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Sections of games where you think "Did they think this would be fun?"
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WickedLaharl
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uncharted 3s desert and trippin' balls sections.
After the final boss in the 80+ quests, yeah. But I got to the final battle, at level 79 without any grinding at all. Sidequests, man.
I'd say it's the opposite, actually. The beat 'em up section were horrid, while the rest of the game had great variety and where very fun if you like a challenge. The type of challenge where you have to memorize every level to succeed, that is.
Blood Diamonds
Banned
Those stupid Sphere-themed dungeons in Final Fantasy X.
When I was a kid I used to love to memorize. Now I just like to play at my own pace.
Sapphire Dreams
Member
Those darn riddler trophies in Arkham City, I mean talk about excessive padding...
MrCunningham
Member
I dunno, I actually liked vehicle sections in the second half of HL2 Episode 2, to be honest. Though yeah, I could live without a large portion of the canal from HL2.
But as for me, most of the tacked on fetch quests in just about any newer Zelda game (Or game in general),
Cannon Goose
Member
I thought collecting the tears was unbelievably boring in Twilight Princess, but then they bring it back in Skyward Sword AND make it so you can fail? Buncha idiots over at Nintendo.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
What? Man, the revamped tear hunts were one of the best parts of SS. They turned from a boring ass slog into a heart-pumping obstacle course. I have great memories of those challenges.
They were awesome, as were the weapons, dungeons, the controls for swordfighting, the bosses, lanyru desert and the soundtrack.
Almost everything else sucked.
Yes.
YES.
I swear to God that level lasts six hours. For as praised as Half-Life 2 is, there are a number of levels in the game that just fucking drag.
YES!
I'll add Lost Izalith and Tomb of the Giants.
I was loving Dark Souls right up to Anor Londo, not so much after that.
Any examples of this?
SatelliteOfLove
Member
...which I can almost guarentee would be something someone else truly did find fun.
overburning
Neo Member
Every Assassin's Creed game when you follow people around for dialogue.
Every freakin' minigame in Skyward Sword. Escort missions, hunting down notes, hunting down those stupid glowy things (FOUR TIMES). I'm stuck at the final boss and I see no reason to continue. Very disappointing game.
The Mako in Mass Effect. Come to think of it, all three games had really annoying resource gathering issues.
The Mako in Mass Effect. Come to think of it, all three games had really annoying resource gathering issues.
BadAss2961
Member
I also loved act 3. An interesting change in setting, and the opening cutscene is one of my favorites in the game.
Anyway, Vampire Bloodlines loses its head late in the story by suddenly thinking it'd be a good idea to start throwing waves and waves of enemies at you in long repetitive areas whether your character is built to handle it or not. I went into the game with knowledge that this would happen, so I made sure to keep my character strong in combat, and I still had to cheese my way to scrape through a couple parts... So I can only imagine how many people must've built charming, sexy, manipulative smoothtalkers only to find out that it would be the death of them just before they could sniff the final act.
Still the best RPG i've ever played though.
shinobi602
Member
Uncharted 3
hand to hand combat
chasing scenes, walking forward down a corridor while listening to dialogues, I mean you go straight and hope that it'll be over already, I don't mind it at the beginning, but it's when they put multiple sequences and mixing them up together: story sequence > chasing > hand to hand combat
Bayonetta
Motorcycle segment
Mass effect 2
Planet mining
hand to hand combat
chasing scenes, walking forward down a corridor while listening to dialogues, I mean you go straight and hope that it'll be over already, I don't mind it at the beginning, but it's when they put multiple sequences and mixing them up together: story sequence > chasing > hand to hand combat
Bayonetta
Motorcycle segment
Mass effect 2
Planet mining
I felt exactly the same way! Up to Anor Londo, I was thinking "I could play the crap out of this game for years and years", and then I got a bit further and got bored, and haven't touched it since early February...
More on topic (and I'm sure this has been mentioned before), but mandatory partners for Resident Evil 5 and 6. Co-op is great and all, but when playing through single player it's just not necessary and is just annoying.
BruiserBear
Banned
Came into the thread to make sure this got posted.
I found the Space Harrier rip-off segment at the end to be more annoying, but I absolutely love that game.
Heh I actually liked the herding mission in Red Dead... Sure I wouldn't want to do that for hours (and never did any of the optional ones) but I liked how you controled the herd without having direct control.. hard to explain but I liked it. It helps that just the fact of moving around on a horse in that game is fucking amazing (my god the horse in Assassin's Creed is terribler after having played RDR).
I think it depends whether you are/were one to get immersed in the world of Red Dead, some people did, some people didn't. If you enjoy the characters, setting, and story of the game then you probably liked the cattle herding. If you mostly enjoyed the open-world, exploration, shooting, and town raiding then you probably didn't care so much for the herding segment.
Personally, I liked it.
This probably describes my feelings best. I have never gone crazy or enjoyed any escort mission-ever.
Dimitri2401
Member
Dreadful moment for me. I thought I would never finish this game (that I really liked, except for that part) because of that.
The Bayonetta motorbike sequence was also a real pain. I did not understand what was supposed to be fun and interesting in it. The only good part (because of nostalgia) was the After Burner music.
Dimitri2401
Member
I should also mention my personal champion, Duke Nukem Forever. At each section of the game, I thought "Did they think this would be fun?".
I think Resident Evil 4 deserves a nod for having great escort stuff. Its never overbearing, you can hide her and she doesn't get found, and you only really lose if they make it out of the area with Ashley. Mikami turned something that's almost always terrible into something quite playable. Genius.
Considering how long it's been since Resident Evil 4 came out and there are still games coming out recently that don't do it nearly as well.
Resident Evil 4 kicked ass.
"Augmented Reality training activated."
"Augmented Reality training failed."
*climb back up and start over*
"Augmented Reality training activated."
"Augmented Reality training failed."
*throws controller*
"Augmented Reality training failed."
*climb back up and start over*
"Augmented Reality training activated."
"Augmented Reality training failed."
*throws controller*
The only part in the whole game that I just didn't bother.
And Shadows of the Damned but not the part you think....
Anytime you get chased by Paula. Just brush past her and it's instant death.
I actually really liked it the first time too, but it's not fun on replay.
Tear collecting was amazing in Skyward Sword. Nerve wracking as hell, but amazing.
Net_Wrecker
Member
I disliked nearly everything in the desert so yes to both of these. Also the shootouts in the ship, all the hand to hand fights with the big guy, and every encounter with armored enemies (and there are quite a few).
Princess Viola
Member
Escort missions.
Kenshin001
Member
I disagree. Sometimes it feels great to just unleash and wreck shit. Examples I can remember are the modified AA gun in Killzone 2 and the turret section in Spec Ops: The Line. In KZ2 you get your arse kicked capturing it then once you've got it you just wipe out the enemy. Feels good. In Spec Ops you have to hold off an attack on your team with it and just annihilate everything. This also feels good.
Many turret sections are just plain terrible though eg. Dead Space.
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