My personal gaming preference are the hard games, satisfaction of completing the hard game is by far the best. These are games that will hurt you on easy. They are programmed that way to give a challenge to the players. Some of you will probably recognize this list of games, some of you will see them for the first time, one thing is sure though, they gave me headaches and a lot of satisfaction by completing them. Here we go.
Majesty 2
This is a real time strategy game with a twist, you can't directly control your units, instead they have their own AI and they do what they wish. Player's goal is to manage the empire by upgrading buildings and recruiting new heroes. That can lead to many unwanted scenarios where they would be surrounded by packs of monsters. Imagine late game with hordes of monsters attacking you and your AI's are trying to defend. Hurtful game.
Rage of Mages
Old school ARPG that had some RTS elements. Very interesting game where you would die a lot, game would pit you with increasingly difficult opponents that would one shot you if you are not careful. Late game was a nightmare but also more sweeter when you completed the game.
Lionheart
One of the most inspiring games ever made strangely overlooked by the mass audience. You play as a Crusader and meet many interesting characters during the game like Leonardo Da Vinci or Nostradamus. This game was great but also very hard to complete. Once I completed it though nobody was there to tap my shoulder, cause nobody cared, instead I have my personal satisfaction of knowing I did it!
Dark Souls
Difficulty of this series is legendary. Many mouses, keyboards, controllers and TV's are destroyed by playing this game, and this game is also the main reason why ISIS exists today. Your main goal is to survive, dodge and avoid attacks of impossible bosses, you will die many time in the process, but at the end of the day you will be more skilled.
