10 ABSURDLY HARD Games You Never Beat

Since the dawn of gaming, there have been platformers, shooters, and RPGs that were

infamous for being brutally unfit. Even though this level of difficulty has historically deterred

casuals, there are definitely veteran pro gamers and wannabe pro gamers who have flocked to them

to see if they're up for the challenge. Sure, it's frustrating to see that game over screen

again and again, but it makes it more satisfying when you finally triumph. That is, if you can

finally triumph. Despite the fact that millions of people have played the vast majority of these

entries to death, a lot of people probably haven't seen the end credits. If that's you

hit me up in the comments. We'll give you a little congratulations. I'm proud of you. I'm proud of

you already. You're here. I'm proud of you. Okay, let's keep going with the video. I'm Jess from

World Culture and here are 10 absurdly hard games you never beat. Oi, you. Yes, you. Do you want to

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or click the link below and it's all yours. Fury. No matter how relentless a game is or gets

usually you at least have a little breathing room in the beginning so you can get used to exactly

what it is you're playing, how it runs, and the mechanics that you'll be expected to master. But

Fury doesn't bother with that setup. The vibrant shoot-em-up is structured entirely around bosses

so there's no filler baddies to practice on. With that in mind, you're expected to master melee combat

and bullet hell dodging in tandem before you've even gotten the hang of the basics

Several bosses can only be beaten with parrying, so you might as well call it a day if you haven't perfected that one

Well, still, there's no breathing room here. Once you've beaten one adversary

no matter how much of a trial it was to get to the end of that fight, you have to move right on to the next one. Much like Cuphead, every boss fight has multiple phases

so players have to memorize a plethora of combat strategies. This is easier said than done

especially when an antagonist introduces new techniques that are counterintuitive to how the

earlier part of the battle played out. The difficulty can skyrocket at any moment

since these brutes can unleash surprise attacks or change your surroundings with little to no

warning. Fury is a solid title, but casual gamers should probably give it a miss

Dragon's Lair 2 Time Warp Dragon's Lair stood out in its time since it plays out like an interactive movie

You watch fully animated scenes and make timed inputs to avoid obstacles and navigate around

your surroundings. If you do miss time any of those quick time events, you'll find yourself

plunging into a pit or being eaten by a monster. As ruthless as the first installment was

it was nothing compared to Dragon's Lair 2 Time Warp. Although the sequel follows the same structure

there's one caveat that catches everybody off guard. You see, players need to collect all the

hidden treasures that are scattered throughout the game if they want to unlock the final level

These appear during specific sequences, sometimes for less than a second, and you need to press the

right button if you want to grab them. What's worse is there's no indication that these collectibles

are mandatory, and they often rock up when you least expect them or during a hectic moment when

you're not really thinking about picking up a treasure, you're thinking about, well, not dying

If you fail to nab a single artifact, the game resets before reaching the last section

meaning you have to play the whole thing again. And if you miss one of the artifacts a second time

nobody will blame you if you decide to quit then and there. MDK2 You know a video game is particularly

unforgiving when you can beat it despite having infinite lives and a bunch of checkpoints such as the case with MDK2 In hindsight Bioware underrated title should have got a lot more love

since it has inventive level design, hilarious absurdist humor, and sharp graphics that still

look great today. On the whole, the only criticism MDK2 suffers is how hard it is. Rather than ramping

up the difficulty gradually, players are dumped into insta-kill scenarios that are rarely telegraphed

Whether it's the bosses, puzzles, or the platforming, every aspect of the gameplay seems to have been designed by a sadist

Yes, there are checkpoints, but that actually doesn't make the levels particularly easier

because they are unnecessarily long. Even though it's refreshing how you can play as three heroes

with radically different play styles, the decision adds to the challenge because you get so used to playing as one individual

that it's jarring when you switch to another since you need time to adjust to their abilities and skill sets

Sadly, you do not have the time to adjust because before you know it, a bunch of new enemies' traps and instant kill things are thrown at your face

and you need to try and survive them. And mostly, you probably won't

Getting over it with Bennett Foddy For some players, the hardest thing imaginable is battling a legion of enemies

or a screen-filling boss. For others, it's solving a multifaceted puzzle within a tight time constraint

However, getting over it with Bennett Foddy focuses on one of the most difficult

and insurmountable challenges in all of video games, and that is the absolutely terrifying realm of physics

The unconventional climbing title follows a philosopher stuck in a metal cauldron

who must use his sledgehammer to swing around obstacles, terrains, and structures

Even though the gameplay would be significantly easier if you could use his legs

the creator deliberately disables that ability, and as a result, you have to awkwardly swing, drag, and fling yourself around

often with very little control or understanding of where it is you'll land

The further you climb, the more nerve-wracking everything gets. Quite apart from the fact that it gets harder the higher you go up

a single misstep or miss-swing, I suppose, can send you all the way back down to the ground where you begun

If that wasn't enough, the creator Bennett Foddy narrates throughout your playthrough

philosophizing about frustration and failure while you're trying not to lose for the 50th time

This blend of unrelenting mechanics, cruel design, and existential narration, which might help you but might well hurt you

creates an experience that feels less like a game and more like a trial in suffering

Super Meat Boy Forever Super Meat Boy feels like the most unbeatable platformer imaginable

since every level involves tiny platforms, moving hazards, and instant death mechanics

On top of that, there are no checkpoints. To be fair, players can conquer Super Meat Boy if they just take their time with each section, memorizing the patterns of the obstacles

It might take a long time, but players should be improving on every playthrough, allowing them to prevail if they just stick with it

Too bad that strategy goes out the window when we talk about Super Meat Boy forever

Now in this particular title, the levels are randomly generated, so you can't memorize all the little bits and pieces of each level that's going to kill you or has in the past 1, 2 or 10 times

Because of this, you'll need to take your time and plan carefully before moving on to each section

Unfortunately, the ship to do that has sailed as well. Super Meat Boy Forever is an auto-runner, so you have no time to strategize, only to react

Unless you have the reaction time of a heavily caffeinated fly you probably not gonna get far Super Meat Boy definitely faced criticism for how hard it was but boy was it a walk in the park compared to its sequel Enter the Gungeon Enter the Gungeon is a fast bullet hell game where

players explore a constantly shifting fortress in order to find a legendary gun that can destroy

the past. Boasting 300 weapons, beautiful retro art, and addictive roguelike gameplay

Dodge Roll's title is an absolute blast. Despite receiving high praise pretty much across the board

a lot of reviewers did emphasize Enter the Gungeon's barbaric difficulty again and again and again

One of the things that makes the game's difficulty so particularly brutal is the randomized loot

system. Although randomization does play a big factor in a lot of roguelikes like Hades and

Dead Cells, it's possible to win in those games even if you're stuck with minor enhancements

But if you don't get the best arsenal in Gungeon early on, you might as well start from scratch

Gungeon demands pixel-perfect dodging, especially in later floors. Even players with flawless

reflexes are sure to struggle with evading projectiles, since said projectiles blend in

with the background. Also, there's no easy way to heal. If you're taking a bunch of hits

especially early on, there's not really a solid way to come back. Shops do sell things occasionally

that can boost your health back up, but they're often not worth it due to the high cost

Enter the Gungeon is still worth checking out, but you have to accept the fact that winning is highly unlikely

F-Zero GX. Due to its dynamic gameplay, gorgeous level design, and head-bopping tunes

F-Zero GX is a highlight in the series and one of the most underrated driving games ever

Having said that, it is impossible to discuss this one, even in all of those wonderful things that are absolutely true and enjoyable about it

without mentioning how very, very tough it is. In this racer, each driver's machine moves up to 2,000 kilometers per hour

If you mistime a turn while moving that fast, it could result in your death

It's so tricky to control your vehicle while it's breaking the sound barrier that you can

easily sail off the road, as you can imagine. Though beating the game normally is taxing, trying to complete any cup on master mode is

a Herculean task. AI opponents rubber band like crazy, allowing them to catch up no matter how fast you go

On harder modes, computer-controlled races slam into you at any opportunity, and even if they don't knock you off the track

they can send you to last place, which gives you no chance of recovering. Most annoying of all, though, the AI drive on Master Mode with near-frame perfect execution

For that reason, you can still come in at 17th place despite making F-Zero mistakes

I'm sorry, that was horrible. I'm sorry. Even though you're expected to complete every race on Master Mode

winning one cup is pure torture. If you have, again, report to that comment section

Ikaruga. Bullet hells are a whole other breed of punishing games, since the genre involves being constantly bombarded by projectiles in every foreseeable direction

Unless you have heightened coordination and a gift for multitasking, you kind of don't stand a chance

But even the biggest bullet hell enthusiasts might not be cut out for Ikaruga

What makes Treasure's sci-fi blaster stand out from its peers is the fact that you fly a ship that switches between black and white polarities

allowing you to absorb black and white projectiles. Now there are so many bullets on screen at once

it is impossible to advance by just trying to dodge them all. As such you have to allow yourself to be hit

while absorbing the appropriate projectile. It's a neat idea since the puzzle-like element

compels you to have to be tactical when to reverse the polarity

Although Ikaruga can be completed in under half an hour few people have reached the end credits and even fewer have beaten it on higher difficulties After all when you being blasted with 9 trillion lasers all at once it is easy to slip up so it kind of understandable why a lot of players decided

they just put this one down. Monkey Island 2 LeChuck's Revenge One problem that even the best point-and-click adventure games suffer from is illogical puzzles

Whether it's Myst or Grim Fandango, there are times where players can't help but think

how was I meant to figure that out? There's an argument to be made that no puzzle title has

stumped the masses quite like Monkey Island 2 LeChuck's Revenge. One of the things that makes

this one particularly difficult is that the pirate caper dumps a ton of items on you, many of which

have a purpose that you cannot envision for the life of yourself. The gameplay involves a hefty

amount of fake outs, red herrings, and dialogue trees that go nowhere. The non-linear structure

also makes it arduous to know exactly where you're supposed to go, and it forces players

to remember dozens of potential leads at once. Worst of all, or best of all, if you love a tricky

point-and-click challenge, a lot of puzzles involve combining unrelated items, performing nonsensical actions, or using objects in unintuitive ways. At one point, you have to use a wrench on a

valve to shut down a pump, and naturally any rational player would look around for a wrench

The problem here being, there's no wrench in the game. To complete this section, you need to find a monkey and place him in the valve, like a monkey wrench

Monkey wrench. Get it? Well, if you did, you'd feel super smart, and if you didn't, you're probably like the vast majority of people who played Monkey Island 2

and would say there was no way they were getting to those end credits without a guide

If you did, again, well done you. Ninja Gaiden. Even though gaming franchises that originated in the 1980s had earlier entries that were tough as nails

the difficulty in recent installments tends to become a lot more reasonable

However, Ninja Gaiden went in the opposite direction. Despite the fact that the classic side-scroller was already a nightmare in its day

Tech Ninja's Xbox reboot was somehow less forgiving. Button mashing in combat gets you absolutely nowhere

since enemies can only be defeated by a very clever and fine-tuned combination

of dodges, attacks, combos, and the like. And if you don't pull it off, well, that's going to be your game over screen

Bosses are another story altogether, since they can kill you with a single strike

Due to limited resources, you need to get good fast, or you won't make it past the first level

That's not all, though. Soon after its release, Tech Ninja announced they were bringing out an enhanced version

called Ninja Gaiden Black. Now, this contained bug fixes and additional features

This was welcome news for a lot of gamers, especially ones who really wanted to play

through the game but were finding it much too hard. As it was expected, this would give the developer the opportunity to make the game

easier. And it would've. But they didn't. They made it harder. In Ninja Gaiden Black, enemies are

more reactive and come in in increased numbers. Certain weapons and tactics were nerfed, making

it tricky to exploit enemy weaknesses. And just in case that wasn't enough, the game added a new

mode called Master Ninja, which makes the classic mode feel like a breeze. Honestly, the only way

Ninja Gaiden could be more challenging is if the enemies killed you in real life. That's the end of

our video and we don't have any videos about enemies killing in real life because that would

be absolutely terrifying but we do have plenty more lists about games that are absolutely nails

down a chalkboard difficult so if you enjoy playing games like that or just hearing about

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