The last gaming hurdle you cleared

[Vern5]

Etrian Odyssey 4:

Every time I kill an F.O.E I feel like I've smacked Heaven out of the sky and filled Hell with cement.

A couple levels later, I look back at those same F.O.E's and wonder why I had trouble with them in the first place.

 

[xPrometheusx]

Well I've just beaten Bioshock Infinite on hard mode. And boy did it live up to it's name on a lot of parts.

Spoiler

The siren fights (particularly the one in the bank) were a fucking nightmare in a half. I tried using my old strategy through holding down Return to Sender to block all the shots her cronies fire at me while I blast her, but it only puts me in the line of fire once I throw it.

After about four or so tries, I decided to just use the Crows/Devil's Kiss combo and repeatedly nuked her and her undead hoard. Felt satisfying once I found that actually worked.

So yeah, I have no idea how much harder 1999 mode is like, and I'm sorta afraid to find out.

I completed 1999 mode last night, and I swear to god it was easier. Legitimately. I played on hard the first time around, and it was hell-and-a-half to get through certain parts - the Handyman fights, final 'kill waves of people' fight and Elizabeth's mom come to mind. On 1999 though, I don't think I died a third as many times as I did on hard. Plus, to add insult to injury, every single Handyman glitched out and self-destructed about halfway through the fight. Not even kidding, they just died.

Looking back on it, I think it may be because I found the pants that froze my health every time I jumped off a skyline. Still, it's without question that at the very least, the spirit/raise dead fight was unquestionably easier.

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

Recently leveled up my Sniper Rifle I've owned for three months to Australian (7616 kills) in TF2.

That's roughly eighty kills a day. On that one class. With that one gun.

Well I've just beaten Bioshock Infinite on hard mode. And boy did it live up to it's name on a lot of parts.

Spoiler

The siren fights (particularly the one in the bank) were a fucking nightmare in a half. I tried using my old strategy through holding down Return to Sender to block all the shots her cronies fire at me while I blast her, but it only puts me in the line of fire once I throw it.

After about four or so tries, I decided to just use the Crows/Devil's Kiss combo and repeatedly nuked her and her undead hoard. Felt satisfying once I found that actually worked.

So yeah, I have no idea how much harder 1999 mode is like, and I'm sorta afraid to find out.

EDIT: Never mind, thinking of the wrong thing

 

[scorptatious]

Well I've just beaten Bioshock Infinite on hard mode. And boy did it live up to it's name on a lot of parts.

Spoiler

The siren fights (particularly the one in the bank) were a fucking nightmare in a half. I tried using my old strategy through holding down Return to Sender to block all the shots her cronies fire at me while I blast her, but it only puts me in the line of fire once I throw it.

After about four or so tries, I decided to just use the Crows/Devil's Kiss combo and repeatedly nuked her and her undead hoard. Felt satisfying once I found that actually worked.

So yeah, I have no idea how much harder 1999 mode is like, and I'm sorta afraid to find out.

I completed 1999 mode last night, and I swear to god it was easier. Legitimately. I played on hard the first time around, and it was hell-and-a-half to get through certain parts - the Handyman fights, final 'kill waves of people' fight and Elizabeth's mom come to mind. On 1999 though, I don't think I died a third as many times as I did on hard. Plus, to add insult to injury, every single Handyman glitched out and self-destructed about halfway through the fight. Not even kidding, they just died.

Looking back on it, I think it may be because I found the pants that froze my health every time I jumped off a skyline. Still, it's without question that at the very least, the spirit/raise dead fight was unquestionably easier.

Huh. Odd.

I have encountered that Handyman glitch before though. Not sure why that happens. First time that happened to me I just went, "Nope! Not going win the fight like that!, *resets to last save point, right outside Chen Lin's workshop*

 

[hazabaza1]

I'm becoming... more competent at Dota 2. Does that count? Let's say that counts.

Oooh, I also got my PS2 emulator working. Not really a hurdle "in game" but fuck me it's a hassle to set up and running some games makes the framerate take a massive shit but dat nostalgia without having to get the PS2 back out. Feels good. Really convenient to make the ISOs from the discs too, don't have to swap everything out when I want to do something different.

Haven't been doing much actual hard stuff in games recently though. I should sort that out. Dunno what with though.

 

[Tacticity]

I would say beating Bioshock Infinite on hard mode, though I didn't find it terribly difficult - by this point I've beaten enough FPS games on the hardest difficulty (for the achievements :3) that I'm used to it. Right now I'm working on a Bioshock Infinite 1999 Mode playthrough without using a Dollar Bill vending machine, and a Mass Effect 3 insanity run, that has been sitting stagnant for a while. I suppose I'm just waiting for enough free time to complete those.

 

[aba1]

I guess the latest real achievement would be getting the big boss emblem in MGS4. Getting this emblem involves beating the game on Big Boss Extreme difficulty with no healers, no special items, no alerts (being seen), no deaths, killing no guards, and under 5 hours.

 

[Lokoloshe]

little while ago I beat challenge 6 in Vanquish, took me a few days and was freaking hard since it took about 20-30 min but I did it

That 6th challenge sure is frustrating, I'm currently working on getting through it but right now I'm stuck on wave 3, slow and steady I guess...

As for my last actual success, beating Spec Ops: The Line on Fubar difficulty.

Also XCOM Enemy Unknown Classic Ironman completion. 8 attempts and a lot of dead soldiers.