Things you've failed at doing in video games for years

[sabrage]

-Beating games. I've had the original Mass Effect since it came out, and I think I'm only about halfway through it. Amongst many other examples.

I have issues beating games too, though I have beaten both ME1 and 2. I get stuck doing sidequests then either get burnt out or jump to a new game I just bought

It's like you know me...

[flex wood]

Jumping on that damn turtle on the stairs.

[BoringSupreez]

1. Getting all the Chaos Emeralds in any classic Sonic game (me too!)
2. Beating any RTS game on a difficulty setting other than easy (I love RTS games, but I suck at them)
3. Beating a Civilization game on a setting higher than Prince
4. Winning Super Mario Bros.
5. Completing a JRPG that's not short
6. Killing all the grubs in HL2 Episode 2.

[DreamcastDude]

Ive always wanted to beat shenmue it seems like such a great game but i sit down and play for more than half an hour and i get so frustrated that i usually say fuck it for a few days untill i try again which ive been repeating since i got it like a year ago

[J T]

Jumping on that damn turtle on the stairs.

If you hit it just right, you can keep bouncing on him and get a ton of extra lives.

[o.pwuaioc]

Jumping on that damn turtle on the stairs.

If you hit it just right, you can keep bouncing on him and get a ton of extra lives.

I think that's what he meant. I've never been able to do it either.

[BoneSnapDeez]

3. I cant find a stupid island to keep the game going in SKIES OF ARCADIA! I want to beat this game and everytime I get to the same part, I cant find the island and those random battles are killing me!

Hmmmmm...... I can't recall what part you're talking about. Maybe get a walkthrough/map?

Airship navigation is a pain for most of the game. You move slow, the encounter rate is insane, and you keep running into that stupid wall of floating rocks.

[BoneSnapDeez]

Oh yeah, for me:

1. Beat any Ninja Gaiden game. I was excited when the DS one came out, as I naïvely assumed it would be easier than the others. Damn was I wrong.
2. Beat any Contra game (besides the first one).
3. Achieve a high score in a shmup (or any game really) that's actually worth bragging about.

[alienjesus]

3. I cant find a stupid island to keep the game going in SKIES OF ARCADIA! I want to beat this game and everytime I get to the same part, I cant find the island and those random battles are killing me!

Hmmmmm...... I can't recall what part you're talking about. Maybe get a walkthrough/map?

Airship navigation is a pain for most of the game. You move slow, the encounter rate is insane, and you keep running into that stupid wall of floating rocks.

Are you in the south ocean by any chance? The random encounter rate there was brutal.

[Erik_Twice]

Wow, nice topic.

1) Beat Bee NM in Pump it Up. I have been extremely close, under 100 misses, and around 120-130 no-bar. You should be able to pass it with only 90 misses but it's SO FUCKING HARD. It's not that it's tiring (it is), it's that if you miss a quick stream of notes you won't be positioned well for the next. (BTW, The hardest song I beat were Moonlight CZ and Xtreme NM, both no-bar)

2) Beat Xepher [H] in Beatmania IIDX. People say it's not particularly difficult compared to other songs of the same difficulty, but really, I just fuck it up. It's among my most played songs but alas, I suck at it.

3) Getting perfect scores (Save spinners) on all Ouendan songs. I got them in many because I planned to submit them to Twin Galaxies. But I lost interest after I got discouraged by the submission system, ugh.

4) Getting my own/club owned Pump it Up machine. Self-explanatory. Arcade operators that don't know shit about their own bussiness are also big culprits here.


Those come to mind =P

I also beat Civilization V over Prince recently, which is something new for me.