Games so hard, you quit before finishing

[Fatesealer]

My list

Metroid Prime 2
Blaster Master
Suikoden III

[dude2003]

robotech battle cry
it's not hard except i hate the defending missions
i can never beat the defending missions

[LinkinPrime]

XBOX - Ninja Gaiden
PS2 - Manhunt, played in hard mode got stuck in subway area, got pissed and sold it
PS2 - Contra Shattered Solider, freakin hard even with 2 players, i played it once and now its collecting dust.

[ZForce915]

I'm not ready to give up yet, but I'm nearing it in Legend of Zelda 2: Links Adventure.

[Javery]

Nothing yet. If I quit playing it's usually because I've gotten bored. No, I take that back... Ghosts N Goblins for the NES was hard as hell and I definitely gave up because of the difficulty... I wonder if I replayed it today if I would think the same thing...

[sblymnlcrymnl]

Ninja Gaiden, though I plan on going back when I have the time. Contra III I traded away without playing much.

[megashock5]

F-Zero GX


Games I got all the way through and couldn't beat the final boss:
Metroid Prime
Beyond Good&Evil
Castlevania:LOI

at the moment I'm stuck on the USS Arbiter in X-Men
I suck :(

[Nirvanaguy777]

spy hunter 2, dark cloud 2

[goergegavin]

Perfect Dark and completing everything (like all the trophies) on Super Smash Brothers is really difficult.

[Cornfedwb]

Nothing yet. If I quit playing it's usually because I've gotten bored. No, I take that back... Ghosts N Goblins for the NES was hard as hell and I definitely gave up because of the difficulty... I wonder if I replayed it today if I would think the same thing...

In my experience.. we are nowhere near as good as we used to be. Everytime I got pick up Super Contra or Mega Man, hell even SMB1.. I have trouble getting anywhere in the game.. whereas at 12 years old I could blow through any of them in a few scant lives.

Games are developed for a larger market these days and, besides the rare occasional game (Ninja Gaiden), are quite simple. Games require time, not skill now.. you can beat almost any game if you want to take the time with it. We've lost the skills we possessed back when the NES and SNES trained us daily.

[Fatesealer]

F-Zero GX


Games I got all the way through and couldn't beat the final boss:
Metroid Prime
Beyond Good&Evil
Castlevania:LOI

at the moment I'm stuck on the USS Arbiter in X-Men
I suck :(

That's what happened for me and MP1 (which makes me wonder why the hell I bought part 2... :? )... I finished BG&E and Castlevania.

[SteveMcQ]

I like that point about games taking more time than skill. I hate all these ridiculous fetch missions in games just to get to the end.

[Fatesealer]

Nothing yet. If I quit playing it's usually because I've gotten bored. No, I take that back... Ghosts N Goblins for the NES was hard as hell and I definitely gave up because of the difficulty... I wonder if I replayed it today if I would think the same thing...

In my experience.. we are nowhere near as good as we used to be. Everytime I got pick up Super Contra or Mega Man, hell even SMB1.. I have trouble getting anywhere in the game.. whereas at 12 years old I could blow through any of them in a few scant lives.

Games are developed for a larger market these days and, besides the rare occasional game (Ninja Gaiden), are quite simple. Games require time, not skill now.. you can beat almost any game if you want to take the time with it. We've lost the skills we possessed back when the NES and SNES trained us daily.

I'm the opposite... I played some of the older games on NES/SNES/Geneis that I could NEVER even hope to finish back them, and now I dust through them like no one's business... then again, I still have NEVER EVER EVER come CLOSE to beating Battletoads on NES... Jesus...

[thestuff]

I never beat the final boss of Extermination when I rented it. I'm sure I could, if I had more time...

And keep with it, Zelda 2! One of my favorite games, its certainly beatable.

[jaykrue]

I can't believe everyone's having trouble w/ MP1's boss. I make no claim to be a gaming god but I don't think that the last boss was impossible. Difficult, yes. Impossible no. But I'm starting to feel that way about MP2

[MCalvert1]

Stuntman. After over a year, I finally gave in and accepted I was wasting my time. Last movie, but in the end, who cares?

MjC

[jaykrue]

I'm the opposite... I played some of the older games on NES/SNES/Geneis that I could NEVER even hope to finish back them, and now I dust through them like no one's business... then again, I still have NEVER EVER EVER come CLOSE to beating Battletoads on NES... Jesus...

I hear ya on that. I always had trouble w/ the vehicle stages where you had to dodge oncoming walls and one mistake and you're all the way back at the beginning of the stage

[Poodleman]

Gamecube - Barbies Horse Adventure

[svsaith]

I never beat Viewtiful Joe, might go back and try though.

[greydemise]

evolution 2...disgaea..la pucelle..phantom brave (fun games, BUT IMPOSSIBLE!!) ..silent hill 2 (after hospital..dont kno where 2 go:( ..and FAQS dont help) and space channel 5 (too many buttons!!) and err...xenosaga..well..its more boring than it is hard..i kno i got fed up after the 47 min long cinema..ABOUT NOTHING!!

[hiccupleftovers]

F-Zero GX to me has been a real bitch lately and normally I'm really good with the F-Zero franchise.

[screwkick]

I get my ass kicked on Tennis 2K2 for the Dreamcast.

Can't seem to win one match, and I set the difficulty level at easy. :?

[hiccupleftovers]

Nothing yet. If I quit playing it's usually because I've gotten bored. No, I take that back... Ghosts N Goblins for the NES was hard as hell and I definitely gave up because of the difficulty... I wonder if I replayed it today if I would think the same thing...

In my experience.. we are nowhere near as good as we used to be. Everytime I got pick up Super Contra or Mega Man, hell even SMB1.. I have trouble getting anywhere in the game.. whereas at 12 years old I could blow through any of them in a few scant lives.

Games are developed for a larger market these days and, besides the rare occasional game (Ninja Gaiden), are quite simple. Games require time, not skill now.. you can beat almost any game if you want to take the time with it. We've lost the skills we possessed back when the NES and SNES trained us daily.

You make a very good point. This has to be one of the most well said arguments and comparisons of games from old school to new school. I commend you. Very well said.

[fmarxnge]

shinobi is hard. been a few months since i touched it, but i never return or sell a game until i beat it so my games have been growing and growing.

[RBM]

Castlevania : Lament of Innocence
Legacy of Kain : Defiance
Futurama

For each of these playstation2 titles, I resorted to pro action replay codes (or similar cheats) in order to bypass the last boss fight/level (well, 2nd to last for Futurama.) I no longer possess the synaptic acuity of my teenage years, nor the time & patience to retry the same level/fight for an hour.
:joystick:

[howlinmad]

Thexder

[Indiana]

I just got all the way through Star Wars KOTOR. But I cannot kill the bastard at the end. I think my character has not leveled up enough. I just gave up on it.

[Indiana]

I forgot about Gladius.... it's not too hard it's just way too long. I realized that it would take over 200 hours to finish all the arenas.

[jaykrue]

I just got all the way through Star Wars KOTOR. But I cannot kill the bastard at the end. I think my character has not leveled up enough. I just gave up on it.

Don't forget to outfit your lightsabers w/ crystals. They made a huge difference in how hard I could hit

[tokerblue]

RPGs shouldn't be on anyone's "hard" list. With enough leveling up, you should be able to breeze through the game.

Shinobi (PS2) was the only game that actually made me contemplate buying a Gameshark. The last boss is simply the most annoying boss I've ever encountered in any videogame. I can't remember a single Atari or later game that gave me that much trouble.

[xxdeadp0olxx]

I'm on the final boss in Onimusha 3 and Metroid Prime at the moment. Onimusha 3 I stopped playing after a few tries and then I got GTA:SA so I have to go back and finish that. In Metroid Prime I missed the upgrade for the ice beam and when prime changes her color to ice I end up getting destroyed. I've only made it to her second form one time. I really want to beat it but if I do I might just start all over again and try not to miss anything.

[Indiana]

RPGs shouldn't be on anyone's "hard" list. With enough leveling up, you should be able to breeze through the game.

Shinobi (PS2) was the only game that actually made me contemplate buying a Gameshark. The last boss is simply the most annoying boss I've ever encountered in any videogame. I can't remember a single Atari or later game that gave me that much trouble.

Sure you can go level up but once you have gotten all the way to the end is it really worth spending more hours killing things just to level up to finish the game?

[notfromtexas]

Maximo Ghosts to Glory, i got all the way through the hellish last level(75% impossible to do imo) and to the last boss, beat the bosses first 2 forms(99% impossible to do) and could never beat the last form, so i ended up using my friends gameshark and beat it. I was sooo mad when i got to the last boss and couldnt beat it.

For the guy having trouble with KOTOR, the trick is to fight and then when he runs away run the opposite direction and heal, also if you are a dark-side jedi before you start fighting him, run around and kill all the jedi in the tanks, because he uses them to heal and for every one you dont kill he gets to use that jedi to replenish his health, so if you dont kill any of them, its like fighting a guy who has 6 lives.

The last game i remember being too hard, but i eventually finished was grandia 2 on DC. The whole game was easy all the way up to the final boss, then i couldnt beat it. It took me about 20 tries, but i eventually got it, im tempted to get grandia 2 again for the ps2 because i remember the experience to be very rewarding.

[doraemonkerpal]

My list

Metroid Prime 2
Blaster Master
Suikoden III

for suikoden 3, just bring 3 different parties (the one's you're gonna use for the end battles) and level them up in the last dungeon. i haven't played it in awhile, but if i remember correctly, the bald/gold/sun god kind of guys give you a lot of experience points. that is what i did to pass the game and i did it on my first try. you should try and finish the game b/c there are some extras at the end that i won't spoil for anybody :) g'luck!

edit: it took me about an hour and a half to level up 3 whole parties to about forty something by doing this. as long as you have 1 healer and one powerful member in your group (which will probably be one of the main characters) you should be fine. of course every experience is different :lol:

[Javery]

In my experience.. we are nowhere near as good as we used to be. Everytime I got pick up Super Contra or Mega Man, hell even SMB1.. I have trouble getting anywhere in the game.. whereas at 12 years old I could blow through any of them in a few scant lives.

Games are developed for a larger market these days and, besides the rare occasional game (Ninja Gaiden), are quite simple. Games require time, not skill now.. you can beat almost any game if you want to take the time with it. We've lost the skills we possessed back when the NES and SNES trained us daily.

True, besides a few select games, all you need is time and you will finish it. Back when I was 12 or 13 and games like Contra and Mega Man were constantly kicking my ass I think I was having more fun. The only game recently that I've been, for lack of a better word, proud of beating is Super Monkey Ball on Master. That required some patience and practice! I hear Ikaruga is a similar challenge but since no one in the history of the world (OK, CAG) wants to trade it to me for some shitty games I'm looking to get rid of I will never know...

[FriskyTanuki]

RPGs shouldn't be on anyone's "hard" list. With enough leveling up, you should be able to breeze through the game.

Shinobi (PS2) was the only game that actually made me contemplate buying a Gameshark. The last boss is simply the most annoying boss I've ever encountered in any videogame. I can't remember a single Atari or later game that gave me that much trouble.

Sure you can go level up but once you have gotten all the way to the end is it really worth spending more hours killing things just to level up to finish the game?

Yeah, I got the last boss in Jade Cocoon 2 and he was too tough for me. The only way to lvl up to beat him would be to go back to the forests that I had gone through at the very beginning of the game, way too little exp to be worth it.

[WildWop]

RPGs shouldn't be on anyone's "hard" list. With enough leveling up, you should be able to breeze through the game.

Shinobi (PS2) was the only game that actually made me contemplate buying a Gameshark. The last boss is simply the most annoying boss I've ever encountered in any videogame. I can't remember a single Atari or later game that gave me that much trouble.

Shinobi rocked. That last boss had me cursing like a sailor with Tourets, but once you get him once you can get him again fairly easily. It's those damn dogs on Super Hard mode that made me stop playing through that one. I hate dogs in video games as it is, but putting swords in their mouths is just wrong.

For me, the only game I can remember giving up on was Spiderman/Xmen Arcades Revenge. The designers were like, "here's 4 lives, you have to beat 20 levels with four different characters with these." To which I respond "shove it."

Now if we want to expand that definition to games that got too annoying to finish, well, that'd be a much longer list. A really difficult game that is well designed (where you can feel like you are improving and it is not a flaw in the game that you can't accomplish something -- games like Ninja Gaiden and Shinobi) is fine by me, but when design flaws get in the way (like making you do sections or whole levels over and over again for no good reason) I am much more likely to completely give up on a game.

[tokerblue]

Sure you can go level up but once you have gotten all the way to the end is it really worth spending more hours killing things just to level up to finish the game?
> That doesn't make the game hard, just time consuming. :)

Besides, most people tend to spend 40+ hours on a RPG. What's a few more hours.

[rebenns]

F-Zero GX is definitely on the list. Ninja Gaiden is too, though I still play it once in a while, I haven't even gotten close to beating Alma. Also, every Final Fantasy I've ever played I've been stuck on an impossible boss (often the final boss), and can not continue. Same with KOTOR and Zelda Wind Waker (can't find those damn Triforce pieces). Older games there are a ton. Still haven't beat Contra III and Super Ghouls and Ghosts (or any other games in that series). I did finally beat Battletoads, TMNT1, and a few others - but I had to use a Game Genie to do it. Even with infinite lives, Battletoads is still a very hard game.

[mrnomis27]

Nothing yet. If I quit playing it's usually because I've gotten bored. No, I take that back... Ghosts N Goblins for the NES was hard as hell and I definitely gave up because of the difficulty... I wonder if I replayed it today if I would think the same thing...

I assure you that if you played this game again, the results would be the same.

Other notably hard games from the NES:
Bayou Billy
Operartion Wolf
The Mutant Virus

[Staind204]

I remeber on Phantasy Star II i got to the last dungeon ( I think it was the 2nd to last boss) and could never beat him :-(

[punqsux]

Suikoden III

my problem with this game wasnt the difficulty, rather it was the mind numbing bordem of the gameplay and compleatley retarded team battle system...pity becuase the first 2 games were wonderful

[diggityjones]

Couldn't beat Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell. Usually rock at any game but I think I saved after not having enough ammo. I got stuck at the end of the game.

[miniarnold]

I had 2 PS1 games that I needed to cheat to beat:

Driver -- I made it all almost to the final, but could not make it through. It has so many cheap shots that I don't see how anyone could beat it without help.

FF 8 -- I got to the end of the game and found out I had leveled up my characters incorrectly. I had poured way too much time into the game, and was disappointed with it, so I cheated to beat the final boss.

The thing I have been running into lately is that I am getting bored with games after playing them for around 20 hours (primarliy RPGs). So I often stop playing because of that.

[coolieman2001]

Viewtiful Joe 1
Suikoden 3
GTA 3 for the PC
F Zero
Ikaruga

[Othergods]

Nes Jaws

[hiccupleftovers]

I just got all the way through Star Wars KOTOR. But I cannot kill the bastard at the end. I think my character has not leveled up enough. I just gave up on it.

What's you exact problem with him? I have played through that game so many times and have many strategies. For instance, (well I guess this should count since most know about it but) if you are a dark side jedi than once you have damaged him the first time and he starts to heal himself through the jedi, you them to your advantage and drain their health.

Otherways is if you are a light-side jedi, go and destroy all of the jedi first and then use the throw lightsaber technique. First you throw your lightsaber and at first he will most likely block it (95% of the time) but if you are far away when you throw it, it will come back to you and go through his back damaging him extensively.

Also, with either light or dark side or niether, if you set you targeting reticle (the thing that stops on an enemy) to nothing, you can use as many medpacks as you want without takeing away turns. THis can take a little practice to get good at but once you have its very easy.

[camoor]

rhythm games usually end up in this category for me

space channel 5
gitaroo man (and i got to the final boss, doh)

not finishing a silent hill! sacralidge ;)

[rajchakrabarti]

i cannot beat the last guy in house of dead three... and haven't touched the game since.

[manofpeace20]

House of the Dead 3: Like the previous poster, the final boss is too hard, and it took a ridiculous amount of time to reach him to keep trying.

Ninja Gaiden: Very hard game, but camera angles turned me off.

Keith Courage: Turbographix16 game, and it was crazy because you could spend 30 minutes playing at one point, get killed, and have to start over again.

The main games I can't stand are games that make you retrace your steps constantly or offer a non-save system.

[DreamSymphony]

Shadow of the Beast for genesis is the enigma that will never be beaten.....

[zionoverfire]

Suikoden III

my problem with this game wasnt the difficulty, rather it was the mind numbing bordem of the gameplay and compleatley retarded team battle system...pity becuase the first 2 games were wonderful

I agree with Punq, but after a few months I finally beat it, I'm still praying for improvement in Suik 4.

[cheapass Gundam]

silent hill 2 (after hospital..dont kno where 2 go:( ..and FAQS dont help)

Look at your map. They usually put a red circle around the area you need to go next.

I think after the hospital, you go back to the lower right area of the town and in front of a house you can find some items that opens a box in the park at the lake front. With the key inside you can unlock the door and enter the SH Society / Museum on the far NW end of the town.

Magician Lord for NeoGeo is tough, although not impossible... I've seen people beat it in the arcade. Wonder how much "tuition" he paid though... I have the cart and still can't memorize all the timing and route.

[coolsteel]

Crimson Sea , got the final boss and completely got stuck, I shoot him and I see maybe a sliver of health go down. I hated to do it but I just gave up.

[HeadRusch]

Problem is everyone plays their games differently.

The kid in high school who will blow through Half Life 2 as fast as he possibly can, then say the game "Sucks and its too easy!".......versus the guy who takes his time and "stops to smell the roses" will say its just perfect.....the guy who takes 2 months to play through the entire game.

The kid who plays the same fighting game for hours upon hours a day, learning the secret moves to each character and the crazy combos...versus the casual player who just wnats to occasionally Beat Some Ass :)

For the latter, the fighting games out today aren't even worth picking up. Mortal Kombat isn't even worth playing unless you plan on learning combos and such, as I sadly discovered.

But overall its kinda sad when developers make "impossibility" a key factor trying to make a game "Fun". IE: Instead of giving us more game, they just give us a boss whos stupidly hard to beat...and somehow they think that "everyone" will want to replay the level 30 times to "try to do better".

Maybe those work-obsessed japanese might, but I can get plenty of frustration out of real life, I dont need no STINKIN GAME handing it to me on my off-hours! :)

[MeGaWC27]

Parasite Eve
Gran Turismo 3
Resident Evil (GC)

[Curlis]

I haven't had to give up on any games yet, but I have really struggled with parts of them.

Final Fantasy X - Those freakin' mini-games, lightning dodging, Tidus' chocobo race where you have to finish with a time of 0:0:00, and Kamari's butterfly one.

Final Fantasy X-2 - Calibrating towers, talk about frustration

Grand Theft Auto III - It took me 8 hours to find the last stupid hidden package, I was about ready to give up on that one even though it was all I needed for 100%. It was the one over the bridge median. Also those damn paramedic missions put my insanity to the test.

Kingdom Hearts - Fighting Riku the 2nd time at Hollow Bastion on expert mode.

Still Working On:

TimeSplitters 2 - on Hard mode, still can't even beat the 1st mission.

Kirby's Dream Land - On hard mode, lost the game though

Perfect Dark - Try unlocking everything, I swear they made the game the way they did so NO ONE could unlock everything in the game.

I play a lot of RPG's but I usually don't have much trouble with the actual storyline parts. It's usually the mini-games that get to me. I plan on picking up Ninja Gaiden pretty soon, it should be interesting to see how I handle that.

[SOLIDSNAKE55]

YO, ALL YOU GUYS GOTTA STOP COMPLAINING AND WHINING ABOUT HOW HARD NINJA GAIDEN IS!!! DONT GET ME WRONG, IT IS HARD BUT NOT HARD ENOUGH TO MAKE ME STOP PLAYIN.... GIMME A BREAK!!!!

[xzafixz]

YO, ALL YOU GUYS GOTTA STOP COMPLAINING AND WHINING ABOUT HOW HARD NINJA GAIDEN IS!!! DONT GET ME WRONG, IT IS HARD BUT NOT HARD ENOUGH TO MAKE ME STOP PLAYIN.... GIMME A BREAK!!!!

What he said, only without caps and not sounding like a complete ass.

[msdmoney]

I am surprised people had trouble with Metroid Prime 1. I consider myself a below average gamer, and I didn't find the last boss all that difficult.

[jaykrue]

I am surprised people had trouble with Metroid Prime 1. I consider myself a below average gamer, and I didn't find the last boss all that difficult.

ditto

[Indiana]

I just got all the way through Star Wars KOTOR. But I cannot kill the bastard at the end. I think my character has not leveled up enough. I just gave up on it.

What's you exact problem with him? I have played through that game so many times and have many strategies. For instance, (well I guess this should count since most know about it but) if you are a dark side jedi than once you have damaged him the first time and he starts to heal himself through the jedi, you them to your advantage and drain their health.

Otherways is if you are a light-side jedi, go and destroy all of the jedi first and then use the throw lightsaber technique. First you throw your lightsaber and at first he will most likely block it (95% of the time) but if you are far away when you throw it, it will come back to you and go through his back damaging him extensively.

Also, with either light or dark side or niether, if you set you targeting reticle (the thing that stops on an enemy) to nothing, you can use as many medpacks as you want without takeing away turns. THis can take a little practice to get good at but once you have its very easy.

Thanks for the info. I will have to give that a shot.

[zionoverfire]

I just got all the way through Star Wars KOTOR. But I cannot kill the bastard at the end. I think my character has not leveled up enough. I just gave up on it.

What's you exact problem with him? I have played through that game so many times and have many strategies. For instance, (well I guess this should count since most know about it but) if you are a dark side jedi than once you have damaged him the first time and he starts to heal himself through the jedi, you them to your advantage and drain their health.

Otherways is if you are a light-side jedi, go and destroy all of the jedi first and then use the throw lightsaber technique. First you throw your lightsaber and at first he will most likely block it (95% of the time) but if you are far away when you throw it, it will come back to you and go through his back damaging him extensively.

Also, with either light or dark side or niether, if you set you targeting reticle (the thing that stops on an enemy) to nothing, you can use as many medpacks as you want without takeing away turns. THis can take a little practice to get good at but once you have its very easy.

Thanks for the info. I will have to give that a shot.

You can also get a ton of the stim packs and pump up your abilities.

[Strider Turbulence]

Battletoads (NES) I can beat the genesis without losing a life and yet I can't pass the fucking Clinger Winger stage in the NES version!

Chakan The Foreverman: Nothing worse than not being able to beat a game that has unlimited lives/continues.

Eternal Champions (Genesis version) Can't do it, it's beyond annoying that you only get ONE chance to finish off the last boss. At least Art of Fighting 2 didn't send you back to the first level after you lost to Geese.

[killswitch64]

Ninja Gaiden, no matter how many times I try, I cant finish it.

[Fatesealer]

Battletoads (NES) I can beat the genesis without losing a life and yet I can't pass the shaq-fuing Clinger Winger stage in the NES version!

Chakan The Foreverman: Nothing worse than not being able to beat a game that has unlimited lives/continues.

Eternal Champions (Genesis version) Can't do it, it's beyond annoying that you only get ONE chance to finish off the last boss. At least Art of Fighting 2 didn't send you back to the first level after you lost to Geese.

I actually finished EC with all the characters... but it's easily the most forgettable fighting game released...

[JohnnyDrama]

Ninja Gaiden, Shinobi, Disgaea

[Eclipse]

Stuntman had me screaming bloody murder. Stopped playing after a bug caused one of the checkpoints to dissapear midway through a mission-shattered the disk.

Battletoads NES
MK 5 & deception on Hard (atrocious, unspeakably cheap AI)
Megaman 2 NES
Metroid 2 on the original gameboy

[el bobo]

I've yet to play a game that is too hard. Although Halo on legendary was quite a challenge. Besides that, I don't think I've ever stopped playing a game because it was too hard.

[regisphilbi0]

XBX- Ninja Gaiden
Metal Arms: Glitch in the System (Stuck on a Boss)
GC- Viewtiful Joe (Adult Mode- WHYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!! Really fun, but HARD!!)
Metroid Prime (Last boss- holy crap!!!! So... hard....)

[FriskyTanuki]

Stuntman had me screaming bloody murder. Stopped playing after a bug caused one of the checkpoints to dissapear midway through a mission-shattered the disk.

Battletoads NES
MK 5 & deception on Hard (atrocious, unspeakably cheap AI)
Megaman 2 NES
Metroid 2 on the original gameboy

Yeah, Stuntman kicks my ass so hard it's not really funny anymore.

[centraldogmae]

I stopped playing Gran Turismo 3 after 25%. I think i spent like 40 hours just to get that far

[rockhero]

I used to be able to beat Contra for NES without dying a single time.. A few months ago a buddy and I picked it up to play and it was an embarrasment.

[GuilewasNK]

WeaponLord - SNES
Perfect Dark - N64 (I am actually on the last level)

Those are the only two I could think of quitting due to them being too hard. I think I can go back and beat Perfect Dark though, I just have to stop wishing for dual analog for it. WeaponLord is ridiculous in its difficulty. That game will leave you with shredded underwear.

[GuilewasNK]

YO, ALL YOU GUYS GOTTA STOP COMPLAINING AND WHINING ABOUT HOW HARD NINJA GAIDEN IS!!! DONT GET ME WRONG, IT IS HARD BUT NOT HARD ENOUGH TO MAKE ME STOP PLAYIN.... GIMME A BREAK!!!!

What he said, only without caps and not sounding like a complete ass.

:rofl: xzafixz, that made my day, lol!

SOLIDSNAKE55 the topic title is....

Games so hard, you quit before finishing...
I beat Ninja Gaiden but I can understand why this game would be too hard to a lot of people. I never came closer to breaking a controller in anger. I died more in that game than any I can think of post-NES. I just kept trying over and over until I got it. Once I did, it was VERY satisfying.

You may want to post what games are too hard for you. If there are none then kudos to you.

[Greetard]

Ninja Gaiden is the hardest game ever...no question. The old descent games were very hard too. Technically they're not games you can "beat", but any of the DDR's are impossible to beat on the harder modes.

[basketkase543]

Madden (every year)
Gran Turismo
Final Fantasy Tactics
And a lot more I can't remember.

[whoknows]

I'd have to say Driver 2. I tried and triend and finally quit. I even bought a gameshark for it and still couldn't beat it. I always go so close in this one level but failed.

[xenoman80]

anyone got an e-reader and super mario advance 4 (super mario bros 3) cards want to unlock the extra stuff

[xenoman80]

or know where i can get it?

[GuilewasNK]

Ninja Gaiden is the hardest game ever...no question. The old descent games were very hard too. Technically they're not games you can "beat", but any of the DDR's are impossible to beat on the harder modes.

I forgot about DDR. That game can be VERY hard.

[dpatel]

Ikaruga and contra. I will go back to them eventually but since I first played them, they have just been collecting dust.

I have beaten Stuntman and MGS2 on euro extreme (I had to cheat on the 'tapping triangle' part though). I was so determined to beat both of those. It was a relief beating those. That's why i want to beat ikaruga and contra.

[kaw]

Yeah, quite a few actually:

Ikari Warriors (NES)
Ninja Gaiden (NES)
Castlevania III (NES)
Mega Man: Dr. Wiley's Revenge (GB)
Castlevania Adventure (GB)
Wade Hixton's Counter Punch (GBA)
Ikaruga (GC)
Super Metroid (SNES)
Brave Fencer Musashi (PS1)
Maximo: Ghosts to Glory (PS2)

Also, when I was a kid, I had to use Game Genie to get me through Blaster Master and Bionic Commando, because I just wanted to see the end.

I suck. :(

[Lorik]

Zelda 2: The Adventures of Link

Borrowed it from my dads friend back in the day, got to last level, he asked for it back. Now I'm playing through the classic NES release to try and close that chapter of my life. I'm only on the second dungeon and I want to rip my hair out, I have no idea how I got to the last palace back in the day...

[swick]

God, Contra: Shattered Soldier. It makes me hurt.

[nikkai]

XBOX - Ninja Gaiden
PS2 - Manhunt, played in hard mode got stuck in subway area, got pissed and sold it
PS2 - Contra Shattered Solider, freakin hard even with 2 players, i played it once and now its collecting dust.

I'll take shattered soldier off your hands. =D

But so far the only game that I've ever played that I didn't pass is Castle Shikigami (4 credits - no free play yet). Holy crap is that game hard, it's ridiculous. Guess I gotta really get used to the combo system to get points and extra bombs.

All these other games you guys are listing, man I remember beating them when I was little... I think hand eye coordination is in fact decreasing with each generation. =)

[Wlogan31]

Hmmm...am I the only person here who got to the last boss on Dark Cloud and hasn't been able to finish it?

Others I haven't been able to finish:

Stuntman (looks like I'm not alone)
Mario Sunshine (not sure I'll ever get everything)


Another problem for me is I refuse to cheat in any fashion...

[opportunity777]

I haven't played a game that is too hard to finish. I finish every game I start, and I only play a handful of games at a time to make sure I follow-thru. I also try not to buy too many games if I haven't finished anything in a while since they will just pile up.