"Why did I find this so difficult before?!" moments

[rayen020]

Kingdom hearts 1 ad Shogu 2 both sat unplayed for like six months agter i first tried them. Then i'd be be bored ad try them again and wonder what put me off og them before... I am now an adamant fan of both franchises.

Had the reverse of that earlier today playing sanctum. Whizzed through the game first time i played it. tried to play it again today and barely cleared the first level.

 

[ThePenguinKnight]

Alright, feel free to laugh at me cause I know after reading it you all will.

Me and my uncle couldn't get past the first wave of hell-hounds in Call of Duty Black Ops. We'd buy a gun off the wall after hearing that they were coming than quickly huddle together, but we'd get owned in a matter of seconds.

Alternatively, I just beat Golden Axe 3 alone and without dying once.

 

[TheIceman465]

I remember playing the level 'The Maw' in Halo on legendary back in 2002 and could never get finish the level because of that part at the end with the warthog. A few years ago I pulled it back out, gave it one look and stuck it in the Xbox. Did the entire level first go.

 

[Cowabungaa]

I was never able to finish Metroid Prime's, well, Metroid Prime the first time I played the game. On rare occasions I got to the second stage, but he'd murder me too quickly.

At one point I tried so often that I didn't boot the game again until the second game came out, and before I started that I really wanted to finish the first.

So I gave it another go, and beat Prime in one try. I was pretty flabbergasted.

 

[Xpheyel]

A lengthy playthrough of Sim City 2000. I had a revenue generating megapolis with multiple launch Arcologies constructed. I finally stopped out of boredom. Leaving me utterly baffled as to why my previous attempts all ended in urban decay and using the money cheat code.

Also, Myst. I'd played it at friends' over the course of years but even puzzles that I had never done seemed pretty easy.

 

[loudmadman]

The first thing that comes to my mind is Whitney from Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal (yes, THAT Whitney with THAT Miltank). When I was younger, I would black/white out before beating her the second time. Nowadays, I can get past her and that Miltank with little trouble.

 

[Olas]

I remember being stuck on the first Super Mario World boss for months. Recently I went back and beat the entire game in about half an hour.

 

[Razoack]

The first thing that comes to my mind is Whitney from Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal (yes, THAT Whitney with THAT Miltank). When I was younger, I would black/white out before beating her the second time. Nowadays, I can get past her and that Miltank with little trouble.

sigh that fucking miltank. Yeah, that was a *****. I felt that the first gym in black / white was very unforgiving too.

 

[arnoldthebird]

Recently reinstalled Republic Commando on my new PC. Somehow I sped through half the game like nothing when a few years before I could only ever finish the Kashyyyk part with cheats...

Kashyyyk kicked my ass multiple time's, I only ever beat it with the power of cheats

OT: Mine would be Dark Souls too, I got it for Christmas, raged and didn't play it for about two month's. Then I put it back in, and am now on NG+++ with my 2nd character. It's just memory and a lot of patience to beat that game