"Screw This Game"

[LordoftheShy]

I have a few. A couple of years ago I found myself with some extra cash and not having purchased any new games in awhile I decided to get some, I picked up FF VII, FF VIII, FF IX, and all three Xenosaga games. I heard and read generally rave reviews for all of these games, especially FF VII and Xenosaga.

Well, started to play FFVII, got about a couple of hours into it, but then it decided to crash over and over again every single time I left a town or went into most of the houses. Screw that, never touched it again, and never bothered to get a replacement copy.

Tried out FFVIII, story seemed interesting for a little while, although the battle system was horribly boring, and I couldn't for the life of me figure out the upgrade system which seemed to revolve around pointless orbs that you drained out of random enemies instead of actual choice or strategy. Screw that.

Not really a screw this game, but because of those two previous failures I never touched FF IX. I totally forgot I had Xenosaga and picked up FF XII a year or two later. Fairly interesting characters at first, decent gameplay, potentially good plot, interesting level up system, and then I get to the point where I have to play for over 2 hours just to hit a save point. Yep, screw this.

Last Christmas I remembered I had those Xenosaga games and decide to pick them up. The plot was so convoluted and yet completely boring that I just couldn't take it, in addition to the horrifying fact that for every 1 minute of gameplay the game forces you to endure 5-7 minutes of boring cut scenes reminiscent of really bad anime directed at preteen girls. Screw that.

I'm glad that with the exception of FF XII I picked up all those games for a grand total of about $30.

An almost screw it. Very end of God of War. Who in their right mind has a good action-adventure game and then throws in a arcade style fighting game last boss, in an badly maneuverable arena, with a choppy and unpredictable camera, and gives the boss a bunch of practically unblockable attacks? You had good but scarce boss fights in the game, and then decide to do that with the last boss? Why? Why? WHY? WHY?!!? End boss fights are supposed to be challenging yes, but epic, interesting, and fun. Not, "O, what should we do for an end boss to really summarize and immortalize the experience of this game? Let's just throw in an arcade style boss for good measure." What? If I wanted to play against an arcade style combat boss I would have picked up Mortal Kombat or something.

 

[Librarian Mike]

Ico, after about the 10th time that the girl runs off while I'm trying to open a door, and I can't fight the shadow things with my stick, and she dies. I decided to let evolution take its course and leave her to die, along with the $10 I wasted on that game.

 

[D_987]

Mine was also during Far Cry 2 - getting lost and then passing through the same checkpoint 5 or 6 times is very annoying.

 

[The Inconsistant Cookie]

Turok simply because the game was aweful, chiche and many other things.

 

[maddawg IAJI]

Expert on L4D. I had already finished the other 3 maps and only had to play Blood Harvest. We finally managed to get to the finale (after dying about 20 times due to one bot) and after losing 2 teamates to the 2nd tank the reascue vehicle appears. I was at 10 health so I was limping. I was just about to enter the car and i could see the tank out of the corner of my eye. Like a second from entering the car the Bot decides to heal me. The tank runs down and downs me then Kills me. Needless to say we kill the bot right after we started it.

 

[balimuzz]

I had that moment in a recent playthrough of Final Fantasy II, which is one of the only JRPGs I've ever liked, about 3 hours into the game. I was in Kaushan Keep, getting the torch, and I got jumped by a group of land turtles. They tore my party apart, and I ended up with one character left, with 5 HP. I just stopped caring, but I picked it up again last night, and through luck of the draw with battles, the character becoming good enough to evade every attack coming from a weak creature, and saving between battles, I finally made it out. I had 1 HP by the end of it, and the only reason I made it to an Inn was because I got a chocobo, which makes it so that you can't be attacked. It was satisfying to finish, and I'm glad I went back to it, because I think it's a great game for some reason.

 

[Cid Silverwing]

Final fantasy 10. I hadn't saved for about 5 hours
AND I DIED *sob*

That is just colossal idiocy right there. You always save at least once every hour.

 

[videot76]

i was playing Mirrors' Edge, when i decided that i was hating it, but i still carried on to the end, just to see it through, even though i was hating it

I'll raise you one - I tortured myself through that shitpile excuse for a game, absolutely hating every single moment of atrocious writing, boring bland design and bad controls.
That should be enough for me to say STG, right? Noooo, I *HAD* to borrow it at the local library four months later, just because A. I wanted to see if there actually were any redeeming features I had missed and B. It was a dirt cheap fee for a one week rental.

I TRIED to see every point of view there was, I even fought and won 34 out of 44 achievements INCLUDING "Test of Faith" - the majority I'm missing are the Beat Levels In Par Times. Gave up on that after doing a close to perfect run on stage 1 and beating par with 4 seconds. That was after thirty failed tries. I did and beat some of those absolutely unforgiving time trials, I discovered the hidden moves and shortcuts and basically did everything anyone can be expected to do to find a smidgeon of enjoyment.

It. Is. Simply. Not. There.
I still hate Mirror's Edge, and even MORE now when I know EXACTLY how shallow and limited it is. Free-roaming city, my ass. It has about as many usable alternate routes as your average 16-bit platformer. Sure, you CAN go another way, but there are dead-ends everywhere.
I am now in a position to say it with finality and whimless insight: SCREW THAT GAME.
(I say the same about the almost equally lousy Assassin's Creed - but that opinion is far more common.)

 

[irrelevantnugget]

Prinny: Can I Really Be The Hero?

Well... just play the game and face the final boss. Then realize how ridiculously hard he is to beat.

 

[VoltySquirrel]

I would say after the Peach Wilkins fight in BioShock. It's a good game, but I was so pissed that I spent all my money on special ammo I bought for the fight, which I didn't get to use. After the fight, I found out I lost all the special ammo, and on a clip or two of regular ammo for every gun, I got pissed and deleted my save. I didn't play it for about 19 or so months. I just now picked it back up, and saved all my cash this time after the fight.
On a side note, does that douchebaggery happen again in the game?

 

[sokka14]

yeah, save points at extremely long intervals are a stupid, pointless and extremely frustrating game idea.

i've got a few:

legend of zelda. loved the game, but about 70-80% of the way through the game my wii broke. had it fixed but there was no way i was going through all that again.

no more heroes. unlocked the secret ending but accidentally saved over my game after choosing normal ending. meaning i had to go through the whole thing again. screw that!

rogue galaxy. awesome awesome game, but for the life of me i couldn't beat the final boss. i didnt have much time to try as i was going away, but when i got back (3 months later) i thought screw that.

pop3. accidentally left myself with no sands going into the last chariot section. as if those sections weren't crap enough already i had to complete it without any mistakes, which meant learning the ENTIRE course. only knowing that this was the final 5% out of 3 games did i bother to complete it. i needed closure in the story!!

 

[Dale Cooper]

Mass Effect.

Not because it was a bad game per-say, but because I really really hated it. Wandering around those bases pissed me off no end.

I gave it to a friend and I watched him play it, he ignored most of the side quest and I actually found it more entertaining to watch.

 

[DM.]

Final fantasy tactics A2.


Illua using Sheol AKA the "Lol none of you guys can move or attack me now, oh and did i mention you now have either slow or stop and i have haste, regen, shell and protect." attack.

 

[Pimppeter2]

Crash of the titans. Beat the mask but the gamefroze, he was fuckin impossible!

Ohh and alot of times in Oblivion, but its forgived for being so awesome

 

[chumpzilla_69]

EA Sports games cheat.
Madden 07 in particular
There is NO way that Seneca Wallace ( Seattle Seahwaks BACKUP Quaterback ) Can run 90 yards and break 13 ( yes i watched the replay and counted them ( Brian Urlacher had 2 attempts, TWO???)) tackles.

 

[squid5580]

Oh man there is so many. I am a very angry gamer but usually i will try and push through eventually. A couple games that got to me recently was Shellshock 2 and Bourne Conspiracy. Well Bourne is easy since Ijust couldn't take the crappiness that is. I died a few times and just quit. Shellshock on the other hand I was kinda enjoying. I was playing it on hard and got to mission 8 when I reached a CP and right after got into a QTE. Shellshock has some poor QTEs that involve some guy in your face and 4 or 5 button prompts appear at the top. And then it will happen 2 or 3 more times. There is no indication if you are hitting them or not (unless you miss then you die). And I died alot during this one. To the point where I spent an hour redoing the same scene knowing I was hitting the right buttons (which are random) but still dieing (I figure there is a time limit). I quit and have never touched it since.

 

[lollipopz]

haha I have SO MANY of these moments, because I rent games more than I buy them, most of the time it's like wtf at this, screw this game *sends it back*
actually, I bought Soul Calibur 4, played it a couple times then thought WTF IS THIS BULLSHIT and haven't played it since ahaha. It's just terrible compared to 3 >_>

 

[Galenor]

X-Com: UFO Defense.

I absolutely suck at it. The first time in any new game where a Terror Attack occurs, i always end up screwing up, everyone always ends up dying, and the countries always ends up giving me less money, which means more restrictions, less awesome gear, less killing power in the next Terror Attack, less money...

And God forbid you ignore a Terror Attack. That really does rile up the money-givers!

Also, I just remembered Advance Wars: Dark Conflict. I'm stuck on one mission where the AI is an absolute beast. No, you can't use rockets and mortars. That's cheating. I don't know how, but it is. Stop it.

 

[Bendon]

Britney's Dance beat for the PS2

Those legs are like fucking lightning, it's not fair