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JRA
Joined: Sep 17 2007
Location: The Opium Trail
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Alot of people complain that some games are too easy, and then you have people like me complaining that certain games are too hard. So that got me to thinking, what games are not too easy, not too hard, they're just right?
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 There are a lot of what if's in life Donny. What if I hit you really hard in the face, knocked yo shit to the back of yo skull? What if I....had you girl gargle my nuts? The fact remains, you are a fuckin mutant. |
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Ba'al
Title: Zerg Zergling
Joined: Mar 02 2008
Location: Uranus
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Contra III.
No, I'm not lying. The game is easy in comparison to Hard Corps and Shattered Soldier. To me it's a positive for it though.
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JoshWoodzy
Joined: May 22 2008
Location: Goshen, VA
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The first "Syphon Filter" was perfectly awesome.
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Not Sure
Too Good At 2D Games
Title: Master of the Universe
Joined: Dec 03 2007
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I rather like hard games when they do the hard aspect right. Battletoads did it right, among others.
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My Youtube Channel | 2012 NES Challenge standings
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Slayer1
Title: ,,!,, for you know who
Joined: Sep 23 2008
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Syphon Filter, Contra, Battletoads all work... the Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake was perfect and Metal Slug....
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JRA
Joined: Sep 17 2007
Location: The Opium Trail
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| Not Sure wrote: |
| I rather like hard games when they do the hard aspect right. Battletoads did it right, among others. |
define "doing the hard aspect right."
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There are a lot of what if's in life Donny. What if I hit you really hard in the face, knocked yo shit to the back of yo skull? What if I....had you girl gargle my nuts? The fact remains, you are a fuckin mutant. |
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Not Sure
Too Good At 2D Games
Title: Master of the Universe
Joined: Dec 03 2007
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| JRA wrote: |
| Not Sure wrote: |
| I rather like hard games when they do the hard aspect right. Battletoads did it right, among others. |
define "doing the hard aspect right." |
Challenging at first but beatable with practice, and never truly cheap if you've played it enough. If I die in Battletoads now, it's usually my fault, not the game's.
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My Youtube Channel | 2012 NES Challenge standings
"If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe." |
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Syd Lexia
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Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
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PJX
Joined: Jun 20 2008
Location: United Kingdom
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R-Type, Metroid Prime, The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay, Freedom Fighters, Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem, Resident Evil 2, The Revenge Of Shinobi.....loads loads more.
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Captain_Pollution
Title: Hugh
Joined: Sep 23 2007
Posts: 1591
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Contra, Mega Man 2.
NES Final Fantasy, for RPG's.
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<Drew_Linky> Well, I've eaten vegetables all of once in my life.
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JRA
Joined: Sep 17 2007
Location: The Opium Trail
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| Goldeneye. |
on 00 agent mode?
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There are a lot of what if's in life Donny. What if I hit you really hard in the face, knocked yo shit to the back of yo skull? What if I....had you girl gargle my nuts? The fact remains, you are a fuckin mutant. |
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Doddsino
Joined: Oct 01 2009
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GTA Vice City
Had maybe 4 missions that were pretty darn hard and the rest seemed to present a challenge but never to the effect where you have to try 5 or 6 times.
San Andreas on the other hand, I'd say about 1/6 of the game is unfair, especially that Red Baron mission.
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Black Zarak
Title: Big Coffin Hunter
Joined: Feb 01 2006
Location: Phyrexia
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I'm playing Batman: Arkham Asylum on normal right now and it's about what I'd call "fair." Normal thugs are a breeze, but some bosses and some of the later game groups of guys spread around large rooms make me want to pull my hair out. I did this one room with seven armed guys in it and all the gargoyles were booby trapped so no easy hiding from guys after knocking one out. I must have tried like fifteen times, once getting it down to one last guy before getting killed before i FINALLY managed to get everybody down.
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Thunderhorse
Title: This is DELICIOUS!
Joined: Dec 29 2009
Location: Colorado Springs, CO
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Since the aspects of difficulty vary between genre, I've split mine into various catagories.
RPG: Tales of Symphonia
3D Platformer: Prince of Persia 2007
2D Platformer: Earthworm Jim 2
FPS: Bioshock
3D Fighter: Soul Calibur 2
2D Fighter: Guilty Gear XX^Core
Adventure (Zelda style): Ocarina of Time (Except for the Water Temple)
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slapolakinkaido
Title: Illegitimate Son of God
Joined: Jul 14 2009
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Syd Lexia
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Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
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| JRA wrote: |
| Syd Lexia wrote: |
| Goldeneye. |
on 00 agent mode? |
In terms of completing all clearing all the levels on the hardest non-customizable difficulty and unlocking all the cheats.
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Ice2SeeYou
Title: Sexual Tyrannosaurus
Joined: Sep 28 2008
Location: South of Heaven
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I'd go with Mike Tyson's Punch-Out. It took me months (maybe years?) to beat that game. Beating every boxer was a system of trail and error, learning their patterns. You'd do a little better each time, until finally you could beat him consistently. Then on to the next opponent. Beating Mike Tyson was difficult and something worth bragging about, but very doable if you had the patience and persistence.
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jackfrost
Title: Cold Hearted Bastard
Joined: Feb 21 2009
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I like a game that is challenging, but allows you to continue so you don't have to play through the earlier, easier stages again to get to the point where you died. For a challenging game you should have to fail at least a few times, but with practice an average gamer should be able to complete it. It should also be hard through game play alone and not bad design or poor programming. The original Ninja Gaiden and Castlevania are good examples of that to me.
Of course the game should also be fun too. Without that everything else is meaningless.
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
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Most of the Nintendo branded super titles for the Wii were very well balanced.
Super Mario Galaxy
Zelda Twilight Princess
Metroid Prime 3
None of them were blatantly easy, they all made you think a bit about what you were doing, but all were possible to complete.
I will say this though. Zelda's final battle was stupid. Any game where you have to hit a button at a specific time to trigger an event is stupid. I am thinking very specifically about every boss battle in the Prince of Persia Two Thrones game.
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username
Title: owner of a lonely heart
Joined: Jul 06 2007
Location: phoenix, az usa
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| I will say this though. Zelda's final battle was stupid. Any game where you have to hit a button at a specific time to trigger an event is stupid. I am thinking very specifically about every boss battle in the Prince of Persia Two Thrones game. |
thats most of god of war as well.
in terms of just right difficulty, barneys hide & seek game they had on the sega channel ages ago. for the age bracket it was meant for, it was great, since there was no way a kid could lose at that game.
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Alowishus
Joined: Aug 04 2009
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San Andreas on the other hand, I'd say about 1/6 of the game is unfair, especially that Red Baron mission. |
You forgot that RC helicopter zero mission.
My god.
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Ash Burton
Title: AshRaiser
Joined: Nov 10 2008
Location: Florida
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Resident Evil 4, Super Mario World, Fallout 3, Darius Gaiden.
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Ash is probably just home humping his SNES collection.
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Zephyr_Arsland
Title: Wild Honey Pie
Joined: Nov 12 2009
Location: Argentina
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Demon's Souls. I'm a bit masochistic, alright, but the game's never unfair with you. It's pretty easy to die, which forces you to start over w/o your collected souls, and if you die again then you lose them forever... but the game's so well made, you KNOW exactly why you died, and you try to correct that. And when you do, presto, you've gotten better at the game. It rewards careful observation and a cool mind rather than button mashing. Always a winner in my books.
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Ice2SeeYou
Title: Sexual Tyrannosaurus
Joined: Sep 28 2008
Location: South of Heaven
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| Alowishus wrote: |
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San Andreas on the other hand, I'd say about 1/6 of the game is unfair, especially that Red Baron mission. |
You forgot that RC helicopter zero mission.
My god. |
I never had any problems with the helicopter mission. The RC airplane mission, though......christ. That was a fucking unholy bitch. And none of the cheat codes could help you.
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Godofhardcore
Joined: Feb 22 2010
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Mega Man 3 and 10
Ninja Gaiden II (XBOX 360)
Bayonetta
Ikaruga
Final Fight
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