games that insult the player

[flatten_the_skyline]

I remember SWAT 1...

"This is a training Exercise. Would you follow the drills please?" like every time you did something you were not supposed to.

Or on the missions:

"Get that idiot out of here", leading to a failed mission whenever you didn't follow orders. Realistic maybe, but not very encouraging when your English isn't that good and you still have to figure out what to do.(I was a little younger back then...)

Remember constantly clicking your terran units on Starcraft? That would really piss them off.

Oh, and while you mentioned Rise Of The Triad: remember that the game asked you to kill yourself when you quit?

I guess Glados takes the price for being the most annoying insulting bitching but yet funny opponent ever.

"I would even have invited your friend, companion cube. But he wouldn't have come anyway, because you MURDERED him."

"You're unlikable. It's written here, and it sounds very official..."

 

[Eatspeeple]

How's about Splosion Man's 'Way of the Coward'. I mean - fine, maybe some people bought a game that was meant to be difficult and didn't expect a challenge, but I did. And every tenth death I got made me madder and madder at the game.

A game like Splosion Man has a lot of surprises in it - there are places in levels where it is nearly impossible to know what to expect unless you've been there before particularly in the more difficult levels towards the end of the game. Telling me that I've died way too much is irritating. Calling it the "Way of the Coward" is just patronising.

As well as that, using the way of the coward-

Spoiler

forces you to play the next level in a tutu.

Thereby rubbing in the fact your reactions aren't faster than the reactions of a wall of fast moving laser beams

 

[Asciotes]

In the original Fallout when you died there was always an elaborate CG scene of your body rotting in the desert while it told you that now your village died of thirst. I always found that a little like adding insult to injury.

But really, the bitchiest of games would have to be anything Katamari. Even when you succeed the king is all like "oh, this is your Katamari? I thought I asked for a good one. Oh well at least it's small so I don't have to look at it." And it's like wtf? I passed!

Yeah that always pisses me off. The king really shouldn't comment on things being small. He has no right.

 

[Shoto Koto]

The guitar hero 2 mod where when you fail instead of of "You failed" it says "You suck"

 

[Sassafrass]

skate 2 when you bail and fail on a challenge from Rob Drydek
"what should i call you? Bailey.. Bailey the Bailster?"
Also when skating down a road and a car hits you from behind
"Dude, watch out for the cars" I CAN'T AS THEY ARE BEHIND ME!!!

 

[Cunnysmythe]

In Doom 2 (Possibly Doom as well, never tried it) if you spend too long on a level, your time is listed as "Sucks"

 

[Echo_419]

"Do a barrel roll!"

that is all.

BOOM! You made me smile. Have a cookie.

I felt a bit ripped off with Sega Rally even though i got it for free of a mate.
Dead Space. Easy.

 

[ssgt splatter]

The 'Don't shoot teammates!' thing in Left 4 Dead.

Yeah, especially when the AI seems determined to be shot by you. Jumping into your line of fire when you don't want them to. That right there is the only reason I haven't gotten the "safty first" achievement yet.

 

[awesomebillfromdawsonville]

Shit, I think the most fucked up titles I was ever given in a name came from 2 games on the Playstion 1. In "Brave Fencer Musashi", when you start the game your rank is "Little Turd" Thats just so fucked, lol. The next instance comes from a pleasant little gem of a game called Vagrant Story. When you do the little puzzle rooms, you get ranked based on how fast you can clear the room. The ranks are animal names and types. I was never good at those rooms and was constantly referred to as a "Pregnant Yak". That was pretty bad.

 

[Vrex360]

Honestly, Vampire Rain. It's bad enough that you die so easily but why oh why do I have to see the vampire that killed me then dine on my neck in slow motion as my blood splatters the lens? Over and over and over again the game seems to be insulting me by saying something like:
"You made a crappy elite government officer but a great meal."
God it adds insult to injury especially when it puts you back to the start.

Also GLaDOS in Portal insulting you towards the end. I mean I was so close to crying to my mummy.

(satire)

 

[awesomebillfromdawsonville]

In the original Fallout when you died there was always an elaborate CG scene of your body rotting in the desert while it told you that now your village died of thirst. I always found that a little like adding insult to injury.

But really, the bitchiest of games would have to be anything Katamari. Even when you succeed the king is all like "oh, this is your Katamari? I thought I asked for a good one. Oh well at least it's small so I don't have to look at it." And it's like wtf? I passed!

Yeah that always pisses me off. The king really shouldn't comment on things being small. He has no right.

But...he's the king...

 

[Bludge]

I'm surprised noone's mentioned Doom, which always tried to insult you when you wanted to quit the game.

I remember Wolfenstein 3D's difficulty selection [http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/wolfenstein-3d/screenshots/gameShotId,264558/] screen. Easy was called 'can I play, daddy?' and your avatar was dressed in a baby bonnet with a dummy in his mouth. No, not insulting at all. Really.

Thats one thing i really miss about modern shooters, none of the humor! i seem to remember all shooters back then bereating you for trying to quit, and having amusingly named difficulty settings.

 

[Spygon]

On the wii fit when it was quite late at night as i dont sleep much.It told me to go to bed.Well excuse me little robot as you cant actually sleep at all i dont think you can really tell me when to go to bed.

 

[GonzoGamer]

Speak and Spell. I just thought the way it said "Wrong!" in that condescending Stephen Hawking voice was pretty rude.

But seriously. No More Heroes has two things going for it, it has an interesting look and a sense of humor. However, most of the humor revolves around making fun of the type of people who would like the stupid game. Besides that I felt a little insulted for having to play lawnmowing and gaspumping minigames.

 

[WJeff]

The Heavy Weapons Guy. He's always calling me a baby and a tiny coward and says I'm afraid of sandvich =(

 

[Hikikomori Ookami]

Insulting me personally, no, just my weapon choice.

Time Crisis 4 Arcade game. Stupid nano-bots. I wanted to kill them with the machine gun. I like the machine gun. The guide kept insisting the shotgun was a much better weapon. After a couple minutes I got tired of his insistance and switched to the shotgun. Was definitely doing better with the machine gun.

 

[martin's a madman]

Yeah DOOM3 when you scroll over quit it says "Running away?". Also Team fortress 2. "Hint: As a sniper, aim for the head to do critical damage!".

 

[Cunnysmythe]

Also GLaDOS in Portal insulting you towards the end. I mean I was so close to crying to my mummy.

(satire)

I died so many times at the end just laughing my ass off at what GlaDOS was saying.

 

[OmegaTron]

I. M. Meen.

Example 1 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxjEua0yaIE&feature=related]
Example 2 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLTPsZeEvVU&feature=related]

And yet he calls himself the most powerful magician in the world......

 

[Terramax]

I got to the final boss in Gradius V without using any continues, I lose my last life and the narrator voice says in a disappointed tone "you need some practice".

When you've gotten that far only to die right at the end and hear that you just wanna shout "well you play the bloody game then!".