Shadow Hearts is one of the few console RPG's I've played all the way through in the past 4 years actually. :twitch:

Anyhow... the only game I've gotten "stuck" on in recent years is Grand Theft Auto for PS2. If I had it for PC it wouldn't be a problem, but I've reached the mission where you are supposed to use the sniper rifle, and I'm just not quick enough using a console controller to do FPS sniping... :eye:

I second the opinion about games needing to be fun to have merit regardless of difficulty. I recently decided Gradius V wasn't for me, while on the same day I cracked open R-type Final and even though it's also ridiculously difficult the gameplay and graphics have completely sucked me in...

Xenogears - Tower of Babel. Yes. I was completely in love with this game, it's story and everything, but the goddamn tower of Babel with it's horrible camera angles, platform elements and constant random battles just wore me down little by little. Okay, I did have a pretty lousy controller but still it just went on and on until I realized that I wasn't able to beat the damn thing without falling down. So I said "well, I'll return in a week or so when I've cooled down". I never returned, and I still want to know how the damn game ends. :(

(I had to return the game and the PSX to it's original owner after that, and since Xenogears was never released in Sweden I couldn't get a copy for my non-haxxed PS)

>_<

Well, playing that game was about as much fun as running into a wall, so there ya go.

SH 1 or SH Covnent? If you're talking about number 1, then I agree. However, if you're talking about number 2, then shame on you. It's an amazing game.

I played 2 and then 1, and I could never get through the first (though I got close before i just stopped caring.)