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[Ainem Enamas]

Describe why it's intensive for you?

For me it's Doom Eternal, I remember through the years I had so intense battles there. Even on normal difficulty you don't know which second could be game over. You have to check your ammo and look where to get it, you just have to strategize your next 5 seconds in couple of milliseconds...

Now I'm playing through RE4 Remake, I'm in the early sections of the game. The first village battle was intense, you just have to jump in some random window to realize in some 10 seconds you have partly made a mistake, because they are already surrounding you...at least you could find some more ammo there

How about you?

 

[HYDE]

Nine Sols! Sekiro like parrying in a Hollow Knight-like artstyle world…it is intense and a metroidvania which is a double plus. Really enjoying it atm

 

[Ainem Enamas]

Nine Sols! Sekiro like parrying in a Hollow Knight-like artstyle world…it is intense and a metroidvania which is a double plus. Really enjoying it atm

Checked it out on YouTube, it's not very fast but I assume it takes precise counter? How long of a game is it?

 

[HYDE]

Checked it out on YouTube, it's not very fast but I assume it takes precise counter? How long of a game is it?

I am 13 hours in exploring everything of course and still have a ways to go I believe.

 

[BennyBlanco]

Nothing more intense than fighting games. My autism vs yours. No teams to fall back on. Gotta know the frames and the matchups. Most intense gaming IMO. Nothing like getting into a best of 20 deathmatch with another player who is evenly matched with you.

 

[Strategize]

Doom Eternal gets crazy.

So crazy that even the devs admit they went too far with the amount of shit you need to keep track of. Definitely a satisfying game to master, but having to think that much while moving that fast can be overwhelming.

 

[Sardaukarama]

Destiny Vault of glass raid when it first came out was a great time for me

 

[thefool]

I love Doom Eternal so much but the game makes me nauseous, why i never truly mastered it

 

[cinnamonandgravy]

dreamcast's soul caliber emulated on a PC
massive slowdown would come out of nowhere and hit like a rock
the pace of the fight would completely change for a few moments then go back to normal

gave me and my friends heart attacks
one of my favorite memories

 

[Grizzled Ghost]

Tactical Challenge 6 from Vanquish. Tried to find some videos of it but the low bitrate on YouTube makes it look like ass.

 

[Da1337Vinci]

Vanquish hardest difficulty end boss iirc just huge amount of concentration for about 20+ min.

 

[LectureMaster]

Man, twas some blood pumping experience.

 

[HYDE]

Tactical Challenge 6 from Vanquish. Tried to find some videos of it but the low bitrate on YouTube makes it look like ass.

GOAT game

 

[HYDE]

Man, twas some blood pumping experience.

3 phases right? Man my son was pulling his hair out with that one, and gave up with the Owl.

 

[simpatico]

Doom Eternal for sure. You can reach a similar zen in Turbo Overkill after you learn it.

Other notables:

Evil Within
Sekiro bosses
The Bunker - I legit could not continue because it blew out my nerves so much. Most intense survival horror experience I've tried. Go in unspoiled if you can.

 

[intbal]

As long as "intensive" doesn't have to mean "speed", then I'll offer a recent game I've played.
Gears Tactics.
Plenty of missions in the game require precise management of multiple aspects of gameplay. Movement points, ammunition, cooldowns, distances, angles, et cetera. Many times you'll have to consider every facet of every character on the map for several turns in advance, just to make sure you don't get caught without any combat or defensive options.
Most of the later missions will have your team in a dire state with your options dwindling to such an extent that failure seems certain. The final boss fight was definitely this way. But, if you've planned carefully (and don't get extremely unlucky with die rolls), then you can usually pull out a victory in the end. It's a game that I would describe as extremely satisfying.

 

[Diddy X]

I remember Gears of war 2 horde mode was pretty intense team playing, each round getting more and more difficult, you had to be extra careful and quick at picking up ammo and setting the traps and of course have good aim, great memories.

 

[HRK69]

I still think the Genichiro Ashina fight is something special

And you get Isshin, the Sword Saint as dessert

 

[HYDE]

Bloodborne…parrying Darkbeast Paarl with a sliver of life left! Then a follow up riposte to feel the most gratifying feeling

Love games that are fair but so rewarding of player’s time and effort while learning it’s systems

 

[ReyBrujo]

Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan both 1 and 2. Those are the games that virtually destroyed my DS screen and I didn't regret doing so at all. I spent hours trying to master every stage, and the final song was hell, I had to work for hours I didn't have.

 

[A.Romero]

Nex Machina

Fighting games in general

I have played Marvel Rivals a few times and it seems intense.

 

[SHA]

Turn-based jrpgs when you don't know what you're doing, it punish you really hard.

 

[SHA]

DMC3 on PS2, it's a fun game but you only enjoy it when you know how to play.

 

[Ainem Enamas]

Doom Eternal gets crazy.

So crazy that even the devs admit they went too far with the amount of shit you need to keep track of. Definitely a satisfying game to master, but having to think that much while moving that fast can be overwhelming.

Recently I have a strategy to take super shotgun as my primary, and then if needed change to whatever to defeat that special-requirement demon

 

[Ainem Enamas]

Man, twas some blood pumping experience.

What game?

 

[HYDE]

What game?

That’s Sekiro

 

[Ainem Enamas]

Doom Eternal for sure. You can reach a similar zen in Turbo Overkill after you learn it.

Other notables:

Evil Within
Sekiro bosses
The Bunker - I legit could not continue because it blew out my nerves so much. Most intense survival horror experience I've tried. Go in unspoiled if you can.

Have you tried Master Levels on hardest difficulty?

 

[Grizzled Ghost]

DMC3 on PS2, it's a fun game but you only enjoy it when you know how to play.

Man that was a nostalgia hit. Those old DMC combo videos were some of the first YouTube videos I ever watched.



I remember they all had Kamelot music for some reason lol

 

[Ainem Enamas]

As long as "intensive" doesn't have to mean "speed", then I'll offer a recent game I've played.
Gears Tactics.
Plenty of missions in the game require precise management of multiple aspects of gameplay. Movement points, ammunition, cooldowns, distances, angles, et cetera. Many times you'll have to consider every facet of every character on the map for several turns in advance, just to make sure you don't get caught without any combat or defensive options.
Most of the later missions will have your team in a dire state with your options dwindling to such an extent that failure seems certain. The final boss fight was definitely this way. But, if you've planned carefully (and don't get extremely unlucky with die rolls), then you can usually pull out a victory in the end. It's a game that I would describe as extremely satisfying.

I have this in my Xbox library, but haven't played it. Sounds so good

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

Returnal

I was so fucking in the zone at one point I could no-hit blow through the highest tier challenge rooms and it was glorious. I was feverishly addicted to that game.

One of those games where you watch yourself in disbelief of how far you've come skill-wise sometimes.

 

[Ainem Enamas]

Turn-based jrpgs when you don't know what you're doing, it punish you really hard.

I'm playing through Blue Dragon and it has great turn-based systems' depth, agree with you
Waiting for DQ12! DQ11 was and is so memoriable! When...maybe they are lining it up with Switch 2 release or something

 

[DanielG165]

Ninja Gaidens 1-3 on Master Ninja or above. If you know, you know.

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

DMC3 on PS2, it's a fun game but you only enjoy it when you know how to play.

In DMC even moving gracefully from enemy to enemy felt like a skill to learn. Game always feels stiff and slow for 5 minutes until that clicks again when I go back.

 

[LectureMaster]

What game?

Not sure if this is a genuine question...

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

Endurance in iRacing. My god it’s crazy intense for hours with a wheel.

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

Also wanna add

Hunt: Showdown

Basically any fight in that game is fucking intense but full server fights get to the point I've almost dropped my controller from shaking with adrenaline and anxiety lol

 

[Ainem Enamas]

Returnal

I was so fucking in the zone at one point I could no-hit blow through the highest tier challenge rooms and it was glorious. I was feverishly addicted to that game.

One of those games where you watch yourself in disbelief of how far you've come skill-wise sometimes.

When making this thread I was thinking about Returnal, because some time back I watched walkthrough on YouTube and it looked very difficult

 

[DanielG165]

A runner up would definitely have to go to DOOM Eternal’s master levels, especially Tara’s Nabad. Goodness gracious, my poor hands. All of my examples will see me having to take breaks for a few minutes after a long battle.

 

[simpatico]

Have you tried Master Levels on hardest difficulty?

On Doom Eternal? That was my ceiling. I was able to beat a few of them, but not all. It's almost like in shmups where you have to do a magic eye type of focus thing and just go instinct mode

 

[Kumomeme]

depend what everyone perceive over 'intense'. for me it not necessary mean hard or challenging but also could mean the pace is 'intense'.

some of recent game that come to my mind :

Ifrit vs Titan whole battle stage sequence


from 1vs 1 fight to Eikon fight underground then to Collousus Titan kind of fight then ended with fight while falling.

vs Bahamut is there too





then Spoiler : last boss stage fight in FF7 Rebirth



however it is fine to do this with last boss fight but i dislike they keep doing it even way before it by throw fight after fight without proper break of pace between it for sake of trying having to have a 'great' sequence'. you just throw multiple battle in one go bruh.

i havent played Dragons Dogma 2 yet but the first game has tons of intense fight especially the drake first encounter at low level. took me whole night with multiple pawn death to finally took it down.

 

[Corian33]

StarCraft 2.

When it first came out I made a serious attempt at playing competitively and that was the most stressful gaming I’ve ever done. Even if I was never more than diamond league, the game did a great job of matching you up with an opponent of roughly equal skill usually. There are few gaming experiences that give you the same thrill as being in an equal RTS match, where you have to juggle macro economy, micro unit movements, think about what your opponent is doing, think about what your plan is, and constantly adjust it all on the fly. Winning one of those was an incredible rush.

 

[kiphalfton]

Returnal

I was so fucking in the zone at one point I could no-hit blow through the highest tier challenge rooms and it was glorious. I was feverishly addicted to that game.

One of those games where you watch yourself in disbelief of how far you've come skill-wise sometimes.

People saying Doom Eternal need to drop that garbage, and go play Returnal.

It's like the Dodgeball of video games (i.e. dodge, duck, dip, dive, and dodge).

 

[Pejo]

The sweatiest I ever got playing a game were some random ass Rocket League games, half drunk at like 1AM. I stopped playing the game due to Epic shenanigans, but I have a fondness for those memories.

 

[Plague Arisen]

Heavy Spoilers for Outer Wilds:

Spoiler

Entering the Dark Bramble for the first time to find the Vessel was nerve wracking. A complete maze with fog everywhere and if you made any sound that pesky anglefishes were always lurking to eat you whole ship

It really captures that feeling of exploring "something" you're not supposed to, a place that defies the laws of physics and from which nobody has ever returned before

 

[Topher]

Space Marine 2 operations on higher difficulties is pretty damn intense

 

[Danjin44]

Raging Brachydios in Iceborne

 

[kevboard]

Apex Legends, ranked, final ring, 4 teams alive.... shit gets intense at higher ranks

 

[Shaki12345]

The entirety of Alien Isolation and the Survivor Mode in ZombiU. That shit was tense as F.

 

[Digity]

iRacing. Driving with some of the fastest guys on the service is intense as heck. For a none racing example. PUBG when you get down to that final circle or most fire fights in Escape From Tarkov.

 

[R6Rider]

Honestly probably some tough races in GT7 VR lol

Palms sweaty and winning by a thread.