"Screw This Game"

[ideitbawx]

Have you ever had a "Screw This Game" moment?

this is going back quite a ways, but ...

South Park 64. so disappointed. the multiplayer was ok (throwing yellow snowballs and the terrence & philip fart dolls was fun, even though some of the characters were cheap), but what killed it was the story mode.

the main game was kinda boring, but my brother & i played through it, and enjoyed it pretty well. until the last boss. GOD IN HEAVEN DOES ACCLAIM HAVE NO SHAME?!

first, you have to--HAVE TO--use god mode (or whatever they called it) to stand a chance against him.

second, every weapon except the terrence & philip dolls did almost no damage.

third, THE BOSS CAN RECHARGE HIS HEALTH ENDLESSLY!! and the only way to stop him is to shoot a button beside his charging station which interrupts the signal, but since the dolls--OR YOUR BARE FUCKING HANDS--can't push the button, you have to switch to a gun, get within shooting distance of the button, fire until he stops trying to recharge, switch back to the dolls, bomb the shit out of him, and repeat the whole process over again! WHY?!?!?!

and what are the chances you'd have enough ammo or bombs to beat this asshole without cheat codes? it's like the final level of soldier of fortune: you face a gunship with 18 gatling gun turrets pointed directly at you while enemies come out from rooms you can't enter yourself, PLUS you still have to beat the main villain, Whatsisface. ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME???!!

anyways, enough of that. i'ma go have a nap. nice thread, man

 

[leugim789]

BS genetic memory? it actually has more merit than you're willing to give it, truth is stranger than fiction.

 

[ideitbawx]

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EDIT: Thanks for all the responses, I decided to push trough with Far Cry 2, but then, it can go fuck itself.

It can indeed go fuck itself. I don't know what possessed me to get the accursed thing. I'm surprised at the reviews it got. Also, the disparity between user reviews and professional ones

someone getting paid off to give a positive review just to fellate the developers? hell, they do that with movies and music all the time; why would videogames be any different?

 

[MiracleOfSound]

Red Ninja, the final level. There was some kind of timed sequence of jumping puzzles while you chase a boss over some rooftops and he attacks you while you try to avoid soldiers on the ground, or something... the camera is crap, it's usually guesswork figuring out where you can jump and wallrun and such, and yeah, I had just had enough. Shoddy controls, crap camera and a severe lack of checkpoints are some of the game's major flaws.
I'd kept telling myself, "the weapon is cool and I've made it this far, why not play it through to the end?" but then I thought instead, "yes, I wasted good money on this crap, but why am I wasting good time, too? I have better things to play, and if I didn't, I could find something else to do!" I haven't played it since.

Yes! Finally someone else who played that pus spewing boil of a game... my friend I feel your pain.

That whole game was a total fuck you, the controls and camera were just completely broken. The Buddha temple was an absolute fucking nightmare when it should have a super fun POP style platform section.

The bit you're talking about took me a very long time... the spiky rooftop part was especially frustrating.

If you ever pick it up again you should know that the final level (including its bosses) is even worse.

 

[Ghost]

one of my usual speed runs of gta vice city, i was 4 hours in, near the end of the game, accuracy 80%. then 'gtavc.exe has encountered a problem'

 

[dragonburner]

My PSP was glitching so bad once I almost chucked it across the room.

 

[killgannon]

It's happened to me a few times, the most memorable was with Ninja Gaiden. After several hours and many, many deaths I managed to kill these 3 lizard things but before I could enjoy my victory the real boss appears and kills me.. it was at this point I said "fuck this!" and haven't bothered with the game again.

 

[The_Echo]

My first "screw this game" moment would be playing The Thing on PS2.

I just have no fucking clue what I'm supposed to be doing, or how I do it, or why. Plus it's a ***** to get from place to place in the antarctic tundra.

My latest would be playing a rented version of God of War. Rather than explaining it, I made a video based around this calamity. Only the first minute or so is for God of War. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZXZZeRGgJE

 

[Stryc9]

X3: Reunion more than once and for mostly the same reason. Spend a couple of hours trading stuff to build up my bank account without docking to autosave then either slam into a station or asteroid or get blown up by pirates.

A couple of hours worth of good trading shot in the ass and no way to go back do it again because the results won't be the same. Sometimes it ends up being my fault because I forget how long it's been since I've saved and I go off the deep end and do something stupid like attack a capital ship in my puny fighter and die from one shot.

 

[AlphaOmega]

Mirrors edge when facing stupid jumps, mario 2 when it crashed

mario : 6 golden coins space level

 

[The_Echo]

My PSP was glitching so bad once I almost chucked it across the room.

That would totally help.

 

[Slayer_2]

Far Cry 2 sucks. I ran it at full graphics, no issues at all, but the gameplay is repititive and the story is boring.

 

[ProfessorLayton]

MapleStory. I downloaded it today after not playing for like a year, died, lost a whole lot of experience, got pissed and turned it off.

 

[Rad_Brad]

Devil May Cry 4, on the 4th play through.
DOA 4, Overall I just suck. >.<

 

[The_Deleted]

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Awesome T-shirt, though.

 

[Paulrus_Keaton]

Morrowind.

I put about 10-20 hours into that game and it was all lost when my brother got it into his head that no one was playing it.

 

[chromewarriorXIII]

I had been an idiot and bought Sonic and the Secret Rings. The controls pissed me off and more then once I threw the game at a wall. Finally there was this one level where no matter where I went an enemy would spawn in front of me knocking me backwards into spikes. But not before taking away my rings of course.

 

[Rossmallo]

Advance Wars: Days of Ruin. Mission 13: A Hero's Farewell.
17 attempts, each about an hour in length.
Grrrrrgh.

 

[Paulrus_Keaton]

Elder Scrolls: Morrowind for the Xbox.
I put 25+ hours into that A.D.D. child of a RPG and then lost it all when my brother decided that no one was playing it and deleted the files.

Second Life.
I wanted to get into it. But it wasn't the virtual sex, downloadable penies, or gender-confused furries that caused my decision to abandon it. It was the fact that it was boring.

Burnout Domination for the 360.
Because I already played and finished a game like it: Burnout 3.

Sonic Heroes for the PS2
I just didn't like it. The little casino mission was a pain and lacked the enjoyable glee of the Sonic 2 it wanted to be.

Super Mario Galaxy for the Wii
It was... just too sugar-coated bunny rabbit happy. Controls were also awkward.

Rouge Galaxy for the PS2
It wasn't Skies of Arcadia.

The SOCOM series
Too complicated for my confused little mind.


EDIT: Sorry, I didn't notice the other post.

 

[The_Deleted]

Burnout Domination for the 360.
Because I already played and finished a game like it: Burnout 3.

That did feel half arsed. It felt like they'd given up just as they got going. And, as you say, just repeated the previous game.