Your gaming White Whale

[Trippy Turtle]

I don't really have a white whale... I am obsessed enough with games that I normally overcome any challenge after a few thousand attempts. I must say though for a while I didn't think I would be able to beat rayquaza on Rescue Team Blue. I was extremely under-leveled and it took me upwards of 70 tries.

 

[Gethsemani_v1legacy]

Actually, there's one little thing. Normally I never cheat, but I had to during the Armstrong fight. You have to hit him 30 or 40 times and he's got you dead in 3 or so. He's got an unavoidable move. There's a glitch where, according to gamefaqs, he can't hit you when you jump on one of the beds and you can just pummel him, but they don't mention that he just starts chucking grenades at you. I was despairing at the 50th attempt (I've marked them, don't ask), but at the 70th I simply gave up, looked up god mode, activated it, finished the thing, then deactivated god mode again. Further difficult parts (like the timing on that snowy ledge before getting your stuff back) required save scumming, but that's normal. I haven't touched a cheat since, nor will I. I will complete the game, then lie restless, because there was this one bit where I cheated. My success will not be complete.

Oh God, that Armstrong fight brings back memories. I remember trying to take him down in every way possible during my first playthrough but failing. Eventually I managed to glitch the game by, somehow, jumping on top of him and smacking him on the top of his head until he gave in. Every subsequent playthrough (which amounts to a good 6 or 7, I absolutely adored NOLF) I beat the Armstrong fight in the same way: Jump on top of him and wail away.

 

[thesilentman]

Beat Mario 3 without Warp Whistles. I actually do pretty good up till that level in World 6. That level includes a prize if you get all the coins. That level also has floating platforms that seem to imply multiple statements of "FUCK YOU!" to Mario. And World 7/8 are just all-around hell...

Another one would be to get the guts to finish Contra without the Konami code, nevermind that I haven't beaten the game using it.

 

[CrimsonBlaze]

The last boss fight of Sonic Unleashed.

It's a really annoying boss fight with little chance of me actually finishing, as it was so hard to get there (the previous level was 20 mins long w/o dying and involved me having to switch between Sonic and his Werehog form). I'm sure I might just dedicate some time to going back and finishing it, but not right now.

 

[rob_simple]

It's hard to say because I make a point of avoiding games where the challenge is incredible --bordering on the unfair-- difficulty. I can see the appeal but it's not my cup of tea.

So I guess with that in mind mine would be the first Ninja Gaiden on the Xbox, which I have owned for about six years now and have still never beaten the very first boss.

Edit: Also the first Shinobi on PS2. That was a labour of love because despite the horrendous game design I loved how it looked, though I've never managed to finish it.

 

[ThatDarnCoyote]

Call of Duty 4. Mile High Club on Veteran. I just can't pull that shit off, I'm naturally someone who is careful and takes their time in shooters so having to rush through and complete the mission so fast is completely unnatural for me.

Pulling that off was one of my proudest gaming memories. I used some YouTube guides, but it still took about 90 minutes of repeated tries.

It was the first XBox game I ever got 100% achievement completion on.

Good luck!

 

[cerebus23]

No, I mean (and I will edit my post) when there's a challenge, any challenge, you just cannot overcome, but are determined to do so before you die. It doesn't have to involve cheating.

Red bull challenge in gt5, driving the car is like "driving" a rocketship, and driving it extremely hard, with monza being pretty darn easy, few shortcuts that will not dq you on that track, but the other 2 are brutally hard.

Nurburg ring in general would be my white whale just because it is such a great track, i will spend hours practicing trying to perfect each section of the track and run clean laps. gotta love a track that will kill you brutally and quickly just as look at you, and i have managed some spectacular wrecks.

the old school karateka, dunno if it was brutally hard but my personal challenge was to beat the game without loosing a life or i had to restart, and i was pretty darn good at that game.

 

[champy_fan]

For me, it would probably be to actually complete Persona 4. I love the characters, I love the story, I hate the gameplay. Despite this, I pushed through all the way to what I thought was the end, only to be cut short on the bad ending and forced to play another 40 hours. I haven't looked at it since, but one day, maybe I'll see the real ending.

 

[Guffe]

Ocarina of Time xD

I played when I was about 8-10 a few times and always got a bit further as I grew older but never to the finishing line.
I've later replayed all the older Zelda games except this one, it has to be mine then
Well I have never played WindWaker either which I've heard is a great game.

 

[Lunar Templar]

Acquiring the Everlasting Dragon set in Vindictus x.x

5 part armor set, and all 5 parts take at least 2 'rare' drops from the bosses in Hiede.

I've yet to put any actual effort into getting it, the sheer amount of grind has been prevent that.

guess its time i sacked up and started after it

 

[Starik20X6]

Super Mario Bros. 1. And, to some extent, the Lost Levels. I've beaten 2, 3, 64, Sunshine, Galaxy 1 & 2, NSMB 1, 2 and Wii, but I've yet to overcome the one that started it all.[footnote]The eagle-eyed may have noticed I didn't list World there. My secret shame is I've never played Super Mario World. Don't spear me![/footnote]

 

[Yopaz]

For those of you who owns a 360 download the demo to Tales of Vesperia. Yeah, my white whale is the eggbear boss on normal difficulty on sn unaided playthrough.i played through most of the game on hard except for special enemies I was supposed to beat later where I turned the difficulty to normal, but only once did I have to set the difficulty to easy. Fucking egg bear...

 

[saintdane05]

Getting all of the Riddler Trophies in the Batman games.

 

[Hjalmar Fryklund]

Beating Pharaoh. The game is so loooong. So long that I have had time to switch computers several times and been forced to start over.

Finishing Heroes of Might and Magic IV. Lost my interest during the late summer, but I should probably get back to it sooner or later. Only two campaigns left to finish anyway.

 

[Nazulu]

I've beaten all the games I owned expect one that I've lost, and that's Earthworm Jim on the SNES. I'm gonna slaughter that whale when I buy it again off Wiiware next year though.

Oh yeah, and Decent on computer as well. I flip out usually when I have to beat a timer, but one day I'm sure to get through it.

 

[Terramax]

On Shinobido 2 for the Vita, the final boss on the ultra difficulty can kill you pretty much in one hit. And you have to land at least a 100 hits before he dies. Also, if you run away, he can shoot a freakin' lazerbeam that goes through walls, so it's hard even to run away from him without him killing you from a distance.

Therefore, I always plant about 15 or so mines on the floor, lure him on it, and watch as he blows out of the sky. This is actually really difficult and it takes me several tries before I get him to do it. Not so much cheating, but I guess not the way the programmers were intending you to face him.

Goes without saying, when it comes to point and click adventure games, I more often than not use a walkthrough on various sections.

 

[Littaly]

Time Splitters 2, co-op, robot factory, and here's the kicker... on normal difficulty. Goddamn it that level is hard >,<

 

[Meatrod05]

Mine would have to be Boss Battles on Intense in Super Smash Bros Brawl. For some reason I've just never been able to pull it off.

 

[Z of the Na'vi]

Getting all of the Riddler Trophies in the Batman games.

As someone who has found all the Riddler trophies in Arkham City, I can attest to this "white whale." Obtaining all of them was not easy in any way, of that I can assure you. I wish the best of luck to you should you still be attempting to find them all.

OT: Shit, that's a tough question for me.

To this day I have never completed Jersey Devil on the PS1. That game is hard.

 

[ThisGuyLikesNoTacos]

Clayton in Tarzan for ps1. I could never beat him until very recently, and he proved to be quite difficult even now that I'm older.

Some people already mentioned Uncharted 2 and 3, but the original on crushing is where it's really at: Few pistol shots kill you, low ammo, ton of enemies and little to no cover.

I had to watch a walkthrough for the church part.