Which game or games have frustrated you most?

[Forever of the Stars]

This is pretty much explained in the title, but I figured I'd start with something simple for my first thread. It seemed like a good topic and I'm interested in the replies.

For me:
Super Mario 3: I don't know why but I have never been able to get past the 3rd world in this game, constantly sending Mario to his death starts to frustrate me, and the little jingle that plays when he dies becomes almost like taunting laughter
Enchanted Arms: It wasn't even a difficult game, the severe tediousness of the game and the way it was presented just made me angry and made it difficult to play
Street Fighter (All of them): This really goes for about 95% of fighting games, eventually either the difficulty becomes such that I cannot beat the enemies and wind up dying repeatedly. Or I get some friends together it ends with most of us giving up because the one guy who just presses one button repeatedly just wins ( I have seriously seen this happen)

Those are the games that frustrate me most, what are your guys? Also you don't have to give as much explanation as I did, just in a verbose mood tonight.

Edit: Fable II should be added to the list, it may have been my copy or my 360, but that game was absolute shit, there is now a total of 4 areas in the game where my character cannot go without causing the game to die behind the loading screen or right after the loading screen. As such I can't complete the main quest, and the disk is collecting dust.

 

[Robert632]

the games that frustrate me the most are the ones that are compleatly broken, like tomb raider underworld, where a glich caused me to restart my entire game file,(i could't even be bothered to play after that.) and i could skip large portions of the by jumping randomly.

 

[Forever of the Stars]

the games that frustrat me the most are the ones that are compleatly broken, like tomb raider underworld, where a glich caused me to restart my entire game file,(i could't even be bothered to play after that.) and i could skip large portions of the by jumping randomly.

Good point, I just thought of another one for the list. I'm gonna edit that.

 

[Omikron009]

There are a few moments in Dead Space that have made me ragequit before. I still like it.

 

[Bob_Bobbington]

Just recently I started playing Freelancer (best space sim ever) again after a long spell from it and was amazed at how overpowered some of the enemies were. After dying to the same mission SIX times I just got out of it as fast as I could. The very next day I when back for more.

 

[Forever of the Stars]

Resident Evil 5 remains to be the only game to ever make me smash and break a controller.

I'm still ashamed to this day, and now treat my controllers like babies.

[sup]Which means I eat them.[/sup]

What in RE5 made you break a controller? If you don't mind me asking, I just don't see it, I mean it had it's moments but nothing really worthy of a full out controller smash.

That being said I have a friend who destroyed an N64 controller during a marathon session of mario kart 64

 

[Guy32]

LittleBigPlanet, Acing the Bunker. Imagine you're in hell except all the flames are lightning. And every time you hit a flame you need to stat over. I did beat it eventually, though I'm not sure it is what you'd call "worth it".

Also Demon's Souls can be really frustrating. Not nearly as frustrating as people make it out to be, but for the first 20 hours or so you'd better get used to only being able to use 10% of all the souls you collect.

Just recently I started playing Freelancer (best space sim ever) again after a long spell from it and was amazed at how overpowered some of the enemies were. After dying to the same mission SIX times I just got out of it as fast as I could. The very next day I when back for more.

I love that game, but I saved right as I started a mission and I always die. Tried like 20 times before giving up, but I'm sure I'll go back to it someday.

 

[SageRuffin]

God of War (God Mode)
God of War 2 (Titan Mode)
God Hand (Hard Mode, very first run)
Ninja Gaiden 2 (everything)

 

[Julianking93]

Really? I'm the first to say it?

This fucker. This is what caused me 13 years of frustration, but I beat it. I finally beat it. I won after 13 long years.

 

[dodo1331]

Battletoads.
And Counter-strike. I'm horrible at that game.

 

[Forever of the Stars]

Counter-strike. I'm horrible at that game.

[sup]It's ok, me too.....[/sup]

 

[Forever of the Stars]

Resident Evil 5 remains to be the only game to ever make me smash and break a controller.

I'm still ashamed to this day, and now treat my controllers like babies.

[sup]Which means I eat them.[/sup]

What in RE5 made you break a controller? If you don't mind me asking, I just don't see it, I mean it had it's moments but nothing really worthy of a full out controller smash.

That being said I have a friend who destroyed an N64 controller during a marathon session of mario kart 64

Ah yes, Mario Kart Syndrome will do that.

As for RE5, I played the entire game on Professional. None of my friends had Live and the game. So I had to play the entire thing with AI Sheva. On Professional.

I thought I was a patient person, but re-doing a checkpoint for the 100th time due to her inability to survive for more then 3 seconds really got on my nerves.

Completely understandable, I just stopped trying on professional, for me it was more disappointment and less frustration.

 

[Durxom]

F-Zero GX...just trying to beat the story mode missions were hard enough, but to actually unlock any bonus characters, you have to beat both hard and then very hard modes of the missions...almost smashed my gamecube controller a few times from that, good thing those things are durable

 

[Forever of the Stars]

You see, that's a smart move, something I should have done. What do I have to show for my hours of agony?

"Resident Evil 5 - 1000g" on my gamertag.

I'd rather have my controller back. And my sanity.

Sometimes I wonder why I even care about achievements.

I wonder the same thing about achievements, then I continue to try to get them. I think they put them in games to be used the same way a carrot tied to the head of a horse would be used. A way to artificially lengthen a game.

 

[Forever of the Stars]

You see, that's a smart move, something I should have done. What do I have to show for my hours of agony?

"Resident Evil 5 - 1000g" on my gamertag.

I'd rather have my controller back. And my sanity.

Sometimes I wonder why I even care about achievements.

I wonder the same thing about achievements, then I continue to try to get them. I think they put them in games to be used the same way a carrot tied to the head of a horse would be used. A way to artificially lengthen a game.

They're doubly useless for me because I don't use my live gamertag for playing games, so it's not like anyone can see all of my achievements.