Is there a game that pissed you off so much that you stopped playing it?
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Lack of variety in action parts - recent offender: Bioshock
Example. The metrocops in HL2 keep you on your toes throughout the first part of the game. They'll kick flaming barrels at you, throw man hacks at you, absail off bridges to fight you. That's just one enemy type. In Bioshock the flame splicers teleport, fireball, teleport, fireball, etc. The machine gun splicers move side to side and shoot at you. The splicers on the ceiling do that.
The settings were great for atmosphere but clearly not designed with gameplay in mind. And seeing how it was supposed to be a bloody FPS game, there's no excuse.
Example. The metrocops in HL2 keep you on your toes throughout the first part of the game. They'll kick flaming barrels at you, throw man hacks at you, absail off bridges to fight you. That's just one enemy type. In Bioshock the flame splicers teleport, fireball, teleport, fireball, etc. The machine gun splicers move side to side and shoot at you. The splicers on the ceiling do that.
The settings were great for atmosphere but clearly not designed with gameplay in mind. And seeing how it was supposed to be a bloody FPS game, there's no excuse.
Oh god, I remember the worst one. First venture into Metroid Prime, the recent one on the Wii (corruption I think?). Enjoying a fair degree, then next missions were essentially: now back track and collected a dozen batteries from all the levels you just visited.
No. Game ejected, never touched since.
No. Game ejected, never touched since.
Grand Theft Auto Liberty City Stories. My game kept fucking freezing every time i reached it i eventually said, Fuck it, and stopped playing it.
Also, admittedly, Phantom Hourglass. I loved that game so much, and then the ocean king temple. oh dude, I hated it when the game sent me back there. I eventually gave it a fair shake and ignored it, and I beat the game thankfully. Now it sits on my game library like my other DS titles gathering dust. Maybe I'll get back to it when I'm done beating The World Ends With You for the 5th time.
Also, admittedly, Phantom Hourglass. I loved that game so much, and then the ocean king temple. oh dude, I hated it when the game sent me back there. I eventually gave it a fair shake and ignored it, and I beat the game thankfully. Now it sits on my game library like my other DS titles gathering dust. Maybe I'll get back to it when I'm done beating The World Ends With You for the 5th time.
Timeshift. The concept sounded really interesting (controlling time a la Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time), but the game itself was horribly flawed in its execution.
Counter-strike. Run around for 30 seconds, get shot, and spend another 3 minutes watching your teammates.
Oh, and there is Company of Heroes. WORST player AI ever. "oh hey, we are being shot at. lets go crawl TOWARDS the thing firing at us. NEVERMIND ITS A FUCKING TANK, ITS OK!!!" I swear, when I play that game, not only am I fighting the other players, but I'm fighting my own men as well.
Oh, and there is Company of Heroes. WORST player AI ever. "oh hey, we are being shot at. lets go crawl TOWARDS the thing firing at us. NEVERMIND ITS A FUCKING TANK, ITS OK!!!" I swear, when I play that game, not only am I fighting the other players, but I'm fighting my own men as well.
Mass Effect. There was one point where I'd try to talk to the guy that gets migraines, and my character would just stand there in dialogue mode with no option to say anything, so the camera would just flick back and forth aroudn different bits. Also, no proper saving option, touching the lava means instant death, even in the buggy, and the controls have the wrong key mapped to get out of the damn thing. Oh, and the controls are clunky, the AI is stupid, the dialogue seems a little forced and the game is just trying too hard to be KOTOR without lightsabres. On the plus side, it looks nice, I guess.
Too Human... I was so motivated to beat it through with every class when I got it, but the constant death got to me and I barely completed the game once before gladly handing it back and cursing at a gamestop employee who recommended it to me.
Sonic spinball. Spent hours with my frind getting to the 3rd level, then we just get hopelessly lost. I haven't gone through that game since.