I need a challenge from a game.

[Pink Gregory]

Off topic, but I remember playing mac demos of Myth and Myth II to hell and back, while barely actually finishing them (I may have been spectacularly bad, I don't remember)

I remember three things: an invisible dwarf, "casualties", and the phrase "hundreds upon thousands of thrall, ten abreast and a hundred deep."

 

[blipblop]

superman 64 maby? had it as a kid, it was difficult to say the least

 

[mfeff]

FTL Faster than Light
Torchlight 2 (scale-able)
Firefall Beta
Arma II Dayz

 

[Fasckira]

Myth series

I love Myth (cant recall if it was 1 or 2 I played though), I remember one match legging it with just one archer left being chased around a mountain but I was managing to slowly pick them off till they trapped me, wasted like 50 mins!

On topic, sounds like that Faster Than Light game would appeal to you?

 

[Chester Rabbit]

One off the top of my head if you are a fan of Abe and Oddworld you might want to give The Heart Of Darkness for PS1 a try. Pretty much Oddworld only with a little bit of a Pixar paint job.

 

[Section Crow]

Legend of Grimrock
Terraria

Not hard in a soul-crushing way just challenging with a fair bit of trial and error

 

[Orcboyphil]

If your looking for a challenge get X-com also known as UFO:Enemy unknown. The graphics are pretty primitive however it is one of the hardest games you'll ever play. Also the score whilst also primitive is possibly the spookiest you'll find in any game.
As for gameplay the many focus of the games are turned based tactical missions in which you hunt down and slay the invading aliens who range from the glass cannon Sectoid (easy to kill but their plasma rifle can really cut through your unarmed troopers at the start of the game), to the utterly terrifying Chryssalid, who turns your own troops against you, and the pretty much unkillable Ethereal. You'll also build bases and shoot down alien craft (sadly not really interactive) and face the threat of government budgetary cuts, the real threat in the game is the lose of one of more countries monatry contributions because you haven't protected them from alien attacks, you loose all backing you loose the game.

 

[Woot835]

The challange I will propose is not a game in its own sence.

A custom map called "Feed The Beast Insanity" For Minecraft, I would even smash a "Dark Souls-esc annoying" sticker on it.

Or you could just go do Black Mesa on Hard. Anyone that beats BM on a full Hard run is a bouse.

 

[MorganL4]

Have you considered Minecraft in Hardcore mode?

1 life MC would be pretty difficult.

Or of course........ Bloodbowl.

That should make for a challenge...

 

[wolf thing]

FTL faster than light came out not so long ago, its a rougue like ship game you can get off of steam for £7 or so. it really good and challenging in that rougue likey way

 

[DoPo]

Looking at that list, what do you consider "challenging"? Or is this just a list of all games you played? I'll throw some suggestions, somewhat blindly, dunno if they'd exactly constitute "challenging".

Amnesia - as in a more horror-y game. Also, worth playing just because we need more games to take note from there.

Arx Fatalis - you said you played all of the M&M franchis, well this is really similar to Dark Messiah (made by the same guys). Only with more than kicking to it.

Blade of Darkness - in a weird way, it's like Dark Souls - if you are not careful, you'll die. Watch out for traps, a lot of traps. And healing isn't exactly common, killing enemies without taking many hits is preferable. Some even drop a health potion but there is a catch, they may drink it before you kill them.

Disciples - I recommend the second one, since I've played it. It's a turn based strategy like Heroes. Pretty similar but also really cool and stands on its own. Your hero participates in combat, alongside the creatures, and hero and creatures all gain XP, levels and abilities.

Devil May Cry 3 - I still haven't played 4, but this one is pretty cool. In a "learn how do do those combos without thinking" way. The second to last boss is by far the hardest fight I've had in a game. The final boss was easier, even.

Hitman - the series are not on your list, while Thief is. I can't say more than, go fix that. If you're discovered, you could shoot your way out of the situation, but most likely you'll die and/or make everybody really suspicious. Executing the perfect hit is really rewarding, too.

MechWarrior/MechCommander - not bad. MW in particular is a bit unwieldy, due to the control scheme, but really fun to play. If I recall correctly, 4 was released for free a couple of years back.

 

[AmrasCalmacil]

Get Crusader Kings 2 and ArmA2: Operation Arrowhead.

I'm not going to say get Day Z, play a proper game without zombies in.

Captcha: zombie attack
Oh, piss off.

 

[Lilani]

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You don't need a new game to get a challenge, you know. You could just limit yourself to playing a certain way and see what happens. Change the difficulty settings, only decide to use certain weapons or your default loadout, only use potions and healing spells outside of battle, or go for crazy achievements. In HL2 Episode 1 there is an achievement called "One Free Bullet," where you are supposed to beat the whole episode with one bullet (gravity gun/prop/crow bar kills are good), and in Episode 2 there's "Little Rocket Man" where you are supposed to carry the little gnome prop you find at the beginning of the game all the way to White Forest and stick him in Magnussen's rocket.

 

[aguspal]

Keep suggestions comming, Oh and I really hate orks must die for the simple reason for its a grinding game. I HATE HATE grinding and/or MMO games like WOW and all those other abominations without one iota of a plot with the exception of F.P.S because we all know there is no such thing as a plot. Good luck to those who do.

Bastion seems interesting and so does x-com. Ill see what else turns up before I tell you all my new software cause Im having fun playing Myth/Binding of issac at the moment but the community is so small on-line for myth at the moment after the tournament that it gets quite dreary.

I dont see how Orcs must die is a grinding game... the sequel, its a LITTLE tiny bit grindy, yes, but if you are just playing normally you should have absolutly no problem at all. Plus, you can respec your points and all, so take that into account too.


And what about IWBTG? It sound like something you may enjoy. If you liked Oddword games that have a lot of trial an error, I dont see why you wouldt like IWBTG as much as I loved it.

I personally DONT recommend Bastion, but its me VS every other person on the site, so go for it if you want

Also, I second Serious Sam games, at least the HD remake of the original. Try it on serious difficulty... Althougt maybe you should try to first beat the game in a lower difficulty, I get the feeling you were suppused to do that after all, I tried it in serious difficulty in my very first try and I only got up to half the game before giving up. It was still a fun experience thougt


Magicka Solo, also take a look at it.

Having only played the flash version, I can assure you that MeatBoy will be pretty hard and challenging as well.

 

[dimensional]

Or of course........ Bloodbowl.

That should make for a challenge...

Goddamn that game seriously the dice rolls are fixed within 2 turns my entire team was out of action seriously every single player and the comp didnt suffer a scratch. Didnt play it much after that but when you get slaughtered despite having stronger players and taking the comp on 2 to 1 it was just too much and I was looking forward to that game for ages as well.

As for the OP I would recommend a decent fighting game if you want a challenge dont know what ones are on PC but I expect you can find quite a few im pretty sure Street Fighter IV is out at least should take you a while to get pretty good.

Most of the RPG/strategy/platformer games I was going to mention have been done so already so thats all ive got.

Oh since your on PC what about a realistic flight sim that should be a challenge and educational as well.

 

[Muspelheim]

ArmA 2 campaign, on the highest difficulty, and take all the difficult options.

Trust me, it's harder than it sounds. And better.

Or; master Dwarf Fortress. Build a fortress pouring with gold and mithril, that can survive everything Armok can throw at it.

 

[deathzero021]

Do you like platformers? If so, get super meat boy, the game is extremely challenging, but VERY fun

THIS.
it's a super hard game but it's also very well designed and addictive. only thing that's a bit too unfair is some of the bosses, they are hard as hell. if you want a challenge this is the perfect game for you.

i'm in the same boat, i love challenging games. today's mainstream easy-bore-fests don't work for me. i was raised on incredibly difficult games and it's what i enjoy. i like to see skill and effort rewarded in a game. however i'm not very competitive, don't care much for multiplayer competition.

 

[Mordekaien]

Eschalon: Book I & II
Both are Isometric RPGs with surprising amounts of deep choices, pretty good story. The second one has a hunger&thirst system too.