What games have you beat on the hardest difficulty?

[not_you]

The hardest GAME I have ever actually finished is Metro 2033...

Playing that on the hardest setting is something akin to the 1992 Mario games...
Where you spend 30 attempts at one area just to FINALLY get past it and hit another area with the exact same problem... Albeit no quicksave does make it quite annoying between checkpoints, but, I found it the hardest MODERN game I have ever played....

As for OLD games, the aforementioned Mario comes to mind, but actually, an old DOS game takes the cake...

Abuse from 1997 (which is now free-ware, so, look it up if you want a challenge) is one of the very few games to have defeated me.....

I wasn't even able to pass 50% of the game on "Extreme" difficulty (hardest) so, if you're looking for a challenge, look it up......

 

[Darth_Dude]

I've completed like 2 games on Hard or Hardest difficulties, I usually play games for the narrative though, not to get constantly frustrated.

KillZone 2 - That last part just before you kill Scolar Visari's General took me days to beat
-COD MW2 - Cant remember the hardest level, they were all about the same.
-COD 4 See above ^_^

 

[Outright Villainy]

I got pretty far on Uncharted on Hard. Then I got to the church level near the end and thought "Fuck that shit." For most shooters I usually don't play on hard because I just want a brain-less manshoot.

Notable games I've finished on the hardest difficulty were Tony Hawk's underground (the only I've played that had difficultly levels, still fond it a doddle.), and F-zero Gx, every cup on master, every story mission on Very hard.

Hardest part of that one was definitely the story mission where you had to do a long flaming tunnel full of obstacles in 50 seconds. I finished it in 49.75 or some such, there was literally no margin for error, I had full speed the entire time. It took hours...

 

[mikeybuthge]

God of War, Red Dead Redemption, LA Noire (all hints turned off)

 

[OrodrethAmandil]

Anyone who says CoD4 or MW2 is hard clearly hasn't played CoD2, that game is ridiculously difficult at times.

Most difficult game i've completed had to be Unreal Tournament 98 on the second hardest difficulty (couldn't do the first), Xan is a mo fo when he wants to be and so are my team when they decide to do nothing in the assault game type missions

 

[Jacob.pederson]

Halo 1, Legendary Difficulty, Solo

I will remember the invisible sword elites ON MY DEATHBED.

 

[rutcommapat]

Infamous 2
Prototype
Warhammer 40k DoW and such
Ghostbusters
Duels of the planeswalkers
L4D 1-2
can't remember which lvls that felt hardest.

Seriously? I find Prototype frustrating as all hell on the medium difficulty setting. Props to you, you are a better gamer than I.

Anyway, the only game I've ever beaten on a really high difficulty setting (Where it actually felt difficult) was Uncharted 2, on crushing. I've beaten Saints Row 2 on Hardcore difficulty, but that's only slightly more difficult than the default difficulty in other games.

 

[Fidelias]

Stalker, the whole damn game.

 

[Scarim Coral]

I beat the SNES Sparkster on very hard mode (although it open up to crazy hard mode which was just impossible).
I also beat Timesplitter 2 and 3 on hard mode as well (if I remember correctly).
I can't remember I think I got on the last level (Ruin) on Phantsy Star Online on Ulitmate mode but I don't think I defeated the boss on that mode (it was way too tough).

 

[ABLb0y]

Just one: WET.

The hardest mission, even on easy, is either 'Falling for Kafka' or this one bit, i don't remember what it's called, but it's in a giant walk in freezer.

 

[TheOneMavado]

Not counting straight up fighters or arcade ports with infinite lives, these are the one's I remember.

Duck Tales (GB & NES) (Hardly the hardest game in existence)
Flashback (SNES & PC)
Mass Effect 1-2 (Pinnacle Station + Hunt mission + Insanity = PAIN)
Mega Man 2 (I still can't beat that one boss without dying and returning with more ammo)
Metal Gear Solid 1-2
Rescue: The Embassy Mission
Resident Evil 4 (PS2 & Wii) (Unlocking the Handcannon was easily the hardest part)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time

 

[MercurySteam]

Both Bioshock 1 + 2 with no respawning. Not actually as difficult as it sounds.

 

[The Red Spy]

Gears of War- the hardest part might just be the scene where you have to alternate between driving and killing krill on the old highway.

Gears of War 2- there was little hard about it.

Civilization Revolution- Match ups on deity difficulty, with Cultural being rather tough. Such a fun game though.

Borderlands- again, no real difficult sections.

Fable 2- great game, no that difficult outside of collecting all the dolls. I ended up heping people get some of the harder achievements for a laugh, eventually I helped over 100 people.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare I & II: first one was actually rather tough, 'one shot, one kill', 'mile high club' and the SA Smission going down the hill are some of my most frustrating yet worthwhile achievements. MW2 was much easier.

Bioshock- early on is the most difficult part.

Some others games I can't thinnk of now.

 

[Clearycousin11]

Alan Wake, Mirror's Edge and all the Halo games. Nothing really stands out as hardest though.

 

[Iwata]

Recently, Crysis 2 on Supersoldier difficulty. It wasn't even that hard.

 

[CRAVE CASE 55]

CoD 2
CoD- Modern Warfare
CoD World at War
Cod Modern Warfare 2
CoD Black Ops
Halo 3
Gears of War 2
Battlefield Bad Company
Battlefield Bad Company 2
Marvel Ultimate Alliance
Quantum of Solace

 

[johnnnny guitar]

God of war ghost of sparta
I played it long ago but I remember it because theirs this move the boss has that can be basicly a 1 hit kill and I spent 20 minutes trying to kill her then while shes on her last pixel of health she kills me with that move I threw my psp (luckly onto my couch) and yelled at the top of my lungs for 5 minutes

 

[ZeroDotZero]

In this console generation:

inFamous - The Final boss was pretty tough on hard difficulty.
CoD:MW2 - I hated the favela, it seemed simply unfair on the hardest difficulty.
Bioshock - I did the whole game without dying. Big Daddy fights were sometimes rough, and the beginning few levels were a real pain too. I think the final boss was a bit tough as well.
Mass Effect 2 - Horizon. Oh my god Horizon.

I am pretty sure there are others, but my mind is feeling most blank at the moment.

Special mention goes to VVVVVV, despite not having difficulty settings. It is just hard.

 

[FunGuy155]

MW2 and Halo Reach. And I completed Halo 3 Legendary Co-op, does that count?

 

[llew]

75% of the games ive ever owned, its a habit to beat it on the most difficult setting as it usually results in awesome fights