Sometimes, the bosses that you’ve got the option to skip are the real deal.

It’s the complete opposite of a Souls game design-wise.

Souls are RPGs; NG2 is a linear action game.

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The pure savagery this game dishes out will make most beginners quit.

Spacing and movement are so important in Silvergun and are required skills.

It’s the most difficult for three key reasons.

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You’ll need all the help you might get with Elden Ring’s duo bosses.

Second, parrying is key to winning in Sekiro and requires a skill that not everyone will have.

Third, the game’s super confusing for beginners.

The start of CP10 of Black Belt in Trials Rising

If you’re going back to the original GameCube versions, good luck actually getting to the Master stages.

Those later Temple stages took a lot of attempts, and that final boss was pretty rough.

However, Tropical Freeze is in a completely different league.

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First off, the game gets really hard, really fast, especially compared to Returns.

These games might be easy normally, but their difficulty modes aren’t playing around.

There’s so many versions on different systems highlighting Simon Belmont’s first trek into Dracula’s Castle.

The chapter 11 optional Rasetsu brawl in Ninja Gaiden 2.

The toughest one around, however, had to be the arcade version, Haunted Castle.

This means you’ll eat a lot more hits than usual.

The real meat of the game, however, is Arena mode.

Playing the first boss fight in the first level of Radiant Silvergun

The difficulty here compared to Elden Ring or even the mission mode of NG2 is unrivaled.

These PS5 games will have you pulling your hair out by the boatloads.

But we believe in you and you will come out victorious.

Wolf counters Isshin’s lightning attack during the final battle in Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.

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Donkey Kong about to fully enter a Temple stage in Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze

Arthur about to die in the very first level of Super Ghouls ‘n Ghosts

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Defeating an enemy in the Arena mode of Sifu

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