What are the most difficult games that you've actually beaten?

You know, I've been meaning to start replaying the C&C series. I should make an effort to do it in hard mode. I actually think I can handle the earlier games in Hard better than the later ones. In Red Alert 2, the penultimate missions of both campaigns are brutal. And I can't manage Kane's Wrath on Normal, let alone Hard.

Last mission of Red Alert on both sides is even worse though.

Oh, and Warcraft III, but only on normal and I never beat Frozen Throne (consistently got stuck on the "kill the summoners" level).

In terms of most difficult games to beat(aka get to the ending), it'll probably be a Mega Man Battle Network game. In terms of challenge runs(higher difficulties, "true ending", etc.), well...

...Although that wasn't actually all that difficult, now that I think of it.

...I can't really think of too many games that actually is all that difficult.

Guilty Gear Accent Core Plus. No idea how to use my character, just mashing at I-No until she ran away.

Sadly, I was playing the Wii version with the character endings cut out.

Do self imposed challenges count? If so, then Mega Man Zero 3. I forced myself into an S Rank run.

If not, uh... I don't know.

edited 26th May '12 7:14:00 PM by Zeromaeus

If they do count, I also have a No Death Run in Pikmin 2 to my name.

I'd have to say:

• The Genesis version of Battletoads, and I did it again recently just to prove I still had it in me.
• Aero the Acrobat (Sega Genesis, but its nearly identical to the SNES version)
• Bubsy (the original, again Genesis)
• The original Art of Fighting (PS 2 version, and I had kicked it down to "Easy" but still had to use tons of continues... naturally, I'm scared to try the harder modes)

Although, I'm shit at judging the difficulty of games so I let other people tell me what's difficult and what isn't... except in the Art Of Fighting case. Nobody can argue but that that game is like trying to fight Super Saiyan Goku twelve times in a row.

aaaand adding devil survivor 2 to the list.

Since I didn't beat many games, it shouldn't be too hard:

• Since it's apparently a difficult game, the first Command And Conquer. I managed to beat Nod mission 11 without the commando sight trick, but did use the sandbag trick.
• According to Joueur Du Grenier, the first The Smurfs on the Super Nintendo and Genesis is a hard game. I beat it in hard mode.

Oh, man, I rarely replay games on Hard. I beat Halo 3 with my dad on Heroic, then Legendary. What I found was that some games were harder on Hard than Very Hard, if that makes sense. Even then, the only parts that were hard were, you guessed it, those awful Scarab battles and Cortana. Halo 3 ODST was much easier on Heroic/Legendary. I probably like ODST better overall.

I always found Resident Evil Outbreak to be pretty hard. I started playing the game on Easy, and after trying Normal, I was very glad for that. I never did really "graduate" to Normal.

Megaman Zero 4. Yes, most people consider it the easiest of the series, but it's still balls-crushingly hard no matter what they say. I think it says a lot about the series that "slightly less traumatic" is considered a major step down in the difficulty.

Megaman X Command Mission. It seems easy enough at first, but at about Dr. Psyche/Mad Nautilus (the third boss) it suddenly kicks up several gears and you'll end up getting steamrolled unless you're ready or you squeak through via sheer luck, like I did during my first playthrough.

I'm sensing a pattern in most of the examples people have posted that delights me to no end...

Also, Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter. Sometimes it was harsh but fair, and other times it just took the mickey and was hard (looking at you, Guardrail IX...). Still, in the end I persevered and snatched victory from the jaws of defeat. I still haven't defeated the sequel to this day.

I think it's telling that two of my examples (GRAW and MMZ 4) were only won on Easy Mode.

you had a hard time with GRAW 2?! The only level that was annoying was the final mission due to how many enemies spawned out of nowhere and with little warning: unacceptable in a game that prizes itself on tactics, flanking, and approaching all situations knowing who is where.

I unlocked all characters in Dead Or Alive 4, other than that, nothing notable. I did also at several points score GREATs (1-round Flawless Victory) on Alpha-152, and once managed a GREATEST (Flawless Victory in both rounds), and Alpha is one SNK bitch.

Also, for someome of my fitness level (not fat, but still below average), having 5gold stars on five different songs on Dance Central 2 (Mai Ai Hee, Sandstorm, Bulletproof, My Prerogative and Run (I'm a Natural Disaster) isn't bad going and Run is definitely a difficult song.

edited 28th May '12 8:33:24 AM by Plumbum

Elite Beat Agents, Sakura Samurai: Art of the Sword, Donkey Kong Country 1, 2, and 3, and just recently Zack and Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure.

I guess A Boy and His Blob (Wii version) as well, but I use a guide for treasure chests and a small part near the end, so I'm not sure that counts (I played most of it without one, and it IS hard).

edited 22nd Sep '12 6:32:58 AM by Kyrios9

I've finally done Axelay. Thing was a major Nintendo Hard incarnate

I've beaten The Adventures Of Bayou Billy at least five times. The rail shooter stages are a breeze when you're actually using the Zapper.

The Modern Warfare series, Word at War, and Black Ops, blind, on Veteran. Devil May Cry 4 on Dante Must Die (S-ranked all but two missions). Bayonetta on Nonstop Infinite Climax (Platinum on every chapter on Normal).

Rock Band's Endless Setlist on Expert (I came that close to bombing "Run to the Hills" when my lead guitarist failed; if I hadn't hit the next Overdrive segment and immediately used it, that would've been it).

edited 21st Sep '12 3:20:35 AM by DarkSoldier

I Wanna Be The Guy.

I am a hollower person for it.

The spider and sigma from mega man x. No srsly fuck those two... fuck em. That game was hard.

edited 20th Sep '12 9:22:15 PM by goldmonkey

Touhou 11, Subterranean Animism (On easy, but still took me forever. I've beaten most of the other Touhou games on easy, that one just gave me the most trouble.)

Dark Souls

And probably the one I'm most proud of, Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup . Over 4 years playing that game before I finally managed to escape with that orb.

1CC Embodiment of Scarlet Devil on Normal and eXceed 3rd: JADE PENETRATE on Normal. The culmination of weeks of constant practice.

I'm also rather proud of finishing Spec Ops The Line on Suicide Mission difficulty.

edited 21st Sep '12 6:08:05 PM by HouraiRabbit

Mass Effect 2 on Insanity.

Mega Man 1-10.

The NES Mega Man titles, all three console Punch Out games, Majoras Mask, and the original Kid Icarus.

I Wanna Be The Boshy.

GOD DAMMIT IT TOOK ME A YEAR AND A HALF, BUT I DID IT!

On Easy.

Now, for Normal.