You call that hardcore? THIS is hardcore.

March 19th, 2012

The game, shown above, is innocuously called English Country Tune (demo here). But don't let the name fool you, it's "the hardest game to play right now," says New Yorker Magazine.

"In most of games, you can overcome the difficulty through a combination of practice and persistence," the magazine writes. "Not so in English Country Tune, which offers up an unusually abstract and mathematical kind of difficulty."

Because the game messes with gravity, and the premises doesn't resemble the real-world, you're basically screwed unless blessed with a highly analytical mind.

Instead of "fun," some might call it daunting at best, torture at worst. PC Gamer compares it to "an entrance exam for MIT." But that's the point, says one user review. "The sense of delight from solving what initially looks impossible, is immeasurable."

What do you think, readers? Think you got the skills to play this?

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Nope, don't got the skills to play this.

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Looks like a ton of fun! Glad to see some games going outside the norm and having a real difficulty curve (no more easy, medium, hard). This is the way games should be developed, with the idea that you have to have analytical and critical thinking; no more of games where "time = skill."

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very innovative! I'm sure I got the skills over time but honestly it depends on my mood. Sometimes I'll want to feel smart and sometimes I'll want to shoot something in the face!

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Looks like... MUST PLAY !

Boom.... Headshot !

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It looks both interesting and complicated. I'd play it.

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its got balls in it, im in

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nice game, im in

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Surprisingly, I've played games like that before; it requires a lot of trial and error, but it's fun to me! Let me at it!

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looks complicated lol

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Looks like a combination of many different puzzle type games from the past. Should be interesting, I'll probably give it a try.

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Wow, me likey. Reminds me of some old games I've played.

Through all the differences it is still perfection.

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Harder than Super Meat Boy? I don't think so.

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I'd give this a try. Looks frustrating as hell though lol.

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definewikipedia said: Harder than Super Meat Boy? I don't think so.

lmfao hours upon hours to finish a small part of it

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it looks pretty interesting, i was afraid it will be like one of those japanese imposible-to-beat games with rays of death from everywhere and only 1 life

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this is a masterpiece.

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What ze flux ? :'(

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that game looks insanely hard... but im gonna try it anyway :D

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Yeah I bet you dont make it past level 1

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downloading the demo rite now!

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By appearances alone doesn't look hard at all. Looks purely trial and error.

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Torture is what I call it. This would kill my brain in a matter of seconds.

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Its intertaning but a bit over rated, the demo was really easy, and not as discribed =x

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Took around 1.5 hours to finish demo, there are only few moves to finish each level, which makes it kind of easy... the idea is nice, but i expected more after i read the discription.

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nice!!

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