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Sections of games where you think "Did they think this would be fun?"
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kingofthedead45
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OMG, I remember this part, okay yeah this section sucks so much aswell.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Really though, the entire Xenoblade endgame is such a letdown.
Ninja Scooter
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Wind Waker triforce quest. Fuck that part. Everytime I think about busting out the Gamecube and replaying it thinking of that portion kills my hype. STill a great game though but that kills the replay ability.
All the modern games with collectibles where you need a written guide and/or a youtube video guide to find all of them. So all modern games with collectibles.
Games that don't give you stats for collectibles by level or area are particularly bad. Finishing my nightmare playthru of Alan Wake with 99 coffee thermoses and having no idea where to start looking for the one I missed was agonizing, so I've more or less given up on them. In Deus Ex HR I did not look up one thing about the location of the Scholar e-books because I didn't want to taint such an awesome game with something so menial.
Games that don't give you stats for collectibles by level or area are particularly bad. Finishing my nightmare playthru of Alan Wake with 99 coffee thermoses and having no idea where to start looking for the one I missed was agonizing, so I've more or less given up on them. In Deus Ex HR I did not look up one thing about the location of the Scholar e-books because I didn't want to taint such an awesome game with something so menial.
blame space
Banned
Byronic Hero
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You sir, are my hero.
Happypwnstar
Banned
having to be underwater and chasing after things repeatedly worst ever!
kingkaiser
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Crystal Cave and Tomb of Giants in Dark Souls. Sigh, no FromSoft, there is no fun in falling to the death again and again and again ...
There are several places in Ninja Gaiden II which force you to kill enemies with the bow because they linger out of melee range and continuously bombard you with obnoxious fireballs. In at least one place, these enemies are placed right in the middle of a platforming section, which is incredibly frustrating.
I never actually thought it was a potentially fun segment gone wrong, though. It was clearly one of several aspects of that game that shipped very rough.
I never actually thought it was a potentially fun segment gone wrong, though. It was clearly one of several aspects of that game that shipped very rough.
Byronic Hero
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Oh yeah. The entirety of Banjo Kazooie Nuts & Bolts. From the perspective of a fan of the previous 2.
QTE-or-die-and-reload-from-much-much-earlier-checkpoint.
Guitar Hero merging the bass track (or two guitars, or a keyboard, or a frigging organ) into the guitar track after Harmonix left. Extra notes that don't fit with what you're hearing in a rhythm game--awesome. If the pros can't strum that fast with real instruments, why in the hell do I need to?!
After about the sixth mission in Just Cause 2 when the random mooks get heavier weapons and are frequent sources of death/reloading. You go from being "master wizard of space and time, Rico Rodriguez" to tutorial-style gameplay where you're afraid of making noise because it'll attract more heat than you can deal with. Backwards.
SWAT 4 buddy AI. Construction level. (Check out Spoony's LP if you're curious--it's on the mark.)
Any game where you have to backtrack for the sake of padding. SSMB Brawl's a bad example of this, whereas MetroidVania games (and Arkham Asylum) are much better done in this regard. Basically, games that force you to backtrack without rewarding you with anything more than plot progression.
Guitar Hero merging the bass track (or two guitars, or a keyboard, or a frigging organ) into the guitar track after Harmonix left. Extra notes that don't fit with what you're hearing in a rhythm game--awesome. If the pros can't strum that fast with real instruments, why in the hell do I need to?!
After about the sixth mission in Just Cause 2 when the random mooks get heavier weapons and are frequent sources of death/reloading. You go from being "master wizard of space and time, Rico Rodriguez" to tutorial-style gameplay where you're afraid of making noise because it'll attract more heat than you can deal with. Backwards.
SWAT 4 buddy AI. Construction level. (Check out Spoony's LP if you're curious--it's on the mark.)
Any game where you have to backtrack for the sake of padding. SSMB Brawl's a bad example of this, whereas MetroidVania games (and Arkham Asylum) are much better done in this regard. Basically, games that force you to backtrack without rewarding you with anything more than plot progression.
For this gen, I agree with those who mentioned the turret in Dead Space.
For all time, it's the platforming bit at the beginning of Babel Tower in Xenogears. Not only was it frustrating, but it was completely pointless, too. Whenever I replay Xenogears, I dread getting to that part of the game.
For all time, it's the platforming bit at the beginning of Babel Tower in Xenogears. Not only was it frustrating, but it was completely pointless, too. Whenever I replay Xenogears, I dread getting to that part of the game.
joeyjoejoeshabadoo
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That's what I was going to post. Fucking drives me crazy when I have to drive in action games.
I find this okay in the Souls games, since most of the time you died because of a mistake YOU made, not because the game was being cheap or something.
This applies to Demon's Souls more than Dark Souls, as Dark Souls has quite a few hazards you couldn't possibly know about until you died from them.
Charge the ballista? you mean where you have to load it and crank it? waves of three guys? they're not that hard. If you die that often in a row you have to be doing something wrong. You are aware you can dodge and use all your signs yeah?
VeryGooster
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The Lambent Berserker and final boss battles in Gears of War 3 on Hardcore were just obnoxious and not fun.
MadSkillzBahamut
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I think BioShock is one of the only hacking minigames that I didn't find annoying.
I HATED the computer hacking in Fallout 3, or lockpicking in Oblivion. I also had complete disdain for the conversation minigame in Oblivion, which in a way is "hacking" a person's approval of you. It was terrible.
Yeah I think I quite the game shortly after that section
I would say you quit a bit prematurely then, the rest of the game plays rather standard after that. Unless you just didn't like the game at all.
Oh God. The Horror.
Plus, all the bullshit non-1-to-1 motion control implementations of the Wii to trigger either automatic combat or for mini games.
TheDarkKnight774
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Xenogears- Tower of Babel. I love this game so much, but that sequence is such a sore spot. Who thought that was a good idea?
Metroid Prime/Zelda:WW/Metal Gear - Fetch quests. Just added to extend the length of the game. Still great games but man do those areas stick out because of it.
Metroid Prime/Zelda:WW/Metal Gear - Fetch quests. Just added to extend the length of the game. Still great games but man do those areas stick out because of it.
endresults
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When you have to react correctly at the theoretical limit of what input processing and nerve conduction allows for over two minutes, something is wrong. Literally impossible without a guide or writing down the pattern of walls and jumps.
WeAreStarStuff
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When you have to react correctly at the theoretical limit of what input processing and nerve conduction allows for over two minutes, something is wrong. Literally impossible without a guide or writing down the pattern of walls and jumps.
I never beat this level; scarred my childhood.
endresults
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Nintendo Power got me through it, and the equally sadistic snake and unicycle levels that came after.
When you have to react correctly at the theoretical limit of what input processing and nerve conduction allows for over two minutes, something is wrong. Literally impossible without a guide or writing down the pattern of walls and jumps.
Most of this game is crap due to all the ridiculously cheap deaths. Which is a shame because the fighting part is actually pretty damn good.
Double Dragon II NES was my favorite beat em up of all time. Hard but fair, even on Supreme Master difficulty.
Catalix
And on the sixth day the LORD David Bowie created man and woman in His image. And he saw that it was good. On the seventh day the LORD created videogames so that He might take the bloody day off for once.
I actually loved Act 3 the first time around, but the magic quickly wears off on subsequent playthroughs. A dreadfully paced mission, with very little to do until it's over.
I'm surprised there's no clever easter eggs that let you skip through that section faster.
This was a well done sequence. Really enjoyable sneaking. Wonder why so many people dog it...are people not good at these types of missions or what?
That shit made me quit playing the missions and just go crazy and kill everyone. Messed my save.
That game had a ton of awful parts during the last 1/3 or so, like swimming around collecting musical notes. Dear lord.
yup, those two were actually somewhat problematic.
still pretty simple stuff.
guess most didn't get that far, huh?
Disgaeamad
Member
This and the horrendously insulting minigames had me close to dropping an otherwise fantastic game. God damn.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Yup, the last two and a half sections or so of that game are bullshit of the highest caliber.
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