Insane Difficulty: Hardtype Hacks - Wishlist - Insane Difficulty

Breath of Fire IV, but that's something I'd like to undertake myself some day when I have a bit more free time (and hacking knowledge).

Legend of Dragoon. Same as above, but not to the same extent; I'd play the shit out of a good LoD hack.

I can tell you that a Hardtype of the first Legend of Zelda is pretty much a lost cause... the Second Quest already has dungeon rooms as hard as the engine can handle. XD

But I spose you could just make things do more damage.

On top of my head

BoF 3/4, LoDragoon (basically just nerf Defend and rebalance characters), LoLegaia.

Final Fantasy X-2.

It doesn't need to be harder. Just more nudity.

DrBretto, on 14 February 2013 - 01:51 PM, said:

I was hesitant to throw this one out there, but yes, FFX-2. The main thing that needs to be done imo is Dressphere balance (FFX-2 had the most fun FF battle system I've played thus far). I loved Alchemist, but lategame I'd get one shot by everything, it was stupid.

Unfortunately there's nothing we can do about the story.

DrBretto, on 14 February 2013 - 02:01 PM, said:

If you play a sequel to a Final Fantasy game for the story, you're fucking doing it wrong.

Castlevania Symphony of the Night

Final Fantasy XII

Legend of Mana

Stann, on 14 February 2013 - 06:06 AM, said:

oh, thanks for spoil all CD 2
really the difficulty of the last dungeon is necessary since the start of XenoGears

XtraT, on 14 February 2013 - 09:51 AM, said:

LoD would require a lot more than just nerfing Defend, by which I mean removing the heal completely.
Therapy Ring would have to be changed completely, and balancing the additions would be pain.
That's aside from the very obvious rebalancing that has to be done to Kongol and Meru, Rose Storm and Psych Bomb X would need tweaks. Most bosses would have to be reworked from the ground up.There are far too many who are basically a Single-Target move, a multi-target move, and an elemental move. The only boss that I felt was in a good place was Ghost Squad, Lloyd, and Grand Scepter. The only problem being their main gimmick, wasn't that big of a deal considering how much more damage you do in regular form with additions.
Damage has to be cut by at least 25%, stat growth as well. Magic items should probably be nerfed as well. Basically, a lot of work for a game with no tools.

Of course there's the obvious OP items that needs to be tweaked/removed. Bandit Rings are imo better than Therapy Rings but both probably need a nerf.

Additions are fairly well balanced (in term of damage/difficulties ratio and SP gains) but there's obvious exceptions (especially for UP/OP characters). I wouldn't reduce their damage if you can simply boost enemies' HP.

I'd also buff Dragoons as a whole while like you said nerfing the few magics that are too strong. Would also have to make sure the defensive capabilities of Sheena/Miranda aren't required to complete the game.

XtraT, on 15 February 2013 - 11:46 AM, said:

Miranda needs to die. I want my Dragoon Shana back. ;_;

Honestly, I never used Miranda after I got her. Hell, even before then I had Meru as my healer once I unlocked her Dragoon healing spell.

Advent, on 15 February 2013 - 12:27 PM, said:

Meru is overall the better character but White Silver Dragoon is truly ridiculous. The issue with Therapy Ring is the existence of the Dragon Helm. +50% HP+10% HP healing per turn makes that character close to immortal to all damage types. Bandit Shoes fulfill the speed needs of any except Kongol fine IMO. The thing with additions is that they are unbalanced between characters by design. Kongol has few hits, high base, low multiplier, shitty m.atk, and shitty m.def...combined this makes him an awful character who has no redeeming qualities. Whereas Meru as his complete opposite is straight up Gamebreaking. There's also the issue of Haschel being basically Dart, except better, but I kind of like that as his flavor. Nerfing attack items and W.Silver D would really hurt Miranda/Shana and push her into true support tier but I'm okay with that seeing as how she was definitely up there with Meru as long as you had a stock of items.

There's actually a few additions in particular that could use a rework, most of the Low Multiplier-High SP are completely worthless since the High Multiplier still give plenty. Shit like Madness Hero could use some work, hard as fuck addition that does no damage and gives you SP. Although I suppose these could become useful if the D.Addition and D.Magic are buffed so that being in D.Form is actually desirable.

Dragon Quest 5, alternately a 5th gen Pokemon game.

Vincent Sarius, on 15 February 2013 - 05:15 PM, said:

I wonder how you could balance dragoons.

What I had in mind is:

Additions with low damage but high SP (so faster dragoon level+overall more dragoon transformations) coupled with much stronger dragoon stats and damage (still debating if we should really nerf stuff like rose storm, Albert has pretty mediocre m.def and coupled with hard mode damage)

or

Additions with high damage and very low SP (or alternatively 0 SP) so you're forced into human, giving you better sustainability but no dragoon goodies (assuming the dragoons are buffed enough)

XtraT, on 16 February 2013 - 09:41 PM, said:

Rose Storm I don't think really needs nerfing. I like that idea about Additions though.

Also, am I the only one that thinks of Lavitz' gay lisp (ROWTHE THTORM!) when I think of that spell?

Rose Storm depends on how much the damage is buffed. It could become either a necessity, broken, or fine. It's a difficult skill to balance.
I like the idea behind the additions, however it may swing to the other end of the spectrum pretty easy where the High SPs become overly predominant. The only downside to Dragoon Form would become limited healing and the lack of guard if the damage is made better. Although, I guess I'm okay with that overall. It would certainly require a lot of tweaking.

I honestly don't remember anything from LoD besides Gust of Wind-da Dance.

Oh, and putting the first disc back in when I wanted to go back to previous towns. That bullshit.

Stann, on 17 February 2013 - 06:22 AM, said:

Stann, on 17 February 2013 - 06:22 AM, said:

Yeah, I hated that as well.

I've always wanted to play a hard mode MMORPG, do those count? If so i'd pick Guild Wars 1, but just Prophecies.I could think of millions of fixes for GW1, Proph (the original) would probably be the best to mod. The game is dieing anyways, because everyone is leaving for GW2, it will eventually get shut down in a year or 2. All i do in that game anymore is PVP

I've seen private servers for some games where they give the players like 100X gold and exp (where is the fun in that?), but i've NEVER seen one that makes it harder!

Other than that i would have to say...
Legend of Dragoon
Final Fantasy 1 (its probably the easiest...) ( but i've never seen one if its out there)
Final Fantasy 12
Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess (things need to cost more money for one thing!)
Dark Alliance 1 or 2 (fun but was always too easy, even with highest difficulty because of all the potions you could have)