Have you ever gotten a game into an unwinnable/unfinishable state?
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I doubt anyone is stil reading this at page 8 but I'm going to give it a shot just to eplain to you how sadistic games were before.
In one of the old Space Quest games (cripes I can't even remember which one) you have the option of buying a socket-energy-converter-thingy at one point in the game. There are oh-I-don't-know a dozen or so sockets to choose from.
At a later part -MUCH later- you are sent through time to a broken earth where you find a computer. If you've bought the correct converter-socket-thingy you'll be able to connect the comp to a power source and move on through the game. If you bought the wrong one...restart the whole thing.
The real kicker is in the choice of socket. How do you kn which one is the right one? Well back in the day games had not moved away from having scores and point systems. It was a relic from the arcade era that disappeared in time but anyway, even point-and-cick adventures had them. In this case you were SUPPOSED to save your game before buying the socket, and then go through the list, reloading your save each time you got the wrong one. You see, the correct socket was worth two points instead of one though the game never told you this. Most times you just thought "Oh I got a point for buying a socket. It must've been a wise move...."
And that children, is how far games have come. People with nostalgia glasses seem to gloss over examples like this.
EDIT: Oh wait, a few of you emeber this time:
In one of the old Space Quest games (cripes I can't even remember which one) you have the option of buying a socket-energy-converter-thingy at one point in the game. There are oh-I-don't-know a dozen or so sockets to choose from.
At a later part -MUCH later- you are sent through time to a broken earth where you find a computer. If you've bought the correct converter-socket-thingy you'll be able to connect the comp to a power source and move on through the game. If you bought the wrong one...restart the whole thing.
The real kicker is in the choice of socket. How do you kn which one is the right one? Well back in the day games had not moved away from having scores and point systems. It was a relic from the arcade era that disappeared in time but anyway, even point-and-cick adventures had them. In this case you were SUPPOSED to save your game before buying the socket, and then go through the list, reloading your save each time you got the wrong one. You see, the correct socket was worth two points instead of one though the game never told you this. Most times you just thought "Oh I got a point for buying a socket. It must've been a wise move...."
And that children, is how far games have come. People with nostalgia glasses seem to gloss over examples like this.
EDIT: Oh wait, a few of you emeber this time:
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CrystalShadow said:
That solo mage part is actually one of the easiest parts in the game. Change your form to suit the encounter.MurderousToaster said:
OT: OK i've got one... Playing Dawn of War: Dark Crusade, on hardest difficulty as the Imperial Guard. I was in a match against the Chaos Space Marines in the jungle area, they had a defense rating of 9. After 2 hours i was able to destroy one base and push them all the way to their last main one. But no matter what i tried i couldn't move my troops to destroy their base otherwise they'd be over run and id be open to be completely destroyed.
Eventually, after i had beaten one of their offensives i pushed my army forward to try and finish them off. They respawned their possessed squads and predator tanks and khorne bezerkers unbelievably fast and my troops were wiped.
Then they over ran my base and i rage quit.
I fell victim to that damn "sky cannon" glitch in Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. But like hell I was restarting. I still have that save. Never touched it again.
I did restart a few years later and beat the game, but that really upset me.
I did restart a few years later and beat the game, but that really upset me.
Fallout new Vegas for me since every time i pick up a quest i sometimes overstep my mark and end up killing someone i'm not supposed to kill or accidentally killing someone i mistook for an enemy which lands me a failed objective thus stopping some of my quests in their tracks but that's my tactics to blame.
Has anyone here noticed that apart from sandbox type games that most other games these days are designed so you can't fail certain aspects of a game like for example:
You can't move from point (A) until you acquire the package which then grants you access to point (B).
Quite a few games and puzzle based games work like that above quite a lot in order to make sure you don't always end up screwing up the rest of the gameplay and since New Vegas is a sandbox world the aspect is different when you fail one quest it isn't the end of the game as more quests often either appear from the failed objectives or new ones branch off from failed quests.
Has anyone here noticed that apart from sandbox type games that most other games these days are designed so you can't fail certain aspects of a game like for example:
You can't move from point (A) until you acquire the package which then grants you access to point (B).
Quite a few games and puzzle based games work like that above quite a lot in order to make sure you don't always end up screwing up the rest of the gameplay and since New Vegas is a sandbox world the aspect is different when you fail one quest it isn't the end of the game as more quests often either appear from the failed objectives or new ones branch off from failed quests.
there's a bit in prince of persia where you have to take a little bit of damage after a drop. I was on the lowest health and there were no fountains. Never played it again
ooh.. thats gotta suck! ... for some reason i always end up evil on all my playthroughs... it just feels so right!DaWaffledude said:
Exactly the same thing happened to me too. Still haven't finished that damn game.canadamus_prime said:
loved the fall through world... was always good giggles ^^ worst part was to try and get a warlock to summon you back on solid groundDevilWithaHalo said:
Blue Dragon on X-Box 360.
Started new game plus mode and got to one of the early areas where you need to open a chest and pick up the contents to proceed.
Unfortunately I have the maximum amount of the item and no way of using any of them, so in other words I can't pick it up and therefore can't proceed
Started new game plus mode and got to one of the early areas where you need to open a chest and pick up the contents to proceed.
Unfortunately I have the maximum amount of the item and no way of using any of them, so in other words I can't pick it up and therefore can't proceed
This happened to me on Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.
One of the only times in my life I've kept just one save file...and I saved it when Farah was above a spike pit. Every time I loaded it she died.
One of the only times in my life I've kept just one save file...and I saved it when Farah was above a spike pit. Every time I loaded it she died.
Breath of Fire Dragon Quarter. Not quite an unfinishable state but similar. I kept using party exp (extra experience that stays when you use the game's main gimmick) after using the sol restore/ restart (main gimmick) and ended up with very weak characters, very bad equipment and grinding that lead no where. Then I figured out how to use the gimmick.
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Also, there are a couple of others, but I remember really getting into the story for FF XII and then hard saving at a boss fight without a way to retreat. Suffice to say, I missed the sidequests and got my roasted corpse(s) handed to me on a grill.
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Also, there are a couple of others, but I remember really getting into the story for FF XII and then hard saving at a boss fight without a way to retreat. Suffice to say, I missed the sidequests and got my roasted corpse(s) handed to me on a grill.