Regardless of how calm your gaming demeanor, there's sure to be those odd moments in games that leaves you frothing at the mouth and loudly declaring your exhaustion of good will for a game in a manner that would make your mother ashamed. The moments that makes developers hundreds of miles away twitch involuntarily as you stumble at their design faux pas for the seventh time and decide that their death by long, cruel torture is the only fate that they deserve.
No game is exempt from the rage-inducing moment, and some games seemed to be built around them (hello, Sonic 2006), so this thread is to share your favourite, most recent, or simply most memorable controller-flinging tantrums that have voided the warranty on more than a few consoles.
I've got two to share; one from Bethesda's dragon-bashing epic Skyrim and the other from Sega's celebration of a career of mostly mediocrity, Sonic Generations.
For Skyrim, it's the dragons. Not all the dragons, but the ones who sail around miles in the air, out of range of your arrows, and absolutely refuse to come down and accept swift death by large pointed jabby stick. Out in the wilds they're no big problem, but they have a habit of attracting the attention of all the nearby human NPCs, who will refuse to interact with you until the threat has passed. So imagine my annoyance when, in the middle of an exciting quest, the target NPC refused to acknowledge my existance for at least 15 minutes whilst a dragon circled harmlessly overhead doing little more than scare away rabbits, until eventually, mercifully, buggering off over the horizon (after I'd inneffectually shot almost all my arrows in its direction and missed).
In Sonic Generations? This one Red Ring. To reach it, you need to hit two ramps with considerable precision (not helped by slidey boardy physics) to reach the ring miles in mid-air. Or more accurately, to sail past mere centimeters from it and have to restart the act. Fffffuuuuuu
I think anyone will start cursing ten minutes into Castlevania (NES) or five minutes for Ninja Gaiden (NES). [youtube:EjazC45Qkww] It's from Castlevania 2 but it's just so epic.
For me my most recent one would have to be in Kid Icarus: Uprising's multiplayer. It seems like every time there are players that don't do anything on my team, I always end up becoming the angel and getting absolutely creamed! It drives me insane sometimes!
Really? I had a tough as hell time getting that red ring in Sonic Generations too, but I didn't mind. If anything I loved missing it. Any excuse to start the level over and listen to that great song again. Rolling around at the speed of sound! Got places to go, got to follow my rainbow!~
Anyways, on topic. All of Crash Bandicoot 1. That game sucks now. It doesn't hold up well at all. Why the heck do I have to beat a bonus stage just to save and if I lose I have to find another bonus stage? Difficulty was a bit unfair. Especially those dumb bridge to nowhere levels. And that dang Vista level or something lasted waaay too long. Real frustrating game. Megaman Zero 4's final level was pretty dang frustrating too. I had fun the whole time, but come on. I've never actually flung a controller in anger. I'm sure there was some game moment that made me curse like a sailer, but I can't remember it right now.
Most frustrating moment in video gaming history. Armor Lockup in Halo Reach. I love Halo Reach, it has a very fun and accessible multiplayer, but Armor Lockup just detracts from the gameplay. The person using is momentarily invincible, and it unleashes and EMP breaking your shield when they stop using it. It puts a big lull in gameplay when you are fighting someone and they use Armor Lock because you have to sit there and wait for them to stop using it, then kill them. Another bad thing about it is that you can get killed while waiting for them to leave and then have your kill stolen. Nothing gets me more mad then when I skillfully throw a Plasma Grenade and have it stick to a target and they Armor Lock. Or they just drop a grenade by their feet and Armor Lock, killing everyone around them but leaving them unharmed. Or shooting them to their shield is destroyed and then using Armor Lock and wait for it to grow back before they stop using. Or when you try to ram them with a vehicle and the use Armor Lock either destroying you or EMPing your vehicle... and the list goes on. It is the most overpowered and broken armor ability and I hope that it is removed in Halo 4. Those are the most frustrating moments for me.
For me my most recent one would have to be in Kid Icarus: Uprising's multiplayer. It seems like every time there are players that don't do anything on my team, I always end up becoming the angel and getting absolutely creamed! It drives me insane sometimes!
I agree. Often times online I find people who are absent and their character is motionless. This is very frustrating because it takes the fun away from both sides.
Oh, and for my old/retro one. The snowman head with the giant penguin in Snowman's Land on Super Mario 64. I absolutely HATED them! Just when I'd get almost all the way across the ice bridge, the stupid penguin would suddenly move backward and then that freaking annoying snowman head would blow me to the other side of the stage! Oh I'm starting to lose it just from the thought!
Super Mario 64's camera. I shouldn't have even seen a Game Over screen in this game. It was always because of the camera. The DS remake solved the camera with horrible controls. Easiest 3D Mario game nonetheless but still.
Red Steel 1's horrible sword fighting segments. I'm at this club where I can wipe out 3/4 of the girl's health until she gets all Samurai on me. She destroys me and with the unresponsive controls, it's impossible to dodge every one of her attacks.
Just for you. "I'm just a musical prostitute, my dear." - Freddie Mercury
Boss Hazama in Continuum Shift. That son of a beach ball is on par with a Hell-level Jin. He'll see every move coming and will spam one of 3 devestating combos. I seriously just had to give up the prospect of ever beating the Arcade mode (and THEN I won ).
Random Crits, very time I think it have him, he crits. Every time I turn a corner, a crit rocket is waiting for me. I'm standing in the middle of my team mates, a crit nade comes out of nowhere and it hits me, no one else, just me, EVERY TIME!
Trying to save the survivors in Dead Rising 1. The entire second half of Need For Speed Most Wanted. Trying to get Pikachu to do something other than complain in Hey You! Pikachu! Blue Wizrobes and Darknuts in the original Zelda. Medusa Heads.
The best strategy in the game: go up stairs and pause balls.
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