This is sad. And I mean REALLY

[StarStruckStrumpets]

Ecco the Dolphin for Mega Drive/Genesis. So much RAEG!!1

This thread is done.

Seriously, I could never navigate those caverns with that bastard of an Octopus blocking the way. Stupid lack of oxygen-related time restraints!

 

[AvsJoe]

So, has anyone else ever sat down to play a game you thought would be a piece of cake and ended up banging your head against the wall? Any of them as, um...embarrassing as mine?

Yep. Home Alone 2, The Incredible Hulk, and Bart's Nightmare: all kids games for the Super Nintendo that kicked my ass.

 

[Captain Pirate]

Crash: Mind over Mutant. This level is just un-fucking-beatable. Sounds quite simple, "Go back the way you came" So I do. Then there is, like, only one route to go. So I take it. After 30 minutes, I've gone in a circle at least 8 times! There is no explanation where to go! No extra routes, nothing.

 

[Snipermanic]

Fireblade on the PS2 was my first game I had for that console and I couldn't get past the 1st stealth level, and still can't to this day. It makes me weep

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

Legend of Zelda and the Phantom Hourglass. That game has some of the most obscure solutions to puzzles I have ever seen.

"Close your DS" pissed me off to no end. I did everything I Could think of, then closed my DS because I had to do something and came back and it was solved. I almost threw the fucking thing at the wall. It's such a simple but stupid puzzle.

I'm with you there, I was so infuriated that I had to use a walkthrough. Phantom Hourglass was by far my least favorite LoZ game.

 

[PayneTrayne]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herc%27s_Adventures

Give this game a try if you ever feel like getting kicked in the crotch repeatedly. I found it so hard as a kid.

 

[Ironic Pirate]

I got stuck on the DEMO for Turok in this little meadow. There didn't seem to be a way out!


Jaks 2 and 3 surprised me with some of the mini-games/mission types, the first game was so easy!

Jak 2 had a hoverboarding level where you had to drop bombs or something, I neve could beat it and I tried really hard.

Jak 3 had this level where you ran along shooting obstacles in the path of a train, or something like that. I tried it for two weeks, left for a month, and beat it on my second try when I came back.

There was also this fucking lizard race thing... fucking monks were cheating bastards.

 

[ConfusedCrib]

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As a joke my friend and I always beat the latest lego games co-op, honestly just don't try to think about what you're doing, just smash everything then build whatever you can, the games will literally just lead you to the next thing to break.

As for mine, Eternal Sonata has a water temple of sorts, and it took me at least 4 hours of running around randomly to figure it out.

 

[crimsonshrouds]

I had terrible problems with Ocarina of Time.

Some of the ways to advance the story were so bloody oblique... how was I meant to know to bomb that lone rolling Goron? Or to go digging up graves at a certain time?

Oddly enough, I found the Water temple fine and actually pretty easy.

it wasn't really that hard to figure out if you read what the gorons told you the first time you were their as a kid. I think their was a heart piece you could get as a kid there by doing it to a huge goron who was rolling around the same area.

I personally never had that much trouble in the water temple when i couldn't find the key i took a deep breath and calmed my self before looking very closely at the map then i found it.

Lego starwars was simple for me when i played it but i only played the first 3 episodes before my nephew and little cousin beat it while i was on the escapist that day

I played the minish cap once on a trip and i couldn't figure out what to fricken do and never even got to the first dungeon

 

[wooty]

Haha, love it, Carnival Night zone, frustrating as all hell.

 

[Cinnamonfloss]

...
Money Ball Banana Blitz.
no shit.
I swear that game is so frustrating.
THE BALL JUST KEEPS ROLLING OFF.
BUT THE MONKEYS. AND THEIR FACES ARE LIEK "its ok! you can do it! gwaa 8D!"
wdsz;kdlfjhkj
why did i buy it.

 

[PhantomCritic]

When I was a kid my favorite game type was point and click, so I eventually found Simon the Sorcerer 2, the first one was way easier in comparison.

Jak 2 had a hoverboarding level where you had to drop bombs or something, I neve could beat it and I tried really hard.
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There was also this fucking lizard race thing... fucking monks were cheating bastards.

Ah I remember these, they really were the hardest parts of the games for me. Still haven't finished the hoverboard mission...

 

[tombman888]

I had terrible problems with Ocarina of Time.

Some of the ways to advance the story were so bloody oblique... how was I meant to know to bomb that lone rolling Goron? Or to go digging up graves at a certain time?

Oddly enough, I found the Water temple fine and actually pretty easy.

i had problems with it too, i couldn't find the bow in the forest temple...... weak. made me feel so stupid and my friend actually giggled in my face about it, then i got him to show me where to find it.

 

[Signa]

Legend of Zelda and the Phantom Hourglass. That game has some of the most obscure solutions to puzzles I have ever seen.

"Close your DS" pissed me off to no end. I did everything I Could think of, then closed my DS because I had to do something and came back and it was solved. I almost threw the fucking thing at the wall. It's such a simple but stupid puzzle.

I did that too, but I closed it to look at a FAQ because by that point, the "puzzle" wasn't worth the kudos for completing it with my own brain. I almost NEVER use FAQs, and it certainly was funny reading the FAQ and then resuming the game to find that had I not looked at the FAQ, I still would have completed the puzzle.

I had to look up an FAQ on how to beat one of the stupid ass bosses in that game too. I really hated Phantom Hourglass.

That's a shame. The thing I found disappointing was how easy the game was. I breezed through each dungeon and boss rather effortlessly. The only parts that I remember being a problem were the large maze mini-game and the ship cannon target practice. And the Ship game was being hard because I was making it hard. It turns out you don't need to lead the targets at all

 

[Brandon237]

many ps2 games were blood-boiling experiences for me. Modern games are always either too easy or impossible.

 

[RamirezDoEverything]

So I like to think I play games pretty well. I can get through some L4D missions on Expert, head-shot people from across the map, beat Ninja Gaiden I & II, got all the star in Spec Ops, and other stuff that seems pretty challanging. The only games that kick me in the head are fighting games, so I stay away from them.

Then I played Lego Batman. I have never needed to look up what to do next so many times for a game, and that includes every Water Temple. I constantly find myself running around in a circle, confused. What makes it even worse is that I know this is supposed to be for kids, and I'm positive they don't have this much trouble. I thought this would be a quick, fun way to catch up and pass my friend on number of Achievements, but it's turning into a real head ache.

So, has anyone else ever sat down to play a game you thought would be a piece of cake and ended up banging your head against the wall? Any of them as, um...embarrassing as mine?

Lego Indianna Jones. Once I got tired of COD and L4D when I first got my xbox I decided to play through Kung Fu Panda(although easy and childish, it was fun) and Lego Indianna Jones, I too had the problem of not knowing what the **** to do and got frustrated and angry and decided to go back to COD and get killed repeatedly by the endless number of 12 year old screaming at me.