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Games that you find ******* Stressful

schennmu said:
No wonder. Pretty insane. Did you make it?
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Yeah. Took pretty much 5 days to do it. For reference, there were 49 other challenges in that game, and all 49 of those also took a combined 5 days of play. Mr. Perfect was insane.

It did make me really appreciate the weapon design for MM9 though. You really do have the tools to handle anything in that game. I can still remember the anxiousness that was present when I'd pause on Wily to use the M-tank, slowly watching every individual weapon meter fill up to the music. And I fucking needed half of them to get past him.
 
God of War 3 - I suck at action games and the boss battles in this one make me want to throw my dual shock through my TV

X-COM - Terror missions at night.

Diablo II - Hardcore mode
 
agree on dead space, first few chapters was so intense i couldn't continue to finish the rest. Eventually i did finished the game after like 5 months. The later chapters are actually not that scary, it's mostly monster closet style play.
 
The first Manhunt. Had a really oppressive, dark atmosphere and premise that got to me. I shat bricks while being chased by raving skinheads with nailguns through the junkyard. Brian Cox's peerless voice acting was the icing on the cake.
 
SC2 1vs1. I don't play before going to bed. If I do, I can't sleep because my brain is like in autopilot mode and re-playing all the games in my head even if I don't want to think about SC2!
The worst is that I have friends who play them like it's nothing. Makes me feel like a pussy.
 
Another vote for Dead Space. You play the entire game in a state of tense anticipation and dread, which is really draining, psychologically. That's why everyone keeps saying they can play only in bursts of an hour, or one chapter. It's the same with me. All that stress takes a toll. Dead Space is f-ing EXHAUSTING.

But what a cool game.
 
TheKurgan said:
God of War 3 - I suck at action games and the boss battles in this one make me want to throw my dual shock through my TV
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I got to admit playing GoW3 on titan mode was an "edge of your seat" couple of days for me also. This was the first game where I felt confident I could get the platinum trophy. I got it, but not without some stressful moments in the game. Fuck that scorpion!
 
Bit Trip Runner. Way too much for me. It was fun at first, but eventually destroyed my patience.

Fire Emblem games. I want to love them, but my refusal to allow any deaths ruins it for me.
 
Pretty much the only genre of games that can stress me out in the real sense of the word are RPGs. I constantly worry that I'm not upgrading my guys right or I'll miss some uber equipment and be fucked later in the game and have to start over. I've gotten better about it over the last few years, though, mostly by no longer listening to people who are like "YOU SHOULD USE THIS AND THIS JOB WITH THIS AND THIS SKILL" and just playing the games.

Now in terms of making me lose my temper, man, that happens all the time. I couldn't make a list. I couldn't even list genres. Pretty much every game causes me to blow my stack in one way or another. When I get pissed off, I play better, so it generally helps me through.
 
_dementia said:
I play games to relax, but in recent history one game that made me pretty tense was Dead Space.
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Wow, first post beat me to it.

Dead Space had me literally on the edge of my seat for a lot of the game. Had me stressed out in a creeped out way.
 
Are the Dead Space posts serious? The game wasn't scary at all. Once you realize the pattern is basically "accomplish something-get attacked by monsters" it becomes very predictable and dull. I almost quit the game myself, but it sure wasn't because it was too scary.
 
Playing as the healer in any MMORPG. I like being valued and wanted, but having to keep multiple macros on everyone in the party, juggling hate, dealing with tanks...
 
I am stuck somewhere in boy and his blob:lol

Super Mario galaxy 2 while awesome is headache after some point. Although I completed the game with 70 something star I tried to advance further but it seems like work rather than play
 
Any popular online game seems to be stressful. Gears is self explanatory, Halo and MW2 are better in terms of the game actually working right most of the time but still gets crazy.
 
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F*ck this game!
 
cosmicblizzard said:
Fire Emblem. I don't allow anyone to die.
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:lol I'm the exact same. Lost one character in PoR sp? and it really soured the rest of the game for me but the battle I lost him on was just to long and difficult to repeat, great game.
 
Learning Beatmania IIDX. Every step up in difficulty you encounter another skill wall with crazy patterns that you have to overhaul your finger positions for. :lol

Any competitive multiplayer of course, though in particular I gravitate towards fighting games... so 1v1, which is even more stressful than teams, IMO. Multiplied tenfold when you're at a tournament...

Heavy Rain was one of the few single-player, story-oriented games that I felt had some truly harrowing sequences. Really enjoyed the rush though.
 
So GAF what games do you find get your heart pumping and why?
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Pretty much all the good ones. When I play SSFIV online, I dance like Justin Wong every time I land Breathless for a win. When I 1cc'd Mushi Futari Original, I held my arms high like I was Randy Orton and then proceeded to act a fool. Lately, learning Starcraft II and getting a win or two, even at my scrub ass level, has been so exciting.

Scripted events and cutscenes don't work as well for me unless I had to be pushed a bit to get there.

I get excited over good video games. Stressful? Definitely. Eustress!
 
MyOtherBike said:
World of Warcraft raiding.

Stressers:

-Need to show up ontime for muster. Leave work early, eat early, etc.
-Hope to fuck I get in the raid.
-Make sure I read and watched all of the boss strategy videos.
-The raid bosses are stressful as hell as you have to rely on 39 other people not to fuck it up (24 nowadays, right?).
-Pray that I have enough dkp for that one drop that has a 1% chance of dropping that I put off dinner with my wife to try to get.
-Deal with guild drama fallout after someone gets a drop that someone else wants.
-Do this 4 nights a week.

Fuck that shit. I've been done for years now, and it still stresses me out when I think about it all.
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Oh come on!! When you finally down that motherfucker with 39 close guildies it's an unreal feeling that I haven't been able to find in any other game.



But the reasons you listed ae exactly why I quit WoW and will never play another MMO in my life, what adouble edged sword.
 
Dead Rising. The endless zombies in some areas, the save system, the escorting, the snooze and lose mission structure...I like the game but it's stressful. Also, Call of Duty online, with all the airstrikes and campers and whatnot.
 
How could I forget to mention SSBM? Perfect wavedashing, perfect teching, perfect l cancels, waveshining, timing moves properly, SIDE BING OFF THE EDGE WITH FOX OR FALCO FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
 
Most stressful game I played this gen is The Club.

It's just the game design, the way the game is made. I dunno, it's like a race, the combos, etc. I was about to blow a fuse man. Early heart attack like the OP said.
The game really was fun but I decided to not buy it simply because it wouldn't be good for my health.

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Aesius said:
Any online competitive game. FPSers are REALLY bad for me. I had to sell Bad Company 2 because I'd get so caught up in it. If the match was particularly close or if I was kicking ass, my heart rate would sky rocket, my face would get blood red, and I'd always end up with a huge headache. Like others, I could only play for an hour or two before having to take a break.
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For some reason FPSes have never bothered me even if in a super competitive match. I just have to focus one thing really, shooting the guy in front of me. Sure I might need to head to one part of the map or another if I need to defend something or whatever, but in the end I'm just going to have to make my shots before the other guys makes his.
 
It doesn't really get me stressed but whenever I'm playing Bad Company 2 with some badass music on, and the the dude next to me gets shot in the face as a helicopter crashes through the building I just jumped off of after knifing a dude in the head, my adrenaline starts going like crazy.
 
Ya Starcraft 1v1 is intense. I get an insane adrenaline rush when I win, and I get extremely nervous about losing my win streak and play worse the longer a win streak I have. A losing streak helps calm me down and refocus.
 
Zzoram said:
Ya Starcraft 1v1 is intense. I get an insane adrenaline rush when I win, and I get extremely nervous about losing my win streak and play worse the longer a win streak I have. A losing streak helps calm me down and refocus.
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Losing streak just makes me want to not play until I'm super ready to win.

SC 1v1 is so fucking intense. I still haven't placed yet because I'm waiting to be prepared :lol
I know I need to just hunker down and play.

Getting rushed/proxied 3 out of 5 games in 2v2 is mainly why though.
 
I have to say Demon's Souls can be a bit frustrating, especially when you have to repeat a level all over again.
 
The_Technomancer said:
Came in to say this, funnily enough.

"Sssssssssssssssss" "OHSHIT!" BOOM!!!"

Scares the ever loving fuck out of me every. single. godamned. time.
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What game is this out of curiosity?
 
Starcraft 2 is killing me because I can't figure out how to play properly. And Geometry Wars. That game makes my head want to explode.
 
ultron87 said:
What game is this out of curiosity?
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Minecraft. Equal parts giant LEGO sandbox, mining and cave exploration simulator, and freaky as hell survival horror. Not even joking, I have had my heart pounding more in that game then any other in...years.
 
MattPeters said:
Healing heroic ICC can be brutal sometimes.
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so freaking true. i use to raid 25m 10/12 heroic mode icc as pally heals and that shit use to stress the shit out of me. Its funny that when raiding as a DPS i was relatively stress free, but as a healer i dreaded the fact that today was a raid day.

I quit like 4 months ago and i've never looked back.

As for Street fighter, the only time i'm frustrated is when i have to deal with blanka shenanigans.

Add Alan Wake to the list of one of those rare games that had me in a sense of dread and full of adrenaline. I never felt like that since my first Red encounter in UO
 
Boney said:
Haven't played this.. but yeah... just by watching it, it's so damn stressful..
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It's really cool(on paper): you can't fight, you have to run and hide, as the girl, while the big guy and other maniacs chase and try to kill you.. the problem is that they are fuckin' clever and as you build fear(there's a meter, IIRC)she keeps falling and stumbling down, the screen becomes blurry more and more etc.
It's cool, as i said, but it was too stressful to explore the castle and do puzzles, with the costant fear of one those douche showing up, losing 30 minutes to run and hide.
You have the dog on your side, but he's not that useful, he can only slow them down and he can get beaten, on top of that, you also have to make sure to train him properly(scolding him or otherwise) or he won't help you properly..damn, too hardcore for me, thanks.
The game is Haunting Ground, btw.
 
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