Honestly, this is a tough one for me because there's so many ways a game can be hard. I think it's either both Devil May Cry or Devil May Cry 3 on Dante Must Die mode, or MegaMan X6 or any of the MegaMan Zero titles.
I think I should also mention Five Nights At Freddy's games, not because the actual difficulty is an obstacle, but rather they're just so scary that picking up and playing them is difficult lol!
Yep. Does a lot to show off what the GBA could do at the time!
Maximum Velocity on GBA
I forgot about Maximum Velocity! I loved that game, I played a lot on my handhelds as the consoles were my older brother's, I didn't get my own big console till the Cube, but I had all the Gameboys/DS family (baring the pocket, micro and XL's). But yeah, playing on normal was my limit!
It is probably my greatest gaming achievement. It took me several years, and I don’t intend on deleting that save file.
Thanks. A lot of hours were spent trying to perfect them%
I’ve not 100% beaten the game but ring fit is hard! I mean for starters it’s a fitness game but omg the missions can be so frustrating, especially the ones you have to get the perfect score or a rank A! The bosses can be quite hard too but omg I feel great after playing!
I’ve beaten the main game and story but haven’t beaten the two harder versions of the gameplay if that makes sense. Levels 1-23 are original story, 24-46 are practically the same but with different dialogues and more difficult challenges and the rest are well harder from what I can gather lol!
F-Zero GX on very hard? Wowwwww
Geez, some really tough games in that list!
Not played them all, but certainly didn't finish F-Zero GX (though mostly played multiplayer), super meat boy, timesplitters 2 and monkey ball (don't think I played them on master, again now multiplayer). Kudos.
I’ve beaten my fair share of hard games in my time
I've only just recently heard of Eternal Darkness, but my god, it looks like a wild time. All those fourth wall breaking sequences and everything
I also still have a little PTSD over my experiences with FNAF VR. It feels real. TOO real. For about a week every night, I was paranoid about Bonnie the Bunny or Freddy Fazbear waiting outside my bedroom door on the left to my bed, or Foxy would come charging down the hallway outside my room because that's the position they appear from to attack you in your office in the game! And you never truly get a feel of just how HUGE they are until you're seeing them up close and personal! Had to switch to flat mode to finish some parts of the game because it's too scary in VR lol! Doesn't help when you go outside the Playstation Camera's range unintentionally to reach the door buttons and the inputs don't track because of it!
Back when I was very little, I used to play Sonic 2 with my sister on the Megadrive/Genesis, we always played on two player, so we never encountered any of the bosses, but the first time I ever played single player, suddenly reaching the end of the stage and not seeing any goal post waiting there spooked me. Then suddenly, the music fading and being replaced with that boss music and seeing Dr. Eggman suddenly coming down in a little machine out of nowhere to attack you terrified me because I had never seen anything like that happening before! It makes me laugh thinking about it now!
I ended up with whiplash playing Resident Evil 4 on the Wii - there should’ve been a warning on the Wii about doing warm up exercises before playing, especially when it’s games that make you tense. I had a stiff neck for weeks - that’s my memory of RE, that and being assaulted by an endless horde of weird people whilst being trapped in a house.
I’ve been looking at Reanimal (I think it’s out in February). It reminds me of Limbo (cool game) and is like Little Nightmares.
I haven’t played the Rugrats one but I know what you mean about some not-horror games being scary/creepy. I always think about the statues in the first Tomb Raider game that would come to life as you walked past. Bioshock isn’t survival horror but some of it makes me think of The Shining so I think it’s got that unnerving thing going on.
I’ve been meaning to play Omori.
Did you ever play Eternal Darkness? It messed with your head! I think I still have my copy buried somewhere. Buried. So nothing can escape!
I’ve been meaning to get hold of The Sinking City. It’s got a Lovecraft thing going on. It’s more detective game than horror but the visuals I’ve seen looked good.
But that cat’s head in Silent Hill 4. I still haven’t gotten over it! That meow was in my house! It was like Silent Hill was in my house! A bad time to have surround sound.
I really should try some more big horror games, honestly! I'll be playing FNAF: Security Breach soon, and I've been curious about the classic Resident Evil titles! I've also played through Omori and Doki-Doki Literature Club too. And Undertale genocide route, which I DEFINITELY think counts! It really lays on the guilt seeing the characters who were friendly to you or acting like you were harmless in other routes suddenly being terrified of you and begging for their lives.
I've also noticed there's a strange amount of games that aren't horror, but have weirdly creepy moments in them despite that! Ever played Rugrats: Search for Reptar? There's some genuinely scary sequences in that game, like when you're running around the house at night and there's a load of imaginary ghosts, or when you're lost in the toy store and a giant mechanical ape mascot is hunting you down! I think the thing that makes it so creepy is that you're playing as a baby and seeing things from the babies' point of view, sort of giving you a feeling of vulnerability. That and the PS1 graphics just make it uncanny to look at lol.
And don't get me started about the Tails Doll in Sonic R... I can't even process why that thing looks so unsettling to look at.
I think I should also mention Five Nights At Freddy's games, not because the actual difficulty is an obstacle, but rather they're just so scary that picking up and playing them is difficult lol!
Similar for me. I love survival horror so most of the Silent Hill games. I think SH2 was my favourite, but I do have a soft spot for SH4, partly because of an experience where there was a cats head in my fridge (in the game before anyone reports me to the RSPCA) and the meow sounds sounded like they were in my house and were freaking me & my brother out. I’ve played the Project Zero games (aka Fatal Frame) which are like playing an Asian horror film. And Dead Space, which took me ages because I jumped at everything.
Not a horror game: I played Fez which was tricky in the sense that you have a platform game but you sometimes have to think in 3D to work out how you move around. It’s a clever game.
I don’t like the mission where you have to follow and collect snakes 3 strikes, I always fail at the last strike because it lands in a stupid place and if you go past and reverse you lose snake and fail the mission. Same with the first mission of level five, the cola drinks get dropped in awkward places. And don’t get me started on the trash can one, that one’s worse because you don’t even have the green bar showing you how close or far you are.
I enjoy all the levels really. I do like Marge level though and Bart’s second level though but it’s hard to pick a favourite really. What about you? Which is your favourite if you have one?
Chief wiggum is so funny I wish he was in the game more often but oh well. I love his one liners when failing the mission though!
Oh, god, Zelda II. Wouldn't be so hard if levelling up wasn't such a chore and you actually kept the EXP points you earned before ending your session. Then there's enemies that TAKE AWAY EXP to make things worse! Literally the only Zelda game I own that I haven't beaten.
Hahah, only Masahiro Sakurai can make hyper violent games with bloodless carnage and cute puffballs slamming each other around with massive deadly explosions! Honestly, I love his games! Smash Bros, Kirby, Kid Icarus: Uprising! Sadly, Kirby Superstar on the SNES Classic is the only Kirby game I actually own (the others I've played were pirated on emulators and flash carts)
I think the game that's made me cry the most is probably Final Fantasy 10! I love the game, but the story gets super depressing with it's existential themes. I still bawl at the ending!
Oh I know right!!! Not being able to skip those last few missions is such a pain – level 7 is the stuff of nightmares lmao. I love the storyline in Hit & Run though, it’s really good and is one of those games I always go back to. Some missions are hard though like the follow and collect ones, definitely my least favourites for sure! Do you have a favourite level or place?
LOL I love that. I’m just like omg shut up Chief Wiggum! XD It can be seriously frustrating at times but the whole game is amazing a complete masterpiece.
Not to mention that you can’t skip the last 3 missions on level 7 on hit and run! Grandpas jeep thing is terrible! I remember getting to the school playground and I’d either lose the toxic waste or I’d be timed out as the car goes up the tractor beam. I’m also very bad at the follow missions and of course follow and collect missions. I keep failing the one where Apu has to follow chief wiggum to the dmv a lot lately and then wiggum scoffs my failed attempts lol
Thanks for the tips if I ever do play the Zelda games. Say I get upset when I play paper Mario tok or ttyd and they are meant to be light hearted! They are fantastic games in my opinion but omg I don’t half cry at some bits. I won’t say anything if you haven’t played but if you have played you might guess what I find sad.
My mum mentioned a game franchise that she thought looked good but I said I’m not interested because it was rated a 12. Saying that Kirby air riders is apparently a 12 in Germany and here I am playing my little round cuties lololo and lalala (I keep wanting to call them fololo and falala from the anime). As I said I only have it in for other franchises because I got bullied for playing smash so yeah, yet Simpsons hit and run has running over, explosions and everything!
That's interesting! I honestly wish I got my hands on more Gamecube titles while I had the chances! Mostly Smash Melee and Star Fox Assault, maybe Metroid Prime and Wind Waker too.
Pretty curious about Eternal Darkness as well. I've heard that game has some insane 4th wall breaking sequences including fake blue screens of death and save file erasures!
