The hardest but addicting game you ever played

[dhussey111]

yup battle-toads amazing game u remembered me of my childhood.. :/

[DeeKay]

Let's see.
I absolutely love SHMUPs (shoot'em ups) so Cave games are high on my list but surprisingly the hardest one to me is pretty old : Hellfire
It was developed by Toaplan, the guys who did Zero Wing (remember "All your base are belong to us" ? ^^)
God did that game have a fitting name...

[darkphilious]

Catherine.
Really, it's just hard to get past through a level.

[Jaxorie]

Super Meat Boy. That games drives me insane but I love it.

[Der Tor]

Actraiser II for the SNES

It's not only a game where you descend to hell to fight Satan... it's hard as hell.

I have been trying to beat this thing ever since it came out in the early 90's.

Recently I played it again on an Emulator so I had tons of tools you don't have on an SNES.
There are like dozen cheat codes for this + some hacks, trainers, editors etc..
I used them ALL + every cheat and trick I could think of + additional hacks, trainers and editors + time slow down and emulator save function etc..

Still I never made it past the first 3 levels (out of TEN) and in EASY MODE!

This is definitely the hardest game I ever played and I am a life long gamer. I wouldn't be surprised if it is THE hardest game. It's a shame it doesn't receive more recognition for that. Besides it's a pretty damn good game so the motivation is high - but it's really impossible... damn it's so frustrating

[LVUER]

@Der Tor:
I've played it and I don't think it's so hard that it's unbeatable especially since you're using cheat codes. Anyway, save + load state tricks would be your best friend no matter what kind of game you play.

[SundownKid]

This honor would have to go to Dark Souls, which is also on my "best games of all time" list. It's a steep learning curve, but not THAT hard once you learn all the tricks, and 100% worth it.

From what I have heard from my brother Demon Souls and Dark Souls would have to be up there. It has a very interesting Death and Save system that makes the whole game extremely challenging, not to mention the actual difficulty of the enemies that you fight. And stuff jumps out of everywhere, including traps. It's extremely addictive for anyone with a competitive nature. Some of the best western styled RPGs to come out of Japan in my opinion.

What makes it great isn't just that it's challenging, but it's also very atmospheric and immersive. So, it feels incredibly realistic and quite unlike most RPGs, especially jRPGs.

[TheGuraGuraMan]

I'm actually playing Demon's souls, its name worths being in this topic.

[Myra]

QWOP, that game is hilarious though. Not all that addictive but certainly really difficult.

[Destiny]

McPixel would be my NO.1
It's so illogical, funny and strange, you can't stop playing it xD

The Pokemon games would be NO.2
Gotta catch em all, y'know?

Minecraft is my NO.3
I fricking hate it. I love to collect lava to power my stove, but I die in 80% of all times that I go underground.
It's such a annoying, horrible and stupid game (seriously, they could at least make it that your stuff doesn't fall IN the lava and gets destroyed, but floats around next to the lava so you have a chance to get it back). But whenever I'm terribly bored, I play it. Making my castle bigger, breeding the 30th sheep, making the pigs nearby go extinct and...going underground (to die)...