I've finally dusted off the PS4 and intend to run through as many of the bazillion titles I've left in their wrapping (it's really bad!) since purchase. Innocent and naive as I was, I chose Wolfenstein II as my opening gambit. I play my games on the hardest setting available off the bat, and come what may, graft and swear my through until I'm up to par. The sense of achievement, tangible, by the end...
I've never started a game in a wheelchair before, and the factored in mechanics and dynamics of it - such as wheels getting stuck in ridges so you can't help but get wedged 'stuck' (zero time for reorientation) on some occasions during firefights where it's a 2-4 shot death - is maddening. I've bumbled my way off that level now, but the game is still ruthless, more because it takes far too many shots to kill, and in melee situations, you can shoot one enemy 5 or 6 times and believe him disposed of, at which point you've turned your attention to another only for the initial, should-have-been-dead-already guy, to then pop you in the head.
That's probably bad programming making for a harder game, but either way, it is ultimately leading me to believe this is only going to get tougher. I thought to myself: 'when was the last time I faced off against a game that drove me to equal points of despair?' I came up with Dying Light in nightmare mode, which is both mental and entertaining in equal measure. Another was Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 200cc trying to get all 1st's. If you can do that without throwing yourself out of the nearest window as you have flashbacks of a wasted life on earth, I salute you. I sulkily retired from that fecking game in protest... I don't even know if I want to go back to that personal hell or if the PTSD will let me.
What have been the most difficult games you've played, and did you see them through to the end or switch off (or down a level or two)?
I've never started a game in a wheelchair before, and the factored in mechanics and dynamics of it - such as wheels getting stuck in ridges so you can't help but get wedged 'stuck' (zero time for reorientation) on some occasions during firefights where it's a 2-4 shot death - is maddening. I've bumbled my way off that level now, but the game is still ruthless, more because it takes far too many shots to kill, and in melee situations, you can shoot one enemy 5 or 6 times and believe him disposed of, at which point you've turned your attention to another only for the initial, should-have-been-dead-already guy, to then pop you in the head.
That's probably bad programming making for a harder game, but either way, it is ultimately leading me to believe this is only going to get tougher. I thought to myself: 'when was the last time I faced off against a game that drove me to equal points of despair?' I came up with Dying Light in nightmare mode, which is both mental and entertaining in equal measure. Another was Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 200cc trying to get all 1st's. If you can do that without throwing yourself out of the nearest window as you have flashbacks of a wasted life on earth, I salute you. I sulkily retired from that fecking game in protest... I don't even know if I want to go back to that personal hell or if the PTSD will let me.
What have been the most difficult games you've played, and did you see them through to the end or switch off (or down a level or two)?