I’m 51 and have been gaming since I was about 8, started with TV Games, then a Spectrum, then Commodore, then Amiga, then Sega Master System, then Mega Drive, some Game Boy, PlayStation, N64, XBox 360, Switch, XBox Series X and all along I’ve been shite at games and immensely frustrated at difficulty and insta-death levels. Mate, I’ve been playing Ghosts N Goblins for over 40 years and go nowhere. Shoutout to those of us who’ve been crap in every generation for five decades.
I had someone comment on a reply of mine where I was essentially thanking the good lord for save states. This guy says, “yeah but where’s the satisfaction beating a game with save states?” If I ever make it past the turbo tunnel in Battle Toads I guarantee you I’ll be more than satisfied to not have to replay it EVERY SINGLE time I die again after that point. NES devs were masochists.
@@pauljacob99 they were super hard! A lot of them were practically impossible without a guide. Even save states won't help if you can't figure out where to go or where to go 😅
So relatable. I have the PS4 Castvania Rondo of Blood and abuse the crap out of the save system. The game is so much harder than the remake I jammed with on the PSP. I dig it, though, but if I was on the NES, I would've despised a lot about this game. I've used them on my emulated Sega games. The Incredible Hulk, X-Men 2 Clone Wars, and Contra Hard Corps. I would lose my sanity.
I recall I read a Miyamoto interview where he mentioned that "Japanese game player are lazy as they want to finish their game easy and move on" type of way. And that he praise that the American/International folks play the game on hard so that they will take longer time to finish the game.
The first win is doable, but then the game hits you with a "the princess is another castle" BS and have to beat it AGAIN, that second run ive never could pull it off in original hardware, (on emulators with save states is much more forgiving)
Those are some rough ones man! I’ve always thought it was funny that everyone says Battletoads is such a hard game (I mean it is, so many people have only ever seen the first 2 levels) yet it seems like people all still love it and hold it as a good game in their minds (It really is cool!) “What’s the hardest NES game?” “Battletoads! It’s such a cool game!” 😂 I’m not sure there’s a lot of games out there that can hold both of those titles in that way for so many people. Great video man!
Some of the jumping puzzles during the raids in Destiny 1 and 2 are the hardest thing I've ever done. There are so many blind jumps that you have to make around corners and land on a tiny little rock or pipe and if you miss you have to restart so many other hard blind jumps just to get back to the blind jump you missed.
There is one game that was actually impossible for one person. That game was Punch Out for the NES and that person was my friend Chris. During the training cut scene, where the trainer was riding his bike in front of you, we told Chris that if you pressed "B" and "A" fast enough you would catch the trainer, throw him off the bike and ride off the screen with it yourself. For at least two summers, every time that scene came up, Chris gave it his all to see this special scene. He never got suspicious that my brother and I never gave the slightest effort to do this just to show him how to it was done. It was quite entertaining!
In Bloodborne, I was stuck on the final boss Orphan of Kos for literally 2 weeks. I gave up on my weapon and started trying out other weapons, only you have to level the weapon up so I had to grind materials. I tried so many weapons and just couldn't beat him. Finally tried out the DLC weapon Beast Saif and it made the game super easy. I'm not joking, it was easy. I had my wife play the game, as soon as the DLC opened up in the beginning I took the controls and ran straight through everything to grab the Beast Saif and then handed the controller back to my wife. When she beat the game, she only had 2 deaths on Orphan of Kos, took her only 3 tries. That weapon is so broken.
Orphan of Kos is legendary hard! I kind of like it when developers give you an out on a game like that. I feel like it's good design to have a last ditch effort in there for everyone 😆
⚠️ you forgot the ninja gaiden trilogy for the SNES. Ninja Gaiden for the SNES was and still is a very super hard game till this day. Even the 3D version of the Ninja Gaiden trilogy for the PS3/PS4 is hard as well. Great video by the way 🎮🎮
Awesome video! I recently picked up The Adventures of Bayou Billy and share the same frustrations lol. I didn't know about the history of why the developers increased the difficulty for the NA version. Very interesting......
first time here i love how Your gaming room looks ( i am a bit jealous, but You got me into thinking how to achieve similar result ) i love the way You narrate the video and your attitude Subscribed !
Bro, just found you here on YT and I must say I love your content! Pretty straight forward, no shenanigans or anything like that - just honest reviews. Gotta watch your other videos! HAHA Subscribed, and if you need any music for your channel and/or any other medias you work with, lemme know, it would be awesome to collab with someone like you! Thanks, bro! Keep up!
I'm so glad you love the content! That means the world to me. I'm actually a professional musician! I've done session work for years. I'm always down to collaborate.
and there is two specific games that I still think is hard today, and those games are Cutthroat Island and Blackthorne on the SNES... maybe I suck, maybe I lack the mental requirements to play it, idk, but man... hard as f***. Still love them, tho hahaha
Ninja Gaiden was insane on the NES. I agree with you that a game should be played the way it is supposed to. However even with the tips and cheats I still found this game impossible LOL! Great video mate. Glad that I'm not the only one who found games tough in my youth!
Thanks! Yeah, I always talk about every game. Even if I haven't played them, I'll talk about where I got them, why I bought them, and what I've heard about them. I really appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment!
So glad I found your channel. I'm 57 and have been a gamer for as long as it's been possible to be one! Here in the UK there's a channel by a guy called Nick, "njenkin". It's not the same as yours but it's similar in that you both play games from a "real" perspective. The kind of game-play that average players experience. Definitely subscribing to your channel now 👍
Great video, you mentioned two of my favourite games of all time in Bloodborne and R-type. I put around 200 hrs into bloodborne, god those chalice dungeon bosses were brutal. I remember walking into a local arcade as a wide eyed 10 year old and being totally blown away by R-type. Now 36 years later, i own pretty much every version of it and i still havent beat the last stage. Actually the only port i finished was the gameboy version (less stages).
Thanks for sharing your history with these games! The chalice dungeons were no joke. I got burned out on them really quickly. I wish I could have played r-type in the arcades. I'm envious that you did
Single dad if 4 with full custody…Bloodborne is also one of my favorite games, that being said I’m loving Elden ring right now on the steam deck. I love type as well especially delta and final part 1 on ps2…those BYDO had some creepy last levels.
the immortal and wizardry were some of the toughest games on the nes for me. ive played them later on an emmulator, and aced them, but wow, at the time, they were my most difficult. great video, dropped a sub
Oh god, the immortal.. I rented that one a few times, never got too far lol. Something about that one sparked my imagination as a kid though, I remember being a little obsessed with it
Im hooked, awesome video, and color me newly subscribed! And yeah, i play games like you do. The save scum stuff kills me. But yeah, when i het a new game i try to skip tutorials and just dive in. Except the old school Nintendo manuals, those were required reading.
In Star Fox Adventures, I got stuck at the Lightfoot Strength Test because I had to rapidly press a button to get him into the pit. 1 1/2 to 2 years later, when I bought a turbo controller, I made it right through and went on to beat the rest of the game.
Omg that test was crazy! I asked my mom to give it chance and she beat it the first try!!? I was blown away by that because she doesn't even play video games! I'll never forget her coming to my rescue after hearing me so upset and then saving the day.
@@tjames6427that’s so funny, I knew my gf was a fast tapper cuz she would kick my ass at those Mario party games. So I was like babe can you help me in this trial and yea she did it first try. I just don’t understand why I don’t have a fast thumb lol
@@bobbyrivera2951 I've since came up with a method that will help you beat any fast tap section in seconds! Take your pointer and place it over the button then with your other hand alternate two finger tap on your pointer finger. I call it the double tap lol.
Bayou Billy made me realize as an Adult how much better I was as a kid at playing games. 😂 I had fond nostalgic memories of the game and remember getting quite far into the game. Loving how the gameplay was so varied for different stages. Then I picked it up and played it years later and wondered how the heck did I ever love this game? 😂
I completely agree with your rant around the 7:54 mark. There is a subset of gamers out that enjoy the masochistic side of gaming. Being an older gamer myself, games back in the day were made difficult to prolong play time because of technology limitations. But if I hear a game is made like Divinty original sin. Hard pass. That’s why for years I avoided the soul’s borne games up until Elden Ring. Which funnily enough, they made for more mass appeal. Great video. You got a subscriber.
Thanks for subscribing! I feel like a lot of games made these days are designed to be the one and only game you play for a few years until the next game comes out. I see so many posts on Reddit about people looking for a game can play "forever." I hate it... and it's a hard pass for me. Like you, I prefer to head into a game, knowing it can be finished with some sort of relative ease
I completely agree on Divinity: Original Sin My wife and I kept trying to chug through that game and eventually gave up. And that was at 70+ hours in. It was a lot of fun to play, but miserable to figure out. The clues are vague and the journal is just a single bullet point. Good luck finding where you need to go based on the quest journal if you don't remember who or what you did to get that journal entry. After having to look up where to go for the umpteenth time, we called it quits.
Another great video. As someone else wrote, I enjoy how you present things. Very relaxing, somehow. And I wrote previously, your explanations about why you like or dislike something are very clear. I have Pink Sweets as part of a dual pack, but haven’t actually played it much. I did not realize that rank aspect was ever escalating. At least there is the arrange mode for mortals like me to enjoy. Divinity OS 2 is in my own backlog. Have not played many CRPG but somehow I think I will enjoy this one, as I sometimes get very deeply into games with tactical battles. I did not realize how difficult it can get. But I do think I will tackle it sooner rather than later. One of the games I’ve been most curious about - even before Baldur’s Gate 3 exploded onto the scene Thanks again for a great video!
Thanks for your kind compliment! I really appreciate it. I act like myself in my videos, and I guess people can pick up on that. The arrange mode for Pink Sweet on that double pack is the best way to play the game. It isn't easy at all. It's more like a different game that uses the assets of the original. It's one of my favorite shmup experiences of all time. You may love DOS2. It's a great game, but my brain just doesn't work in a way that makes it easy for me. If I see a nail sticking out, I hammer down the nail. I don't think about charming the master of the builder's guild into doing it for me 😅
Bloodborne was my introduction into souls games. I got so frustrated with it I stopped playing it for months. Then saw a video of Sqillakilla playing it and it motivated me to try again. I realized what I was doing wrong. Once I went back to it I started doing better. I went on to play DS3 after that. Then I went to DS1 and 2. Demon Souls remake and finally Elden Ring. Now I really love souls games.
Not realizing I was playing it wrong was the same issue I had. I kept trying to force my playstyle into it... and that just didn't work. Glad to see you got the hang of it! Thanks for watching!
Just found your channel. You’re a real pleasure to watch and listen to! Your rant about Divinity 2 how you have to do all these obscure things to progress that you would never think felt like listening to myself lol.. it’s what turned me off to CRPGs the past 15 or so years, like you I also grew up playing them but it seems making them as obtuse as possible is supposed to be fun now! They tout how dynamic everything is which is achievement I guess, but I don’t want to “try” 24 different things just to make essentially an hour of progress. There’s far too many games out there that respect my time. Anyway you earned a sub, nice job on this video!
Thank you so much! I'm glad I could help inspire you to share something you love with the rest of the world. It's hard work, but very rewarding. I'll go check out your channel!
Great video! It’s interesting to hear your comments about Divinity: Original Sin 2. I have not played it yet, but I want to say that the experience of failing at a strategy and having to try again until I get it perfect is actually the most addictive thing for me that keeps me hooked. Funny how that works differently for different folks. Good job - keep up the great content!
@@RNGGamerYT The DOS Series is great, yes you get your ass beaten in the beginning but things become easier once you have figured out the mechanics of the design, there are literally infinite ways to win a battle and often you have to think around corners! For instance it took me a while to take the surrounding stuff into the strategies, in the beginning I often confronted the enemies straight away, then i figured out to use oil and set it on fire, or light barrels lying around and suddenly wham an unwinnable fight suddenly was won!
Watching your 2 part series on this topic, have experienced most if not all things in gaming since playing 1942 by Capcom in '84, can't argue with you bringing up the likes of XCOM, that game is like bringing a butter knife to a gun fight, also how you mention Pink Sweets, Ikaruga & R-Type, those Shmups don't hold a candle difficulty wise to Dodonpachi Daioujyou & Battle Garegga, also I have to mention the likes of Ninja Gaiden Black Label, SMB The Lost Levels, The Sharp X68000 version of Castlevania & F-Zero GX, have enjoyed seeing your perspective / experiences of difficult games.
@@RNGGamerYT Yeah, but also, I think a few decades ago, people did enjoy their time spend playing, now it seems like people want to finish a game in order to jump onto the next one. That's why I enjoy Soulslike games so much. The gameplay keeps me coming back, I don't care how long it takes me to finish them or if at all...
I’m new to your channel. Great content btw, you mentioned a lot of from software games. I got pretty far in demon souls when it came out but never finished it. But I did beat all 3 US Kingsfield games. Have you played/beat those?
I only managed about 3 hours or so of divinity before I got rid of it, one of the worst most frustrating god awful games I’ve ever played and it drives me insane I seem to be the only one in gaming that hates it so bad
I can see how you feel that way. There was a lot about it that I didn't like, too. But after I learned how to play it, it got better. But I still don't think it deserves all of the fanatical praise it gets
Have you tried “Yolanda” on the Atari ST? Such a hard game. Start the level, think “Where am I on the screen?” And before you see your character, all the floors are on fire and you’re dead. Start again…. It’s a random new level and you still don’t know where your character is. Took me so long to beat it!
In one of the Medal of Honor Undeground levels, the last part of the level required me to wipe out the stockpile of parts that were already built. I tried a few times running away from it, but it caught up to me and I failed each time. A week or 2 later, I came back to it and went sideways, straight and sideways again to get to the end of the level. Near the end of the game, in the second to last level, it took me a day and a half to beat that level; after that, I made it through the level and beat the rest of the game.
Your videos have been steadily improving! Question for you: What do you do to increase your video game collection as you have done? Second question is how do you find the time to play?
Thank you so much! It's good to see you in the comments again. I try to find discounted prices on games at stores and at charity shops. Also, at conventions, you can often get very good deals if you buy a large amount all at once. Finding time is difficult, but I make it a habit not to waste time doing things that don't benefit me. I try not to spend too much time on my phone unless it's for youtube reasons. I don't watch much TV. I try to make fun games with my children that involve cleaning the house. ...I sleep less 😅
Bayou Billy was literally unbeatable to kids. Also you mentioned Bloodbourne, but Sekiro is WAY harder to me. the last guy, Isshin, is in my top 3 for hardest encounters in any video game.
Wasn't unbeatable but it was insanely hard. I dont know how long it too me to beat it but it was a long time. It was a christmas present and back then we didnt get games all the time like today. You had no choice but to beat them.
My man!, I was really good at Bayou Billy 😂, here’s a couple super tough NES games Zanac who had a great song, and Deadly Towers. Thank you for the video!!
I got battletoads for Christmas at like 6 years old. Needless to say I pretty much just played the first 2 levels on repeat until finding something better to do
The original Megaman drove me nuts. It didn't have any instructions to even tell you about swapping powers. Whoever said they can beat it with just the cannon is full of it. Elec-man takes no damage from the cannon. Trust me, I tried.
I'm surprised you didn't mention TMNT on the NES - the original one. OMG, it's one of the hardest and most frustrating games of all time. I had a hard time as a kid and now I'm 40 years old and still find it super hard.
To make the giant wheel stage on Battletoads even harder for you, if you're playing two players and you both make it to that part, that's the end of the road. A glitch in the game won't let you move the bike and the wheel will just kill you. You actually can't beat the game two players, it really is impossible.
@@RNGGamerYT How many people are good enough to make it that far with a partner anyway? :P I do disagree with you on Double Dragon 3 though. Not that it's hard, it is, it deserves the spot you gave it. But I actually thought it was a decent game, not the best but all right. So I guess I disagree with all of gaming. But I've always taken the beat em ups like a duck to water. For that opening dojo room, turn on your nunchucks, with I think select at the character screen, it's been a while. You can only get like 5 hits before they break, but that's 5 hits that you don't have to fight to get and you don't have to spam special moves.
TMNT for the NES. Some of carts had a program error that you wouldn’t automatically throw the rope to cross buildings. That pretty much ended the game for that cartridge.
The presidents run in driver is almost impossible… You’d get crushed so hard the car would smash over the buildings & just freeze/stop working… Need some luck to get slammed a few blocks in the right direction
"Palm trees .. and 8" Does that ring any bells? Mystic Quest on Game Boy. I was already traumatized by various Game Boy games and then I got the NES in combination with Zelda II completely in English (I'm German and was in third grade at the time). I played a lot but I can't tell you if it was fun.
@@RNGGamerYT I just found you a few hours ago. I dig the collection. And the setup. I’m gonna get in this content game eventually. I’m currently watching your one year video. Analytics give me motivation
