Current That One Boss(es) and That One Level(s)?

^^ Well, shmups do tend to be more difficult in general, in comparison to other games. It also helps that they have a lot of bosses.

EDIT: Pinnacle Sign "Pagetopper".

edited 23rd Apr '11 7:22:42 AM by Saigyouji

I forgot something!

Stage 2 of Suguri. Stupid Huge Robotic Fish miniboss and Stupid Mines.

Also, that Huge Battleship in Giga Wing (Second Phase) in the Lava Stage (Ruby Player here), and everything beyond Stage 1 in Mars Matrix.

Also, I'll say this: Just because the shmup in question is NOT a Bullet Hell game doesn't mean that it's easier. In non Bullet Hell games, you have to deal with larger hitboxes and accurate (Not to mention FAST in some cases) bullets that could corner you, along with Stage Design (Radiant Silvergun), AND in some games, the fact that you lose your power-ups if you die. (Darius series)

Bullet Hell games are hard due to well... Having so many bullets on the screen, and you have to time things right. You will be intimidated by the bullets, but patience is a virtue. I'll say that there is next-to-no room for error in these types of games than non Bullet Hell games. (Homing Lasers are an exception, since you should dodge them in a creative manner.)

And yes, I agree with Saigyouji that Shmups are usually more difficult in general.

edited 24th Apr '11 5:07:15 PM by AttObl

In Dissidia, I'm stuck against Cloud of Darkness with a level 1 Onion Knight. I suppose I could just leave the gate and set a higher level, but then all the KP Gambling would've been for nothing...

@Att: The second level of Suguri isn't too bad compared to the fourth one. God damn you Kae. GOD DAMN YOU.

Just did the brain scorcher in STALKER shoc, some freaky shit going on right there. After fighting my way through dozens of monolith mooks and nearly going insane from the psychic emissions, I enter the lab and find... a well lit underground bunker with no more than a few bloodsuckers and no significant loot, what a letdown. And then I have to fight my way back out again with two dozen or so elite mooks in my way, and no options for sneaking past or flanking. Great. So I'm back outside, no more hallucinations but now the spetznaz are fighting the monolith forces and I'm still in the most dangerous area of the game, and both sides want me dead. Will the marked one savescum his way back to the bar, or will he be killed and eaten by mutants? Probably both, repeatedly.

edited 23rd Apr '11 2:53:00 PM by satannstuff

000. Feral Chaos. Then again, one would imagine the god of discord gone insane to be a little...

crazy.

edited 6th May '11 9:13:09 PM by sirnoob

Good to see I'm not the only one who gets the challenge of non-danmaku games. :D

Also, in terms of "OH GOD FUCK THIS SHIT" factor, homing lasers (a la Darius Gaiden, Ray Series, and other Taito-developed shooters) > gratuitous danmaku.

On the note of Kae... Stage 4, Acceleration of Suguri X Edition, Falling Wonder storyline. Dear gog, Kae, stop ripping my face off!

Can't be as bad s CURVING lasers (looking at you, Shou. Curving lasers are guaranteed annoyance EXCEPT from Letty, and you don't really notice them from her.)

Some curving lasers are not aimed at you, while homing lasers target you, and you have to do some good and creative dodging if you want to evade the homing lasers.

Recover Ship Cargo, from Armored Core 3. To quote my tumblr:

Also, once again, Ganzer/Gunther. I'm playing on hard difficulty this time, and he is giving me too much trouble!

edited 1st May '11 5:29:57 AM by AttObl

@ Vairen Maelwisp: Damn you. Damn you to hell. Or better yet, the Plane of Life.

@Saigyouji: Expect her to do that a lot. Kae is one of the hardest bosses in the game.

As Color Printer and I discovered last night, the final set of chambers in the Portal 2 Co-op campaign.

Agh! That priest guy in Final Fantasy 13.

Master of Orion: Any map with Psilons on it. The buggers will do a Civilization style tech tree rush if given the chance. . .

Holy shit dude, I know, right?

Some of those get really fucking ridiculous!

I really like Final Fantasy 13. But the bosses take forever to beat! And if you happen to die when you get close to beating it..... ARGH!

So, I entered Zone M in Darius Gaiden. As anyone who has played the game may have worked out, this was a really bad idea on my part.

edited 6th May '11 10:40:15 AM by Saigyouji

Mass Effect 2, Horizon. Even on lower difficultly levels it can leave you cursing the devs and the rotten wombs they crawled out of, on your first Insanity play through your family should make sure there are no sharp objects near your computer or game console.

dat titanic lance

x4 Guess what? 2nd time you fight him, he has 3.3 million HP. Have fun.

EVERY SINGLE THING ON RE:CODED.

I'm doing a One-HP run (Max Loot/Max Prize Cheat) run, and lemme tell you something, folks. Kingdom Hearts is NOT a game meant to be played where you go down in one hit.

-snrk-

Huh?

, and WTF?