james2025a

So what does everyone think? Which game shas the hardest last level or end of level boss.

I think that the original Driver game has a pretty hard last level, and that God of War's last level is pretty tough. The giant pyramid on wheels at the end of Serious Sam 2 was pretty mean as i remember as well.

Michael Corvin

The original Ninja Gaiden. Never did beat it. Made it to the boss numerous times, but when you lose it tosses you back 3-4 levels which is BS.

nodoubt

the most recent one is incredible hulk ultimate destruction. it pissed me off. i must have played it like 30x before i beat it.

The Franchise

One on PS1. That game was freakin impossible later on.

Groucho

Which one, The Franchise. Tell us!

tenaciousdave

Yeah, those last few levels that they make you repeat are hard as crap too. They require Robo-Cop reflexes to make it through.

I never could beat that stupid boss.

Noonan

The last level in Marble Ultra Blast. Screw that level and keeping me from getting my achievements. They put freakin bumpers on a balancing beam!!

19K

Although I did beat it back in the day, I agree the original Ninja Gaiden still has to have the hardest final level/boss. Plus if I remember correctly, it was one of those bosses that morphed into like 2 or 3 different things before he finally died. Ooooh, he's finally dead! ...NOT!

I f'n hate that.

chess

I don't have any idea, but I definitely remember that last level of Driver being brutal. Must've played it a hundred times before figuring out every last detail of my strategy...but once I figured it out, I was pretty consistent.

Folks here may laugh, but I put down Metroid Prime for almost a year out of sheer frustration. Of course I eventually read a Faq on it and beat it in a night.

Giantrobo

Star Wars Battlefront II's single player has some difficult levels as you progress through the game. I'm doing the "Rise of the Empire" campaign and I'm on the level from the 1st movie were the Stormtrooper blow the door and fight on that ship the Princess is on.

Well, as soon as the door blasts open the rebels fire a rocket right into the door and they kill you and aobut 4 or 5 Stormtroopers. The AI for this game is a bitch.

fujishig

For some reason, I always remember fighting those dumb optional bosses in Final Fantasy VII... Emerald and Ruby Weapon. I probably needed to level up a lot more, but they were damned tough at the time, even with Knights of the Round.

In other RPG news, I remember staying up an entire weekend to beat Phantasy Star II and finding the last boss was pretty tough.

It's not a level, per se, but the one game that frustrated me more than any other was the Gamecube F Zero. Don't get me wrong, driving games often upset me, especially when they reveal my lack of skills, but I HATED finishing first in the first four races of a GP and then sliding off the edge in the fifth race over and over again. Argh!

flix1

Any level in Ghosts 'n Goblins for the original Nintendo.

Goldberg74

The last level on Tiger Heli (NES).


... and then someone told me that there was not a "last level" on that game and that it was just 4 levels that kept looping. Darn it! Besides, it was my first game.

Tarantino

The Egypt level on Goldeneye on 00 Agent.

HARD.

= J

PerryD

I was going to say Ninja Gaiden on the NES also. Also, I seem to remember that the Sega Genesis Ghouls and Ghosts, when you get towards the end of the game, they send you back to the beginning again.

Maxflier

The maze level in Golgo 13.

jonw9

E.T. on atari, I could never get out of the pit!

mrmagoo

I hear ya......

lordwow

Gradius III. SO FAST

Also, not a final level, but trying to get some of cheat codes in Goldeneye 007. So hard to do it under those times.

I also remember the first time I killed Emerald in VII, it was amazing to finally beat that.

silentbob007

I always has a lot of troulbe with the final level of Mega Man 4 (NES). All of the other MM games I beat no sweat, but that one I was only able to conquer once. I always hated the fact that, even though there was a save, I had to start at the beginning of WIley's fortress every time I restarted the game. I know, with saves it's no Ninja Gaiden ....

josepotato

When I was a kid my parents rented a Nintendo and a couple games for me for a weekend. Ghosts 'n Goblins was the first NES game I ever played.. never made it through the first level. Luckily the other game was Super Mario Bros 2.

Michael Corvin

Oooh. Mega Man. That is another one. The original was the hardest of the entire series including the X series. Still beat it though, which gives the leg up to Ninja Gaiden. Then the sequel, mega man 2 was the easiest of the entire series, go figure.

I'll give honorable mentions to Metroid Prime (for final boss), and Ghosts N Goblins (whole game is difficult).

JimmySRU

The original Tecmo Bowl when you made it to the Superbowl as a team that wasnt good.

The Bus

You're not supposed to rely on the balancing beam.

(I still can't beat that level under par).

hal9000

I would have to agree with the DRIVER votes. I gave up on that bad boy after about 80 trys. Go figure, because I was always really good at SpyHunter too!