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» solidbob - Share your video game frustration

So, I've already ranted about San Andreas, what games frustrate you beyond belief?

-- posted by solidbob

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» mrdowdle - Share your video game frustration

In response to Share your video game frustration posted by solidbob:
Any of the three amazing "Prince of Persia" games. This game--on the surface--has it all: Fantastic story, kinda hot babes (it's a video game that isn't DOA...give it a break), phenomenal platform work, level design that's out of sight, and the fighting...

That's where the train derails and takes out an orphanage in the ensuing chaos. The prince is designed to run across walls, leap from conveniently placed tree branch to tree branch, and swing like a monkey. That's his schtick. The fighting in the game, however, is a major part, and it drives me up the wall. I can handle trying to make the death-defying leap a couple times--reversing time is a breeze, and really helps with that. But to fight more than one creature at a time? Forget about it.

Nothing has frustrated me more than trying to fight through to the next cool puzzle part of the games--all of them (the third being the best, admittedly).

-- posted by mrdowdle

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» solidbob - Share your video game frustration

In response to Share your video game frustration posted by mrdowdle:

Definitely sounds like nasty business.

How about the entire stealth game genre, where the focus is more on sneaking past bad guys than killing them off? Much as I adore the entire Metal Gear series, I scream quite a few obscenities when I almost to next screen and suddenly hear "What's that?", followed by the giant exclamation mark then a dozen guys with AK-47s running in and me with only a tranquilizer gun to defend myself.

Nevermind that you can't knock any of them out and take their rifle. Metal Gear Solid 2 gave a very lame explanation for this, but what about MGS 3 set in the cold war? You had to "log in" to your gun back then, too?

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» mrdowdle - Share your video game frustration

In response to Share your video game frustration posted by solidbob:
Of course, you can also throw in the idea of "find the gem inside the statue that is hidden behind a canvas that can only be burned by combining a candle, a can of lighter fluid, and an arcane emblem in order to unlock the next door" that's so pervasive within the survival/horror genre. I love those scary games, but that particular chore can be quite frustrating, too.

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