well most recently it was on god of war, I'm sure everyone knows what I'm talking about, you have to climb up this cliff with about 10 waves of spikes that pop out

also some of the 00 missions on goldeneye, particularly the one where you have to protect natalya while she hacks

plus some of the megamans back in the day

oh yea feel free to post computer games too

[Edited on October 14, 2008 at 2:50 PM. Reason : k]

10/14/2008 2:50:11 PM

I played the hell out of that part. A buddy and I probably spent something like 30 minutes on that.

10/14/2008 2:57:11 PM

the last one i can remember off hand is the Remote Controlled airplane mission from GTA: San Andreas. That one was nearly impossible, even with 100% of the flying training complete.

10/14/2008 2:57:39 PM

I would have said something about running a raid in WoW 23472034823904 times for an item that never dropped, but I remembered God of War 2. I had a fucking bitch of a time pulling off the final QTE to keep Zeus from impaling you with the Sword of Olympus. Having to hear his unskippable spiel before and after he killed you more times than I could count had me visibly shaking in anger at one point. The nice thing about wired controllers is that they limited the distance you could throw them.

10/14/2008 3:02:32 PM

Ha I did that remote controlled mission from San Andreas like 10 times before I realized it was optional and you didn't need it to advance the story

My most recent was with RAAM at the end of Gears 1....I probably tried it 50 times before I got it, for about 5 hours spread over 3 days. I eventually got fed up and didn't play for a week, then went back and beat it on like my 3rd try.

Another one would be the last Los Carnales mission on Saints Row where you have to shoot that plane from the car with the rocket launcher. I never ended up beating it.

10/14/2008 3:04:30 PM

^^^ Good call, I spent HOURS on that shit.


[Edited on October 14, 2008 at 3:05 PM. Reason : ^]

10/14/2008 3:05:16 PM

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"the last one i can remember off hand is the Remote Controlled airplane mission from GTA: San Andreas. That one was nearly impossible, even with 100% of the flying training complete."

[quote]i didn't think it was that hard... the harder one was the one where you had to shoot the bombers coming to destroy your tower or whatever.

10/14/2008 3:14:51 PM

refueling on Top Gun for NES

10/14/2008 3:18:06 PM

Quote :

"TWIN EMPS TRASH"

10/14/2008 3:26:12 PM

^Overrated. pre & post nerf

10/14/2008 3:32:43 PM

definitely agreeing on the remote controlled airplane being a bitch

but I'd have to say the mile high club achievement on cod4.

10/14/2008 3:36:29 PM

all of Body Harvest on N64 those aliens kept killing people!

10/14/2008 3:37:13 PM

When something is out of my control

Like the AI of your teammates in sports games

10/14/2008 3:40:24 PM

- pretty much any boss from Ninja Gaiden (1 & 2)
- Some of the harder levels in N+ (XBLA)
- Super Mario Bros. Lost Levels

10/14/2008 3:48:29 PM

Playing Ninja Gaiden 2 on Master Ninja.

/thread

10/14/2008 4:18:33 PM

Dragons Lair on the NES. I was so xcited to get it, but never got passed the 2nd screen.

10/14/2008 4:30:02 PM

Battletoads

a lot of NES games where if you die, you have to start all over

10/14/2008 4:33:40 PM

ninja gaiden

but i actually broke my playstation during a final fantasy tactics battle when i was young

10/14/2008 4:46:58 PM

Diablo II. Level 68 necro and shit on hell is hard in ACT I. I can't get out the Rogue Encampment without almost dying from a single hit

10/14/2008 4:47:06 PM

You got to Hell a little bit too early.

10/14/2008 4:48:00 PM

indeed

10/14/2008 4:59:14 PM

^ How? I killed everything on every map, even killed diablo a few times on hard as to collect some nice items. This makes me sad So what level should I be before I go back to hell?

This is my first time doing hell. Normally Diablo II doesn't keep my attention that long for me to get this far.

[Edited on October 14, 2008 at 5:11 PM. Reason : .]

10/14/2008 5:10:29 PM

pitfall on atari

10/14/2008 5:15:23 PM

trying to beat the hardest setting on super monkey ball deluxe without using a continue

10/14/2008 5:21:00 PM

that sounds hard

was there any reward for that?

10/14/2008 5:24:53 PM

when my pauldrons of might took two months to drop.

[Edited on October 14, 2008 at 5:29 PM. Reason : or when mkII starts blatantly cheating. probably the shoulders though.]

10/14/2008 5:28:17 PM

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"but I'd have to say the mile high club achievement on cod4."

or trying to get the invincibility and invisibility cheats in goldeneye (the legit way)

10/14/2008 5:34:10 PM

83 straight Scholo runs without my Beastmaster helm dropping way back in the day when I played WoW.

10/14/2008 5:48:47 PM

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"or when mkII starts blatantly cheating. probably the shoulders though"

OH MY GOD!! I didn't think of that, but now that I remember it... I hated that fucker GORO.

He turned all uber and shit when you were about to win.

Also NBA Jam on the hardest setting. Bitches cheat like a mo-fo

10/14/2008 6:02:18 PM

Quote :

"refueling on Top Gun for NES"

10/14/2008 6:39:05 PM

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"or trying to get the invincibility and invisibility cheats in goldeneye (the legit way)"

but my god it was sweet when you did it

10/14/2008 6:57:28 PM

theres almost too many to name

Streetfighter 2020, cant remember the level

Brickbreaker on my phone

X-Men: Children of the Atom, versus akuma i think

and

Mortal Kombat 3, and it was only versus one character but i cant remember their name

10/14/2008 7:00:01 PM

playing mario kart 64 on the highway in reverse was a hoot

10/14/2008 8:46:00 PM

Five staring all the levels on the RE4 Mercenaries mini game took a few years off the end of my life

Quote :

"Ha I did that remote controlled mission from San Andreas like 10 times before I realized it was optional and you didn't need it to advance the story"

[Edited on October 14, 2008 at 8:49 PM. Reason : ]

10/14/2008 8:49:18 PM

Top Gun for the NES. Landing in that game is so fucking ridiculous.

10/14/2008 8:50:27 PM

Some parts of Mega Man 9... like with the swinging platform directly over the gap you're supposed to fall through. I just cheated and bought spike protection for the sake of my sanity.

MK3's Sonya was unrealistically hard. She'd instantly counter every move you made. Eventually I just gave up.

Super Street Fighter II Turbo had some lame AI. If you wanted to win you had to resort to tactics that took out all the fun or get lucky.

10/14/2008 9:14:35 PM

Quote :

"My most recent was with RAAM at the end of Gears 1....I probably tried it 50 times before I got it, for about 5 hours spread over 3 days. I eventually got fed up and didn't play for a week, then went back and beat it on like my 3rd try. Another one would be the last Los Carnales mission on Saints Row where you have to shoot that plane from the car with the rocket launcher. I never ended up beating it."

heh same exact thing happened to me. though it wasnt 5 hours or anything. funny how when you stopped being pissed it is 10x easier.

los carnales was a bitch, but i eventually got it.

10/14/2008 9:19:15 PM

Super Empire Strikes Back, fuck that game, fuck it in its stupid ass.

10/14/2008 9:21:11 PM

-Unlocking several of the cheats in Goldeneye 007, especially Invincibility in the Facility because that one guy appears in random spots

-Playing Gears of War and having the various glitches result in my death and having to play certain sections over and over

-Comix Zone for the Genesis (one life, hard as balls)

-Final Boss of Sonic the Hedgehog 2

but the worst by far....

-Attaining all 100 super jumps for the super suit in Super Mario RPG

10/14/2008 9:47:43 PM

^I also agree with earning all the Goldeneye cheats. Earning all of the Perfect Dark cheats was similarly frustrating.

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"also some of the 00 missions on goldeneye, particularly the one where you have to protect natalya while she hacks"

I came up with a strategy for dealing with the Natalya missions. It involves exploiting the game's lackluster AI, specifically taking advantage of the fact that enemies can't see or shoot you across gaps.

There's this boss fight in the third Prince of Persia game that I abso-fucking-lutely hate. You have to face off against two bosses at once. Once one of them is stunned you have to attack him, but his butt buddy always comes in and kicks your ass so you can't get more than a couple of hits in. For some ungodly reason you can't use slo-mo, if you use it you'll exit as soon as you attack the guy (bug maybe?). A single attack rips off only a small chunk of your health, but they WILL get plenty of solid hits in on you. I broke a controller once because of this fight.

10/14/2008 10:01:36 PM

UT LAN halo 2

10/14/2008 10:41:05 PM

TRYING TO DO THAT START CODE FOR SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 3. UP UP DOWN DOWN UP UP UP UP. Me and my cousin tried this for at least like 3 hours one day. We did it the first time we found out about it and could never do it again

I'm walls1441 and i approve of this message.

10/14/2008 10:43:02 PM

Quote :

"refueling on Top Gun for NES"

also

being like 10 and trying to figure out what the fuck to do in

10/14/2008 10:47:30 PM

^

I had already decided that I was going to post that when I saw this thread title.

You totally beat me.

10/14/2008 11:03:40 PM

I am about to be really really really frustrated with Portal: Prelude.

10/14/2008 11:11:42 PM

10/14/2008 11:12:36 PM

haha fuck ecco, i bought it for the virtual console and still cant figure out what the fuck to do and am too lazy to look at a FAQ

I discovered that in the Control stage in goldeneye, the guards with hats will only shoot at Bond, and the guards that aren't wearing hats only attack Natalya. learning that saved my ass

10/14/2008 11:15:57 PM

Double Dragon II on NES, the Egypt level.

I also had problems with the RC planes in GTA SA

Metal Gear Solid 4: trying to beat Vamp. I "killed" him nearly 12 times before giving up and looking online.

Trying to beat the Captain of the ship in gnosis mode in Xenosaga episode 1. I still haven't beaten him and gave up on the game.

10/14/2008 11:21:28 PM

Oh yeah, that damn dam level on turtles. Fuck that level. And fuck that little beeping thing that starts when your health is low.

10/14/2008 11:51:31 PM

Nuremberg ring mission GT4 : mission 34

mercedes slr from 2+ minutes back of a pack of 8 or so and you must pass them all in one lap of the ring to complete the mission. in fact 31-34 are ass hard....

10/14/2008 11:55:15 PM