{"id":43022,"date":"2012-08-17T12:06:41","date_gmt":"2012-08-17T10:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=43022"},"modified":"2012-08-17T14:25:09","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T12:25:09","slug":"10-games-youll-never-finish-because-theyre-too-hard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/43022-10-games-youll-never-finish-because-theyre-too-hard","title":{"rendered":"10 games you&#8217;ll never finish because they&#8217;re too hard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The thing is, some games are just not meant to be finished. Instead, they exist simply to remind you that you\u2019re not as good at games as you thought you were.<\/p>\n<p>They also remind you that your controller or keyboard and mouse will break into a lot more pieces than you\u2019d expect when you hurl it at the wall. Remember, there\u2019s no shame in ragequitting if it&#8217;ll save your hardware from meeting the floor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contra: Hard Corps (Mega Drive)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Obligatory.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_43094\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/contra-hard-corps-600x400.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43094\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43094\" title=\"contra hard corps 600x400\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/contra-hard-corps-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/contra-hard-corps-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/contra-hard-corps-600x400-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/contra-hard-corps-600x400-250x166.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-43094\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">By Konami, for people who hate themselves.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Spelunky (PC, XBLA)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Remember when games were really, really, <em>really<\/em> hard? Of course you do, because it was just last month. Derek Yu\u2019s platformer \/ death-simulator looks totally cute, but that\u2019s just part of the deception. What deception? <em>That you\u2019ll ever get out of this mine alive<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_40240\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/spelunky-screenshot-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40240\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40240 \" title=\"spelunky screenshot 01\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/spelunky-screenshot-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/spelunky-screenshot-01.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/spelunky-screenshot-01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/spelunky-screenshot-01-250x166.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-40240\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Then suddenly, spiders.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PC, Xbox 360, PS3)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Just when you think you\u2019ve made it through Veteran difficulty, say <em>hellooooo<\/em> to the Mile High Club epilogue mission. The \u201cooooo\u201d is silent.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_43097\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/call-of-duty-4-mile-high-600x400.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43097\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43097\" title=\"call of duty 4 mile high 600x400\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/call-of-duty-4-mile-high-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/call-of-duty-4-mile-high-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/call-of-duty-4-mile-high-600x400-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/call-of-duty-4-mile-high-600x400-250x166.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-43097\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An artist&#8217;s impression of what the last part might look like.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Ikaruga (Dreamcast, Gamecube, XBLA)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And speaking of Hell, welcome to Bullet Hell. It\u2019s called Bullet Hell because that\u2019s exactly what it is. Hell, with lots of bullets.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_43107\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/ikaruga-600x400.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43107\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43107\" title=\"ikaruga 600x400\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/ikaruga-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/ikaruga-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/ikaruga-600x400-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/ikaruga-600x400-250x166.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-43107\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>It&#8217;s black, it&#8217;s white \/ It&#8217;s tough for you to get by \/ It&#8217;s black, it&#8217;s white, whooooo!<\/em> \/ GAME OVER.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Metal Slug 3 (Neo Geo, PS2, Wii Virtual Console, XBLA)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The good news is that enemies will die with a single shot.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_43108\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/metal-slug-3-600x400.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43108\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43108\" title=\"metal slug 3 600x400\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/metal-slug-3-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/metal-slug-3-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/metal-slug-3-600x400-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/metal-slug-3-600x400-250x166.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-43108\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The bad news is, so will you.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Sin &amp; Punishment (Nintendo 64)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Your sin was buying the game. Your punishment is the game. It\u2019s right there in the name, people. You were warned.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_43109\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/sin-and-punishment-600x400.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43109\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43109\" title=\"sin and punishment 600x400\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/sin-and-punishment-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/sin-and-punishment-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/sin-and-punishment-600x400-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/sin-and-punishment-600x400-250x166.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-43109\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Run awaaaaaaaaay!<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Dark Souls (PS3, Xbox 360)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, no,\u201d they said. \u201cNo. No, no, no. You don\u2019t want to go that way. You don\u2019t ever want to go <em>that<\/em> way, ever, LOL.\u201d. After I\u2019d gone that way. Which way was that? Oh, you know which way. Because it\u2019s every way.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_43111\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/dark-souls-600x400.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43111\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43111\" title=\"dark souls 600x400\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/dark-souls-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/dark-souls-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/dark-souls-600x400-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/dark-souls-600x400-250x166.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-43111\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Look, I think we&#8217;ve gotten off to a bad start here. Let&#8217;s just&#8230; let&#8217;s just calm down and talk this out.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Borderlands\u2019 Crawmerax the Invincible (PC, Xbox 360, PS3)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Okay, so technically you can finish Borderlands without finishing Crawmerax, but an unfinished achievement list is the same thing as an unfinished game, and nobody has this achievement. <em>Nobody<\/em>. Not even the people who do because Crawmerax is invincible, and he\u2019s just pretending to be dead so you\u2019ll stop tickling him with your silly bangsticks. Don\u2019t believe me? Restart the game.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_43113\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/crawmerax-600x400.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43113\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43113\" title=\"crawmerax 600x400\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/crawmerax-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/crawmerax-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/crawmerax-600x400-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/crawmerax-600x400-250x166.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-43113\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Worst case of crabs ever.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Duke Nukem Forever (PC, Xbox 360, PS3)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes it\u2019s too hard to just keep paying attention all the way to the end. Statistically, nobody bothered.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_43114\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/duke-nukem-600x400.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43114\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43114\" title=\"duke nukem 600x400\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/duke-nukem-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/duke-nukem-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/duke-nukem-600x400-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/duke-nukem-600x400-250x166.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-43114\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I&#8217;m here to chew bubblegum and kick some zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Everything ever released on NES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No explanation required.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_43115\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/battletoads-600x400.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43115\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43115\" title=\"battletoads 600x400\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/battletoads-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/battletoads-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/battletoads-600x400-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/battletoads-600x400-250x166.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-43115\" 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