Games that are more fun than their extremely punishing design.

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Nine sols is incredibly fun but so, so hard and it is threading a fine line between that fun keeping one hooked and over coming the difficulty. No way to level up either aside from a skill tree that doesn't really help. This is up there as my second favourite game of the year but IDK if I'll be able to beat it.

Returnal had me hooked and I've been making the odd attempt here and there for anmonth now and still can't defeat the second boss. Crazy how it still manages to be fun even though it is beyond the pale on punishing design and difficulty. I thinknyhey went to far with it, doing another 45 minute rum to just attempt the second boss is getting less and less appealing.