glynnahab wrote:Civilization III. As much as I loved the first and second of the series, I always got my ass handed to me no matter what I did on that stupid game. It is now, fittingly, collecting dust near my broken desktop PC.
Also, is it just me, or are the insult posts becoming more and more common lately?
It's not really that hard a game, and I've since beaten it, but the game frustrated me to no end when I was younger. I always felt like the game was kind of cheap, but I think it's just that the controls were pretty clunky.
I believe the OP mentioned R-Type. I have the SMS version and never beat it, but it never enraged me the way Kung Fu did.
Also, Toxic Crusaders frustrated me quite a bit. The game is just terrible, but I didn't have many games when we got it, so I had to try to make do.
Other honorable mentions from later generations (That I beat but caused me lots of frustration):
Super Mario 64: A great game, and it's not that hard, but for some parts the camera just makes things a nightmare.
Conker's Bad Fur Day: Also a great game, but I hate the part where you have to go through the corridor with the laser trip-wires connected to explosives. The game's presented on a 2-D screen. There's often not enough context to tell exactly where that uniformly-colored red bar it and if you're about to touch it. Grrrr... That was quite annoying.
I actually beat Ninja Gaiden 1 on the actual NES hardware. I have a retrozone flash cart and was destined to beat it. After about 1 week of studying it, and punching walls, I memorized where absolutely every ninja, witch, cheetah, bird, silver bird (the birds made me want to go kill people....), etc. I sat done one Saturday and beat it (after like 2-3 hours). I actually took pictures of me beating it on the way end screen... In all weird poses. I played the last level over 50 times (yes.. with continuing). And i didn't beat the last boss in one go, I beat the 1st part then died... I also yelled at my girlfriend, punched my leg with the controller leaving a huge bruise, told my best friend he was jinxing me becuz he was playing Croc.... Ill post the pictures later... there great haha!
Ikaruga, Castlevania Dracula-X and Ninja Gaiden 3. I just beat NG3 not long ago and lost about 3 yrs of my life from stress and frustration. Ikaruga, I love the game but I suck at it. I look at those You Tube videos and know I could never achieve that level of skill. And then theres Dracula-X, you have to be God or at least Jesus to beat it. Some of those levels are fucking hard as fuck.
I find the Advance Wars games infinitely frustrating for me. I've played through part of Advance Wars on the GBA and I can appreciate how it is well-made on several levels, but I am no good at it. I am a fan of turn-based RPGs like Disgaea and Shining Force 2, but when I have to win a battle with skill and tactics instead of overpowered characters, I just fall flat. I wisely decided to quit the game before I was left with a pile of broken GBA in my hands.
corn619 wrote:Ikaruga, I love the game but I suck at it. I look at those You Tube videos and know I could never achieve that level of skill.
That's like me and Geometry Wars. Damned videos and strategies make it seem like the game is a cake walk...but I get my ass handed to me all the time. I think I unlocked like 3 achievements for the game and completely stalled out on getting any other ones despite working my ass off trying to get them. So glad I gave up on that and focused on Pacman CE which I'm actually capable of playing well.
It is now, fittingly, collecting dust near my broken desktop PC.
