10 TOUGHEST Opening Levels in Video Games

[@saintjimmy_ajh]

It got all the way down to number one and I thought to myself, “huh, was expecting Driver on the PS1 to be on the list... guess not” then Falcon pulls the ol’ bonus entry and yup Driver

[@ironized]

See the first level of driver was a formative moment of my life. But 8yo me could finish the first level and he was shit at games.

[@ademasdanjuro]

@@ironized i did not even speak english at that time, and youtube was not a thing yet, at least for me

[@albtotoh]

That level... I'ver spent hours trying to do it right... and then finally I did.... THE MOST REWARDING FEELING!!! I felt like a gamer then.

[@Y0PPS]

I don't remember having a hard time with the opening of driver. I have seen it on many lists like this and could never understand why.

[@LemonyFresh]

@@Y0PPS I know for my experience at least, my siblings and cousins were pretty young at the time and didn't know what the slalom meant. I also remember the 360 being really tricky to pull off because of the short space to build up speed for it from wall to wall, especially with the columns in the way.

[@superrobz]

Number 1: the driving lesson in Driver...

[@imsirnootnoot]

Damn stright

[@totaldestruction152]

"You wrecked the car, man!"

[@bnice1374]

Ooh man the horror as a kid I was stuck on that for weeks

[@pyrotempestwing]

At least the Pc/Mac version let you edit an ini file to skip the tutorial. Okay, so it’s not legit, but screw that mission.

[@TheBaredface]

you ran out of time. loser

[@whogavehimafork]

I never beat the driver 1 tutorial level as a kid so I just drove around in the open world mode or whatever. It wasn't until I was a grown adult, bought the game again at a game store, and watched a KZbin tutorial, that I actually beat it, only to find out that my particular ps2 didn't accept ps1 memory cards. So I had to do it again on my ps3. What an oddly frustrating yet rewarding experience that was.

[@fr0stbite666]

fuck that game man. shit pissed me off as a kid. what were the devs thinking?

[@diamond_rd]

lol nice I remember this game but never played it I like this story though typical hard game barrier stuff

[@fredschmitt456]

Yeah - I remember my boss invited me over to his place for some PS1-gaming (turned out he was hoping I'd beat the Driver 1 tutorial for him) - and it took us all night, lots of beer and a few chunks of gunja to get through the mandatory tutorial at the beginning. Naturally I was expecting Driver 1 to appear on this list.

[@moonkey537]

Imagine not speaking English and having to figure out how to do all the tasks by messing around in the parking lot THEN do them all in the short amount of time. Sometimes I don't even know how I finished some games back then.

[@answeris4217]

I must have stayed on the tutorial for days trying to beat it. I was so frustrated but I also remember just how easy the rest of the game was after that tutorial.

[@Puremindgames]

I thought Driver was about learning to drive in a parking lot, you're telling me there was more?

[@sephirothmustdie]

This comment deserves more likes 🤣🤣

[@Grinnar]

Parking garage.

[@Puremindgames]

@@Grinnar Public Car Hold.

[@Grinnar]

@@Puremindgames I'll accept that.

[@aryanraval3294]

Nah that's pretty much it

[@Shao.Lin69]

I went to therapy for many years and kept talking about this crazy grocery list of difficult tasks I had to do within a certain amount of time, it was so traumatic I blocked out what it was from as it happened to me at a young age, finally after 5 years of battling this fear and feeling like I finally conquered it I found it, a box in my moms basement of my old video games, I was so excited and nostalgic, I opened up the box like a kid on Christmas morning ready to fire that old system up and replay my childhood, but there it was, staring back at me....driver

[@kylew7180]

The funniest thing about that driver tutorial was that is was probably the most difficult section of the game. Even the final mission took me less tries lmao

[@samueledwards211]

Super underrated comment. I was litterally thinking the same thing. Like i remember getting a game from a pawn shop thinking it looked like twisted metal and it was nothing like it. It was litteral bullshit. I never got past the turtorial.

[@sugarwallstubble7089]

Literally the hardest fucking tutorial I ever tried to play. Never even got close to beating it. I was born in 99 w a 19 year old dad who had beaten all the resident Evil games that had came out at that point (he was a legit gamer) and even he couldn’t help me beat it. We never even got to play the campaign before we got rid of the PS1 and Driver lololol

[@cosettapessa6417]

@@sugarwallstubble7089 being born in 99 I thought you started with ps2

[@JukeHighwalker]

@@sugarwallstubble7089 Your father playing point and click didn't make him legit at anything. These are two completely different genres and it makes no sense you mentioned that game series/genre other then the fact that that's all he's played. His skills/reflexes/timing (etc) were just as useless as you at the time. Probably now too if either of you can't beat that easy beginning to a classic. You and he have never been a legit gamers. You are legit trash though. All of you...

[@Nero-mt1bd]

Driver…. the “hey man, watch the paint job” followed by a high pitch “hey man, hey man” still giver me nightmares

[@Narusasu98]

😂😂

[@jm-gu6wb]

"Maybe I'll give you a call, if I need a ride to the grocery store." ... 😮‍💨

[@DubberRucks]

Dammit that's a memory I didn't want to relive 🤣

[@ab-hx8qe]

Dmc 3 was super hard as a response to complaints that dmc2 was too easy. They took offense to that.

[@ItalyHastaLaPasta]

DMC3SE's stupid tower. I got to the last floor in that and got wrecked 😭

[@ab-hx8qe]

@@ItalyHastaLaPasta my heart goes out to you brave champion

[@mickeybat5816]

I thought the game was only super hard in NA regions because the difficulty levels were messed up. Didn't know it was because the complaints lmao that's funny

[@iveyyewitt1621]

Sometimes... you just gotta keep your mouth shut. But even though it was a rough ride, I loved DMC3, and pre-title screen cutscene always got me hyped enough to improve. That first boss can go **** himself, though.

[@Aaaaaaisanajidhdojwne]

@@iveyyewitt1621 Yeah, Cerberus can be pretty difficult, especially considering you don’t have many moves unlocked at the beginning of the game and if you don’t have style switcher, you can’t really combo his heads when they’re up

[@saivenkat_5733]

Me: Sees the title My Brain: Driver

[@DUDEAWESOMEa]

Same here

[@Eckvd]

For me it was castlevania los 1

[@DUDEAWESOMEa]

@@Eckvd I almost forgot about that one

[@S55M3]

I think we’re all here for driver

[@DUDEAWESOMEa]

@@S55M3 yes

[@KingSuperior]

I remember not being able to beat the driver tutorial as a kid so I would just fire the game up and free roam

[@Trenchv1]

bruhhhhh, i thought i was just bad

[@frenchfrysz6695]

i popped into this video to say this haha that tutorial was brutal as a little kid. I had my older brother beat that part for me so I could play the missions.

[@619Datninja]

OMG I remember that Driver tutorial 😂. Part of it was not knowing half of those maneuvers at that age

[@generalyousif3640]

I was like 5 at the time and didn’t know how to read So I never ever left the parking lot

[@wikz8480]

@@generalyousif3640 we all lived the same life huh

[@SimplySams1]

@@generalyousif3640 bro same we really did all live the same life

[@lethauntic]

Not knowing the maneuvers was literally the only challenge. Once you figure them out it's no harder than any other level in any other game.

[@ZombieDude0001]

I do love when Driver gets mentioned. It truly is puzzling why they made the tutorial of all things, so impossibly hard. I certainly never got passed it.

[@jenscee7679]

I did beat it as driving is my thing but it was ridiculously, stupidly hard. Must’ve been 20 attempts of more.

[@literallyunderrated]

The slalom was tough because the time limit was tight and I was never sure which side to start on. Its a great game once you get past the tutorial

[@chrisclark8514]

As basically a child there was no way I was getting past that…. Years later as an adult still no way I’m getting past that.

[@cphillips25132]

I eventually beat it as a kid, but it was technically really tough and even moreso, when i was a kid I didn't really know what a "reverse 180" was, and iirc the game didn't even try to explain it so it took a long time of trying the wrong thing

[@marcinkarwinski806]

I remember beating it after two or three weeks - really felt the achievement :)

[@TheSoleDweller]

Eric Chahi's masterpiece "Another World", wow ! I was 8 years old when it came out and this game still holds my best memories of a video game. You guys are astonishing !

[@TVFlix]

Never played Out of This World but it looks exactly like Heart of Darkness on the PS1.

[@Akrymir]

DS1’s first level/prologue is iconic. So many people couldn’t get past the boss and is in my opinion one of the largest factors that jumpstarted its reputation.

[@JedBullet]

Absolutely agree. The "you died" achievement or trophy set the scene. They were daring you to persevere, learn boss patterns and beat them. Now a lot of games try to recreate that to be SoulsLike, but the balance that fromsoft achieved was brilliant and almost inimical

[@Gothic7876]

I always thought the first boss was easy...

[@Akrymir]

@@Gothic7876 relative to the rest, it is. But for many people it was their first "DS is hard" experience they've had and it's not like there's much else to do in that area. Not to mention that it's a prologue/introductory area... so a lot of people quit right there.

[@darkstar8196]

@@Akrymir plus some people didn't realize you could skip it to get your real weapon.

[@cosettapessa6417]

@@Gothic7876 if you find the cheat escape lol

[@NAcHO-wx5vg]

“Are we just better than the Japanese gamers”... no they probably just hate us 🤷‍♂️

[@OvSpP]

No ones better than the Japanese gamers.

[@ExNihil0]

@@OvSpP South Koreans

[@JakeThe_Dog]

@@OvSpP It's alright we'll always have Hiroshima

[@escapedcops08]

@@OvSpP Lol, I've seen mountains of Timmy no-thumb Japanese gamers. It comes down to practice.

[@vincentney4296]

@@JakeThe_Dog Damn.

[@saulduarte2995]

First level in resident evil 5. Surviving the hordes of zombies with limited ammo is brutal, I died so many times. The good thing is it lets you keep whatever ammo you have left when you die so you can load on ammo and have a better chance of surviving the next run at it.

[@PK.NOiR.7]

Yeah that made me stop playing as a kid, but I love the story and setting should give it another go

[@gabe7120]

I knew #1 was going to be #1 before I even clicked.

[@gabe7120]

I got a heart from Gameranx!

[@frenze6632]

Lmao had to flex

[@tanishqsingh8914]

Sameeee

[@lethauntic]

Anyone who says that Driver's "tutorial" is hard never actually played it. If they did they rammed into the wall within seconds, threw the controller, and gave up.

[@PunkRockZombie205]

That nier automata is no joke. I recently started playing it and that 1st level made me question my skills as a gamer. Luckily you can change difficulty on the fly and just switch it back to normal after the tutorial stage

[@DarkPenatane]

I quit after I died near the very end on the tutorial. I did not want to waste another hour on this game.

[@C_The_Guy]

i managed to beat it on the second try without changing the difficulty BUT.... i definitely had a long moment where i questioned my skills as a gamer 😂🤷‍♂️

[@luqmannurhakim822]

I played it on PC and thought it was impossible to continue playing with M&K so I uninstalled it. Now that I got a PS5 I kinda want to get back to playing it before its sequel comes.

[@batinimagus]

@@luqmannurhakim822 Sure thing. You can't even make decent kb binds because the game just don't allow it. I've suffered the hell out of it until decided to play with controller. Amazing game but such a lame port for PC.

[@archivis]

Beating the first level of nier took me 2 hours and 1 minute beat finally which seemed perfectly designed to run out the maximum get a game returned on steam time limit for being a terrible unfun game. Just thinking about that crappy game makes me angry still. Unstalled it wont go back screw'em.

[@chikedonaldibewuike4867]

The From Software series are a given for any game difficulty video... I was glad I saw Gaiden Black here though. That game is so tricky. You'd think you got a hang of the first level after finishing the game on normal, only to begin again on hard and it's another game entirely. New enemies, new mini bosses, even new areas. And it doesn't stop there. Each time you bump the level up you have to get better at playing... Gaiden Black is a classic for me. Sad it's not on PC

[@treybowers154]

FromSoft games really aren't that bad once you break down the science of it, and you always have the option of screwing around until you're absolutely OP and crush everything. Can't say we had the same opportunities with NGB, that game was just a butt-ripper from the start. AMAZING game though, even holding up today nearly 20 years later

[@chikedonaldibewuike4867]

@@treybowers154 Gaiden was brutal. I finished it up to Very Hard. Never bested Master Ninja back then. Would gladly play a PC port today. What's happened to Team Ninja though?

[@wr9209]

I thought Dark Souls was absolutely brutal when I first played it. That is until I realised that going to the graveyard first was a ‘wrong turn’. Because I’d heard the game was hard, I just assumed this was it and just kept dying and retrying. Eventually spotted the route up the hill, and realised my error. It’s honestly not that bad a difficult game/series though for the ‘most part’, if you take your time and use the summons etc. Only boss I never beat in the whole series was dark souls 2 dlc, Lud and Zallen, and that’s because I couldn’t bloody reach them to begin with, and gave up on that treacherous hell hole of a blizzard. Glad it was an extra and not required.

[@Missionmoench2]

I was thinking the same thing. Like, Dark souls games are tricky, but they are NOTHING to NGB on master ninja. Especially that opening level

[@Taijifufu]

I remember renting Driver from Blockbuster. It took so long for my friend and I to get through the tutorial switching off tries each time that barely after beating it I had to go home and we didn't even get to enjoy the thing. Brutal opening section.

[@LaArmeriaYT]

Beating Ninja Gaiden Black on master ninja difficulty is both the most frustrating and the most rewarding thing I ever did in any videogame 😬 And yes, once you realize that you die from literally a couple of hits in the starting level, you know you are in for a good ride 😅

[@pablop4308]

Buenas joven que hace por estos rumbos

[@sumochump]

I'm glad Ninja Gaiden made the list. I bought the game as a naïve 12 year old, thinking Ninjas are cool, and ended up extremely frustrated. Had to sweet talk my mom for a solid month before I convinced her to take me to the store and get it, only to get my ass handed to me for two straight hours and never played it again after that.

[@lunarjellyfish5538]

@@sumochump I grew up playing Ninja Gaiden... probably 6 or 7 years old. Sure prepared me for harder video games, that's fore sure.

[@JedBullet]

Yes! Frustrating but relief and happy achievement memories. That's what i think fromsoft nailed later but NGB was great... training

[@VLE-Grimace]

That’s pretty sad honestly

[@5607drew]

The driver opening test was real fun. Struggled getting through it, bun man did I feel good when I passed it. Would be cool to see more of those in racing games. Even if they were just bonus sections

[@kurtsudheim825]

Just bit THAT level though, si much that si many didn't even play the game

[@lethauntic]

It was interesting for sure, don't know what context you could do it in, normally. Maybe a GTA like game could start off with a normal driver test like that, but break into a high-speed chase, just as an idea. That said, I really didn't find the opening driving test in Driver to be difficult. The challenge was finding out how to actually trigger the checkmarks, the reverse 180 being the most annoying, to the point where you almost think that you're doing it wrong when you aren't. Well, regardless, it was kinda fun, but it just took a couple minutes to do so I can't say that it was a "struggle". The rest of the game kinda blows, though. I just love unintelligible roads, lack of AI on the traffic, super cool and fair police barricades with a strict time limit. There's fun to be had, but I didn't like the game. I at least finished it, but it's not like I understood anything that happened in the plot.

[@smokeyginochitvpsn2832]

I never passed it game got tossed 😂😂🚮👌🏿

[@saitzo2325]

yeah.. I remember that I had t re-try it for like 3 times, not that hard but trying it years later and I was lost lol

[@Aragorn7884]

#1. *The Cuphead tutorial* for "gaming journalists" 😆🤣

[@joahoward4721]

Thought that was gonna be on this list just because it was such a big deal at the time... Guess they lowered the bar cuz now most game journalist don't even play the game anymore.

[@bnice1374]

I would gladly take any from software game over the driver tutorial.

[@KrissTheSavage]

The Battle toads for GameBoy. Specially the swamp racing level

[@TrueKingOmega]

I called BS so many times, especially at the highest speed...

[@cjrensh]

Nier Automata is one of my favorite games of all time. The true ending had me in tears

[@cjrensh]

Oh and PASCAL!!!!!

[@tomalphonso]

Yeah absolutely amazing. Best music from a game ever. Can't wait for Nier replicant this week as I never played the original.

[@lils9923]

didn't enjoy it because it stopped playing like the first level and just became a character jrpg. really liked the hectic switching between schmup, twinstick bullethell to rpg and back

[@anti-ethniccleansing465]

@@tomalphonso Man, y’all are making me want to reinstall that bad boy. I still have yet to do all the joke endings and stuff to get the trophy. I forgot that the music was cool. I just have so many great games in my backlog to get to though, and if I pause playing Sekiro right now, I’ll totally forget how to play upon coming back lol.

[@tomalphonso]

@@anti-ethniccleansing465 sekiro is amazing! Enjoy bro!

[@slapslapslapclapclapclap7048]

Game Journalists who can’t even pass the turtorial: *Intense sweating*

[@grogueQ]

So happy to see Ninja Gaiden get some love. This was my first Soulslike, and it came out like 4-5 years before demon Souls.

[@madcatj]

Same here Ninja Gaiden deserved some love. NG Black really slapped my face with the 1st level boss. But it made me go through the game many times, and to my surprise, each level of difficulty present new enemies, not just buff their damage or HP.

[@bearpoop720]

Ninja gaiden isn't a souls like. Where did you get that idea?

[@LastGenRichtofenn]

In which dimension is ninja gaiden souls like? Because they are both hard? Cmon dude...

[@trussell13]

9:05 - You’re talking about The Witcher 2, then show “the other two games” but it’s The Witcher 1 & 2

[@Barnes-ml9wg]

Ikr. And the level he showed wasn't that hard

[@Kitek94]

I believe, although not mentioned in the video, the original Witcher 2 had the castle siege as the first mission, however the enhanced edition added an arena as the tutorial, to teach you all the combat mechanics. So perhaps they decided to call them "other games".

[@cruelwraith2games926]

The other Witcher that he showed was Witcher 1 is a little bit different from Witcher 2 in terms of gameplay

[@brobafett21]

Haha, this is exactly what I came to the comments to say.

[@Lawrence_Talbot]

Well in the enhanced version, they add the tutorial making the seize no longer the first/opening level. Also the seize wasn't that hard, you can easily get through it just hack and slashing. But if you learn to parry omg its so easy

[@eighty6d233]

The first goomba from Super Mario Bros has claimed more lives than all these games combined.

[@gryphonlaw2138]

Well he is the O.G.

[@DajuOnYoutube]

I actually doubt that. I mean we have this feeling that "everybody" played something but gaming have only become way more common than it used to be so it's not like super Mario bros sold alot more and even though it existed for way longer to allow more playthroughs it's not like people realisticly spend alot more time in super Mario bros than these modern games before you've had your fill.

[@shane2863]

@@DajuOnKZbin super mario bros sold over 40 million copy's which makes it the 7th best SELLING game of all time regardless of platform.

[@johnclements5277]

@@DajuOnKZbin what do you know about that second quest in the legend of zelda

[@SnickterP]

Honorable Mention to Sonic 2 on the Sega Game Gear. I seriously thought I had a bad copy of the game as the Underground Zone was not only very difficult on its own for an opening level, but its boss was super hard! That and the fact that Green Hill Zone doesn't pop up until halfway through the game, seriously had me confused as a kid...

[@MishaElRusito]

Is that Miguel Cotto on the thumbnail? Hahaha

[@tobysalvaje4511]

Ruso!!! Love your content bro!!! Saludos carnalooo

[@thatguy4087]

It’s Vin Diesel

[@MishaElRusito]

@@tobysalvaje4511 Saludos jaja

[@gio.graphic]

They did him dirty. 😭 lol

[@officialnoquestion]

Fight Night Champion Cotto

[@hotflash4494]

Ahh Ghost and Goblins, the original Dark Souls. Good times.

[@sherbet1446]

I still play it on my original SNES

[@creationsmaxo]

The first game to totally troll you into thinking you're done with the game when you beat the last boss as it pulls a toad-like message into your face telling you to basically do the WHOLE game a second time during which dying make you restart the FIRST playthrough.

[@eurosat7]

I played it on my C64 when I was 11-13 and I thought I just suck at it. I only made it into the tower ONCE.

[@ReallyRealDog]

Came back as a remastered to haunt us.

[@scottydemalle1907]

Played it on NES and thought that I beat the game...

[@someguy1865]

I dropped Nier Automata after dying in the tutorial lvl and seeing I had to restart. Only gave it another chance a year later in 2020 when I was bored asf. It is now the greatest game, I have ever played this generation.

[@Xeanthorn]

When I saw the video title, I thought to myself, 'I bet this guy hasn't played "Out of this world'" I stand corrected. Great inclusion on this list. I rented that game as a kid and was so frustrated. But really awesome and unique art. I recommend it now.

[@dennisgordon7767]

yeah ogs recognize ogs. Crazy it was made by one guy huh

[@SuperSohSo]

That Nioh level was REAL 😂

[@darkstar8196]

It's especially difficult if you play it with a dark souls mindset

[@mkv2718]

too bad he showed a mini boss fight, not the actual boss fight.

[@medinywaw7435]

I'm stuck in the second shrine right after the yokai demon boss key not even gonna try to play it

[@buckwilicker]

@@mkv2718 dude right?! those little oni are all over. The actual boss in the ship IS WAY HARDER I actually just finally beat him last weekend after months of trying.. lmao I hate souls like games but Nioh I just want to beat so bad

[@DMRoark]

The vampire chick was the first part that pissed me off lol. Took like 8 tries to beat her.

[@Vronize]

When I find out, after dying at niers first levels boss fight, it restarted the whole thing, I screamed

[@FuunkM]

I refunded the game lol

[@ScreaminSeahawk]

I screamed all 3 times and then gave up. The game looked promising too.

[@bobbydouglas310]

that pronunciation of spelunky is killing me. whys he saying it like its speelunky

[@borismuller86]

I have a theory that list videos intentionality mispronounce a few words so that people comment on it. It’s engagement!

[@AntonAdelson]

@@borismuller86 big brain move

[@NevaehCyanide]

@@borismuller86 I second this.

[@ludvigroos8716]

@@borismuller86 Some commercials do just that to get people talking about so yeah seems valid

[@wilddog9]

Falcon is just not that smart

[@gram4170]

When you got to number one I couldnt believe you didnt mention Driver. Then you gave me a big laugh. Your hate for Driver is like your thing at this point :)

[@Para_Shenanigans]

Driver and Anthem lol

[@Hollywood041]

Hahahaha! Driver. I remember that Tutorial, it took me a few total attempts to figure out how to do each maneuver, but then I mapped out how to get through by combining one task leading directly into another and got it in two, at most.

[@OvSpP]

Remember facing Fin Fang Foom when you start Marvel Ultimate Alliance?

[@shadowviper46]

@@JennyMontecillo-yt2vs the hardest for me was fighting the dark fantastic 4 it took me days to beat them

[@OvSpP]

@@shadowviper46 that damn Arcade was always hard for me, especially the part where they blocked off the save point/character changer.

[@shadowviper46]

@@OvSpP i remember that

[@Lawrence_Talbot]

Great game. Wish they remastered 1 and 2 to for current/next gen consoles

[@shadowviper46]

@@Lawrence_Talbot the ones on ps4 are the remastered versions

[@Boshuda21]

So glad to see Out of this World on there. One of the few games I ended up putting down because it's so hard.

[@allrequiredfields]

That's a bummer, because the game was phenomenal.

[@victorflint7534]

So glad that you mentioned driver lol, it took me YEARS to get passed the first level Granted I was pretty young the first few times I tried, so eventually I figured it out; but it's a close race against the clock even for the most experienced players

[@SaiyanAndre]

Bloodborne has the hardest first level in gaming for one reason alone. You gotta get through the whole of yarnham and ALL of those mobs who can one shot you just to reach the boss. and you NEED to reach the boss in order to gain the ability to actually start using souls to level

[@JoshuaJacobs83]

Thank you. I thought I was just bad at souls games (I am)

[@Ashen_2077]

In gaming? Hell no

[@SaiyanAndre]

God of Grogu from all the games in my head it does xD Have you played every game in history so that you can give me a rebuttal?

[@Ashen_2077]

@@SaiyanAndre nah i just think driver was way worse, in bloodborne atleast i knew what i was doing

[@in4mus85]

Bloodborne is the only game I've played so far that I can't even beat the first level. Twice I've deleted it.

[@27kev11]

I stayed a whole week trying to get through the first part of bloodborne as my first souls game fml

[@akshayshettigar446]

I've clocked like 40 hours in Nioh so far as my first Souls-like game and guess how far I've reached... Yup. Still stuck in the first area trying to defeat the Goddamn final boss. He waaayyyy too tough for 1st area.

[@27kev11]

@@akshayshettigar446 I feel your pain bro, it took me 2 whole years to finish the game because of rage quitting

[@voiddestroyer3814]

He wasn’t lying about if you come to blood borne from other souls games playing it like them your gonna get smashed I came after beating 1-3 and the dlcs of them and just got fuckeddd on the first level for a good 1-2 hours

[@LOTDF220]

You're definitely not alone, I played bloodborne without realizing how hard it really is until I met the cleric beast, probably spent a good week trying to get past that, but then met the father fella and just ended up deleting the game, just to come back to it years later

[@bebopgaming7254]

BB was my first "from" game and I couldn't get through the town and beat the boss for a week. Good people at Gamestop gave me tips and encouraged me to keep at it and it became my first favorite video game ever. I now compare all games to From Software games. 😆

[@Rekcoj]

totally waited for the Driver tutorial and wasn't disappointed, even if it's only a "honorable mention" here. completely caught me of guard back then. little 12 year old me wasn't gamer enough back than to expect a level as hard as that tutorial. it took days to beat it aswell as training/help from friends and my dad. it was so satisfying though.

[@nostalgiagaming560]

Older games be like: You figure it out Edit: I had no idea I would get this many likes. The most I have ever had before was 12. Thanks so much guys.

[@sinn3r147]

I miss that

[@nostalgiagaming560]

@@sinn3r147 ikr

[@MrGanjie]

That was me playing the first 3 devil may cry games recently Forgot that old games were trying to make you feel the suffering of your character development Edit: oh shit just saw dmc 3 was here lol

[@Mina_Angel]

Back when gaming magazines were the shit and they'd help you get thru certain spots.

[@nostalgiagaming560]

@@Mina_Angel I remember. I still have my Lego Island manual.

[@j-lon3564]

I think what makes Bloodborne’s first level so challenging is that both bosses(despite one being optional) are 100% different from one another. One is the “git gud at parrying lol” type who strikes fast and hard, and the other is the “lol can’t parry me” type, which makes the player learn two different styles of gameplay in the first level of the game.

[@rc-pb6bp]

I don’t play Bloodborne, but if the first one is beat by parrying, how do you beat the second one?

[@HueboMoment]

@@rc-pb6bp dodging

[@ADPROFUNDIS123]

Just started bloodborne today and i ran into father gascoine first luo

[@anti-ethniccleansing465]

@@ADPROFUNDIS123 He took me like 25 attempts lol. The cleric beast only took 2.

[@ADPROFUNDIS123]

@@anti-ethniccleansing465 xD he took me 5 times. I find parrying easier in bloodborne

[@andrewscotti1136]

driver intro was insane. i remember having to go into the manual for controls and it took at least 30min of attempts to get buy it and for some reason i remember having to do it multiple times to the point i actually had it down pat. dont ever remember not having a mem card which is why its seems odd looking back. must have like torturing myself

[@TafTabTah]

Driver deserved to be on the actual list. Not just an honorable mention

[@MyManJFKTV]

Truth. With that said tho, I didn’t realize it was so common for people to have trouble with that tutorial. As a kid, it took me maybe three times max

[@88kris88]

I fully expected DMC 3 to be on this list and I wasn’t disappointed

[@hurdyb1]

That brought back from bad memories.....

[@grimreaper7073]

Masterpiece but it was rather hard

[@ledumpsterfire6474]

The way you're saying "Speeelunky" is eating at my soul. Lmao

[@eli.suar3z]

Is seems like somewhat older games seem to have more difficult opening levels

[@foxhoundbridges4851]

nah , they are just way harder in general.

[@generalyousif3640]

Simply due BS game designs of the levels back in the day

[@tommyfraz.]

Limited space. They needed you to think you were getting a 30 hour game, when you were getting a game you could beat in 10 minutes.

[@Dave_ja_vu]

Arcade cabinets wanted your money and most of those older games were console ports of arcade games

[@xvelest]

Yeah now ppl complain if a game is hard they want a Handout, im a sort of guy that plays mostly on the hardest difficulty available. I like that. My first Dishonored 1 playthrough Was almost all Gamerscore/Trophys in one run with no Upgrades etc. Man my childhood was fun :D

[@jamesmason2281]

That nioh castle had me feeling nice and confident too smh

[@lethauntic]

It's funny having played Driver 1 recently and realizing how wrong everyone seems to be on the "tutorial" level. I hate to call it a tutorial, because I don't really know what it teaches you other than how bad the controls feel. Regardless, it's not that hard. And no, I don't mean to "git gud", I mean spend more than one singular attempt on it. Don't drive right into the wall and go "this may very well be the hardest video game level in all of gaming". It is funny how people who say that the tutorial is that hard probably have never played it, and if they have they played for 2 seconds, wiped their brow and went, "WHEW THAT'S ENOUGH HARDCORE GAMING FOR TODAY". I mean, actually figuring out how to mark off the moves on the list might be the real challenge. Because you'll attempt what you think a "reverse 180" is, but nothing happens. You are doing it right, trust me, it's just annoyingly precise for whatever reason. And sure, the next level, or few, are pretty easy, but play a couple more and tell me that it compares to the tutorial. I think that the game kinda sucks, to be honest, but not because of the tutorial. How about this, if you fail once on something don't just throw the controller down and give up. I've died in a Kirby level before (I know, right?), but I wouldn't put that on a list like this. Spend like, a single minute on it all you'll get it. I'm sure there are kids who never got passed the tutorial (couldn't be because they were kids, surely), but to be fair, they would not have gotten far at all.

[@x.kalibre]

Never forget Driver. That was one of the most infuriating tutorials at the time. You didn't even need to use ever again some of the tricks required to pass the test. Still, it was a heck of a game... if you manage to do the tutorial :P

[@tardigrade9733]

I like how Falcon looks perpetually unimpressed

[@albinnygren2367]

Oh yes Driver! I remember finding this game while going through my dad's stuff when I was like 8 or 9... Spent the entire christmas holiday screaming at the tutorial before giving up and just doing the free drive stuff. Good times, the intro cinematic was kickass.

[@generalyousif3640]

The Bloodborne Central Yarhnam will always hold special place in my heart

[@vonhellman]

I love fighting the very first beast in Iosefka's clinic bare handed. It's satisfying killing it with a visceral attack with your bare hands lol

[@in4mus85]

It's the bane of my gaming life, can't get anywhere in that game 🤣

[@alexs1972]

"THAT'S JUST THE TUTORIAL LEVEL!"

[@mysterymanphoto]

Driver was amongst a few games that my friend who owned a playstation (I was team n64) needed help with. I had to go over to his house and help him beat this tutorial. Thanks for the nostalgia. The other one I remember was the boss of syphonfilter. They were playing it all week and couldn't beat the boss. I went over there, never played the game, beat it on the first try. They hated me but needed me haha.

[@vince7207]

And then everybody clapped, right?

[@mysterymanphoto]

No! Reading comprehension much? Wasn't invited again. Lol

[@vince7207]

@@mysterymanphoto what? You're the one that struggles with comprehension it seems, lol.

[@matb303]

I was thinking "Driver" the whole time, ahh the bonus one... I remember almost smashing my controler :P

[@braskabani8011]

Evil within 1 playing for the first time is no joke.

[@dirtmike6258]

u ain't kidding ... another game that throws you to the wolves , and it can get scary as hell

[@flaqko5686]

I played the first mission on the hardest difficulty and I got stuck

[@krisryan9181]

One of those games I had to have constant breaks so I didn't rage lol

[@KoolKeithProductions]

True, but is that an opening "level", or just an opening "scene"? 🤔 I was wondering the same thing about RE4. Cuz the game starts, u dispatch about 5 enemies quickly, thinking you're hot stuff. Then head into the village, and it's a "YOU DIED" screen appearing with the quickness. lol And now that I think about it, RE5 mite be worse, cuz u face ONE enemy before things go right to hell.

[@stuart1001]

I swear that game was over rated.

[@Jay_Z.]

Had to watch part 1, b4 I go to part 2 of this series. I dunno how I beat the tutorial on Driver 1, but damn I can not play hard games like back then! 😅

[@Dinosaurcondom]

I remember hating driver so much.... I literally stopped playing it and actually never got around to finding out how was the story.

[@ArcaneAzmadi]

Y'know, I simply bounced of Nioh badly only a few attempts into the first post-tutorial stage, and I could never quite put my finger on exactly why, although I think not liking the far-too-expansive skill trees and variety of equipment that I had no idea how to judge properly factored into it- I simply had no idea what I should be doing to develop my character properly, which turned me off. But the fact that it was just bloody _hard_ might have played into it as well, so it's reassuring to know that it's not just me. I mean, I knew what I was getting into, beaten Dark Souls 1 & 2, and it's not even like I threw in the towel after one too many deaths (in fact, I'd just unlocked the first major shortcut back to the start, making further progression much easier), but I just returned to the checkpoint, put the game down, never picked it up again, and eventually just uninstalled it to get that 70GB of HD space back for use on other games. Also, I wasn't aware that DMC3 _only_ swapped the Japanese normal difficulty for the hard difficulty in the _American_ version of the game. I assumed that applied to _all_ Western releases of the game, and felt that that explained why I never got past Agni and Rudra, but apparently not. So I guess I can feel a bit less smug about at least making it that far on "hard", since it wasn't- but they're still a bitch of a boss pair anyway, even on normal.

[@hfrapaeinaintopa7860]

thats's what i did also in nioh when i tried it a couple of years back but then i tried nioh 2 that came free with ps plus last month and when i learned the mechanics and the complex combat i had an absolute blast . I couldn't stop playin and i might say that I enjoyed it more than the souls games which im a hardcore fun. I platinumed nioh 2 the other day and now im off to nioh. Such a fun gameplay. You should give it a try in my opinion P.S High stance spear with spear flourish and spearfall makes this game way easy

[@thecomedian5933]

Falcon, Im going to need your voice on every video. Its just..... perfect for gameranx.

[@firefighter17687]

i never beat the tutorial in driver. Glad to know i wasnt the only one that hated that damn thing lol

[@_The_Traveler_]

Wild Hunt had a pretty difficult first contract mission, where you had the option of taking a side-quest job of single handedly protecting the remaining soldiers that were presently being attacked by a bunch of ghouls. At that early in the game, your gear is trash, you haven't collected a lot of pickups to help enhance your damage output, and they spawn too many ghouls each wave that you find yourself literally having to juggle 5-6 of them at once. And you better hope you stun lock them efficiently and kill them quickly enough so their respawn timer doesn't overwhelm you, because if one of them gets past you and ends up killing an injured soldier, you fail the mission. And you can't go back or repeat it, so if you're one of those who likes to 100% a game like myself, that can drive you mad lol.

[@lewisrichardson1539]

Wait where was this mission? I completed the whole story 6 times I don't remember this, not at the start at least but I could've missed it or did it later in the game when I was more decked out

[@KOFEINMANIAK]

@@lewisrichardson1539 Go to that merchant that offers you a Pass to cross the river for 100 gold, right after you first go to velen, you can ask him for a discount and he will send you to help his brother in law if i remember right. If you have spent points in Axii you can just use that to get the discount.. i take Axii first as it always gives an extra bit of exp in some situations

[@lewisrichardson1539]

@@KOFEINMANIAK ah yeah I remember that one, think on my first playthrough I tried to help his brother and got absolutely thrashed 😂 I always use axii too unless one of the other options has a more interesting outcome

[@Rickyfffff]

I remember that. It was pretty tough and I definitely wasn’t expecting it but I got through it after maybe 2 or 3 tries. A surprisingly fun challenge

[@_The_Traveler_]

@@Rickyfffff I feel like it's a "tutorial" in the same way that the cathedral demon is a "tutorial" for Dark Souls. "Don't get comfortable with your skill, because this game is about to throw you." My first attempt, everyone died. Second attempt, I got stunlocked by the first wave of ghouls because my footwork was sloppy, everyone died. Third or fourth attempt I was having trouble with a rot fiend, accidentally ran close enough to the hidden bandit camp and drew aggro from like 3 bandits on horseback, the rot fiend promptly turned around and ignored me, and killed everyone lol. The difficulty really comes from the fact that you're not expecting to get open-palm slapped like that by the first side quest lol. You think it's gonna ramp up slower, and the game is like "LOL that's cute, but this isn't Super Mario".

[@CommanderCodyChipless]

I literally love Gameranx for the #1 option. From Software is so good

[@SufferedRichard]

Nioh had me whispering "Be Gentle Sempai" at every corner in isle of demons. And the Boss had me shouting in rage at the Bullshit, tiny ass space i had to fight him in. The mansion was far easier to deal with as you can lure him outside through one of three doors into the courtyard space. Dealing with the humans there was harder than the yokai, as it is the biggest group of enemies you fight especially if you don't get a bow first to snipe one or two before the rest aggro.

[@atlod5284]

Idk I never had an issue with that boss. As a matter of fact I didnt even know it was a boss, beat him my first time through, died a couple of times to the boss on the ship but even then after like 3-4 tries and some water talismans I got it.

[@WillWeMakeIt-Cosmo]

I loved "Out of this World" ground breaking game ! And yes! I died alot, but man what a game and story when you finished it !

[@KanedaJones]

OMG YES I was going to mention in the comments the game you mentioned at the end. been a billion years since I played it but that opening tutorial that you MUST complete to move on is STILL burnt into my brain as traumatic torture! XD

[@npc1374]

fall out NV: taking the route north from goodsprings to get to New Vegas

[@Patricswift]

Can't be the only one who thought the opening level in driver would be number 1

[@oatman0]

Hello nigel

[@Mozzyons]

I was so bad at playing the driver tutorial, I thought that was the entire game. I never knew you could actually get out. FINALLY, IM VINDICATED

[@MitchzPlayground]

Becoming a veteran Dark Souls player is just learning to be patient, imo. Once you've played a few hours, you realise how slow and how big the openings are on the first bosses, but they seem insane the first time you play one of these games.

[@GlamourDonkey]

Agreed. Most Dark Souls deaths occur when players think they can get just one more hit in. Be patient, assume something is above you, around the corner, just outside your field-of-view, and know that trying to get one more strike on a mob could mean a long walk back.

[@Ajax_97]

When you look at the comments, and see which of Falcons fledglings would fly or die

[@ghosthavenmusic]

The child who's still crying in my heart would like to thank you for mentionning Driver.

[@tacticalcherries1413]

Spee-lunky? I swear they pronounce the titles wrong on purpose.

[@leonjocelyn2323]

That opening of cupped was so hard. I couldn't get passed it today ge review. This is why journalists have ptsd

[@mystbunnygaming1449]

There is a From Software game on PS1, Kings Field 2 (3 in Japan), that actually does give you pretty easy enemies to deal with at the start. Their attacks are slow, they can be stunned, easy to figure out the combat, so it starts out pretty easy. However, if you wander into ANY other area, that changes. Namely the skeletons that will suddenly one-shot you, can't be stunned, and have awkward attack patterns. Another game with a brutal opening is Die by the Sword.

[@bretwrightjr7752]

I remember my older brother handing me the controller to complete the "Driver" tutorial for him. It was definitely frustrating but I mastered it rather quickly. *Hides blisters on my thumbs*

[@MrBionicBz]

My little cousin was so good at it. He taught me how to beat it pretty easy but it is always up there on my list lol

[@Loroini]

i did it on a keyboard hahah

[@lethauntic]

It's annoying, but people who have trouble with it need to understand that you just need to figure out how to do the checkpoints individually, then string the all together when you're ready. You might still miss one, because it's clunky, but I can't see it taking more than a few minutes to do. I'm certain the people couldn't beat it just because they don't know how to do the checklist, not because it's hard, which I can understand, because none of it really means anything right off the bat. Either way, if someone can't beat the tutorial, then they most certainly can't beat the game, because unlike the tutorial it's actually frustrating.

[@bestevr4465]

Well I didn’t know that your brother was supposed to die in Far Cry 3 so I kept restarting the game when I lost the QTE. Not my proudest moment.

[@noneya1987]

You have the best narration on KZbin. Love this channel.

[@Slaccoon]

I was expecting to see Driver on this list tbh. The tutori- oh, nevermind. there it is xD

[@sophiacristina]

I clicke the video thinking "driver".

[@superstriker412]

@@sophiacristina same

[@offtopic4279]

I remember grinding DMC 3 for hours to get past the first few chapters. I refused to go lower than normal. Now I know why I sucked harder than I thought. It got a bit easier as the game went on.

[@hudenough3475]

I'm not sure where I'd put it on the list but the opening level of Hitman 2: Silent Assassin was exceptionally difficult for new Hitman players. The level offered you lots of options to eliminate the target, but if you wanted to do it up-close and personal, you had to really know how to maneuver around guards, utilize disguises, and stash bodies, which was a tall order if you were just starting out. One of my favorite games of all-time, btw, but that opening level remained tough even after Silent Assassin-ing most of the others.

[@SickTruck]

The first thing in Driver is sick hard. I remember that. I did not play it when it was new because I couldn't do it. Way later in life I got it and the whole GAME is easier than this first bit.

[@ethanledesma8547]

One word “BloodBorne” still haven’t gotten past the first level

[@janingemong-olsen9163]

It,s getting easier😉

[@in4mus85]

Same think I've downloaded and uninstalled it twice so far. First level is a joke

[@Dravianpn02]

Just take the enemies on one by one.

[@jasonmackintosh1253]

i never finished the 1st level of another world. my old amiga 500 died with that game haunting my dreams and memories

[@jasonmackintosh1253]

Same

[@steveg8029]

I played the demo of little nightmares 2 and I had no issues with the first stage. If you played little nightmares 1 you will be able fine. Not sure why he put little nightmares on this list.

[@ryanmorris986]

Right!! The beginning was similar to limbo which was a little bit harder than this but even then putting this in the same field as dark souls is sus

[@guileffb]

The first time you're in Naraku, in Shin Megami Tensei IV! It's just... brutal

[@ironwolfosiris]

Oh yeah I was going to post that one! The first area right as you start out is absolutely ridiculous lmao

[@andrewmcvay9978]

I still can not believe at one time in my life I actually beat that Driver tutorial, came back about 10 years later and could not grind out getting that good again to want to play the game.

[@MasonC230]

Honestly I couldn’t beat the first boss in Dark Souls and then gave up

[@monsters691]

I knew dark souls would be hard but when I started dark souls 3....GOD DAMN, FUCK THAT

[@professorbaxtercarelessdre1075]

same. i tried the demo for a dark souls game years ago and couldn't even beat a grunt enemy. i have motor apraxia too and trouble with timing so despite what some people think not all of us are equipped to handle that stuff

[@lorenzo8208]

Please continue. If it's dark souls 3,learn how to parry or something, but I have 2 useful tips: -getting around the enemy is important, especially for the final boss. You lock the enemy and then walk around them attacking when they finish theyr attacks, but gundyr had a back kick? I don't remember anymore -if you roll into the enemy's attack you will dodge. That's it. You can go to watch a tutorial for the boss, but from software does amazing games, and there are harder bosses. Btw if your class is a mage or something similar change it to knight, it's better

[@Kingkodiakbear]

But it doesn't get easier trust me

[@professorbaxtercarelessdre1075]

@@Kingkodiakbear i feel like this is another situation where certain players don't understand the limits of other players, and that's what i observe happens quite a lot with games like Dark Souls and Sekiro and those types of games, where some people think because they can do it, anyone can, when i'm not sure that's the case

[@DustinBarlow8P]

I freaking LOVED the siege at the beginning of The Witcher! It was so pulse pounding, and as you walk thru the troops with King Foltest, all the knights kneeling as you passed as you made your way to the Vanguard!.. That was one King that led from the front like a boss! SUCH A BADASS OPENING!

[@PeterPups0815]

I agree. I would even say, in many things Witcher 2 was the best Witcher-game.

[@WorldsUnhealthiestFitPerson]

Well, after you impregnate your own sister, you're going to have to take some drastic measures to be seen with some respect.

[@FullThrottleAxolotl1]

Woooooaaaaahhhhh dude, the driver mention at the end, unlocked a WILD childhood memory. When I was very little like 2-3rd grade, before I ever played video games or right around when I just started, I remember going over to my friends house like 5 houses down and…his dad, I thought had anger problems and played his ps1 to get it out, saw him smashing controllers between every cigarette. He played some sword game a “the drive game” I never knew what it was called. Well…almost 25 years later I know. Holy fuck

[@cheeselover626]

Can we have a list for toughest second levels? Looking at you, Lion King on Sega...

[@newzonerz]

Was that the one where the monkeys throw you through the trees? I used to go crazy trying to complete that until I fluked it one day

[@Pranksta1985]

On the Sega what? Because I'm pretty sure you didn't play the game on the company itself..

[@newzonerz]

@@Pranksta1985 mega drive or the genesis I think it was called in North America

[@cheeselover626]

@@newzonerz Yep. A lot of kid games at the time designed the first level to be easy to get their attention but made the second uber hard to prevent those who rented them from completing the whole game during the rental period.

[@professorbaxtercarelessdre1075]

lol yeah

[@Jatt2613]

Yes, I was sitting there waiting for Ninja Gaiden Black to show up. The rest of the game wasn't too bad, but holy shit, that first level was rough, especially that boss.

[@vengefulbird6918]

I like how hard the post game mission things are some of those gauntlets are crazy

[@in4mus85]

I had to dust off the xbox the other day just to torture myself once more.

[@tyzilla358]

I beat the tutorial in Driver 1 on PS1 when I was 9 years old. The game came out right before my 9th birthday and I fell in love with that game. I found the tutorial to be slightly tricky.

[@crimsonwraith7328]

For a gamer who has never played dark souls, or even anything remotely close to that, I recently purchased dark souls three.....What an initiation that was....

[@starkillerthatoneguy6128]

Oh the memories. I remember when I first got shoulder charged off a ledge by Gundyr good times. By the way if you’re still having trouble just use the fire bombs.

[@crimsonwraith7328]

@@starkillerthatoneguy6128 thanks 👍🏻