10 Video Games That Are IMPOSSIBLE For Newcomers
Noobs beware. You're in for a scare.
It's pretty safe to say that many of us choose video games as a means to relax, to escape the daily grind and instead dive headfirst into fantastical worlds, where we're not just Bill from marketing and instead, we're Gramblor The Alcoholic Dwarven Warrior on a quest to smite the demon that slew his family and kicked his dog, and for the most part, video game developers will stick to some common tropes in order to fulfil this power fantasy.
Such tropes include a heavy focus on providing a gentle but rising difficulty curve, as if the immersion is broken by a game being too difficult then the player might never return to complete it, which is basically the death knell for any video game's chances of success.
Yet there are some titles out there that absolutely wipe their arse with this idea, and will either bludgeon the player with brutal difficulty from the start, or have rules so complex that you need a masters degree to even get through the tutorial. And these entries are just such titles.
If you're not already familiar with these games, then take my advice, steer clear as they will eat you alive and then mock your dead body. Cheers.
10. Ninja Gaiden
Oh sorry I looked away for two seconds and I'M DEAD?!
Welcome to the world of Ninja Gaiden, a game that makes Dark Souls look like a walk in the park with your nan. This franchise has been stealing coins and pieces of your soul for years now with it's supremely challenging gameplay, and while the controls of the original arcade game are easy to pick up, completing it was almost literally impossible for anyone other than those who programmed it thanks to enemies constantly respawning the moment they died and a knockback so severe you'd think Ryu had just been told his parents were divorcing and that it WAS his fault.
Things didn't get any better as the franchise went on. For example in Ninja Gaiden Black not 5 minutes into the game, the player is forced to fight three other ninjas at once in a tiny room with a camera that seems adverse to witnessing bloodshed so tryies to pull away all the bloody time. This one room is basically the game saying "noob are you? hahaha get out of my dojo son"
Apparently the lead designer of the game was told not to make the game too easy, and in a huff he ordered it to be made much MUCH harder. Thanks mate.