Alright (insert game here), how the FUCK was I supposed to know that?!

[WhiteFangofWhoa]

Loved that Egoraptor vid. And yeah, the Carnival Nights thing is listed on TV Tropes so you're hardly alone in that either.

Most of the time I really like Zelda and can usually make logical sense of the puzzles, but one spot in Link's Awakening had me confused for months. While it's obvious what you need to get Kiki the Monkey to build your bridge, and only slightly harder to find the place for it, actually getting the bananas is another matter. This is the only time in the history of the franchise you have been required to complete the ubiquitous 'Optional Trade Sequence' in order to progress in the main story, and this sequence starts off with an item that is won through minigames.

 

[FilipJPhry]

Holy shit, you've posted over 2000 times in 8 months? That might be a record.

OT in Phantom Hourglass, I didn't know what the fuck to do with that 'close the DS' puzzle until I gave up on it. I closed my DS and thought I could figure it out later. I then opened it, and seeing the map like that just blew my fucking mind. Nintendo, you guys are geniuses.

 

[Leemaster777]

Holy shit, you've posted over 2000 times in 8 months? That might be a record.

OT in Phantom Hourglass, I didn't know what the fuck to do with that 'close the DS' puzzle until I gave up on it. I closed my DS and thought I could figure it out later. I then opened it, and seeing the map like that just blew my fucking mind. Nintendo, you guys are geniuses.

Oh God, how could I forget THAT. I actually COULDN'T figure that one out. I had to go on Gamefaqs to figure it out. Felt like a freaking dumbass on that.

 

[Muspelheim]

Oh, for pete's sake, Empire: Total War... Plug bayonets can't be removed once plugged in? Why? Do they need plyers or something for that? And why can't the soldiers just bring some, then? Or have the muskets become unusually expensive spears for the rest of eternity now? Why did my eggheads think that was a good idea?
I sort of wish I'd known that before I ordered all my squads to plug 'em... Oh, well. Bayonet clusterfudge for everyone!

Dwarf Fortress... Everything. I mean... What's Diorite? And how is it any different from Schizt? Set up a militia..? Right... How do I..? Right, why are my soldiers unhappy and starving to death? Oh, an elephant! Welcome to Baseme... What are you doing? No! Wait! Not my carpenteeeers! D:

 

[KarmaTheAlligator]

Zelda: Link's awakening on the GameBoy. I didn't know you could push blocks, so I got stuck in the first dungeon, in the first room that has you push a block to complete a pattern. Thank God we had a way to check for a solution, or I'd never have finished it.

 

[GundamSentinel]

Final Fantasy XII. Zodiac Spear. how get?

That was a particularly mean one. Ruining your chance to get the ultimate weapon in some of the first maps. Damn you, Squeenix!

Also, a lot of stuff in Demon's Souls and Dark Souls. The wiki is pretty much required reading to get the most out of those games.

 

[Unia]

Gabriel Knight: Blood of the sacred, blood of the damned. You have to make a fake moustache out of cat hair and honey. Why?
Because you're trying to look like your buddy. Only he hasn't got a moustache either, you draw one on his passport photo. WITH A PERMA-MARKER NO LESS. Why?
Because Mr. Knight is too prissy to drive a crappy moped for a few days, he has to have the Harley his buddy reserved.

And somehow you never get caught for this crap...I wouldn't complain if this was Monkey Island or Sam & Max, but Gabriel Knight games take themselves seriously most of the time.

 

[Deadyawn]

Phantom Hourglass. At some point in the Temple of the Ocean King, you come across one of the four maps you need to proceed in the game. Thing is, the map's mounted on the wall, upside down and mirrored. I tried everything to get it; frantically tapping it all over with the stylus, tapping every button combination, using all my items on the map. Nothing worked.

It wasn't until I'd shut my DS in exasperation to put it into sleep mode and gone and done something else that I solved the puzzle. Yes, that's right; you had to 'stamp' the map onto your own map by closing and opening the DS. What.

Ugh, I HATED that part. I was sitting there for like an hour yelling at the game. It still makes me angry.

Anyway, I can't think of any off the top of my head but there is one that a friend of mine had a problem with. Theres a bit in super paper mario where you have to make a shitton of cash by first jumping up and hitting a block above you and later by running forward in a hamster wheel. There is a secret if you're not an idiot which lets you figure out the code to a certain place that has all the money you need and it's a neat little puzzle. My moron of a friend however couldn't figure it out so he stickytaped the right button down and left it on over night. It worked apparently but he was super pissed when I told him he did it the stupid way.

 

[Sean Hollyman]

Trying to figure out the Regi puzzle in Pokemon R/S/E.

 

[Dryk]

At the beginning of Metroid: Other M you're explicitly told you can't use Power Bombs. Throughout the game you're told or prompted when new abilities are available. In the final boss fight you get sucked into the boss's stomach and can only kill it with Power Bombs.

 

[Shocksplicer]

Egoraptor has a great video that I can only assume the majority of us have already seen

You assume wrong. What's an egoraptor?

 

[Susurrus]

Oh, for pete's sake, Empire: Total War... Plug bayonets can't be removed once plugged in? Why? Do they need plyers or something for that? And why can't the soldiers just bring some, then? Or have the muskets become unusually expensive spears for the rest of eternity now? Why did my eggheads think that was a good idea?
I sort of wish I'd known that before I ordered all my squads to plug 'em... Oh, well. Bayonet clusterfudge for everyone!

Dwarf Fortress... Everything. I mean... What's Diorite? And how is it any different from Schizt? Set up a militia..? Right... How do I..? Right, why are my soldiers unhappy and starving to death? Oh, an elephant! Welcome to Baseme... What are you doing? No! Wait! Not my carpenteeeers! D:

I'm pretty sure the fact that you can't remove them is mentioned in the description for them when you research them, although admittedly this is useless if you start as Prussia, who already have them researched.

 

[Sram]

In Infinite Undiscovery the second accessory you get has no real description what it does, but I put it on anyway. Funny trhing is, it prevents gaining experience and so I had to do a sequence with my underleveled character without any party member. It was unnecessary difficult.

 

[Jolly Co-operator]

Phantom Hourglass. At some point in the Temple of the Ocean King, you come across one of the four maps you need to proceed in the game. Thing is, the map's mounted on the wall, upside down and mirrored. I tried everything to get it; frantically tapping it all over with the stylus, tapping every button combination, using all my items on the map. Nothing worked.

It wasn't until I'd shut my DS in exasperation to put it into sleep mode and gone and done something else that I solved the puzzle. Yes, that's right; you had to 'stamp' the map onto your own map by closing and opening the DS. What.

Ah yes, I remember that one. It frustrated me too, but I have to admit, it was kinda clever.

OT: In Pokemon Emerald (And possibly the other Gen 3 games, I'm not sure), in the cave where you catch Regice, the way to open the door is to go up to it, press the A button, and then just stand there . . . for two freaking minutes. Come on, who's going to guess that?

 

[Squidbulb]

Terraria. Somehow, it's even worse than Minecraft. I was wondering how to make a bed on it, and I realised how stupidly complicated it was only after checking the wiki.

 

[RustlessPotato]

Ha yes, I remember the MGS ones where you had to plug in your controller in the player 2 slot for that psychic bossfights. That was one great game.

I miss those kind of little things in the current gen. I'm not saying old games were better, just less obvious .

 

[Kermi]

Pretty much everything in every Space Quest game.

 

[Dudeman325]

One that comes to mind is Earthbound. One of the characters has an ability called "Pray" that is essentially useless throughout the entire game...

Spoiler

Until you get to the final stage of the last boss fight, where Praying is the only way to defeat it. Now, its been quite a few years since I played Earthbound, but I'm fairly certain that the game never says anywhere that this is the only effective move.

 

[Rastien]

Fucking christ.

I am sorry i was like 13 at the time and was not used to this 4th wall breaking bullshit.

"check the back of the CD CASE" I HAD A BLOODY CD IN MY INVENTORY! i spent hours banging my head against a wall on this shit >:C

Yes im still mad and bitter about this -_-