Any Challenging Game?

I have played a lot of games lately, and I can't stop thinking about how easy they are. I mean, games were getting easier to make more people play it and reach a larger fanbase and that is ok, but some games does not even need effort to be played. What to you guys think about it? Does anyone would like to recommend a challenging game to play?

• Shadow of the Colossus + ico (ico isnt hard but its in the same universe as SotC)
• Demon's Souls/Dark Souls
• Catherine
• Bayonetta (normal mode) first playthrough
• Antichamber (puzzle game a different type of challenge)

If you want hard, Demon's Souls and Dark Souls are the way to go.

Demon's Souls and Dark Souls are pretty challenging. Also, try Spelunky.

Ghosts n' Goblins

and i's like to add, why not try playing some old games ? You would find a challenge there !

Or if you like puzzles you can always try the layton series.

I've been craving some challenge too. I think that's why I've been looking into older pc titles. I may end up building a pc game machine.

Older NES games are pretty f-ing hard

I just dont get some of you guys, gaming is suppose to be fun and if you are not dying a thousand times and thinking about smashing your controller then you dont think you have a challenge, I have gotten so good at shooter games that I rarely die anymore but that does not mean the game is not challenge cause anytime I lose focus I die.

Try Antichamber.

I'm the complete opposite and lose focus when games are too easy. It just bores me.

But yea OP, play older games. They don't want the casuals they market these games to nowadays getting frustrated so easily.

The Souls (Demons, Dark 1/2) are hard but as long as youre cautious and weary of your surroundings, theyre not too difficult. I love em. It does seem like the second one is much easier than the first though.

I'm currently playing ME2 on insanity to get the plat, and that has some dreadfully difficult sequences. However, at times I'll pause the game to check to see if the game's still on crushing because it feels way too easy. The difficulty spikes are pretty awful and it shows that the game wasn't meant to be played on insanity at ALL.

Honestly, I can't even recommend the game. Yes, it's hard, but it's not fun or rewarding. I've died more times to having a delayed and clunky sprint button (turning around and accelerating takes like 3 seconds; much rage has been caused by this) or the AI being completely retarded and standing up in cover (like Archangel). I've gotten to the point where I don't want to start missions because I know they won't be fun. Enemies are just walking bullet sponges. You can beat most of the battles by sitting back in cover firing a shot every once in a while.

The things I do for worthless trophies.

Games definitely seem to be getting easier, which is kinda annoying. It's cool when they add a difficulty setting though; so people who want a fair challenge can choose "hard" while people who are playing the game for the first time and want to be eased into the game can choose "easy."

One game series that I wish was harder is the Naruto Ultimate Ninja series. The story missions are so easy, I'm breezing through every fight with ease in Ninja Storm 3. It's like, why even bother playing through at this point? It's just a formality. I'm just doing it to watching the cutscenes because I like the game's story, and to unlock more characters for when I play the game with my friends. Despite being very easy, it can still sometimes be fun. The pivotal boss fights in the game (the ones with the really well animated quick-time events) are a lot of fun. But they're far and few between.

But one game that I feel has an almost perfect difficulty curve is Tales of Xillia. It also has a difficulty option. Easy, Normal, Moderate, and Hard. I first played through the game on moderate because I wanted a challenge, but I didn't want it to be frustrating. And about halfway through the game, I realized that this game has a lot of boss fights, and I none of them frustrated me. In previous Tales of games, there would be at least a few boss fights that were frustrating. But in Xillia all of the boss fights were challenging, and fair. I didn't feel like I was fighting any overpowered enemies. If they wrecked my party it was my fault, not the games. Then I would play the battle again and be more careful and be able to develop a strategy to win. It's a very well designed game.