What's the most difficult game you've finished by yourself, without any help?

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GeminiDeus
02/20/2024
06:13 PM
#1
By "any help" I mean that by another person, any type of guide, any information from the internet, etc. Just you and your wits and skills.

For me, I'd have to say Super Ghouls and Ghosts for the SNES. I was 11 when the game released and I played the hell out of it for months on end. I figured out how to get certain chests to spawn, memorized enemy spawns, realized which weapons were the best for every area and boss, was able to do no damage runs, and of course got the true ending. Probably stuff I wouldn't be able to do anymore, but I feel it was a great accomplishment in my video gaming life.
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Dakimakura
02/20/2024
06:14 PM
#2
Inspector Gadget

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NeonBoobs
02/20/2024
06:14 PM
#3
Probably Zelda 1 first quest. That game was really fun when you dont have a guide and you have to find anything on your own
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MarthGoomba
02/20/2024
06:16 PM
#4
Rabi Ribi
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Irony
02/20/2024
06:17 PM
#5
Idk
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02/20/2024
06:17 PM
#6
I didn't quite get to the end of smash tv. Easily would have been it for me. I envy the no death plays on youtube.
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Prestoff
02/20/2024
06:22 PM
#7
Pong
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Vyrulisse
02/20/2024
06:22 PM
#8
Dragon Warrior 2.
Once the game opens up with a boat things get pretty open ended. For some reason Water Flying Cloth sticks out in my mind though it's hazy.
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R1masher
02/20/2024
06:25 PM
#9
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archizzy
02/20/2024
06:30 PM
#10
A bunch of NES games growing up where cheap difficulty was used to artificially lengthen short games. Also many games had limited lives/limited continues or death simply took you back to the title screen. Some of the games I see consistently listed as hard NES games werent even that hard in my opinion.

Id say the games that took me the longest to master where I could go through without dying were Ninja Gaiden (original) and TMNT. Ninja Gaiden world 6-2 specifically was a pain in my ass.
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Tyranthraxus
02/20/2024
06:36 PM
#11
Ragnarok

Because that's not really a easy to search word, here's the Wikipedia article for it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragnarok_(video_game)#

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SoIidLegacy
02/20/2024
06:37 PM
#12
Not sure. Probably a platformer where the only applicable 'help' would be "git gud".
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bigtiggie23
02/20/2024
06:51 PM
#13
Ninja Gaiden on XBox.
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OriginalPlain2
02/20/2024
06:54 PM
#14
Idunno

maybe call of duty world at war on veteran
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ablegator
02/20/2024
06:58 PM
#15
Vyrulisse posted...
Dragon Warrior 2.
Once the game opens up with a boat things get pretty open ended. For some reason Water Flying Cloth sticks out in my mind though it's hazy.
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C-zom
02/20/2024
06:59 PM
#16
Majoras Mask at way the hell too young. Having to juggle timelines, NPC quests, puzzles and comprehend the cryptic dialog at like 8 goddamn years old was such a challenge lol.

When I was a fully functional human being, Ninja Gaiden Black on Xbox or MGS3 on Extreme did a number on teenage me.
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mercurydude
02/20/2024
07:04 PM
#17
Shinobi for the PS2 would definitely be high on the list for me.

Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness is another, mainly because I remember Dracula's final form to be tough as hell.
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EDF-5
02/20/2024
07:13 PM
#18
The swapper
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misterbum
02/20/2024
07:16 PM
#19
Yeah I dunno. Maybe Contra 3 on hard mode
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vycebrand2
02/20/2024
07:22 PM
#20
Faxanadu. I tried a recent replay of it. My thoughts were. I remember finishing this but struggled to get to the next town in the replay. I know it was one of the "4". Games I played a lot on NES and Faxanadu was the only I finished

The 4 were
Deadly Towers
Legacy of the Wizard
Faxanadu
Dungeon Magic
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Joelypoely
02/20/2024
07:38 PM
#21
Crash N. Sane Trilogy full completion
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bnui_ransder
02/20/2024
07:42 PM
#23
Probably a lot of NES/SNES

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MistyKnight
02/20/2024
07:42 PM
#24
Kirby dreamland 2
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Unknown5uspect
02/20/2024
07:46 PM
#25
Idk probably Crash Bandicoot or some shit. I had a lot of strategy guides growing up.
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02/20/2024
08:19 PM
#26
Probably any given Megaman game.
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StephenYap3
02/21/2024
12:25 AM
#27
Probably Super Meat Boy (especially for the Secret Ending).
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Nirvanas_Nox
02/21/2024
12:27 AM
#28
Elden Ring. My first playthrough was completely blind.
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Punished_Blinx
02/21/2024
12:27 AM
#29
Halo 2 Legendary I suppose. Not that a guide would even help with that game.
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GrandConjuraton
02/21/2024
12:31 AM
#30
Unreal Tournament III on its hardest difficulty is a pure nightmare. Incompetent teammates and cheating enemy AI that can see through walls, has auto aim, knows the exact moment powerups appear on the field, etc. It took me a while to fight my way through it.
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tripleh213
02/21/2024
12:44 AM
#31
Dark Souls 3?
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KajeI
02/21/2024
01:06 AM
#32
Don't ask me how because I have no idea, but definitely MMX5 and X6 when I was 6.
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mazingetter
02/21/2024
03:27 AM
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02/21/2024
02:01 AM
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ai123
02/21/2024
03:42 AM
#35
Super Mario Land on my brother's OG Game Boy as a kid. I know it's not a hard game, it's just having to do it in one sitting with no breaks.

I couldn't do it now.
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KajeI
02/21/2024
03:43 AM
#36
Actually I'm changing to Nioh 2. I played that entire game, every mission and DLC mission, as if it was Dark Souls or Nioh 1. I had a lot of fun, but when I came back after learning more about the mechanic changes from Nioh 1 I couldn't believe how much harder I'd made it on myself.
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Ratchetrockon
02/21/2024
03:57 AM
#37
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Blue's ABC TIme Activities. My SureStart teacher gifted this to me when I was 4 years old. English was my 3rd language at the time so I found this game pretty tough tbh. I just clicked random stuff most of the time till i passed the objectives. Honestly not much diff from the use every item on everything approach in some adventure games lmao.

Anyway, this is probably the toughest game I've played without a guide for sure. But im not one to play tough action games
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