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[Mirimar]

I was sick Tuesday so I didn't go get God Of War 2 the first day it was available. That still irks the living shit out of me.

Hey, I'm still stuck on "Backordered" on outpost, so I have no idea when I'm getting my copy :lol

 

[Mr.Potato Head]

When i was 26 years old, my girlfriend bought me Zelda64 as a bday present, i asked her nicely if i could have it early.. my bday wasnt for another 4 days. She said no..i litterly had a tantrum like a child, i almost cried lol :lol

 

[Sapiens]

I was so enthused about playing Virtual On OT on DC with Dual Sticks. Unfortunately, I couldnt find the DC sticks anywhere online. So, I had to go through the trouble of buying (and paying for shipping) the Saturn sticks with the adapter from eBay. Took about a month to get everything. I was hyped.

I remember playing it once - getting bored and frustrated within an hour - and thats pretty much it. Never played it again. Packed it all up and resold it on ebay within the next few months

 

[DoubleTap]

I bought Wrath Unleashed and the game guide.

 

[PepsimanVsJoe]

I raised a huge stink over Atlus USA picking up SMT3 for release. Everyday it was something like "Okay this new release has Dante in it so you KNOW that they'll pick it up now."

When the game finally released I put 15 hours into it, died, lost 3 hours, and gave up.

The only reason I touch harder difficulties in some games is for the achievements(Gears, CoD 2, sup?)

I've never beaten an MGS game on a difficulty above normal, and chances are I still die countless times throughout.

 

[GitarooMan]

I bought Wrath Unleashed and the game guide.

Did you pay full price though? I've bought numerous uber crap games at full price: New Legends, E.O.E., RTX Red Rock, games that were like 14.99 three days later. I've since learned to show a tiny bit more restraint (although not much).

 

[DoubleTap]

Did you pay full price though?...

I did.

 

[JB1981]

I never ever played through a Zelda game.

 

[seat]

Bought a 32X shortly after it was released. Got Knuckles Chaotix, played it to death and loved every second of it. I was really into anything Sonic-related back then.

On the first or second day of playing Viewtiful Joe, I got to the helicopter boss (the first one?) and after several attempts, I found that I just couldn't beat him. I put the game down and haven't played it again since. I really, truly suck at that game.

Those are just a couple that spring to mind.

 

[JB1981]

Wow, I could say the same thing (including buying both versions and beating MGS 1 and 2), I got a bit farther in MGS3 but just stopped (but moreso because the beginning of that game is sooooo boring.)

I thought so too when I first played it. I skipped MGS 3 'cause the second game just left me so disappointed. I finally got around to playing MGS 3: Subsistence (new camera) and it was one of the best videogame experiences I've ever had. The beginning is very slow, but the second half of the game more than makes up for it. Imo, it's one of the best games ever made.

 

[Future]

I thought ICO was boring
Aside from fighting game goodness, I didnt think the Dreamcast was all that
Mickey Mania on the SNES was awesome
I invested countless hours on Karateka on the Atari
In Max Payne, I took the sniper rifle and zoomed in on the naked women posters. Many Times. Boobies

 

[GitarooMan]

I thought so too when I first played it. I skipped MGS 3 'cause the second game just left me so disappointed. I finally got around to playing MGS 3: Subsistence (new camera) and it was one of the best videogame experiences I've ever had. The beginning is very slow, but the second half of the game more than makes up for it. Imo, it's one of the best games ever made.

Yeah, everyone says that so at some point I've got to just pick up my old save where I left off and push through to the second half, if it's half as good as everyone says it'll be worth it.

 

[Parch]

Liking or disliking something is nothing to be ashamed of.

Same for using cheats, guides, or easy mode. How you chose to enjoy a game is fine as long as it doesn't effect others. Cheating or acting like a jerk during online gaming guarantees you going to hell though.

I have gaming regrets, but I've done nothing to be ashamed of.

 

[snacknuts]

Aside from fighting game goodness, I didnt think the Dreamcast was all that

That's nothing to be ashamed about. The only thing I enjoyed on mine was the 2K Sports series.

I thought of another one. I modded my Xbox with a 200GB HDD so I could rent games and copy them instead of buying them. I figure I saved ~$1600 doing this.

 

[xTOXNx]

Pretending to be chick online.
Stanbying in halo 2.
boosting in halo 2.

 

[fartblast]

i`m a gfx whore. if it doesnt have good gfx i dont waste my time with it. especially hate the DS and think is a gimmicky POS, cannot stand the graphics.

 

[argon]

I skipped the triforce quest in Wind Waker and watched the ending from a speedrun website.

 

[fartblast]

i didnt play mgs3 because it dosnt support widescreen

 

[besada]

I built complete invisibility armor (5 pieces w/20% chameleon each) in Oblivion and then proceeded to do the entire main quest in a single rapid run. Granted, this was after 120 hours of play.

Still, very cheap.

 

[Xavien]

I... Never beat FF VII (even though i beat every other Final fantasy Before and Since)

*runs away weeping*

 

[Dr_Cogent]

I have no shame.

I used an exploit in Thief to beat a level back in the day. A door would close behind you when you got far enough so you couldn't leave via that route. I put a bone in front of the door, the door was unable to close, and I boogied outta there as fast as I could once I got what I needed.

It was lame, but I still am not shameful.

 

[Tornado Condor]

i mostly play really hard games and beat them to tell my friends about it

 

[speculawyer]

I bought the Atari Jaguar.

 

[Crab Milk Mickey]

- I own a sealed copy of Resident Evil 4, bought it at its release and I have yet to play it.
- Bought God of War a couple of months ago (together with a PS2), haven't touched it since.
- I stopped playing Devil May Cry because of an inane puzzle in the second level. 'Bring key to...' AAAAAAAARGH!
- Final Fantasy VII was my first RPG and it took me four hours to realise what Phoenix Down could do. Tifa died after one of the first battles and the entire time I thought the game wouldn't let me revive her. Only found out that you could, by accident. This was two years ago.
- I had restart Ocarina of Time from scratch, twice, before I actually finished the game. The first time I couldn't find a necessary key in the Water Temple and I couldn't unlock the Fire Arrow the second time. I shot an arrow towards the sun on every possible spot yet I didn't get Fire Arrows. Pissed me off when I couldn't complete Ganondorf's Castle because of this, no matter how hard I tried finishing a certain puzzle with Din's Fire.

I liked Perfect Dark more than GE64, yes, the 10 frame per second PD
Splinter Cell Chaos Theory is the only SC game I like (I prefer the Thief and MGS series)
I feel Crackdown has some of the most ACCURATE jumping mechanic ever implemented. I wish actual platformers take note.

Nothing to be ashamed about, actually.

 

[tedtropy]

I think this isn't shamefull at all. I would even say it's satisfying.
The gives you a free rocket at some point before that boss. It takes all the place in your god damned inventory. I made the choice to keep that rocket and sacrifice some place. It's the design of the game, they want you to do it. When i shot it right in the face of that coward it really was satisfying. It was like a choice i made really did pay off.

It's just that part of me knows I missed a potentially interesting/epic boss battle for the sake of laziness and saving ammo. And yeah, I had a helluva time making room for that damn rocket launcher in my inventory.

Oh, another confession. I bought Half-Life 2 the day it was released on PC, like it alot, but never finished it. I got the far less superior XBox version for like $10 at Circuit City and played it straight through in like two days, captivated the entire time. Yes, the version of HL2 that ran at about, ur, no FPS whenever two Striders appeared on screen.

Also, during the scene where you have to set the auto-guns while surviving the damn near endless spawning guards in the prison while waiting on Alex...I exploited the physics in the game by stacking up three boxes to make some makeshift stairs to an area of the map you're not supposed to access, waited for the timed guard event to pass, sniped all the guards and proceeded to crotch-hump Alex when she arrived. I actually kinda respect the game more that I was able to exploit the then-awesome physics to make a really annoying part easier.

 

[revolverjgw]

I've never beaten a Mega Man game legitimately. Even Mega Man 2.

 

[ant1532]

i mostly play really hard games and beat them to tell my friends about it

dorkiest thing I've heard in a while.

 

[Cedeo]

I'm too scared to finish Condemned.

 

[BeEatNU]

Capcom VS. SNK 2 on the highest difficulty setting, When Shin-Akuma beat me when I first got to him, I went crazy and shattered my controller by twisting my controller.

 

[XSamu]

Back in the days, when I was a Xbot, I didn't even like the Halo games.

 

[7Th]

Used a fusion chart in Shin Megami Tensei 3. Also: I always use faqs to find the secret explore-requiring secrets in games. Why aren't those extra things based on skill rather than patience?

 

[BeEatNU]

Back in the days, when I was a Xbot, I didn't even like the Halo games.

It's OK, I still don't like Halo :lol

 

[speculawyer]

I traded away NBA 2K7 for the 360 because I didn't want to play against my nephew who kicks my ass every time.

 

[Adaox]

Back in the days, when I was a Xbot, I didn't even like the Halo games.

Halo was the reason I bought an xbox. Now I could care less about the series.

Oh, and I hate God of War. HATE! ****ing timed platforming bottomless pits bullshit. I feel better now.

 

[tedtropy]

When playing FFVIII I would keep Selphie in my party because certain camera angles would allow you to see up her skirt. I was young and the only women talking to me were of the RPG persuasion. Now days I roam the real world with the alchohol relic equipped for +4 charm. I'm gonna shut up now.

Also, yeah, ditto on the Chun Li thing...

 

[turkification]

- I like perfect dark zero more then halo 2..
- Never beated FF7
- I LOVE sonic rush (probably because of the awesome soundtrack)

 

[megashock5]

I didn't like Ico as much as Prince of Perisa:SOT

I actually liked Star Fox Adventures

I LOVE Mario Kart Double Dash, a lot

I own Corvette for PS2

I play on Easy anytime it's available, it's the only way I beat Devil May Cry

I've owned a PS2 since launch, and a PS before it, but I'm still bitter that the PS2 hype helped kill the Dreamcast.

 

[XiaNaphryz]

I've played Tokimeki Memorial 2 and 3 to completion several times.

I have more than 10 Sakura Taisen related games and a few dolls and figurines too. That's money I'm never getting back.

Hey, there shouldn't be any shame in that! Right!?

Right?

...

 

[Sqorgar]

- I can't play male power fantasy games like Gears of War or God of War or Metal Gear Solid. I just can't help but wonder what the self esteem is like for the designers - what with making naked bald men with goatees in loin cloths blugdeoning other naked bald men in loin cloths (but no goatees) with phalic objects. I mean, just look at the size of the shoulders and feet of the characters in Gears of War! cliffyb must have a very, very small ... well, you get the picture.

I can't help having these thoughts and they ruin the whole thing for me. It's like reading Star Trek fan fiction where the author is the main character, perfect in everything he says and does, who saves the day and beds Troi. Sure, maybe it is pretty good (not usually), but it's still a Mary Sue story and you can't help but noticing the psyche of the writer. THIS is the designer's idea of a power fantasy? This is the fantasy of a twelve year old boy who gets picked on at school and gets shy around girls...

...But I love Robert E. Howard short stories and will buy any Conan game released.

 

[djtiesto]

I got bored of playing Half Life after the second level (with all the 1 hit kills if you touched the electric).

 

[psychodoodle]

I enjoy posting on GAF. It even has slowed my reading habit, cant seem to finish the collected short stories of Phillip K Dick, because I spent a whole afternoon reading the drinky thread.

Shameful indeed

 

[f3niks]

- I bought DOA extreme beach volley ball when my girl went to Japan for a year so. I needed some eye candy

- I also asked previously mentioned girlfriend to play through and level my GF so that I could beat FF8 because the whole concept bored the piss out of me.

- I suck at RTS games. I lack the patience.

- finally, I loved playing Shogo

 

[speculawyer]

- I can't play male power fantasy games like Gears of War or God of War or Metal Gear Solid. I just can't help but wonder what the self esteem is like for the designers - what with making naked bald men with goatees in loin cloths blugdeoning other naked bald men in loin cloths (but no goatees) with phalic objects. I mean, just look at the size of the shoulders and feet of the characters in Gears of War! cliffyb must have a very, very small ... well, you get the picture.

The designers are just trying to make what sells . . . so blame the consumers not the designers. And question the consumer's manhood.

I've played a little Gears of War and it is a bit too over-the-top. I constantly laugh at the steroid-throat characters and their ridiculous cliche bravado. It is unquestionably a good game . . . but I prefer Rainbow Six since it isn't quite so over-the-top.

I can't listen to the Adam Carolla show anymore because the steroid Danny Bonaduce voice ruins the show for me.

 

[seat]

- I can't play male power fantasy games like Gears of War or God of War or Metal Gear Solid.

I don't think MGS falls into that category. The objective in the MGS games is not to gain attention. And Raiden is quite effeminate.

 

[Rody]

I hate every "Final Fantasy" ever released and probably will hate the next one.

I finished "Burnout 2" and "Burnout 3: Takedown", both 100%, but couldn't stand playing more than 10 minutes of "Revenge".

I have a memo board in which I wrote a list of 28 games that I want to finish. LOL.

I bought a gaming PC last year and all I have played so far is "Call of Duty 2", "Oblivion" (didn't love it) and "The Sims" (the first one). I've also played the demos for "Prey" and "GTR 2". And that's it. On the other hand, I completed "Little Big Adventure 2: Twinsen's Odyssey" on my old PC, after almost 10 years. Go figure.

I bought the Network Adaptor (PS2) a few years ago but never played online for more than 3 hours overall.

I think "Resident Evil 4" is the most overrated game EVER.

I am a "Gran Turismo" whore.

I got another one.

I bought both MGS3 and MS3:Subsistance.

Both games I did exactly the same thing: I played up to brick house area (just past the first bridge) got spotted/killed a few times and just got super frustrated and gave up.

Boy do I hates me some Metal Gear control.

/I completed MGS and MGS2.

I did absolutely the same thing. Except I didn't complete the first MGS.
But I'll play and finish MGS3 in July (my vacation).

 

[Jimbob]

Didn't everyone do this when playing goldeneye? It was basically part of the game.

Yeah it was part of the game. But it's a whole new ball game playing it when you can't see the other persons screen. I tried it once with a mate of mine. We split the RF output from the N64 and hooked it up to 2 TV's. Then we stuck a dark piece of paper over the other persons screen. Voila! you can't see where your opponent was. Problem was it then became a game of trying to work out where they were from the sounds you could hear.

Is going to all those lengths to play like that a shame in itself? Way too geeky right?

 

[maus]

Rubbed one out to

 

[Leopold]

-- finally, I loved playing Shogo

Shogo was just great, I'd love a sequel.

 

[Ryu1999]

I bought the Network Adaptor (PS2) a few years ago but never played online for more than 3 hours overall.

Pshhh everyone knows the network adapter was only important for hdloader, and thats it...unless you were a Socom whore

 

[Odrion]

I have five PS2 titles that are still wrapped in plastic.

I am a complete sucker for video game stories. I can't sit through a bad action or thriller movie but when you toss in some ridiculous-shit story in a game I'll be engaged as if it was Pulp Fiction. For example, I enjoyed the story for Unreal 2, Gears of War, Breakdown, and Saint's Row.