Bushido Blade. A fighting game with a genuinely realistic damage model. Most hits will cripple or kill you, you really have to be on point and it's incredibly unforgiving.

It's also translated poorly so actually getting to the end is very unintuitive. It's completely possible to win every fight and still lose the game.

But my goodness it was such fun to actually play this game.

Honor of the Samurai. A fighting game with a genuinely realistic damage model. Most hits will cripple or kill you, you really have to be on point and it's incredibly unforgiving.

It's also translated poorly so actually getting to the end is very unintuitive. It's completely possible to win every fight and still lose the game.

But my goodness it was such fun to actually play this game.