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We've all played them. Backtracking, not knowing where to go. Going back and forth. Name some of these games from your memory. I'll start: Final Fantasy XIII-2, RE1

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[–] socsa@piefed.social 47 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Ecco the Dolphin is literally impossible without a guide.

[–] mudstickmcgee@sh.itjust.works 18 points 3 days ago

designed that way to make more money on people renting it over and over to try and beat it IIRC

[–] brsrklf@jlai.lu 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I am not really seeing it. I did finish it without a guide back then. It was the Windows 9x port, but I don't think it changes much.

Really in my case a guide would not help for the hardest parts, which were mostly the crazy moves needed to push those floating things to break rocks and to swim against currents with boulders.

That game was like an unforgiving crack rock