The 20 Hardest Games Of All Time (That I've Played!)

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  • Today I look at the hardest games of all time! Let me know your hard games!
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    #gaming #games #videogames #rpg #rpggames #hardgames #hard #funny #meme #lol #mario #zelda #finalfantasy #stellarblade #sie #spongebob #southpark #baldursgate #contra #contra3 #sekiro #darksouls #eldenring #elden #cuphead #returnal #dmc #dmc3
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  • @JoshuaJacobs83
    @JoshuaJacobs83 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +55

    I'm a married man with a toddler in twins on the way, the hardest game for me is anything beyond hitting the start button

    • @BradBrad-ff6hq
      @BradBrad-ff6hq 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      Sounds like you’d fined up for years of headache to me

    • @bernielosesbigleague192
      @bernielosesbigleague192 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@BradBrad-ff6hqsounds like you’re a boy and he’s a man

    • @stevenmcdonald5837
      @stevenmcdonald5837 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      sounds like pull out game is the hardest game for you

    • @Grosario92
      @Grosario92 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I have a toddler (3 years old) and twin boys (1 and a half yrs ols). My advice is getting them on a sleeping schedule with white noise and a nany cam. With time and consistency. You will succeed! Currently passing RDRD2

  • @MODDED7
    @MODDED7 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +90

    "Howdy my totally tubular gamers we're back with youuu guess it anoother video" A Truly Iconic Intro 💯

    • @zbi2zbu762
      @zbi2zbu762 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      u guessed it or u guess it

    • @Greatzinger67
      @Greatzinger67 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Cringe

  • @NeoKokoro20
    @NeoKokoro20 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +55

    A big reason why Devil May Cry 3 was so hard is because the difficulty was deliberately increased from the original Japanese release. Their Normal was our Easy, their Hard was our Normal, and so on. The Special Edition was closer to the Japanese difficulty system, making the game noticeably easier, though still no walk in the park.

    • @MILDMONSTER1234
      @MILDMONSTER1234 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Only normal mode made a difference, playing on hard-DMD is the same as the og and as far as im aware there were no noticeable balancing tweaks.

    • @Jburneyjr
      @Jburneyjr 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Depends on which one you played. The Original one Normal mode was like the hard mode for the American release. Then they released it in special edition which made each region equal.

    • @diegomireles
      @diegomireles 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I had to farm a lot in the second stage only to beat Cerberus, yeah DMC3 was no joke, but when you spend all your savings in just one game you can't chicken out. Even if I beaten DMC1 in DMD mode DMC3 was hard as ballz.

    • @NeoKokoro20
      @NeoKokoro20 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@diegomireles Funny enough, Cerberus is actually probably the easiest boss in the game, besides the optional Jester fights. They only get harder from there.

    • @dy8244
      @dy8244 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I was there, Gandalf.

  • @sageinfinitenj2791
    @sageinfinitenj2791 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +37

    Great video. Sekiro might be my favorite game of all time. It’s just perfect.

    • @notimportant8643
      @notimportant8643 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      And not nearly as hard as he makes it out to be in the video

    • @nuclearscarab
      @nuclearscarab 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@notimportant8643 Sekiro is not that hard to learn, but it does take a lot of time to learn and a lot of tries on each boss. Also, it feels really hard because it's almost impossible to just jump in and actually be good at the combat.

    • @kal-el8402
      @kal-el8402 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Sekiro is not even hard lmao

    • @summermoney2971
      @summermoney2971 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      ​@@notimportant8643he did say that "difficulty is subjective"

    • @ok10469
      @ok10469 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      ​@notimportant8643 if you dont cheese it in any way and don't go out of your way to make the game easier, it's hard bro don't even lie. The first hours of any player are just a massacre and the game does not help at all. When you are at your lowest all you'll get is a new dragon rot notification telling you another one of your friends is about to die because of you

  • @RetroNicho
    @RetroNicho 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +26

    No matter how hard Battletoads is, it’s still a blast to play.

    • @nickparsons337
      @nickparsons337 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Agreed. I've only beaten it once when I was a kid. It was a Blockbuster rental weekend and I HAD to make sure I beat it before I returned it. Thank God for Nintendo Power. Lol

  • @equanimity92
    @equanimity92 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +27

    When you mentioned Toy Story 1 ( a game for "kids" that most people would think would be easy) I immediately got vietnam flashbacks of the Abe's Odyssey games on the PS1 and Lion King for the SNES and Genesis😭😭

    • @TotallyTubularJonathan
      @TotallyTubularJonathan  21 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      man Abes Odyssey is a honorable mention for sure game was hard but honestly more frustrating than difficult it felt like lol

    • @StewNWT
      @StewNWT 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      the lion king was NEVER that hard. It was challenging sure but I can breeze through that game without dying easily now

    • @coffeebean_tamer
      @coffeebean_tamer 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      I forgot about Abes Odessy totally freaking insane.... I'm definitely putting Wipeout 2097 on my list just trying to unlock gold in latter tracks is insane when combined with the speed and speed reaction time.

    • @lokomaniatiklmo2862
      @lokomaniatiklmo2862 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      The lion king was made with a hard difficulty on purpose because in that years people used to rent games and games developers were worried about lower sales,when Westwood Studios was making the lion king Disney ordered them make the second part of the game harder.

  • @TheKing77nl
    @TheKing77nl 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +124

    All Souls games are stupid easy compared to Ninja Gaiden Black/Sigma and Ninja Gaiden II on Master Ninja

    • @ElGaby323
      @ElGaby323 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +35

      Two different types of difficult. Master Ninja difficulty is just plain unfair and unbalanced. The Souls series has the perfect difficulty balance.

    • @supersaiyan_os
      @supersaiyan_os 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      @@ElGaby323its not unfair it just test how good you are enemies can die with one combo if you know how to execute it the only downside is spamming explosive shurikens

    • @smoothyodaproductions4373
      @smoothyodaproductions4373 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +38

      @@ElGaby323Im a huge souls fan but dont act like its perfectly balanced, there is a lot of bullshit in these games, just less than most on this list.

    • @viktorvogel4106
      @viktorvogel4106 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      i took out NG1+2 on master ninja without to much difficulty. in the third one i struggled due to very limited healing. dark souls i find so easy that i dont even get hit if i put some effort into it. but BATTLETOADS and other ultra hard NES games i just cant beat them without either practicing rough parts with savestates or watching a speedrun and copying their strats.

    • @2bizzystu868
      @2bizzystu868 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@smoothyodaproductions4373 especially elden Ring, it's easy with summons, but when you play the right way the bosses are extremely artificially difficult for no reason, like Maliketh was artificially difficult dude was broken as all he'll

  • @jcukier2
    @jcukier2 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I remember as a kid renting Battletoads from Pharmor, if I recall (pretty sure they had video games to rent, or maybe it was a different place NOT called Blockbuster). Like the AVGN used to say, the rented game was our entire weekend once chores & HW were done. We never beat the turbo tunnel. Endless attempts, but no success. We eventually beat Super Ghouls n Ghosts but never Battletoads. We kept replaying the first 3 levels because it was fun, but the tunnel was the endgame.

  • @cletokings4302
    @cletokings4302 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +23

    Im a an average gamer skill wise and Returnal took me like 10 hours to get to the second level but after putting around 50 hours into the game, I started a new game with no upgrades and was able to complete the entire game without dying. Returnal is a very well balanced game.

    • @lukaszzylik4437
      @lukaszzylik4437 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      100% agreed about Returnal. The difficulty doesn't change as far as I remember, what changed is your skill level you got super good at it.

    • @josephjoy2245
      @josephjoy2245 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      I loved Returnal. Your skills improve and you eventually dominate. It is perfectly balanced

    • @ryanpongracz8051
      @ryanpongracz8051 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Underated, it's console exclusiveness made it relatively unknown

    • @josephjoy2245
      @josephjoy2245 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Coincidentally Housemarque just announced a Returnal graphic novel and animated show

    • @DragnGo
      @DragnGo 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      What do you mean by second level? The red desert area? I don’t understand how you beat the whole game in one life. The game gets much harder after Act 1 (after you defeat the final boss), with new enemies and completely new attack patterns. To be able to figure all that out on your first attemp makes you an impressive gamer, not average.

  • @kruegerpoolthe13th
    @kruegerpoolthe13th 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

    Cuphead is the one video game that broke me
    It’s a great game, modern classic but I fucking hate it and I earned that right

  • @maxcooks2963
    @maxcooks2963 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +13

    OMGGGG I felt so validated when you put Jak 2 on here! I love difficult games, but Jak 2 has so much jank to the point where the game is just plain unfair.

    • @kevinfromsales9445
      @kevinfromsales9445 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yeah I liked the game overall and got all the trophies on PS3 version but man is it frustrating and downright cheap.

    • @jazsebastian
      @jazsebastian 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yep raged so hard at that shit when I was like 12-13 took it back to the trade in store for credit. Awful game, such a troll for young kids that think it's gonna be fun like the first one.

    • @betelgeuse68
      @betelgeuse68 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      The final boss in JAK 3 sucked, very difficult.

  • @panamike6178
    @panamike6178 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +16

    I struggled and never progressed in Cuphead, that game is insane. Just when you think you/re getting good at it....

    • @user-lp7jy2ui3w
      @user-lp7jy2ui3w 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Spent a whole 2 weeks on and off working on getting the platinum trophy. Probably the hardest plat difficulty wise that I’ve ever done. There are much long and tedious plats but this is easily the worst difficulty wise.

    • @rubub8455
      @rubub8455 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      I beat it in a day after seeing some videos of it on TH-cam. Pretty harsh and occasionally super annoying, but I think people call the game way harder than it actually is

    • @vanbanderholme3170
      @vanbanderholme3170 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Skill issue. Cuphead is too fair and well-balanced game to be called "one of the hardest of all time"

    • @chai8130
      @chai8130 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Im a very casual gamer but i beat cuphead in one sitting somehow

    • @Robbie1219lelTheSuperKid
      @Robbie1219lelTheSuperKid วันที่ผ่านมา

      I have Cuphead on my switch but not played it too much due to it's difficulty but there's one game that broke me SO MUCH It's a soulslike Metroidvania called Grimvalor it's the soulslike game that broke me because of the ancient beast in shattered rift it's probably one of the hardest enemies in any game I ever played

  • @GCDeadshot
    @GCDeadshot 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +29

    my top 10 is this:
    Ghosts n Goblins Resurrection
    Devil May Cry 3
    Megaman 9
    Donkey Kong Country 2
    Sekiro
    Super Mario Bros Lost Levels
    Cuphead
    Bayonetta
    FZero GX
    Spelunky 2

    • @2bizzystu868
      @2bizzystu868 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      DMC 1 was a living headache, I went back for a 2nd playthrough, the game made me want to pull out my eyes

    • @2bizzystu868
      @2bizzystu868 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      DMC 3 was extremely Versatile with Dante and had many ways of combo-ing, but dmc 1 was something I wouldn't even recommend

    • @alexterieur8813
      @alexterieur8813 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      bayonetta ? on the hardest difficulty or you mean Rodin ?

    • @jebronlames5997
      @jebronlames5997 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      That's the new ghosts and goblins right? If so i agree that shit is relentless. It's harder than any of the other ones I've played I think.

    • @n3rfpho3nix16
      @n3rfpho3nix16 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Im
      Glad you never played battletoads 😅

  • @jasonmiller4844
    @jasonmiller4844 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    TMNT NES. Truly wonder how many kids in the 90s beat that game.

  • @muoaz9351
    @muoaz9351 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Thank you for your time man great video 🙏

  • @jaycub4711
    @jaycub4711 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    This is a really fun list! Nice vid!

  • @josetomascamposrobledano4618
    @josetomascamposrobledano4618 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Great video idea man, congrats!
    Difficulty was truly insane in the old era of gaming, since game design was completely different.
    So here are my 2 cents from games I’ve played.
    I don’t know the hardest game I ever played because I played too many classic games, like Splatterhouse and Battletoads.
    I also loved Arcade games, and House of the Dead 2 gets a mention from me. The fire-rate requiered to play well is something that most people can’t achieve. No wonder internet people play with a mouse instead of a light gun with auto-reload.
    When it comes to popular games, Resident Evil Code Veronica is the hardest one of that series. DMC1 is the hardest one from that one since Gold orbs weren’t that but rather Yellow, so if you didn’t know strategies, ran out of items, and lacked gaming skills/brains to load a save if you messed up. You could be stuck on a guaranteed D rank save that will force you to play the entire level once you die.
    Souls-likes are overrated on the difficulty topic IMO, but Nioh 1 has to be the hardest if you aren’t paying attention. On the late game there are too many “duo fights” and gauntlets. They are great if you manage to create a build, but hell on earth if you are going with a character that dies in 1 hit.

  • @youngotterking5450
    @youngotterking5450 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thanks for putting respect on Nioh 1. Going from the base game to DLC bosses is the most insane difficult jump I've ever had.

  • @hitomikagewaki31
    @hitomikagewaki31 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    If you haven't played La Mulana 1 and 2 I strongly recommend you do so. Cave story is also pretty damn difficult too. I liked and subscribed, keep up the good work sir.

  • @tommycwills
    @tommycwills 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Great list!! I’ve played almost all of these but most importantly you’ve confirmed you’ll do a Mega Man video someday and you also mentioned Castlevania!

  • @user-wf5in7fz7s
    @user-wf5in7fz7s 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Great video bro

  • @rubeng370
    @rubeng370 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Battletoads 😢 I also first played it on Rare Replay. Never finished the game but man I can't imagine the 90s where you and your school friends cannot beat the turbo tunnel to even see the rest of the game 😮
    Watch Bootsy (Cinemassacre/Angry Video Game Nerd) play Battletoads and beaten it.

  • @tudobem12
    @tudobem12 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Amazing video!
    What is the name of the song played on background for mario lost levels? sounds like something from nintendo.

  • @gimo80
    @gimo80 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I’m so glad you mentioned Mega Man 9! The final 3 levels and THEN beating all of the bosses and THEN Dr Wily in 3 forms…it is absolutely insane.
    The hardest game I have ever played in the history of gaming is The Adventures of Bayou Billy. I would go on to say that it’s actually impossible. Journey to Silius, SILVER SURFER and Ninja Gaiden (OG Xbox!) are all brutal too.
    By the way, I loved the video! Great picks and I really enjoyed your commentary, very detailed with each game. Subscribed 😊

  • @nickparsons337
    @nickparsons337 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I've got one harder than Battletoads. It's a shooter on the NES called Recca: Summer Carnival. It was never released outside of Japan and was never intended for mass production. It was a competition game made just for a festival in Japan. I've only been able to play it through emulation; but man, it's fucking incredible what those programmers did with the hardware. The very definition of the earliest examples of a bullet hell shooter and it was on the fucking NES. Fast paced as fuck, and even with the screen filled with enemy fire; pretty much ZERO slowdown. It's incredible. Highly recommend. (If you're a glutton for punishment.)

  • @dukewilson14
    @dukewilson14 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I do remember beating Jak 2 as a kid with cheats on which is a testament to how hard it was. Out of the games here that I've played, Nioh 1 edges out Sekiro for difficulty. Isshin the Sword Saint took the most attempts out of any fromsoftware boss, but Nioh's combination of Date Masamune and Maria really gave me a hard time. Only reason I beat Maria was cause she glitched into the wall otherwise I wouldn't have beaten her ever.

    • @issi529
      @issi529 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Not ever eventually you would have beated her. it will only took longer thats all. Isshin was indeed one of the all time hardest bosses ever!

  • @rpeck2832
    @rpeck2832 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Cool video man

  • @Conradcadeau-oj9pp
    @Conradcadeau-oj9pp 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    Sekiro is definitely my favourite platinum I have, it is so damn rewarding

    • @Lou_Begga
      @Lou_Begga 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      Sekiro is one of the greatest games of all time

    • @Conradcadeau-oj9pp
      @Conradcadeau-oj9pp 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Lou_Begga I 100% agree

    • @Walamonga1313
      @Walamonga1313 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Sekiro's plat would've been the best one... if it wasn't for that goddamn "unlock all skills" trophy/achievement. It takes forever. When I 100% the game again (played it 1st on PS4, then a 2nd time on PC) I got every achievement really fast except for that grind. Oh and getting all materials kinda sucked too. I'd say Elden Ring has the least tedious plat so far

  • @marioauditore2859
    @marioauditore2859 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    My list would be ALL NES games

  • @VV-ho8dg
    @VV-ho8dg 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Whenever someone mentions a hard game my mind immidiately goes to the original Rayman. It's like getting you ass beat by a childrens cartoon

  • @betelgeuse68
    @betelgeuse68 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    NINJA GAIDEN BLACK is one of the very few games I've beaten multiple times. The very first run through I struggled mid-game with Alma - I wanted to throw the controller multiple times. Then one Saturday I repeatedly tried to beat her taking long breaks after multiple attempts and about 8 hours later, VICTORY. I was stunned. Fast forward to the last time I faced Alma (a while ago) and I beat her without her touching me ONCE. :-) Though I have to say, I would not have the patience to get that good today.

  • @dighad3824
    @dighad3824 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +19

    this channel is criminally underrated and FOR WHAT TH-cam?? FOR WHATT

  • @THE_BEAR_JEW
    @THE_BEAR_JEW 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    The toughest for me was fricking Lion King on SNES. That second level with the giraffes and whatnot was just too much lol.
    Aside from that, probably Battletoads yeah. It's 100% the toughest.

  • @themastersword1621
    @themastersword1621 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I literally quit on Castlevania 3 because every time I tried to get off the stairs I would just plummet.

  • @jurtheorc8117
    @jurtheorc8117 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    YOOOO, super glad to hear Darksiders be mentioned at the DMC3 segment in this video :D love that series!
    And i'm hearing that Sheep, Dog 'n Wolf/Sheep Raider OST playing during that segment.
    Where it concerns games in that genre, i can heartily recommend Soulstice by Reply Game Studios from 2022! One of my favourites in the entire genre with a lot to offer, some shortcomings notwithstanding. *Lot* to offer on gameplay, mechanics, world and characters.
    The upcoming Genokids, Enenra, Yasuke: A Lost Descendant and Gori: Cuddly Carnage are looking interesting too. Honorary shout to No Straight Roads from 2020. Not *exactly* in the same genre, much shorter and boss-centric, but full of style, character, personality and a big, big love for music. (All bosses have at least five versions of their boss themes: Base, EDM, Rock, Christmas version and Encore Edition remix).

  • @pedrovisk54
    @pedrovisk54 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    One of my favorite channels, really.

  • @andyauthor2007
    @andyauthor2007 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    I have a few for you: Hagane: The Final Conflict (SNES), Nightmare Busters (SNES), Holy Diver (Famicom/NES my Kryptonite), Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight (NES, and NO, this is NOT a 2D fighting game), Undead Line (Genesis), Chakkan: The Forever Man (Genesis). I'm sure I forgot some but give this list a try, LOL. If you think Ikaruga is hard, you haven't played Ketsui, give that one a try then tell me Ikaruga is hard, LOL again. Maximo is NOT that hard. The original Ghosts N Goblins is hard. I did beat it on both arcade and NES (and yes, went through the second loop and got the true ending on both of them). I enjoyed the video.

    • @TotallyTubularJonathan
      @TotallyTubularJonathan  20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Thank you for watching! Of the ones you mentioned the only one I have tried or really even heard of is Street Fighter 2010. And major props for beating Ghosts N Goblins!

    • @andyauthor2007
      @andyauthor2007 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@TotallyTubularJonathan Try the other games, but don't say I didn't warn you. Insert sinister grin here.

  • @alexg350
    @alexg350 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Hi man, your video is very good.
    I do have a question: my first souls game was Sekiro and I completed it through the difficult ending. It took me tones of hours and effort. The most difficult game of my life. Then i went through Darks Souls games, ER, Lies of P... They are difficult but not as challenging as Sekiro. Question is... Will I suffer a lot when playing Nioh?

    • @aimqiv9744
      @aimqiv9744 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      no nioh isn’t hard lmaoo compared to any other souls game lol idk why this guy finds nioh hard

  • @connorgillispie7128
    @connorgillispie7128 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    i like when you invent arguments with nobody so that you can own them for us

  • @jackjager8790
    @jackjager8790 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Sekiro too high its not that difficult.

  • @JardaniJovonovich1
    @JardaniJovonovich1 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Great list, I also remembered a brutally difficult game if you want the true ending: Volgarr the Viking. An indie game from 2013. Even if the game has 5-6 levels I think you must not die on any of them and beat the final boss to get the true ending. You die in max 3-4 hits and lose pieces of your armor like in the Ghouls games. Have fun! 😆

  • @markkevorkian
    @markkevorkian 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Dude Jak 2 is brutal. That mission where you are on the docks and all the ships come down dropping a million dudes. Ninja Gaiden always jumps forward for me. The first boss is insane. That idiot with the nunchucks. A couple newer ones that I played recently that killed me were the first ghost runner and nioh 2. The underwater level in returnal was pretty brutal as well. Donkey kong country 3 is a killer also

  • @alex.starostin
    @alex.starostin วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    The way you perceive difficulty really depends on whether you like the game itself or not. I've beaten all the Souls games multiple times (Nioh included) and they sure were difficult but I never stopped having fun with them. On the contrary is the game Returnal. I absolutely hated the difficulty and couldn't force myself to play it any longer after suffering 8 hours on the first level but that's because I was just not enjoying the game itself, it's gameplay mechanics just aren't fun for me

  • @triniborn76
    @triniborn76 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Great list! I've never beaten the turbo tunnel of Battle Toads and have no idea what the other levels look like. 😂 Nioh was way too difficult for me. I gave up on that one.

  • @extrashifty578
    @extrashifty578 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    If you crave for more Contra i recommend playing Hard Corps Uprising although not as hard its still super fun
    Its in my 25 most loved game

  • @HoChiMinhSD77
    @HoChiMinhSD77 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Some of the guardian moves and casting slow on some of the harder bosses was a lifesaver on my way to the Nioh plat!

  • @Gaming_since_the_eighties
    @Gaming_since_the_eighties 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I totally agree with the number one, you have choose of the 20 Hardest Games Of All Time that you, and also i have played.
    I play video games since 1986, and i have finished every game i wanted to finish, including most of the games on your list (there are some, i didn´t played Cuphead, Returnal and Super Meat Boy), but in those 38 years of playing video games, i was never able to finish Battletoads on the NES or Super Nintendo.
    I was hoping that with the rewind feature in Rare Replay, it will be easy to finish it but still no success in this case.
    At least Battletoads Arcade has unlimited lives and continues, otherwise i don´t think i could finish this game either.

  • @KitsGravity
    @KitsGravity 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Jak II is the only Jak game I have played. It made me cry as a kid almost everyday. Racing missions like you mentioned felt unfair.

  • @topcatchillinbytrash
    @topcatchillinbytrash 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I'm gonna recommend 3 SNES games that will brutalize any player:
    1. ActRaiser 2
    2. Hagane
    3. Out of This World

  • @WhoDaF0ok1sThatGuy
    @WhoDaF0ok1sThatGuy 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Souls vet here. Sekiro was the toughest but Ninja Gaiden 1 was absolutely hellish! NG1 is the hardest game I’ve ever played (both the NES and Sigma, but NES first)

  • @donsolo123
    @donsolo123 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I remember the underwater, bomb disarming level from TMNT on the NES being pretty hard. But I cant judge the difficulty of the entire game because we only beat it once or twice without enough lives or continues left to get much further.

  • @Fonz23
    @Fonz23 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Playing games such as:
    Battletoads
    Bucky o hare
    Willow
    Contra
    Guardian legend
    TMNT 1
    Double dragon 3
    All back in the mid 90’s with no help or guides/internet and being 10-11 years old is about as hard as it can get.
    Great times with friends trying to figure it out!!!!

  • @carlofettuccine1367
    @carlofettuccine1367 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Sekiro harder than Nioh? Bro that's messed up. Sekiro is basically a rythm game.

  • @thebossthusiast1960
    @thebossthusiast1960 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

    I found the Souls series to really not be that bad. You can level up, enhance weapons, use spells from range, and befriend various NPCs that'll show up at boss fights to help out. Bloodborne is the toughest (since it's faster moving). However any games where you can level up and overpower foes can be surmounted with some time and effort. Sekiro is the From game that goes against this by getting rid of all your potential advantages, but even that game I found to not be as hard as the media hyped it up to be. Your parries go up and down so quickly that you're not really penalized for mistiming a parry, so tapping it a couple times as an attack comes in works well. Try to get it close to the attack but it's okay to parry too early because boom you can do another one right away. I didn't really need to learn the rhythm of enemy attacks, just tap-tap when an attack was incoming.
    Now the Nioh games, on the other hand, those are hard. You can level up but it doesn't make the kind of huge difference it makes in the Souls series, plus they move very fast (faster than Sekiro). After platinuming all of the From games, I got crushed in Nioh. Think I made it about halfway through it before I just kinda trailed off. I need to give it another go eventually.

    • @smmemperorlucifer2
      @smmemperorlucifer2 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It's always worthy of a good chuckle seeing games like Nioh pop up on these types of lists. Sekiro kicked my ass so hard 'cause I couldn't git gud enough to pass the skill checks, but Nioh's way more a matter of knowledge than skill. Build your character in a halfway smart manner, spam shurikens/kunai/etc. Almost all bosses and regular enemies die long before you run out of ammo, and you can stay way out of range of their attacks with weapons like the Kusarigama. Nioh 1 was laughably easy with the exception of one annoying slime boss that everyone (including the devs) agree is BS. Nioh 2 balanced stats and options out better so not every enemy was a complete pushover, but also it came with so many more build choices that fleshed out every combat option thoroughly. Cuphead, Sekiro, Mario Lost Levels, F Zero GX, now those are some HARD hard games that demand nothing less than highly skilled play to make it through.
      Maybe it's just a different way of viewing what qualifies as "hardest". If there's an easy mode that offers a much lower skill floor, I don't think that competes on the same level as games that don't have a super duper easy mode.

    • @sinelacico823
      @sinelacico823 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Yeah, dark souls mostly has its reputation for being so hard because of the era, and while there were a couple sections in the game that I really struggled with (smough & ornstein) it is a game that is fundamentally built to be overcome no matter how bad you are, it’s why dying is contextualised and it suits the world and story thematically. Hollows only go hollow because they’ve given up, but even in death the player doesn’t go hollow because they are pushing forward until the end. A very fundamental core value of the game is that you will get stronger and win. All souls games are built like that.
      That being said, for the type of game that dark souls is, the difficulty is pretty high even to this day outside of games that try to emulate it. Arcade games and character action games on the hardest difficulties will always be THE MOST difficult but that is entirely by design, quarter sucking and level by level games that are purely about knowledge and execution- by nature of just design souls games cannot be more difficult, but they are definitely hard.

    • @Walamonga1313
      @Walamonga1313 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Their difficulty is overblown for sure. They are challenging but nothing near Ninja Gaiden or older Monster Hunters for example

    • @Walamonga1313
      @Walamonga1313 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@smmemperorlucifer2Nice copypasta that you posted already, you can cheese Sekiro too with firecrackers, Mikiri, Ichimonji, 2nd life...

    • @guitarspud1723
      @guitarspud1723 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Bloodborne was easy for a miyazaki game, because of the mobility from start to finish.

  • @CerealKiller2
    @CerealKiller2 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    One genre that is entirely missing from this list, that should definitely be there, are puzzle games. I think Discworld is probably the most famously hard puzzle game, though I haven't personally played it.

  • @mrstudent9125
    @mrstudent9125 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Sekiro's difficulty is overrated. Sense of rhythm and average human reaction are only things you need.

  • @NohStar
    @NohStar 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    for ikaruga, see the person playing 2-player through the arcade version controlling both ships, one with each hand. sheer lunacy

  • @stevedonner7387
    @stevedonner7387 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Crash Bandicoot 4. The purple relic time trials. That's the hardest challenge i have ever done. I stopped playing platformers for about a year after completing that challenge.

  • @forestgrumpy119
    @forestgrumpy119 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    hey bro, would you do a video ranking your 10/20 favourite games? big love from the UK ❤

    • @TotallyTubularJonathan
      @TotallyTubularJonathan  21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      well I love the UK! And man one day I might do like a top 50 haha

    • @forestgrumpy119
      @forestgrumpy119 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@TotallyTubularJonathan dat'd be sick

  • @alliedanielle2897
    @alliedanielle2897 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I feel validated with Jak too. It was so hard I gave up on gaming as a kid, because I thought I didn't have the skills to game. It wasn't until 2018 that I tried again. Cement.

  • @smmemperorlucifer2
    @smmemperorlucifer2 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    It's always worthy of a good chuckle seeing games like Nioh pop up on these types of lists. Sekiro kicked my ass so hard 'cause I couldn't git gud enough to pass the skill checks, but Nioh's way more a matter of knowledge than skill. Build your character in a halfway smart manner, spam shurikens/kunai/etc. Almost all bosses and regular enemies die long before you run out of ammo, and you can stay way out of range of their attacks with weapons like the Kusarigama. Nioh 1 was laughably easy with the exception of one annoying slime boss that everyone (including the devs) agree is BS. Nioh 2 balanced stats and options out better so not every enemy was a complete pushover, but also it came with so many more build choices that fleshed out every combat option thoroughly. Cuphead, Sekiro, Mario Lost Levels, F Zero GX, now those are some HARD as cement games that demand nothing less than highly skilled play to make it through.
    Maybe it's just a different way of viewing what qualifies as "hardest". If there's an easy mode that offers a much lower skill floor, I don't think that competes on the same level as games that don't have a super duper easy mode.

    • @Walamonga1313
      @Walamonga1313 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Sekiro was a lot easier than Nioh for me 🤷🏻‍♂️

  • @celebi734
    @celebi734 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I actually got Sekiro's platinum earlier this year and while it was incredibly hard it was also so much fun.

  • @titaniumcranium3755
    @titaniumcranium3755 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Og dmc3 is hard as sht and makes no sense at how hard it was. Special edition reallly saved this game

  • @Spike294
    @Spike294 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Now try Sekiro with the Long May the Shadows Reflect Mod for even more brutal difficulty, as well as the Resurrection mod, another difficulty mod! Both add mini bosses I believe, enemies, and more!

  • @MatthewTopaGuitar
    @MatthewTopaGuitar 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    lol it took me 4 hours of grinding to beat the final boss ishin the sword saint in sekiro . i legit screamed i was so pumped to beat him lmao, ill never forget that feeling - so satisfying.
    The boss fights are so satisfying 10/10 - played it after elden ring and maybe loved it even more than elden ring

  • @JesusAlvarez-gt1ei
    @JesusAlvarez-gt1ei 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I guess I’m a good gamer. I made it to level 11 in battletoads. Maybe I could beat the game sooner enough

  • @henshrek
    @henshrek วันที่ผ่านมา

    gexup refrence is a major nostaligia hit

  • @madalindragan9569
    @madalindragan9569 5 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    I never see someone comenting this but in the speeders levels in battletoads I would always spam pause buton as fast as I could, this not only was helpful to see what obstacle cones up but for some reason it will fill up all your hearts. Anyoneelse did this?

  • @Fluffychoupikkos
    @Fluffychoupikkos 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Listen man, since you are covering subgenres lately which i really enjoy, some of my favourite videos on youtube period. Anyway i just want to make a special request for a subgenre i really love since forever. It might not even be your thing really, just a reccomendation thats all, anyway i am Talking Isometric arpgs. Not baldurs gate, i mean the diablo clones like path of exile or torchlight 2 or you know, Diablo. Thanks! Have a nice christmas.

    • @TotallyTubularJonathan
      @TotallyTubularJonathan  18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Interesting request! Well to be totally honest I haven’t played a bunch of them but I will see what I can do. I haven’t even played Diablo 2 or 4 lol

    • @Fluffychoupikkos
      @Fluffychoupikkos 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@TotallyTubularJonathan I am playing Diablo 4 currently. Anyway thanks for considering the idea, btw I really adore Diablo 4 even though A LOT of people hate it.

  • @the_seer_0421
    @the_seer_0421 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I have to say, I personally had a rather hard time with dead space. No matter what I did I always ended up running low on resources and if I happened to in a section of a game where resources were already very sparse, then I had a bad time to put lightly. And dealing with necromorphs was already bad enough on it's own, especially in higher numbers. No dark souls game made me rage as hard as this game did. I even got stuck at the end because I just didn't have enough ammo to deal with them and I just physically couldn't finish it. But maybe I'm just simply terrible at it.

  • @raregems119
    @raregems119 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    battletoads was such a great game for the first 2 levels and then it went sideways. Could have been the best game on the NES.

  • @Not3xactly
    @Not3xactly 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Sekiro is hard but it really is a masterpiece. Once it clicks there is no game that is more rewarding and satisfying. That's why even if sekiro isn't the hardest game on this list, it's definitely the best.

  • @ogbobbykush9002
    @ogbobbykush9002 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Dude i kept watching it going through the list and was like this man ain’t played battle toads. Then i got to the end and laughed and was like yep

  • @oggyman123
    @oggyman123 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    When it comes to difficulty, Battle Garegga is the GOAT for me. I feel like I'm in an abusive relationship with that game. It constantly hurts me but I can't help but keep on getting back to it. It's a true masterpiece of EVIL game design I would say. I have a thing of always playing hard games blind for the first couple of days/weeks/months, and Battle Garegga is such a treasure trove of game mechanics if going in blind, holy shit! You start by not knowing ANYTHING about rank, ships and pickups, and slowly game teaches you by delivering strategic amounts of pain to your psyche. But slowly you learn to persevere - both physically by building up necessary reflexes, and mentally by strengthening your character through hundreds of failed attempts. Truly a GREAT game.

  • @adammoynihan2589
    @adammoynihan2589 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    I have to shout-out SMT 3 Nocturne as doing the impossible of taking a turn based JRPG and somehow making it as punishing as Bloodborne, still love the game though.

    • @titaniumcranium3755
      @titaniumcranium3755 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      I LOVE nocturne and they have dante, but I'm sht at it. I have HD on pc, I beat Matador with low af health so am I trash and how do I get better? General tips because I'm really loving this game.

    • @MILDMONSTER1234
      @MILDMONSTER1234 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@titaniumcranium3755 Agility buffs/debuffs and wind magic resistance, theres actually a video on this topic to cheese the hell outta him lol

    • @titaniumcranium3755
      @titaniumcranium3755 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@MILDMONSTER1234 I already beat mat, I just need to know if that's good enough for the rest of the game and what other tips

    • @SteelBallRunner
      @SteelBallRunner 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@titaniumcranium3755 Strength build is always better than magic for the MC.
      Fog Breath and War Cry are must have support moves.
      The next Fiend you'll fight (Daisoujou) is totally broken and basically a MP-giving machine, besides being a great healer. Put him on your team ASAP.

    • @titaniumcranium3755
      @titaniumcranium3755 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@SteelBallRunner tysm! I put too much mag on demi Fiend to fight matador but looks like I can reload a save and put stats into strength instead

  • @rubeng370
    @rubeng370 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I wonder how would you rank Ninja Turtles NES and Silver Surfer rank 😮

  • @appiah-53
    @appiah-53 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Nioh series best soulslike action game

  • @romeomenceitbragarodriguez6198
    @romeomenceitbragarodriguez6198 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Kaiser knuckles I think is called like that is a Taito fighting game that has one of the hardest boss fight ever.
    Tubular do you like games from Taito?they are quiet good and dam hard

  • @williamlovering973
    @williamlovering973 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Streets of Rage 3 US version is definitely up there with the toughest game I've ever played

  • @matthewRest
    @matthewRest 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Off the top of my head Heart of Darkness on the PS1 and Split/Second on Xbox 360. The rubberbanding on S/S is insane

  • @frumiousgaming
    @frumiousgaming 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Boss fights in snk fighting games…. Legendary

  • @tonesdad0408
    @tonesdad0408 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    43:00 Yaiba has to be my most challenging platinum trophy on PS! It surpasses anything I had to do in Souls, Bloodborne and Elden Ring. The only platinum I didn't have the patience to get was Demons Souls plat.😢

  • @dadou3jdcify
    @dadou3jdcify 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Once you said jack too I knew exactly which level you were going to mention 😂😂

  • @victorionut9133
    @victorionut9133 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    When i finally managed to defeat Isshin after who knows how many hours and attempts the red circle appeared for the execution, my fking controller battery died and Isshin got up and killed me so I had to do it all over again I was so mad but got so good at that specific fight I just did it first try after that. Sekiro was such a great game

  • @aviewer7885
    @aviewer7885 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I think the rat race and airplane level in Battletoads are by far more difficult than level 3. I’ll get back into Battletoads and master it sometime. Sekiro was a fun one.

  • @marimodono5833
    @marimodono5833 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    "Cement" The only game I wasn't expecting was DMC. I played it like 2 years ago but didn't really find it that difficult (I played it on devil hunter the first time). It wasn't the combat that made it difficult for me but the navigation in some levels. I was lost for like hours in one area.

  • @user-eo9gb1zn1c
    @user-eo9gb1zn1c 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Yeah here comes the irony of the subjectivity of the definition of “difficulty”. The thing is that for me Sekiro is massively easier than even the dang third game of Darksouls. It actually has something to do with the fact that Sekiro was pretty much my first souls-like game, but that fact is what actually doesn’t make it actually a subjective scenario but opens the eyes on real things. The thing is that although Sekiro is also a souls-like game yet it differs from its predecessor drastically, and while the community was being exposed to dark souls series gradually game after game, Sekiro just appeared on its own, Miadzaki found a way to make his brand-new game hard not by the way of improving the previous methods and logic but by just making the game really different (not arguing with the fact the game’s still hard), and that was just that leap that typical darksouls enjoyer experienced when they decided on booting that new “Miadzaki” game. For me Sekiro is a really logical game, there’s just that strike-parry approach, it’s really like these rhythm games, meanwhile darksoul 3 is just something, it requires me much more time to beat anybody because what made me good at Sekiro doesn’t really work that well in DS. It’s the learning and self-improving part. Sekiro like I said was quite simple in its logic of combat but pretty tough in punishing (which makes it even more similar to rhythm games) which made the learning of patterns part nearly automatic and unconscious, you didn’t really need to learn a boss’s moves on purpose, it just came fluidly and naturally, just like learning a song’s melody, meanwhile darksouls 3 was just overall about timings between the rolls when you can land your strike or a couple, and it didn’t do quite well at teaching you stuff, there was just no motive, you didn’t understand what was actually going on with the boss most of the time. That’s the way I see it

  • @killswitchfate
    @killswitchfate 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    cuphead is far harder than any dark souls. and i have a video up of beating first dark souls boss with no armor, heals, and a broken straight sword.

  • @ChristopherAndersonPirate
    @ChristopherAndersonPirate 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    My first run in Returnal I beat the game, I was confused why it was so hard. Think I got lucky with the drops that run, but it was challenging.
    But in Returnal you can quit out now and continue later, thank god.

  • @pabsswede8740
    @pabsswede8740 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Oh , I had a copy of battletoads as a kid, played it many many many times when I was 10-12. I once made it to the final boss, only once.

  • @KillswitchRobie828
    @KillswitchRobie828 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I'm proud to say I beat F Zero GX on Very Hard and have the full roster unlocked :)
    It took me a total of 2 years to beat it.

  • @joebill3400
    @joebill3400 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    My first incursion in the FromSoftware series was Bloodborne.
    Bought it second hand one Saturday morning. Played it less than an hour. Returned it in the afternoon.

    • @billco73
      @billco73 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      you should buy it again - one of my favorite all-times games (and first From game) and I probably died 50-100 times before I became somewhat competent - it's really awesome!

    • @Idkwhattoputasmyname1
      @Idkwhattoputasmyname1 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Why did you return it? Its The easiest soulsborne game imo

  • @dlz124
    @dlz124 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Sekiro is truly one of the smoothest and hardest games ever. Beat it 4 times for the 4 endings, and it is so damn rewarding!

  • @kenny75photography2
    @kenny75photography2 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Sekiro final boss took me 3 days of attempts to beat him and some other Souls bosses took me weeks lol.

  • @xxmrb3nz3dr1n3xx
    @xxmrb3nz3dr1n3xx 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Saw Battletoads in the intro and IMMEDIATELY had Vietnam flashbacks

  • @FugalShooter69
    @FugalShooter69 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Sifu, hollow knight and jump king are good contenders as well 👍

    • @DragnGo
      @DragnGo 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Sifu is the hardest game I’ve ever played. I couldn’t beat on master difficulty. Maybe my broken AC and hot weather at the time played a role, but even disciple difficulty made me feel physically ill.
      I hated Hollow Knight, but it’s definitely a great game that deserves to be on this list.

  • @tonesdad0408
    @tonesdad0408 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Honorable mention for me: Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 Adventure Mode. Still can't beat it for the last trophy. You need to have perfect runs and luck on your side to clear all maps in the last round of levels. It reminds me of how you were describing F-Zero. The game just decides to randomly let you win and you move on. It's frustrating and annoying but also addictive since you come seconds close to beating it every time until it finally just let's you win. It's a game I have to quit and come back to like I had to with the gold spheres from Sonic Mania!!!!

  • @truthhurts6343
    @truthhurts6343 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I guess we're on the same page mostly. Mega Man and Bass, Battletoads vs Double Dragon, Holy Diver, Ghouls n Ghosts, Einhander, any arcade(port) shmup after the 2nd stage, any non "metroidvania" Castlevania, any Contra, OG Mario 2(lost levels), Ufouria, Animaniacs, just to name a few. And yeah Toy Story is a real pain. To quote AVGN: What were they thinking?

  • @eternity9099
    @eternity9099 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I felt so accomplished when finally beat Returnal.

  • @raelqeleshi1085
    @raelqeleshi1085 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Blasphemous is the hardest game I've completed 100%.
    Bloodborne is the only game I've quit playing after playing 1 hour into it.
    That said, I have mad respect for anyone that has completed a Ninja Gaiden game.

    • @victorionut9133
      @victorionut9133 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Blasphemous? Really? I really liked that game, I played it alongside sekiro tho and after beating sekiro I still had a few hours of Blasphemous, it was hard, not easy, but not that hard

    • @victorionut9133
      @victorionut9133 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@raelqeleshi1085 I bet you can beat Bloodborne if you give it another shot, maybe watch some boss tips and tricks videos. Have fun gaming