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Games you got stuck in
jhocking:
I finish most of the games I get, but this does remind me of a rant I made once to a friend. I was getting all annoyed by how some games feel the need to abruptly ratchet up the difficulty by several orders of magnitude right at the end boss. Take Jak3: I eventually managed to beat that game, but I was stuck at the final boss for a while, because the final boss is WAY harder than anything else in the game. At the time I was disputing the notion that a game should get harder as you progress (somewhat esoteric game design discussion, plus the definition of "harder" is kind of mushy.) But even taking as an assumption that games should get harder as you progress, how does it make any sense for the entire game up to the final boss to have a consistent level of difficulty, and then the final boss is harder than the rest of the game combined?
The most notable (but not only) game in which I'm stuck at the final boss is Beyond Good and Evil. That's a really good game (I recommend it to any PS2 owners who haven't played it) but the final boss is hard as nails. You play through the boss in several "stages" of combat; one stage is a sequence of insanely fast monsters you have to fight through, and then you have to go through that section again, only with the controls reversed. WTF?!?
Bishop:
The last boss in beyond good and evil really is very hard, did it on 3rd try that whole bit with the reversed controlls annoyed me, also I had very few healing things, basicly had to not get hurt once, beyong good and evil is an underrated game.
crazybritishsteve:
I think games are just getting easier. I play these games, complete them and go 'Wow! I'm a god!'. Then i go back and play old games that used to cause me loads of problems. The idea is i must be a better gamer, cuz i kick loads of ass in new games. So i go back, play older games, and get my ass handed to me. New games = easy, old games = difficult
Bishop:
I agree most new games are much easier, authough I bought the remake of metal gear solid and I kicked ass this time arround and the only noticeable difference is a few new moves and the graphics.
Lots of games are far too easy by yesterdays standards, I played some NES game the other day and they are as hard as they were for me when I first played them.
Switchblade:
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--- Quote from: Switchblade ---I'm a little stuck right now, actually - I'm playing the PC version of "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas"
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Try to get a better plane. If you can't do that, check the marker for the plane on your map. Then adjust your height is neccesary.
Are you willing to use cheats? You can get a better plane that way.
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Dude, there are Shamals (the same make of plane you're trying to catch) right next to the hangar. The game requires you, however, to use the fucking Dodo. There's a big blue arrow above it, and that's the only plane you're allowed to complete the mission in - the plane you're meant to be catching doesn't manifest into the game world unless you get into that specific Dodo, and you fail the mission if you leave that plane for any reason.
Which is a bit fucking crap, truth be told. I'd sooo much rather grab a Hunter and blow the fucking thing out of the sky than muck around with trying to catch the bastard thing in a bloody Dodo....
had a bit of fun lately, mind - I found what would appear to be the only jumbo jet in the game parked in a hangar in Las Venturas airport, so I took it out for a spin. Maxed out my flying skill just keeping going in a straight line, trying to find Liberty City, eventually gave up and tried to land in San Fierro, but the bloody wing tips scraped a runway-side sign, and the plane blew up.
And NO, I do not cheat on my first time through a game. EVER.
--- Quote from: Bishop ---I agree most new games are much easier, authough I bought the remake of metal gear solid and I kicked ass this time arround and the only noticeable difference is a few new moves and the graphics.
Lots of games are far too easy by yesterdays standards, I played some NES game the other day and they are as hard as they were for me when I first played them.
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A list of games you may want to try if you want a challenge:
Ninja Gaiden (on hard setting, you die a lot. On hard setting, ninjas come to your home, slaughter your roommate, and then beat you to death with his spleen...)
Tony Hawk's Underground (both 1 and 2, but especially number 1 - the final skate-off between you and your rival is INSANELY difficult)
Freelancer (Some of the big battles during the storyline still get me sweating when I replay them, and I'm fucking GOOD at that game...)
The Temple of Elemental Evil (Steepest. Difficulty curve. Ever. The damn thing throws giant frogs that can eat and instantly kill your characters without much trouble at you as one of the first damned encounters of the game, immediately followed up by a small army of bandits - all while you're still only a first level party)
The Lord of the Rings - the Third Age (no matter how good you are, and how much you train the party, I guarantee that the bad guys in the most recent chapter you reach will always be a genuine threat. I've seen the GAME OVER screen in that game a great many times)
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