Devil May Cry 3? This game is so easy.

I loved Dark Souls 1 so damn much, and thankfully it was my first Demon/Dark Souls games so it all felt new and challenging, by the time I played Demon Souls though I'd already mastered the combat and how to exploit the game so I didn't get the fullest experience of difficulty from that one. I think whichever Souls game you play first is your favourite.

Dark Souls and co have nothing on games from NES, SNES and Mega Drive era when it comes to difficulty. Don't get me wrong I live the Souls series and they aren't easy.

Zelda II and other NES games were definitely harder than most of these games.

Either way ... I am sure the absolute hardest games of all time are probably games no one likes and/or were legitimately terrible.

Thus all these "hardest games of all time" list usually are really "Hardest Good game I actually managed to beat" list.

In b4 people start talking about how games used to be harder and bettererer in the era when the developers cared more about getting your quarters or making you forget that your $100+ game cartridge had about a half of an hour of content if you didn't die every 3 seconds. The games in that time that were designed with ridiculous unhuman response times and a complete lack of balance weren't created that way for your benefit.

That said, there were SOME well designed hard games back then, just as there are SOME today.

dark souls was pretty hard didnt play any most of the other games in the list so dont know about them

f-zero gx was pretty fun game too dont know about hard.

I Wanna Be The Guy is much harder than these games. Cloudberry Kingdom on the higher difficulty settings is impossible, as well.

Ya'll don't know about that Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix Critical Mode level 1 on THE PS2. Hell is not even close on describing this.

its dark souls

DMC3 is so easy when you're playing as Virgil, but its not hard anyway.

That list is mere child's play next to Jet Set Willy.

i remember playing demon souls for the 1st time & was quite frustrated at times bt it was a welcomed breath of fresh air at the time...by the time i gt around to dark souls it didn't felt quite as hard as d previous initially that is till i lost my net 4 awhile had 2 finish it solo which was a pain in d ass especially in anor londo, duke's archives/crystal cave, tomb of the giants...ppl saying tht oh it wasn't difficult tend to ignorant to d fact tht d co-op factor makes d souls experience tht much more accessible

Castlevania 1&2 for NES, a lot of Nintendo power for those sob's...

Wings of Wor.

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Chess programs like Stockfish, Houdini etc. Even the world champion won't play them on even terms.

Ghost and goblins for NES was the one game that made me throw a tantrum and controllers when I was a kid. Can't believe it didn't make the list.

QWERTY was no walk in the park.

None of the new games are difficult.

Ghosts N Goblins (NES) The Devil helped program that game. Ask the team who made it. No one knows how he got the job, no one argued with his work and when he was finished he calmly asked that no one change any of his code and he vanished never to be seen again.

Donnywho gets it!

Going back to late 80's basically every game on the Sinclair Spectrum, No save's very few extra lives, die 3 times game over start from first level. I download an emulator and Spectrum ROM's about a year ago, I couldn't even complete the first level on He-man.

Wow he forgot IKARUGA!

The majority of 80s console games and arcade games were more difficult than this list. Contra wasn't even close to the hardest game in the arcade or the NES. The author should look up the manic shooter/bullet hell genre.

play borderlands 2 on ultimate vault hunter mode, not only are the enemies hard with tons of regenerating health, you also need good gear at the right level just to progress

Very meh list. Most of these games aren't even that hard. Contra? Not really. Where is ghosts and goblins, silver surfer, super Mario bros 2 (Japan), etc

I would put Demon's Souls higher up on the list, maybe 2nd and my top most difficult game ever, the very first Megaman. The ending of that game was nearly impossible, but I loved every minute of it.

battletoads and halo 2 legedary

It's so funny. ..I was just playing contra yesterday and it took me 14 lives to compete the game. Back in the day I was able to beat it without the code. Ninja gaiden black was easy, I guess because it's probably in my top ten. It's obviously not one of the top ten games every made, it's in my favorite top ten list. Has anyone ever beaten kid icarus or bionic commando? Those games were hard,games now are too easy! !

I'm not seeing I Wanna Be The Guy, Battletoads or God Hand on that list

Considering your list only has 8 games and you have both Demon's Souls and Dark Souls on the list I must object to the redundancy

Where is Megaman 2?
the Original Castlevania?
Spelunky?
Super Meat Boy?
VVVVVV?
QWOP?
Mega Man 9
Anything in the Ghosts and Goblins series like Super Ghoul's and Ghosts.
Any of the other hundreds of insanely difficult indie games (I only list them because you have FTL in the list)
I wanna be the guy
Irritating Stick
Catherine

There are hundreds more but I am trying to just list off games that are difficult by design not due to poor programming. Hence why the likes of Bubsy 3D for PS1 and Sonic the Hedgehog for Xb360 are not included crappy game design and painstakingly crafted difficult scenarios ala Contra are not the same.

Mr. author, your English needs a shitload of improvement. That was painful to read.

I finish contra back in the days; it wasn't difficult at all. Popeye was one of many classic game I never finish.

Well Souls games are hard(i have all platin trophys from souls games) and i been playing since pong,ghost'n goblins is also hard .But the hardest game ever made is Amigas Capital punishment(game is like mortal kombat)me and my friends been trying like ages to beat first opponent and never beat that guy:).almost for get nes dragons lair is also pain in the ass:)

Funny to see Souls games there. Overrated as hell, not to mention the fights are all clunky, movement is horrible and it's all about "die a few times in every transition then you can do it blindfold".

SO HARD.

Ninja Gaiden Black was difficult and yes dark Souls is also difficult game made

Dark Fantasy with some horror elements.

Gothic Horror - “the battle between humanity and unnatural forces of evil (sometimes man-made, sometimes supernatural) within an oppressive, inescapable, and bleak landscape.”

eh what?

its always been a gothic horror inspired game.

not sure anyone thought different

Horror simply means fear, shock, and disgust. I felt all of those things my first time seeing the Gaping Dragon.