10 Insane Demands Games Made To 100% Them

I didn't need a job anyway... or a wife... or kids.

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NetherSoft

There's nothing better than absolutely falling in love with a game. Embracing the adventure and adoring the world it absorbs you within. When we love a game so much, we look past any negatives and simply enjoy the ride.

For those select games that steal our hearts and capture our imagination, we don't mind doing the extra bit. That final stretch of tasks to reach that sweet 100% completion and the ability to show it off to all of our friends.

It's a satisfying accomplishment, whether it be a 100% save file or gathering all the achievements/trophies within the game, there's an undeniable feeling of joy once the credits roll and you know you've fully experienced everything.

Yet, some games go that extra mile in padding out their game length and keeping players immersed into their worlds. Ridiculous demands spread through certain games like wildfire, requiring an obscene amount of time or skill to finally have the title of completing the game to the absolute max.

This can leave us with a sour taste in our mouth as we vow to never return again, in a tantrum that can be heard all the way down your street.

Here are 10 incredibly insane demands game made us do, but yet, we still did them.

10. Red Dead Redemption 2 - Hunting Requests

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Rockstar Games

I love Red Dead Redemption 2. It's a perfect representation of the American Frontier, with an incredible story full of gut-wrenching moments. There's a lot of tasks needed to hit 100% completion, but one of them stands out from the rest.

Across the game, you'll encounter posters with hunting challenges on them. These start off fairly easy, asking you to retrieve the carcass of simple beasts, but the further you progress, the more infuriating they become.

The hardest of these being the bird carcasses you need to retrieve. Not only are they microscopic in scale, but they also need to preferably be a three star rating.

While this may not seem fundamentally too hard, you also are required to get a clean kill, which requires precise control over your slow motion ability -- deadeye.

It's hard enough finding some of these birds, but then adding on the necessary need for a perfect carcass is just cruel. Sure, there's means to increase your chances, but that doesn't help the rarity of them spawning or you spooking them off as you engage in pursuit.

Many of nights were spent trying to track down all of those birds, like a western Bill Oddie, but without the charm.

 
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