Gaming Games, or sections of a game, that you found absurdly difficult?

[R.N7]

This strength contest in Star Fox Adventures, all you had to do was press A repeatedly yet I found it impossible.

This boss in Metroid Prime 2.

The arcade games in DK 64, never managed to beat the final one.

This c*nt.

 

[horsechoker]

@horsechoker actually made a very good point about lacking discipline as a child. I never completed Zelda OoT back on the GameCube but I sat myself down and played the remake again as an adult and managed to do so. Might do the same with Majora’s Mask since I have all the time in the world now come to think of it...

Yeah definitely, there's a few that I couldn't play well as a kid because I didn't really understand what I needed to do.

 

[Shark]

Dettlaff. The last boss in the Witcher 3, fecking hell it must have taken me dozens of tries and breaks in between to beat that fecker.

The Evil Within 2, Stefano boss fight. The asshole could literally teleport behind you and your character moved like a 70 year old. Couldn’t finish that game.

 

[11101]

Maxing out the score in NES Tetris is by far the most difficult thing I have ever done in a game.
The rat race level of Battletoads and the last level of Battletoads for the NES took ages to learn.

I've seen that frequently cited as the hardest game ever made. I never finished it.

I didn't even know there was an end to Tetris. I thought it just got faster and faster forever.

 

[Fortitude]

Maxing out the score in NES Tetris is by far the most difficult thing I have ever done in a game.
The rat race level of Battletoads and the last level of Battletoads for the NES took ages to learn.
This level from Super Meat Boy drove me mad:

Quite some pedigree there! Lots of tough feats!

Do you ever watch the Tetris world cup games? Insane levels of execution and processing on display.

 

[Organic Potatoes]

Contra, even with the help of a partner, was insane. We had a whole ritual: going to the bathroom, drinks within arm’s reach, a small amount of hand lotion to ease the chafing from the NES controller but not too much otherwise it gets slippery...

Up, up, down, down, left, right, etc.

 

[Volumiza]

What about the original Dragons Lair arcade game?

10p graveyard.

 

[Olly Gunnar Solskjær]

The final mission, "The President's Run", in Driver.

 

[Mr Anderson]

I think it was the first Gears of War (this was probably a piece of piss for everyone else). There was a part in the game where you encountered the final chapter monster, so you had to stand by a pillar and then time your role so the monster would knock the pillar - get all the pillars knocked and it got crushed.

I could not time it whatsoever. Tried for hours and eventually gave up - never played any other Gears after that since I couldnt finish the story. Only real game where I got proper stuck (and not just lost interest)

 

[P-Ro]

Using JoJo the monkey as a spanner (...or 'monkey wrench') in Monkey Island 2.

 

[Olly Gunnar Solskjær]

Using JoJo the monkey as a spanner (...or 'monkey wrench') in Monkey Island 2.

What is he doing to that poor monkey.

 

[V.O.]

When I was 9 or 10 or so and playing the first Metal Gear Solid, I physically couldn't press the button fast enough to survive the Ocelot torture bit so had to get my brother (in his 20s) to do that for me

 

[horsechoker]

Contra, even with the help of a partner, was insane. We had a whole ritual: going to the bathroom, drinks within arm’s reach, a small amount of hand lotion to ease the chafing from the NES controller but not too much otherwise it gets slippery...

Up, up, down, down, left, right, etc.

One of the few games where cheating is necessary.

 

[P-Ro]

What is he doing to that poor monkey.

He's screwing it you filthy dog.

 

[Olly Gunnar Solskjær]

He's screwing it you filthy dog.

Oh that's ok, I thought he was giving it the Heimlich maneuver. As long as they're both having a good time.

 

[Woodzy]

7 year old me hadn't a clue what to do here. Kept jumping on it. No internet either so had to wait a few days until someone in school told me what to do.

Jesus Christ, I though I wanna was the only one. I have nightmares over that.

 

[Shane88]

Jesus Christ, I though I wanna was the only one. I have nightmares over that.

Oh it's common, it's known as the "Barrel of Doom" apparently! The game designer apologised for it after the fact.

 

[Jippy]

The Aztec pyramid mission on 00 level in the original Goldeneye on N64 was also pretty much impossible.

Was that the level where they had Moonraker lasers? That was impossible.

 

[dumbo]

Quite some pedigree there! Lots of tough feats!

Do you ever watch the Tetris world cup games? Insane levels of execution and processing on display.

It was this documentary about the first Classic Tetris World Championship that made me switch from Gameboy Tetris to NES:

I was half planning to make a pilgrimage this year and take part after maxing out. That's probably off the cards now. Just watching some of the young hypertappers gives me phantom carpal tunnel syndrome.

I've seen that frequently cited as the hardest game ever made. I never finished it.

I didn't even know there was an end to Tetris. I thought it just got faster and faster forever.

Ignoring the custom made "rage" games, I would say that Battletoads is the hardest game I've played. The game length, variety in its difficulty and murderous continue? system make it a pretty laborious challenge to finish. Something like Super Meatboy has individual sections that are harder but the saved progression and infinite lives make it much more forgiving. Battletoads is infamous for the level 3 speedbikes because that is where as kids we all died but they are merely the gates to the hell that lies beyond.

 

[Solius]

There was a part in the Tomorrow Never Dies videogame on the PS1 (I think) that I never managed to get past. It was just after you come out of some pipe I think and you're on some ice.

I just kept dying and eventually gave up. Always thought I'd complete it one day.

 

[Solius]

Also has anyone mentioned:

- The RC helicopter mission in Vice City.
- The Driver mission in Vice City.

 

[Solius]

Not particularly hard but more frustating is that gym leader in Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal who has the Miltank which uses rollout, once she strings 3-4 of those together the Miltank becomes a force to be reckoned with.

Whitney's fecking Miltank.

 

[Solius]

Fecking solid from the off

Oh wow this just gave me a wage of nostalgia.

 

[Solius]

Also the underwater mission in MGS2 before you have to fight Vamp.

And any level in this fecking game ^^^

 

[Annihilate Now!]

When I was a kid, I couldn't comprehend how anyone would ever be able to finish a Doom game without cheating... still don't to be honest.

More recently, one of the time trials on Rayman was an absolutely feck on... took me ages to do that.

And....

The Valkyrie’s in God of War are ridiculously hard.

I couldn't for the life of me comprehend doing these on anything above the normal difficulty... especially Sigurn. That took me ages on just normal.

Think the only ones of them that I did first time were the ones in the Maze place and the fire/volcano place (at which point I was highly leveled up)

7 year old me hadn't a clue what to do here. Kept jumping on it. No internet either so had to wait a few days until someone in school told me what to do.

feck, i just had flashbacks

There was a level in the first Crash Bandicoot where you had to go across a bridge with loads of holes in it. That level was an absolute bastard.

Was that the one where you could jump on the ropes on the sides of the bridge and just run on them? 'cos thats how i beat it... feck doing it the actual way.

Getting out of the garage in Driver.
C'mon! I just want to start the game!

Ha! I hated that... I couldn't do it when I first started, so I remember I had to do the cheat where you edited the .txt file to skip that entirely.

I think I eventually managed to do it once when I replayed the game. Who thought putting the hardest thing (by far) first was a good idea?

 

[Solius]

There was a part on The Warriors PS2 game where you had to run away from the clowns and jump across the rooftops.

Me and my mate kept trying to run away but everytime one got near our character it would make them automatically turn around and start fighting. So you would lose your speed when the next jump came and we'd always die. I think it took us about 50 tries over an entire evening but we eventually did it.

I played it again a few years ago and realised there was a sprint button we were not aware of at the time. Did it with ease.

 

[Nickosaur]

I was really enjoying that Cuphead game a few years ago, the side-scrolling shooter with the cool art style.

Then i came up against this massive cnut in a plane and i had to give up after 200+ attempts and a huge strain on my mental and physical health. Shame, i really enjoyed the game up to that point.

 

[siw2007]

I’m pretty crap at video games so probably a lot of stuff.

But when I was younger the one level that stood out and joked about it at the time was playing God of War. There’s a part where you are in the underworld and you have to climb three spikey rotating columns, except that each bit of the column was rotating in a different direction and speed, loads of blades coming out and extremely punishing hit boxes. When you got hit which was like all the time, you went back to the start of the column. One of the most frustrating levels I have ever played!

I never actually did it, but there was a stone dragon on the original Spyro in the treetops level which requires you to use the charge pad and jump from platform to platform in a confusing order in order to reach it. Its bloody mind blowing to watch it, let alone do it.

 

[T_Model101]

Most of the stuff on my NES tbh
Ninja Gaiden stage 5-4 or whatever it is can feck right off, reappearing eagles, shruikens all over the screen. Ridiculous stuff
Also Battletoads, I can master the infamous bike section but have never managed to get beyond the ice stage....and apparently that's only halfway through the game.....

 

[Fortitude]

It was this documentary about the first Classic Tetris World Championship that made me switch from Gameboy Tetris to NES:

I was half planning to make a pilgrimage this year and take part after maxing out. That's probably off the cards now. Just watching some of the young hypertappers gives me phantom carpal tunnel syndrome.

Playing under the spotlight in such pressurised conditions also gives a real appreciation of the levels those guys are operating at. Hope you get to go to one of those Championships and test your mettle.

 

[Posh Red]

When I was a kid, I couldn't comprehend how anyone would ever be able to finish a Doom game without cheating... still don't to be honest.

More recently, one of the time trials on Rayman was an absolutely feck on... took me ages to do that.

And....



I couldn't for the life of me comprehend doing these on anything above the normal difficulty... especially Sigurn. That took me ages on just normal.

Think the only ones of them that I did first time were the ones in the Maze place and the fire/volcano place (at which point I was highly leveled up)



feck, i just had flashbacks



Was that the one where you could jump on the ropes on the sides of the bridge and just run on them? 'cos thats how i beat it... feck doing it the actual way.



Ha! I hated that... I couldn't do it when I first started, so I remember I had to do the cheat where you edited the .txt file to skip that entirely.

I think I eventually managed to do it once when I replayed the game. Who thought putting the hardest thing (by far) first was a good idea?

It was! Me and a mate sat up all night doing it recently and I was determined to finish it legit

 

[NotoriousISSY]

"all you had to do was follow the damn train CJ"

I can't count the amount of attempts it took me...

 

[TheReligion]

The one in Hellheim (is it hellheim?) especially. Bloody devilish.

Unfair not to tag @devilish if you're going to curse him.

When I was 9 or 10 or so and playing the first Metal Gear Solid, I physically couldn't press the button fast enough to survive the Ocelot torture bit so had to get my brother (in his 20s) to do that for me

Turbo controller

 

[Vidyoyo]

FF8 final boss. Tried it five times, each taking about 40 minutes of my time, only to die on the final phase every time.

In the end, I figured I wasn't going to do it without cheesing the game and didn't care enough anyway. I beat it though. I said 'the end' and it was done.

The internet has really ruined games for me. It’s so tempting to look things up when you’re stuck these day’s (looking especially at Broken Sword here)

Speaking of which, there was a glitch in the GBA version of the first game, the part where you choose to go to Syria or Spain first. Obviously my euro-centric outlook prompted me to go Spain but it means you can't progress because you don't have a key item.

Spent like a week of my time trying walking around the garden grounds going mad. An internet search quickly taught me it's a game-breaking bug.

Good times.

 

[Mart1974]

Sekiro on first playthrough was nearly broke me.

I am stuck on the 1st boss that uses special moves...

 

[Posh Red]

FF8 final boss. Tried it five times, each taking about 40 minutes of my time, only to die on the final phase every time.

In the end, I figured I wasn't going to do it without cheesing the game and didn't care enough anyway. I beat it though. I said 'the end' and it was done.



Speaking of which, there was a glitch in the GBA version of the first game, the part where you choose to go to Syria or Spain first. Obviously my euro-centric outlook prompted me to go Spain but it means you can't progress because you don't have a key item.

Spent like a week of my time trying walking around the garden grounds going mad. An internet search quickly taught me it's a game-breaking bug.

Good times.

I think I may have had this same issue. Such a glorious game though.

 

[VeevaVee]

Oh wow this just gave me a wage of nostalgia.

You can actually play it online. On my phone at the mo so will look later. I tried for nostalgic purposes and wished I didn’t though. Still solid

 

[Van Piorsing]

Most games on Commodore 64 and Atari 65 XE. Collecting all ship parts in Starquake or last 5 levels of Zybex.

Later stages in Moon Patrol were insufferable - You had to jump the canyons while destroying incoming rocks while multiple UFOs bombarding the ever loving dog piss out of your tank.

 

[Gehrman]

I am stuck on the 1st boss that uses special moves...

The old woman or the guy on the horse?

 

[DVG7]

There was a mission in the getaway that was nigh on impossible