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I need some opinions
Narr:
Some friends of mine own and operate www.playithardcore.com. I'm also a contributor there, currently working on a guide for Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 2. Recently, I've decided the images I made for our "Frustration Ratings" didn't really work.
http://www.playithardcore.com/pihwiki/index.php?title=Difficulty_Ratings is where you can see all the ones as they currently are.
I decided I didn't like the Imperial Guardsman for #3. I think that was mostly because I was hopelessly addicted to Dawn of War at the time and wanted Warhammer 40k represented somehow. After reading the description again, I decided that Ratchet would be a much better choice.
We also collectively decided we didn't like Sam L as #9 because he's not a video game character, nor a source of endless power and destruction as Cthulhu at #10 is. After talking with a few people, we decided on Mike Tyson for being probably the single most difficult thing any of us ever attempted to beat in our childhood, as well as being pretty recognizable across the board as being fucking difficult. He also bites off ears IRL.
SO THAT BRINGS ME TO WHAT THIS THREAD IS ABOUT.
I want to replace #4. I just think it's an ugly image and Diablo 2's characters are kind of boring to me. I would do Dr. Wiley of Megaman fame, but the Megaman games don't really fit the difficulty we've described under the description and as I am likely to do a Megaman game in the future, I think it'd be weird as hell to have an image with a Megaman character that wasn't being used on that page. I've had 2 people suggest Ridley from the Metroid games. (As I posted this, I thought maybe a Metroid itself would be good.) I also thought about Locke or Shadow from Final Fantasy 6 (because FF6 fits our outline pretty well for #4, and those are my two favorite guys from the game). Anyone else have input? I'm stumped.
Storm Rider:
Why is Mallow #1? I mean, I haven't played Super Mario RPG in years, but I don't remember it being that easy.
Also, totally rad that Ogre Battle 64 is on there. I loved that game, and I'm still sad we'll probably never see another Ogre Battle.
Ryszardthebored1:
Gradius.
Narr:
--- Quote from: Storm Rider on 04 Oct 2007, 21:20 ---Why is Mallow #1? I mean, I haven't played Super Mario RPG in years, but I don't remember it being that easy.
Also, totally rad that Ogre Battle 64 is on there. I loved that game, and I'm still sad we'll probably never see another Ogre Battle.
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Mallow is a fluffy cloud man. He's based more on the fact he's a fluffy marshmallow-looking dude than the difficulty of the game, although for the record, I think Super Mario RPG was a cake-walk. The only difficult battle is Culex and he's optional. That's also why cel-shaded Link is #2. So what I said about having a Megaman character not represent the difficulty of Megaman games is sort of thrown of the window, but honestly, those are the only two, I think. We initially based it off characters rather than the titles they represent.
Besides, a game could be difficult and get a "low" rating. Example: #3 as Ratchet! I don't think any of the Ratchet games are "easy" but in terms of how we've outlined the hardcore guides, they fit it perfectly. "Slightly difficult if it is your first time through, but a breeze once you have the hang of things. Games in this category generally don't require metagaming or twinking, but are not for an amateur. They might take 2 or 3 tries to finish, and rarely do they have any single combat section that takes more than just some skill." You don't need to meta-game, you don't need to have played through the game a zillion times. You just need plain good ol' skill.
Edit: also, if I'm doing a Shmup, it's going to be WAY higher on the difficulty rating. I don't think there's anyone on the planet that can beat most any of the good titles without ever dying even once. R-Type is also superior to Graduis, I'm sorry.
Storm Rider:
Hmmm, maybe somebody from Castlevania? Those games can be fairly difficult until you die a few times and memorize the patterns. That seems more or less what the difficulty selector is indicating there. However, the two specific characters I would suggest, Dracula or Death, are both a bit more intimidating than the few after it, so maybe that isn't a perfect choice.
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