This is usually when I put a fist through the wall.The Madman said:
And break all the bones in my pathetic little arm.
Difficulty spikes!
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And break all the bones in my pathetic little arm.
spyro the dragon: ripto's rage.
"trouble with the trolley, eh?"
i still have nightmares.
and ratchet and clank: size matters, that stupid luna fight.
well, really, any game where it has a random vehicle section, there just so hard EVERY FREAKING TIME.
oh! and the final part of the strider battle of half life 2: episode 2. 3 striders. 6 hunters. alarms blaring, low health, and low ammo. had to restart so much freaking times.
"trouble with the trolley, eh?"
i still have nightmares.
and ratchet and clank: size matters, that stupid luna fight.
well, really, any game where it has a random vehicle section, there just so hard EVERY FREAKING TIME.
oh! and the final part of the strider battle of half life 2: episode 2. 3 striders. 6 hunters. alarms blaring, low health, and low ammo. had to restart so much freaking times.
I didn't have that much trouble with the bit in Half-Life 2 the original poster mentions. Sure, I died more times than I could remember, but I did that throughout the game (thank Valve for autosave) and the hardest part was just getting to the infinite ammunition crate after every two shots. The part of that game that really made my rage however was the second Strider battle just before the Citadel: first I had to run screaming past two of them as they stomped everywhere and blasted my allies, then crawl through a skeleton of a building with infinitely respawning soldiers (I killed at least thirty on my first play through before I realised they just respawned) and those same Striders shooting at me the moment I was anywhere near them, then once I finally got to the rocket crate at the top of the building there was no cover whatsoever therefore I had to shoot faster than they could (I usuall just switch to Easy difficulty now). I consider that to be the true final boss of the game, as the remainder is just crushing everything with the super gravity gun.
Also, the Avatar in Dawn of War II. By that point all my squads were Level 20 and I was tearing through xenos and bosses with fantastic speed, almost nothing could harm me, and I was just killing time and collecting wargear before getting to the final mission. Then I decided I wanted another suit of Terminator armour, which the Avatar mission provides, and I spent the next half and hour or so just chipping away at that monstrosity's health while fleeing at the first sign of any of its attacks. Fucking space elves...
Finally, in a more "or so I heard" note, I haven't played them myself but Touhou games are notorious for having an absurd increase in difficulty at the fourth stage. Patchouli, Satori, Aya, Murasa and especially the Prismriver Sisters are punches to the crotch compared to what comes before them.
Also, the Avatar in Dawn of War II. By that point all my squads were Level 20 and I was tearing through xenos and bosses with fantastic speed, almost nothing could harm me, and I was just killing time and collecting wargear before getting to the final mission. Then I decided I wanted another suit of Terminator armour, which the Avatar mission provides, and I spent the next half and hour or so just chipping away at that monstrosity's health while fleeing at the first sign of any of its attacks. Fucking space elves...
Finally, in a more "or so I heard" note, I haven't played them myself but Touhou games are notorious for having an absurd increase in difficulty at the fourth stage. Patchouli, Satori, Aya, Murasa and especially the Prismriver Sisters are punches to the crotch compared to what comes before them.
Frank from Madworld. Huge difficulty spike for that boss. Couple that with terrible controls and bad camera angles. It wasnt fun. Made me hate the wii so much.
In Resonance Of Fate after the Third Chapter the Difficulty goes to the max, i barely managed to get to chapter four but then it gets way to hard. The main problem is that the first chapters are easy setting you up as a acrobatic flying gun slinging death machine.
I never had a problem with the Infected in Prototype. The Master Hunter (or whatever they called it) was tediously boring to fight because it took forever to die, but was never really difficult. The problem I have with the game is the freaking Blackwatch. They have ludicrous jumps in difficulty, and the game's wonky targetting system didn't help at all when they brought in those goddamn UAVs.
The game gets to a point where 'Stealth' gameplay is no longer an option, because a UAV a hundred feet in the air and three blocks away behind a building can detect you immediately and alert everybody in the base, including the commander you have to consume. And because there are so many soldiers about, you can't tell who the commander is. So he winds up on the wrong end of your blade-arm and therefore, unable to be consumed, and you can't enter the base to get upgrades/web of intrigue nodes... Ugh.
The game gets to a point where 'Stealth' gameplay is no longer an option, because a UAV a hundred feet in the air and three blocks away behind a building can detect you immediately and alert everybody in the base, including the commander you have to consume. And because there are so many soldiers about, you can't tell who the commander is. So he winds up on the wrong end of your blade-arm and therefore, unable to be consumed, and you can't enter the base to get upgrades/web of intrigue nodes... Ugh.
Playing Starcraft: Brood War in a custom game where it's you v.s. 7 other computers, and the match is a melee (you're all alone, and they're all allies). Oh wait... that's intentional difficulty, although it is possible to overcome (mind control is OP).
Homeworld 2: You play the mission where you save the transport ships or whatever, and then the next one you get steam rolled by the enemy's superior number, and unfair unit creation abilities (honestly, them being able to build 13 squadrons of fighters in 2 minutes, while I can only make around 3 in that time is not fair). Although playing the campaign doesn't get you anything, so you might as well stick with Skirmish (which is all sorts of fun).
Can't think of any other game that absolutely stone walled me, I usually die a lot in platformers when they throw a tricky jump at me though, but that's easy to overcome with enough practice or luck.
Homeworld 2: You play the mission where you save the transport ships or whatever, and then the next one you get steam rolled by the enemy's superior number, and unfair unit creation abilities (honestly, them being able to build 13 squadrons of fighters in 2 minutes, while I can only make around 3 in that time is not fair). Although playing the campaign doesn't get you anything, so you might as well stick with Skirmish (which is all sorts of fun).
Can't think of any other game that absolutely stone walled me, I usually die a lot in platformers when they throw a tricky jump at me though, but that's easy to overcome with enough practice or luck.
Yeah, that's a pretty shit mechanic. I got pretty frustrated trying to do it to. Try to chase him into a fence, that what I did. Still tough though. The one aroundnokori3byo said:
John's farm
I couldn't agree with you more on all those games. In fact I was powering through DeadSpace with zero deaths until that meteor section game out of nowhere and caused me to continue TEN TIMES!MiracleOfSound said:
Yeah it was really badly explained, there was no tutorial. The best way I found was to just use one of the cannons and aim for the rocks in the center.Programmed_For_Damage said:
That level wasn't all that bad if you just went very slowly and hung back , taking on the flood in small groups a few at a time... problem was it was so goddamn long, repetitive and boring. One of the worst designed levels I've ever played.LeighAlura said:
I'd like to see the OP fight the Dahaka in Warrior Within. Kaileena was a pretty nice fight.
You want difficulty spike? Try Bitores Mendez from RE4 in Professional. You're undergunned, underhealthed and he is tough as nails.
Also F-Zero GX was a difficulty spike in it's entirety.
You want difficulty spike? Try Bitores Mendez from RE4 in Professional. You're undergunned, underhealthed and he is tough as nails.
Also F-Zero GX was a difficulty spike in it's entirety.
That's odd, I was the opposite. I didn't have any trouble with that area (though the infinitely respawning baddies was a dick move) but got my ass handed to me by the two gunships.Extraintrovert said:
The strider battle was easy for me because you could just duck down the stairs then pop up and shoot when the coast was clear and you'd reloaded.
Wow! You're like, so awesome! I guess we should all bow down to your 1337 gaming skills and condescending attitude!MaxPowers666 said:
Let me ask you something... do you also drive a sports car??
Intelligent people don't insult random strangers on the internet.MaxPowers666 said:
From your attitude to people finding stuff difficult that you didn't, it is clear you need a lesson in objectivity.
And from your tone it is clear you need a lesson in manners. Now get off my thread.
I went ahead and fixed your grammar for you. Please don't insult peoples' intelligence if you can't at least do it in an intelligent manner yourself.MaxPowers666 said:
Anyways, OT: I'd probably have to go with Grunt's recruitment mission on insanity for Mass Effect 2. Those damned homing missiles are pretty much a death sentence if you get hit by one.
Knights of the Old Republic, right before you fight Bastilla and then Malak on the Star Forge. You have turrets, Sith elite troopers, Dark Jedi, and droids coming at you in waves. At about the halfway point in the game until now, you've been dominating everyone by clearing rooms with Force Storm, Stasis Field, and/or supreme lightsaber skills. You get used to the feeling of domination and then get to that point in the Star Forge and the sheer amount of enemies swarming your party just eats away you and your other two team member's health. You spend so much time just healing. I can't imagine not having "Destroy Droid" and another force power like "Force Wave" or "Force Storm" in this section. Crowd control is a must.
Malak himself is pretty tough as well. But he's the final boss and that is to be expected.
Also, though it was intentionally difficult according to Bioware, the area before you go into Orzammar has some high level human enemies that will destroy you if you try going to the place too early in the game.
And I always had trouble beating Gyorg (fish boss) from Majora's Mask.
Malak himself is pretty tough as well. But he's the final boss and that is to be expected.
Also, though it was intentionally difficult according to Bioware, the area before you go into Orzammar has some high level human enemies that will destroy you if you try going to the place too early in the game.
And I always had trouble beating Gyorg (fish boss) from Majora's Mask.
I'm probably behind a few years on this one, but the last boss in Gears of War. I just played the series for the first time (have to say, it was enjoyable, but I beat it in under 6 hours and it was not all that fun on multiplayer either - not as big as all the hype would have had me think).
Anyway, the last boss was ridiculous. He has some weird one hit insta kill crap if you strayed out of the light and then because of the clunky movement/running controls, you might wind up accidentally running into cover in an unlit area and dying. Not to mention if you didn't save yourself the Torque Bow or had no grenades it was damn near impossible. After breezing through the game I must have died 25 times before I looked at a strategy guide where I had to exploit a glitch to win.
Bad way to end an otherwise okay gaming experience.
Anyway, the last boss was ridiculous. He has some weird one hit insta kill crap if you strayed out of the light and then because of the clunky movement/running controls, you might wind up accidentally running into cover in an unlit area and dying. Not to mention if you didn't save yourself the Torque Bow or had no grenades it was damn near impossible. After breezing through the game I must have died 25 times before I looked at a strategy guide where I had to exploit a glitch to win.
Bad way to end an otherwise okay gaming experience.