7 Videogame Hard Modes We Just Can't Even...

Rob presents his list of 7 of the hardest videogame hard modes around. Beaten these or thought of any we've missed? Stick them in the comments!
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[@mtn7836]

"If you've beaten that then stop lying" hahaha what a great line

[@Arumenuyama]

Lol, I didn’t even try to beat it, because after SS’ing all missions in DMC3:SE on DMD that would be too easy... In DMC4 I just handicapped myself at 3 hits max in every mission on DMD, cause DMD is actually harder. And got no damage at all in about half of them.

[@Arexion5293]

Arkham games could've used more interesting difficulty names. Maybe something like this: Superman - This should be a cake walk. If you still manage to fail, you must be from the Bizarro World. Batman - You are more than capable of handling any situation. But you're also aware that a single well aimed shot can take you down. You're no man of steel after all. Commissioner Gordon - You're a well experienced professional, but you're no superhero. You will struggle with even the smallest of tasks, while the caped crusaders shrug them off without a trouble. Jason Todd vs Crowbar - No one will save you. Especially not Batman.

[@gracjan2010]

You, my dear friend, are a genius

[@Rockmaster5001]

I concur

[@CaptAUGseome]

Arexion5293 Some dark humour.

[@Taylor-jz3kr]

No but superboy will save you, going round punching reality

[@ChristianDiaz-dy9yh]

XD

[@torntokoroa3357]

World at War Veteran mode. ...gamer PTSD triggered

[@Captianmarshmallow]

Torn Tokoroa i beat Waw veteran it was tough

[@intendpower5804]

Torn Tokoroa Whats worse then waw veteran mode realistic mode bo3 you guess it its impossible to beat.

[@lurkinginshadows1141]

Torn Tokoroa I also finished WaW on Veteran difficulty. It's been a while since I last played that game, but my memory of that game tells me that it wasn't as bad as Ninja Gaiden or DMC3. Until I reached Heart of Reich stage (second to last level of the game). My God, that was PTSD worthy of aggravation that I had to go through.

[@intendpower5804]

LurkingInShadows Ninja gaiden isnt that hard the main important thing is to block.

[@rubee666]

i HATE CoD veteran mode, any game, hate it, i almost smashed my controller because of WaW, luckily it survived the trip into the stone floor.... i did complete it though, and i did delete the game seconds after ._.

[@xdragonwarfarex804]

"If you've beaten THAT...then stop lying" i lol'd so hard

[@KrazyK785]

I remember how proud I was beating Ninja Gaiden Sigma on PS3, then a message popped up saying "HARD MODE UNLOCKED". ...To this day I never dropped a controller fast enough as I did back then

[@KrazyK785]

Exactly

[@argantosnl]

KrazyK785 i finished gn black on Xbox hard mode, on very hard can get past the first level. Gn 2 got close to the end on hard but gave up. Got the 100 continues achievement tho. All the ghost fishes where a nightmare. In 1 worse then 2

[@BakuTex]

KOBAANNI. "Oh, you think that's hard? IM JUST THE TUTORIAL LEVEL!"

[@sirnutsalot2560]

KrazyK785 Took me a good 3 months to beat path of the master ninja alone on Ninja Gaiden 2......hardest thing ive ever done in my life. Ugh i miss games that make us break our controllers and claw our face off like this.

[@KrazyK785]

Arch Exorcist Lol those were still good times...They just don't make games like that anymore...

[@jacobwells4372]

Rob you're a fantastic human being

[@PlayStationAccess]

Jacob Wells

[@michaelgtho]

Jacob Wells nice pic c;

[@eliottward3157]

I agree

[@testook2806]

who haveing the last laugh now from the easy mode laugh in cap

[@testook2806]

i done nightmare mode

[@Jkeb19]

The witcher 3 on death march difficulty is literally painful to play through as I have to sit through that really long loading screen every 5 minutes when I die

[@anonymmc2764]

Deathmarch itself isn't that bad. But the loading screens... Reminds me of Bloodborne.

[@hamdsheikh9205]

The only thing death march about death march was when you fought 5-6 wraiths ... one mistimed roll or one tiny pebble that stopped your roll half way and BOOOOOM you're dead -_- Everything else was the same as the 2nd hardest difficulty

[@sebastianparedes4197]

Just spam quen

[@RWAdventures_]

The only thing that bugged me about witcher is how easy it was, even on death march. The only time i ever felt challegned was imlerith because my main damage source was ineffective(igni). Everything else was a shallow pattern of quen hit retreat or stunlocking to death with igni

[@anonymmc2764]

Yeah, i first played W3 on 'Story & Sword', because how hard W2, on hard was, but W3... A joke.

[@luizpanigassi]

I cleared Mass Effect 2 on Insanity! Now I want my 3 sec clap

[@Thenextworldwar]

* Complains that the Nazis have too many grenades in WAW * * Only shows footage from the American campaign, where the enemies are the Japanese * Just thought I'd point that out :D

[@GeekyGamerNL]

+Thenextworldwar weren't the Japanese Nazis too?

[@Thenextworldwar]

No. No they weren't.

[@jacobmoorcroft877]

+Thenextworldwar Germans and polish symphasisers were Nazis, the Japanese shared similar ideology yet were part of the Imperial Army

[@Thenextworldwar]

But they weren't actually Nazis. That's the point.

[@jacobmoorcroft877]

Thenextworldwar I'm agreeing with you, sorry, I didn't make that very clear

[@eggsandchips91]

Yay I've done Mass Effect and World at War :-D I expect my 3 seconds of applause dammit! I need something to justify wasting my time so much

[@PlayStationAccess]

👏 👏 👏 -Rob

[@BDMMusics]

***** I've done World at War too!

[@evanjuarez9291]

Mass effect on hardest difficulty can be done IMO idk I died a lot I won't lie but it's doable

[@SuperArppis]

eggsandchips91 *clap clap clap* Good job, old boy.

[@DrakeCaliburn]

Jacob Chapman And it's only a few spots, not the whole game. Here's a challenge: all volus on platinum in ME3

[@vagabond7204]

"harder than a diamond with a face tattoo", lolololololol

[@jamesdupuis3249]

Yeah that was a good one! 😂 no ragrets. Lol

[@eurekadiaz3771]

ah yeah mass effect, where your enemies sometimes need an entire clip to the face for you to get a proper headshot.

[@JackAndEllen]

I finished world at war on veteran, but I think I cried about 75 times whilst doing so.

[@JackAndEllen]

+J Tee That's as bad as contra!

[@mayureshpatel319]

I feel you man. I spent almost a week trying to beat that one mission where you finally go up to the Reichstag. But I can happily say I beat the game.

[@T500cal]

+JackAndEllen Indeed, I remember inching forward just hoping for the next checkpoint

[@JackAndEllen]

Yeah working up the courage to run through a massage barrage hahah

[@JackAndEllen]

+Mendosa666 Vendatta is both the best and worse mission ever! So tense and stuff but so hard on veteran!

[@declano1997]

Only found this channel the other week but look forward to these videos every Friday now!

[@PlayStationAccess]

Welcome! And thanks for watching :) -Rob

[@ladyoftheworlds]

I found the channel just now

[@RyuuRush]

Ragnaros 1001 same, haven't seen anything other than this video so far but I can't wait to see what else they have

[@declano1997]

I actually tried that but idk wasn't a fan. seems too scripted i mean i know this is but i feel Rob masks it better.

[@777kingvegeta]

***** Gtfo with your xflop. This is the Playstation Nation's stomping ground.

[@dantespimp]

I beat Dante Must Die Mode! with a few S ranks. XD Although, I endangered the life of my TV and controller during the difficult segments. Still, this mode actually taught me how to exploit certain weaknesses and time my sword swings like a boss. :) It's worth mentioning I played this game and beat it on all its higher difficulties when the game was released - back when walkthroughs were few and far between and when there was no youtube. OAO Everything I learned came from trial and error. It amazes me that some of the walkthroughs on youtube haven't discovered what I learned, lol.

[@jakwishjake]

I did DOOM nightmare mode I'm now proud :D

[@chadjonson8763]

yeah it's not that bad just run for most levels.

[@jakwishjake]

yes i agree Chad Jonson

[@jackwilliams-bukac7986]

Nice one I only managed ultra violence myself

[@SurfbyShootin]

Lol, try that in the last episode of Doom, even the first level Hell Beneath is crazy hard.

[@jakwishjake]

ikr

[@fieryphoenix2501]

I have grown to embrace easy mode in games because I think I would have aged 10 years more and become a bitter rage filled man. Constantly asking people who play hard modes or above "How do you enjoy this?"

[@Vilmar22]

Fiery Phoenix I've tried so many times to embrace easy mode too, but every time a difficulty selection screen appears I find myself choosing "normal". God of War Ascension's Trials of Arquimedes got me cursing, punching the table, hating my life, hating the universe. And guess what? No option to change difficulty like in the previous games! Now I have an unfinished game on my consciense. Curse you Santa Monica Studios!!!! (not really I love those guys).

[@inoob26]

Fiery Phoenix i dont know about the others but i only play on the hardest difficulty on my favourite games like Kingdom Hearts series

[@Eminemgodful]

Nah it's normal and up or die. Only quitters choose easy mode

[@inoob26]

Eminemgodful in my case that was what i did when i just realised i played half of Mass Effect 3 on Insane mode o_o

[@shawnsmith4692]

Fiery Phoenix Yeah, me too... For me, I think it's an age thing. When I was a kid, I remember somehow enjoying the challenge even while smashing my controller into the floor. Spending literally days on a single masochistic jump sequence in Landstalker for Genesis... or playing Shinobi 3 so many times I could beat the entire game without being hit once. As I've gotten older and more and more things claw at my free time though, I don't see the point anymore. Now, if I have to replay anything more than 2 or 3 times, I usually lose interest and move on.

[@ItsAv3rageGamer]

The Last Of Us: Grounded

[@madmaxamus2000]

The nightmares

[@cuckoophendula8211]

Av3rage_Gamer I still thought that even that wasn't as bad as Uncharted 1's crushing mode :(

[@Yogashi]

Av3rage_Gamer Tlou: Grounded is a joke compared to the evil within akumu mode.

[@ProoGameR43]

***** are you talking about the ps4 version or the ps3 version. But yeah the evil within is a bitch.

[@ItsAv3rageGamer]

coconutNiN Aren't they both the same? I only ever played the PS4 version.

[@TenguinKST]

I remember watching my step dad playing the ninja gaiden series and every time it got too hard for him he pass me the controller. This became more of a back and forth during late game boss fights

[@samuelh.2118]

I was surprised he never mentioned "Can I Play, Daddy?" difficulty from Wolfenstein... Lol

[@rrni2343]

I put games on hard mode before I have ever played them, that way I have no idea how easy it is suppose to be.

[@imadethisaccounttocomment294]

wow, i thought that was just me.

[@rrni2343]

I'm currently playing Withcer 2 on dark mode. It's not hard because of the dark mode, its hard because it's on dark mode and glitchy as hell. Gerald seems to just die by the sight of a moving sword. Also he is unresponsive just after loading, whilst being attacked by an angry mob of NPC's even before the loading screen has faded away. Others include (that I remember); Deus ex Human revolution on 'give me deus ex' but the game handles that really really well, as you as a player have many options on how you go about solving problems. Its becomes a tactical game at that difficulty. Starcraft 2 wings of liberty, rather steep learning curve there but when you realise that the simplest solution is usually always the best in perhaps 80% of the game than needless micromanagement is just waste of time in short keep your marines healthy and happy and everything will be ok. Warcraft 2 frozen throne (a long time ago I have to admit), was brutal, especially the last battle. Fighting Illidan was like a WWI fantasy recreation of trench warfare. You had to be really careful and really patient.

[@bobo77bob]

Same here I always put it on the hardest difficulty on my first play through, then easy when I go back for all the collectables.

[@LynnWYoung]

Wow- I never thought about doing that. That is brilliant!

[@vaaarhoven]

same here,i play 90-95% of my games on hard first and i see i suck balls after liek 3-4 hours,i go to normal but that happens very rarely :D ,good for you ,mate

[@sonicwingnut]

Haha I beat COD4 and got the Mile High Club achievement and was like "nothing on a shooter could be harder than that" "..let's have a go at World At War on Vet then..." FFFFFFUUUUUuuuuu

[@Mina_Angel]

+sonicwingnut hehe how about Black Ops on Vet the line of Infinite Vietnamese soldiers... so many nightmares

[@sonicwingnut]

***** Oh god was that when you had to fight down that stupid hill and blow up the barrels? Because yeah that bit made me want to throw my controller out the window. Once I knew what to actually do it wasn't impossible, but the fact you get told how to progress on some inane radio chatter while the world is exploding around you doesn't exactly help.

[@Mina_Angel]

sonicwingnut yea, at one point I just gave up. Ran down the hill firing at whomever was in my cross hairs and darted to the checkpoint. Never thought of blowing up the barrels, and no the radio chatter didn't help while bullets were whizzing by my head and ppl screaming and shouting.

[@nicholasgalayini7063]

I know how you feel cod games are diffulcult on veteran and the only one I've beaten was modern warfare 2 I made that game my bitch and then modern warfare me made me it's bitch

[@nicholasgalayini7063]

+Nicholas Galayini modern warfare 3 made me it's bitch

[@grantjohnson3702]

Ultra-nightmare mode from the new doom is absolutely insane.

[@mammothcollector844]

Lmao waw on veteran was definitely an experience. Every checkpoint was a godsend but you had to risk getting shot by 20 different guys and getting blown up by at least 5 grenades

[@hemlockfury4433]

Dead Space 2 Hardcore mode. You only get three saves throughout the entire game. Anywho, your voice reminds me of the Blue Raja from Mystery Men!

[@D2Synua]

+Hemlock Fury Implying that difficulty is tied to the amount of checkpoints you get.

[@hemlockfury4433]

Dtwo Synua You get three saves.

[@D2Synua]

Hemlock Fury But it's still the exact same game, it's not more difficult just because they limit your ability to create checkpoints.

[@hemlockfury4433]

Dtwo Synua Can you read? Saves are different from checkpoints. You die, you go to your last SAVE, not the last checkpoint. Checkpoints are disabled. Look it up you daft moron, I'm done arguing with you. Jesus.

[@D2Synua]

Hemlock Fury Saves = checkpoints, they serve the exact same purpose. It's not that hard to understand.

[@yourchoicelp9599]

How the hell is The Evil Within's Akumu mode not on that list? You get more enemies, more traps, more difficult enemies sooner in the game and... everything kills you in a single hit.

[@arealcoolguy5630]

+Your Choice LP Right? I was so surprised..That is the hardest gaming feat I've ever done.

[@archfeymirth]

So everyone kills you like they normally do?

[@beenhereallalong9093]

+Mistress Goat Mom yep

[@NeoLotex]

+Your Choice LP Probably because you're not limited to "die once and you go back to the 1st chapter" or "you only have x saves per playthrough" or something like that.

[@Nickthegamingnerd]

Because it's not your list...

[@flankspankrank]

WAW was the worst grenade after grenade.

[@slowjoe4209]

flankspankrank and halo gotta love the grunts and plasmas

[@warped1589]

grounded mode from the last of us remastered , just ... why !!??

[@Sordemith]

max adam Grounded mode really isn't too bad if you have a few playthroughs under your belt. If you are pretty familiar with enemy placements and solid with the sneak and run strategy, it's pretty straightforward. I can only play the game on grounded now because I feel like it gives the best experience. However, if you tried grounded on your first couple playthroughs then God help you lol

[@matthiasg8147]

Seth Newman But you have to say that it is still very hard.

[@rubee666]

that one was pretty easy, did it in 4 days i think, yes you do get raped some places, and it is different for everyone, just save the ammo, rush past most of the parts, and play it on grounded+, and not on the first go, the places i got tormented was the sewer, little ammo, stalkers running like crazy everywhere... and when you meet the pedofile the first time and you are stuck in the building, and the part where you run trough the blizzard, think i did that part 20 times... you CAN sneak trough most of the games, or rush past them, just don't get cocky with the ammo and supplies...

[@AaronBeDarin]

Currently on my first playthrough ever... On Grounded Mode. That's how I roll :) Enjoying it, too.

[@XTORD1]

i started grounded 6 months ago, hard enough, but yeah not that hard really. I am more mad about the ai spawn. And problem with arrow that suddently dissaperas, and i had alot of bugs on my grounded playtrough compared to my normal and hard playtrough... and whenever you need ammo and you manage to kill a infected or human you will most likely get ammo

[@crojonphoenix]

I won an argument on Girlfriend: long term relationship simulator 4, on married mode. It only cost me 50% of my 100% completion.

[@kayoyoh6725]

Fire Emblem Awakening on Lunatic+ Mode. That is all that needs to be said.

[@archfeymirth]

Just Fire Emblem. Just... I can't do that sort of game as a Completionist.

[@nyxato7649]

+Mistress Goat Mom How would you even complete that game? I'm guessing keep everyone alive?

[@09philj]

+Kenny Hine On classic.

[@magnuscarlsson9969]

+Kayoyo H Id agree if it werent for the lack of enemy surprises. The enemy will always act the same in most scenarios making the game more of a RNG fest(will they crit or will i dodge). Buts ure theres tons of reloading i even made some sacrifices on classic mode(yes intentionally killed them of), but were bearable.

[@original4934]

Hardest game ever made is Assassin's Creed Unity purely because it's so badly bugged it resets all your progress.

[@jreneau6441]

Better said Assassin's Creed Unity is the hardest game because it sucked so much it was hard just to play the game long enough to get through it. That game was awful

[@williamtorres4140]

I know this is old. But I did Hell and Hell, Dante Must Die and Master Ninja. Suffice to say I didn't have friends and now play every game in Normal mode.

[@Assassino275]

Mass Effect 2 Insanity was tough but pretty easy once you got the hang of it.

[@mujtabaellari2597]

Agreed, once i got some decent gear and i leveled my soldier shep a bit insanity became quite easy haha. I usually wore gear that upped my damage output and headshot damage. I the combined that with specialized ammo which i maxed to maximum damage, I upped my adrenaline rush for damage enhancement and maximum slowdown. I then either used the widower sniper rifle or the mattlock rifle and just keep on getting headshots during my adrenaline rush. I once had to check if i loaded the correct save cause i wasnt dying every 5 min XD.

[@darkfelony]

+James Serrano that last mission on earth with the banshees was not a tasty cake.

[@johnfletemeyer8706]

+Mujtaba Ellari I loved the mattlock rifle, best gun in the game!

[@Tesskr95]

+darkfelony Probably the hardest part of the game, but if you had picked up the weapon DLC (I did, just because I wanted some more interesting guns) you get access to the venom "shotgun" which can two-shot a full-health banshee on insanity using charged shots. I mean, I liked the extra guns, but I do wish they where slightly more balanced.

[@BigBossSquirtle]

I never tried Mass Effect 2 on Insanity. After dealing with Mass Effect 3 on Insanity, I never even bothered.

[@PKDeviluke25]

I beat World at War on Veteran, proudest Platinum Trophy I have.

[@staffyman11]

PKDeviluke25 do you just need to complete it on hard to get platinum?

[@PKDeviluke25]

Nope. Veteran too.

[@PKDeviluke25]

And no there are other trophies. But completing the game on Veteran is the hardest one to get.

[@PKDeviluke25]

Yep Sum of all Zeros is was called.

[@Shrek_Holmes]

PKDeviluke25 proudest platinum i have is dark souls. even though the game is hard the platinum isn't that hard. i dont really go for platinums anyway. but i did with dark souls. 300 hours well spent.

[@KiskeFriedChicken]

"I didn't ask for this" difficulty from Deus Ex Mankind Divided

[@natehead3506]

Been thinking about going back and trying that. Tag teamed Grounded mode on TLOU with my gf so I feel like I can handle anything now.

[@reaperxdxgrim738]

Mass effect 2 insane mode. Let's just say I can accurately draw my character very dead

[@RET-2-GO]

Subbed and yes Call of Duty WaW on Veteran was a nightmare and took me about a month and a half to beat out of sheer frustration at how quickly your screen goes red and how many grenades one enemy can toss at you at once. And on some levels like the "Heart of Reich" where enemies will infinitely keep spawning unless you push on forward toward a certain point. I know this might sound exaggerating but to me it literally was like stepping inside a grenade factory from hell.

[@wyyyve]

i feel like every enemy had aim hacks in that mode, like there m40s were 1906s with full auto and some ancient sorcery that possessed their bullets with the ghosts of souix from the american Indian wars.

[@MGTOWJesus1985]

Play morrowind or even oblivion on hardest difficulty. I dare you to get out of the starting area alive. Those Skeevers are overpowered.

[@MGTOWJesus1985]

***** exactly.

[@gnarly0531]

+MGTOW Jesus lol i really want to try now but think im too lazy.

[@chrispeterson4798]

Oblivion on hardest mode is not impossible just insanity....More or less the only way to do it is sneak thief/invis/agility....So you can run faster,hide whenever and crit to make up for the damage reduction.

[@squidsquid7487]

Have you tried Skyrim on legendary?

[@tnpuredestruction3404]

Dude Oblivion isn't hard on hardest difficulty, you just need to know the area and use ranged attacks at the start.

[@kingarthurpendragon134]

Man Furier mode in the game Furi is a really big jump in difficulty compared to the normal mode difficulty because all the bosses attack patterns change and become much faster and harder to block.

[@dahut95]

"As far as being as hard as a Diamond with a face tattoo" That was the best thing I've ever heard.

[@arealcoolguy5630]

I beat The Evil Within on the "AKUMU" difficulty, which is the hardest thing I've done, gaming related, ever. If you've managed to beat it as well then you are insane. Out of all my gaming achievements, beating all the cods on veteran mode, beating all the dead spaces on the hardest difficulty, beating all the metro games on the hardest difficulty, beating all the souls games, nothing comes close to beating The Evil Within on AKUMU difficulty.

[@nichtengale]

If what you say is true, you have my respect. I just thought I'd tell you.

[@beenhereallalong9093]

I can't complete it even hard

[@qwertyzxcvbn3174]

You need the life achievement of going outside

[@Anonymous2051]

Good lord man, all hail. Just thinking about doing Akumu in the Kidman dlc with the shade makes me cry.

[@devindeluca2213]

+AReal CoolGuy I did it on hard but AKUMU made it the first game I've played where I didn't beat the highest difficulty. That final couple levels must have been hell

[@Tiff2Tiff]

Brutal in the Nathan Drake Collection (especially in Uncharted 1) is impossible! Crushing is hard, but not too hard, but Brutal is impossible.

[@Dullsonic3]

To sum it up, 1-3 shots and you are ded. also, guys have armor made of the hardest metal in the world.

[@Sean-rm1mv]

I made it as far as the jeep stage in uc1 on brutal. Too much luck involved to make it worthwhile after that. Uc3 was easier but I couldn't get past the part after the ship graveyard where you're hanging off the side of the ship.

[@Sean-rm1mv]

+OtterloopB I think UC1 is the hardest though.

[@EirikXL]

I was trying to get the platinum trophy on UC1 and 2, I got it on 2, tried and tried until I gave up on UC1.

[@awesomeme9093]

+EirikXL you don't need to do brutal to get the platinum.

[@seanmurphy7845]

It's hilarious to see PoE 35 here, as my pre TTK time was spent grinding hard mode crota three times a week, and carrying people through PoE 35.

[@danteq9636]

Hello :) I played from this list Doom 2, Dmc 3,4 and CoD waw, all of them on normal difficulty and replay-ed waw on highest...which took me 2 bloody weeks wuth 2-3 hours almoust daily, and it was fun...and frags really came flying from everywhere :)) this is the first time i write you, re-watching friday's 5 th time cuz is so pleasant and enjoyable, keep it up and here's a like :)

[@matt4045]

ME2 wasn't that hard on insanity. The first game was much much harder.

[@mrcenas]

matt4045 I just comented the same thing :)

[@KanameYuuki]

matt4045 I was just about to say that, the collectors were kind of hard sometimes but it wasn't that bad.

[@marloges]

matt4045 Disagree, the first one was a joke compared to the second game imo.

[@matt4045]

Eric Paßmann Really? I think I gave up out of frustration before I even left the Citadel on ME1's 'Hard' mode, but happily completed 2 & 3 on 'insanity'.

[@marloges]

matt4045 Weird... But I guess people are different ^^

[@Camps2630]

Rob can beat anything. Anything.

[@ButterflyGhostBFG]

Except a badger with a biro.

[@mamolouis5202]

Browncoatlowe What's a biro?

[@ButterflyGhostBFG]

The ponyrider a ballpoint pen.

[@mamolouis5202]

Ok thanks!

[@matthewmurray916]

im an xbox fanboy and i still love this channel proud sub

[@GamingPiratesTwitch]

Castlevania 3, Ninja Gaiden on the NES, Battletoads, Ghost n Goblins. These games are Nightmares compared to the games you mentioned

[@MrSackboy007]

Lvl 35 is hard cause u use suros regime

[@monkeygamer0577]

+Youpvs it's sad regime

[@BrexitAshes]

Haha, true. What about necrocasm only... Hahaha

[@reidtully2123]

It's like stealing candy from a max security prison

[@ralphclink379]

Youpvs Level 35 is hard because it involves personal responsibility like Blackrock Lair from World of Warcraft. Lol

[@apguitarman0620]

Haha I was thinking the same thing

[@ASwagPecan]

Am I the only one who had no struggle with grounded and grounded plus?

[@Silverguise]

PlaystationPlayer0813 It's no trouble, but you have to really know the game and know what to expect. Patience is absolutely key, and its something a lot of people lack. If you understand that though it's not much of an issue.

[@BabyDuckOnQuack]

So true Rob!! Cod WaW was ridiculous on veteran. I completed it today. I was exhausted from dodging grenades..

[@robertloudon8270]

Started Uncharted 1 on Hard, beat it, and did the same with the next 2, shall do the same once I start the 4th . Doom was a perfect balance of challenge and fun on ultra violence. Definitely will try and do Nightmare soon possibly. I'm late to the party but great content, keep it up.

[@Theoldman27]

I personally never play a game on hard mode unless normal modes is too easy because I don't find the chllenge of dying over and over any fun. I always play on normal so that I get a decent challenge but nothing too hard and that way I can just enjoy the story more. And also level 35 in prison of elders wouldn't be as tough if you used anything besides an auto rifle.

[@AussieMarine123]

theDamon2781 Yeah i was gonna say that, you do not want to use a suros in PoE bcuz of the low RoF

[@laxxman7]

Phenton123 if you are good with Suros it is still one of the best weapons in the game.

[@Theoldman27]

laxxman7 no it sucks just like every auto rifle in the game. Seriously hop on destiny and just try to find someone in PvP or PvE using an auto rifle. Nobody uses it because they nerfed them so bad. I love auto rifles but I haven't touched one in months because they are so bad.

[@NathanMUFCfan]

laxxman7 Not even close to being true. It doesn't matter how good you are. The autos do too little damage.

[@Bashyd]

Your not a real man then

[@yoursonisold8743]

I beat all Mass Effect games on highest difficulty, but those weren't really hard compared to Ninja Gaiden or Devil May Cry. Some other honorable mentions would be the Tales Of games. Beating the EX dungeons on highest difficulty is always pure death and suffering. Had to bang my head against my controller until I finally did it.

[@YamEruDesu]

+Yourson Isold If you're good enough with Trickster you should never be hit, I spent a fair amount of time just perfecting it and I could play on any diffiiculty and not die once

[@yoursonisold8743]

YamEruDesu You are aware that the different styles didn't exist in all DMCs... right? Also consider that not everybody cares about that one exploit/style. It's the equivalent of only using low kicks in Virtua Fighter lol

[@YamEruDesu]

I'm just saying

[@yoursonisold8743]

YamEruDesu Let me rephrase it: That doesn't make the overall game easier. They are pretty damn hard games.

[@Harkz0r]

As much as I love more traditional combat systems, I also love me some Tales when I'm feeling the need for a bigger manual skill component. Gameplay-wise, my favourite thus far is probably Graces. I like how every character is enjoyable and relatively balanced (to a degree, Malik is a bit awkward, and Hubert is effortless combos) and while perfect dodges and Eleth Burst can be easily abused once you get the timing down, some of the bosses turn it into a 3D danmaku I swear to god. I wish other games incentivised, rather than punished, playing on higher difficulties. The increased SP and drops were what motivated me to learn to play on higher settings.

[@OnimaruAnji]

Master Ninja on ALL Ninja Gaiden Titles... My favorite series, and the third one is still *RELATIVELY* easy by comparison to the first two, and their remakes. :P But I can't get past the first few rooms in Devil May Cry ANYTHING, but my buddy got the hardest on those, we like watching each other play, but can't understand how either of us beats our respective games.

[@BluSpykz]

I platted Metal Gear 2. Boooy that was the end of my trophy hunting days for over a year. Hardest game ever? Getting a job with you guys. No, seriously.

[@sonygod5418]

top 7 reason why Playstation Access rocks 1. They are nerds 2. Great Humor 3. They are playstation players 4. Tons of great content 5. Thier top videos rocks 6. They look sophisticated 7. it is playstation

[@Pineapple_Lord]

Sony God What happened to 6 & 7?

[@dropbearzz]

Sony God LOL fanboy

[@assistantmagus5213]

3, 5, 7 should be taken off that list due to bias.

[@HalfBloodBrony]

i have no idea what your talking about on mass effect 2s diffculty, i literaly have to play it on instanity just to get any ammount of fight back on the combat, the game was just far too easy for me

[@ClassicTophatGaming]

+michael onorato have a gold star.

[@MrAnfax]

+ClassicTophatGaming he's right though. It is quite easy on insanity if you understand the game mech. and picking the right squad for every mission

[@dedale2610]

+René Christensen The first collector base is quite brutal on that difficulty.

[@HalfBloodBrony]

Marc R i never found it very difficult, is it for you?

[@kingofkings7337]

michael onorato First time I did it I used a vanguard and took so long to beat the praetorian, didn't know getting close made it automatically recharge it's shields. Second time with an engineer was much easier, drones are so overpowered.

[@darkknight9803]

Rob, you're quite literally all I look forward to on Fridays...

[@darkknight9803]

Well, you and Deslin Rodent. :)

[@Morningstar_95]

that sums up Skolas pretty well. I remember before taken king dropped my buddy and I led at least half of the 60 person clan through lvl 35 to get the year 1 rewards. in about 3 weeks. s/o to my boy H111Power.

[@Beery1962]

"Easy mode babies". Yeah, we're "babies" because we enjoy the storyline much more than we like to reload the same brainless fight over and over again until we manage to pump 12,000 shots into some NPCs who seem to be equipped with 12 tons of depleted uranium armor. I don't even see how it's fun to spend half an hour defeating an enemy - I mean, at some point it gets boring.

[@salmonbelmont7758]

Ian Cooper At most, I pick the normally difficult games to play on easy (such as horror games and the like) but I always play on normal difficulty on any game really (except metal gear rising. Play through on hard, trust me)

[@Al0neStillAlive]

+Ian Cooper Why don't you act more defensive and insecure there buddy.

[@Mina_Angel]

+Ian Cooper hehe sometimes easy mode gifts you with things that can make insane easier i.e Re5 beat the game under so many hours or just beat every mission with low times and be reward with a RPG with Inf. Ammo, plus all the Guns you upgraded to max like I unno the Desert Eagle and Sniper Rifles makes the game so much more fun. not saying Re5 on the hardest difficulty still isn't hard with Inf. Ammo weapons, cause i'd be lying

[@Al0neStillAlive]

***** My friend and I died like 60 times on the Jill fight, many of those were us accidentally killing her. If she knocks you down with a kick you die before you can revive the other player usually and it takes forever to get that thing off her chest.

[@Mina_Angel]

Yotsuba oh I remember raging at those, I think i had a shot at the gizmo with my Fully upgraded DE and she moved and I popped her instead with instant game over. Pure Rage!, cause the quick time events can be a real pain specially on the highest difficulty

[@mrcenas]

insanity in mass effect 2 wasnt that hard, you just have to be patient...

[@veryangrystorks]

Subscribed! I've been watching your videos for a while. The last PS game I played was FF-X. I miss like hell having time to game like I used to. I'm glad there are other people out there who are shameless about using FAQs, easy modes, level-grinding, and cheats. Since, you know, games are made not only to be beaten ("finished"), but enjoyed. Hell, I love a challenge, but I also love EXP obesity. For difficult games, I'm sad that you can't sneak in an N64 game -- Turok 2: Seeds of Evil. That game nearly had me dragged to a goddamned mental hospital. Remedied when FF-IX came out and I could enjoy ratcheting up Thievery to do 9,999 damage way too early. :0)

[@playhard719]

happy to see mass effect there, that's the game series i finish all 1,2,3 in all difficulty... thats how i love those games... they are awesome....

[@RensReckluse]

beaten ninja gaiden black on xbox on master ninja and beaten ninja gaiden 2 on master ninja, Shockingly enough didnt give me ninja powers >.>

[@original4934]

I mainly play games on normal for my first playthrough and occasionally go back and play on harder difficulties if the game seemed too easy. But easy mode nah, no one can be that bad at games to have to play that right???

[@coltonmoore9130]

Daniel Phillips same, I always play games on normal for my first play through.

[@lenxbot777z5]

exept fighting games that piss me off..easy mode atleast to figure out the moves well

[@eddieescobedo9975]

Daniel Phillips mostly kids

[@tka060681]

Daniel Phillips me too, I always play default normal only.

[@jaicoas]

The last of us. Easy mode 😁

[@bgb9822]

I beat Doom on Nightmare back in the day. I tried the expansion on Nightmare. I got halfway through. After running around the level I made it up to, looking for ammo and an exit I finally gave up. I did beat mass effect on insanity. I recently did a play through on insanity for nostalgia. Not that hard. Although the handful of double banshee fights were tough. In ME generally you plan your team around taking out shields and plot out multiple cover spots to run between to deal with grenades and enemy rushes. Love your vids. Keep up the good work!

[@hunterk679]

Blowtorch and Corkscrew at the beginning on veteran. Less kill everyone in front of you, more run through and pray you make it to the first checkpoint. One of the happiest days in gaming when I beat the game on veteran.

[@aidanmacnaull3020]

oh my god. Fire emblem awakening lunatic mode without dlc. I don't even care if it's not PS. I still have nightmares 😶

[@rg03500]

how about Conquest on Lunatic? Good God

[@JRaney]

Lunatic difficulty on classic mode.... It broke my heart watching everyone die around me....

[@golfer435]

Hows about any Fire Emblem game on the hardest difficulty? Or better yet, Thracia 776.

[@soyo4647]

These games should be ported to PS so that more people can enjoy them. I gave up on my Awakening lunatic classic run because every battle was giving me headaches. This was after beating it on hard classic without using Frederick and no grinding (no skirmishes).

[@user-xw1yh2py4j]

+rg03500 Well Fates you can exploit via the castle system, but Awakening, that is not all that much of an option.

[@Lulu-ex7fc]

Still say God Mode in Vanquish.

[@rafaellameira2207]

Great game by the way. I can't platim.

[@tisaghchase]

I absolutely love this list!

[@ryanball8944]

I finished the ME trilogy on Insanity. That's my only claim from this video

[@GamingPiratesTwitch]

I’ve beaten Castlevania 3, the Dark Souls of the 80’s.

[@King_Firebrand]

@zach w But 3 had the clock tower with medusa heads and a boss with 3 phases...

[@DinDjarr1]

So much respect. I'm playing it now and I'm still stuck on the last stage before Dracula.

[@Linkrule90]

I completet ME 2 & 3 on Insanity. :D Hard but worth it.

[@timcox9339]

i beat COD World at War on veteran, the last few levels took a few hours each, but was so proud of finally getting the platinum!

[@SGOrion86]

Was able to beat CoD on veteran, but you’re so right about those damn grenades. I was yelling the exact same thing probably 50 times

[@PatrickHolensaber]

EXCUSE YOU?!?!?!??! I DID NOT HEAR ANYONE SAYING ANYTHING ABOUT PAYDAY 2'S "DEATHWISH" DIFFICULTY

[@Tenma2411]

+Patrick Holensaber Payday 1 is a lot harder. i did deathwish PD2. yes its hard but hard mode on Payday1 is harder imo than deathwish in PD2.

[@ExtremeRapidity]

+Patrick Holensaber Casual, payday one diamond heist overkill stealth, you should try that

[@acheron16]

+XNacariusX Agreed. In Payday 1 even in normal you get bulldozers. In hard it's like 3 or 4 dozers PER WAVE

[@logansaunders-young9202]

+Patrick Holensaber agreed

[@guyinapandasuit2691]

You want a hard mode? try beating Resident evil 4 only using a knife.

[@venrexx]

+Cody Vaughn I beat Resident Evil Nemesis with only using a knife. Try it, it's harder than it sounds when you factor in that you have an invincible enemy following you everywhere that hits like a truck.

[@guyinapandasuit2691]

venrexx that would be awesome! I haven't done that one. Just 4 on the GameCube. That was intense. Thanks for the suggestion!

[@Sauceguy241]

Krauser would be a breeze cx

[@ZayIvory7]

+Cody Vaughn That's a ridiculously easy challenge. Run forward for a half a second and the enemy will always prematurely attack, then run up to them slash their face, which makes him susceptible to a melee attack then proceed to knife while on the ground. RE4 was the first RE game I was able to knife only in because it was so easy compared to the others.

[@TheKasikaasu]

+Cody Vaughn @Bear bros had a good question.. How the hell did you kill Salazar using knife only? :DD

[@leed5078]

I don't have a ps just the xbox one...but I do love the games and commentary 👍keep up the good work. Keeps me smiling on the way to work (have subscribed)

[@TrollFaceTheMan]

Ahh yes I remember Veteran mode in World at War... 2 shots your dead, takes a half dozen to kill enemies and every time you duck behind cover you would be hit with a literal rain of grenades (Saying 10+ at once isn't an exaggeration...) Made worse by your terrible team's AI... 4 Marines standing in a building firing through Windows/Doors, you are cowering in the other end of building behind cover trying to regain health. Enemy strolls past your AI comrades, runs 30Ft back through the building they're in without opposition and Auto-Aim shoots you twice in the face forcing you back to a check point from 10 min ago... Only game I ever quite because it was so infuriating to play on hard... Not the challenge but just how terrible the AI is and how ridiculously spaced out checkpoints could be... Also I forgot enemies can see you through walls too which also very... very... annoying...

[@Wulven-Hollow]

I'm surprised that the Souls/Bloodborne series New Game+ wasn't included

[@TheLazarusOperation]

Probably because they dont have a difficulty choice.

[@1Aldreth]

+Wolfly Loyals new game+ is much easier then the first run, because you keep your equipment. it gets harder at new game +2/3

[@ProgMisha]

+1Aldreth Try Dark Souls NG+7 permagravelorded agression mod... nothing will ever seem hard again... I hope...

[@Mendosa666]

+Wolfly Loyals Eh to be honest I found the Souls series to be a little easier than some of the other games on this list. The difficulty in those games stems from the player having to experiment with things to find out what works and what doesn't. Other than that there really isn't too much in terms of difficulty

[@Wulven-Hollow]

+Mendosa666 I do understand where you're coming from with that but at the same time the difficulty of Dark Souls is more oriented at the fact that it punishes you if you make a mistake there is very little room for error if you mess up then that usually means you're going to have to respawn and try again

[@nathanbardaji5532]

Maximum NG+ on any souls game or bloodborne :p

[@alfie9879]

nathan bardaji Without leveling up and and lighting any bonfire/lantons if you're realy extreme.

[@Krontok]

nathan bardaji If anything that's when its easiest.

[@AlexxxPwnzN00bz]

Ng+ is easier if you're leveled properly(80-100). Now playing through ng+ as a waste of skin and no leveling up is a different story.

[@sixzero7445]

Alex Solis he mean NG+10 :v

[@sixzero7445]

NG++++++++++

[@brianlocke6973]

there needs to be a part 2 on this topic

[@lfrohling]

I've missed your videos Rob so I'm looking back over your earlier ones. Could you put ALL of your videos in your folder please? There's a ton of Friday features that aren't there. Also I loved Dave and his marking!

[@marcusshelton7441]

Eh, Skolas is easy compared to going flawless in trials. Think about it In Skolas you are going against an A.I. that has a planned route (sorta) and with everything that has a plan there is a way to counter it However, In ToO, you are going against other players, which you know nothing about. And most of them have beat Skolas, which means you're going against 3 people who are better than Skolas for potentially 9 games. Each of which have at least 5 rounds. And I've beat Skolas twice but have only gone flawless once :P

[@CaptAUGseome]

Marcus shelton Beat skolas 4 or 5 times and gone flawless 6 times. Git Gud ScrUb LoRd!!!!!!!!1111!!!11

[@jomejica8894]

Yeah I agree, ive beaten skolas 10+ times and gone flawless twice

[@vozzcola]

CaptAUGsome getting flawless is harder then skolas anyway. thats a fact. 6 times? You got my respect, but you have to be quiet lucky with the matchmaking ;)

[@vozzcola]

CaptAUGsome Your destiny videos are nice. probs

[@CaptAUGseome]

vozzcola I have some friends I do it with and we are all pretty good. Thank you for the compliment though.

[@Granas1988]

Deus Ex: Its even CALLED DEUS EX... 1 shoot dead or 1 % Life IF you are lucky

[@joelbecker5389]

Ugh.... the grenades in World at War on Veteran.... but you feel so accomplished when you finally beat it.

[@Ivotas]

Hello, you cought me rewatching old Friday Features because the Christmas Let's Play is over and I need my daily fix of PSA silliness.

[@Impulsekicks]

I've completed every game mode on DMC4

[@GoLwigi]

Bioshock infinite 1999 mode. Have fun getting rekt by handymen with 9 zillion HP and that stupid ghost boss near the end! I like to finish games on the hardest difficulty (finished uncharted 3 on crushing) but I just gave up on that as soon as I got on the zeppelin. So close, yet so far...

[@Leanderbro]

+Gert Meyers It took me 3 days and 15 guides, but i beat that final zeppelin stage god damn it!

[@SamuXZamorionVII]

yes. although I did beat in about 4 days

[@griffinkepfer4161]

Sounds much like Dark Souls 2 Ancient Dragon boss fight. The damage that came from his overhead attack wiped nearly any player and sometimes hit twice, guaranteeing death. Unlike the rest of the series, summons were a hindrance, and only succeeded in increasing the boss's attack and overall health. The one time I looked for a guide in the Dark Souls Franchise. My mom would sit down, being a WoW player, and watch my countless attempts on that boss whilst attempting to support and assist in my crusade. I commend those who successfully first timed that boss.

[@GoLwigi]

Yeah, it's one of those bosses you absolutely have to cheese. If you just book it to his back right/left leg immediately and poke him between his toes until he does the stomp. Then run to the other back leg. He will almost never fly up, only possibly do his fire breath under his body. Been getting pretty consistent with that strat, but it's absolutely not something you should have to do to kill a boss :/

[@davidavila179]

Is this for real? I wasn't really into shooters until I played Destiny, and I completed 1999 with relative ease

[@AdamStirner]

Assassin's creed origins on nightmare!! The arena, the elephants... I'm having battletoads flashbacks, mate.

[@ErosMorelli]

Sergio Silva Azúa 😂

[@jamesbell2902]

CoD World at War was a true test of my love for gaming. There were times during the level Blowtorch & Corkscrew that I regretted ever opening that Xmas present from mom containing my first Atari all those years ago. Had I not opened that gift, I may not have ever decided to get into gaming, never played CoD, never broke a controller & more than likely knocked 10yrs off my life due to the stress endured during that campaign. In the end tho I did finish it! And tho I've played many hard games since, I've yet to find one that has destroyed me mentally like WaW.

[@tehchikon]

Try RAGE on nightmare it should basically be called crouch/pop rocket/bandage

[@theprofessionalyoutubecomm8338]

Bet the guys over at Xbox access don't have any cool episodes like this

[@TheApacheKing]

Does that even exist? Lol

[@mcdergan]

***** It does not.

[@Elemental-Phoenix]

The Professional KZbin commenter I like em both.

[@synisterv7703]

I remember arguing with an Xtwat saying the folks at OutsideXbox are funnier and more charismatic than Playstation Access .......I watch both and can tell you that I always laugh at the Playstation Access folks especiall when Nate does Brian Cox.....

[@adigurung6001]

They do and they hit 1 million subs bitch

[@kingofichigo]

Just finished ME2 on insanity a while back. Playing as a sentinel with the tech armor on at all times really helps. Infiltrator works well too. Vanguard, you have to know what you're doing, but going for high barriers and low cooldown on charge goes a long way.

[@Jessemar08]

I definitley remember veteran on the original modern warfare, and that last mile high club level, that was probably the hardest thing ive beaten

[@IosLocarth]

Uncharted on Crushing is insane. Uncharted on Crushing while going into the game blind is beyond words

[@EirikXL]

there's Brutal after that

[@IosLocarth]

EirikXL haven't done brutal and I'm never doing brutal. Co-optly playing 3 and 4 (mostly 4) on Crushing was to much

[@Linkazedu91]

I'm sorry to tell you this but..... 4 on crushing is almost easy when compared to the first one, or the grreatest Naughty Dog challenge of all, The Last of Us Grounded Mode without the aim reticle.

[@IosLocarth]

Linkaze I haven't played 1 on crushing

[@anonymmc2764]

I played UC2 blind on crushing... Wasn't that bad, but Brutal... Bah.

[@MegaLoquendo2000]

What about Spec Ops The Line's FUBAR?

[@BubtheBubble]

MegaLoquendo2000 fucked up beyond all recognition

[@reymondiscool]

I played the game on xbox and pc and on I'm missing only that achievement on both of them. I gave up trying to get it

[@demonshade500025]

It's not that I don't like challenge but it's gotta be that right flavor of challenging. Not to mention my reward for it.

[@MrSoKoLoVPS3]

Call Of Duty World At War Veteran, as a trophyhunter with some platinums (74 right now), this was one of the hardest difficulties I have done to date. No wonder since Veteran is simple "Grenades for everyone, every second!", you can avoid bullets but grenades is another thing trust me. So Rob I understand what you went trough, I had the same nightmare but got there in the end and the relief was enormous.

[@ericnick4498]

MrSoKoLoVPS3 What's your PSN?