10 Extremely UNFAIR Quests in Video Games

[@coldReactive]

As a note with the 200 lightning dodges. The closer you get to 200, the more random and fast they become.

[@gameranxTV]

😅

[@DeatGaming]

There is no counter but on the remasters I believe the first time you do it you get the achievement to at least let you know.

[@sejithevoid2059]

I remember there is actually a way to cheese this kinda. I mean its still hard but it would be useless to try and attempt by just walking around randomly. There is a certain route to follow on the map that makes a lighting bolt strike every time at the same time, still have to have perfect timing but you can 100% predict when the strike comes. tbh the most infuriating thing i have every done in a game is the ffx chocobo race challenge.... I cant express how mad that made me lol. And i did it on the original ps2 then the remaster again for the bloody trophy!

[@xTAxProductions]

@@sejithevoid2059 yeah if you go to the section that’s down from the travel inn, there’s a tower on the left with a little ditch just above that, every time you stand on a certain spot there lightning strikes. Makes it really easy to cheese it but it’s still such a slog getting the 200

[@mikevignola4213]

The main issue is fatigue, in the original game it's a little easier as way in beginning of the game the boss in the Al-Bhed ruins can drop a no encounters weapon. If you need a break stand under one of the lightning rods, DO NOT open the menus as lightning can strike when the screen fades in and out. I will say this, after awhile your thumbs will start to hurt.

[@eklavyamishra4271]

Oh man, I remember the tank mission from AC Brotherhood. That was the only mission I couldn't fully synchronize. My save file ended up at 98% synchronisation and that was a huge blow to my 16 year old self esteem.

[@toshiroyamada2443]

I got so frustrated with some parts of the old assassins creed games. Orlog (dice game) in valhalla has broken me. The more you do the more cheaty the A.I get. I give up using strategy entirely and just spammed thors hammer or whatever it called. The one that does direct damage.

[@christiansta2771]

You have to destroy everything from behind cover. And the last area you blow everything you can up before you enter the area. Should be able to nail just about everything. 100% sync

[@zachtwilightwindwaker596]

There's a trick you can do at the last part. You basically go behind the memory barrier but not too far behind that you'll desynchronize and you can take care of most of the obstacles without putting yourself in danger.

[@stuartmorley6894]

​@@toshiroyamada2443 the old AC games are one and two. Not getting all old man shouts at clouds but the games were better when they were focussed rather than the sprawling tickbox borefests they've become.

[@SeriousN00b555]

The fact that this is the only mission you could not earn full sync on is actually impressive. I hated AC Brotherhood for it's counterintuitive optional objectives

[@jasonstratton2684]

I'm glad you included the gambler challenges from RDR2, more specifically Gambler 8. I was honestly debating if going for 100 percent completion was even worth it after attempting Gambler 8. Gambler 9 isn't as bad as 8 but still painful AF.

[@gameranxTV]

👍🏼

[@matthewcampbell9956]

Lol gameranx don't give a fuck 😂

[@taytensalzwedel3047]

Hunting/ taxidermy woman mission is worse

[@adityaverma6754]

@@taytensalzwedel3047 no it is not .

[@SpaiceCowboy]

@@taytensalzwedel3047 I completed that quest and accidentally loaded an old file without saving after it...

[@freshtactics]

I remember doing the lightning strikes for FFX in a dark room with no distractions. I got to 198 and then, as the kids like to say these days, EMOTIONAL DAMAGE.

[@gameranxTV]

😅

[@RuneKatashima]

Let everyone know about the crater trick! Never suffer again!

[@whyjnot420]

@@RuneKatashima I just muted my tv. Forcing me to react on the visual cue alone. Took one try after I did that. Was absolutely worthless in the end though. By the time I got to the end of the game I simply did not care about it anymore and stopped playing with maybe 20 min of gametime left. Never bothered to finish it. The only other thing like that was when I stopped watching Fullmetal Alchemist with a single episode left. That is a special kind of not caring.

[@samchurchward2599]

Ugh. I have this exact memory. I'd dodge 20 then pause for a break then keep going. I think I got to about 194 then got hit. Immediate reaction was "Nope, never playing this game ever again". Turned it off and literally never played it again. I think I was up to the final boss, never even finished the game.

[@bobbobson6965]

I just wanted to be sure that I got passed 200 and not counting the strikes since instinct is more efficient than counting. And knowing your close to 200 may just stress you out and make you fail. I got to 450+ and could go a lot longer.

[@lang11239]

I completed Driver, eventually. That mission was a nightmare. I have no idea how many times I had to do it. It's a miracle I even got to play the game, as the initial tutorial was tooth-grindingly hard!

[@blue_ranger]

Th tutorial really was, but I did get past that, I think I legitimately got through about ¾ of the game, did enjoy it, and so bought a driver theme memory card that had saves already on, remember trying that president one and never finished it.

[@iguana51]

I managed to complete the first half of Driver as an Adult when they released it for mobile but as a kid on PS1 I had to get my dad to complete the tutorial then still sucked ass at the first couple levels for eternity (or until the PS2 dropped more like)

[@elijahmcelroy]

I never made it pass the tutorial. I was a kid, but no excuse, I NEVER went bacc either

[@EmoSwords1]

I never made it past the tutorial either as a kid, I just moved on to Driver 2. I got stuck on the run the gun man off the road in driver 2. Now as a adult I bought the game again and... yep still having a hard time getting past that mission.

[@cedricpomerleau5586]

If I remember, for the president mission I just went and hid on the island. In one of the warehouses, there's a wall without collisions that leads to an otherwise unaccessible area. Once you're there, they know where you are but they can't reach you.

[@Vexy93]

FF Tactics was all about unfair fights. I remember quitting when we had to save a dude that was surrounded by enemies, and basically the only way to save them was to perfectly position the specific units in specific places, and then do specific moves. And this was in the beginning of the game.

[@immortalfrieza]

At least in that case you could pick another option and then not have to save him. It's especially satisfying when you know what a prick the guy actually is.

[@Magekind]

I found Tactics to be fairly easy until the frickin'... ninja twins? The key was, somewhat paradoxically, to keep the random encounters several levels higher than the story battles. That way you'd breeze through the story.

[@technomage6736]

@@Magekind Yes! I got stuck here

[@robertling2221]

FFT was all about making your characters fast. Every quest was easy if you prioritized your speed. When building your army of characters

[@Vexy93]

@@robertling2221 dude this quest was like the 2nd fight and i had no way to customize my characters!

[@SEgrin28]

For the Delicate Flower quest, the easiest way to do it is to figure out the path you want to go and clear out all of the enemies on it before grabbing the flower. You will still face some enemies, but the ones that don't respawn unless you sit at a bench won't be there making it much easier. Well, at least until that one stupid jump entering the last area that ended 90% of my runs. If you set a dreamgate near where you pick up the quest you can warp back there if you take damage, allowing you to retry without having to clear your route again.

[@PansexualDumbass9169]

Or use rivali’s gale and just glide over the whole thing Edit:I forgot about the flowers quest mission from holo knight and thought the delicate flower quest was the one from botw

[@joshuamirabal3617]

I thought the tram didn’t hurt the flower? I remember unlocking the tram and thinking that now I can do the flower quest much easier but maybe not. That last jump is just salt in the wound tho.

[@PansexualDumbass9169]

@@joshuamirabal3617 I’m pretty sure they just did that so the players couldn’t cheese the quest. Though if they were worried about that then I would have just made the quest both begin and end in queens garden or the very least not some where that was halfway across the map

[@geminas5044]

on mine i just have to rely on grubberfly's elegy and quick slash while transversing.... although i would usually set-up a dream gate at grey-mourner's home just in case if i screw up on my timing on jumps and dash coz the last section of the run is nerve-wracking 😅

[@SEgrin28]

@@geminas5044 right?! If I go through that area any other time it's a piece of cake, not even thinking about it. Trying to complete this though and suddenly my thumbs are replaced with my pinkies and I hesitate constantly. Haha.

[@WindDodger]

That Driver mission just unlocked a hidden memory of me playing that over and over for DAYS as a kid. I had no idea why it was so damn hard but it almost cost me a controller!

[@jmckey]

On these older games it makes wonder if either they had a very small QA team back then or the one or two QA guys were just sick/on-leave the week they compiled that level. Any decent QA person should be able to recognize when a level is just too hard to complete. Or they were just lazy and lied saying they tested that level and said it was fine.

[@gusfring8451]

Okay furry.

[@WindDodger]

@@gusfring8451 definitely not a furry but okay boomer. Real gamer move of you.

[@Personalinfo404]

@@WindDodger stop trying to obfuscate what's going on. You're a furry.

[@hughanthony9500]

It almost cost my my TV. Horrible and unplayable.

[@lostindeadspace6098]

I just played through the Witcher 3 and it’s entirety for the first time and I can attest that this side quest in the blood and Wine DLC is definitely the hardest thing I ever had to tackle in game By far. I just thought I was under leveled or something lol

[@alaa341g]

i don't want to sound like an egotistic scum xD , but i play on death march and yeah that quest was hard but i won against them just after the 2nd death , i mean of course depending on your gameplay , i'm a maniac of exploring and looting so at that point i had like 90% of potions and bombs so i abused them + ignite , and of course the shield

[@philippduplessis6656]

Definitely possible to beat on DM though. I’ve done it twice with enemy upscaling enabled too. That being said, this was while rocking the most overpowered build in the game and barely managing.

[@lostindeadspace6098]

@@philippduplessis6656 sheesh it took me an hour and a half on sword and story difficulty I can’t imagine

[@nerdoutreachprogram5358]

@@lostindeadspace6098 it’s because the enemies are doing pure elemental damage and almost every set of armor you’re likely to be wearing at that point in the game has little to no elemental resistance. If you go in wearing the Grandmaster Manticore set or the late game Viper Armor set you’ll have the best chance of not dying immediately (regardless of the difficulty it is a very challenging fight) even the OP builds like the guy above mentioned often don’t include extra elemental protection.

[@flicka25]

Did you go up those stairs lol I always look for an area where the enemy can't get you or finds it difficult to get at you. And I usually have the Grandmaster Griffin armour and swap swords. First things i get when i play the Witcher and reach the DLC is deck out Corvo Bianco to get all the buffs and upgrade the armour.....

[@skitz042o2]

The 200 dodge is pretty easy, although time consuming. Just look up the crater trick. You can loop around a specific crater and the lightning strikes the same place, same time, every time. Still an endurance slog, but it removes the randomness making it a ton easier

[@immortalfrieza]

You don't even have to hike around, you can just stand there and dodge lightning bolts. I recall finding a spot where I'd dodge the lightning and Tidus would just stay in place most of the time.

[@Spartan8676]

I like a challenge but when it's stright up unfair I tend to rage quit

[@FBWL-u1r]

When I encountered Extreme Cosplay in W3, I was convinced that the quest was glitched because of the incredible damage the enemies dealt. Most frustrating of all was that I thought I'd abort the quest and get back to it later and be more prepared...but you can't. When I went back, the door to the estate was closed so it's one side-quest that I never got to finish so far

[@angelofdarkness7527]

That tank mission in Brotherhood is a pain to complete perfectly... even though the Da Vinci missions are sus but fun in general

[@michi7414]

imo the one with the flying was the hardest for me

[@bplus2625]

Never played that one but being that it's expected that a slow, driving out in the open, heavily armored tank will take damage that's a very unfair requirement.

[@listerofsmeg884]

Completely forgot about that , absolute pain just to complete normally, let alone without taking damage for the 100% sync. Brotherhood was a fairly easy game, so that mission really stands out

[@listerofsmeg884]

@@michi7414 takes some time to get used to the controls and where the objective markers are but after a few retries it's doable. I gave up on the tank one though.

[@angelofdarkness7527]

@@michi7414 agreed, that flying mission took me several tries, if not for aiming wrong then for hitting stuff or being set on fire... that was one of the missions I dreaded replaying when I restart the game

[@AzimovTube]

Forgot about that Driver mission, but as soon as I see the footage of the car being rammed the memories came flooding back.

[@gameranxTV]

😅

[@Godlysound]

Honourerable mention to ultimate Spider-Man's final Johnny storm race. Currently trying to get good enough to get it done. You race around the entire city which takes about five minutes. there is absolutely no room for error and it's required for two separate costumes.

[@namelessghost8473]

I think I remember that one. It got so difficult that I just uninstalled the game and haven't touched it since.

[@Godlysound]

@@namelessghost8473 I have done 59 of the 60 races, I am hoping I can do it one day, I don't want to have struggled through every other insane race for no reason, but I genuinely might not be capable of achieving it for all I know

[@TheClintDavis]

Those RDR2 gambler missions just felt straight up like trolling. Like they wanted you to think about what you were doing with your time on this earth.

[@busmansam4491]

I hated the blackjack one i would do them when eatting i got through multiple meals without get 5+ cards 3 times thank god there was no 7 card charlie mission

[@Paulafan5]

The worst is when there were a bunch of other players at the table and each game ate up way too much time.

[@wesadams5128]

I miss final fantasy tactics back in the day. Good times

[@horizon5856]

9:30 i came across this mission and it was incredibly infuriating. If you’re struggling with this, just walk up the stairs next to fountain. the the enemies won’t follow you up the stairs for some reason, walk a but further until you’re standing next to the little house/shack because otherwise the lighting might still be able to hit you. From there you can throw bombs or use your crossbow, and even meditate to replenish your items.

[@Yas_Sin]

That AC Brotherhood mission actually deserves a better spot in that list !

[@deviousnate7238]

I've done the 200 lightning dodges on three different playthroughs of FFX. The first time, I found the secret was to stand away from the screen and look at the top center to see it change color. Also make sure you take a few steps forward after each dodge to get back to where you were standing. It sucks when you properly time a dodge, but there isn't enough space for Tidus to jump back into so you get hit.

[@Lokenpulgan.]

Tidus

[@deviousnate7238]

@@Lokenpulgan. Fixed

[@immortalfrieza]

Nope, as long as you time the dodge correctly you can dodge even if say Tidus hits a wall and only moves in place. It's how I managed to beat it.

[@HuysmanTim]

@@immortalfrieza On ps2 i ran arund forever . from ps4 I did the crater trick and paused like vevery 50:D

[@stevenstump246]

I only played assassin's creed brotherhood for the 1st time ever about a month ago, Enter a combination of skill and probably dumb luck I completed the tank mission without getting hit on my very 1st try, but the last arena section was definitely a nail biter moment. I just kept driving in a wide circular pattern and they couldn't seem to hit me. I had far more trouble with the glider mission

[@MakieMisa]

if you're playing OG, it'd kinda hard. the Remastered made it easier on the mission. but, this is about unfairness. which I do agree.

[@wilsonalberto8459]

The FFTactics mention was very worthy. Playing that game without a guide often meant replaying the same mission multiple times. Or at least until you've learned that: you need to put the right characters, with the right skill sets, on the right places on the pre-battle map; AND you need to spend some 3-5 hours leveling up your party before every "major" plot point. Then, you'll only have to go through every mission twice or thrice.

[@midnightlumina7]

the fun part of #1 is that it's off the heels of one of the hardest boss battles in that game.

[@DurkhastAsthar]

Props for giving FFT some recognition here, it’s probably my favorite Final Fantasy game and one of my all time favorite ps1 games.. brings back good memories

[@clownsforclowningaround]

There were several missions like that.. thankfully Ramza knocks heads off as a monk.

[@sprity8048]

i remember not only trying to protect the stupid escort but also trying to steal everything, so had to protect not only the dumb escort but the enemy too lol, pretty sure its the same mission

[@nevasoba5953]

Omg the last mission in Driver. I swear it’s completely RNG /luck based ,I still have no idea how many times I retried it or how I actually managed it twice, it’s so exciting when u are covering a game that I played a lot and struggled or was successful . The Witcher extreme cosplay , I didn’t even realize I was in a fight at 1st. Definitely a weird but awesome mission.

[@namelessghost8473]

I would have put in the Riddler trophies in Arkham Knight. Not only are the Riddler trophies notoriously difficult in the Arkham franchise, but in Arkham Knight, you can't even finish the game if you haven't gotten the trophies. To this day, I still haven't seen the ending to the game.

[@glistral3629]

You finally mentioned a Monster Hunter thing! The Extreme Behemoth was the most fun thing in base MH:World. Loved the 'raid' like mechanics that were somewhat actually required for the Extreme version of the quest. Additionally, Dragoon Jumping the Ecliptic Meteor felt so badass!

[@LokiLaufeyson3]

Me and 3 friends tried for hours until we beat him. It was brutal all the tension. It was amazing when it was gone

[@stevenbridgewater7593]

I only beat it by teaming up with bad ass Japanese gamers, ha, I just tried to not die if I’m honest.

[@RuneKatashima]

What if I told you I solo'd it before Iceborne?

[@irvancrocs1753]

Extremoth is indeed ultimate challange, i would even say he is harder than fatalis if we take the rank as consideration..

[@daibaru9229]

@@RuneKatashima welcome to the club. :)

[@kuseig7611]

Damn, thanks for reminding me about the witcher 3 one. I got so frustrated there that I put the game down for a month, tried it again for a while but I already forgot most of the mechanics of the game so I got even more frustrated then I never played it again.

[@arifprasojo574]

I finished that mission in like an hour of trying. Its frustrating yes, but the cat school build really taught me to a lot 😅

[@gabevillarrealedits]

I was so proud of myself for finishing the gambler challenges in RDR2, until I realized I wasted like 3 days trying to get challenge 8 done. Like morning to night. But I got it lmao

[@gameranxTV]

👌

[@whitezombie10]

The reward: an in game trophy

[@prolaeusmorris6540]

In Final Fantasy 10, I always found it harder to get a score of 0.0 time in the Chocobo Race to get Tidus's sword. I beat the 200 lightning strikes in a row around my third try. Also, if people think that Final Fantasy: Tactics is hard, they clearly have never played Tactics: Ogre. There are so many decisions in that game, that no matter what you do will eventually end up "screwing youself" over somehow (example: "Long Live Walsta!" ending).

[@noahmaas1670]

You absolutely can beat that W3 mission on Deathmarch, though certain builds and gear will make your life much easier. Having the alternate Quen sign that explodes when depleted can not only heal you, but stun and damage the enemies allowing for openings, either physical or magical. Igni can lower their armor rating. Never had to bother trying Axii, but I am sure that and Yrden would also help especially with their movement speed being slowed.

[@alaa341g]

exactly i won in on deathmarch and it wasn't that hard , i think it depend on the build

[@drankydrank1]

Was about to look this up. Would be extremely surprising to me if CDPR just left an unwinnable fight in the game after all this time...

[@StarkeRealm]

Yeah, I finished this with a Euphoria build awhile back. Extreme Cosplay is complete bullshit on Deathmarch, but it can be completed. It still took me a couple tries, though.

[@EulersIdentityCrisis]

That Driver footage unlocked memories I didn't know I had.

[@DestinyKiller]

Here's an old one - that freaking mech part in BloodRayne. You can't get out to refill on health. You can't use a cheat to refill on health. On the side quest side though, the freaking lightning evasion challenge to get Lulu's ultimate weapon in Final Fantasy X. Lol, you just mentioned it. That butterfly one was a pain in the ass too

[@Fools_Requiem]

I cheated my way through Blood Rayne. There are some sections that seem downright impossible without cheating.

[@DestinyKiller]

@@Fools_Requiem there definitely were. And I made myself finish it just so I could be disappointed by the second one lol

[@FatalKitsune]

When you make it all the way to the roof of Riovannes Castle in FFT you have to protect Rafa and Malak while you fight against Marquis Elmdore and his two assassins Celia and Lede. All three of them can easily KO Rafa and Malak before you even get a turn. And this is, like, the third battle in a series so if you only have one save file and have been saving over it it's entirely possible to get into a situation where you can't protect Rafa and Malak and you've soft locked yourself. The game also pulled that kind of nonsense earlier, when Ramza squares off against Weigraf solo.

[@syntheticsleep]

Yo. That Weigraf/Velius fight definitely deserves to be on this list. I never even had too much trouble with the first part, but if you don't have the exact right setup and plan for Velius his demons will wreck you constantly with that GD dark holy nonsense. Another bs soft lock.

[@Rob_Thorsman]

That damn chocobo race to get Tidus' weapon was way harder than the lightning dodge.

[@aefinn]

Getting that 0:00:00 time... I would rather do the lightning dodge twice!

[@scrappymutt2047]

I completed Driver, did the lightning challenge and delivered the flier in HK. Good times, I enjoyed the video!

[@gameranxTV]

👌👍🏼

[@nerdoutreachprogram5358]

The reason the Witcher 3 quest is so difficult is because the enemies do almost pure elemental damage, and almost every piece of Witcher armor you can make has absolutely no elemental resistance (with the exception of 1 or 2 sets) and the armor you’re likely to be wearing at that point in the game leaves you totally vulnerable to elemental damage. It’s the same problem you run into with Caranthir in the main game and the spectral Olgierds in the painted world in Hearts of Stone. Manticore and late game Viper armor gives you the best protection from elemental damage and even that isn’t very high.

[@TirulinBR]

Nice to see FFT still being around in 2022, such a masterpiece! And yeah, that castle level was hell and teached me the lesson of always having backup saves

[@imnotmike]

I am currently playing the game with character restrictions so each character can only be a single class, 4 random classes and Ramza as only a squire, and playing 5 different games so I use all 20 character classes, with no grinding for xp. I just went through that fight. It's a beast. The game is surprisingly well balanced when using the character classes without mixing abilities, though. The game actually really loses a lot by allowing you to mix those classes, because you never get to see, for instance, how great the oracle class is at physical combat, because of a weapon with 2 range, allowing you to avoid most counter attacks, and that is based on magic power instead of attack power, allowing him to do incredible physical damage because of his high magic attack power, and the skill that reduces damage from physical attacks, making him quite capable in a fight. All of the classes are so well designed and balanced that it's a shame all of that just gets thrown out the window because you just mix all the best skills together to create a bunch of super characters who can do everything.

[@TirulinBR]

@@imnotmike that actually sounds like a pretty fun challenge! I will mostly likely try at some point, most likely during my next long haul trip. Like you said, I would never consider the oracle as a capable fighter as during my previous playthroughs I would just load up on monks, ninjas, etc. The basic stuff

[@cheaman2454]

wizard flare so awesome ho ho ho

[@anonymouscinemafan1820]

I'm surprised you didn't mention Wrong Side of the Tracks from GTA San Andreas. I can still hear Big Smoke "All you had to do was follow the damn train, CJ!".

[@BlueEyedZombieKid]

Zone of the Enders: the 2nd runner’s never ending final mission. Found out decade later that it’s just a never ending fight

[@peterdaviesracing]

What? The extra missions part of the game?

[@JeSoriano]

Im soooo glad to see that quest from The Witcher 3 mentioned, I literally just started the blood and wine expansion a few weeks ago and JUST came across this quest like a few days before I watched this. I thought I was losing my mind like I haven't been playing the game right this whole time lmao The amount of respawns I did before just loading a different save file is nuts lol never thought it would get that intense

[@TheMelMan]

Aah yes... The President's Run. So quick funny story. My mother bought my brother and I a PS1 waaay back when and it came with Driver. We had been free-roaming for weeks before we realised the Undercover stage was a story mode. So we managed to beat it one day and started playing through it from morning. We got through all the cities and got to the infamous President's Run. Some car hit me so hard that the game hang. Now at this time, we didn't have any memory card. Guess who lost all their progress. Eventually we got one and beat the game but that was one heck of a disappointment after a full day of gaming.

[@peterdaviesracing]

Tried Driver 2? One thinks the framerate dropping is part of the difficulty :D

[@TheMelMan]

@@peterdaviesracing Haha! I did but never finished. I really want to go back to it. It came in 2 discs and my neighbour broke one so I was never able to but I remember I stopped at a mission where I was to chase Jericho who was in a chopper. It's been 22 years and I still remember that damn mission I got stuck at 😅

[@peterdaviesracing]

@@TheMelMan That MIGHT be the mission before the cliff side chase where the framerate is your bigger enemy, or might be near the end...

[@TheMelMan]

@@peterdaviesracing If that was the reason I wouldn't be surprised. I found it impossible. Did you complete it?

[@peterdaviesracing]

@@TheMelMan Yeah, wrote a comment that I did :) Although after the PS1, I never bought a Driver game myself again. Driv3r was a fiasco anyway trying to keep up with GTA :(

[@Dbottom11]

Donkey Kong 64 was one of my favorite games as a kid. I remember not being able to beat the game because of the arcade requirement. It took me until my college years and revisiting the game to finally pull an all-nighter just to beat the arcade and get the opportunity to fight the final boss. Great list!

[@FoNgThOnG]

Dodging 200 lightning strikes was easier than the chocobo race for Tidus.

[@mistogan1899]

Right I still have nightmares about that race

[@prolaeusmorris6540]

100% true!!!

[@immortalfrieza]

Or playing the dozens of hours of Blitzball required to get Wakka's Overdrives and one of the Sigils.

[@rikkucrowe]

Agreed

[@RuneKatashima]

I can do the chocobo race within 2 tries. It has predictable patterns.

[@INikeAir]

I’m proud of Falcon. He didn’t mention a soulsborne game this video. He even mentioned some retros, he does play different games

[@prolaeusmorris6540]

Souls games are among the most difficult in the industry, but through proper techniques, they are overall fair for the most part.

[@GGreenLink]

I feel like the Tidus chocobo red baloon race is much harder and annoying than the lighning dodge one.

[@LemonSandwich]

Yep, much harder, as it's just luck...it's determined on start if you can win...so you need to keep restarting until you get to a certain part before the npc

[@Xandersama]

Absolutely! His weapon was the one I could never complete because of it.

[@21hoff57]

For the Witcher 3, the hardest is if you have enemy upscaling on, it would upscale the rats which are supposed to be lv 1 no matter what (I think its fixed now) but before you would have to turn upscaling off anytime you had to fight more than a couple rats or else you would almost instantly die everytime

[@MichaelACastaneda]

The Guardian Legend on the NES is an amazing game, but absolutely brutal to get past the first mission.

[@prolaeusmorris6540]

It is my favorite game on the NES.

[@Drogen0]

God, I remember being a kid and spending a whole afternoon dodging those lightning bolts. I was so stubborn about it and always had a NEED to get everyone’s ultimate weapon in every final fantasy. Finally did it when I halfway spaced out after failing above 100 many many times. One game challenge I was happy to never do again even on remakes.

[@solarka2128]

If you think about it, most of these are from older games. A lot of people whine about how games are too easy now, but I think it's a good thing we don't get nearly as many unfair bits nowadays.

[@cenciende9401]

'too easy', meanwhile games have difficulty settings they're free to go ahead and change if they want, and souls-likes have become an incredibly popular genre. Yeah those people are dumbasses.

[@Me7oWitThaHoodie]

8:44 Gameranx’s editors favorite meme 😂

[@channingtaintum]

9:06 the only way I was able to beat this was by going to a prior save, then right before the fight I made sure to have Protective Coating leveled for damage reduction, and put Hanged Man's Venom on the ancient elven sword that you get during the quest. Hope to god that you can get a fast Quen shield off, maybe toss a Northern Wind bomb at the closest wizard, then run back into the archways where the statues were earlier so that the enemies sort of funnel into that area and turn the corner towards you where their pikes don't have a range advantage like it would in the wide open area.

[@TubeEamo]

I played that DK64 arcade mission a lot as a child. So much so that when I finally played Donkey Kong on an actual arcade machine I was actually pretty good at it to the surprise of my friends. They knew nothing of the mountain of dead Mario's required to attain that high score.

[@abdullahabdulrahman3856]

Some of the final missions in Yakuza games which is to face Amon is not fair and the Amon from lost judgment is really hard.

[@ralphharrison6622]

just started yakuza like a dragon, def alot of fun

[@roseo9287]

I don't know if this is an "unfair" thing but I know Tomb Raider The Last Revelation can be a pain. I know if you don't get certain keys or items to advance in certain levels, I was stuck and had to restart the game.

[@wingsofpizza]

Another one comes to mind. The exploding mummies part from uncharted 4 on crushing. It’s actually impossible unless you follow a guide that shows you where to hide as soon as you trigger a bomb.

[@LuxioV2]

Going for the platinum on ACB taught me that the tank mission is actually easy to do with no hits, easy to learn the spots to shoot along the way and then the battle at the end you can hide on the very edge of the desync zone and you’re invincible 😄

[@oguiarcanjo]

did that too. Took me 3 weeks of crying to get to this point.

[@valetboy21]

When I think of unfair quests my mind always hearkens back to Everquest and the original Epic Weapon quests. The steps some of the classes had to go through to get their weapon were bonkers.

[@kevinmulder919]

I appreciate you adding the Driver final mission. That mission was beyond brutal.

[@zelatoth]

I've done lulu's lighting dodging. I just timed the second between lighting strikes, did the math and set a timer. I was living with my parents at the time so I even went down stairs and told them not to bother me for the next 16 minutes. I then pulled it off first try having dodged like 223 or something like that.

[@ParaSytius]

Thank you for including the Presidents Run in Driver, I can't even remember how many attempts it took me to finally complete it. The difficulty spike just appears out of nowhere in the penultimate mission which was also a bit of a 'mare to complete, but it was trying to get into the underground car park at the end of the final mission which was the most frustrating part. I happened to luck out eventually when one of the secret service cars hit my car in such a way that threw it into the entrance to complete the mission.

[@JakeRBlaso-nh7oq]

That's the reason why I quit getting Lulu's & Tidus' sigil. I mean, like, I TRY! It's HARD! Did I mention I also DID NOT get Wakka Ultima weapon?

[@gameranxTV]

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[@sashavenka]

U right now ➡️🤓

[@Alex_DC413]

Your assessment of that DK 64 challenge was on the money. I remember that brick walling my progress for the longest time. I did eventually beat it but someone needed to remind Rare: "Those games weren't meant to be beaten. They were designed to rob quarters!"

[@MiamiSunrise]

Riovanes Castle in Final Fantasy Tactics is where i got stuck and had to start the game over. I wasnt strong enough with good enough classes going into that triple battle and the fight with Velios was impossible. I LOVE that game, not enough to marry it tho, but that said i willingly restarted because i loved the game construction so much. Riovanes is tough if youre not ready.

[@gameranxTV]

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[@cheaman2454]

its ez erm wizard flare always the op one ho ho ho

[@dexterhooch4570]

I completed the W3 Extreme Cosplay on Deathmarch. With a very specific build, the fight is very challenging and time consuming, but not impossible. The strategy to succeed is: (1) have the skill that adds health when using stamina, in this way you heal every time you use Quen; (2) upgrade your Yrden to be larger and damage enemies inside; and (3) the tactic is to place Yrden under wizards and run away (they won't approach you). Then you take care of secondary enemies first, after which is becomes a little easier to deal with just the wizards: stun them with Aard, place Yrden, run away and just dodge their attacks - eventually they die.

[@Arthas972]

Mourning’s End, Part 2: The Temple of Light in Runescape. It has the longest, most complex single puzzle I’ve ever seen in a game. Even with a guide telling u exactly how to do it, it still takes hours to do it

[@Arthas972]

The Underground Pass in RuneScape definitely pulls a close second for me in terms of most hated quests. It’s a long series of sequential puzzles rather than a single puzzle, but it takes sooooooo long. And it’s a pain in the ass to leave, resupply and come back cuz u have to go through all the caves u already solved again

[@Randallsilver]

Clearing the enemies along the path for the delicate flower before you get it makes this a fairly easy Hollow Knight quest. Also, dodging the lightnings can be done relatively fast if you turn left at the beginning of that map, the lightning spawns pretty consistently there. I'm surprised the rope skipping from IX wasn't in here.

[@negiandtoast8839]

Mgs V the phantom Pain. "Disarmament" it is literally impossible. Also the 3rd part of the story is permanently locked behind it. There are nukes called "phantom nukes" no one can steal that exist just to make it impossible to do without cheating. The worst part is Konami knows this.

[@ThatSoddingGamer]

Any quest in a game that forces you to use some underdeveloped aspect of the game. That forces you to not only to fulfill the requirements to pass, but has the added unspoken of challenge of having to fight against awful mechanics and/or bugs. I'm reminded of, I think it was Just Cause 4? Pretty sure it was that one. A timed challenge mission that had you on a motorbike. Driving in that game is an afterthought as it is, but being on a bike makes it all the more unstable. I can't count the number of times I went through that challenge where everything from invisible ruts in the ground to inexplicably falling off the bike because the game decided you landed wrong even if it looks perfect, leads to you failing to get to the goal in time. It's optional, but it's still frustrating as hell when a game's own mechanics are so poorly done that it can turn an 'OK challenge' into something that takes far too long to beat (in my case around an hour, when the challenge would run its course in around a minute I think), assuming you don't give up in frustration. Incidentally, when I did beat that challenge it was with a relatively large margin of error (multiple seconds to spare). That's the only thing really difficult about that challenge, the devs just half-assed the part of the game that it relied on. Also, every escort mission where the NPCs are stupid and/or squishy. Nobody has ever liked an escort mission in the history of ever (hyperbole, but barely). The only time they're OK (or even have the potential to be fun) is when the one you're escorting doesn't actually need you to live (they're either invincible or just OP, and they don't move at a snail's pace).

[@carlosdomingues1835]

i remember when i did the final fantasy x quest to dodge 200 lightnings... was one of my hapiest days. i dont want to do that again...

[@aa-tx7th]

for the venus sigil 200 bolts; 1. equip a no encounters armor (hurr durr) 2. there is a very specific part of the map (somewhere in the NE if i remember correctly, also there may be multiple but i know of only one for painfully obvious reasons lol) that forces you in one spot and wont allow you to move while dodging. this is important for two reasons: you'll be able to immediately dodge again and keep your focus instead of watching tidus jump around and different parts of the map actually have different timings for the lightning and the particular spot i used had a rithym that was predictable, it still varied but it both gave you enough time to reset your nerves and wipe your sweaty palms after each strike and didnt take 1000 years between flashes. 3. listen to music or youtube or whatever. no youre not gonna miss timings just because youre focused on a voice or music. trust me, youre gonna gain the lizard brain level muscle memory of FLASH EQUALS PRESS BUTTON really really REAAAALLY quickly. and if you get bored and frustrated, it doesnt matter how focused you are youre gonna be miserable and this is a video game and a top 3 or 4 of all time one at that. 4. get used to failing and brushing it off. doesnt matter if you fail at 1 or 199. same result. its done. only thing youre doing by getting mad is hurting yourself and delaying the completion of the quest. immediately start again and before strike 2 youre already back in the zone. 5. most importantly, learn the flash's rithym. its there in that spot. its real, its simple, and it works. youll be dodging bolts DURING the flash and not AFTER it and the brain delay/panic of having to wait AFTER the flash and already being too late once you regain control of your thumb is what gets you everytime. follow those five tips and youll get the venus sigil very quickly and easily. dont and youll probably give up before and thats a shameful sad way to live your life especially when playing a literal masterpiece like ffx.

[@aa-tx7th]

oopsie poopsie forgot a 6th and that is of course start a timer for 23 minutes right before your first flash. dont ever forget to restart it after each failure. we have all known for a LOOOOOONG time that 23 minutes is the first minute AFTER you will ALWAYS dodge the 200th bolt. freaking COUNTING them like the vid states is almost guaranteed to distract you far too much. VERY bad idea. let your phones timer do the counting for you ffs... 🙄🙄🙄

[@Hartbreak1]

That Driver mission gave me nightmares. I had to team up with a cousin to beat it. We would each do a number of tries and then swap with each other in order to avoid getting tired and frustrated. The one that wasn’t playing at the moment acted as the “navigator” giving directions, calling out enemy cars and giving potential strats. Even with that strat it took a while as you either have to drive perfectly and have the enemy AI be lenient enough or wait until the AI screwed itself badly and gave you enough room to breathe to be able to finish the mission.

[@WhoIsShyy]

I think the Valkyries in god of war should be an honorable mention or possibly even a top 10 on the list. No matter your skill level or how upgraded your equipment is. It’s still so unfair

[@ModestPavement]

I gave up on some of them.

[@WhoIsShyy]

@@ModestPavement I’m still working on them, but I’m getting to that point 😂

[@ModestPavement]

@@WhoIsShyy u playing it for the first time?

[@WhoIsShyy]

@@ModestPavement I beat the game and stopped playing all together and then came back a few months later to see if there’s any extra content and that’s when I found out about the valkyries. I’ve federated 4 of them so far

[@ModestPavement]

@@WhoIsShyy good luck! They will keep you busy until the next one comes out lol.

[@robertdaykin1661]

The Witcher quest is possible even on Death March if you chug drugs before the fight and leg it up the stairs. It probably helped that I was on a heavy alchemy build so I had half a dozen cluster bombs of every variety to chuck down the stairs before mopping up the last couple. Still took a good few attempts even with cheese tactics and Geralt having more potions than blood in his veins.

[@Biggielz]

Super Mario RPG had that where you had to land 100 jumps in a row on one attack, The most I could ever get was about 25, my buddy only did because of save states.

[@ShadowDemon_4]

Final Fantasy X is actually the only Final Fantasy game I've ever played. It wasn't until years later when I was talking to some friends that they told me FFX is by far one of the worst in the series. While I can't say for sure it is for everyone I can definitely see why it would be for most. The acting was pretty bad and I never even finished the game because I got stuck at one point and just gave up on it. To be fair it was one of the first times I've ever played a turn based game and I didn't really like that.

[@Pak_Flesot]

Castlevania 64, the stage where you had to carry nitro. Caused more Game overs than the first mission of dark souls for me. I was pretty young at the time, but I'll never forget finally finishing that stage.

[@gameranxTV]

👍🏼

[@enoche1974]

Driver was awesome! Loved that game. The last level was insanely hard, but all we had was time back then.

[@gameranxTV]

👌👍🏼

[@jonathanabgrall6075]

I beat Penance with both Tidus and Lulu permanently benched during end game cause screw their sidequests. Need to do them at some point for the plat but god is it frustrating.

[@hyperblazer4204]

Seeing the lightning FFX task made me think of the similar challenge presented in World of Warcraft. In the Throne of Thunder raid, there is a section where there are water geysers that shoot you into the air by standing on them. In one room, there's a ring of them and the task is to bounce from geyser to geyser without touching ground 250 times. Its several minutes of continuous bouncing with pretty high precision required. The reward is a super soaker toy.

[@whiterunguard4156]

The entire World at War campaign should be on this list, I swear I thought the Axis only produced grenades

[@LaRavachole]

The Reichtag mission gave me PTSD, talk about grenade spam.

[@bonanzabrandon6877]

In Chrono Cross one of the trophies calls for feeding the dragons 100 times in a mini game early on. I assume it's possible, but I've only gotten to around 60 in my best attempts.

[@immortalfrieza]

Feeding the dragons is so difficult that the only way you're likely to be able to complete it is using the slowdown you get with new game plus.

[@legohunter1020]

Helpful tip for new Assassins Creed players: In the tank mission, it's easy to move out of the way of the stationary turrets since their sights are stationary but don't get cocky. To take down the first enemy tank, circle around them and keep firing. Don't worry. You don't take damage from your own shots. Lastly, and this is the crucial part, when you enter the last area, pull back immediately into the desynchronization area. The enemy tanks will get close to you to fire but won't for some reason. Extremely helpful since you can't circle around both of them. You're welcome. 😎

[@milanbajic242pcgaming]

Great video Gameranx, thank you. 👍❤💯🔔

[@3kycat]

I finished the last Driver mission, but I was on the mental edge after that.

[@stephenbrady4352]

Those Monster Hunter crossover monsters are no joke dude. The Ancient Leshen was so intense I didn't even beat him.

[@TehSymbiote]

So as the friend that always did the 200 lighting dodges for my friends, here's my tips to make it easy: 1. Expect to dedicate like an hr so you are pleasantly surprised when you do it faster 2. Keep tally of the dodges. 3. Pause and take a break after every 20 dodges You'll be done in no time

[@lawlor88]

For the FFX lightning dodge, there is a way to make this easier. You get No Encounter on your armour and it’ll stop random fights. Also, there is a spot near a lightning tower which if you run to and fro from a crater, lightning will strike when you reach the crater almost every time. Massive time saver

[@GirlVersusGame]

That Driver one was absolutely infuriating, right up there with the race in Mafia for 100%. I'd forgotten about that tank in Brotherhood, Witcher ones honestly get a lot easier on Deathmarch if you start newgame+ maxed out. The one in the video was easy enough to cheese by going up the stairs then kiting them into the corner and dealing with them one at a time. If you fight them in the courtyard it's a lot harder.

[@Polterguist]

One that comes to mind is suvival+ on 21 in the RE7 DLC. I beat it a couple days ago, and I'm not even sure how. I just said to myself: Let's see how far we can get! And somehow I made it all the way.

[@soldierboy2350]

I can say with pride that I did the 200 lightning dodges for the onion knight in about 2 hours maybe a little less in my first playthrough of the game going for 100% completion. I must have got extremely lucky because when I started a new game years later doing another playthrough I was not able to do it again. After about 15-20 hours of trying I just gave up lol.

[@adamdufty2536]

A good list, though when I think of unfair quests in gaming, I can't help thinking about the asteroid shooting mini-game in Dead Space. It was brutally difficult (especially on the hardest difficulty) and prevented you from progressing in the game. Worse was the fact it was so different from the rest of the gameplay, there was nothing in the game to prepare you for the frustration that was to come.

[@macabremage6374]

Yeah, the behemoth fight in MH:W is brutal... on purpose. Fight behemoth like a monster hunter, you get bent over and reamed; that's not how you're supposed to fight it. Behemoth is coded to target the player with the best armor, so what you need is someone to tank with a defensive weapon. While you're at it, you need someone with heavy hitting weapons to stun, and someone who can support with a hunting horn is also borderline essential. Does that sound familiar? A tank, a healer, and a damager. Almost like you're supposed to fight it like a Final Fantasy party... which, by design, you are. The crossover has the player using mechanics from the other game to defeat the crossover enemies. Coincidentally, the best way to fight the Rathalos in FFXIV? The one job with the big, Monster Hunter-esque sword.

[@Yoxiv]

A more recent example, but playing the first mission in Triangle Strategy on New Game Plus is almost impossible. You're only given five units, two of which are incredibly squishy and will likely get massacred, while a third unit who, while not as weaker as the other two, is on the opposite end of the map and will likely get ganged up on by one the elite enemy units. While the game does allow you to change the difficulty at any time, it can be frustrating because the jump in difficulty feels like it wasn't balance as well as it could have been.

[@PAPAof5]

YOU QUOTED SPOONY DURING FFX!! This suuuuuuucks! Love it!

[@JoshuaTraas]

Hey man I’m just absolutely loving your videos, gives me something to look foward to everyday and just love sitting down and watching them, I learn so much and it makes me look foward to playing games again. What a legend you are sir

[@justnixx1581]

I finished driver 1 and 2 so many times when i was a kid.. Was my favorite games of the time. Pure nostalgia

[@amethystphoenix7127]

If I remember correctly [it's been awhile since I've played Final Fantasy Tactics] there are actually quite a few places in FFT where you can soft lock your game if you don't have backup saves. I seem to remember it happening to me a few times.

[@justincabral497]

Yup, 1v1 wigraf fight, where he always goes first and often times attacks twice. Then after you beat him, he transforms and your squad joins. If ramza not set up properly for the 1v1 your screwed

[@luis.fcaldeira]

This game traumatized me, now i always make multiple backup saves, even though no modern game soft locks you like that anymore

[@thisWinglessAngel]

Behemoth from MHW and FFT at 2 and 1, i love it. Surprised you guys didn't pick Dorter Slums since it's one of the first difficulty spikes in FFT and is usually what stops players from continuing the game, that fight or the 1v1 with Wiegraf.

[@jakeparker6610]

Glad you brought up that Witcher 3 quest, took me a while to even figure out a way of finishing that, in the end I just stood on the staircase and occasionally fired something at them until they were all gone, annoying af