Unexpectedly hard games

[insanecow0]

What are some games that seem unassuming, but are actually pretty difficult? For me an example is Pac Man World. It starts off easy, but the second boss battle is a big difficulty spike, and later in the game it gets really hard.

[J T]

He looks so sweet and unassuming.

[Sarge]

Even though it's pretty easy for me now, Kirby's Adventure's last battles can be pretty darn tough.

[Soldier Blue]

Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong Country: Returns
Devil May Cry
Dark Souls
Mars Matrix
Pocky and Rocky

[insanecow0]

Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong Country: Returns
Devil May Cry
Dark Souls
Mars Matrix
Pocky and Rocky

I can attest to DKC:R too, it's a very challenging game.

[samsonlonghair]

I recently played Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Melee for the original XBOX. Most TMNT games are easy enough, but this one threw me a curve ball. The tutorial just about kicked my ass. I couldn't beat the second level.

[Exhuminator]

The last game I finished that was testes crushing hard much more so than I actually expected was:

Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter (PC)

I had beat the game previously on Xbox, and it was a little tough on that platform but no big deal. But holy shit balls man the PC version was totally different and psychotically difficult.

Dark Souls

Really?

[fastbilly1]

He looks so sweet and unassuming.

Well played. A title I still have not beaten.

[Erik_Twice]

He looks so sweet and unassuming.

Hardcore Gaming 101 has a picture of reviewers of the time saying how easy the game was. Yeaaaah, right.

As far as I'm concerned, if a game was made by Sunsoft it's a sure sign that the game is going to be extremely hard

[joehero]

Castlevania - The Circle of the Moon.

Ok, I know someone will speak up and say it was easy for them, but this game was the most challenging of all the Castlevania games that I have played so far. With that said, it was a great game, but extremely frustrating.

1. No Store! Everything you need has to come from a killed enemy. Whats the point of having 40 leather suits if you cant trade them in towards an upgrade.

2. After beating a boss your health meter stays the same till you reach a new save point.

3. Enemies are completely unpredictable. Their movement seems to change based on your distance from them. Not much of a pattern unless you are at the right distances.

4. Even at 91% of completion I only had 25% of the cards needed to help beat some of the last big bosses. It took a few extra hours of grinding up levels and destroying the same enemies over and over to get the last bit of cards. Oh and by the way, I never collected them all.