Post by: jackster on March 31, 2003, 05:19:00 AM
Any ideas?
Post by: cantloseu on March 31, 2003, 05:41:00 AM
Post by: devlkore on March 31, 2003, 06:03:00 AM
To this day, I have never had to fight boss so cheap and so bloody hard.
Post by: AdmStng on March 31, 2003, 07:20:00 AM
Post by: yanke10 on March 31, 2003, 07:22:00 AM
Post by: jackster on March 31, 2003, 07:47:00 AM
Post by: Fuzzy on March 31, 2003, 08:03:00 AM
Post by: switzch on March 31, 2003, 08:04:00 AM
ahhhhhhh
Post by: AdmStng on March 31, 2003, 09:03:00 AM
Post by: cantloseu on March 31, 2003, 09:44:00 AM
Post by: Lizard_King on March 31, 2003, 11:51:00 AM
| QUOTE (yanke10 @ Mar 31 2003, 04:22 PM) |
| that 5 minute intro in half-life that u cant skip. |
I'm with you on that one. In fact, all unskippable cutscenes are a crime against gamers. MGS2, a game the makers expect you to replay, should come with a "turn cutscenes and radio off" option, imho. Even though they are skippable, they annoy the crap out of me.
For instance, in Suikodan III, a very unforgiving RPG, none of the cutscenes are skippable, AND they require you to tap X periodically to advance them every time a character speaks (which by the way is in 100% text). Not only do you have to sit through a cut scene every time you replay certain parts, but you can't even go do something else for the appointed amount of time as it will not progress. This severely limits the replayability of even a game with such a wonderful and multifaceted plot...hell, it minimizes the chance I'll beat it even the first time through.
I thought the Solidus choking Raiden sequence, right after the metal gear battle in MGS2, was absolutely the worst thing ever, particularly in the xbox version. With the PS2 buttons, passing it on hard and extreme is not that hard. With the xbox's much deeper pressing buttons, it is an agonizing and thankless experience, without which you cannot get to the last boss.
Also, in many RPG's and platformers, it is basically a given that you will spend time messing around in sections you have already passed just to build up your character's stats. I can live with that, for the most part. But when games make you do that just to build up money so you can afford certain vital/cool upgrades, well that is just irritating. Even worse when they make you play jackass minigames to do it. So far I think Ratchet and Clank, Xenosaga, and Suikoden III are the worst at this...
Post by: R0GER_M007RE on March 31, 2003, 11:56:00 AM
Post by: MrWizdumb on March 31, 2003, 12:21:00 PM
i shoulda saved the replay, glitch and a half.. also when the goalie comes about 6ft out of the box and stops the ball, picks it up, then walks back into the box... i saw that once on the ps2 version, there was like 10 kids and we were all laughing our asses off 
Post by: Raised on March 31, 2003, 02:04:00 PM
Post by: XB0X_Mod on April 01, 2003, 04:46:00 PM
Post by: xboxhackern00b on April 01, 2003, 05:37:00 PM
Post by: opjose on April 01, 2003, 09:15:00 PM
The game asks you if you wish to restore from a saved game, which of course you cannot do as you haven't saved in days!
At this point you want to shoot yourself.
Note: The annoyance factor of this is immediately negated when moments later your character flies back onto the screen and announces that he landed on a rubber tree.
This routine has been responsible for a lot of inadvertently snorted liquids, resulting from the ensuing gaffaws and laughter...
Instant classic gaming moment!
Post by: plehem12 on April 01, 2003, 09:18:00 PM
Post by: opjose on April 01, 2003, 09:50:00 PM
| QUOTE (plehem12 @ Apr 2 2003, 05:18 AM) |
| Dude you're back! Where the crap have you been? And don't leave us alone anymore...its scary. |
Sorry, been away longer than expected.
Yeah, things seem a bit more Draconian around here that what I expected!
Post by: opjose on April 01, 2003, 10:02:00 PM
Post by: plehem12 on April 01, 2003, 10:10:00 PM
Post by: pimp on April 02, 2003, 05:08:00 AM
Post by: TickleMeNutsack on April 02, 2003, 07:56:00 AM
Post by: ^101 on April 02, 2003, 08:07:00 AM
lame FPS mods are another one. Specially shit that ruins the intended level flow and design. One shot kills and turning a normal board into a low gravity board screams newbie llama.
Post by: pirateday on April 07, 2003, 05:17:00 PM
Post by: AdmStng on April 07, 2003, 05:25:00 PM
Post by: MeNaCe911 on April 07, 2003, 05:57:00 PM
splinter cell...pretty much all the levels
galerians...the last boss...mother SHES A DUMB BITCH and when u fight his faggot ass twin wit all ur powers times ten
Post by: jC! on April 08, 2003, 11:48:00 AM
Sonic, always having to restart from the begining
Post by: swat on April 08, 2003, 12:32:00 PM
[49] *Cough* Me and my friend trying to see Chun Li's panties if you paused at the right moment. Cmon' you know you all have too you pervs.
and finally...
[50] People who CHEAT! No, not the people who play the game for many hours and only use cheating as the absolutely last option, but the people who have JUST BOUGHT the damn game, and within an hour are already on gamefaqs.com. 1) It's called your brain, use it. 2) Get better and quit whining!
That's it for this edition
Post by: AdmStng on April 08, 2003, 12:34:00 PM
| QUOTE (swat @ Apr 8 2003, 01:32 PM) |
| Just to pass some time I thought about some more annoying moments (See previous post) [31] Games which don't save your progress as you enter each level, if you forget to manually save and you turn off the X, you're screwed! [32] Fatal Frame's RE style control scheme, VERY FRUSTRATING when fighting ghosts and they pop up behind you and the dumb ass girl takes forever to move. Her running is almost laughable too (much like cheesy 80's horror movie girl victims) [33] Need for Speed : Hot Pursuit 2 - Yes, they are called analog triggers and yes we want to use them. Using the face buttons to accelerate/brake is just sooo PSX. [34] State of Emergency - Just like Fatal Frame, the controls can just plain suck at times. [35] Crawling through the corridors in Space Quest V, my friend actually tried MAPPING out the entire corridor sequence and we spent way too much damn time in there! [36] Rubber-band AI in racing games. [37] Space Channel 5 and those damn button pressing sequences. I know I'm not retarded, but those sequences I just couldn't nail down. [38] Almost contemplating getting the Moroccos for Samba De Amigo and then realizing what a big fucking dork I'd look like if my friends came over. Hey guys, look you gotta shake them like this! *Long pause of silence, tumbleweed rolls through room* [39] When one of my favorite arcade games ever, Afterburner is out of order at the local arcade. And it's even worse when you sit inside and find out the gear mechanisms to make the thing rock and shake aren't working. LAME! [40] Sticky controllers. Call me anal if you want, but when I pick up a controller and find the grips to be even the slightest bit sticky it throws my whole game off. Natural controller moistness/humidity is fine after a few hours of intense play, you know, where the controller seems actually molded to your hand. Treat it like Gym equipment and wipe that bastard down after you're done! [41] Top down shooters + 2,000 bullets on screen all heading your way, last life, no POW. [42] That 13 year old Asian kid who, no matter where I played, would always make me look like a was wearing a skirt after wasting my ass in SF2. [43] Asking the guy at EB where I could find Seaman. Think about it. [44] Short controller cords. [45] Asking for the NES Advantage for Christmas when I was 12, and getting the NES Max. One, nice big solid arcade style stick, the other - some weak pad with a "circle like" digital thumbstick. [46] Talking to anyone who's a PS2 fanboy. [47] The opening sound/animation for the OXBM demo disc. Yeah, make sure you don't leave the volume even slightly turned up or you just might shit your pants. [48] When Street Fighter 2 came out for the NES, calling all the retailers who had no stock, having to ride my bike in the rain to some shady dude's house who ran a game store from his basement, slapping down about $100 CDN (when you're an early teen, thats a LOT!). But oh boy was it worth it [49] *Cough* Me and my friend trying to see Chun Li's panties if you paused at the right moment. Cmon' you know you all have too you pervs. and finally... [50] People who CHEAT! No, not the people who play the game for many hours and only use cheating as the absolutely last option, but the people who have JUST BOUGHT the damn game, and within an hour are already on gamefaqs.com. 1) It's called your brain, use it. 2) Get better and quit whining! That's it for this edition |
..you play ALOTTA games.. 
Post by: Sookie32 on April 08, 2003, 02:00:00 PM
I started playing Final Fantasy 1 in 3rd grade but i never beat it (I know now it was because i was only on like level 30) picking it up again last year and leveling to level 50, beating the Castle of Time, and having the game glitch when the end game text started to scroll, seeing nothing but garble.
Post by: MeNaCe911 on April 08, 2003, 02:21:00 PM
[51] glitches in n64 games where u touch a wall and see the other side
Post by: jasonmvt on April 08, 2003, 03:26:00 PM
| QUOTE |
| [45] Asking for the NES Advantage for Christmas when I was 12, and getting the NES Max. One, nice big solid arcade style stick, the other - some weak pad with a "circle like" digital thumbstick. |
are you on crack??? The nes MAX was one of the best controllers ever. The advantage sucked hairy balls. Try playing Super Mario 3 with the Advantage, or 99% of the other games on the NES, it just asks to get slammed against the wall. Arcade sticks are cool for for Street Fighter style games, but on the nes, there really wasn't many of those. My two cents...
Post by: Mog on April 08, 2003, 09:19:00 PM
Post by: phatmasterphex on April 08, 2003, 11:28:00 PM
Post by: Foe-hammer on April 08, 2003, 11:34:00 PM
Master Blaster for the NES: Having only 5 continues to beat the whole game; damn nigh on impossible; i had a hell of a time just beating it with a game genie that gave me unlimited continues.
Immortal for the NES: trying to figure out the damn puzzles; ex. having to figure out walking clockwise three times around, then back counter 2 times, north 3 steps, then south east 4 steps. All this was supposed to be understood without any clues or explaination.
Super mocho man on mike tysons punchout for the NES
Ever sense the 8 and 16-bit days, games have never been nearly as difficult. I haven't sense played games nearly as frustrating or as diffucult.
Post by: Shadowcat on April 08, 2003, 11:58:00 PM
| QUOTE (yanke10 @ Mar 31 2003, 04:22 PM) |
| that 5 minute intro in half-life that u cant skip. |
You can't skip it, but with some sv_cheats 1 and impulse 101, the ride can be fun. Gibbin away at everything I pass..
Post by: Mog on April 09, 2003, 08:13:00 AM
| QUOTE (Foe-hammer @ Apr 9 2003, 03:34 AM) |
| Immortal for the NES: trying to figure out the damn puzzles; ex. having to figure out walking clockwise three times around, then back counter 2 times, north 3 steps, then south east 4 steps. All this was supposed to be understood without any clues or explaination. |
Hey, do you remember Immortal for Genesis? It was the same game [im pretty sure] except you could perform these wicked cool [and disgusting at that age in my life] fatalities to the creatures you fought. I remember my cousin had the game, and i always looked for it to buy it but i could never find it. Shit, i still check funcoland, err.. gamestop for it. But you know, i never thought of getting it on a genesis emulator! Wow, im so excited now! Gotta find the rom!!....so i can ...ehhh.. have a backup of my cousin's copy....