"Easy" part of a game you struggled with?

[azurawolf]

The VERY first boss in Fur Fighters. I cannot get past the first boss for anything. I know you have to shoot the rocket launcher in the dragon's mouth but I can't. Grrrr.... I haven't played it in forever.

 

[TheBXRabbit]

Let's see which ones I can remember...

The god damn tower puzzle in the "Kate" level of Mirrors Edge. Even though I've cleared it umpteen times by now every time I attempt it I die at least ten times trying to remember and then correctly perform the precise sequence of moves necessary to clear it.

The TV studio fight in COD4. RPG's and snipers on the upper level, shotguns, AK's, and grenades aplenty on the main floor, The only way I got through that fight on anything higher than Casual was to go prone behind desks and slowly crawl through the fight, or make a mad dash with a shotty to the little rooms across from where you start, and hold out there for a while.

And while I'm on the topic of COD4, the One Shot, One Kill mission was a pain in the ass. The initial fight through the car lot was tough for me, and then dragging your partner through half of Pripyat to get to the extraction point only to make an incredibly outnumbered and futile last stand sniping under the ferris wheel until your ride gets there is a real bastard of a time, even though you do feel proud once you get through it. (and who can deny that shooting down the chopper wasn't awesome?)

 

[squid5580]

The 2 towers in Rogue Galaxy. I was stuck in them for days. Turned out all I needed to do was start in 1 tower and go to the top and repeat with the second tower.

 

[BehattedWanderer]

When I first played Super Mario 64, I couldn't wall jump for the life of me. It wasn't until I played through Super Mario Sunshine that I figured out how to wall jump--now it's second nature when presented two walls with a platform higher up, with a decent bounce-bounce-bounce-land mechanic.

The first boss in TLoZ: Twilight Princess... =_=
True it was only my second Zelda game, but I had kicked the ass of Ocarina of Time before that. It's those last two hits you have to land on Diababa, I threw bombs at it for at least half an hour before I finally killed the bastard... I still don't know exactly what I have to do to get the bombs to hit it.

(Adorable avatar by the way OP)

Le Boomerang!! Kill off the two basic heads with a good old fashioned swallowing-bomb attack, then wait for the monkey to come. When he comes swinging by, target the bomb in his feet, then the head when the mouth is open. Repeat until heart piece.

I had to make an account just to post this.

Zelda: Phantom Hourglass. I spent well over an hour trying to figure out how to blow out the candles. I clicked everything, I spun around with the sword, I threw everything... it wasn't until a I found a walk-through guide that spelled it out for me to literally blow in the mic.

Welcome to the Escapist!

 

[Samurai Goomba]

A part of Roscoe Street Station (or a level just after it) has you messing about in tunnels. It was so dark I couldn't hardly see my own character, let alone anything else. I kept dying to enemies I couldn't find. Also, there's no way to adjust the brightness of the game in the options, so if you don't wanna mess up your TV settings, you best learn to find things the way blind people do.

The Punisher has a similar problem, but it can be completely fixed by way of the in-game brightness menu. Once again Frank Castle kicks Payne's pasty white butt.

This is why you play games on a COMPUTER not a CONSOLE.

Though, speaking of Max Payne, anyone remember those damn ledge parts? I couldn't stay on those ledges to save my life.

Care to not be such an elitist PC fanboy? Most games have brightness adjustment options, regardless of whether or not they're ports.

My goodness, it's like computer gamers go looking for any evidence that a game might not be as good on a console just so they can pounce all over it.

Max Payne was originally a computer game, so the PC version is better. Fair enough. But a even a downright horrible port (which the Xbox version is NOT) in no way proves that all games made for consoles would be better on the PC.

 

[HPoirot]

In the second or third chapter of Dead Space, there was a room that I just couldn't get past for some reason. I had to go through the room but never could figure out how to do it. Seeing as how many people have beaten the game, I'm guessing it wasn't actually that hard.

 

[Moriarty]

I really struggled with the Giga Bowser fight in SSBM (Super Smash Brothers Melee)

It turned out to be an extremely easy fight if you use Jigglypuff lol

til that point i didn't even know SLEEPING was an actual attack. a rather powerfull one too

 

[Samurai Goomba]

A part of Roscoe Street Station (or a level just after it) has you messing about in tunnels. It was so dark I couldn't hardly see my own character, let alone anything else. I kept dying to enemies I couldn't find. Also, there's no way to adjust the brightness of the game in the options, so if you don't wanna mess up your TV settings, you best learn to find things the way blind people do.

The Punisher has a similar problem, but it can be completely fixed by way of the in-game brightness menu. Once again Frank Castle kicks Payne's pasty white butt.

This is why you play games on a COMPUTER not a CONSOLE.

Though, speaking of Max Payne, anyone remember those damn ledge parts? I couldn't stay on those ledges to save my life.

Care to not be such an elitist PC fanboy? Most games have brightness adjustment options, regardless of whether or not they're ports.

My goodness, it's like computer gamers go looking for any evidence that a game might not be as good on a console just so they can pounce all over it.

Max Payne was originally a computer game, so the PC version is better. Fair enough. But a even a downright horrible port (which the Xbox version is NOT) in no way proves that all games made for consoles would be better on the PC.

Care not to assume every particular comment is a devastating slight without any sort of logical backing or the slightest bit of humor? It is called sarcasm and ribbing. Learn to deal with it.

Seems like you are the one jumping on things for no real reason.

More than that, why assume everyone is a fanBOY?

When you over-capitalize things and make blase statements, I just assume you're a fanboy. Because they tend towards those habits as well. Sarcasm/ribbing doesn't translate to the Internet very well. I'm sure I wouldn't have reacted that way if we were speaking face-to-face, but over a thread like this it's near impossible to discern intent.

And saying "just deal with it" to somebody on The Escapist probably isn't the best idea. Part of the whole point of people posting here as opposed to elsewhere is that we don't have to "just deal with" what appears at first glance to be trolling/flaming.

But yeah, we cool.

[joking]...And I assume everyone is a fanBOY because the fanGIRL is a myth. There are no womens on "teh Internets."[/joking]

 

[KingGolem]

Well, I just recently got a hold of Kameo: Elements of Power, and I'm getting brutally served in the boss battle with Mawwood. Seriously, it's like the first boss battle (unless you count those shadow trolls, but they die after one hit, so I don't) in a 3D platformer game about a fairy princess (marketed towards younger audience; can you say, "periphery demographic?"). I have no idea why it's so darn difficult. I know I'm supposed to somehow hit him in the face with an explosive plant husk thing, and I did it once on accident. After dying a few times I got frustrated and gave it a rest. However, upon seeing this thread, I have decided to go look at a walkthrough and give it another try.

 

[Cody211282]

Timed levels in RTS games, and not the stay alive ones like in warcraft 3 and starcraft but the kill this building or destroy said base in so long like the allied mission in red alert 3, staying alive is easy, killing someone who is dug in and has time on their side is a *****

 

[Necrith]

the last tomb raider game.
I died 3X because I felt like going prince of persia mode. (jumping into every hole i could find)
this was on the 1st level, while my sister wanted to show the game to me.

 

[SimuLord]

I had to make an account just to post this.

Zelda: Phantom Hourglass. I spent well over an hour trying to figure out how to blow out the candles. I clicked everything, I spun around with the sword, I threw everything... it wasn't until a I found a walk-through guide that spelled it out for me to literally blow in the mic.

I hate games that make gimmicky use of the DS controls. I get it. There's a touch screen and a microphone. That doesn't mean I want to look like an idiot when I'm killing time in a public place.

 

[Harlemura]

I couldn't finish the tutorial level on the Hurcules game for the PS1.
Daft as it sounds, I used a code to do the last boss just to see how ridiculously difficult it would be.
I beat him with only getting hit once. That game was screwed up.

 

[AlphaOmega]

Robbing uncle Sam mission in GTA:San Andreas where you have to controll the most twitchy forklift ever

 

[Samurai Goomba]

When you over-capitalize things and make blase statements, I just assume you're a fanboy. Because they tend towards those habits as well. Sarcasm/ribbing doesn't translate to the Internet very well. I'm sure I wouldn't have reacted that way if we were speaking face-to-face, but over a thread like this it's near impossible to discern intent.

And saying "just deal with it" to somebody on The Escapist probably isn't the best idea. Part of the whole point of people posting here as opposed to elsewhere is that we don't have to "just deal with" what appears at first glance to be trolling/flaming.

But yeah, we cool.

[joking]...And I assume everyone is a fanBOY because the fanGIRL is a myth. There are no womens on "teh Internets."[/joking]

Over-capitalization was supposed to be a bit over the top to make it easier to identify as sarcasm. Sadly, this didn't work that great, apparently, because no one gives anyone the benefit of the doubt anymore.

And by your own argument, this IS The Escapist, so you SHOULD give people the benefit of the doubt, and assume the best (since we aren't supposed to be spamming/flaming/trolling). Instead, I see the exact opposite, with people being completely without a sense of humor.

And we recently got intrawebs in the kitchen.

Sadly, assuming the best about people (even here) doesn't seem to work out well for me. Sigh.

I've always heard it said that capitalization is like the Internet version of yelling. So... There you go, I guess. And sometimes I think humor is sacrificed in favor of the rules, because humor is subjective. Obviously, sexist/racist jokes aren't allowed, etc.

I don't see how my own argument proves that we should give people the benefit of the doubt. It's (generally speaking) the job of the person who posts something humorous to go the extra mile to ensure it's taken as such. This is coming from someone who got a probation largely because of a comparison made in a humorous manner (which was not taken as such by the mods-a good lesson on clarification for me).

Most or all of this isn't directed at you, just so you know. I'm just speaking in general terms.

Oh, and those narrow ledges in Max Payne are a total pain. Thank goodness for quicksave.

 

[Dantes Alaska]

The tutorial of Assassains creed, thought i had to tap B, those ladys vases KEPT SMASHING, it took 4 people in the room with me ( ALL GAMERS ) till we figured what was happening.

OMG I HATED THAT!