No matter how many times you die or how long you play, every kill is a victory, every step further than your last is cause for celebration, and every death is just another chance to learn from your mistakes.

The answer, engie-chan, is this:
Because we really, really WANT to!

Yeah guys, im kinda addicted to this game right now... Every time u kill a boss, the sensation of power is overwhelming!!!

After cutting your way through hordes of zombies and demons, dodging traps and ambushes, and defeating that boss after dozens of deaths... A bonfire.

It's not just a checkpoint. It's a bastion of safety amongst the rest of the monstrous world hell-bent on your death.

Good work.

kindled.

Thank god, now where is mah rite?

[url=#user_comment_86025]@DM1293[/url]: So what you're saying is that real men are masochists.

Real men play DOOM/DMC/God of War/Gears of War/Halo/Every game with a difficulty setting with the difficulty cranked up as high as it will go.

More silent old school comics plz.

[url=#user_comment_85680]@Anonymous[/url]: Perhaps this'll explain the joke: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU2ftCitvyQ

[url=#user_comment_85680]@Anonymous[/url]: Sometimes he just wants to say how he feels about something. Not all the comics he make are jokes.

Where's the joke

Why is there no funny

Punchline?

Needs more Ninja Gaiden. I've only managed to beat the first one on the XBox on Ninja Dog which is unlocked from dying too many times on the first level.

[url=#user_comment_85655]@Noggenfogger[/url]: Probably. I have completed All the Halo games (minus Wars) on Legendary and they were never near Vanquish on God Hard. It is unbeliavable how hard it is, with some areas which i got through as much because of luck as skill.

Fable franchise.

@ Zacsi:

It need to be said we gangbanged your mom

And she liked it

Cordially

Nerfnow trolls

[url=#user_comment_85636]@Dragon[/url]: When I played Halo: CE I died as much just in the FIRST LEVEL. ...Then again when I became better at playing it I could do with just maybe 10 deaths per level.

I really hope they will release it to the PC eventually. I would so buy this game.

[url=#user_comment_85624]@Noggenfogger[/url]: After I played Vanquish on God Hard I am tempted to call them easy. In the rather short span that Vanquish is I died 192 times before I even reached the last boss and I still havent beaten it. It is simply ruthless.

Games have difficulty levels for a reason. Use them. I double-fucking-dare you to call for example Halo's Legendary modes easy. Or ME's Insanity setting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU2ftCitvyQ

No more needs to be said.

Personaly I play multiplayer the most because AI rarely is able to give enough of a fun challenge.

@I remember the bad old days: If Tyrian gives you the ability to win with the right weapons and tactics, then is that not a "hole" that lets you win? It may not be a physical gap in an attack pattern, but the idea is the same: people like fighting something that's difficult. Nobody likes impossible.

I like both hard and easy. I bought both Skylanders and Dark Souls and I been playing both of them. There both very different but I love them both. I am glad both are being made.

Concordo, Dark Souls, assim como Demons Souls é para poucos, mas o desafio compensa no final. Joguei o Demons Souls só ano passado e adorei, gastei uma semana encima dele pra terminar. Ja encomendei meu Dark Souls, deve chegar hoje ou amanha =)

Touhou is beatable because the enemy leaves holes to let you win. Tyrian is beatable because the right choices of weapons and tactics overcomes the enemy despite there not being any gaps in the fire. I felt much more accomplishment from one than the other. I also only saw the end to one of them.

Well, I can almost hear the emo kids: "Oh, Dark Souls is so dark and cruel. Like the world."

For those wanting a hard game, go get Vanquish. Sure the first play through may not seem hard, but it will unlock God Hard.

How hard is god hard? Well let me put it like this. I am currently on the last boss and in order to get there i died 192 times.

Jo is kinda right. Just look at Dead Island. What happens if you die? Nothing.

I feel bad for knowing exactly what the second panel is about.

I love hard games, makes it worth playing

when I'm reminded of hard games I always think of touhou, god damn bullet hell

Did you guys know that the last panel look like one of the Minecraft painting?
http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/File:Canvas_32-2_1.png

Huh, when did that T-shirt link go up?

Now would be a good time for a transition to a Dwarf Fortress comic. :)

Battletoads and superman 64 were my mountains and i still don't know why i played them

Captain Kirk is climbing a mountain.

lol[url=#user_comment_85475] @Imperfected[/url]

Oh Engie, I'll show you the fun of playing with something so hard...

Brings back memories of Castlevania. SO FCKING HARD DAMN IT JUMP!!!

<3 dark souls. Beat it without dying once on my second playthrough

Nintendohard is the way to play.

I'll be honest if you played demon souls and beat it and are a gamer who actually thinks and excels at games you won't have trouble. I beat the game in like 3 days because of the choices I made in the game

Disappointed we have not seen new character again yet.

I do like a good challenge. I rather have a fair well made challenging game like Super Meat Boy than play a very easy game.

I need to beat Ninja Gaiden.

Dark Souls isn't that fucking hard, jesus christ people keep exaggerating

perv tentacle-san second that

Thirst.