Topic: Top 10 Tuesday: Toughest Games to Beat

[Pugnate]

http://pc.ign.com/articles/774/774907p1.html

One question... shouldn't Ikaruga be on that list?

[iPPi]

Haha very true that Ikaruga should be on that list.  But one can beat the game by using continues and stuff.  The key to the game is obviously to beat the game on one credit, and to chain and obtain the highest score possible.

Anyway, I agree with F-Zero GX.  That game was pretty damn difficult to beat; the storyline is impossibly difficult.

[MysterD]

Never finished Battletoads -- even after doing lots and lots of warps. That one makes A LOT of sense, being on the list.

[Ghandi]

I remember the motorbike part of Battletoads to be quite difficult. I think I ended up beating it, though. So long ago.

Anyways, many of those games I have never played before.

[Quemaqua]

Eh.  Not the best list in the world.

Contra I could beat almost on a single life when I was a kid.

Mega Man had a few rough spots, but on the whole it wasn't *that* bad.  Mostly just bad in a couple spots.

Devil May Cry 3's difficulty is vastly overrated in my experience, though I quit playing it before I beat it so maybe it gets worse later.  The exact same thing can be said of Shinobi for me.  Not as hard as everybody said, but I didn't play to the end, so perhaps it gets much worse.

Battletoads... yeah, that was hard.  Mostly just that fucking motorcycle level, though.

I don't actually remember R-Type being that rough.  But it's been *years* now, so I could just be misremembering.

I don't know... it just seems like there are other games I'd have put on there.  Ecco the Dolphin should have been front and fucking center, both the original game and the PS2 game (still haven't really played the 2nd Genesis one, but I assume that's rough too).  Ikaruga also, most definitely.  Unlimited continues don't count.  That game will crush your soul.  And I was just thinking of another one, and then Ecco popped into my head and completely removed it.  Damn it.  I was thinking Viewtiful Joe, also, but I never really played that one.  I just sort of fiddled with it for a minute.  I've really been meaning to give it a good go... but supposedly it's a bitch.

I think my main beef is with the Contra thing.  I could totally own the first game every time I played it.  I wonder if I'd suck now, though.  I got the GBA version of the SNES game, and I couldn't get past the second level.   

Maybe the list is better than I'm giving it credit for, but I still say Ecco is the hardest game series in the history of the universe.

[nickclone]

Was MDK2 hard? I never followed through with it, but I never had any problems with difficulty.

[Pugnate]

OK so now I understand my sister's reaction. Our cousins and us play F-Zero a lot together and there are currently only four vehicles to choose from.

So I asked my sister to go unlock some cars and she had a tough time. Anyone know any cheats?

[iPPi]

OK so now I understand my sister's reaction. Our cousins and us play F-Zero a lot together and there are currently only four vehicles to choose from.

So I asked my sister to go unlock some cars and she had a tough time. Anyone know any cheats?

Heh, I completely forgot the game starts you with only 4 vehicles.  I actually have nearly all the vehicles unlocked already.  I don't remember how to unlock them though.  I think you do the story mode and grand prix.  Don't know any cheats though.

[TheOtherBelmont]

Fucking Battletoads and those motherfucking motorcycle levels, I remember I did manage to beat the game though, when I was like 13 and I found the game in a box in my closet.  Ikaruga needs to be on that list though.

I agree with Que about Contra, I could beat that game when I was younger, yeah it was really fucking hard at first, but if you just kept moving and memorized levels it wasn't too hard, it definitely deserves to be in the top 10 but not #1.  Devil May Cry 3's difficulty is a tad overrated, granted it is the hardest of the series, after a few levels of getting my ass kicked, something just clicked and the rest of the game goes fairly well while keeping you on your toes.  I remember having a hard time with the two Ecco games as well.