lean towards a varied character with strong stealth themes, which lends itself well to sneaking up, backstabbing, and caution.
However, by comparison, I found the bosses to be so infuriatingly difficult that it actually led to me not playing the game any more. (NG++ by that point, and I just couldn't take it any more.) Seriously, almost all of them were hair-tearingly frustrating- because, you know. You can't be all sneaky-sneaky-surprise-attack, and a stealthy character is suddenly at a disadvantage.
But yeah, the rest of the game? I wouldn't say "easy", but I wouldn't really say it was hard either. And I'll willingly admit that I'm not a very good gamer, so that really surprised me.
However, by comparison, I found the bosses to be so infuriatingly difficult that it actually led to me not playing the game any more. (NG++ by that point, and I just couldn't take it any more.) Seriously, almost all of them were hair-tearingly frustrating- because, you know. You can't be all sneaky-sneaky-surprise-attack, and a stealthy character is suddenly at a disadvantage.
But yeah, the rest of the game? I wouldn't say "easy", but I wouldn't really say it was hard either. And I'll willingly admit that I'm not a very good gamer, so that really surprised me.
Very much this.krazykidd said:
Wasn't my first playthrough, but when I did do Give Me Deus Ex, I went ahead and got the achievement for beating the game without killing anyone in the same playthrough and it really wasn't that difficult.
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Right now, Fallout 1.
Picked it up off of GoG a few weeks back and for what is supposedly a hardcore, old-school title, it's astoundingly easy. I've heard people complain that it's too easy to get Power Armor in 3 and New Vegas, but have they even played 1? Takes literally 10 minutes after finding the Brotherhood.
Get Glow quest.
Buy 2 doses of Rad-X and a rope.
Go to the Glow.
Take drugs and repel.
Get mcguffin and return to BoS to be inducted.
Talk to armor repair guy.
Use speech on armory guy to get part.
Fix armor.
Wear armor.
Rape everything in the wasteland as a nigh-indestructible metal clad demigod.
Depending on your random encounters, the whole process doesn't even involve enemies...
You don't even need fucking training.
Still, FANTASTIC game.
Metal Gear Rising was that really hard game that EVERYONE claims as being impossible with some bosses if you don't learn parry as early on as the first chapter and how ungodly difficult of the bosses are. Let me say it like this, Bladewolf kicked my ass more times than Monsoon or Mistral did, the metallic dog-bugger has about five legitimate kills over Mistrals none and Monsoon's four. So far I'm not exactly impressed, and bar a few situations where I'm pretty sure you're supposed to stealth it anyway, I've had a complete breeze thus far and if I don't get an A or a B rank in every fight it's because I wasn't trying hard enough. Maybe I'll have a harder time with Revengeance Mode, but this far it's been piss-easy.
1999 mode was actually easier than hard for me, once you know what happens and how to stun lock the game got too easy. Unduly hyped up.
Hotline Miami hasn't been said, and some people have legitimately said they never finished it. I'll admit I retried some levels a lot, but never finish it? Some people are just so lame.
Hotline Miami hasn't been said, and some people have legitimately said they never finished it. I'll admit I retried some levels a lot, but never finish it? Some people are just so lame.