Divinity 2. That entire game was a fiendish, sadomasochistic difficulty sawtooth, where you would easily clear out a room of enemies only to get two-shotted by a mook or stunlocked in the middle of a melee mob; in fact, on the second main quest, you get jumped with a room full of guys three levels above you. The key to winning that game-- what I did, and what the developers obviously intended-- was tossing off, finding every sidequest on the map, and finishing them in short order. By the time I'd done that, I was four levels above the final boss and I effortlessly blazed through the final third of the game. Killing ten mega-bosses in a row in less than three minutes is fun, though.
Difficulty spikes!
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As I recall, the 'sword guy/axe guy' boss fight after the chariot ride in Two Thrones was rage inducing because the controls got messed up, and then you had to watch the 'INTRODUCING THE BOSS' cutscene over and over and over.
Also, try getting a medal on expert mode on sector Z in Lylat Wars. It's not saving the great fox that's the problem, it's getting enough kills before the missiles are destroyed.
The second 'defend your point' mission in Nova Prospekt in HL2 is also murderous - 3 turrets, 4 ways to get shot at from, and grenade/manhack happy overwatch. I play the entire game on difficult mode up til that point, but bump it down to easy for that fight because it is so horrid.
Also, try getting a medal on expert mode on sector Z in Lylat Wars. It's not saving the great fox that's the problem, it's getting enough kills before the missiles are destroyed.
The second 'defend your point' mission in Nova Prospekt in HL2 is also murderous - 3 turrets, 4 ways to get shot at from, and grenade/manhack happy overwatch. I play the entire game on difficult mode up til that point, but bump it down to easy for that fight because it is so horrid.
That part of the game can go suck a fat one. I only finished it (on hardened) when I realised that less of them spawned if you backtracked a bit, where you could lay down and camp along one big sightline, then rush the plane in the last 20 seconds.Furburt said:
God I hated that bit.
The worst part of that is that if you go through that level the regular way, the medal is impossible as Kat steals all your kills. It's your bloody teammates kill stealing that's the worst part...Serenegoose said:
Also, I only got all the medals in that game last year. Thank Christ for emulators and save states. No level select, resetting your lazers if you try again? That's half an hour of work at a chance to get a medal. Nintendo can be cruel bastards sometimes...
Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena spider bot sections.... not hard... just extremely lame.
Also, the first town square bit in Resident Evil 4. This was a very good difficulty spike however. You're just like flipping your shit running, hiding and trying to survive.
Also, the first town square bit in Resident Evil 4. This was a very good difficulty spike however. You're just like flipping your shit running, hiding and trying to survive.
Make way for kat! *doo dee dee doo dee doop dee doo, doo dee doo dee doop dee doo.... duh duh!* GODSDAMNIT KAT THAT'S MY MEDAL YOU'RE STEALING.Outright Villainy said:
Got it on my N64 when I was like... 14 or something. My reward? Shades the first time round, and a big CLOSE UP OF FOX intro screen when I defeated it on expert. Totally worth it. Wait, that other thing. TOTALLY NOT.
The tactic was to totally abuse the +1 kill you'd get if you killed an enemy with the splash damage of a charged shot - see, if you killed a guy with the charged shot directly, it'd give you a kill. If you fired it BEFORE the shot could lock on and killed him with the splash, it'd give you the kill AND a +1 - 2 points for a single kill.
now hat was a ***** to do against cross...wen he used a devestator? FUCKING LEG ITGamesB2 said:
Raam is a pretty notorious boss fight, you should try him on insane, it's... well, insane!BlindMessiah94 said:
The cover was kinda glitchy in the battle and the insta death was actually his swarm of Kryll. The best way to beat him is to reload the level, you'll find torque bows and sniper rifles in the train car which are both great for beating him. Also... having a buddy instead of dumbass Dom helps...
Both MW2 and BFBC2s mortar strike parts...Great idea guys i love getting shot at while dodging explosions...and as a reward you get shot and burned alive...thanks IW you little shits.
Uh... in Oblivion the Necromancers were always my *****, unless they were high enough level to summon powerful Daedra, then they were an issue until you snuff out the caster. And that HL2 fight was hardly a problem.
My biggest nightmare was the chariot race and subsequent boss fight afterwards in Prince of Persia: Two Thrones. That was so annoying, Ive never come so close to wanting to break the disc.
My biggest nightmare was the chariot race and subsequent boss fight afterwards in Prince of Persia: Two Thrones. That was so annoying, Ive never come so close to wanting to break the disc.
Red Dead Redemption and bears. Yeah we are going to throw in an enemy that doesn't show up on your radar,gives you warning half the time before it completely blindsides you, and usually attacks with friends. Did I forget to mention that they can knock you down and then kill you while you are on the ground so you aren't even given a sporting chance?
Hehe, that's not really a difficulty spike then, that's more just a very hard game... what is it by the way? An RPG?Ahlycks said:
Perfect example, as the majority of that game was so very easy but those bears (and that stupid armoured car level) were rather frustrating.squid5580 said:
That's where my poor lil brother gave up on the game... what an absolute dick of a checkpoint that was. I was only able to beat it on easy mode.Echo136 said:
As for Oblivion's necromancers... did you do Meridia's quest in Howling Cave? Care to share how you beat it? Because as soon as I set foot in that room I get staggered repeatedly by the ten plus enemies and don't even get a sporting chance to fight back!
I found every bit of Resistance one difficult, even on Normal... which is really sad, I know.
I hated the meteor level on Dead Space. Only beat it once.
inFamous has its share of spike moments. I was playing on hard recently, and as soon as I stood on top of a thing I got one shotted by a fuggin' rocket launcher. And the last boss? Fuck. That. Noise. He was soooooo hard.
Dragon Age had some difficult random encounters at first, like the time it made you fight a LEGION of wolves with traps all around. I barely survive every single time, and I never think to save before it happens, because, well, it's RANDOM.
And I never finished FF13 (Wasn't a fan of the game anyways) Because it pit me against Odin with that whiny little kid on my time, and Odin wiped the floor with me, and I had a high leveled sword too...
I hated the meteor level on Dead Space. Only beat it once.
inFamous has its share of spike moments. I was playing on hard recently, and as soon as I stood on top of a thing I got one shotted by a fuggin' rocket launcher. And the last boss? Fuck. That. Noise. He was soooooo hard.
Dragon Age had some difficult random encounters at first, like the time it made you fight a LEGION of wolves with traps all around. I barely survive every single time, and I never think to save before it happens, because, well, it's RANDOM.
And I never finished FF13 (Wasn't a fan of the game anyways) Because it pit me against Odin with that whiny little kid on my time, and Odin wiped the floor with me, and I had a high leveled sword too...
Maybe it was the order that I played through the various quests, but I found the Urn of Sacred Ashes and A Paragon of Her Kind quests in Dragon Age to be extremely difficult, but most of the rest of the game was fairly easy.
EDIT: I notice a lot of people saying they had trouble with the metor section in Dead Space. I finished it on the first try. Sure, I was one or two hits away from death, but I did it. I can't see how it would take someone more than two tries.
EDIT: I notice a lot of people saying they had trouble with the metor section in Dead Space. I finished it on the first try. Sure, I was one or two hits away from death, but I did it. I can't see how it would take someone more than two tries.