Originally posted by YK
One game I felt had a fair challenge level was Resident Evil 4. I didn't find it insanely, hellishly tough, and I'd imagine much of the internet finds it *easy*. Nevertheless, the enemies are strong enough to kill you in only about 1-4 hits, and they rarely attack alone, but every enemy has some sort of weakness you can exploit, and you have a number of weapons and other tricks at your disposal, so it never feels oppressive.
Coincidentally, Resident Evil 4 (which I'm still currently replaying) was one of the three best games I played in 2010 that I had never played before (the other two were Lemmings & Oh No! More Lemmings and Crash Bandicoot).
The first time I started RE4, I fumbled around so much that when I got to the Village Chief boss, I had hardly any ammo or healing items left and had to restart from the beginning. But, it didn't take very long to get back up to him and I did a much better job on the second attempt and was finally able to beat him.
The thing I liked about RE4, and the only other RE game I ever beat, RE0, is that they both have harder difficulty settings that really force you to know the game well to win. So there's a easier mode for those who don't want to play something insanely difficult, but it's there for those who do and you don't have to worry about imposing your own limitations, the hard mode will do that for you.
Originally posted by YK
Originally posted by Flying OmeletteFun fact: The Magic of Scheherazade was the first game I ever played that had menu-driven battles and I had no idea what the heck was going on when I first got into one.
Hum. I never played that game before, actually... I should try it sometime; I hear it's quite good.
I do highly recommend it, but I do warn that it's rather easy. I know someone who loves challenging games who went to play it and I kept telling him that it probably wasn't the best choice for him because he might find it too easy, but he ended up liking it anyway.
I have a (nearly) complete shrine for it, if you're interested
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