The 15 Hardest MODERN Games (That I've Played!)

Hey everyone, I looked at hardest games of all time before but today we are looking at the hardest games of the last 10 years!
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00:00 Intro
02:16 Number 15-1

[@eppy5630]

Sekiro is so special because you can become a bad ass once it clicks for you and it kinda becomes easy then but you never forget where you started.

[@Sargatas]

To be honest it is not even that hard to start with. It has the most forgiving parries I've ever seen in games.

[@pandora7242]

​@@Sargatasidk man I played every souls game and I can say Sekiro is easily hardest soul game ever

[@Sargatas]

@@pandora7242 I play parry-oriented games (or with core mechanic of "perfect dodge+counterattack") for the half of my life, so maybe it's just overall experience, but this game was one of the easiest from this category. And I don't even used arm tools properly. Intentionally every boss has to be easily cheesed to oblivion but I wanted to fight at least 30 minutes on average because I liked the bossfights.

[@ZOMBEedits0]

@@Sargatasstop yapping bro it’s hard generally maybe you’re too good

[@Sargatas]

@@ZOMBEedits0 I don't know what's hard in memorizing movesets tbh. 20 minutes - and you know every move already. And during fast combos you don't even need this, because parry spam solves all problems. The only difference from souls games is that you can't bruteforce bosses with spamming charged heavies or being overleveled and that's it. But any person can beat most of bosses in 10 tries if he just analyze his actions and boss' moves. Every man I saw spending 5 hours on a boss in any of these games just don't want to learn anything and making the same mistakes over and over.

[@ZachZone]

What’s the point of adding chapters if you’re just gonna make it “15-1” 💀

[@Spegando]

Lol

[@Rafamrkz]

Just to skip the intro I gues

[@macacopedreiro214]

Skippung the intro

[@yearoldsinger]

Skipping intro

[@Jago-pl7op]

I find it funny how Sekiro, Sifu, Elden Ring, Dark Souls, and Bloodborne are some of the hardest games I ever played, yet they are the only games I completed 100 percent.

[@patrickswamps]

The difficulty truly helps you emerge you into the experience, you reach a point where you can't get enough of it. That's what happened for me with Cuphead, got all S ranks including DLC and all P ranks, and I'd do it all again, in fact I have

[@wadahelboiwadahelboi9408]

I really want to get into the soulsborne games, I see comments like these but I just don't seem to enjoy it. I bought elden ring, tried 3 starters, defeated godrick as a mage and just stopped, bought dark souls 3 and just stopped early in the game. I don't rage quit I just, stop? I guess. But like 100%ing the soulsborne games to many fans, my favourite difficult game is blasphemous. played the shit out of that

[@Jago-pl7op]

@wadahelboiwadahelboi9408 Oh hell yeah! Blasphemous is awesome

[@royalrandomness777]

Try Tony Hawk 1+2 remake bro

[@Hyzoe.]

Did you reaaaally complete sekiro? All the gauntlets?

[@Biningonzamaldagoo]

My brother, Chaosroy, is a Cuphead speedrunner. He does runs of the base game (no DLC) and is currently in 23rd place. Watching him play and flawlessly destroy all the bosses and running stages is a sight to behold.

[@TotallyTubularJonathan]

makes my 12 hour playthrough look like a joke.....

[@Biningonzamaldagoo]

@TotallyTubularJonathan I've never been able to spend enough time with the game to beat it. He loves it though. He's working on adding the DLC to his run, but the DLC final boss is the hardest one of them all

[@panthekirb7561]

@@TotallyTubularJonathan The first playthrough taking 12 hours is nothing to be ashamed about. Bet a second run would take much less time (besides the dragon, the dragon STILL gives me trouble sometimes and I have mastered most of the game)

[@Dain12354]

I would recommend Celeste and hollow knight, as they are both challenging yet incredible indie games.

[@mohammedmamdouh2752]

I fully agreed with that

[@drinkswatere]

I didn’t think hollow knight was that hard till I made it to one specific platforming section. You had to use some dash type move to a wall and jump over the wall through a little slit not touching the ceiling or the top of the wall because there was something that would damage/kill you and you had to do it multiple times. I just game up after hours. I feel like I was pretty close to beating the game but just gave up.

[@akillersquirrel]

bricked up watching this rn

[@frankensteinwalkthroughs233]

What did you get from commenting this?

[@birinderwarraich1179]

Blud this is not Instagram.

[@akillersquirrel]

@@frankensteinwalkthroughs233 pure satisfaction

[@Megidolaon999]

@@frankensteinwalkthroughs233you ain’t gonna end his edging streak little bro

[@youngmerc7717]

Bro same, about to try 100% the ones I haven’t done from this list

[@jayesun3420]

I love this video, and my favourite part was when you mentioned how Amazing the music of Hotline Miami is, one of my favorite soundtracks of all time bro. Nicely done.

[@lukegee4526]

Hey just wanted to say I’ve been really enjoying your videos! Keep it up :)

[@Artydagr8]

I don’t remember if I played this game on ps3 or 4 but I remember trying it after my brother kept saying “even you couldn’t beat it” after I had just beaten most of the dark souls games at the time. It’s called Titan souls. Basically you play as some kid with only 1 weapon, a bow and arrow. But you can shoot this one arrow and it has the ability to come back to you. It’s a game where you get hit once, and you die but then most the bosses (it’s all bosses) have a weak spot you need to hit with said arrow to win. What he said fueled tf outta me and I beat that game but damn it was tough! I definitely recommend it though. The game was super rewarding

[@coopstain1728]

WANT TO MAKE RETURNAL EASY? FIRST SWITCH THE DODGE BUTTON TO R3 AND THE MELEE TO CIRCLE. SECOND, NEVER STOP MOVING, EVER. THIRD, IN THE BOSS FIGHTS, JUST MOVE BACK AND FORTH...GO ALL THE WAY TO THE LEFT, THEN ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT. REPEAT.

[@user-by3jz8sp1f]

And in Nioh you just need the talisman that slows the bosses

[@justinpaglia616]

I’ll have to try that boss tactic out. I had no issues with Nemesis, but after that I lost to the boss that’s playing the piano.

[@issi529]

Dodge button to R3 is not a good choice. Circle is way more easier to press. The Melee button is good enough. Your tips bro doesn't make any sense. Only the fact that you have to keep moving a lot.

[@ArjunB5]

@@issi529it’s a great way to speed up getting stick drift

[@issi529]

@@ArjunB5 Yeah but that depends on each player bro. If you constantly press R3 its pretty hard.

[@saargurevich3760]

Great video bro! You deserve more Subs Good luck 😊

[@waxmandr]

You research, write and present very well. Props.

[@seshithegamer743]

I cant wait to see you play Lies of P and see it is the most difficult modern game you'll ever play

[@NormallyNige]

i played a lot of hard games and although lies of p is one of the greatest games ever made its not close to being one of the hardest

[@3ericw]

Post patch definitely not. Release version was very hard even as a souls vet

[@issi529]

Its hard but not that hard. Sekiro, Returnal and Elden Ring are much harder.

[@kenethernandez6246]

After the nerf it's not that hard tbh. Not easy but not too difficult. I think 10% of players have the platinum for the game which is 1 in every 10 persons. Pretty high number tbh.

[@dylankurtz8423]

Returnal is the most difficult

[@fedenadur]

I'm sure you would love Sifu, it has a sick combat system, it's replayable and arena mode is an excellent addition if you want more challenges.

[@Nicholasmcmath-cr1xl]

Same the combat is dope

[@kenethernandez6246]

Yeah sifu is pretty good

[@fulanitx]

This is a nice list. I have honestly quit several games due to it's difficulty. I know I can learn and get better but my main issue is time. I'd rather play 10 average difficulty games than struggle with 1 for months. I'm glad these games.exist for people who like the challenge, but for me, I prefer to enjoy and relax while playing, rather than getting frustrated and upset.

[@MetalCooler_1000]

Your in my top 10 youtubers of all time

[@monsieurbubbles938]

Spelunky 2 and Pathologic 2 are pretty soul crushing, in a good way

[@baseballgenius3]

Yesssss Spelunky 2 is amazing. Base ending is hard, 7-99 ending is insane

[@JustinAutry]

You should try Lies of P

[@BieberHole69__]

This is honestly the hardest game I’ve ever finished. I had a much easier time with sekiro, ER, BB, etc. I picked the cowards ending just because I couldn’t handle another boss fight that may take me 8 hours to complete

[@BieberHole69__]

And the difficulty spikes. It is perfectly balanced except for *those* boss fights. The endgame bosses were just relentless, but the first half has some of my favorite bosses of any game ever. Well worth it in the end

[@ErikSWE]

The difficulty of Ghostrunner kind of depends on your approach to the game. Enemies don't move between attempts and their attacks are always the same so it's more similar to pattern-based puzzle games than difficult first person action games. Often they even start each part (save point to save point) with a platform where you get an overview to analyze the pattern and once in that mindset the difficulty really disappears.

[@martinwoodrome6588]

You said you've played 2k games. Do you have a spreadsheet or use an app to keep track?

[@unapcgamer9042]

Nah, i just remember the good ones

[@destinyserrano2409]

@@unapcgamer9042 whaaaaaaaaaat? You don't write everything you've ever done down?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? lol

[@themastersword1621]

Completing a run for the first time in Hades was indeed incredibly satisfying.

[@deanlowdon8381]

Yeah, it took me about 25-30 attempts, but once I’d done it once I could do it pretty much every time.

[@LukePier1]

i beat it on my phone it’s so easy

[@madspunky]

Rain World and Cruelty Squad, awwwyeah!

[@olikus126]

Great list! Lots of hard games. I guess you havent played Hollow Knight. Definitely one of the hardest modern games out there. I used not hours but evenings on beating some of the bosses. And when you finally beat them, an even harder one emerges.

[@turbografx.16]

i dont think its a hard game, the side challenges are really hard (PoP, radiance, etc) but the base game is pretty fair imo

[@roeeas]

I couldn't agree more with the first two games on the list

[@tmbocelot]

Armored core 6 is difficult. That’s why as soon as I discovered dual shoulder grenade launchers and dual machine guns I never looked back lol

[@JMacNBA]

definitely try out Spelunky 2 if you haven't might be the hardest one I've played. Just finished all trophies + the true 7-99 ending and had almost 400 hours on the game

[@abhijeetchandra4657]

I played Nioh as my first souls like game and wow that was hard but once it clicks such a enjoyable game 🙌🏼

[@jacopovilla2028]

When i got crash 4 platinum I almost cried of joy

[@tobiaseriksson475]

Never got the timing right for parrying so i def agree about no 1. I had to give up 😂. Someday maybe...

[@Rambo_the_goat]

You did beat inner owl , inner ishin and inner genichiro ? They are in the gauntlet chalenges after beating the game , when you do the chalenges, there is in the final a inner version of a boss that you did beat , that inner version is way harder with a diff mouvment and skills + more RNG. So you have to try tbh

[@dashdoom8452]

You should play Ultrakill and try and do the p rank missions they are insanely difficult and the game in general is just amazing

[@natef1212]

underrated pick but has anyone played ni no kuni? Oh my fucking god, even on easy mode some of those battles were harder than any dark souls boss

[@VegaIllusion]

Yep. Tbh I remember feeling as if the game was unresponsive (I felt as if my summons were either not attacking or doing dmg even when higher in level).

[@brotbrotsen1100]

That's mostly because your teammates are stupid and everything is a glass canon.

[@TotallyTubularJonathan]

always wanted to try it! Didnt know it had some hard moments!

[@natef1212]

@@VegaIllusion For me, it was that i was low health and didnt have any more magic for the healing spell. And the magic regenerates so slowly. so basically you have to run around for 3-5 minutes straight avoiding the enemy attacks or you die if you get hit ONCE. and after 3-5 minutes you have enough magic to cast a healing spell. Repeat for another half hour until youre full health and then you wait until you have enough magic for an attacking spell

[@VegaIllusion]

@@natef1212 I actually vaguely remember doing stuff like that. I played Ni No Kuni 1 and 2 back to back, so I kinda washed away all the bad stuff by playing the second one (which has hack and slash action RPG combat instead). But yeah, it got annoying. Very good concept and game overall but it really needed slightly better gameplay.

[@tracemacmillan9718]

One of the hardest games I’ve beat is code vein. It’s a rather great soulslike with insanely aggressive bosses and relentless enemy placement. It feels like it should be co-op, and for the most part the game gives you a follower character that you can choose whether or not to keep at your side. But I recently did a no follower run and the game took me 3 months to beat, the second 2 of which being the post game content and dlcs

[@maximilianovivallos]

I've played most of those games so far..and I can say I agree With you 100% they are quite haaaaard...the Good thing is that make you a better player. After playing them the average games are PRETTY easy to master

[@Sargatas]

Ghostrunner 2 is the perfect sequel. It takes the best parts of the first game and multiplies them. And it's easier then first one due to more tools given to the protagonist. Though for me the hard part of both games started with hardmode. Base game is relatively easy, but hardmode changes levels so significantly that it sometimes becomes a pain in the ass. I have one particular level in each game with 200+ deaths on it and 90% of them were on one particular section. But it's fun😁

[@idakev]

Did you play the Project_Hel DLC for Ghostrunner 1? It's so good

[@Sargatas]

@@idakev I didn't but I know it is good.

[@Andre-vr1ul]

Should try out Enter the Guneon. Beating the Lich and getting the true ending is probably one of the hardest things Ive done in games and I've played a lot of hard games.

[@Jk-sw9lj]

It's always funny to see how player struggle in different game. I found returnal really easy died only 8 times to finish my first run, but next to this i could not beat the spider in Demon's soul

[@higuys8790]

I would recommend the new donkey Kong tropical freeze, looks simple but is super challenging

[@elcucuy640]

I remember when I first got 200% in cuphead, what an achievement, and then the dlc dropped and it was now the road to 300

[@Gabu115]

I love your content tubalar Jonathan! Watch like all the videos. I do wish you wouldn’t put all the picks in the thumbnail, kinda spoils the video for me and makes me click off sometimes cause I know what’s gonna be on the list. Maybe if it just had like 3-4 of the options it could keep the mystery better, just a suggestion, love your content brother will stay tuned

[@madalindragan9569]

I second this! I know this is kind of your thing but in the long run you will win more by keeping the mystery. Listen to us!

[@whiskeybuddha1995]

The brainsuckers from Bloodborne made me almost throw the controller a few times when they’d stun lock me, then stun lock me again as soon as I got up. I yelled at the screen all the fuckin time

[@rudstar64]

I won’t lie, Ultrakill with its prime sanctums gets pretty hard 💀

[@baseballgenius3]

Obviously haven’t played Spelunky 2. One of the best and hardest games ever made. The 7-99 challenge in this game is absolutely one of the most challenging “true endings” any game has ever had, and even the basic ending is really hard. Incredible game

[@goldenguy7470]

Getting everything, not beaten but completed in Crash 4 made me have almost no soul

[@Urlastnerve]

Armor core 6 is ridiculously hard. Especially since they nerfed pretty much every good weapon. I can’t beat the fight against Snaill in one of the final missions of the first play through. It’s the only souls game that I haven’t been able to beat yet. I just can’t find a build that can beat him. He’s too damn fast and that damn beam attack with the static lightning is crazy

[@LoveStorm]

the other games i can agree but dmc V is actually super chill

[@neonzada]

It is actually so easy that the community considers the normal difficulty to be the easy one But once you get into the higher difficulties it is kinda hard

[@cyrnoz1803]

Yeah I didn't really get what dmc V was doing here

[@TurkishQuandaledingle.]

Fighting Issac frost in fight night champion gotta be the hardest thing I have ever done even on the lowest diff

[@A7darkpanther7]

Lubu is tough, but did you play nioh 1 dlcs?

[@ratdoggaming8700]

Those are the most difficult bosses I’ve ever faced

[@trashnite4844]

You need to try hollow knight , pretty challenging game but it’s one of the most beautiful

[@istriver.]

Can you talk about Dbz video games, if you did play any?

[@HoChiMinhSD77]

Sekiro almost broke me, kept trying to dodge like in Bloodborne, but I came back and it finally clicked and I love it. Still my favorite FromSoft game just over Bloodborne and Elden Ring.

[@FelixS.]

You should try Lies of P next, imagine Sekiro times three in terms of difficulty.

[@deanlowdon8381]

@@FelixS.That sounds horrible! 😂

[@FelixS.]

@@deanlowdon8381 In parts it is 😂 it is really really brutal but it is a phenomenal game.

[@deanlowdon8381]

@@FelixS. Sekiro was already pushing the difficulty close to the edge for me, not sure I could handle anything tougher! 🙂

[@FelixS.]

@@deanlowdon8381 Personally i found Bloodborne way harder than Sekiro but I have never being so close to quitting a game due to difficulty than with Lies of P. At least without summoning that is, the bosses 1:1 are the hardest I have ever done especially pre patch. And I have beaten every souls game, Elden Ring, Bloodborne, senior, Jedi fallen order on highest difficulty, cuphead, Celeste etc.

[@slappzaza]

Despite how hard sekiro is, my experience playing the game was a lot different to most, because it took me about 10 hours of gameplay to beat the first boss, and I thought the game was impossible, but after I beat genichiro, who I did as my second boss, everything else in the game was basically a breeze. Most bosses after that took me 1 or 2 tries, with the biggest exception being the demon of hatred which took me around 1 hour 20 minutes. I've now done mortal journey (every boss in the game in a row) without getting hit so I think I'm decent at the combat but the game never really felt that challenging to me after I figured out what I was doing.

[@RobinsMusic]

U need to try monster hunter world the fatalis fight is pretty crazy, and some others like alatreon

[@atquinn1975]

Good list. But I actually thought AC6 was easy once you figure out the right build. I platinumed it and the 2nd and 3rd playthroughs were easy boss-wise once I realized I could throw on the gatlings and use Dark Souls tactics (ie. get right up on the boss's ass and stay there).

[@DarthSnugglePuss]

I couldn’t even beat the first boss. No builds available. And I’m a veteran souls player.

[@rarelyaccepted]

Blood borne kills me😵‍💫

[@TylerEdlin84]

Yeah I never thought blood borne was fun. Felt like I spent my entire playthrough grinding for the health vials.die, grind for vials, repeat.

[@benzohhhhh]

…..

[@Frozenstone72]

Please play Lies of P It was harder than ANY Fromsoft game for me, and it is my #1 hardest game I’ve played. It’s honestly one of the best games I ever played and I can’t recommend it enough

[@NicodemusMountainMan]

My biggest accomplish as a gamer is 100%ing Cuphead in the first week it was out!

[@josephwarhurst3133]

No lies of p on there I couldn’t even get past the first boss.

[@lemming9984]

me neither. I tried the free demo, gave up after four tries at the boss. NO desire to try again!!

[@josephwarhurst3133]

@@lemming9984 four tries ain’t shit I spent like 3 hours on that guy man I couldn’t get past his second faze to save my life

[@lemming9984]

@@josephwarhurst3133 LOL! Yeah, I just don't have any patience, I have to admit defeat....

[@aimanimran3010]

​@@josephwarhurst3133 some people don't like wasting time on a boss like you lol they have better things to do

[@FelixS.]

Decent list. I would definitely add Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze, Celeste, Doom Eternal and esepcially Lies of P to the list. Seriously, Lies of P makes every game of this list feel like a cakewalk it is like Sekiro on steroids in terms of difficulty.

[@dylankurtz8423]

I somehow beat Lies of P but couldn't beat a single Souls Game even after playing all of them

[@FelixS.]

@@dylankurtz8423 Crazy. Did you use Summons in lies? IMO it is definitely the hardest soulslike in case played solo against the bosses. King of puppets or nameless puppet were infuriating to me.

[@Jumogas]

Why donkey Kong? I’ve heard of it but never thought it would be that hard? Is it actually hard?

[@FelixS.]

@@Jumogas TF is very challenging especially in case you want to 100% it. It is also commonly known as a very demanding game, I am a bit surprised you never heard this :)

[@Jumogas]

@@FelixS. I’ve seen reviews for it and none of them said it was super hard so I never thought it was hard

[@Grimscribe732]

Some games I'd add for your consideration: La Mulana, Spelunky 1&2, FTL, Eldest Souls, Bloody Trapland, Celeste, Hollow Knight, Nioh 2, Lies of P, Devil Daggers, GTFO, Völgarr the Viking

[@XablazedX]

Dead Cells at 5BC... no contest. Sekiro was tough for me but got super easy when it finally clicked. But 5BC difficulty Dead Cells is just stupid hard.

[@unapcgamer9042]

Took me 3 years to get the true ending

[@ratdoggaming8700]

It was such a journey love dead cells

[@forwardmoving8252]

That game is a joke compared to sekiro difficulty-wise

[@markusbosch2305]

No timestamps in 2024?

[@shady6281]

Bro talked about chewing on his tongue right as I was doing it playing Brawlhalla bruhhh

[@mdscasti]

I Love indies. Challenge and wonderfull games in my opinion: Dead cells, rogue legacy 2, HOLLOW KNIGHT, Thymesia (souls like).

[@jeffluo9591]

I wonder whether LoP isn't hard enough for you or you didn't play it.

[@Frozenstone72]

There ain’t no way. If he had played it would be #1

[@michaelsmelt5218]

​@@Frozenstone72 because the parry is less forgiving than sekiro?

[@deadundead4810]

You should do a video about sucker punch games

[@darianstarfrog]

For real

[@PointNGlitch]

Nioh isn’t that difficult at all. I even have the platinum trophy. It’s the only souls game that I own the platinum. I actually got burnt out with Dark Souls 2 with souls games due to its post game difficulty and Nioh made me fall in love with these style of games again because I thought it was fair. Even if you die you don’t have to run about half an hour to reach the boss. Imo Nioh and Wo Long have pretty much the same difficulty.

[@kenethernandez6246]

Did you ever play the OG ds2? That version was actually good imo and definitely far more balanced. I actually had fun with that version of the game. It was Scolar of the first sin that ruined it.

[@PointNGlitch]

@@kenethernandez6246 I played DS2 when it came out. Never played the DLC.

[@Tenacityfromtheglass]

The last boss in sekiro is longer to beat than some indie games

[@angeldillemuthactor]

He was easily the hardest thing for me. But for the most part, I was not raging at much. Hardest fights of course the final boss was just gross, the woman who is the first skill check and owl

[@deanlowdon8381]

I had to give up on the final boss in the end. Attempted it 35-40 times and just couldn’t do it.

[@justforyou4560]

You can cheese some bosses in Sekiro, but yeah we're the same Sekiro is the hardest game I've ever played and I think it will remain that way for a very long time 😊

[@ZianiMoussaab]

Slightly too long per entry but good video (so far didn't finish yet haha)

[@kitkit6610]

Examina is still in early access I think?that games learning curve is unreal but worth

[@yearoldsinger]

Maybe it’s just me and I’m not here to be the “get gud” guy. I just want to put out my opinion that returnal is not a hard game in the slightest to me, by run 6 I had chapter 3 completed, failed my first run chapter 1 then won, did the same chapter 2, then never really lost again until I started challenge running the game beating chapter 3 in 2 back to back chapter 1-2 wins Idk maybe I’ve just got a decent rythm for those types of games but returnal in particular FOR ME was really easy. But again not trying to degrade others experiences, just adding my own. Also a majority of roguelikes are actually more about skill and rng manipulation than they are about real “luck” this is why people are able to go on win streaks in them that span hundreds of runs so they definitely can belong in this video. Great video!

[@destinyserrano2409]

Sifu for sure belongs on this list.

[@hadizabihi8128]

Man you should put god hand here too although it's not new.

[@KingKarimYT]

I beat Armored Core but can’t really get into the Souls game because of the way the checkpoint in those games work.

[@georgkeller3225]

i tried all nioh1 subquests and i think because of the snowprincess and the samurai boss at the same time, it is for me the hardest souls game.

[@testing85]

i just watched the last video and was wondering where sifu was

[@proggz39]

Got a video idea for you, Soulslike games ranked by difficulty

[@dificulttocure]

They are difficult in different ways. DS1 has pretty easy bosses but has more challenging levels. The fact you cannot warp between bofires can led to you getting stuck somewhere like Blighttown. While Elden Ring has very difficult bosses but gives you tons of ways to become overpowered, overleveled and cheese them. Sekiro is probably the hardest just because it is the only one you can't overlevel your oponents or summon help, if you get stuck, your only option is to git gud. I would say it goes something like this: 1 (hardest): Sekiro 2: Bloodborne (no summons, pretty challenging in general, annoying to farm healing vials) 3: DS3 (much more dynamic and relfex based combat than DS1, hardest bosses) 4: DS1 5: Elden Ring 6: DS2 7: Demon's Souls (pretty easy in general, most bosses are gimmick based) Elden Ring is only hard on the bosses, but as I said before, every boss can be cheesed in some manner. There are tons of weapons with broken ashes of war plus the spirit ashes, the game can be as easy or as hard as you want it to be really. There's also the fact that you can never get stuck, as there is always an easier area you could go, becoming overleveled and rolling through everything.

[@cyrnoz1803]

he kinda just did that in this video

[@nanach6276]

Elden Ring and Dark Souls 1 are really good places for people interested in starting those kind of games. DS 1 is easy and Elden Ring has a hard start but you can just explore and kill some mini-bosses to level up.

[@deanlowdon8381]

Plus you always have the option to summon some help if you’re really stuck.

[@nanach6276]

@@deanlowdon8381 I have been stuck on Friede on DS3 for half a year. And it's not like I'm not trying haha...Looking forward to the ER DLC so much! Already bought it and I never pre-purchase anything. But Miyazaki said it was gonna be even better than the base game. To quote him when they won the award "And we have even better things to come". Only Miyazaki and maybe Oda, the author of One piece can say that and I 100 would believe it

[@Jumogas]

Radiant Markoth in hollow knight took me like 1 week

[@laurencevicar5798]

Ghostrunner 2 is a bit easier than first. I liked it more tho

[@Tenacityfromtheglass]

The last boss in sekiro took me several hours

[@smokestack534]

My biggest flex is that ive platinumed hotline miami 2

[@eythorl97k74]

Its really the first boss of the first part and second part that is difficult.

[@attackinglinks9216]

Yup sekiro shadows die twice is a souls borne where it takes a while to git Gud at

[@stevewagner6861]

I hit an absolute wall when returnal jumped to the second half. Got all green and dangerous. Had to retire it 😢

[@BataviaJams]

I had to learn how to use the pylon driver in the second half. That and good dodging got me to the end. You can do it!

[@kenethernandez6246]

You should give it another try. It's one of the greatest games ever made imo.

[@ioannischrysostomou7012]

I played hades two days ago for the first time and got to the styx 4 times already in only 20 runs, almost always reaching elysium. Thought dead cells was harder. Was stuck at 2BC for ages

[@lucaslenci5439]

What do y'all think of Doom Eternal potentially being on this list? I haven't played a bunch of the games on here but I'm keen to have a look now

[@hammieli1875]

I can’t believe you put Breath of the Wild at number 8, but I respect your opinion.

[@TotallyTubularJonathan]

Small editing mishap! But I have snipped it out

[@anlraider1954]

one of the most challenging games ive played in recent years is Everhood, its a really really great game. its a bit like Undertale, similar kind of charm, except the combat is projectiles that attack you to the rhythm of the bosses music. And the soundtrack slaps super hard. The game isn't super hard for the first half, but the second half is absolutely brutal. Also frog boss, if you know then you know.

[@issi529]

Play Returnal. Amazing game but so challenging.😅

[@anlraider1954]

@@issi529 I have played it, its really good. currently playing hades 2, absolute banger.

[@issi529]

@@anlraider1954 Returnal is for some reason really hard. Imo.

[@anlraider1954]

@@issi529 yeeee, its def one of the harder roguelikes ive played, really fun combat tho.

[@thmistrapillay1811]

You should try Monster Hunter World/Iceborne. The bosses/enemies are generally really challenging along with the incredibly deep and complex weapons designs to master... then there are 2 Monsters that put things like Isshin, Malenia and Orphan of Kos to shame in terms of difficulty..... Alatreon and Fatalis 💀🔥

[@Fluffychoupikkos]

Yeah Hades it's pretty hard but I think you can just grind your way through relatively easy.

[@jayscott99]

The Callisto protocol, dead space remake

[@attackinglinks9216]

I know from experience because I faced lady butterfly she's a hard boss as well as guardian and headless ape and the owl father

[@equanimity92]

Talks about games with the best soundtracks...7:11 quickly name drops Silent Hill 3. 🥲Dude...Silent Hill games (especially the first 4) have some of the greatest Soundtracks and atmosphere of any game period. I probably haven't touched most of those games in more than half a decade but still...songs like Resting Comfortably, You're Not Here, Wounded Warsong, Never Forgive Me Never Forget Me, Witchcraft, Waiting For You, Theme Of Laura etc still echo in my mind from time to time.🖤

[@TotallyTubularJonathan]

eagle eyed viewer! SH 3 and 2 are some of my favorite soundtracks ever

[@issi529]

​@@TotallyTubularJonathanYou should also play Control. That game was really amazing but it was very hard.

[@TotallyTubularJonathan]

@@issi529 quite like control, did a review of it with all of remedy’s games but didn’t find it very difficult… hmmm

[@issi529]

@@TotallyTubularJonathan Fair enough. It was really hard for most people though.

[@duneraisin]

as a dmc player, the main complaint about dmc5 is that it was way too easy, i could get through the entire game with A or S rank on stages by just mashing mindlessly. Only on the harder difficulties which you have to complete the game to even unlock did the game actually get fun for me

[@titaniumcranium3755]

Sekiro is soooo fun, but it's so difficult to jump back into because of the stamina mechanic.

[@danielmccargar5385]

You mean the fact you have unlimited stamina?

[@titaniumcranium3755]

@@danielmccargar5385 I mean, when getting hit and deflecting, you have to manage your bar telling you how much longer you can block the attacks.

[@BieberHole69__]

@@titaniumcranium3755that’s why you gotta parry! The game does always take me a few hours to get back into

[@proggz39]

@@titaniumcranium3755just perfect parry every attack and you don’t have to worry about it

[@issi529]

Returnal is harder.

[@dr.rakeshsahu1792]

Thymesia is damn fun.. highly underrated..must play for souls fans

[@nuke_looter5174]

Crash 4 is probably the most ridiculous game I’ve ever attempted to play and in my honest opinion I really don’t think it would be such a challenging game at least to the level it is if the mechanics and control/camera wasn’t as wonky and didn’t feel as bad as it does in my opinion.