f3137b No.14761309
Difficult Games You've Given Up On
Hollow Knight: Fuck multiple consecutive boss fights with no heal or save in between. I simply don't have the time for this shit.
Cuphead: The dragon was it for me. Don't feel like dicking around with the tedium of this shit.
Cave Story+: Fuck the Bloodstained Sanctuary. Fuck it. Fuck trying to make it through the spikes and fag cupids with enough health to not only beat the thwomp trap, but the THREE FORMS OF THE FINAL BOSS WITH MEAGER HEALING AND NO SAVE.
Jesus fucking christ fuck all that shit.
f77c60 No.14761326
HookTube embed. Click on thumbnail to play.
>Bloodstained Sanctuary
>Cave Story+
Man Nicalis really butchered the game. It's called Hell. That's why the music is called Running Hell. It's also a great challenge, get good at it. Pixel's a fantastic designer and makes games that you can not only finish by the skin of your teeth in their hardest moments but also go through the entire game with enough health to die in one hit. Stop being shit at games.
I just beat Kero Blaster and was getting my ass kicked hard to the very end and was stressed you had to beat 3 forms of the final boss, I got better and farther each time, noticing myself improving with each death until I finally won with just one heart left. Quit being a bitch and get good.
2818ab No.14761336
Fuck Fire Emblem as a series. The only one I haven't had a problem with difficulty-wise was Sacred Stones - and that one was still difficult, mind you.
I've played all of them at this point except the DS and NES ones, and I can say with certainty that they are all shit. The only ones I didn't finish all the way through was FE6 (Stopped at pic related, seriously, fuck those fucking never-ending reinforcements and especially fuck how they move the same turn they appear, not to mention the boss enemies in every castle that take 0 damage from everybody except your designated lord with the special weapon) and Radiant Dawn because, as it turns out, if you didn't grind Ike to max level, you had zero chance of beating Black Knight 1v1, especially if you didn't have the foresight to equip a hammer (I didn't cause I play blind).
Fuck these games, I only play through them so I don't miss out on the memes and waifus the series offers, of which there are plenty.
744295 No.14761343
>multiple consecutive boss fights
Whaaa?
744295 No.14761347
>>14761336
Fire Emblem 7 was an objective masterpiece, kill yourself
e76544 No.14761356
Yes it's hard, OP, but if you give up you're officially a pussy and will never bask in the glory of your achievements.
2818ab No.14761359
>>14761347
Fire Emblem 7 was easy like Sacred Stones as well, but it was still shit. It had the same problem of endless reinforcements. IIRC they didn't move on the same turn they appeared but it was still annoying. Not to mention the parts of every map where you are forced to take significant damage in order to draw aggro
10ff2f No.14761372
>Beat CS on hard blind in 10h
>Got 100% on Hollow Knight with no guides
>Also S ranked cuphead without too much trouble
OP literally get good
>>14761326
Oh, did Pixel make Kero Blaster as well? I saw it recommended at some point
f77c60 No.14761389
>>14761372
Pixel and Kiyoko Kawanaka, it's an excellent game but different from cave story. level to level, extremely tight level design, great weapon design, and really fun bosses.
4f9055 No.14761397
I gave up on I Wanna Be the Guy on on the Ghosts & Ghouls section. I couldn't make it through the tight section of alternating spikes that speeds up as you make your way through it after a couple hours of trying and fighting through crashes. Not worth the pain.
0691d2 No.14761406
>>14761336
>if you didn't have the foresight to equip a hammer
>I didn't because I play blind
You have all the time in the world before combat actually begins to determine what enemies you'll be facing, what weapons your units should have, and which units you'll be fielding. There is no excuse for not doing so, and it isn't the game's fault for not holding your hand like you're a small child.
It's for the best that you quit there, though. The final boss is genuine bullshit. Ashera is invincible until you kill eight other units surrounding her like a shield, all of which reflect the damage dealt to them back at your units. The only way to avoid this is to only attack them with units equipped with the Nihil skill. Ashera herself spams aoes that hit the entire room every other turn and, if you try to finish her off with anyone other than Ike equipped specifically with Ragnell, she'll revive with full HP.
a77fc3 No.14761427
>>14761359
>endless reinforcements
in what fucking universe was Fire Emblem 7's reinforcements endless?
Did you mean that there were too many for you? Because they aren't endless at all and significant enemy reinforcements really only started to show up much later in the game, around chapter 22 and onwards, and more enemies to fight in a TRPG is a good thing.
>Not to mention the parts of every map where you are forced to take significant damage in order to draw aggro
now that's just baloney. There are very easy ways to manipulate Fire Emblem enemies, unless you're referring to areas where the units are stationary until you literally move into attack range of them and attack them first (in which case, first-strike advantage usually should result in an OHKO if you actually know what you're doing and lessening any further threats significantly). On top of this, healing magic generally heals you to full in most situations.
tl;dr
follow
>>14761332 's
advice
6fed03 No.14761436
>>14761309
If I managed to beat Bloodstained Sanctuary with no prior experience, you can do it after having played the game. Keep trying until you git gud enough. You only git gud by trying.
b8f248 No.14761462
Marrow
Its some sort of metroidvania about some dude that has to save some kids kidnapped by some otherwordly monsters in cave below his cabin/house.
Some anon mentioned it in another thread and i thought he was just exagerating.
Its a fucking metroidvania with no map, you only get a blade (supposedly you can get better blades along the way) Save points are scarce, no dodge or block mechanics, You have to find items (like jewels to upgrade your HP, MP and your vision field) Rage quitted after i reach the Stuland Manor (3rd area)
Game is made of FUCK YOUs in the manor there are some rooms with one-hit-kill unkillable ghostly mob the size of the screen, you have to time how you explore those rooms (theres usually something important there) or fucker walks across evrything and you die.
Only found 1 user on YT with a complete Playthrough
e8d25b No.14761475
>>14761309
Pic related. I wanted to get into fightan games and earnestly sat down, watched a bunch of guides and so on, learned about a lot of theory, but i just fail at execution. I can't reliably do anything more complicated than a Hadouken, and even that only works about 80% of the time. The way of inputting directions in rapid succession for a move seems so fucking flimsy to me, no matter if i try it on the analog stick or the D-Pad. Pls help
e9bf20 No.14761477
>not being able to beat hell
>quitting at the dragon
I'm sorry sir but you do not qualify for image board use. Please do not worry, there is plenty of websites that are in your skill bracket that will be accepting of you.
10ff2f No.14761484
>>14761389
To be fair, Cave Story is essentially the same. It's quite linear in where you can go, and it's padded with story, but you can backtrack for upgrades
17addb No.14761814
f77c60 No.14761847
>>14761484
Cave Story has quite a bit of exploration and required revisits to old areas. Kero Blaster is firmly level to level progression with only a few secrets to uncover in repeat play throughs. Strictly a linear game for the most part. Cave Story is not.
4543dd No.14761858
Like women, I always beat all the games I own. So man the fuck up, OP. Show those bitches (Hollow Knight, Cuphead, Cave Story+, whatever) who's boss.
07ab33 No.14761864
>>14761309
It has never been more appropriate to tell someone to git gud. Though maybe it's even more appropriate to say "stop being fucking shit at videogames" you normalfag.
a33a90 No.14761871
Gave up on the post game of Etrian Odyssey 2. I was getting raped hardcore.
d642a3 No.14761876
The only "difficult" game I've given up on was godhand.
>The combat system was a pain in the ass
>I had to constantly abuse making save points before fights just in case a random guy turned into a demon and ripped my asshole into peices
>Controlling the camera is a fight in of itself and was an absolute pain in the ass to deal with
>No tutorials so you have to learn EVERYTHING through autism or jewtubing it
Not even souls-like games give me this amount of trouble. Godhand was just fucking ridiculous.
I didn't even know you could dodge with the thumbstick.
I could get good but I don't even want to bother with the game anymore.
Its ending credits are really cool I'll give it that
1c4538 No.14761906
>No one ever mentions Ninja Gaiden series
467ff0 No.14761910
I'm going to have to go with Dark Souls 2 on this one guys.
f77c60 No.14761912
>>14761876
Never seen someone so shit at a game before
5d457d No.14761917
671572 No.14761940
>>14761875
>have an actual social life
That's fucking gay.
t. killed Sans a few times
6bc7f8 No.14761944
>>14761309
>Difficult Games You've Given Up On
I usually only stop playing a hard game if I'm really not enjoying it. Rosenkreuzstilette, for example, is definitely hard and has some good things going for it, but a lack of QOL features in trying to be a 1:1 tribute to Mega Man, combined with some bullshit design kinda killed my enjoyment of the game. The fact it resets when I instinctively press 'Esc' to pause made it worse, especially during the first Wily stage equivalent where I have to do it all over if that happens. I've been meaning to go back and finish it, but goddamn.
In contrast shit like Battletoads and Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom are bullshit in their own right. However, I enjoy Battletoads more because of the character handling being surprisingly good, the music being fun to listen to and every level being unique in its own right. I kept playing it to where I eventually 1cc'ed it warpless because it was that damn fun to play. Meanwhile, LoLK can be garbage in its difficulty, but the music in the game is surprisingly good and some of the boss patterns are actually pretty neat mechanically. I started playing it because I want to git gud at other, much easier 2hu games, and I'm trying to beat this so I can build the skills needed to 1cc the others.
Point is: never give up. That's quitter talk. If you want to enjoy a difficult game, you will have to git gud. You will die over and over again. That's fine. All that matters is that you don't quit , and that you keep trying. Eventually you will succeed. The reward may not be worth it (it certainly wasn't for Battletoads) but your victory will be a reward unto itself.
ALSO:
>getting stuck on the dragon
The giant robot is harder. Stop with this pussy talk.
2558c9 No.14761945
Devil Daggers. I don't have 50-100 hours to spend just for an achievement.
dbcce8 No.14761997
>>14761309
I fucking suck at games, like so much I don't play any competitive multiplayer games because I don't feel like getting my ass kicked and I'm still not as whiny as you. All of these things are, when you take into consideration MOST video games and not only the extremely popular normalfag shit, extremely fucking easy. I beat ballos and cuphead boss so get some perspective and don't call easy things hard, acknowledge they're a challenge only for YOU specifically because your skill is clearly at odds with most video game players. I mean come on it's embarrassing posting like this on 8chan
d642a3 No.14762002
>>14761912
Just Godhand really.
2aa75d No.14762014
I've single-credit cleared a ton of games and with monster scores, but I've always found the first couple Raiden games inexplicably brutal. I just don't understand what's so difficult about them, I almost always die before stage 4.
2aa75d No.14762022
Been trying to beat Terraria on Expert without dying for like 6 months now and I think my patience finally ran out a few weeks ago. Making it to Plantera and then getting killed by a Medusa is just soul-crushing.
d0c93a No.14762029
As shit as this thread may be I'll answer honestly, it's only ever been one game.
Vice City becomes unplayable once you get to the "Property" missions, the driving one, the Taxi ones in general, and the helicopter one's are unplayable, and I beat GTA 3 5 times, which most people say is a more difficult game, it's probably the worst port of all time and will never get fixed.
>Inb4 /v/ gives me a mod fixing the issues and tells me to reinstall it and stop being a bitch
467ff0 No.14762035
>>14762029
>he can't beat GTAVC
d0c93a No.14762039
>>14762035
If you somehow managed to actually beat those missions I just mentioned, you're either some video game god, or a retard who manages to be so dumb he actually synced up with the controls.
e76544 No.14762041
>>14762022
Stop playing shitty wastes of time then.
ddb46c No.14762044
I gave up on my Dark Souls 2 SL1 run at Throne Watcher & Defender. The run was surprisingly easy up to that point, but I was never close to defeating those two and quickly lost all energy.
I have also dropped Starcraft Brood War multiple times at one of the last zerg missions, there is a sudden difficulty spike right at the end and Im just not capable enough.
c1a0e4 No.14762045
>>14761366
I've never seen a more autismo post in my life.
d61acc No.14762052
>>14761309
I've given up on hollow knight because it was a shit game, probably contra and ninja gaiden but I might go back and beat them one day.
I also given up on dustforce but that's because it's a shit game.
man this fucking thread is so reddit/gay/fucking retarded, just because it's hard doesn't mean my benis isn't hard while playing
da5a03 No.14762110
>>14761309
>giving up ever
>>14762029
holy shit, VC was the easiest to 100 percent, you have a disability or something?
d0c93a No.14762129
edeb96 No.14762253
I love Hollow Knight very much but at some point I had to drop it due to uni, so I'll start to play again after Gods and Glory update. Loved the fight with the Mage, don't know why, killed him in real and dream world.
My game that I've given up is Dark Souls. Yes, this shit. I know it's sounds stupid. I like Hollow Knight, like Cuphead, and I always wanted to like DS, but I just can't. This game isn't hard, but it has HORRIBLE controls, HORRIBLE camera, and don't you just love the fog shit, when you go to Capra Demon and you have fog all over the screen and you cant see shit while dogs starts to anal rape you blindfolded? Fuck this. I played as the naked guy "class", so maybe this is the problem. I'll probably start again someday with pyromancer just to run through the whole game on easymode with overpowered nukes.
e368e6 No.14762284
I bet OP has to look up let's plays for putting on his pants
OP sucks so much at games he broke the controller playing Candy Land
OP was put into a severe coma after spending all his money on Baltic Avenue
OP is so trash his home has been fined for excessive pollution
Don't drink the water near OPs house just trust me on this
OP is so shit he has to cast MILWA to get his shoes out of a box
fuck you OP
009399 No.14762319
>>14762041
>Terraria
>shitty
>a wast of time
e76544 No.14762423
>>14762319
It becomes a shitty waste of time in hardmode, devs didn't want to properly expand the game so they made it about autistic farming and grinding with no new areas.
38b5bb No.14762431
>>14762253
>capra demon
I'll give you that it's bullshit but
>HORRIBLE controls, HORRIBLE camera
sounds to me like you need to git gud faggot
>easymode
take bandit if you want easy mode, the starter battle axe is ridiculously strong. Look up where find upgrade-materials if you're too shit to figure it out yourself and you'll easily wreck half the game with r1 spam. And from there you should have access to almost every good weapon in the game as well as upgrade materials for it
edeb96 No.14762492
>>14762431
>bandit
hmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Ty for the advice i'll try it out
d10456 No.14762509
>>14762492
Take 10 black firebombs as your starting gift as well.
ce61a0 No.14762540
Mario Tennis for GBC. Completed the singles part of the game, but in doubles i kept getting rekt by a roastie and her nerd boyfriend. So i just gave up.
not a bad game but i prefer the GBA version
43c9d0 No.14762559
The last branch of Drakengard 3, it's a combination of me being just shit at rhythm games, technical issues and me just not giving enough of a fuck to try like with ending E in the first one.
>>14761309
>Cave Story+: Fuck the Bloodstained Sanctuary. Fuck it. Fuck trying to make it through the spikes and fag cupids with enough health to not only beat the thwomp trap, but the THREE FORMS OF THE FINAL BOSS WITH MEAGER HEALING AND NO SAVE.
The cupids aren't bad at all just take your time and figure safe mashing spots for the surprise spawns near the end, don't forget the hidden missile upgrade you really want that shit as well as a fully leveled launcher, thwonp is a bitch with that setup just mash the launcher in his ass and you won't get hit or at-least not more than once, don't forget there's a small refill area before the next boss
Ballos is his own thing and there's no trick to him just gitting gud.
>>14761366
>>can't handle hell on the casualized version of cavestory
Isn't the diificulty the same unless you play on the easiest mode?
467ff0 No.14762606
>>14762039
I prefer the term 'gaming diety' ;p bump
034944 No.14762691
>>14761876
>>14761912
>>14762002
Watch Mike Cob. This dude has done everything you possibly can (and a few things you can't) in Godhand. Yes, including Level Die KMS run.
a21e5e No.14762713
>>14762267
>2 minutes of babby logic puzzles and a single 50% RNG roll
C'mon son, step it up
73756b No.14762782
>>14761309
You're a casual and you don't belong here.
d5a476 No.14762795
>>14761309
I was so hyped when I reached the cuphead dragon boss thinking I'm finally in for a challenge. Killed him in 3 tries and was left blue-balled. On topic: KYS OP you're a fucking casual faggot.
f722bf No.14762814
>Hollow Knight
not really a loss. the game is overhyped, Soles-like garbage with a lot of basic design flaws. it's amazing people don't view it as a DLC Quest clone
>Cuphead
art game with crap controls and overwhelmingly bland repetitiveness
>Cave Story+
no excuses for this - the game is tight and you just need to suck it up
2818ab No.14762832
>>14761406
You don't know you'll face the black knight though. Once you enter that tower, you cant buy any items.
c2a7e3 No.14762859
>>14762814
Wow, we really are the new cuckchan.
f97fa3 No.14762987
>>14761876
>>Controlling the camera is a fight in of itself and was an absolute pain in the ass to deal with
How do you control the camera in a game where it is firmly locked behind your character? I agree the camera is stiflingly close this is actually a good thing on lv 1/2: enemies you can't see can't usually initiate attacks until 3/die
>>I had to constantly abuse making save points before fights just in case a random guy turned into a demon and ripped my asshole into peices
If you weren't shit you would notice there's usually only one demon in a section. There's also tons of enemies you don't have to kill if you're a little bitch (i almost always clear a level as long as it's not a respawning one like in world 7)
>>No tutorials so you have to learn EVERYTHING through autism or jewtubing it
>I didn't even know you could dodge with the thumbstick.
Just read the fucking manual or look up the controls section in the start of a gamefaqs guide. Included for your convenience.
>>The combat system was a pain in the ass
You build your style and use it. Simple, sis
f97fa3 No.14763019
>>14762691
>mike hilds the speedrunning world record for gog haah despite refusing to use hkc because he's not a boring faggot
>half of the way he didn't even realize he was doing well and entered a nirvana of just playing damn good
Love his shit
9ac6b8 No.14763104
>>14762691
Now this is making me want to emulate this game. Still have the original copy as yes it's -Ball-Bustingly Hard But It Is Fair.- Sadly there will never be a sequel to this gem.
2aa75d No.14763126
>>14762041
I did gimme a break sheesh.
034944 No.14763208
>>14763019
>>14763104
>he also worked his ass off and found the secret counter to Grace and Glory
truly, the man is a legend.
be504e No.14763215
There dragon was easy you fucking pussy!
c9bd80 No.14763218
>>14761906
You're implying that anyone here bothered with it. It's a shame really, it's pretty fun when you get used to it.
43c9d0 No.14763279
HookTube embed. Click on thumbnail to play.
>>14763208
Reminder that there are people who struggle against G&G.
c56d53 No.14763506
>Cave Story+
Literally just a not-arcade version of an arcade game's "gimme more quarters, dumbass kid!" bullshit. Doesn't add anything more, it's just harder for the sake of being hard. Why don't you try playing your next video game while someone stands behind you periodically whacking you in the head with a frying pan? Too difficult for you…? JUST GIT GUD NIGGAH!!
2818ab No.14763519
>>14763506
Careful, anon, that goes against the narrative.
f77c60 No.14763527
>>14763506
cave story+ isn't even harder than the base game which has an excellent difficulty curve you dumb nigger
d98677 No.14765136
>>14763104
Game is difficult but I almost never felt frustrated with it because of the music/animations/tone. I beat KMS on normal, still need to finish hard.
>sequel
i want co-op starring gene and olivia's sons, each with one hand, rescuing old man gene from hell tbh
dfbb69 No.14765242
>>14761309
I haven't played Cuphead so I can't speak to it, and Cave Story is understandable (though you should try again, you'll get it eventually) but Hollow Knight? Considering what some of the optional bosses were throwing at me, I was expecting something WAY harder for the true end final boss. It only took me four tries to beat him, and the first one I lost purely because he surprised me. The first stage before Dream Nailing is a joke, and if you're not finishing it with full health you're probably doing something wrong. Second stage is the hardest because of how easily you can get trapped but even then, once you get used to it it's not that hard. Third stage gives you tons of room to move and leaves him vulnerable way more often so it's just a matter of not fucking up. Last stage is basically just a dramatic moment and not an actual fight so that's super easy.
If you're having trouble, here's my suggested charm build:
>Fragile/Unbreakable Strength
>Fast Focus
>The slug focus one
>Soul Catcher
Seriously though, Nightmare King Grimm was much harder. Hell, Grey Prince was harder.
b4a48c No.14765287
did you give up on this, /v/?
f81197 No.14765313
>>14761309
>Cuphead
HAHAHA! YOU FUCKING CASUAL FAGGOT! KILL YOURSELF!
The robot boss. Fuck that shit
a552a9 No.14765335
>>14761475
Play low execution characters and master the basics. Footsies, zoning, etc. You can win against 90% of fightan players with just solid fundamentals.
cdd62e No.14765801
>>14762022
Try Calamity mod.
87ceb1 No.14765808
>>14765287
No, but it can suck my dick.
a99e98 No.14765854
>>14765287
The classic DK mini-game in this was the closest I ever got to quitting a game challenge, but I didn't.
6f2bcd No.14765910
SMT: strange journey
just remember getting one shotted a lot later on.
9cb0d1 No.14765938
Etrian Odyssey
I heard for ages about how great this series was and how challenging it is. After being disappointed with how piss easy modern games are, I decided to give the first EO a try. Turns out the EO idea of difficulty is to make trash mobs as powerful as late game bosses in any other series, and my party wiped to a rat and a butterfly just a few feet into the dungeon. Monster Hunter Syndrome was identified, and I went on to play the infinitely superior 7th Dragon 2020.
4c6727 No.14765999
>>14762022
>happened to me too
yo nigga all you have to do is blow up granite backgrounds&replace them with jungle blocks. it's real simple.
Theres no point to playing after that though, because you surely will never beat the fucking lunar event on expert. that shit is nearly impossible
5f88de No.14766092
>>14761309
>Fuck multiple consecutive boss fights with no heal or save in between.
It's two bosses, and Radiance is pretty goddamn easy. If you can take on everything else in that game, you can beat her. The boss gauntlet in Cave Story is harder, and you've evidently beat that.
91cb96 No.14766103
>>14762253
If you're still here anon, go get some Alluring Skulls, you can find some in the parish and buy them from the female undead merchant. They make the Capra fight easy as fuck, just lure the demon and kill the dogs, then repeat. Alternatively you can just run up the stairs over and over and poke until the dogs are dead.
If you are still having trouble though, go for a dex build with the Uchigatana and kill Lautrec for the ring of fap. You have to be braindead to loose at that point.
a17984 No.14766110
>>14761475
Stop playing trash like SFIV, V, or any modern capcuck game.
52b89b No.14766120
>>14761475
learn the inputs
dfa520 No.14766127
>>14761824
That battle was easy.
79add1 No.14766144
OP I can understand getting frustrated with Ballos, but not being able to beat the other two after a few tries is sub-casual tier.
>>14766127
That one is even easier.
aca2e2 No.14766184
>>14761309
>(1)
I'll never understand how some anons enjoy saying stupid shit just to get people pointing at them and laughing.
Y'all falling for a retard merely pretending to be different kind of retard.
078faa No.14771514
>>14761906
I've only played the reboots and never on any difficulty after Hard
>>14761876
I remember when my PS3 disc drive died so I spent the year or so playing the digital copy of it before it got fixed. Beat it a couple of times on Hard but I don't even want to contemplate doing a KMS run above Easy without cheesing/avoiding combat as much as possible. And that's after getting good enough to beat the Bouncer without getting hit once.
>I didn't even know you could dodge with the thumbstick.
Damn
6343d2 No.14771532
>>14761336
Why do all SRPGs make the mistake of letting the enemy move after you discover them? It's what I hated most about the NuCom games. Fuck you, Firaxis, if I round the corner and the enemy is right in front of me they shouldn't get a chance to take cover.
bac761 No.14771647
>>14762492
Things like starting class mean very little. I will grant the battle axe is actually a very good weapon like the other anon said, just most weapons are passable really. Capra demon fight is horseshit I grant you, I hate battling the camera.
just roll everywhere till you become one with the game