What are the hardest/most difficult games on Xbox One?

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19 Games Considered

19 Options Considered	Price	Steam Rating	Genre
-- XCOM 2	$49.99	Mostly Positive	–
-- Alien: Isolation	$39.99	Very Positive	FPS
-- Monster Hunter: World	$59.88	–	–
-- Enter the Gungeon	$14.99	Very Positive	–
-- Darkest Dungeon	$24.99	–	Role-Playing

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The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth

Recommended a month ago

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Great replay value

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Addictive gameplay that keeps you entertained

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Incredible amounts of content for a low price

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Character upgrades are really fun

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Very creepy themes

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Randomness can be really frustrating

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Can be really disgusting

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Darkest Dungeon

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Immersive atmosphere

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Interesting adventurer management

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Outstanding narration

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Great monster visual design

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It can be frustrating at times

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Gets really repetitive

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Spelunky

Recommended a month ago

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Quick sessions so you can play in short bursts

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Expanded gameplay through mods to improve replayability

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Up to 4 player local co-op

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Provides an interesting challenge by heavily relying on increasing your skill

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Co-op is boring and confusing

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Difficult to the point of frustration

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XCOM 2

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It's fun to manage your squad

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Makes you feel more for your characters than most character driven games

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Alien: Isolation

Recommended a month ago

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Excellent atmospheric sound

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Beautiful graphics

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Useful tools throughout

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Creates a lot of tension

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Excellent, nostalgic design

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Frustratingly difficult at times

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Unrealistic teleporting alien

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The game progresses slowly, and you can lose interest

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Enter the Gungeon

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Cool collection aspect

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Satisfying replayability

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Gameplay is balanced well

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Easily stay in the action of the game

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High difficulty

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Co-op feels tacked on

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Super Meat Boy

Recommended a month ago

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Play through iteration is fast

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Forgivingly tight controls

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Large number of levels

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Unique visual style

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Cut-scenes lack polish

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DARK SOULS II: Scholar of the First Sin

Recommended a month ago

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New lighting system

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Slow and deliberate fighting with reward/risk mechanics

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Excellent boss battles

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Expansive fantasy settings

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Branching gameplay with plenty of choices

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Difficulty that requires a lot of time and patience

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Dandara

Recommended 2 months ago

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Fun gameplay thanks to unique wall jumping mechanic

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Great balance between movement and combat

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Rewarding boss fights

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Map is hard to use

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Save points are scarce

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Major difficulty spikes

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Devil May Cry HD Collection

Recommended 3 months ago

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Flashy and satisfying hack-and-slash combat

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Challenging boss fights

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The iconic protagonist Dante is witty and entertaining

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Dark and tense atmosphere

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Great bargain for its price with three games in one

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Devil May Cry 2 isn't as strong as the other games

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Annoying camera issues

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Latest HD release adds nothing new over the previous one

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