Trendy video games might look prettier and prettier, however their predecessors nonetheless have a lot to supply players a problem. Even massively well-liked franchises like Halo have some challenges which have henceforth been thought of unimaginable. Working example, well-liked streamer Charlie ‘Cr1TiKal’ White observed no participant appears to have accomplished a deathless solo playthrough of Halo 2 with all of its difficulty-increasing skulls activated. Cr1TiKal initially issued a $5,000 bounty earlier than elevating the bar to a cool $20,000 in an effort to see somebody, someplace accomplish it.
To place the scope of this problem in perspective, think about that the 2004 launch is the best-selling first-generation Xbox title with over 8 million copies offered. It’s extensively regarded for its affect on multiplayer gaming, however its marketing campaign is simply as memorable. Through the marketing campaign, gamers can discover 14 hidden skulls with wide-ranging results. Some enhance enemy rank and problem, whereas others sabotage you by hiding your weapons and radar from view. The one cranium off-limits to this problem is Envy which permits the participant to develop into camouflaged at will.
Beforehand, the best-known try was carried out by JerValiN in 2020. He was the primary to finish a run with out dying, however he had each cranium lively together with Envy. Cr1TiKal acknowledged this run when he laid down the gauntlet, demonstrating confidence within the additional stage of problem added by eradicating Envy. “It makes the goddamn factor practically unbeatable,” Cr1TiKal warned on the time. By his personal admission, Cr1TiKal can not clear past the primary couple rooms together with his ruleset in place.
Effectively, the “hardest problem in gaming” has now been conquered by none different than JerValiN himself. In a six-and-a-half-hour slog on stream, JerValiN leveraged each trick in his arsenal whereas staying throughout the bounds of the foundations. Whereas cheats, save states, and different technical helpers are outlawed, Cr1TiKal does enable using in-game glitches. That basically doesn’t take away from this feat in any approach, thoughts you. It nonetheless took JerValiN alone weeks’ value of failed makes an attempt earlier than discovering success. Numerous different failed to finish even the primary mission.
Whereas there have been many coronary heart stopping moments alongside the way in which, his last assault concerned glitching a Banshee ship into the ultimate boss struggle. He practically misplaced it instantly to an enemy Brute dodging his grenade onslaught, however regained composure to place down the boss Tartarus and declare the $20,000 purse.
What different unimaginable feats of gaming stay unconquered that you just wish to see tried?
