Self-imposed challenges

You know the type. Nuzlockes, Ironmans, No Alerts, Kick-Me Sign (even though that one is rewarded), etc.

What was the last one you attempted and what have been your favorites?

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TTYD no health upgrades. No cheesing it with Danger Mario either.

I once tried to beat a level of super mario 64 with just half an a press

None, they're stupid

FF8 no card mod until Disc 4

Sorry, nu-Sup Forums believes that self-imposed challenges are bad game design. If there is something optional in a game that you dislike using, the game is shit.

I think the only times I've really done something similar are the Mega Man X games on the snes. Buster only/no upgrade runs are fun and really change how you play the game.

you might want to reread your post

sl1 dark souls is the only challenge run i ever did. it was fun.

Beat Fallout New Vegas without leveling Survival or Medical.

Really makes ya value stimpaks and sleeping.

Resident Evil 4 only pistol run, I used The Punisher, and shamefully flexed to the Butterfly on bosses.

double pain activated
No partner moves

All melee Falllout 3 run, mostly talking, and if that didn't work, Super Sledging.

1life challenge is the tits
Rusted gear
White rarity gear

Super Mario World except when you die you let player 2 punch you in the face

I like doing the first Resident Evil game using only the knife, but the most recent one was SotN using only fists that was fun although some bosses were hard as fuck.

hard mode lv1 in order of ecclesia.

fucking ruvas forest kept me stuck for an entire week.
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Last one I've done was a Mass Effect 2 play through where I don't invest talent points and use no weapons or armor besides the base ones.
My favorite playthroughs are going through both Bioshocks without spending ADAM or PttP machines, using the Research Camera, and I have to provoke every Big Daddy I encounter.

Dark Souls, at soul level 1, no shields, no summoning, no pyromancy, caestuses only.

Morrowind:

No alchemy abuse, no stealing (unless needed for a quest), no training, no fast travel until discovering the place, no fun

Been wanting to do a run of final fantasy 5, rngesus run. Literally the only things I'm allowed to use are actions that have a random/ever-changing. Effects of outcomes, like the deer class or dancer, beserker is also allowed, along with use of items like the wonder rod. I can grind up and use other non random stuff like dual wield and the rapid strike, (i wanna dw wonder rods with rapid strike just for shots and giggles). Passive stuff that heals is allowed, only because rng self healing is likely not going to work out well, but I can't use items unless they have a variable chance affect, nor can I apply buffs unless the source of said buff is rng based. Armor/equipment is the only reliable buff scources I'm allowed

>fucking ruvas forest kept me stuck for an entire week.
I never made it past there. It was just too much bullshit for me to handle.

I never up survival, but medicine I usually put around 30-50, for certain perks

Hell why even stop there?
>partners can't level up
>no superguard
>Mario must always be in front
>no special moves
>no strange sack
>no recipes
>can't use items that you find in overworld/drop from enemies, must buy everything
>no powerbounce

I am actually going to try that for my next run

Buster Dueling the first 8 bosses in any Mega Man is the true way to play.

Its not too hard either outside a few fights like Shadowman.

It's unbeatable then, you need the baby yoshis eat move to be able to beat one of the arena fights.

>No partner moves
Literally impossible

That's an exception of course

Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
No soul usage unless necessary
Bare fists
No healing

Megaman Zero 3
No elves
Z-Saber only
Z-Buster only

Sonic 3
No shields (ezpz, but I was a kid)

Phantasy Star Online Ep 1/2 (singleplayer)
Stick with starting weapon
No technics

Kingdom Hearts 2
Kingdom Key only
No magic
No healing
Magic only

But my favorite, most ridiculous has to be
Metal Gear Solid series
Always Get Caught (except when required to sneak past)
This was massively fun in MGS4. My Snake became a force of nature. MGS1/2/3, not so much. Especially 3. Haven't tried it in Ghost Babel or the PSP games yet, and don't have V.

Fucking masochist. I'm only on my second playthrough, doing a no physical attack run, and good LORD is it brutal. Thank God for Heavy Soul Arrow, Lightning Spear, and Fireball.

The knife didn't get seriously nerfed until after Code Veronica, so that's a pretty good challenge. I did it in DS, tried and failed in 2. It's particularly easy in 4, though, because you can just knife people in the face then kick them, except for bosses.

I'm on my first playthrough and doing that just because ammo is rare and guns tend to suck anyway. Did I do something wrong with my SPECIAL points, or is early game just like that?

I play First Person Shooters with a gamepad

I did an ironman run of OOT after not playing it for years. One of the best gaming experiences I've ever had

Man that's too much, you're on some MLG shit.

Seriously, though, try hooking up a Thinkpad keyboard to your console. You'd be shocked how good the ThinkClit is for FPSes.

I feel like nuzlocke is a bit boring but I often play Pokemon only catching and raising dudes that are below a certain stat total or make 'wrong' builds for the same reason such as special moves only on physical dudes or monotypes

the truck team at the wal fart I work at is doing a nuzlocke run where they pass the game boy to a different person every day, even the supervisor is in on it

Ff6 hard ces run

How does that work?

Challenges for DMM stalker soc? I'll go faction start or campaign

idk I'm not on the truck team

Super Mario World 100% without flying, except when necessary to reach a goal. Some of the stages are absolutely brutal.

Well ask them then. I'm curious what their rules are.

BL4 Run, Chalices and DLC included

ok I'll pm you the fix in like 6 hours

A few years ago I beat Super Mario 64 100% with only my feet.

There's still plenty of bullshit after that. After that you have to go through Silent Prison, and some retard at the controls sped up the guillotines to absurd amounts. It's at the 5:45 mark.

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RE4 predator mode. Rifle and thermal scope only.

Have you done a fiesta

It's hilarious in mgs4, because you can just crouch and dirtnap every enemy

I wanted to do a thing where I nuzlocke all the pokemon games (at least one of the two, then the third, blue+yellow for example) but I stopped at blue...

Nuzlocke in one of the Pokémon games or hacks. Probably FireRed, HeartGold, or a FireRed hack.

It was interesting to see how these otherwise fairly easy games became much more challenging. Standard rules of "one per area" and "if it faints, it's dead".

Zero Shot run of The Library on legendary.

Aria of Sorrow, pacifist run, no items, no armor. Fuck this asshole.

I was an ironman in Runescape years before ironman mode came out.

I challenge someone to beat the entire Battle Network 3 with ONLY the default chip deck, no custom styles if possible and no upgrades.

How do you deal with those parts where you have to survive while 343 opens a door? Just use well timed nades?

You hide like a bitch (which can actually prevent some flood from ever spawning) or use speedrunning techniques to grenade jump through the little hole in the middle of the door.

MH4U, naked