Least Frustrating Game

[azncutthroat]

So Escapists, what is your least frustrating game?

Oddly enough, right now I'm really digging Bad Company 2. I just love flying the helicopters, it really calms me down.

 

[hazabaza1]

Garry's mod, with a ton of addons installed.

 

[Daveman]

for me I used to play oblivion to relax, I'd just stroll through the countryside or ride my horse... god I really want to play it now...

 

[Jark212]

CoD on easy, just blow through and massacre everything in your way with ease...

That's always calming...

 

[Pielikey]

playing a racing game and just doing laps can put me into a complete nirvana. (unless it's mario kart, anything but mario kart and its infinite clones.)

 

[Crystalite]

Thats a difficult question.
Would the least frustrating game not be the easiest?
Personally I like a little (moderate) frustration, because it makes me want to become better.
(As Yahtzee said: "This shit will not beat me")
If a game does not frustrate me somewhat, I do not feel challenged.

However, the game that was the most fun for me without a real challenge must have been Plants versus Zombies, just because of its charm and humor.
(However, if you want to play that one hard, try creating a build that will survive forever in "Zombies, endless" ;-))

Apart from that, well, it is not all that hard to challenge me, I´m very far from a "pro" ;-)

Also, I used to play WoW like that, when I soloed. I would just breeze through the countryside, as it where, without really having to do anything. I don´t really know why I did not get incredably bored really soon. Paradoxically, raiding can be the most frustrating thing in the world, when 24 people do their best to pull their weight, and one jumps around standing in the "whatever does the most harm to the entire raid". (Those being the reasons I quit)

 

[Dr. Crawver]

probably team fortress on the 360, few people are a challange, and it's got such humour, I simply can't enjoy it more, and when I'm on a good run, it can be very relaxing

 

[Astra Dan]

Any of the Half-Life 2 Episodes. I just bask in the atmosphere and scenery. They're all awesome. Killing stuff is just the icing on a hooj cake for me.

 

[azncutthroat]

Thats a difficult question.
Would the least frustrating game not be the easiest?

Not necessarily; it can be a game in which you find that the gameplay/mission/character makes you calm, smile, etc.

 

[Entropyutd]

I'm a huge Sandbox fan, for me, the free roam open world chaos you can cause is relaxing.
I still play GTA 3, SA, VC, 4
Saints Row 1+2 (Insurance fraud for the win!)
Mercs 2
Just Cause 1+2

The genre just appeals to me.

 

[Banana Phone Man]

Mine is, at the moment, Plants VS Zombies. You can play a few rounds, chill in your Zen garden and enjoy the end credit song over and over. It relaxes me so easily

 

[Wolfiesden]

A Kingdom for Keflings
Absolutely NO stress. Just play.

 

[elilupe]

The least frustrating game ive ever played i think is Portal, its pretty easy, funny, and just fun. But the most relaxing is, oddly, Just Cause 2. I love going into the country-side or desert and just walking around. Not shooting or driving, just walking looking at stuff.

 

[darthal]

Red faction Guerilla, Just walking around, occasionally batting people with you hammer and having fun

 

[MiracleOfSound]

Fallout 3

I know it like the back of my hand now and it's wonderfully calming for me.

The only things that sometimes frustrate me are the random crashes and getting stuck in a rock.

 

[Hazy]

Garry's mod, with a ton of addons installed.

So, so true.

You can twiddle away hours upon hours just screwing with the physics and concocting new, ungodly creations. And it never pisses you off.

And hey, if it somehow does, download a skydiving, theme park, haunted house, or some other map and waste even more time having a blast.