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Post by J12 on Dec 20, 2010 20:29:20 GMT -5
Every one seems to have a story about that one game or level that was just so damn hard it made them temporarily question their sanity or contemplate just shelving the game altogether.
What are some of your most classic examples of such?
The thought came to me while trying to complete God of War. I'm playing the collection on PS3 and am up to the Cliffs of Madness Room of Spikes. I've watched walkthroughs, read walkthroughs, tried it virtually every which way possible and I simply cannot do it. I think I've tried a good one hundred times at this point, and I'm at a point of total frustration, to the extent that I'm starting to hate the game.
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Post by Cult Member BriGuy on Dec 20, 2010 21:13:23 GMT -5
The dream/nightmare level in Max Payne
Also, the water temple from Zelda: OoT
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Post by J12 on Dec 20, 2010 23:42:17 GMT -5
Oddly enough, shortly after I posted this, I finally got past the Room of Spikes and beat the game a couple hours later. Took me just about one hundred tries, but it felt nice to complete.
Plus there's always the great feeling of completing a game.
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Post by PrideFcF on Dec 20, 2010 23:58:13 GMT -5
A lot of areas in the N64 Zelda games tended to annoy me. I like the games a lot, but I remember constantly getting a feeling of "ugh...am I done yet?" with some of the dungeons. I blame that more on me not playing in shorter bursts, as opposed to something being wrong with the game.
Too Human is a perfect example of a game being so roughly made that you have a hard time tolerating it. There was one point where I was being swarmed by enemies, and the games AWFUL handling of health regeneration became an issue. As if dieing over and over wasn't bad enough, the game had a resurrection animation that couldn't be skipped at all. So you had that to deal with on top of loading screens upon death. Just a complete mess of a game, despite me wanting to enjoy it.
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Post by sullygrunt on Dec 21, 2010 1:08:49 GMT -5
A lot of areas in the N64 Zelda games tended to annoy me. I like the games a lot, but I remember constantly getting a feeling of "ugh...am I done yet?" with some of the dungeons. I blame that more on me not playing in shorter bursts, as opposed to something being wrong with the game. Too Human is a perfect example of a game being so roughly made that you have a hard time tolerating it. There was one point where I was being swarmed by enemies, and the games AWFUL handling of health regeneration became an issue. As if dieing over and over wasn't bad enough, the game had a resurrection animation that couldn't be skipped at all. So you had that to deal with on top of loading screens upon death. Just a complete mess of a game, despite me wanting to enjoy it. Yeah that too human crap pissed me off, Assassins Creed has many momments. Like when the guards throw rocks and crap at you. |
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Post by Random Weddle on Dec 21, 2010 1:28:56 GMT -5
Ninja Gaiden 2. By far the hardest game I have played, the final boss battle, well the final 4 straight boss battles with no save or place available to buy potions is just unreal. I would rather play any game on the hardest difficulty than go through that again.
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Post by Cult Member BriGuy on Dec 21, 2010 1:39:04 GMT -5
Ninja Gaiden 2. By far the hardest game I have played, the final boss battle, well the final 4 straight boss battles with no save or place available to buy potions is just unreal. I would rather play any game on the hardest difficulty than go through that again. Throw in any of the other Ninja Gaiden games as well.  ing brutal. |
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Post by King of Kings on Dec 21, 2010 1:46:01 GMT -5
Any Metal Gear Solid title on Euro Extreme used to suck for me. I can do it somewhat casually now but I HATED it back when I was younger.
Also, Star Fox 64, Star Wolf's return...hated it...
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Post by extreme on Dec 21, 2010 1:57:14 GMT -5
GTAIV, when you're almost done with a long mission and then you die only for you to do the mission all over again from the beginning.
Thank god they fixed that in TBOGT.
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Post by Mole on Dec 21, 2010 2:11:55 GMT -5
The Matriarch Benezia battle in Mass Effect 1. Up until that point I had played on Normal, and after trying about 10 times I dropped it down to Casual and have never played ME1 on anything other than Casual since.
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Post by ¡Twist Of Cinnamon! on Dec 21, 2010 3:29:29 GMT -5
In Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, the mission Phnom Pehn '86 was frustrating, only because that was my first PS2 game and I wasn't too good at first person shooting. I stopped playing it for a few days then played it again and got it on the first go, now its my favourite mission on the game.
Continuing with Vice City, Vice City Stories had another pain in the ass mission called Light My Pyre. Endless amounts of enemies plus a lot of them were hiding behind corners and ridges, it didn't help that theres a bike chase at the beginning of the mission too.
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Post by Symmetry on Dec 21, 2010 12:15:17 GMT -5
Saints Row 2, basically most of the game, since for whatever crazy reason you have to fill up that "respect" meter before doing each mission. I spent more time trying fill up my respect meter than I did playing the actual game.
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Post by Cult Member BriGuy on Dec 21, 2010 13:30:12 GMT -5
San Andreas had that one annoying RC Plane mission
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2010 16:44:27 GMT -5
The dream/nightmare level in Max Payne Oh dear god yes. I gave up on the game after like 30 tries and just watched a playthrough on youtube. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2010 17:08:04 GMT -5
Nancy, and Jin + Azazel in Tekken 6. Never beat Nancy and beaten Jin and Azazel but jeeze it took so long to do so.
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Post by Double J on Dec 21, 2010 18:26:58 GMT -5
Anyone who doesn't write Battletoads or the original NES TMNT haven't played Battletoads or the original TMNT.
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Post by ebilbryan™ on Dec 21, 2010 18:47:28 GMT -5
The spin dash on Sonic Adventure, when you first get the shoes in the sewer. Can't do it. So I've beat the game with every character BUT Sonic.  |
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Post by T R W on Dec 21, 2010 19:20:40 GMT -5
The entire year I spend trying to beat the Adventures of Bayou Billy.
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Post by JoeyBats on Dec 21, 2010 19:21:46 GMT -5
Mile High Club.
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Post by T R W on Dec 21, 2010 22:39:47 GMT -5
Anyone who doesn't write Battletoads or the original NES TMNT haven't played Battletoads or the original TMNT. Those are right there with Bayou Billy for me. |
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