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GamesB2 said:
That Metro bit on hard... until I figured out I could actually kill the spawners... yeah I'm that thick.

Also Prototypes random spikes... I overcame that by snapping the disc in two.

But seriously Prototype was needlessly difficult at points...
now hat was a ***** to do against cross...wen he used a devestator? FUCKING LEG IT
 

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BlindMessiah94 said:
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.
Raam is a pretty notorious boss fight, you should try him on insane, it's... well, insane!

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...
 

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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.
 

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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.
 

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King of Fighters R-1 for NeoGeo Pocket. Orochi just cheats, although the game actually says he reads your thoughts so he reacts based on your direction and button presses... bastard. Still haven't beat him.
 

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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?
 

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Ahlycks said:
MiracleOfSound said:
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wut?!?!? what about disgaea?!?!

the whole game is one fucking difficulty spike. you need to fucking grind for a couple of hours, then you start playing then it is easy then 4 levels later you need to grind even more...

and don't even get me started about after the game ends. god! why is the level cap lvl 9999?!?!?

i cant even get to level 200 without busting my ass. it took me 100 hours just to get 150!
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?
 

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Fighting the twins in Scott Pilgrim vs the World. 4 freaking stages such a pain in the ass to get all the way through. Also the last boss in Spiderman 3, the underground part of Dead Rising, and the flood level of Halo Wars
 

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squid5580 said:
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?
Perfect example, as the majority of that game was so very easy but those bears (and that stupid armoured car level) were rather frustrating.



Echo136 said:
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.
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.

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!
 

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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...
 

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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.
 

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Josh Kurber said:
I found every bit of Resistance one difficult, even on Normal... which is really sad, I know.
I actually found that game pretty tough too. There were a few areas with little to no cover that were hard, and I hated those assholes that could shoot through the walls.
 

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tellmeimaninja said:
I died many, many times against the flood during their first appearance and The Library in Halo Combat Evolved. They seemed immune to death, and they had amazing aim with rocket launchers.
Horrible level. Horrible horrible level... only played for the first time this year and I almost quit the game over it, it was so LONG.
 

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MiracleOfSound said:
Josh Kurber said:
I found every bit of Resistance one difficult, even on Normal... which is really sad, I know.
I actually found that game pretty tough too. There were a few areas with little to no cover that were hard, and I hated those assholes that could shoot through the walls.
Oh, I know. The Auger guns were only cool when YOU used them lol. I remember that mission. I had to quit and replay the whole thing on Easy because it would pit me against all those little rolley-polley creatures, then the Augers and the wolf things.

And it took me seven hours to get that far on Normal, took me half an hour to get there on Easy, and some parts were still difficult.
 

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Mass Effect 2, Collector Ship mission: No opportunity to prepare beforehand; enemies with shields, armour AND regenerating health; limited ammunition; teammates who die in eight seconds; and NO COVER. I beat it by turning the difficulty to the easiest setting. I'll be trying the higher difficulty again when Bioware decide to make some decent weapons and armour available for download. (I know about the Firepower and Aegis packs, but I know there will be better stuff yet.)
 

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Minor Dragon Age:Origin spoilers ahead.
Morrigan's personal quest, seemed easy enough at first; go here, get book, make Morrigan happy. The she finds out the secret held in the book and asks me to go off her mother Flemeth....who transforms into a giant dragon. Up untill now the game's never been that difficult, but this was nuts. A few hits. my whole party dead.
 

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LOTR: The Third Age. Three hours of badassery, slight jump in Theoden's Hall. What happens next? Helm's Deep...nine constant fights with no save points at ALL! And your enemies consistently have better armor and almost four times as many hit points as your previously unprepared party. So, being caught off guard as such, you do what any sane person would do and rely on the movie insertion characters to save you from taking an Uruk-hai long-spear up your newly presented backside.
 

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Castlevania- Clock Tower in any game, Medusa Heads, Death.

Half Life 2- Final strider Battle

Gears of War- RAAM