Biggest game accomplishment?

[EvilTicklez]

I am curious, what is a challenge or accomplishment you have from a game you play? for example, I actually have 3 World Record speed runs from Halo on Xbox one.

 

[BBGuy5240]

I beat Pokemon Stadium 1 and 2 with just rentals. While I was in college I just began replaying them for pure nostalgia. And at that point I no longer had any of the gameboy games that you could connect to the N64. If you've played either of the stadium games, you know just how bad the rental Pokemon are. The games pretty much demanded that you use connect your gameboy games so you can use your own Pokemon.

With Pokemon Stadium 1 now available for Switch Online, and Pokemon Stadium 2 coming soon, I'm gonna see if I can do it again. Because as of right now, your only option is rentals due to there being no transfer option. gameboy games are coming to Switch Online, and the expectation is that the older Pokemon games will come eventually. Maybe then some transfer option will become available, but for right now it's just rentals.

 

[Lysanne]

That's quite a challenge you've set for yourself! Beating Pokemon Stadium 1 and 2 with just rental Pokemon can be quite difficult, as the rental Pokemon are typically not as powerful as trained Pokemon from the Game Boy games. However, with some strategic planning and careful gameplay, it is definitely possible to achieve.

Here are some tips that may help you as you attempt to beat Pokemon Stadium 1 and 2 with just rentals:

Understand the strengths and weaknesses of the rental Pokemon: Take the time to familiarize yourself with the rental Pokemon available in the game. Each Pokemon has its own stats, moveset, and type, so understanding their strengths and weaknesses can help you make strategic decisions during battles.

Make use of type advantage: Pokemon battles are all about exploiting type advantages. Knowing which types are strong or weak against each other can give you an edge in battles. Try to build a team of rental Pokemon that cover a wide range of types and can counter your opponents' Pokemon effectively

 

[BBGuy5240]

That's quite a challenge you've set for yourself! Beating Pokemon Stadium 1 and 2 with just rental Pokemon can be quite difficult, as the rental Pokemon are typically not as powerful as trained Pokemon from the Game Boy games. However, with some strategic planning and careful gameplay, it is definitely possible to achieve.

Here are some tips that may help you as you attempt to beat Pokemon Stadium 1 and 2 with just rentals:

Understand the strengths and weaknesses of the rental Pokemon: Take the time to familiarize yourself with the rental Pokemon available in the game. Each Pokemon has its own stats, moveset, and type, so understanding their strengths and weaknesses can help you make strategic decisions during battles.

Make use of type advantage: Pokemon battles are all about exploiting type advantages. Knowing which types are strong or weak against each other can give you an edge in battles. Try to build a team of rental Pokemon that cover a wide range of types and can counter your opponents' Pokemon effectively

It was very difficult for sure. Both games combined took me about half a year to do. The first one was by far the more difficult of the two. The second one with more move types, while still challenging doesn't come close to the first one when it comes to difficulty. Like for example, psychic types are too OP in Gen 1. And there's really no set counter to them because ghost types didn't have the advantage over them in-game yet, leaving bug types as the only type with an advantage over psychic types. And bug moves in the first game are pretty weak. But Gen 2 introduced dark types, which aren't affected at all by psychic type moves.

As a kid I beat both Stadium games pretty easily because I was able to connect my handheld games to the N64, and I had a stacked collection of Pokemon in the handheld games because I spent all of my free time playing them. It still presented some challenges, and some strategy was still needed for sure, but using your own Pokemon instead of rentals is like day and night.

I really had to strategize a lot more the first time I only had the option of rentals. And I remember a lot of battles coming down to pure luck. Catching breaks with opposing Pokemon hurting themselves via confusion, and getting status conditions like paralysis and freezing which slowed them down or kept them from moving entirely.

 

[tickle_prince]

Sadly…I have none, but can I just make one up and say I spent a ridiculous amount of hours on Skyrim! To the point where it’s like over 300 hours! I played this game way to much, and yet I still buy it any time it get rereleased! What is wrong with me!?

 

[luvgirlsfeet]

I've beaten Resident Evil 2 on Playstaion twice.

 

[duderino84]

Getting over my anxiety towards playing Souls-Likw games; namely, The Surge series.

 

[bluish]

It’s not much, but beating the ender dragon with help from some friends. That was the highlight of my Minecraft career. I’m more of a builder than a fighter

 

[Elyos]

Most are from sports games as those are more or less only games that I play with full dedication and competitive spirit.

When i won a title in NHL in season mode after a game 7 win in finals, where I was down two goals only few minutes before the end and turned it around with three fast goals, that was – I would say, the most euphoric moment I ever experienced in any game. It was the only time when I celeberated for days after an accomplishment in games, simply because it was just such incredible euphoria to reach the top (on highest difficulty) after literally months of work going through the whole season and giving everything each and every match.

 

[BBGuy5240]

Coming back to this for a couple reasons.

1. I beat Pokemon Stadium 1 on the Switch with just rentals a few weeks ago. Just like years ago when I did it with just rentals, it was insanely hard. Also I'm much busier these days, so my time to actually sit down and make legit progress was more limited. But I finished it. I haven't started Stadium 2 yet, but I will at some point. After finally beating Stadium 1 again, I needed a break all together from the games. It's really frustrating without Pokemon you actually own. Like I said before, the rentals are awful. The game almost demands that you use Pokemon from the Gameboy games.

2. I saw a YouTuber do a challenge for one of my favorite childhood games, and I'm gonna see if I can do what he did. If you grew up with parents who would't let you get GTA, 'The Simpsons: Hit & Run' was likely the substitue. I played that a lot growing up, and I still have it for the Gamecube. The challenge is to 100% the entire game while only using the worst car in the game, the Family Sedan. There are some missions where you're forced to use certain vehicles, but the overwhelming majority of missions do give you a choice. So I'm gonna try this.

 

[geekyhippie]

It's funny, some gaming moments feel like huge accomplishments at the time, but years later you're like 'actually, that wasn't so big'. Xcom enemy unknown is a good example. When I first did it on top difficulty ironman back in the day I was like 'ooooh yeah', nowadays though, they've got all those second wave dlc options, and yeah, they can make that old difficulty setting feel like a walk in the park... 🙂 Accomplishment that probably sticks with me the most is gran tourismo 3, did the entire game without spending a cent on cars/upgrades etc, just lived off prizes (I remember one of the endurance tracks, the only way to do it was to never pit, and be pushed around pretty much the entire way by whoever was in 2nd... I may have had a bit of free time on my hands then 🙂 ...Little side note for anyone looking for a recent game that can give you that feeling of accomplishment btw, V-rising on brutal, some of those boss fights make you really feel like you've earned them...