#5: The Silver Surfer
Developed by Software Creations and released in November of 1990 for the Nintendo Entertainment System, this shoot 'em up game is consider by many to be a prime example of poor game design.

The game is auto scroller and if your board touches anything, including walls, enemies, or tiny projectiles that have been launched at you, you instantly lose.

To make matters worse, many stages force you to navigate angled paths with a board that's always facing the same direction and is way too long, meaning you've got to be a pro at the game and extremely patient to ever see how it ends.

Like I said, I played this as a kid and I remember how fun it was at first and then immediately, basically almost cracking the game in half. So, yeah.

#6: Contra

Released on February 20, 1987 as an arcade game, and later for a variety of other platforms, Contra as it's called in Europe and Oceana markets, is a side scrolling run and gun style game that was developed by Konami.

As the player, you take on large seemingly endless hordes of attacking aliens and very hard to kill bosses, any one of which can kill you with a single hit.

Oh yes, I remember this game. Just infuriating. You're also forced to navigate around deadly obstacles and make it to the end of each stage before your timer runs out. So you're literally racing through dozens upon dozens of enemies as fast as possible, dying often. Contra was actually the first game to ever include the 00p0ppp0 add Konami code, the famous sequence of up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, granting the player 30 lives. But even with all those lives it was almost impossible to beat! You ever play it, you know exactly what I'm talking about, ahhh, I'm dead.

#7: I Wanna Be The Guy
Designed and developed by Michael O'Reilly, I Want To Be The Guy is a parody freeware game for Windows that steals a number of elements from beloved games, such as Super Mario, Mega Man, and the Legend of Zelda, as well as Tetris and many more. Combining them into a single game that's terribly difficult.

Thought it never officially left beta testing, it still developed a cult following with some playing just to see how many Easter eggs that they could spot. Most of the elements visible in the game are specifically there to defeat the player, making it necessary to play the same stages over, and over, and over. It's been deemed impossible to beat without previous knowledge of levels, as there are sudden traps that come without warning. Meaning you'd have to already been killed by them previously to know they're there.

I'm not gonna lie, this is actually a game I've never heard of, so as soon as I'm done with this I'm actually gonna go download it so that I can stress myself out, I guess. Sounds fun.

#8: Mega Man 9
Considered some of the most challenging side scrolling games that Capcom ever released, the Mega Man series was a huge hit with gamers. So much so that a throwback to the first sequel, 1988's Mega Man 2 was created for modern systems. Complete with eight bit graphics and retro sounds, Mega Man 9 was unleashed on the world through Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and the Wii in September of 2008. But while many felt the nostalgia of playing a familiar game they also were met with a very tricky and often frustrating series of levels.

Enemies popping out of holes, flying in quickly from off-screen, or falling from above taught you, as the player, often suddenly grabbing you and hurling you towards pits or spikes. I've always loved the Mega Man series, but I do remember this game and it just makes me, I think I just felt some more hair fall out.

#9: Super Meat Boy
Super Meat Boy, they named a game Super Meat Boy?....okay.
Initially released for Xbox 360 and Windows in late 2010, Super Meat Boy is now available for PlayStation 4, Wii U, Nintendo Switch as well as other platforms due to the critical acclaim that it received.

The brain child of Team Meat, this game actually won IGN's Most Challenging Game Award in 2010. The gameplay demands that you race as fast as you can through obstacles, most of which will kill you, which leads to many pressings of the reset button.
Ah, I almost got it. Ah, almost got it. Oh, I'm gonna lose my mind .

Aware of the challenge that their game possesses, the designers made sure that resetting the game only takes seconds, which means little downtime between attempts, which keeps players fixed on getting past the buzz saws and enemies that keep cutting them into tiny little bloody pieces.

#10: Shinobi 3D
Unlike it's predecessors, the original Shinobi games that were produced for arcades, home computers, and eventually early home gaming systems, Shinobi 3D threw out side scrolling and fell in line with the growing trend of 3D combat games.

Released by SEGA for the PlayStation 2 on November 10, 2002, this game delivered incredibly challenging levels with tough enemies. But what made it truly hard was the fact that, instead of being a stealthy ninja, you had to race through your foes as quickly as possible. If you didn't continually recharge your sword with the souls of your enemies, you'd start dealing damage to yourself. This had many gamers repeating levels dozens and dozens of times only to lose again to deadly villains, bottomless pits, or their own waiting.

Who doesn't love a video game, heh? And if you're like me, you like to get all the achievements and you like a good challenge. A game that's easy to learn and hard to master. Well the following games do not fall in that category because they were so difficult that the best players in the world had difficulty with them. Here are the 10 hardest video games ever made.

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#1: The Last Of Us II
No, we still don't have a release date for Joel and Ellie's next adventure, but given that Naughty Dog said back in December 2017 that the Last of Us 2 was around 60% done I think we can assume that a late 2019 release date is likely so what is it about this game that has so many people so jazzed? Well for a start, the original Last of Us released in 2013 was an absolute masterpiece of a game.

Naughty Dog really made us care about Joel and Ellie as they bonded and fought to stay alive in a hostile world full of monsters and other desperate survivors who would do absolutely anything they needed to survive the emotional rollercoaster of love, loss, acceptance, survival, guilt and betrayal was all wrapped up in a stunning looking game with some tense stealth and brutally violent combat.

Part 2 looks set to deliver more of the same and we can't wait.
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#2 Resident Evil 2

Is it fair to continue to call Resident Evil 2 a remake at this point

The upcoming survival horror game shares a name and a plot with the 1998 PlayStation Classic but trust me this feels like an entirely new entry in the series, Raccoon City has been recreated in stunning detail and the shambling rotting zombies that literally decompose before your very eyes are perhaps the most alarming I've ever seen in a video game, smart updates to combat and exploration don't stop the game from being a survival horror through and through, of course that same sense of creeping dread that there's no safe place to hide is as present here as it was in the original game.

They do say that the best remakes are interpretations of what made the original truly great but that token Resident Evil 2 could be the best remake of all time, look for it on January 25th just over 20 years after the original game scare the pants off all of us.

#3 Far Cry New Dawn
As soon as the credits rolled on Far Cry 5 shocking nuclear holocaust, I had a feeling that Ubisoft would be taking the Fallout route for the inevitable sequel and I was right - kind of-

See what really strikes me about Far Cry New Dawn is that it doesn't look like every other post-apocalyptic game out there, sure it's gonna be grim and violent but the drab greens and browns you'd expect from a game set after nuclear bomb jobs have been replaced with lush vivid greenery and colors that really make the world come alive.

Far Cry games are always a guaranteed good time and Ubisoft take on the post apocalypse looks like one of the most entertaining I've ever seen in a video game.

Who said the end of the world couldn't be fun

#4: Devil May Cry 5

Devil May Cry 5 has all the potential to be the biggest and most bombastic entry in Capcom's demons busting franchise yet, as with the previous DMC titles, frenetic combo based combat is at the heart of everything you do in this game these are the Snot out of other worldly monsters using a blend of guns, swords and the detachable exploding fist, building up ridiculous combos as you cut your way through levels is addictive as it ever was and the fact of the excellent soundtrack builds and gets more intense the higher your score is just the icing on the already delicious cake.

I'll be honest I rarey have a clue what's actually going on in a Devil May Cry game and this one is no different but when it looks and plays as good as this. March 8 can't come fast enough.

#5: Anthem
I think there's a concern among a lot of gamers that Anthem won't amount to much more than EA's version of Destiny but I believe we should give developer Bioware a little more credit. Yes they may have released the divisive Mass Effect Andromeda but this is also the studio that gave us the original Mass Effect trilogy Dragon Age and Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic in short they've made far more hits than misses.  This is a studio that knows how to make a truly great RPG and if they can actually populate Anthems undeniably gorgeous world with interesting things to do instead of relying on players to create their own fun in the empty sandbox like Fallout 76 then we're in for a treat, when the game finally launches in February.

#6 Doom Eternal

The 2016 reboot of Doom was one of the best games of the year and easily one of the strongest FPS titles of the last decade, ID software took everything we loved about the original game fluid movements,  big guns and bigger demons and turn everything up to 666. See what I did there?



If Doom Eternal can build on what made his predecessor great, which means more gory executions more insane weapons to play with and the heaviest of metal soundtracks and we're looking at one hell of a game, I'm still not sure what sorcery is gonna get this game on Nintendo Switch but I can't wait to find out when it launches at some point in 2019 provided it isn't delayed.

#7: Days Gone
After being revealed during E3 2016 fans have been patiently waiting to get their hands on Days Gone, the game that looks and plays like a combination of Horizon Zero Dawn and the Last of Us with World War Z style zombie hordes that come after you with a mindless singular desire to gobble you up like a drunk with a kebab.

The zombie slaying PS4 exclusive was originally set to release in 2018 but the game was then pushed back to February 2019 before being pushed back once against April 26th, to allow further time to polish it up.

A number of publications came away fairly underwhelmed with preview builds of the game but I'm confident the extra work will help make it another strong PS4 exclusive, if nothing else, I'm fully down to ride around an open-world and a motorbike killing zombies and getting into fights with rival gangs

#8: Sekiro Shadows Die Twice
Sekiro is hard. You'd expect as much from the studio who gave us Blood-borne and Dark Souls of course but don't go into the game thinking it's another souls clone because it's much more. For a start, the game is a lot faster than Dark Souls where the souls games are slower, methodical affairs Sekiro has players zipping around making use of every inch of the game's gorgeous Samurai inspired levels before they're inevitably batted around by the brutal enemies.

Aggressive play is key and if you give your for the slightest opening they will rip you - if you're ready to die countless times before putting your fist through the wall in a blind rage, you can play the Sekiro when it hits PlayStation 4, Xbox one and PC on 22nd of March.

#9: Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order

There are a couple of reasons you should be excited for Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order, the first is that the single-player game is being developed by Respawn Studio behind the brilliant and often underrated Titanfall games, the second is the game's story. Reportedly set just after Revenge of the Sith - you know the one where all the Jedi are wiped out and Anakin kills a bunch of kids- will be playing as a Padawan who managed to survive the purge and decides to embark on a quest to avenge his fallen Jedi there's no solid release date for this one yet but all the rumors seem to be pointing towards a holiday 2019 release. If EA and Respawns could just focus on single player story driven action, this could be the best Star Wars game we've had for a while.

#10: Gears 5

Gears 5 may have dropped the "of war" from its title, but it's still the same old franchise we know and love.
Complete with all the bleak third-person violence and post-apocalyptic vibes, you come to expect from the series. Old man Marcus Fenix is still knocking about and being a grumpy old codger of course but the real star will be Kate Diaz, the former outcast first appeared in Gears of War 4 and this time around she'll be discovering the origins of the subterranean locusts, answering questions many of us have had since the first Gears of War released back in 2006.


The prospect of finally learning more about the locusts after over a decade plus all the big guns and weapons we get to play with make Gears 5 one to watch in 2019

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In a few days, 2018 comes to a close, it's time to look ahead to the New Year and all the excellent games we can look forward to keeping us from our work and our loved ones.

Most of the games in this top 10 have already been confirmed for 2019 launch but there are one or two that still don't have solid release dates such as The Last of Us. I'm quietly confident that these games will be out before 2019 is over because I don't know what I'll do if they aren't

Without further ado grab yourself some Christmas leftovers put in a sandwich/pizza and look ahead to some of the most exciting games of 2019
https://www.unilad.co.uk/gaming/top-10-2019-games-we-cant-wait-to-play/

1. The Community Could Die Out Quickly - Dreams

Why It Might Suck: Back when Media Molecule's ambitious sandbox adventure game was still due out this year, we predicted that it could end up being 2018's No Man's Sky.

A year later, Dreams has slid to 2019, and while the extensive gameplay footage has sold many on the depth of its creativity, there is one further hurdle: the community.

Dreams is absolutely a game that will live and die on the enthusiasm of its fans, because it's players who will create the most mind-bogglingly imaginative worlds for others to explore.

While the early days of Dreams are sure to be flooded with glorious creations, it's also easy to imagine the novelty wearing off quickly, especially once players discover the technical limitations.

While the user-created maps will presumably remain persistently uploaded for future players to explore, Dreams could potentially become a years-long service if the user-base holds firm. It's just a shame that, as history dictates, niche games of this kind tend to suffer a violent population shrinkage after the initial honeymoon period.

Why It Might Not: It's not unheard of for online gaming communities to thrive far longer than anyone would reasonably expect, even if these examples are firm outliers.

For instance, Halo 2 still had people playing until 2010, some six years after its initial release, and one can only hope that Dreams resonates deeply enough with players to keep them coming back for years.

Fingers are most certainly crossed for this one.

2. It Looks Like A Totally Forgettable Sequel - Gears 5

Why It Might Suck: This might be a controversial opinion, but wasn't Gears of War 4 a bit boring?

Yes, it was visually impressive and boasted slick cover-shooter gameplay, but there was little inventive or original under the surface, resulting in an efficient but shockingly bland, forgettable campaign. The multiplayer was fine, of course.

As such it's hard to be particularly hype for Gears 5, which basically looks like it's going to spoon-feed fans another giant serving of the same old thing. It'll review well, for sure, but for anyone hoping the series might demonstrate any growth, creativity or innovation, you're likely to be sorely disappointed.

Why It Might Not: The single morsel of intrigue is that Gears 5 will shift protagonists from dullard JD Fenix to the far more interesting Kait Diaz, and though the gameplay is likely remain mostly unchanged, the gender shift could maybe prove just the update the series needs.

3. It Might Not Learn From The Original's Mistakes - Tom Clancy's The Division 2

Why It Might Suck: Though Tom Clancy's The Division was generally well-received by critics, once the honeymoon period wore off, boredom quickly set in.

With a visually stunning but soullessly empty open world and an abject lack of compelling post-game content, the name of the game quickly became rote repetition in the pursuit of shinier loot. As such, many played the game for a few weeks, jumped ship and never looked back (this player included).

Though Ubisoft insists that they've learned from the first game's mistakes, it's still incredibly difficult to be completely trusting when it comes to The Division 2.

Given that it's going to sell like hotcakes regardless of its quality, one has to question if it'll simply end up like Star Wars Battlefront II: paying lip-service to the notion of consumer-friendly practises, but actually doubling down on the total opposite.

Why It Might Not: It's already been announced that The Division 2 will give players a year's worth of free DLC, which is definitely an encouraging step in the right direction.

What's been shown certainly looks fun, but like its predecessor, we won't really know if it's a game worth buying for the long haul until reviews are out and the first wave of players are experiencing the post-game content for themselves.

4. The Zombie Genre Is Wildly Over-Saturated - Days Gone

Why It Might Suck: The PS4's exclusives output has been on fire as of late, but it's tough to be much enthusiastic about this open-world zombie shooter from SIE Bend Studio, who haven't released a firmly-acclaimed AAA game since 2000's Syphon Filter 2.

From the extensive gameplay shown off, Days Gone doesn't seem like much more than your typical open-world survival game, and numerous press previews from this year's E3 point to a game that's sorely in need of polishing and refinement.

More than anything there appears to be precious little personality to the characters or the world, which would be fatal flaws in a game which wants you to invest dozens of hours exploring it.

Why It Might Not: A lot can happen by the time Days Gone releases in late-April, namely that the technical jank can be cleaned up almost a year removed from those divisive press previews. As for the actual fun factor? That's a little tougher to re-jig once the spine of the experience has been set in place.

It is absolutely a "wait for reviews" game, and even if it's hard to imagine Days Gone scoring raves, it could potentially be hammered into shape and land a respectable 75-80 Metascore.

5. The Closed Beta Was Terrible - Trials Rising


Why It Might Suck: As brilliant as the previous Trials games have been, the closed beta for Trial Rising, uh, didn't go so well. In addition to the surprisingly juddery framerate and repulsive user interface, fans were outraged by the discovery that the final game will feature loot boxes.

With barely two months to go until Trials Rising hits stores, it's not a good look, and for many fans the game has no doubt gone from a day-one purchase to waiting for a sale.

If Ubisoft can't sort the technical issues or resolve the PR kerfuffle surrounding loot boxes, fans at least won't have to wait too long for said sale.

Why It Might Not: The beta took place back in September, so it's not totally outside the realm of possibility that the performance issues could be ironed out by February, and at least the microtransactions are said to be purely cosmetic (for now, anyway).

Given the infuriatingly addictive consistency of the previous games in the series, the odds seem in its favour to succeed, which will only make it all the more crushing if Ubisoft can't fix these nagging issues in time.

6. It Looks Like A Lazy Assassin's Creed Rip-Off - Skull & Bones


Why It Might Suck: Ubisoft's new pirate actioner Skull and Bones has the unmistakable whiff of being a not-so-subtle rip-off of Assassin's Creed's much-praised naval combat, as was first popularised in 2013's Black Flag.

That's not to say that the game doesn't look fun - to a point - but from what's been shown off so far, the mechanics just seem too indebted to Assassin's Creed without bringing enough new or intriguing to the table.

Simply, it's tough to imagine how this can sustain an entire experience apparently worth a full AAA price tag.

Why It Might Not: Ubisoft has confirmed that Skull and Bones will feature a narrative single-player campaign, which at least calms fears this could be another Sea of Thieves (that is, overly reliant on "emergent gameplay".

With the game due to ship at an unspecified 2019 date, the developer at least has time to mount a marketing campaign to convince there's truly enough material here to justify a day-one purchase. But again, this is one worth waiting on reviews for

7. There Might Be No Campaign (Again) - Call Of Duty 2019


Why It Might Suck: Despite introducing a well-crafted Battle Royale mode, Blackout, to the Call of Duty franchise, Black Ops 4 was widely criticised for scrapping a traditional single-player campaign mid-development, presumably to pour more resources into Blackout.

Naturally, fans are wondering whether or not next year's CoD game, presumed to be Infinity Ward's Modern Warfare 4, will in fact feature a campaign.

A job listing posted to Infinity Ward's website earlier this year does suggest the game may have a story component, but the lack of a confirmation in light of the Black Ops 4 controversy is still a little worrying.

Even if Infinity Ward has started work on a campaign for MW4, don't be surprised if Activision scraps it in order to focus on the next iteration of Blackout. Considering that BO4 had the best-ever digital sales the franchise has ever seen without a campaign, there's probably not much incentive to bring it back.

Why It Might Not: There's a lot of value in ensuring that each of the three CoD developers - Treyarch, Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games - gives players a unique and distinct experience, so it's entirely possible at least one of these teams will still be commissioned to release a campaign for their game.

There probably won't be clarification on this for quite some time - Black Ops 4 was officially unveiled in March - but if Infinity Ward's game does indeed feature a campaign, it makes good PR sense to announce it ASAP.

8. It's Trying Too Hard To Be "Edgy" - Rage 2

Why It Might Suck: Aside from being a wildly unexpected sequel to an indifferently-received 2011 first-person shooter, Rage 2's marketing so far suggests it's trying way too hard to appeal to hyperactive teenage boys.

Its bright, striking aesthetic is accompanied by a strong whiff of cynicism, as though dreamt up by a middle-aged marketing executive and then passed along to the dev team.

To most people over the age of 18, it's fair to say that Rage 2 probably seems a bit exhausting, like your over-eager nephew jumping up and down in front of you when you just want to enjoy a cuppa and watch some Netflix.

Why It Might Not: Its wilfully obnoxious style and tone aside, Rage 2's beat-to-beat gameplay actually looks quite robust and, dare one say, entertaining.

It just depends on whether the gunplay and exploration are persuasive enough for players to put up with its more grating window-dressing

9. So. Many. Reasons. - Crackdown 3

Why It Might Suck: If you've been even remotely following the development of Crackdown 3, this should be obvious.

First announced back at E3 2014, the game has suffered through a laboured production, with numerous delays, the curious downplaying of its much-hyped cloud destruction tech and even rumours of its cancellation.

While Microsoft should be vaguely commended for not just dumping the game and moving on, clearly it's been a rough time getting Crackdown 3 in ship shape, and from the pretty middling scraps of gameplay we've been shown, there's little reason to expect anything above heavily mixed reviews.

Why It Might Not: In total fairness, the more recent gameplay footage did boast stronger visuals than in previous trailers, and it looks kinda fun?

Obviously it helps that Microsoft is sensibly releasing the game on their Xbox Game Pass service, which will likely soften the fan and critical response at least a little.

After all, if it's a moderately enjoyable but technically roughshod game, it's far easier to forgive if you haven't just thrown down £45 for it.

Basically, there's virtually zero chance at this stage that Crackdown 3 is a great game, but it could be entertainingly disposable multiplayer mayhem, warts and all.

10. EA Is Involved With It - Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

Why It Might Suck: It takes a special kind of incompetence to win the illustrious Star Wars license and, after three projects, have desperately little to show for it.

Star Wars Battlefront was a piecemeal disappointment, its sequel was somehow even worse, and despite having the most promise of the lot, Visceral Games' single-player Star Wars title ended up cancelled last year.

So, it's easy to be extremely sceptical about EA's new third-person, campaign-based Star Wars game, because no matter the developmental pedigree behind it, the publisher has an infuriating knack for making gross business decisions which impact the quality of the end product.

The odds aren't in their favour, and again, this is a case where it's best to protect yourself against being burned. Don't pre-order and wait for the reviews to come out.

Why It Might Not: The flicker of promise comes from the game being developed by Titanfall devs Respawn Entertainment, who delivered one of the best first-person shooter campaigns of recent years with Titanfall 2.

Plus, there's a slight possibility that EA maybe learned something following the hostile response to both Battlefront games? Probably not, but stranger things have happened.

The Low-Budget Development - Shenmue III

Why It Might Suck: If you forget the fact that Shenmue III is one of the most agonisingly awaited video game sequels of all time, there are a ton of red flags suggesting it's going to disappoint a lot of people.

Aside from the rather underwhelming smattering of clips and images released so far, the game is obviously being built on a far smaller budget than its AAA-tier predecessors. As such, it's sensible to expect a more linear, low-key experience than the gigantic sandboxes which are very much the norm today.

There's no denying the passion series creator Yu Suzuki is pouring into Shenmue III, but with such scant resources to work from, it's best to expect mediocrity and be pleasantly surprised if it's anything more.

Why It Might Not: Suzuki is at least taking his time with the game, which suggests it won't be a rushed cash-grab. Plus, if Shenmue III ends up feeling like a throwback, there will be many who will firmly embrace it as a charming nostalgia trip.

And maybe, just maybe, Suzuki will be able to find a delicate balance by delivering a smaller-scale project that nevertheless provides a heartfelt, nostalgic continuation of Ryo's quest for revenge.

12. Open-World Fatigue - Anthem

Why It Might Suck: Doesn't Anthem just look a bit, well, boring?

Given the utter lack of trust EA and BioWare have earned in recent years, it's incredibly tough to imagine this open-world multiplayer shooter being anything more than a shiny but soulless AAA offering centred around a tedious loot grind.

Basically, with just a few months left until its release, EA has curiously downplayed what you can actually do in the game, rousing suspicions that it's set to be another Destiny: stylish, but vapid and lacking a compelling, lived-in world for you and your friends to inhabit.

Why It Might Not: BioWare may have stumbled recently with the Mass Effect: Andromeda debacle, but is that enough to write off all their prior successes?

They know how to put together vibrant worlds on a epic scale, so it ultimately just comes down to how much rein EA has given them.