View Full Version : Most Frustrating Video Game Moments
k_tull88
06-04-2006, 10:27 PM
What are the most frustrating moments you have ever experienced whilst playing a video game?
In Guitar Hero, the first time I played Bark at the Moon on Medium and would do fine up until the last solo and then lose (But now I can 5-star it easily).
Then it was when I played Cowboys From Hell on Expert so many times over the course of many days trying to beat it, I finally beat it yesterday.
Now I'm having trouble beating Bark at the Moon on Expert (Thought not as much trouble as Cowboys, because it's an easier song IMO). Just now I got 98% and lost :( Still haven't beaten it.
On so many occasions I have thrown my guitar controller, cussing and shouting. Luckily I always end up throwing it to my left, directly onto my bed, so it's never broken :)
SkimI3oarder
06-04-2006, 10:29 PM
Frustrating moments? Hm... Ninja Gaiden
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soso0901
06-04-2006, 10:42 PM
Water Temple in Zelda oot. I remember there were a couple times when it took me a while to figure out what I had to do next.
a7x1337
06-04-2006, 11:56 PM
Frustrating moments? Hm... Ninja Gaiden
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lmao, exactly what i was gonna say
NiNJaCYaNiDe
06-05-2006, 12:14 AM
Super Ghouls N' Ghosts...when you reach the end, and the stupid slut of a princess tells you "Oh, I know you traveled all this way, through hours of the most annoying levels in videogame history and all...but I dropped my braclet on the way here...can you go ALL THE WAY BACK to the beginning, and retrieve it...then bring it ALL THE WAY BACK? kthnxbai!"
OneEvilPenguin
06-05-2006, 12:33 AM
Dodging 200 lightning bolts in a row for Lulu's ultimate weapon in FFX. Fucking lightning.
Electrify
06-05-2006, 12:41 AM
Tony Hawk 2 - getting a massive combo, just to fall and lose it. Then when you failed the level, you had to wait through a 45 second loading screen, select retry, and wait another 45 seconds for the level to load. To top it off, the thrash punk music only added to the frustrating atmosphere.
Psychonauts - So many points in the game where I just got stuck. Plus the last level was a murderhorn, and no fun at all.
BurkeWorld
06-05-2006, 01:53 AM
Yep, Zelds: OOT Water Temple.
Ninja Gaiden too, but for me parts of "It's WAR!" in Conkers Bad Fur day had me frustrated for a little while.
Burkey
firepiss
06-05-2006, 02:01 AM
Old NES & SNES games that never gave you passwords or saving points. (example: Contra for NES)
Kilburn
06-05-2006, 03:09 AM
http://www.gamespot.com/nes/action/abadox/video_player.html?id=dXxikzKo5bIKug
ABADOX
Canty
06-05-2006, 03:47 AM
Psychonauts - So many points in the game where I just got stuck. Plus the last level was a murderhorn, and no fun at all.
Yeah the Meat Circus is fucking difficult. I only tried it about 5 times and gave up. I then got a new HDD and haven't yet reinstalled it. I'll install in a week or so. May actually restart it as it's such a cool game.
I find games like Grim Fandango really hard as the solutions are so fucking weird.
ICO, what a bitch of a game.:ahhh:
ItchyItchyFace
06-05-2006, 09:58 AM
The first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for the NES.
OLIAX
06-05-2006, 01:58 PM
the warriors on the level where you have to beat the rest at tagging then run away from the other gang I cannot get past the tunnel part where the camera is at a wierd angle
I've said it before and I'll say it again. The pointless, pure luck, impossibility of the last level of the first Driver on the PS. Great game and then you get to a level where you have to drive almost the full width of the city with the clouds parted and angels singing or you just get fucked.... AGAIN.... and AGAIN... and AGAIN. I want to finish this FUCKING GAME! WHY IS THIS LEVEL SO BULLSHIT!?
No-one else seems to have noticed this, was this just something that happened in the UK release or did everyone else fluke it after a couple of attempts?
Lividum
06-05-2006, 02:39 PM
My Little Pony. My pony always died because it wasn't pretty enough :wah:
The rail cart part in Donkey Kong Country was a bitch for a while. Just couldn't get past one dumbass overturned cart. FFX at the end was a bitch as well. Midnight Club 2 wins though. That was one of the only games that actually made me pissed off. Thinking about it makes we want to bash my head into the monitor. I hate that game.
Quiet_Riot
06-05-2006, 02:44 PM
The last jump at the end of the BMX section on California Games, I never did make it.
El Bandito
06-05-2006, 03:05 PM
The very last level of FarCry, holy fuck.
Took me so many tries, all those big monster dudes running around shooting rockets at you in an arena type thing, damn.
rand0m
06-05-2006, 03:28 PM
Every cut scene in Metal Gear Solids.
Every cut scene in Metal Gear Solids.
Yeah, especially: "Nukes are bad." .... 20 minutes later, "Oh yes they are nukes are bad." [MGS 1]
and
"Oh yes I know him I worked with him, I'll tell you my life story." .... 10 minutes later, "I'll tell you how to diffuse his bombs. I know this because I am a bomb disposal expert.".... 10 minutes later, "Here is a thing that will disable bombs, this is how it works.".... 5 minutes later, "Here is a thing that detects bombs, this is how it works.".... 5 minutes later, "Now I will bang on about some more stuff before I let you go and diffuse the bombs." [MGS 2]
If Kojima wants to make games like action films he needs to learn a fucking lot about pacing.
stevib
06-05-2006, 04:26 PM
battletoads for gameboy.
youll pick it up, get hooked, get to level 5, fail, get more hooked, get to level 5 again, fail again.
goddamn, its such a great game.
DerekSmalls
06-05-2006, 04:36 PM
The very last level of FarCry, holy fuck.
Took me so many tries, all those big monster dudes running around shooting rockets at you in an arena type thing, damn.
That's exactly what I was gonna say. After that one part it gets a bit easier though, and the final boss is surprisingly easy.
tripb19
06-05-2006, 05:20 PM
Halo 2:
Cairo Station on Legendary, especially on co-op, when there's twice as many enemies, and the person you are playing with is a fucktard.
sparrky
06-05-2006, 05:23 PM
water temple for sure, also the first time i played conkers day fur day ( i was maye 11) I got stuck for hours on end at every part. I sucked at games back then.
Joey Orion
06-05-2006, 10:06 PM
Yeah, especially: "Nukes are bad." .... 20 minutes later, "Oh yes they are nukes are bad." [MGS 1]
and
"Oh yes I know him I worked with him, I'll tell you my life story." .... 10 minutes later, "I'll tell you how to diffuse his bombs. I know this because I am a bomb disposal expert.".... 10 minutes later, "Here is a thing that will disable bombs, this is how it works.".... 5 minutes later, "Here is a thing that detects bombs, this is how it works.".... 5 minutes later, "Now I will bang on about some more stuff before I let you go and diffuse the bombs." [MGS 2]
If Kojima wants to make games like action films he needs to learn a fucking lot about pacing.
hahaha thanks for that, that's so funny and true.
Mine is Samurai Spirits 4 when fighting TamTam or Genjuro Kibagami (vs. cpu of course) and they REFUSE to fight with their swords and just use projectile attacks all over the place. And everytime you jump they instantly counter with something... fuckin game. I almost threw my PSP across the room the oher night when I finally get to Amakusa, he uses that fuckin ball attack over and over that it's impossible to beat him. But dammit for being such a fun fuckin game. Ukyo Tachibana rocks.
doorknobopener
06-05-2006, 10:17 PM
Fighting Metal Gear Rex in MGS 1 and you are out of chaff grenades and at the end when he is chasing you in the car. Took me 3 tries to find figure that there was another ration through the door.
IGneois
06-06-2006, 02:46 AM
Metroid Fusion and Metroid zero mission, the frustrating part is that the developers decided to tell you exactly where to go, so it was frustrating to get a new item...and the get told where to use it.
Real frustrating moment was on the first zelda game, when you were 6 or 7....and in temple 7 you heard the dragon boss going ....GRAWR IM A BOSS COME GET ME...but you couldnt find him...and you hated yourself for it.
Oh, and Dream T.V ..what a crazy game
Aperitis
06-06-2006, 03:50 PM
ICO, what a bitch of a game.:ahhh:
I agree, especially without a guide. It was still an awesome experience playing through that game though. I thought the quiet and mysterious feeling of the game was a lot like Shadow of the Colossus, then I found out later it was made by the same people. :ahhh:
To add a few: Finding the last red coin in the 3rd Bowser challenge in Mario 64 (before I knew about looking up guides); trying to catch at least one friggin Tonberry, let alone 10 later in the game, in FFX; the Water Temple in OoT; and trying to beat Contra without dying a single time. (I always mess it up at the very end)
And of course, Ghosts 'n'-fucking-Goblins.
TriggerOfDemise
06-06-2006, 06:13 PM
the most fustrating moment is when you're playing Street Fighter 2 on the SNES against a friend who continues beating you 8 times in a row. along with the ass whoopin, he also talks a lot of shit. he knows you're piss, but you don't wanna show it, because it'll only feed his ego more.
Demianu27
06-06-2006, 06:22 PM
the most fustrating moment is when you're playing Street Fighter 2 on the SNES against a friend who continues beating you 8 times in a row. along with the ass whoopin, he also talks a lot of shit. he knows you're piss, but you don't wanna show it, because it'll only feed his ego more.
I can relate to SF being very frustrating at times. The worst is when you, a very skilled SF player, play a friend or someone that never really plays and they beat you..... wtf how do the noobs always win?
whereismymind
06-06-2006, 06:25 PM
Mike-Fuckin'-Tyson.
Oh lordy.
Yalofa
06-06-2006, 09:49 PM
I've said it before and I'll say it again. The pointless, pure luck, impossibility of the last level of the first Driver on the PS. Great game and then you get to a level where you have to drive almost the full width of the city with the clouds parted and angels singing or you just get fucked.... AGAIN.... and AGAIN... and AGAIN. I want to finish this FUCKING GAME! WHY IS THIS LEVEL SO BULLSHIT!?
No-one else seems to have noticed this, was this just something that happened in the UK release or did everyone else fluke it after a couple of attempts?
I remember watching my bro play that, i dont think he ever beat it :p
Liberator13
06-06-2006, 10:23 PM
Any of the original Rainbow Six games.
They had at least 1 of these fuckin' operations in each game.
You had to sneak into a house of somebody important that is somehow connected with previous terrorist acts in the game, plant telephone bugs, mini-cameras, and such, while the place is guarded by like 20 people walking around with AK's and Uzis.
Oh, and you couldn't be heard or seen. If you were, you failed. If the door creaked, you were fucked.
I never beat one of those missions, I just cheated to bypass them.
I remember watching my bro play that, i dont think he ever beat it :p
Tell him to go back and keep the faith. Fate will smile on him one day.. it did on me, but it took dedication. :P
ChadR6783
06-06-2006, 10:29 PM
I've said it before and I'll say it again. The pointless, pure luck, impossibility of the last level of the first Driver on the PS. Great game and then you get to a level where you have to drive almost the full width of the city with the clouds parted and angels singing or you just get fucked.... AGAIN.... and AGAIN... and AGAIN. I want to finish this FUCKING GAME! WHY IS THIS LEVEL SO BULLSHIT!?
No-one else seems to have noticed this, was this just something that happened in the UK release or did everyone else fluke it after a couple of attempts?
I beat the game a long time ago. I haven't played it for ever so I don't even know what the last level is. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was hellish during the water temple. There was one mission on Driv3r (Driver 3) that took me a long ass time to beat. I was so close so many times, but time ran out.
I beat the game a long time ago. I haven't played it for ever so I don't even know what the last level is. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was hellish during the water temple. There was one mission on Driv3r (Driver 3) that took me a long ass time to beat. I was so close so many times, but time ran out.
Yeah my friend did it ages before me he said, but when he tried it he didn't get 2 streets for like 10 tries. Then he admitted that maybe he'd just given up, he couldn't remember.
Anyway, the last level of Driver was where you had to drive the President in his slow sedan/limo most of the way across the city while the *all* the Police and *lots* of crazy loonies in black cars were desperate to smash you. Remember that it wasn't GTA, no getting out and claiming another car. Just one of those coppers flying out of a side street just needed to clip you in a less than ideal way and you were on your roof. If you tried to bulldoze your way through your car (and the prez) was a burning wreck before you got half way there. You had to drive perfectly, maintaining speed through the corners so you didn't get shunted from behind by 5 or 6 black car baddies, while praying that you wouldn't get clipped or bounce up a curb a bit wrong and get rolled. It really took me at least 6 months to fluke it. I think I'm unlucky.
ChadR6783
06-06-2006, 10:46 PM
Yeah my friend did it ages before me he said, but when he tried it he didn't get 2 streets for like 10 tries. Then he admitted that maybe he'd just given up, he couldn't remember.
Anyway, the last level of Driver was where you had to drive the President in his slow sedan/limo most of the way across the city while the *all* the Police and *lots* of crazy loonies in black cars were desperate to smash you. Remember that it wasn't GTA, no getting out and claiming another car. Just one of those coppers flying out of a side street just needed to clip you in a less than ideal way and you were on your roof. If you tried to bulldoze your way through your car (and the prez) was a burning wreck before you got half way there. You had to drive perfectly, maintaining speed through the corners so you didn't get shunted from behind by 5 or 6 black car baddies, while praying that you wouldn't get clipped or bounce up a curb a bit wrong and get rolled. It really took me at least 6 months to fluke it. I think I'm unlucky.
Oh, I remember that now!
Oh, I remember that now!
From www.allgame.com:
Also worth mentioning is the last mission, "The President's Run," which is disgustingly hard. A progressively increasing difficulty level is to be expected, but this obnoxious exercise in frustration borders on the insulting. Gamers who get this far will probably feel the urge to microwave their game disc after the first eighty failures. Shame on you, Reflections.
Most frustrating would have to be:
FUCKING MIKE TYSON in the original Punchout! on the NES
such a bad ass in real life, such a bad ass in the fucking game!
hahaha
ThePope#15
06-07-2006, 12:00 PM
Any SSX game. When you do really amazing tricks and don't land them pisses me off so bad. I broke 3 Gamecube controllers with that game, including my Wavebird :banghead:
evilmittens
06-07-2006, 12:24 PM
I had trouble in Prince of Persia, Sands of Time, where you had to repel up this stupid ass huge statue...bouncing off the walls and statue in perfect time to get to the top...that was the worst for me...Super Ghost and Goblins was pretty bad also,.
I remember renting The Simpsons: Hit and Run and the last few levels pissed me off. You had to like go to the power plant and bring something to the school in a certain time limit just going back and forth. Never beat it ><
XxMad-CowxX
06-07-2006, 04:04 PM
Burnout Revenge.....OMFG! When you have a time limit to get the gold medal, and your just about to beat it and you see the finish mark, your going so fast....Then a FUCKING TAXI comes out of nowhere and hits you, omfg! I broke about 3 controllers with thst...:banghead:
clutch-monkey
06-07-2006, 07:43 PM
Turok 2... the levels never seem to fucking end...they're huge...
eadgbe
06-07-2006, 08:04 PM
level 3-4 in super monkey ball, with giant bouncing blobs that crush you. i spent maybe 7 hours doing the same shit over hundreds of times, finally beat it, then realized you were supposed to hit a FUCKING SWITCH to make everything slow down.
also, need for speed underground on hard with traction control off. the fucking AI was programmed so if you were a sucky driver, they never got more than a bit ahead of you, and if you were actually doing good driving, they sped up past normal to keep up with you. you can't imagine how frustrating it is to race for seven laps flawlessly, execute every turn perfectly, only to have the AI right on your ass, hit a curb or some stupid shit, and lose in the last lap. I seriously wanted to take a revolver to the EA studios and fucking shoot the guy who thought of that system.
STreCH
06-08-2006, 05:38 AM
in halo 2 when you go on mad loosing streaks or when little kids keep kicking your ass or when you really want to win and the other people start standbying or modding that kills. battle toads sucked to when i couldnt get past the third level/vehicle part.
Also, Tetris. When you play on hard mode, and the blocks start piling up, you're like "Comon, I need a mother fucking line QUIICCKK!!", then it's nearly at the top and you start screaming "Noooooooooo!!".....and then the screen fills with blocks...
:banghead:
FonsecaWalls
06-08-2006, 09:48 AM
pokemon, when i didn't have repel
Metallic
06-08-2006, 12:04 PM
Super Mario 3
Level 8 Castle.
I could beat this when I was a little kid. I tried again last week to beat the game and holy fuck! I couldn't beat it at all. I had no idea where to go. Then after getting a game over you have to do all of lvl 8 again! :(
Not Registered
06-08-2006, 04:05 PM
Also, Tetris. When you play on hard mode, and the blocks start piling up, you're like "Comon, I need a mother fucking line QUIICCKK!!", then it's nearly at the top and you start screaming "Noooooooooo!!".....and then the screen fills with blocks...
:banghead:
That made me laugh out loud, hahahahha. That is true though, pisses me off so many times when I play Tetris. :banghead:
Nsxno6
06-08-2006, 04:33 PM
Any arcade game, All the arcade games are set on a mode that is so hard to beat and addicting that you literaly need someone to punch you in the anus to relize you have spent $20 in quarters on continues. Super starwars is impossible to beat without cheats also playing starcraft against a 6 year old Korean kid who kicks your ass in just 3 minutes with a zergling attack.
FsB_BeN
06-08-2006, 05:27 PM
Any RPG where u die and realized u forgot to save before u died.
I SNAKED YOU
06-08-2006, 06:01 PM
playing mortal combat on the ps2 going 3 levels after a block where you took u 1000 tries to beat it then the power fails because some dumb ass electrician cut a wrong cord when hes doing a repair then realizing u have to start ALL OVER AGAIN.
kududoodoop
06-08-2006, 07:53 PM
by goddamn far, the end part in god of war when you had to defend your family from the almost infinite copies of you.
jesus christ i had it on hard, i still haven't been able to beat it.
call of duty 2 on veteran, 2 bullets your dead, realistic but it doesn't make for a fun experiance.
also near the end of ninja gaiden where you have to beat 3 bosses in a row, i had to do it with a tiny fraction of my health bar left.
NINJA GAIDEN ISN'T HARD! just the end part.
-when you forget to save in an rpg
-getting your ass kicked in dead or alive
-any fighting game
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