Top 5 Hardest Video Games

"Today gamers are a bit spoiled on video game difficulty for the most part. Players get multiple checkpoints and auto saves which greatly reduces how tough the game is overall. In our opinion,a good challenge is core to any good game and it’s what gives players that great feeling of accomplishment upon beating a boss or grueling level. Join BootHammer as we take a look at our picks for the Top 5 Hardest Video Games."

[DestinyHeroDoomlord]

Battle toads isn't that hard, I remember my granny beating contra and mega man long ago... ghost and goblins is definitely my #1 hardest game

[BootHammer]

If your granny beat Contra III she is hardcore, lol.

[mattdillahunty]

Demon's Souls harder than Ninja Gaiden Black? they're not even in the same league of difficulty. and the guy doesn't even give reasons for why Demon's Souls is that difficult; punishing =/= difficult.

[GameSpawn]

What is funny about all the games listed their difficulty comes from ignorance of the game mechanics. Once you memorize enemies' movements, attacks, and positions the games become manageable. This is easier said than done on some of these titles, but not impossible.

Difficulty is very subjective for games like these. It really comes down to the type of person and how much patience they have. One person my find Demon's Souls to be overly difficult, but has no issues with Ninja Gaiden, or the reverse could be the case, or both can be hard, or both can be easy. It's all the person that makes the difficulty. Sure overall difficulty can be decided on a game by the majority, but ultimately difficulty is still subjective to the individual.

Personally I have no issues with Demon's Souls, but I cannot stand Ninja Gaiden, especially on the higher difficulties because of the amount of button mashing needed. My hands just get fatigued too quickly with the Ninja Gaiden games. NG takes knee-jerk reflexes; DS you can at least pace yourself and never really be overwhelmed.

[KrimsonKody]

Well,
My granny had beat the God of War series, 1, 2, & 3.
She thinks Kratos is sexy, Lol.

[mattdillahunty]

@Gamespawn

at high levels of Ninja Gaiden, there is absolutely no button mashing going on if you're any good at the game. i don't mean to sound arrogant when i say that, but it's the truth. a great NG player knows when to do combos, when to block, when to dodge, etc.

if you're mashing buttons in Ninja Gaiden, there's a 99% chance you're just not good at the game. again, not trying to be high and mighty, just stating the facts.

[lgn15]

Just means yur grandma is a god

[Jhandville1992]

Great article :)

[MrChow666]

ohh yeah super ghouls & ghosts what a b*tch!

[NioRide]

Oh hey, artificial difficulty made the list.

Why not put side-scrolling shoot em ups too.

Those have much higher amounts of artificial difficulty.

[BootHammer]

Gradius!!

[MWH]

Gradius there you go.

[Eyeco]

That reminds me, there was this legendary space shooter I played on the Dreamcast and I think Gamecube that was well noted for its difficulty, I can't remember the name it began with the letter 'I' and it was merciless.

[NioRide]

Probably Ikaruga.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Had this as well, was fantastic.

If I remember right they re-released it on Xbox live.

[Fishy Fingers]

I've been having a few retro gaming sessions lately, playing some old 8 and 16bit games (ask your parents kids :)) and my god, how I ever got past the first level back then is beyond me.

[BootHammer]

The old school games for most part were just flat out unforgiving. So many great titles though in the 8 and 16 bit era ;)

[Eyeco]

The original Ninja Gaiden, Castlevania, Ecco the Dolphin, Ghosts n Goblins, haunt me to this day

[fsfsxii]

The original Ninja Gaiden trilogy was a complete ass

[Lone_Man]

metal slug series...
dark soul...

[oIITSBIIo]

Dark souls isn't that hard .

[Tetsujin]

I'll add to the list:

Ninja Gaiden (NES)
Bionic Commando (NES)
Mega Man (NES)
Original Ghosts n' Goblins
Contra (NES)

[BootHammer]

Mega Man almost made the cut...very fun and very challenging series!

[NexGen]

NES Contra with only three lives is not hard. You end up with like 10 by the end without dying.

SNES Contra on the other hand was pure hardcore.

[Hellsvacancy]

Super Thunder Blade on the Mega Drive http://www.youtube.com/watc...

I could never beat that damn game, I'd probably still struggle now if I tried

[BootHammer]

Wow Thunder Blade looks crazy! How far did you get in it?

[Hellsvacancy]

I always failed on stage 3, sometimes I would get to stage 4 but I would always be on my last life

I must of only of been 9 or 10 at the time, the soundtrack was awesome

[I_am_Batman]

Yeah that's one of the few games that I couldn't beat. The Sega Mega Drive/Genesis had some really hard games like Eternal Champions or Shadow of the Beast 2. Marble Madness and Batman and Robin were pretty hard too.

[skydragoonity]

@fishyfingers omg I totally understand wat u mean!!! Contra alien wars wasn't hard... Finished it on the hardest difficulty lots of times

[AceBlazer13]

new games r crippling my skills how i beat some of the older games as a kid nonetheless is beyond me

[bohemian 23]

I agree.

[Mikefizzled]

The souls games aren't phenomenally hard they just have steep learning curves to new players

[TalesofDalton]

Geez, Ghouls and Ghosts, what a ball buster. Also the first Mega Man is probably the hardest game ever.

[Y_5150]

I thought Jak 2 was difficult at some points, anyone agrees?

[Relientk77]

Battletoads

grr, that stupid speeder bike level, hard as sh*t man.

[FateoftheGame]

I've beaten all of the main Contra games. Contra 4 was the hardest for me (especially if you include the Challenge Mode).

[RockmanII7]

東方

[plaZeHD]

Surprised Max Payne 3 wasn't in that list. And San Andreas has also some serious brain racking missions. I remember when I literally punched my desktop because of the RC plane mission. But after I realized that I broke my desktop I was screaming no like for two minutes.

[rattlesnake25]

Very good list.

[Cursinguser]

Old school Ninja Gaiden kicked my ass even when I was a kid, with nothing better to do. God damn flying hawk, son of a bitches!! To this day I can't see a hawk without getting flashbacks of my childhood failures. Screw you, Ninja Gaiden!