Is that Rome Total war?Kikosemmek said:
Oh, and my biggest gaming hurdle was trying to beat medieval 2 total war on vh/vh and no timed battles...as Byzantium. GRRRRRR
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Oh, and my biggest gaming hurdle was trying to beat medieval 2 total war on vh/vh and no timed battles...as Byzantium. GRRRRRR
Elite - Mission 5: Thargoid Space Station
I could destroy the station but never could make it back to the sun to get the fuel to escape witch-space.
"Stay alive on Mission 5" became a bit of a buzz word in our family for a few weeks, none of us could complete it.
I could destroy the station but never could make it back to the sun to get the fuel to escape witch-space.
"Stay alive on Mission 5" became a bit of a buzz word in our family for a few weeks, none of us could complete it.
Be fair, Silent Cartographer, Truth and Reconciliation, and the level late in the campaign in the snow aren't samey at all (just long). The Library, however (being the one he's referring to), is incredibly boring and is much worsened when one is not constantly looking up to follow Guilty Spark. It should be noted many of the dark corners and a good number of Flood are unnecessary to get involved with. The first time I played it I was doing co-op with a friend on a 20" TV, so we got lost. It goes much, much more quickly if you know which way to follow.tiredinnuendo said:
As far as hurdles are concerned, the 2nd time one encounters Carlito in Dead Rising (with his sniper rifle) is a trial if one has been playing the game up to that point without many restarts. You're lucky to have 6 health, and he takes two of them every time he scores a hit. The insipid trick being to get better weapons and about 10 levels or to shoot at him with golf balls off-the-tee until he crumpled.
Beating that huge subterranian thing from Gears of War on Hardcore, but that was only because my brother, who beat the game before me, told me you didnt do anything special to beat it, you just shot it full of lead. Fighting like that made it invincible, and since I wasnt looking for them, it took an obscenly long time for me to notice it's weaknesses.
I remember my very first hurdle in all of this: Wolrd 8-1 in Super Mario Bros 1 on NES.
Somewhere close to the finish of that level there's this huge gap with a very tiny small platform in the middle - that has the equal size of Mario in width.
You're required to jump at full speed over the gap, land on the very small platform and jump again at full speed over the remaining gap.
I remember it being hard as hell when I was a kid, nowdays I can pretty much clear that gap in my sleep
Playing as the Covenant Arbiter was a cakewalk since he can cloak himself through large battles.
Somewhere close to the finish of that level there's this huge gap with a very tiny small platform in the middle - that has the equal size of Mario in width.
You're required to jump at full speed over the gap, land on the very small platform and jump again at full speed over the remaining gap.
I remember it being hard as hell when I was a kid, nowdays I can pretty much clear that gap in my sleep
I did beat Halo 1 and Halo 2 on legendary on my own, I wouldn't say it was that much big of a hurdle. The hard part was when you were up against a big group of Elites. Their shields are so rediculously strong that you'd always have to either snipe them or use the PlasmaGun/Pistol-Combo to kill them one by one.KurtNiisan said:
Playing as the Covenant Arbiter was a cakewalk since he can cloak himself through large battles.
the end of Oblivion on hard trying to grt martin to follow you away from the infinatly spawning deadra and not running head first into them half the time i ended up turning round and killing him myself
Unlocking Egyptian in Goldeneye 007 (that is, beating all the rest on 00 Mode), roughly six years after getting the game. One of the few hurdles I have actually given up on for a long period of time (3-4 Years), returned to, and then beaten. Strangely enough, the Egyptian Level isn't that tough even on 00- kind of an anticlimax.
Agree with The Lion King hassle, mine being for SNES. While I did eventually master the Ostrich Jump, worse things than that appear in Levels 5, 6 and 8... strange how the level that never appeared in the movie is the toughest (8). Never could get past 5imba's Exile without stage skip. Maybe if they actually let you SAVE or use a PASSWORD then it wouldn't be such a hassle to get there and then fail. Exactly what market were they trying to sell this game to?
Agree with The Lion King hassle, mine being for SNES. While I did eventually master the Ostrich Jump, worse things than that appear in Levels 5, 6 and 8... strange how the level that never appeared in the movie is the toughest (8). Never could get past 5imba's Exile without stage skip. Maybe if they actually let you SAVE or use a PASSWORD then it wouldn't be such a hassle to get there and then fail. Exactly what market were they trying to sell this game to?
O agreed on the defend mission in cod4, whoever came up with the brilliant idea of forcing you to survive against 200 side dashing enemy infantry must have been out of his mind. Do what I did though, hide in the little blue checkbooth next to the ferris wheel. Just hide there in prone mode, they will chuck 10000000 grenades at you but that little booth can survive a nuclear bomb apparently. They'll keep spamming nades untill the timer is up ( I used the same trick to survive the impossible stukaspam on the last level of cod:uo, veteran mode. Your teammate can't die and will "thin out" everybody around you
Others:
-All of cod1 on veteran mode ( every person with a kar98 has sniper skills )
-All of cod:uo on veteran mode
-I quit at the last level of far cry.. seriously, what the hell? Took me 30 tries to get out of the "stuck in jungle with 5 bullets and angry monkeys everywhere" only to get to an even harder vulcano level. Who designs these kind of things?
-The later mario bowser levels where there is pretty much only lava..
-Some age of empires 1 levels ( yay for enemy axeman rush in the first 5 minutes )
-Command & Conquer: secret missions ( build a base with an mcv, some infantry and 2 flametanks with enemy mammoths heading towards you from the getgo, good fun! )
-MOHAA snipertown, another great example of idiotic leveldesign ( an entire level with enemy snipers at the most faroff impossible locations EVERYWHERE, with only 2 teammates given that die in the first minute )
-C&C tiberian sun, not extremely hard but the NOD mission where you have to find the tacitustruck with gdi patrols crawling everywhere took me ages. Not to mention dumb luck, just an aggrivating experience in an otherwise fun campaign )
-Oddworld Abe's Odessey had it's fair share of annoying levels ( the licking worms for instance were a pain the ass )
-Deathtrap dungeon, if anybody here played this they know the camera is a pain the butt.
Others:
-All of cod1 on veteran mode ( every person with a kar98 has sniper skills )
-All of cod:uo on veteran mode
-I quit at the last level of far cry.. seriously, what the hell? Took me 30 tries to get out of the "stuck in jungle with 5 bullets and angry monkeys everywhere" only to get to an even harder vulcano level. Who designs these kind of things?
-The later mario bowser levels where there is pretty much only lava..
-Some age of empires 1 levels ( yay for enemy axeman rush in the first 5 minutes )
-Command & Conquer: secret missions ( build a base with an mcv, some infantry and 2 flametanks with enemy mammoths heading towards you from the getgo, good fun! )
-MOHAA snipertown, another great example of idiotic leveldesign ( an entire level with enemy snipers at the most faroff impossible locations EVERYWHERE, with only 2 teammates given that die in the first minute )
-C&C tiberian sun, not extremely hard but the NOD mission where you have to find the tacitustruck with gdi patrols crawling everywhere took me ages. Not to mention dumb luck, just an aggrivating experience in an otherwise fun campaign )
-Oddworld Abe's Odessey had it's fair share of annoying levels ( the licking worms for instance were a pain the ass )
-Deathtrap dungeon, if anybody here played this they know the camera is a pain the butt.
Was really, really easy? Only that silly flood level is any trouble. (2nd from last?)KurtNiisan said:
Halo 2 on Legendary was just stupidly hard, took me about a day to get half way through the first level.
That fight against Alma in Ninja Gaiden. Pissed me off enough to start the game again and then managed to scrape past her.
- God of War 2. Titan mode. That *long beep, mouthing several bad, bad words you should never repeat, kids!* barbarian boss. Most if not all others can be beaten easily enough with few if any hits to yourself, but his attacks are downright extremely cheap, several seem absolutely impossible to avoid (especially the entire "Send a million homing unblockable insta-kill spirits at you" when he is in his small form at the end of it all)
- Ghouls and Ghosts. Any incarnation. Any part. Take your pick.
- Call of Duty 1. Veteran mode. Every part.
- Half-life, the first Gartuntua, when I had no idea you were supposed to use electricity, I ended up using every weapon at my disposal and just barely killing it after a good twenty minutes or so, I wasn't down to pistol ammo yet, but it wasn't far off either.
- Ghouls and Ghosts. Any incarnation. Any part. Take your pick.
- Call of Duty 1. Veteran mode. Every part.
- Half-life, the first Gartuntua, when I had no idea you were supposed to use electricity, I ended up using every weapon at my disposal and just barely killing it after a good twenty minutes or so, I wasn't down to pistol ammo yet, but it wasn't far off either.
-Ghouls and Ghosts seconded.
-Bionic Commando. That game is freaking ridiculous.
-The lasers on Megaman 2. Feels so good to pass them without using the time-stopper.
-Bionic Commando. That game is freaking ridiculous.
-The lasers on Megaman 2. Feels so good to pass them without using the time-stopper.
Just the whole of ninja gaiden. i've bought and subsequently sold that game three times now. it's nuff 'ard.Eagle Est1986 said:
I can't get past the bone dragon in chapter 6. At least I make it that far. My sis can't get past the first boss.Mr_Cynical said:
This is probably pathetic...but fable. The part with saveing the archyologist from the minions on a timelimit...couldnt do it untill i found out that the slow down time spell slowed down the clock also.
Civ IV Beyond the Sword (PC): completing the 'Find the holy mountain and make it part of your
civ' mission on Emperor. That made me dance, actually.
Killer Instinct (SNES): Beating Eyedol on the highest difficulty level. I stopped counting
after my 50ed try. Yes, he's that hard. Or maybe they shouldn't have given him the 'stomp on
the floor after knocking you in the air and return my health'-move. The teethmarks on my
controller still bring back the memories.
Pilot Wings (SNES): Beating the second helicopter level. Took me an entire day of trying.
Tactics Ogre, The knight of Lodis (GBA): Beating the game within 25 hours to get the special
ending. For your information: even the easiest of battles in this game can take very long
and are sometimes so heavy with characters that the game suffers from lag... I saved after
every battle and hit the on/off button when running into a random encounter (so I could
re-try taking that route without one).
Mechcommander (PC): Beating the final mission. Time limit, artillery limit, Masakari's
all around, elite enemy pilots. My best pilot in my best 'mech dead because of a headshot.
Myst V (PC): Solving puzzles using hand-drawn images.
Baldur's Gate 2 Shadows of Amn (PC): The final battle against Irenicus. Breach, dispel, hit
him, breach, dispel, hit him, breach, dispel, oh shit! Heal my party, run away... etc.
Kessen (PS2): The final battle playing the East. Outnumbered + slow troops.
Steel Battalion (Xbox): Every mission. Damn that game is hard.
Call of Duty 4 (PS3): Succeeding in the Mile High Club mission at the end of the game.
'Nuff said.
civ' mission on Emperor. That made me dance, actually.
Killer Instinct (SNES): Beating Eyedol on the highest difficulty level. I stopped counting
after my 50ed try. Yes, he's that hard. Or maybe they shouldn't have given him the 'stomp on
the floor after knocking you in the air and return my health'-move. The teethmarks on my
controller still bring back the memories.
Pilot Wings (SNES): Beating the second helicopter level. Took me an entire day of trying.
Tactics Ogre, The knight of Lodis (GBA): Beating the game within 25 hours to get the special
ending. For your information: even the easiest of battles in this game can take very long
and are sometimes so heavy with characters that the game suffers from lag... I saved after
every battle and hit the on/off button when running into a random encounter (so I could
re-try taking that route without one).
Mechcommander (PC): Beating the final mission. Time limit, artillery limit, Masakari's
all around, elite enemy pilots. My best pilot in my best 'mech dead because of a headshot.
Myst V (PC): Solving puzzles using hand-drawn images.
Baldur's Gate 2 Shadows of Amn (PC): The final battle against Irenicus. Breach, dispel, hit
him, breach, dispel, hit him, breach, dispel, oh shit! Heal my party, run away... etc.
Kessen (PS2): The final battle playing the East. Outnumbered + slow troops.
Steel Battalion (Xbox): Every mission. Damn that game is hard.
Call of Duty 4 (PS3): Succeeding in the Mile High Club mission at the end of the game.
'Nuff said.
I still cannot beat the final boss guy in Medal of Honor: European Assault. He is in a high tower with a machine gun, and random Nazis spawn around you every second. Besides that, you first have to clear out a bunker of relatively accurate troops with grenades and machine guns.