Games that annoyed you more than they should have

[Casual Shinji]

You're supposed to feel many things, but happiness definately isn't one of them.

Spoiler

The fact that the final section is them heading back to Tommy's compound to live the rest of their lives out in peace only emphasizes Joel's attempt to keep Ellie in the dark about what really happened, as well as signifying Joel's own descent into delusion. The peaceful scenery purposely conflicts with our and Ellie's mental state. Joel at this point has revealed himself to be a pathetic and lonely old man, despite that throughout the majority of the game he's presented as this hardened survivor. It's not too disimilar from First Blood.

And when you look closely there's even a bit of the original King Kong in there. In both stories we see a "damsel" who needs a violent individual's protection while in a dangerous wasteland, untill she reaches the point of her destination, at which point the protector can't give her up and goes on a catastrophic rampage.

Regarding the ending to the Last Of Us..

Spoiler

I quite liked the ending. Joel saw Ellie like his daughter and a lot of people would probably prize their children over everything else, even the rest of humanity.

Oh I liked the ending, too. In fact it's one of the best endings I've ever seen, not just of a videogame. And it's precisely because of how it leaves the player emotionally confused.

 

[Evonisia]

The Last of Us, not because the game is bad. The game is really good, but my mind just can't comprehend why the ending should even work. I get why it works in theory but in practise it comes off as a bizarre epilogue and more importantly we're supposed to be all happy for characters that have just committed one of the worst crimes you could possibly commit in that setting.

You're supposed to feel many things, but happiness definately isn't one of them.

Spoiler

The fact that the final section is them heading back to Tommy's compound to live the rest of their lives out in peace only emphasizes Joel's attempt to keep Ellie in the dark about what really happened, as well as signifying Joel's own descent into delusion. The peaceful scenery purposely conflicts with our and Ellie's mental state. Joel at this point has revealed himself to be a pathetic and lonely old man, despite that throughout the majority of the game he's presented as this hardened survivor. It's not too disimilar from First Blood.

And when you look closely there's even a bit of the original King Kong in there. In both stories we see a "damsel" who needs a violent individual's protection while in a dangerous wasteland, untill she reaches the point of her destination, at which point the protector can't give her up and goes on a catastrophic rampage.

Spoiler

I've no problem with Joel keeping Ellie in the dark. In all honesty my reaction to seeing him talk to her in that scene was thinking that he was desperate, not delusional. Like the world has taken everything from him but Ellie, so he wasn't going to lose Ellie at this last hurdle by telling the truth to her. Maybe that's my issue with it. I don't see delusional, I see desperate to keep everything he has together. And I don't see desperation as a valid excuse to let him (and I guess her) get away with what they've just done.

Of course the developers likely intended for him to be delusional, but it's not something I pick up on. For delusions I guess it works, even if I don't think being delusional is an excuse to let them get this scene. I admit the fault is more in my mind set than what the developers were going for.

Still let's be positive shall we? Of the three BEST GAMES EVARR of 2013, The Last of Us was the only one I thought was good. Thanks Naughty Dog for defying my expectations of coming up with frustration (Infinite) or disappointment (GTA V).

 

[teh_Canape]

fucking DRAGON AGE 2
there is no feeling worse than getting to the last mook of a long and arduous fight only to see 13 fuckers more pop out of thin air and begin throwing arrows and bolts at you
and those dang-ass mages too
"No one, for instance, has found any means of traveling-either over great distances or small ones-beyond putting one foot in front of the other."
fucking bullshit

still love the game tho

 

[Xman490]

NES Remix 2 had been fine to me, with a few jumps of difficulty in Kirby, Wario's Woods, and Punch-Out that left me unable to get near-perfect "rainbow" scores (which I had gotten in the other individual games) in them.
Then the game's Bonus levels throw 2-hit-death Glass Joe at me and expect me to last 3 rounds.
Then Wario shows up to ruin Dr. Mario by throwing non-matching pills at me.
Then I'm expected to beat all Koopalings without dying on any more than 5 times, despite Mario 3's minuscule invincibility frames.
When I see a big set of Kirby tasks, I give up.