I’m 51 and have been gaming since I was about 8, started with TV Games, then a Spectrum, then Commodore, then Amiga, then Sega Master System, then Mega Drive, some Game Boy, PlayStation, N64, XBox 360, Switch, XBox Series X and all along I’ve been shite at games and immensely frustrated at difficulty and insta-death levels. Mate, I’ve been playing Ghosts N Goblins for over 40 years and go nowhere. Shoutout to those of us who’ve been crap in every generation for five decades.
The first win is doable, but then the game hits you with a "the princess is another castle" BS and have to beat it AGAIN, that second run ive never could pull it off in original hardware, (on emulators with save states is much more forgiving)
In Bloodborne, I was stuck on the final boss Orphan of Kos for literally 2 weeks. I gave up on my weapon and started trying out other weapons, only you have to level the weapon up so I had to grind materials. I tried so many weapons and just couldn't beat him. Finally tried out the DLC weapon Beast Saif and it made the game super easy. I'm not joking, it was easy. I had my wife play the game, as soon as the DLC opened up in the beginning I took the controls and ran straight through everything to grab the Beast Saif and then handed the controller back to my wife. When she beat the game, she only had 2 deaths on Orphan of Kos, took her only 3 tries. That weapon is so broken.
Orphan of Kos is legendary hard! I kind of like it when developers give you an out on a game like that. I feel like it's good design to have a last ditch effort in there for everyone 😆
Some of the jumping puzzles during the raids in Destiny 1 and 2 are the hardest thing I've ever done. There are so many blind jumps that you have to make around corners and land on a tiny little rock or pipe and if you miss you have to restart so many other hard blind jumps just to get back to the blind jump you missed.
There is one game that was actually impossible for one person. That game was Punch Out for the NES and that person was my friend Chris. During the training cut scene, where the trainer was riding his bike in front of you, we told Chris that if you pressed "B" and "A" fast enough you would catch the trainer, throw him off the bike and ride off the screen with it yourself. For at least two summers, every time that scene came up, Chris gave it his all to see this special scene. He never got suspicious that my brother and I never gave the slightest effort to do this just to show him how to it was done. It was quite entertaining!
Awesome video! I recently picked up The Adventures of Bayou Billy and share the same frustrations lol. I didn't know about the history of why the developers increased the difficulty for the NA version. Very interesting......
In Star Fox Adventures, I got stuck at the Lightfoot Strength Test because I had to rapidly press a button to get him into the pit. 1 1/2 to 2 years later, when I bought a turbo controller, I made it right through and went on to beat the rest of the game.
Omg that test was crazy! I asked my mom to give it chance and she beat it the first try!!? I was blown away by that because she doesn't even play video games! I'll never forget her coming to my rescue after hearing me so upset and then saving the day.
@@tjames6427that’s so funny, I knew my gf was a fast tapper cuz she would kick my ass at those Mario party games. So I was like babe can you help me in this trial and yea she did it first try. I just don’t understand why I don’t have a fast thumb lol
@@bobbyrivera2951 I've since came up with a method that will help you beat any fast tap section in seconds! Take your pointer and place it over the button then with your other hand alternate two finger tap on your pointer finger. I call it the double tap lol.
Have you tried “Yolanda” on the Atari ST? Such a hard game. Start the level, think “Where am I on the screen?” And before you see your character, all the floors are on fire and you’re dead. Start again…. It’s a random new level and you still don’t know where your character is. Took me so long to beat it!
Great video, you mentioned two of my favourite games of all time in Bloodborne and R-type. I put around 200 hrs into bloodborne, god those chalice dungeon bosses were brutal. I remember walking into a local arcade as a wide eyed 10 year old and being totally blown away by R-type. Now 36 years later, i own pretty much every version of it and i still havent beat the last stage. Actually the only port i finished was the gameboy version (less stages).
Thanks for sharing your history with these games! The chalice dungeons were no joke. I got burned out on them really quickly. I wish I could have played r-type in the arcades. I'm envious that you did
Single dad if 4 with full custody…Bloodborne is also one of my favorite games, that being said I’m loving Elden ring right now on the steam deck. I love type as well especially delta and final part 1 on ps2…those BYDO had some creepy last levels.
the immortal and wizardry were some of the toughest games on the nes for me. ive played them later on an emmulator, and aced them, but wow, at the time, they were my most difficult. great video, dropped a sub
Oh god, the immortal.. I rented that one a few times, never got too far lol. Something about that one sparked my imagination as a kid though, I remember being a little obsessed with it
I completely agree with your rant around the 7:54 mark. There is a subset of gamers out that enjoy the masochistic side of gaming. Being an older gamer myself, games back in the day were made difficult to prolong play time because of technology limitations. But if I hear a game is made like Divinty original sin. Hard pass. That’s why for years I avoided the soul’s borne games up until Elden Ring. Which funnily enough, they made for more mass appeal. Great video. You got a subscriber.
Thanks for subscribing! I feel like a lot of games made these days are designed to be the one and only game you play for a few years until the next game comes out. I see so many posts on Reddit about people looking for a game can play "forever." I hate it... and it's a hard pass for me. Like you, I prefer to head into a game, knowing it can be finished with some sort of relative ease
Well said in everything about Battletoads. I beat Battlemaniacs in the Super Nintendo, it helped me get better at the NES one but it still was so difficult I couldn’t get much past the surf board level, it does suck worse than the turbo tunnel.
Bloodborne was my introduction into souls games. I got so frustrated with it I stopped playing it for months. Then saw a video of Sqillakilla playing it and it motivated me to try again. I realized what I was doing wrong. Once I went back to it I started doing better. I went on to play DS3 after that. Then I went to DS1 and 2. Demon Souls remake and finally Elden Ring. Now I really love souls games.
Not realizing I was playing it wrong was the same issue I had. I kept trying to force my playstyle into it... and that just didn't work. Glad to see you got the hang of it! Thanks for watching!
Dragon Warrior ll for the NES is brutal. Your party feels overwhelmed and outmatched throughout the entire game. The last couple of areas are absolute hell.
TMNT for the NES. Some of carts had a program error that you wouldn’t automatically throw the rope to cross buildings. That pretty much ended the game for that cartridge.
I completely agree on Divinity: Original Sin My wife and I kept trying to chug through that game and eventually gave up. And that was at 70+ hours in. It was a lot of fun to play, but miserable to figure out. The clues are vague and the journal is just a single bullet point. Good luck finding where you need to go based on the quest journal if you don't remember who or what you did to get that journal entry. After having to look up where to go for the umpteenth time, we called it quits.
For a time around the turn of the millennium, Sega was divided up into development houses like Hitmaker, Smilebit, and AM2 (AM2 is of course legendary). The development group that made Monkey Ball was Amusement Vision, the group that also made F-Zero GX. Although Sega just reorganized internally and didn't really get rid of AV, I doubt many of the people who made those three amazing AV games on the Gamecube are still working in any part of Sega. Monkey Ball never had development continuity as far as I can tell, so there has probably been no knowledge transmission of how Monkey Ball should actually work across development generations. AV had it right the first time out and unfortunately that's probably as good as the series will ever be.
@@RNGGamerYT Yeah, but also, I think a few decades ago, people did enjoy their time spend playing, now it seems like people want to finish a game in order to jump onto the next one. That's why I enjoy Soulslike games so much. The gameplay keeps me coming back, I don't care how long it takes me to finish them or if at all...
In the 90s there was the the Philips CD-i system, which was one of the first disc-based consoles. All of the games were simply terrible, there was even an unplayable Zelda game. But it had one unbelievably hard animation-based game called Escape from Cyber City. I’ve played a ton of hard games in my life, nothing is as hard as that game was, but admittedly that’s a really obscure, deep cut
NES TMNT was one of the few games I never could beat as a kid. The often bemoaned water level wasn't hard at all, but I just couldn't get through later levels.
The presidents run in driver is almost impossible… You’d get crushed so hard the car would smash over the buildings & just freeze/stop working… Need some luck to get slammed a few blocks in the right direction
So glad I found your channel. I'm 57 and have been a gamer for as long as it's been possible to be one! Here in the UK there's a channel by a guy called Nick, "njenkin". It's not the same as yours but it's similar in that you both play games from a "real" perspective. The kind of game-play that average players experience. Definitely subscribing to your channel now 👍
I've never played any of the games you mentioned, but I have purchased Elden Ring. I haven't played it yet, though. I usually stay away from really hard games because they're taxing on my arthritic hands, and they're not very relaxing. I mainly play video games to relax, not to get more stressed
I am a GIGANTIC fan of the first three Resident Evils, but number 4 is a different story. I don't know what it was but that game kicked my ass from the get go. I got suck almost at the beginning, rage quit over and over and never even came anywhere close to beating it.
The original Megaman drove me nuts. It didn't have any instructions to even tell you about swapping powers. Whoever said they can beat it with just the cannon is full of it. Elec-man takes no damage from the cannon. Trust me, I tried.
Bloodborne is the game that unlocked the Soulsborne genre for me. Absolute masterpiece, up there with The Witcher 3 and New Vegas as my favorite games of all time.
The Witcher 3 is another one that I love! I haven't played New Vegas yet, but I have a tendency to not like Fallout games. I'm hoping it's the one that wins me over 😄
@@RNGGamerYT i would suggest making yourself get through Fallout 1 and 2 first. A lot of New Vegas’ appeal is the continuation of the world building that took place in those first two…. 3, 4 and 76 are technically set in the same universe but the fallout games set in the west have a totally different vibe from the fallout games set in the east.
Watching your 2 part series on this topic, have experienced most if not all things in gaming since playing 1942 by Capcom in '84, can't argue with you bringing up the likes of XCOM, that game is like bringing a butter knife to a gun fight, also how you mention Pink Sweets, Ikaruga & R-Type, those Shmups don't hold a candle difficulty wise to Dodonpachi Daioujyou & Battle Garegga, also I have to mention the likes of Ninja Gaiden Black Label, SMB The Lost Levels, The Sharp X68000 version of Castlevania & F-Zero GX, have enjoyed seeing your perspective / experiences of difficult games.
BG3 is way less punishing but still tricky. What's great with BG3 is that if you stop to scum save to move the story the way you want, that become ten time better. If you don't do it, the game still progress but it won't go the way you hoped which is awesome. Nevertheless there's some dice throw that can make you "game over" so you better save often when you feel tension. But don't quickload if you miss a roll or anything, it will just unfold organically and you'll keep getting surprised AND challenged. But not like Divinity 2. I couldn't finish it because an area was poisoned to dead and i needed a head from there that i forgot to pick. I hated that game while i cherish BG3 with the deepest of my heart.
In one of the Medal of Honor Undeground levels, the last part of the level required me to wipe out the stockpile of parts that were already built. I tried a few times running away from it, but it caught up to me and I failed each time. A week or 2 later, I came back to it and went sideways, straight and sideways again to get to the end of the level. Near the end of the game, in the second to last level, it took me a day and a half to beat that level; after that, I made it through the level and beat the rest of the game.
I am an old gamer and not a very good one, but I played the beejeezus out of Divinity Original Sin. The ability to fine-tune the attack to get it just right...appeals to someone like me.
Last stage on Ninja Gaiden for the NES. That game had me SO pissed off because that stage was nearly impossible to beat. If you're lucky enough to get to the final boss and you lose a life against him it will take you ALL the way back to the 1st level of that last stage which like I said is already nearly impossible to beat. When that first happened to me I turned the game off. I didn't care how far I got.
Bloodborne , i deleted that game so many times, Sekiro also, Cuphead, Dark Soul 3, Demon Soul. Hate those games with a passion but i love them at the same time lol
Fromsoft is one of the few companies that know how to strike a balance between fun and difficulty. Of course, the balance is way off... but they struck it regardless 🤣
I can totally relate. As I get older, as a very casual gamer, games are HARD! Yeah, I played the hard ass games back in the 80s and 90s, but the problem is I had the reflexes back in the day!
I actually beat The Adventures of Bayou Billy at age 11 after about a year of trying. Unquestionably my single greatest video game achievement 😊 I freaking love that game 😂
And just quickly, "super thunder blade". Wow, that was hard. I played that when I was 8.... finally beat it when I was 27. There was a rumour it was so hard because the makers didn't have an ending. But wow, what a fun game
@jake90052 the streaming is a slow build. I mainly do it to build a community with the people who are already subscribed. It's also nice to have a guaranteed 3 hour gaming session every week
😐 Beating King Hippo in Mike Tysons Punchout was the hardest thing that I ever did. I would continually punch King Hippo and he would never go down. For two weeks King Hippo knocked me out and kept laughing at me. I started having nightmares about him. Then a friend of mine laughed at me and said, "Just punch him in the belly button". I did that, beat King Hippo and felt violated and cheated and extremely foolish. I'm currently seeing a therapist in order to get over the ptsd caused by King Hippo
Ever play Back To The Future 3 on Sega Genesis? The game starts you off with such a high difficulty and I'd be surprised if anyone actually got to the other levels of the game without the cheat code i used to use back in the day to progress.
A naturalist, nice to find like myself. I always just play the way it’s intended. Speed runs time challenges beat without dying I never had fun playing a game for these self gratification of awards that really just take time away from experiencing other titles
Exactly! I love gaming challenges and watch them on youtube all of the time. But I have no desire to do them myself. Just like you said, there are too many other games to play
How about these 2: Medal of Honour: Allied Assault on hard difficulty. It’s quite short and also a very well made game so it stayed fun for me but the difficulty is insane. Syndicate: American Revolt expansion. Missions where you can die within 10 seconds. It’s an additional mission pack for a relatively easy game which ramped the difficulty up to insane levels. It’s so ridiculous, it’s funny.
7:49 Every rpg, someone gonna say this. Example, a secret boss on ff7 remake intergrade, Weist. This guy is so hard. I looked at every body strats and their're like, do this at the same time while you're doing these other 8 techs before he changes to 2nd form and wipes the party. Lol
I beat Battletoads back in the 80s over the course of two 2-day video game rentals. The first rental period we got to the spinning Dark Queens tower, but got blown off by those stupid clouds. Battletoads is hard, but not nearly as hard as some of the crappiest NES titles. Like Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, X-men, Master Chu and the Drunkard Hu. I also found good games like Ninja Gaiden and Street Fighter 2020.harder than Battletoads.
THANK YOU for your comments on DOS2, because while that game is great, Larian really flubbed the overall XP gain design. Players would advance into the next act without having enough xp and end up soft locked, because they were underleveled with no way of regaining that xp. Not only that, but, while the game says "you can do whatever you want", that's not really what happens. As you mentioned, you have to do it a very specific way if you want to max the XP. And if you don't max the XP, you can soft lock. So they'll say "You can just fight your way out, and you'll get 5000xp, freedom of choice.".........BUT, if you find a certain painting, examine the back, find a note, use that note to blackmail a magister, then have the magister throw a lever, which unlocks a door across the map, you will find a guy who will tell you how to release a toxin, which will kill the guys you'd normally fight, and you get 20000xp for going that route. And if you don't go that second route, you will not be able to survive in act 2.
Playing Neo Geo AES console versions of their MVS counterparts, meaning, with most of the games, getting just a few continues instead of being able to credit feed through it, are some of the hardest challenges around. Of course difficulties can be set. Talking about difficulties, playing Thunder Force IV on the maniac difficulty and then choosing Ruin as the first stage is a great challenge as well. Makes the console roar. On the inside.
They are way harder on the AES! That's why I opted for the MVS! You still have the option of playing the AES since all versions of all regions are on every cart!
Well, that is mostly true. It is a serious challenge to beat AES games with limited continues, but that was really just to make you buy a memory card. If you have a memory card, it saves when you run out of credits, and then you can keep continuing from there with a new set of continues every time. They basically pay-walled unlimited continues.
@@bananonymouslastname5693 That is a way to view it and might be true. I do think the memory card was created to be innovative, what the whole Neo Geo system was really about, innovation in the arcades and homes. Except it couldn't work for the price. For the arcade owner an MVS system was a cheaper alternative to cabinets with a single game and some Neo Geo games could even be linked together for expanded multi-player. Trying to connect this market with a home console through means of a memory card and quality arcade sticks is an innovative idea, if the home console wasn't out of reach for everyone. Still, if it's unlimited continues you're after, then the memory card is a better option than having no option at all. Some games have this artificial difficulty by giving just one life and no continue's, like Comix Zone for example. Not a fan of those practices.
@@DancesRainyStreets I'm definitely not hating on the Neo Geo. I have a AES and an MVS cabinet, and the ability to transfer your progress between them is cool. That said, if you own the AES cart, you were probably going to play a different game with your quarter than the one you spent a couple of hundred dollars on to have at home. With the AES being originally conceived as a rental system, memory card transfer makes more sense. However, I struggle to think of many more reasons to limit continues on do many AES carts. I have I think 35 AES carts, and a handful allow unlimited continues, mostly from ADK. Cyber Lip, Ninja Combat, Magician Lord, Super Spy, etc. will let you credit feed to your heart's content. Most of the SNK proper stuff is limited. I will say, though, that I had a lot of fun trying to beat some AES games within the limits. A friend and I did Sengoku 1 & 3 that way, and came close on 2, but never finished the job. I managed several of the Fatal Fury and KOF games on 1-3 credits. I don't think I came close on some, though, like Robo Army I never got past stage 5 on the stock credits, and I'm not sure Crossed Swords is even possible on the stock credits. That game is so long.
I would say Gundam vs Zeta Gundam on PS2 is impossible to beat solo since your Ai partner is just bad and their deaths count as yours and that will end your game pretty quick. Another one is Omega Quintet on PS4. That game nearly broke me, but I got the platinum for it. The basic enemies can wipe out your whole team. The better you do in combat, the stronger the enemies get and will get to override your turns and pretty much wipe out your whole team.
As somebody that finished Original Sin 2 a couple of times, my view is that character builds are the secret for this game. In the first run I went for some balanced characters and they were quickly thrashed. They did too many things but were masters of none, so I had to resort to this kind of tactic you describe. Preset the battlefield, pre-position characters. In the second run we had some archetype characters. A tank, a glass cannon archer with lots of mobility, a healer/buffer and a somewhat squishy barbarian that did decent damage. The run was a breeze Now, the crpg I had a hard time playing was Pathfinder: Kingmaker. It is a really good game, but it always needs you to have the correct team and do the correct tactic or the game is over. And there is no build that will save you from redoing a lot of battles.
See, that's the thing with CRPGs! You found out how to breeze through the game... after playing through it already and learning how to exploit it. It's like having to go through college twice. The second time is easier because you know all of the easiest classes to take and what professors grade the easiest. 🤣 I haven't played any of the Pathfinder games... if you struggled, I may have to avoid them
Huh. I did not know about the Battletoads PAL origins. That explains a lot about its impossible difficulty reputation in the U.S. Edit: Same for Bayou Billy and the anger over rentals. I actually could reliably make it to the final level of that game, but I don't remember ever actually beating it.
I remember, renting Bayou Billy and I was really excited for it. Oh boy. After about 20 minutes in, I was done. What a frustrating mess of a game. Beating just one enemy is so exhausting, it robbed any "fun" out of it. Just terrible
About 6 months ago I downloaded Tetris99 on the Nintendo switch. It's a free game, thought I'd give it a try. I really liked tetris as a child, loved Pokémon puzzle league and Lumines. So I'm feeling pretty good about myself when it comes to these types of games. Boy oh boy.. it took me months to finally get to the top spot in tetris 99. But I wasn't going to stop playing until I made it to the top of that mountain. And it felt great. If you haven't tried it yet and enjoy that style of game I'd say give it a shot. Love your videos . Keep up the good work
Thanks for watching my videos! I'm so thrilled you've enjoyed them. I watched a lot of Northernlion stream Tetris 99. It's wild. I'm not sure I would be very good at it 😅
So many original NES games were incredibly difficult. Even the original Mario Bros. Contra, Magmax, Captain Skyhawk, Qbert, and tons of others. I feel like almost every game from that era was incredibly difficult.
Gotta admit, I loved double dragon 3 😂 and yes, finished it. It was a labour of love. The absolute absurdity of it was the final game boss. You could have a perfect run and get there and still die with almost full health, totally brutal. I only won the final battle once, but got there many times …… I don’t know why I liked it so much!
Im glad to see Divinity Original Sin on here. It makes me feel better. I need a map marker or something. I just dont have time to figure out what to do.
Contra 4 is insane in that if you die just one time your best bet is to restart the whole game because you need all the extra lives and the rockets on both slots to have a chance of surviving the last level and the end boss
Some of the struggles you talk about with older games I experienced first hand. Bayou Billy I rented endlessly... to experience the first couple stages. DD3 I either would die in the starting room or make it very far, never beat it though.
Another great video. As someone else wrote, I enjoy how you present things. Very relaxing, somehow. And I wrote previously, your explanations about why you like or dislike something are very clear. I have Pink Sweets as part of a dual pack, but haven’t actually played it much. I did not realize that rank aspect was ever escalating. At least there is the arrange mode for mortals like me to enjoy. Divinity OS 2 is in my own backlog. Have not played many CRPG but somehow I think I will enjoy this one, as I sometimes get very deeply into games with tactical battles. I did not realize how difficult it can get. But I do think I will tackle it sooner rather than later. One of the games I’ve been most curious about - even before Baldur’s Gate 3 exploded onto the scene Thanks again for a great video!
Thanks for your kind compliment! I really appreciate it. I act like myself in my videos, and I guess people can pick up on that. The arrange mode for Pink Sweet on that double pack is the best way to play the game. It isn't easy at all. It's more like a different game that uses the assets of the original. It's one of my favorite shmup experiences of all time. You may love DOS2. It's a great game, but my brain just doesn't work in a way that makes it easy for me. If I see a nail sticking out, I hammer down the nail. I don't think about charming the master of the builder's guild into doing it for me 😅
I remember the day I beat both Battletoads and TMNT2 in the same day. I was in my early 20s, and this was right after the top-loading NES was released, and my front loader was having problems reading carts (back then I didn't know how to fix this). I always used the Game Genie for both of these games, but that particular day I was hankerin' for some Battletoads and I popped the cart without the Game Genie into the Top-loading NES and I was like "I'll just play it for fun". I had played the game's various levels several times with GG codes, so I had a decent working knowledge of the entire game. I started the game as normal, had a _really_ good run on Level 2, gaining a LOT of lives by juggling those birds, I took the warp in level 4 and again in the snake level to bypass those two stages, and before I knew it, I hit my least favorite level, those stupid tubes. With some very careful swimming and running I got through it, found myself in the Clinger Winger, and I beat that stage with more than 5 lives remaining. At this point, my hands were getting really sweaty, I was thinking "this can't be real, can it?" ... got to the queen with more than 5 lives showing, and my heart was pounding. Landed the killing blow on her with 3 lives left. Couldn't believe what I had just done. Then, after a few minutes of calming myself down, I'm like "what shall I play next?" I popped TMNT2 in... and with just the Konami Code, wound up beating that for the first time, too. Again, a game I had explored decently with GG codes so I had a decent working idea of how to play the game. I was somehow landing all of my A+B attacks, I was taking out entire screens of bad guys with jump kicks and NOT getting hit, I was just on fire that day. I don't think I ever played so well since.
Games were harder back in the day, I could never complete most of the C64 and Amiga games I owned. I'm 54 and I finish most of the current games I play on the hardest settings, now I'm about to finish the Dead Space Remake on Impossible.
I never even made it to Bloodborne's first boss. I could not figure out where to go and dropped it shortly after. Not my kinda game but since it was free at the time, I wanted to try it. I will never know how to play it.
I remember writing the tunnel levels of battle toads down and practicing with a controller while I was in school. Just memorizing the patterns for muscle memory.
I never had issues with Divinity 2, it was challenging and I did die sometimes, but I never once looked up how to beat parts. Maybe playing it on a too high difficulty for first play thru? My 2nd run my guys were gods!
I've never played Battletoads and never plan to. It feels like it would be more tedious than anything else. I like hard games though. I'm currently playing Sekiro and almost have it beaten. I enjoy a good hard game that makes you sharpen your reflexes and analyze enemy moves to overcome.
I’m 51 and have been gaming since I was about 8, started with TV Games, then a Spectrum, then Commodore, then Amiga, then Sega Master System, then Mega Drive, some Game Boy, PlayStation, N64, XBox 360, Switch, XBox Series X and all along I’ve been shite at games and immensely frustrated at difficulty and insta-death levels. Mate, I’ve been playing Ghosts N Goblins for over 40 years and go nowhere. Shoutout to those of us who’ve been crap in every generation for five decades.
There's a ton of us! 🤣 Never stop playing
@@RNGGamerYT Oh, alright. I’ll keep going. Got you a sub bro. I’ll think of this when I am rage quitting and killing another controller 😭
@ManCave1972 I'm glad I could earn your subscription! I really hope you enjoy the videos
@@jimmypimps2734 I do, and wanted one so bad but for the longest time it was Japan only. By the time it became available I’d moved on.
@nononsensegames don't start in on the Dizzy series! 😆
I was stuck on bloodborne 1st boss for 3 hours. My friend was laughing so hard at me.
3 hours isn't that bad 🤣 we've all been there
Cap. You don’t have any friends
@@SkoolNerdsooooooooh! roasted!
u should prolly leave that friend lol, no to backseat gaming
@@sierrajohn7967 he left me. He was fun while he lasted.
The worst is when you get stuck and finally go look at videos for help and the narrator just keeps saying how easy that part is....
I'm fully aware of what you're talking about! It's so passively aggressive in its insult, haha
Narrator: "See friends after 120 hours of practice you too will find level 2 of (insert game title) perfectly doable. Easy as cake."🤣🙃
fromsoftware since demons always pointing out you died.
I'm still figuring out at 34 how a 12 year old me was able to beat that monstrosity known as Battletoads.
I feel exactly the same way!
The snakes in Battletoads almost sent me on a killing spree.
I talked about that stage... but it had to be cut out of the video because it was just a 5 minute rant
Then you would definitely hate the crazy Segway race against a giant marble.....
@csargent31 Lol
U Albinos are Wild
What's up with all of the Albino comments?
The first time I played Ghosts and Goblins on the NES I remember my 7 year old self saying... "What the hell? This is impossible."
You were a wise 7 year old!
With that in mind, the arcade version(og verision) is considerably harder than the NES one.
The first win is doable, but then the game hits you with a "the princess is another castle" BS and have to beat it AGAIN, that second run ive never could pull it off in original hardware, (on emulators with save states is much more forgiving)
@user-dp8ec6yu8e just gotta get the knife and never drop it... you know, until you have to get the shield to actually beat the last boss 😅
Game IMPOSSIBLE
I smashed my controller in a thousand pieces playing toads 😮
No! I've never gotten that angry playing a game... but tomorrow's another day 🤣
I did playing Bayou Billy. Even broke the light gun too. That game once I beat it I never touched it again.
@vikinglife6316 I still haven't beaten it...
In Bloodborne, I was stuck on the final boss Orphan of Kos for literally 2 weeks. I gave up on my weapon and started trying out other weapons, only you have to level the weapon up so I had to grind materials. I tried so many weapons and just couldn't beat him. Finally tried out the DLC weapon Beast Saif and it made the game super easy. I'm not joking, it was easy. I had my wife play the game, as soon as the DLC opened up in the beginning I took the controls and ran straight through everything to grab the Beast Saif and then handed the controller back to my wife. When she beat the game, she only had 2 deaths on Orphan of Kos, took her only 3 tries. That weapon is so broken.
Orphan of Kos is legendary hard!
I kind of like it when developers give you an out on a game like that. I feel like it's good design to have a last ditch effort in there for everyone 😆
@@RNGGamerYT oh yeah, I agree. And it's something I had to find and discover myself so it still felt awesome.
Got him down to like one more hit many times.
I have never beat him.
I have been in that same position quite a few times myself
@@dr.wolinsbelt you've never beat him? Please try the Beast Saif. Level it up first of course.
Some of the jumping puzzles during the raids in Destiny 1 and 2 are the hardest thing I've ever done. There are so many blind jumps that you have to make around corners and land on a tiny little rock or pipe and if you miss you have to restart so many other hard blind jumps just to get back to the blind jump you missed.
I know exactly the part you're talking about on Destiny 1. I failed it about a million times with my buddies
I'm 54 years old and I have been gaming since the beginning.
I notice now days my hands are staring to cramp up while playing which totally sucks.
Gotta do those stretches! I'm a guitarist and I stretch my hands every day
@@RNGGamerYT really kk I will trying doing that then.
Thanks for the tip man
@Ronsilk-pu5hr you bet! If you don't use it, you lose it.
106%-ing Super Meat Boy turned one of my 57 year old hands into a claw.
@davy_K it was worth it though, right?!?
There is one game that was actually impossible for one person. That game was Punch Out for the NES and that person was my friend Chris. During the training cut scene, where the trainer was riding his bike in front of you, we told Chris that if you pressed "B" and "A" fast enough you would catch the trainer, throw him off the bike and ride off the screen with it yourself. For at least two summers, every time that scene came up, Chris gave it his all to see this special scene. He never got suspicious that my brother and I never gave the slightest effort to do this just to show him how to it was done. It was quite entertaining!
Lol.... we all tried to catch the trainer! It's still really funny that Chris was so diligent about it 😅
The first minute of this video warmed my heart! Every response to every question on every gaming forum is "git gud"!
I'm so glad you enjoyed the video! I'm happy it warmed your heart
How could I miss your channel. You’re awesome and full of positive vibes. I’m 40 myself and still enjoy playing games, chiefly the old ones.
Thanks so much! I'm so glad you found me
Willow on the NES was a pain. Can't miss with the cane phase 1 vs bavmorda. Plus the grind to get your xp high enough to even fight her.
In all of these years, I still haven't played willow on the NES. I'll have to finally pick it up one day
Awesome video! I recently picked up The Adventures of Bayou Billy and share the same frustrations lol. I didn't know about the history of why the developers increased the difficulty for the NA version. Very interesting......
I'm so glad you were able to learn something new... and I'm so sad you had to suffer through Bayou Billy recently 😅
In Star Fox Adventures, I got stuck at the Lightfoot Strength Test because I had to rapidly press a button to get him into the pit. 1 1/2 to 2 years later, when I bought a turbo controller, I made it right through and went on to beat the rest of the game.
The perfect loophole! I use turbo controllers, too. I can tap fast enough. I just don't want to 😅
Omg that test was crazy! I asked my mom to give it chance and she beat it the first try!!? I was blown away by that because she doesn't even play video games! I'll never forget her coming to my rescue after hearing me so upset and then saving the day.
@tjames6427 your mom sounds awesome!
@@tjames6427that’s so funny, I knew my gf was a fast tapper cuz she would kick my ass at those Mario party games. So I was like babe can you help me in this trial and yea she did it first try. I just don’t understand why I don’t have a fast thumb lol
@@bobbyrivera2951 I've since came up with a method that will help you beat any fast tap section in seconds! Take your pointer and place it over the button then with your other hand alternate two finger tap on your pointer finger. I call it the double tap lol.
Have you tried “Yolanda” on the Atari ST? Such a hard game. Start the level, think “Where am I on the screen?” And before you see your character, all the floors are on fire and you’re dead. Start again…. It’s a random new level and you still don’t know where your character is. Took me so long to beat it!
That sounds insane! This is my first time hearing of it. I'll go check it out
I had to give up on Sekiro man, I had just beaten Dark Souls 3 and I couldn't force myself to go through all that stress again
I totally get that. Having to play through any two Souls games back to back would be s very daunting task
Great video, you mentioned two of my favourite games of all time in Bloodborne and R-type. I put around 200 hrs into bloodborne, god those chalice dungeon bosses were brutal.
I remember walking into a local arcade as a wide eyed 10 year old and being totally blown away by R-type. Now 36 years later, i own pretty much every version of it and i still havent beat the last stage. Actually the only port i finished was the gameboy version (less stages).
Thanks for sharing your history with these games! The chalice dungeons were no joke. I got burned out on them really quickly.
I wish I could have played r-type in the arcades. I'm envious that you did
Single dad if 4 with full custody…Bloodborne is also one of my favorite games, that being said I’m loving Elden ring right now on the steam deck. I love type as well especially delta and final part 1 on ps2…those BYDO had some creepy last levels.
@TheL1arL1ar keep up the good work with those 4 kids!
the immortal and wizardry were some of the toughest games on the nes for me. ive played them later on an emmulator, and aced them, but wow, at the time, they were my most difficult. great video, dropped a sub
Both of these are in my backlog... and I'm sure they would make the list. But, I have to play them first 😁
@@RNGGamerYT have fun, and honestly, The immortal needs a rebirth for current gen consoles, imo
@ralphharrison6622 maybe it'll get a remaster 😅
Oh god, the immortal.. I rented that one a few times, never got too far lol. Something about that one sparked my imagination as a kid though, I remember being a little obsessed with it
@keithmichael112 it seems like such a cool game... but I've only heard bad things 😅
I completely agree with your rant around the 7:54 mark. There is a subset of gamers out that enjoy the masochistic side of gaming. Being an older gamer myself, games back in the day were made difficult to prolong play time because of technology limitations. But if I hear a game is made like Divinty original sin. Hard pass. That’s why for years I avoided the soul’s borne games up until Elden Ring. Which funnily enough, they made for more mass appeal. Great video. You got a subscriber.
Thanks for subscribing!
I feel like a lot of games made these days are designed to be the one and only game you play for a few years until the next game comes out.
I see so many posts on Reddit about people looking for a game can play "forever."
I hate it... and it's a hard pass for me. Like you, I prefer to head into a game, knowing it can be finished with some sort of relative ease
Well said in everything about Battletoads. I beat Battlemaniacs in the Super Nintendo, it helped me get better at the NES one but it still was so difficult I couldn’t get much past the surf board level, it does suck worse than the turbo tunnel.
It's just a cavalcade of impossible levels! I'm surprised I was ever able to beat it
Divinity 2 combat I did pretty well but just trying to figure out what to do next dang man I'd get stuck
We got stuck on that part, too! There wasn't enough time in the video to accurately portray how often we were at a loss 🤣
Bloodborne was my introduction into souls games. I got so frustrated with it I stopped playing it for months. Then saw a video of Sqillakilla playing it and it motivated me to try again. I realized what I was doing wrong. Once I went back to it I started doing better. I went on to play DS3 after that. Then I went to DS1 and 2. Demon Souls remake and finally Elden Ring. Now I really love souls games.
Not realizing I was playing it wrong was the same issue I had. I kept trying to force my playstyle into it... and that just didn't work.
Glad to see you got the hang of it! Thanks for watching!
Turbo Tunnel may not be the hardest level, but i am pretty sure, the majority of people gave up at that level and never played the rest of the game.
You're absolutely right!
@@RNGGamerYT I don't know if you're a fan of James Rolfe of AVGN fame, but his episode of Battletoads perfectly sums up how hard that game was.
Dragon Warrior ll for the NES is brutal. Your party feels overwhelmed and outmatched throughout the entire game. The last couple of areas are absolute hell.
You're not the first person to mention this!
It's hard, but beatable. Takes lots of time and lots of luck. iirc the last areas are hard because of the instead death spells, no?
Regardless, it really is the worst game I've played in the series. Easily. Much like Final Fantasy 2.
TMNT for the NES. Some of carts had a program error that you wouldn’t automatically throw the rope to cross buildings. That pretty much ended the game for that cartridge.
I didn't know some of them were messed up like that!
I completely agree on Divinity: Original Sin
My wife and I kept trying to chug through that game and eventually gave up. And that was at 70+ hours in.
It was a lot of fun to play, but miserable to figure out.
The clues are vague and the journal is just a single bullet point. Good luck finding where you need to go based on the quest journal if you don't remember who or what you did to get that journal entry.
After having to look up where to go for the umpteenth time, we called it quits.
I'm glad we're not alone! I'm really surprised so many people are into this style of game.
For a time around the turn of the millennium, Sega was divided up into development houses like Hitmaker, Smilebit, and AM2 (AM2 is of course legendary). The development group that made Monkey Ball was Amusement Vision, the group that also made F-Zero GX. Although Sega just reorganized internally and didn't really get rid of AV, I doubt many of the people who made those three amazing AV games on the Gamecube are still working in any part of Sega. Monkey Ball never had development continuity as far as I can tell, so there has probably been no knowledge transmission of how Monkey Ball should actually work across development generations. AV had it right the first time out and unfortunately that's probably as good as the series will ever be.
I had no idea! Thanks for letting me know. But, I do agree that Monkey Ball will never be the same 😁
The other reason BattleToads is hard on 2 players is if one guy dies both people have to start the level over.
You're absolutely right! There are so many frustrating issues with this game that I didn't even have time to mention them all 😆
Battletoad is the best game where it's fun that you can't beat it, not even half of it.
There is a charm that the whole world is terrible at it. It's like a club of 7 billion people 😆
@@RNGGamerYT Yeah, but also, I think a few decades ago, people did enjoy their time spend playing, now it seems like people want to finish a game in order to jump onto the next one. That's why I enjoy Soulslike games so much. The gameplay keeps me coming back, I don't care how long it takes me to finish them or if at all...
In the 90s there was the the Philips CD-i system, which was one of the first disc-based consoles. All of the games were simply terrible, there was even an unplayable Zelda game. But it had one unbelievably hard animation-based game called Escape from Cyber City. I’ve played a ton of hard games in my life, nothing is as hard as that game was, but admittedly that’s a really obscure, deep cut
Well... I collect for the CD-i... I'll have to be on the lookout for Escape from Cyber City!
Ha awesome! I fear I have just somehow made your life worse though!
@vincelupone bring it on! 😁
The Lion King wildebeest level, Taz-Mania mine cart level, and finally Driver the tutorial level!!!!
All fantastic choices! Be sure to tune in for the next video in the series 😉
NES TMNT was one of the few games I never could beat as a kid. The often bemoaned water level wasn't hard at all, but I just couldn't get through later levels.
I never had much trouble with the water level either... but the end was killer
In dying laughing that you found divinity so confusing some how like wtf
It's a nightmare for me!!!
To be fair, it was difficult to finally understand that getting new skills is most important in the early game to succeed in combat.
Very true!
The presidents run in driver is almost impossible… You’d get crushed so hard the car would smash over the buildings & just freeze/stop working… Need some luck to get slammed a few blocks in the right direction
That sounds miserable! 😅
So glad I found your channel. I'm 57 and have been a gamer for as long as it's been possible to be one!
Here in the UK there's a channel by a guy called Nick, "njenkin". It's not the same as yours but it's similar in that you both play games from a "real" perspective. The kind of game-play that average players experience. Definitely subscribing to your channel now 👍
Thanks so much, brother! I'm thrilled you found my channel.
I really am just a normal guy who loves video games!
I'll go check out njenkin right now!
I've never played any of the games you mentioned, but I have purchased Elden Ring. I haven't played it yet, though. I usually stay away from really hard games because they're taxing on my arthritic hands, and they're not very relaxing. I mainly play video games to relax, not to get more stressed
I lot of people feel just like you! Embrace your age. You earned those tired hands
I am a GIGANTIC fan of the first three Resident Evils, but number 4 is a different story. I don't know what it was but that game kicked my ass from the get go. I got suck almost at the beginning, rage quit over and over and never even came anywhere close to beating it.
That's crazy! Maybe it's an issue with the controls. I found the first 3 games to be harder
I love your "know it all" impression so much! Your eyes are glued shut as you pull data from the archives 😂
Lol... I never thought of it like that! I'm just doing an impression of several people I've known throught my love (mixed with Napoleon Dynamite) 🤣
I have vague memories of playing Battletoads as a kid. Watching this, I realize that I never beat it because I don't remember some of these levels. 😆
Trust me... you would have remembered 🤣
14:59. OOOHHHH MMMYYYYY LLLOOORRRDDDD!!!
I SOOO grew up playing and loving these. My fave was the 2nd one!!
My favorite was the second one, too!
The original Megaman drove me nuts. It didn't have any instructions to even tell you about swapping powers. Whoever said they can beat it with just the cannon is full of it. Elec-man takes no damage from the cannon. Trust me, I tried.
It'll probably make the list on the next video!
Did play Salamander and Nemesis on MSX when i was little. Me and my friend did spend an entire summer to beat both two games.
They are extra hard on the MSX... that scrolling 🤣
Bloodborne is the game that unlocked the Soulsborne genre for me. Absolute masterpiece, up there with The Witcher 3 and New Vegas as my favorite games of all time.
The Witcher 3 is another one that I love!
I haven't played New Vegas yet, but I have a tendency to not like Fallout games. I'm hoping it's the one that wins me over 😄
@@RNGGamerYT i would suggest making yourself get through Fallout 1 and 2 first. A lot of New Vegas’ appeal is the continuation of the world building that took place in those first two…. 3, 4 and 76 are technically set in the same universe but the fallout games set in the west have a totally different vibe from the fallout games set in the east.
Watching your 2 part series on this topic, have experienced most if not all things in gaming since playing 1942 by Capcom in '84, can't argue with you bringing up the likes of XCOM, that game is like bringing a butter knife to a gun fight, also how you mention Pink Sweets, Ikaruga & R-Type, those Shmups don't hold a candle difficulty wise to Dodonpachi Daioujyou & Battle Garegga, also I have to mention the likes of Ninja Gaiden Black Label, SMB The Lost Levels, The Sharp X68000 version of Castlevania & F-Zero GX, have enjoyed seeing your perspective / experiences of difficult games.
Thanks so much! Don't worry... DDP DSJ and battle garegga are being saved for a future video 😅
I'm glad you've had a similar experience!
BG3 is way less punishing but still tricky. What's great with BG3 is that if you stop to scum save to move the story the way you want, that become ten time better. If you don't do it, the game still progress but it won't go the way you hoped which is awesome. Nevertheless there's some dice throw that can make you "game over" so you better save often when you feel tension. But don't quickload if you miss a roll or anything, it will just unfold organically and you'll keep getting surprised AND challenged. But not like Divinity 2. I couldn't finish it because an area was poisoned to dead and i needed a head from there that i forgot to pick. I hated that game while i cherish BG3 with the deepest of my heart.
I'm pumped for BG3. I think I'll be going into it with a better mindset this time 😁
Thanks for your advice, I'll keep it in mind
Love that some one uses CRPG accurately as well. Felt the same way about divinity 2
Thanks! I'm glad I'm not alone
In one of the Medal of Honor Undeground levels, the last part of the level required me to wipe out the stockpile of parts that were already built. I tried a few times running away from it, but it caught up to me and I failed each time. A week or 2 later, I came back to it and went sideways, straight and sideways again to get to the end of the level. Near the end of the game, in the second to last level, it took me a day and a half to beat that level; after that, I made it through the level and beat the rest of the game.
I'm glad you were able to finally beat it. I have experiences like that, too. Where nothing works... then once day, it all just clicks.
I am an old gamer and not a very good one, but I played the beejeezus out of Divinity Original Sin. The ability to fine-tune the attack to get it just right...appeals to someone like me.
It's appealing to me, too! It's why I played it. 😆
27:35 Marble Maddness for the Sega Genesis. I remember it quite well.
Marble Madness could probably make this list!
Last stage on Ninja Gaiden for the NES. That game had me SO pissed off because that stage was nearly impossible to beat. If you're lucky enough to get to the final boss and you lose a life against him it will take you ALL the way back to the 1st level of that last stage which like I said is already nearly impossible to beat. When that first happened to me I turned the game off. I didn't care how far I got.
Oh... believe me... I remember! 😅
Also pretty much any Psygnosis for Amiga. Shadow of the best had like 5 minutes of disk swapping after you died, and you always died
Lol... don't get me started on Shadow of the Beast!
Bloodborne , i deleted that game so many times, Sekiro also, Cuphead, Dark Soul 3, Demon Soul. Hate those games with a passion but i love them at the same time lol
Fromsoft is one of the few companies that know how to strike a balance between fun and difficulty. Of course, the balance is way off... but they struck it regardless 🤣
Aw man I had the exact same experience with Divinity 2, really wanted to love the game but it drove me mad at every turn! Love tye channel 👍👍
I'm so glad you're enjoying the channel! That means a lot to me. It's nice to know I'm not the only one that gets stuck on CRPGs!
Wolfchild on the SNES.
I couldn't complete the first stage.
Good thing I only paid a few dollars for it at a Flea Market.
That's one I haven't heard about. I'll have to go check it out
Bloodbourne boss fight on the roof was really tough for me.
Me, too! Him and his stupid scythe!
I can totally relate. As I get older, as a very casual gamer, games are HARD! Yeah, I played the hard ass games back in the 80s and 90s, but the problem is I had the reflexes back in the day!
Those reflexes are still there! They're just buried deep inside
I actually beat The Adventures of Bayou Billy at age 11 after about a year of trying. Unquestionably my single greatest video game achievement 😊 I freaking love that game 😂
That's awesome! Congrats for pulling it out!
I never beat Castlevania 3 when I was a kid... But I beat it last year when I turned 36!
Nice! Congratulations!
I gotta say like, on a sidenote? I love how involved you are with your watchers. You really take the effort to respond to everyone, that's awesome
I love my watchers! I want to build a community, not just a following.
I've been answering comments for over an hour this morning!
And just quickly, "super thunder blade". Wow, that was hard. I played that when I was 8.... finally beat it when I was 27. There was a rumour it was so hard because the makers didn't have an ending. But wow, what a fun game
@jake90052 I've never actually played any of the Thunder Blade games! I like helicopters and After Burner style games. Maybe I'll finally try it out
@@RNGGamerYT brace yourself man, that game is hardcore!! Glad to see your stream building a following
@jake90052 the streaming is a slow build. I mainly do it to build a community with the people who are already subscribed. It's also nice to have a guaranteed 3 hour gaming session every week
😐 Beating King Hippo in Mike Tysons Punchout was the hardest thing that I ever did. I would continually punch King Hippo and he would never go down. For two weeks King Hippo knocked me out and kept laughing at me. I started having nightmares about him. Then a friend of mine laughed at me and said, "Just punch him in the belly button". I did that, beat King Hippo and felt violated and cheated and extremely foolish. I'm currently seeing a therapist in order to get over the ptsd caused by King Hippo
Lol! Gimmick bosses have given me ptsd, too!
Ever play Back To The Future 3 on Sega Genesis? The game starts you off with such a high difficulty and I'd be surprised if anyone actually got to the other levels of the game without the cheat code i used to use back in the day to progress.
I haven't! I didn't even know there was a back to the future game on the Genesis
This reminds of Dracula from castlevania NES bringing him at 0 health and turned into a big beast at least he’s not as hard as grim reaper 13:31
He's a classic! And very hard
@@RNGGamerYT i know he's very hard to beat!
A naturalist, nice to find like myself. I always just play the way it’s intended. Speed runs time challenges beat without dying I never had fun playing a game for these self gratification of awards that really just take time away from experiencing other titles
Exactly! I love gaming challenges and watch them on youtube all of the time. But I have no desire to do them myself. Just like you said, there are too many other games to play
How about these 2:
Medal of Honour: Allied Assault on hard difficulty. It’s quite short and also a very well made game so it stayed fun for me but the difficulty is insane.
Syndicate: American Revolt expansion. Missions where you can die within 10 seconds. It’s an additional mission pack for a relatively easy game which ramped the difficulty up to insane levels. It’s so ridiculous, it’s funny.
Haha.. those may be too tough for me 😅
7:49
Every rpg, someone gonna say this.
Example, a secret boss on ff7 remake intergrade, Weist. This guy is so hard. I looked at every body strats and their're like, do this at the same time while you're doing these other 8 techs before he changes to 2nd form and wipes the party. Lol
It's so frustrating when tutorials show you how to do it, and they act like it's no big deal! "Just juggle the world... it's easy"
I beat Battletoads back in the 80s over the course of two 2-day video game rentals. The first rental period we got to the spinning Dark Queens tower, but got blown off by those stupid clouds.
Battletoads is hard, but not nearly as hard as some of the crappiest NES titles. Like Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, X-men, Master Chu and the Drunkard Hu.
I also found good games like Ninja Gaiden and Street Fighter 2020.harder than Battletoads.
Be on the lookout! You might see some of these games in upcoming videos 😁
THANK YOU for your comments on DOS2, because while that game is great, Larian really flubbed the overall XP gain design. Players would advance into the next act without having enough xp and end up soft locked, because they were underleveled with no way of regaining that xp.
Not only that, but, while the game says "you can do whatever you want", that's not really what happens. As you mentioned, you have to do it a very specific way if you want to max the XP. And if you don't max the XP, you can soft lock.
So they'll say "You can just fight your way out, and you'll get 5000xp, freedom of choice.".........BUT, if you find a certain painting, examine the back, find a note, use that note to blackmail a magister, then have the magister throw a lever, which unlocks a door across the map, you will find a guy who will tell you how to release a toxin, which will kill the guys you'd normally fight, and you get 20000xp for going that route.
And if you don't go that second route, you will not be able to survive in act 2.
I loved this comment! It made me laugh so hard. I couldn't have said it better myself
Playing Neo Geo AES console versions of their MVS counterparts, meaning, with most of the games, getting just a few continues instead of being able to credit feed through it, are some of the hardest challenges around. Of course difficulties can be set. Talking about difficulties, playing Thunder Force IV on the maniac difficulty and then choosing Ruin as the first stage is a great challenge as well. Makes the console roar. On the inside.
They are way harder on the AES! That's why I opted for the MVS! You still have the option of playing the AES since all versions of all regions are on every cart!
Well, that is mostly true. It is a serious challenge to beat AES games with limited continues, but that was really just to make you buy a memory card. If you have a memory card, it saves when you run out of credits, and then you can keep continuing from there with a new set of continues every time. They basically pay-walled unlimited continues.
@bananonymouslastname5693 I had no idea they did that!!! SNK!
@@bananonymouslastname5693 That is a way to view it and might be true. I do think the memory card was created to be innovative, what the whole Neo Geo system was really about, innovation in the arcades and homes. Except it couldn't work for the price. For the arcade owner an MVS system was a cheaper alternative to cabinets with a single game and some Neo Geo games could even be linked together for expanded multi-player. Trying to connect this market with a home console through means of a memory card and quality arcade sticks is an innovative idea, if the home console wasn't out of reach for everyone. Still, if it's unlimited continues you're after, then the memory card is a better option than having no option at all. Some games have this artificial difficulty by giving just one life and no continue's, like Comix Zone for example. Not a fan of those practices.
@@DancesRainyStreets I'm definitely not hating on the Neo Geo. I have a AES and an MVS cabinet, and the ability to transfer your progress between them is cool. That said, if you own the AES cart, you were probably going to play a different game with your quarter than the one you spent a couple of hundred dollars on to have at home. With the AES being originally conceived as a rental system, memory card transfer makes more sense. However, I struggle to think of many more reasons to limit continues on do many AES carts. I have I think 35 AES carts, and a handful allow unlimited continues, mostly from ADK. Cyber Lip, Ninja Combat, Magician Lord, Super Spy, etc. will let you credit feed to your heart's content. Most of the SNK proper stuff is limited.
I will say, though, that I had a lot of fun trying to beat some AES games within the limits. A friend and I did Sengoku 1 & 3 that way, and came close on 2, but never finished the job. I managed several of the Fatal Fury and KOF games on 1-3 credits. I don't think I came close on some, though, like Robo Army I never got past stage 5 on the stock credits, and I'm not sure Crossed Swords is even possible on the stock credits. That game is so long.
I would say Gundam vs Zeta Gundam on PS2 is impossible to beat solo since your Ai partner is just bad and their deaths count as yours and that will end your game pretty quick.
Another one is Omega Quintet on PS4. That game nearly broke me, but I got the platinum for it. The basic enemies can wipe out your whole team. The better you do in combat, the stronger the enemies get and will get to override your turns and pretty much wipe out your whole team.
Both of those sound like miserable and brutal experiences! Thanks for sharing!
As somebody that finished Original Sin 2 a couple of times, my view is that character builds are the secret for this game.
In the first run I went for some balanced characters and they were quickly thrashed. They did too many things but were masters of none, so I had to resort to this kind of tactic you describe. Preset the battlefield, pre-position characters.
In the second run we had some archetype characters. A tank, a glass cannon archer with lots of mobility, a healer/buffer and a somewhat squishy barbarian that did decent damage. The run was a breeze
Now, the crpg I had a hard time playing was Pathfinder: Kingmaker. It is a really good game, but it always needs you to have the correct team and do the correct tactic or the game is over. And there is no build that will save you from redoing a lot of battles.
See, that's the thing with CRPGs! You found out how to breeze through the game... after playing through it already and learning how to exploit it. It's like having to go through college twice. The second time is easier because you know all of the easiest classes to take and what professors grade the easiest. 🤣
I haven't played any of the Pathfinder games... if you struggled, I may have to avoid them
Huh. I did not know about the Battletoads PAL origins. That explains a lot about its impossible difficulty reputation in the U.S.
Edit: Same for Bayou Billy and the anger over rentals. I actually could reliably make it to the final level of that game, but I don't remember ever actually beating it.
There were quite a few games like this!
FTL is like climbing up a ladder and half way up someone shoots you in the leg and you fall off then the ladder catches fire.
I absolutely suck at FTL... I never got good at it
My first dark soul game (Dark Soul 3) can't even lower the difficulty level to help skip through a hard part .
That's right! You totally can't. You can't even pause the game 😆
aw mate father gascoigne in bloodborne broke me big time man.. 2 hours soild ae tryin then never played again
I remember, renting Bayou Billy and I was really excited for it. Oh boy. After about 20 minutes in, I was done. What a frustrating mess of a game. Beating just one enemy is so exhausting, it robbed any "fun" out of it. Just terrible
It's a grind... all the way through. I bet the Japanese version is a lot more fun
About to watch. NES Ninja Turtle water bomb stage, will never forget
That's where I always got stuck as a kid, too! Thanks for watching
About 6 months ago I downloaded Tetris99 on the Nintendo switch. It's a free game, thought I'd give it a try. I really liked tetris as a child, loved Pokémon puzzle league and Lumines. So I'm feeling pretty good about myself when it comes to these types of games. Boy oh boy.. it took me months to finally get to the top spot in tetris 99. But I wasn't going to stop playing until I made it to the top of that mountain. And it felt great. If you haven't tried it yet and enjoy that style of game I'd say give it a shot.
Love your videos . Keep up the good work
Thanks for watching my videos! I'm so thrilled you've enjoyed them.
I watched a lot of Northernlion stream Tetris 99. It's wild. I'm not sure I would be very good at it 😅
Trolling me with that rule of rose in the back.
Did you miss the Kuon?!?
So many original NES games were incredibly difficult. Even the original Mario Bros. Contra, Magmax, Captain Skyhawk, Qbert, and tons of others. I feel like almost every game from that era was incredibly difficult.
So many! Strangely enough, I covered MagMax earlier on this channel. I was able to wreck it as an adult. I sucked as a kid
Every battle in Divinity takes me about 2 hours, can't be normal
If you read the comments, it's only people like us... and people who feel like it's the easiest game in the world 🤣
Gotta admit, I loved double dragon 3 😂 and yes, finished it. It was a labour of love. The absolute absurdity of it was the final game boss. You could have a perfect run and get there and still die with almost full health, totally brutal. I only won the final battle once, but got there many times …… I don’t know why I liked it so much!
So many people have been mentioning the last boss! He seems impossible!
Im glad to see Divinity Original Sin on here. It makes me feel better. I need a map marker or something. I just dont have time to figure out what to do.
I know, right!?! A good apology is, I want to read a novel. Not do the research to write my own novel!
Contra 4 is insane in that if you die just one time your best bet is to restart the whole game because you need all the extra lives and the rockets on both slots to have a chance of surviving the last level and the end boss
That's how I did it 🤣
The final valkyrie in God of war for PS4. Brutal difficulty level. No margin of error
I didn't find her to be that difficult. Took me about an hour to get her, as I recall. One of the earlier ones gave me more trouble
Some of the struggles you talk about with older games I experienced first hand. Bayou Billy I rented endlessly... to experience the first couple stages. DD3 I either would die in the starting room or make it very far, never beat it though.
I'm glad I'm not alone!!
Another great video. As someone else wrote, I enjoy how you present things. Very relaxing, somehow. And I wrote previously, your explanations about why you like or dislike something are very clear.
I have Pink Sweets as part of a dual pack, but haven’t actually played it much. I did not realize that rank aspect was ever escalating. At least there is the arrange mode for mortals like me to enjoy.
Divinity OS 2 is in my own backlog. Have not played many CRPG but somehow I think I will enjoy this one, as I sometimes get very deeply into games with tactical battles. I did not realize how difficult it can get. But I do think I will tackle it sooner rather than later. One of the games I’ve been most curious about - even before Baldur’s Gate 3 exploded onto the scene
Thanks again for a great video!
Thanks for your kind compliment! I really appreciate it. I act like myself in my videos, and I guess people can pick up on that.
The arrange mode for Pink Sweet on that double pack is the best way to play the game. It isn't easy at all. It's more like a different game that uses the assets of the original. It's one of my favorite shmup experiences of all time.
You may love DOS2. It's a great game, but my brain just doesn't work in a way that makes it easy for me.
If I see a nail sticking out, I hammer down the nail. I don't think about charming the master of the builder's guild into doing it for me 😅
Turbo tunnel gives me nightmares to this day.
It still gives me nightmares
First time watching this channel. You were articulate and genuine. Will be a watching from now on. Good job!
Thanks so much! I really appreciate that.
The modern Ninja Gaiden 2. That is all.
I know it's supposed to be pretty much impossible 😁
I remember the day I beat both Battletoads and TMNT2 in the same day. I was in my early 20s, and this was right after the top-loading NES was released, and my front loader was having problems reading carts (back then I didn't know how to fix this). I always used the Game Genie for both of these games, but that particular day I was hankerin' for some Battletoads and I popped the cart without the Game Genie into the Top-loading NES and I was like "I'll just play it for fun". I had played the game's various levels several times with GG codes, so I had a decent working knowledge of the entire game. I started the game as normal, had a _really_ good run on Level 2, gaining a LOT of lives by juggling those birds, I took the warp in level 4 and again in the snake level to bypass those two stages, and before I knew it, I hit my least favorite level, those stupid tubes. With some very careful swimming and running I got through it, found myself in the Clinger Winger, and I beat that stage with more than 5 lives remaining. At this point, my hands were getting really sweaty, I was thinking "this can't be real, can it?" ... got to the queen with more than 5 lives showing, and my heart was pounding. Landed the killing blow on her with 3 lives left. Couldn't believe what I had just done. Then, after a few minutes of calming myself down, I'm like "what shall I play next?" I popped TMNT2 in... and with just the Konami Code, wound up beating that for the first time, too. Again, a game I had explored decently with GG codes so I had a decent working idea of how to play the game. I was somehow landing all of my A+B attacks, I was taking out entire screens of bad guys with jump kicks and NOT getting hit, I was just on fire that day. I don't think I ever played so well since.
That sounds like an amazing day! I can't believe you knocked out TMNT2 right after Battletoads. Taking out the queen with 3 lives is incredible
Got so mad at Mafia I deleted it. Infuriating imprecise controls. Having to retry a million times to progress further. This game blew.
Really!?! I had no idea it was so messed up 😅
Games were harder back in the day, I could never complete most of the C64 and Amiga games I owned. I'm 54 and I finish most of the current games I play on the hardest settings, now I'm about to finish the Dead Space Remake on Impossible.
Games were definitely harder on average back then!
I never even made it to Bloodborne's first boss. I could not figure out where to go and dropped it shortly after. Not my kinda game but since it was free at the time, I wanted to try it. I will never know how to play it.
I spent a lot of time lost as well! A lot of souls is just wandering around until you stumble into a new area@
I remember writing the tunnel levels of battle toads down and practicing with a controller while I was in school. Just memorizing the patterns for muscle memory.
That's some serious dedication! 😁
I played my first shoot em up this week and I have never been so thrilled and angry playing a short game
Welcome to the wonderful world of shmups! Very fun... and frustrating!
I never had issues with Divinity 2, it was challenging and I did die sometimes, but I never once looked up how to beat parts. Maybe playing it on a too high difficulty for first play thru? My 2nd run my guys were gods!
I'm sure we would have killed it on new game plus! Maybe that would have been a good revenge 😆
I've never played Battletoads and never plan to. It feels like it would be more tedious than anything else. I like hard games though. I'm currently playing Sekiro and almost have it beaten. I enjoy a good hard game that makes you sharpen your reflexes and analyze enemy moves to overcome.
I'm pumped to try sekiro! I'm sure it'll destroy me. But I really want to give it a try