I'm talking about those games that almost (or perhaps in some peoples cases not almost at all) made you bash the screen with the keyboard or throw a kick at the tv or send the console control flying trough the air directly into kingdom come wether that'be because of the impossible difficulty, the neverending and/or non-sensical game crashing/ experience killing buggs, or just the enormous "crapiness" of the game in general at a time you had nothing else to play...
Most frustrating game(s) ever...
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HAHAHAHAHAHAAA.....
thank you very much for that, i almost had an excessive laughing induced heart attack when i read that...yes i remember that awful game and the complete and utter frustrated rage it caused it's gamers...(well, at least something good came out of it ages later...a good rememebrance laugh)P.D. i think you may have just killed the thread right then and there, for i can't think of any other game more frustrating than that...
Bal-Sagoth
Water Chip? Been There, Done That
Killzone 2 on Elite.
No joke I just spent at least 3 hours on the Radec fight, probably more. I lost track of time around the point I developed the massive headache and the urge to put my fist through my wall.
To put it in perspective there is a trophy for the fight to beat him under 20 min. On normal difficulty the entire fight usually takes 15-18 min.
The only other one I can really think of at the moment that really sticks out to me would be Contra games. Just a massive amount of trial and error is involved.
Contra III Alien Wars and Contra Shattered Soldier are my favorites.
No joke I just spent at least 3 hours on the Radec fight, probably more. I lost track of time around the point I developed the massive headache and the urge to put my fist through my wall.
To put it in perspective there is a trophy for the fight to beat him under 20 min. On normal difficulty the entire fight usually takes 15-18 min.
The only other one I can really think of at the moment that really sticks out to me would be Contra games. Just a massive amount of trial and error is involved.
Contra III Alien Wars and Contra Shattered Soldier are my favorites.
The Legend Of Zelda: Majora's Mask. But i must say that i LOVE this game as much as i like Fallout and Arcanum.
awesome game as well!
oh man...the memories...Bal-Sagoth said:
awesome game as well!For me it'd be the Touhou series - the game series that comes from the most obnoxiously frustrating game genres - danmaku. Still, it doesn't make the games less awesome - it's just that you're definitely gonna end up slamming your head against the wall while playing it.
Dodge this: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8fJpphPcAw[/youtube]
Dodge this: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8fJpphPcAw[/youtube]
Multidirectional
Mildly Dipped
Far Cry 2 probably.. I was constantly like "Why? Why the fuck?!... ", it's just so boring and cheap, and the respawning, and fixing the car for the millionth time, and.. malaria and... zebras killing themselves with your car against your will and.. Why??
And I thought Ubisoft fucked up with Assassin's Creed before. It seems they are trying to improve on everything.
And I thought Ubisoft fucked up with Assassin's Creed before. It seems they are trying to improve on everything.
E.T. for the Atari. My best friend across the street got it, and we played it. If you have never experienced the pain for yourself, check out the video. It captures the entirety of the gameplay. There is nothing else.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2o3mlg5AxQ[/youtube]
misteryo
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2o3mlg5AxQ[/youtube]
misteryo
Multidirectional said:
Far Cry 2 has my personal vote for the shittiest game of 2008.
I_eat_supermutants
Vault Senior Citizen
Hehe. Battletoads. Obviously. Extremely hard single player. Impossible to beat multiplayer. Admittedly the two player mode was just plain ol' bad design but goddamnit it's a helluva game that felt rewarding to finally beat.
EDIT: It is indeed possible for a game to be good and frustratingly hard.
EDIT: It is indeed possible for a game to be good and frustratingly hard.
FeelTheRads
Vault Senior Citizen
Ausdoerrt said:
Made me curious so I tried one, Imperishable Night it is called. Got to say I kinda enjoy it except the anime-mega-faggotry. I started on easy and it's still really hard.
A couple of questions, though. What do Power, Graze, Point and Time mean or do? Also, how do you die? Sometimes bullets pass right through me and nothing happens, sometimes I die in one hit.
Ever played Warning Forever? That one becomes "bullet hell" too at high levels and bonus: no anime!
yup,played that on Amiga 500, frustrating as hell but the atmosphere was really one of a kind!Black said:
FeelTheRads said:
I don't really mind the anime-style, especially since it's usually quite hilarious. IN is my second favourite Touhou, after Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, and also the only one I managed to finish on Normal.
Your questions can be answered here: http://touhou.wikia.com/wiki/Imperishable_Night:_Gameplay#Scoring
Point and Graze are basically extra points for the score. More points = extra lives. Power boosts your shot power. If you collect a certain number of Time orbs per stage, the clock only advances half an hour per that stage. You have to finish the game before the clock hits 5am, which shouldn't be hard unless you use continues. IIRC, it also makes difference for the final boss in Ending B.
You die if the bullet hits your "hitbox" (seen in focus mode - press Shift). That small white dot is where you don't want to get hit - the rest of it is "graze". Also, in IN, focus mode also alternates between the two companions - the human and the ghost, and each have different weapons and bonuses associated. Some enemies can only be killed in one of those modes, and some bullets can be avoided in spirit form. Not to mention, you move slower in focus mode, so it makes beating some of the bosses a bit easier. The bombs (aka spellcards) clear the screen and for some characters deal damage to the enemies.
I_eat_supermutants said:
Never managed to beat that one. It's ridiculously long (like what, 13 stages?) and hard. If not for the cheats, I'd never see what it looks like, since it's brilliant, just not friendly to the player. But hell, few of the NES games were =)
Have you ever played the Battletoads game for MAME? It's a lot of fun, albeit a bit short.
The original FarCry was developed by dillweeds who thought that challenging gameplay was accomplished successfully by placing two massive mutated monsters that fire rockets from twin shoulder mounted cannons into a 4x4 room and expecting you to kill them.
Oh, by the way, they have this magic trick where they do no splash damage to themselves with their rockets and take trillions of shots in the head to kill.
Oh, by the way, they have this magic trick where they do no splash damage to themselves with their rockets and take trillions of shots in the head to kill.
Alphadrop
A right proper chap.
Dogs of War. Not well known but it's a decent enough rts game that is incredibaly hard. Hard to get running on xp as well but a fair amount of fun as it was one of the earlier rts' to implement first person view.
Tactics had to be used a lot as you only had a few troops against dozens of enemies.
Another of those good but keyboard bashingly hard games.
Tactics had to be used a lot as you only had a few troops against dozens of enemies.
Another of those good but keyboard bashingly hard games.
I_eat_supermutants
Vault Senior Citizen
I did years ago. My father was working at a restaurant in a no where town here in Wyoming. They had the arcade cabinet in their little game room there. My cousin, my brother and I scraped many many quarters together, $30 worth or so. Pumped 'em into that machine and played till the sun went down. We were wowed by the blood that was added. That the was the Mortal Kombat "OMG blood" factor at the time.
Come the think of it I was 9 or 10 at the time. We beat it. And played some more. A week or so later the cabinet was gone.
If memory serves me right it was short and a helluva lot easier (I think the cabinet was set on easy or having 3 people play just made it easier)
Adding to the frustration list. Contra 4 for the DS.