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ULTROS!
People seem to like me because I am polite and I am rarely late. I like to eat ice cream and I really enjoy a nice pair of slacks.
Seda said:
Of course SO4 can't compare to SO2 as much as FFXIII can't compare to FFVI.
But yeah, that was in the context of this generations console RPGs.
And I'm definitely in the minority (in fact I must be the only one)!
Maffis said:
I was on a long flight and hit this part and thought my game was jacked up. I screwed with it, repeating the dungeon for well over an hour straight before giving up. A week later, on my long flight back, I spent another hour+ on it and didn't get it so gave up.
After being back home for a few days I looked online and saw the solution. I have yet to go back and actually do it.
Other than that....Resident Evil on PS1. For some dumb reason I only carried 1 save file the entire game. I made it past the point of no return where you drop in to fight the final boss. My loadout was something like 1 green herb, maybe 15 total bullets for my pistol and 6 for my shotgun.....and that was it. Needless to say, I never beat the game.
ShockingAlberto
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Nearly beat Ninja Gaiden Black without using a health up (life of the gods/lives of the nine gods).
I had played NG2 first, where those items were automatic. By the time I got to Spirit Doku and he kept killing me in one hit, I got frustrated with the game because I thought it was completely unfair. When I tried again with Sigma, I got to Smaugon before I realized I could raise my life bar.
I had played NG2 first, where those items were automatic. By the time I got to Spirit Doku and he kept killing me in one hit, I got frustrated with the game because I thought it was completely unfair. When I tried again with Sigma, I got to Smaugon before I realized I could raise my life bar.
Xenogears is one of my favorite games ever, but I bought a Game Shark just to get past the last boss on my first playthrough so I didn't have to grind anymore.
I played through all of Last Rebellion, skipping all cutscenes just to get a platinum trophy. By far the worst game I've played this gen.
I'm sure there's plenty more I can't think of at the moment. I'm not very good at games in general
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I played through all of Last Rebellion, skipping all cutscenes just to get a platinum trophy. By far the worst game I've played this gen.
I'm sure there's plenty more I can't think of at the moment. I'm not very good at games in general
.Starwolf_UK
Member
I couldn't figure out how to get into the Castle in Zelda: A Link to the Past. I was 7 at the time, playing the game on those virgin Atlantic flights with the built-in SNES (with terrible controller) and the screen that must have been a couple of inches so I can be forgiven.
rainking187
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Maffis said:
They had that same puzzle in Trace Memory, and I searched basically every inch of the game for like four hours trying to figure out what to do next. I didn't have internet access at the time.
Dead Man Typing
Member
About 2 years ago, a friend and I were in a game shop and we saw Army of 2 for £10, so we decided to buy a copy each to play online co-op.
Then we realised that Kane and Lynch, the first one, was only £6, so we could get our online co-op third person shooter fix for almost half the cost. So we bought it, went to our respective homes, booted up Xbox Live and then that's when I remembered that K&L1 didn't have online co-op, it was removed at the last minute.
Didn't I feel stupid. Still haven't even started playing that game.
Then we realised that Kane and Lynch, the first one, was only £6, so we could get our online co-op third person shooter fix for almost half the cost. So we bought it, went to our respective homes, booted up Xbox Live and then that's when I remembered that K&L1 didn't have online co-op, it was removed at the last minute.
Didn't I feel stupid. Still haven't even started playing that game.
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
ShipTheCheese said:
I'll hide with you, since I like XII and XIII way more than VI (which I never liked very much at all)
thezerofire
Banned
just put them on easy and run through itHey You said:
I locked myself in my room for the better part of 6 months so my room mates wouldn't see me playing Viva Pinata. I used to get so much sh*t for that one. -_-
Then there was the last CS trourney I had a quite few years back now. Prize was $10k (to be split amongst 5), me (NTP|Shaolin) and Si|Method were the last two on prodigy for the final match point, and I had the bomb camped at site B. Things were looking good, though I probably only had a 40% record in such situations against him (which if you followed counter strike in the early 2000's, is pretty damn good against that guy. He was the fatality of cs). Well, I was watching the right door, heard him drop from the vent, was in a perfect strategic spot to hs or spray him with a colt, and I shit you not, I alt tabbed in front of about 200 people to loose the match, and get a crappy $2k in second place prize money. Needless to say the crowd erupted in shrieks, laughter, and "OOOOHHH"s. I retired shortly after. Thanks, Mikey. ><
Then there was the last CS trourney I had a quite few years back now. Prize was $10k (to be split amongst 5), me (NTP|Shaolin) and Si|Method were the last two on prodigy for the final match point, and I had the bomb camped at site B. Things were looking good, though I probably only had a 40% record in such situations against him (which if you followed counter strike in the early 2000's, is pretty damn good against that guy. He was the fatality of cs). Well, I was watching the right door, heard him drop from the vent, was in a perfect strategic spot to hs or spray him with a colt, and I shit you not, I alt tabbed in front of about 200 people to loose the match, and get a crappy $2k in second place prize money. Needless to say the crowd erupted in shrieks, laughter, and "OOOOHHH"s. I retired shortly after. Thanks, Mikey. ><
Holy Order Sol
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Never reached an acceptable level at SSFIV despite practice, information, good competition and advice.
Also for Hotel Dusk, to make your character and the one female character kiss at the end. If you didn't figure out, you get a shittier ending.rainking187 said:
On the thread topic: It took me months to figure out how to get into the 2nd darkworld dungeon in Link to the Past (you have to flood the water in the light world, then come back to the dark world to swim across). On the bright side, I discovered you can complete stages 3-5 without finishing 2 no problem. Hell you can finish 5 before 2 3 or 4.
Haunted Tank
Member
10-20 hours into "Oblivion" until I discovered the "Rest"-Button!
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I'm really bad at first person shooters. Playing them makes me really, really seasick. So, my experience with the "next gen" style of shooter is very limited.
So, Gears of War looks really cool and it's actually 3rd person, so I can play it without getting horribly sick.
I CAN'T GET PAST THE FIRST LEVEL. The part where "They're coming through the door!" in the prison. Literally 10 minutes into the game.
I got a free copy when it came out and traded it in after much anger with this. Since then I've bought it 3 more times at varying prices. I can't be this bad at games! I've been gaming for 26 years of my life and I've never ever had this kind of trouble with a game.
Now with the hype for part 3 starting to build, I'm tempted to pick it up again. It's 5$ used. I need to get to level 2 at least!!!!!!
This is my secret shame.
So, Gears of War looks really cool and it's actually 3rd person, so I can play it without getting horribly sick.
I CAN'T GET PAST THE FIRST LEVEL. The part where "They're coming through the door!" in the prison. Literally 10 minutes into the game.
I got a free copy when it came out and traded it in after much anger with this. Since then I've bought it 3 more times at varying prices. I can't be this bad at games! I've been gaming for 26 years of my life and I've never ever had this kind of trouble with a game.
Now with the hype for part 3 starting to build, I'm tempted to pick it up again. It's 5$ used. I need to get to level 2 at least!!!!!!
This is my secret shame.
Brannon said:
http://youtu.be/LzEotMwGuWg
That must have been over 4 years ago. Not one of my proudest moments, I'll admit...
edit:
To make it worse... 2-3 years ago I was riding in the car with a friend I hadn't known very long at the time and he was talking about Retsupurae and how bad this one MGS player was. I was like "...That was me." That was pretty embarrassing.
Like the hat?
Banned
my wife never plays games really, unless I pretty much beg her to.
She has beaten Ghosts 'n' Goblins. I can barely make it past the 2nd level.
She has beaten Ghosts 'n' Goblins. I can barely make it past the 2nd level.
Aesius said:
After hearing such good things about Braid I decided to download the trial, couldn't beat the first little trial-y bit (getting all of the puzzle pieces or whatever) so I got rid. A few months, maybe a year later I downloading it again because I thought "maybe I was just being really dumb then".
I still couldn't do it.
Edit: I bought a PS3 at Christmas with Uncharted 1&2, inFamous, Motorstorm 1&2, LittleBigPlanet and Killzone 2.
I've only played through Uncharted 1&2. It's mainly used for blu-rays and iPlayer. fail
Rahxephon91
Banned
I played through all of Parasite Eve without knowing you could attack multiple targets during the same turn.
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
For some reason I thought Potions in Dragon Age 2 had global cooldowns (I.e. one char uses a potion, nobody else can until his cooldown has expired). I think two cooldowns just intersected early in the game, but anyway I got the impression and it stuck. So the rest of the game was 5x harder than it should have been.
Also, I finished Dragon Age 2.
:/
There's a bit during F.E.A.R. where you have to press a button in an office to make an elevator go up to get to the next bit in the level. The button you have to press is on a monitor with an ENORMOUS "PUSH HERE" and has arrows pointing towards it and everything. I ran around in circles for 20 minutes trying to find it before someone walked in the room and said "Dude push the fucking flashing button".
Also, I finished Dragon Age 2.
:/
There's a bit during F.E.A.R. where you have to press a button in an office to make an elevator go up to get to the next bit in the level. The button you have to press is on a monitor with an ENORMOUS "PUSH HERE" and has arrows pointing towards it and everything. I ran around in circles for 20 minutes trying to find it before someone walked in the room and said "Dude push the fucking flashing button".
Raul_Atreides
Neo Member
When I was in middle school, I was playing through Crystalis. In that game, there is "Ceramic Armor", and it is pretty good, better than some of the normal metal armors, including the "Platinum Armor".
One day in science class, the teacher was discussing metal alloys and mentioned platinum as a strong alloy, and said something to the effect of: "Can you think of anything stronger than that?" After nobody else answered, I raised my hand and suggested, "Ceramic?" figuring if the armor in the game was better than platinum armor, that surely applies to real life...Everyone, including the teacher (who happened to be my uncle through marriage) laughed at me.
One day in science class, the teacher was discussing metal alloys and mentioned platinum as a strong alloy, and said something to the effect of: "Can you think of anything stronger than that?" After nobody else answered, I raised my hand and suggested, "Ceramic?" figuring if the armor in the game was better than platinum armor, that surely applies to real life...Everyone, including the teacher (who happened to be my uncle through marriage) laughed at me.
MacGurcules
Member
Well, ceramic isn't really a metal alloy, but you're not really wrong. Properly made ceramic composites are among some of the toughest, hardest wearing materials man can create.Raul_Atreides said:
Also, platinum isn't an alloy. Feel free to hold that over their heads.
Clockblockers
Member
thezerofire said:
Doesn't that change/shorten the ending? I thought beating Halo 3 on easy shortened the ending (unless my memory was wrong), and I assumed Halo CE and 2 were the same way.
I do know you can watch the endings on Youtube, I was just curious
When I first got Ocarina of Time, I was stuck on the Deku Tree dungeon's basement (the part with the shallow water, the blocks and the torches). I tried to jump from one platform to the other and no matter how hard I tried, Link could never reach the other side. I was pissed, stopped playing the game for a while, then tried again... and still, I was completely stumped. Then, doing random things with Link until something worked, I used a deku stick on a torch, it lit up and I started running like a madman, surprised that the stick was on fire! When suddenly, I get close to a part of the wall that's covered in spiderwebs... lo and behold! The spiderwebs burn and a door is revealed (
). You weren't supposed to jump across platforms, you idiot! You were supposed to burn the webs that were near the goddamned torch in the first place!
Breezed through the game after that, even if I died a lot on my first playthrough
actually, it isn't revealed, you could clearly see it even while covered by the webs. I had terrible eyesight as a kid though. Still have.
Breezed through the game after that, even if I died a lot on my first playthrough
OldmanAndroid
Member
I pre-ordered Spiderman 3 Collectors Edition for ps3....I didnt even have a ps3, just wanted to play it on my brothers.
2 hours in I was done with it and ready to take it back.
2 hours in I was done with it and ready to take it back.
8BitsAtATime
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In Pokemon red, I thought the escape ropes would let you climb ledges and mountains. There's an area that leads to nothing and I though "this must be what the escape ropes for....to climb this mountain"
"The area is on the top right"
Also I bought Magikarp from the salesman at Pokémon Center outside of Mt. Moon.
"The area is on the top right"
Also I bought Magikarp from the salesman at Pokémon Center outside of Mt. Moon.
I just want to thank you for posting this.Kiiji said:
I have not burst out laughing at a youtube video like that in a long time. This is ten minutes of pure greatness. That's what it is. Bloody amazing. It's just genius, from beginning to end. Every death is magnificent and unique.
And the final death underwater, before we repeat the doomed cycle (start game, walk in water, exit and die) once more, is just the cherry on top.
The whole situation is a little bizarre but extremely funny. It's more a tale of greatness rather than a tale of embarrassment.
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