Jiren
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Post by Jiren on Jan 10, 2010 19:31:02 GMT -5
Assassins Creed: Every level after the First one, Thank God AC2 sorted out the repetition of the first one
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Post by Kroot bringing Justice on Jan 11, 2010 3:15:15 GMT -5
In Monster Hunter, when you're carrying those heavy items that sell for a lot of money; the fact that moving is incredibly slow, and the fact that you suddenly find enemies in places that no longer had enemies. And the item breaks, or in some cases, explode. Also, in Touhou, the survival attacks. Can't kill the boss, and you have to spend a long time dodging hundreds of bullets. Good god both of these are annoying.
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Bill S. Preston, Esq.
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Post by default on Jan 11, 2010 6:56:34 GMT -5
Auto-save that saves weird.
I was playing Mass Effect and it's not very good at auto-saving. I did a two part boss fight that was pretty intense (i.e. I died a bunch throughout). Finally got through the first wave, died in the second and was relieved it saved. Finished the second part and moved on to a little "wrap up" piece and died. It restarted me back at the start of the second wave. Although it wasn't really an "ugh" but an "argh". Several more tries and I got through and immediately saved. Then got through the "wrap up" with no trouble whatsoever.
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J is Justice
Wade Wilson
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Hi.
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Post by J is Justice on Jan 11, 2010 7:31:19 GMT -5
Finding Galaxy News Radio in Fallout 3 was a bitch!
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Post by shiranui on Jan 11, 2010 7:56:32 GMT -5
Finding Galaxy News Radio in Fallout 3 was a bitch! Oh, it was, and so is the quest they send you on where you're supposed to go the Museum of Technology and pick up a communications relay dish of some sort. Even more stumbling around in the dark abandoned buildings and subway passages (because we didn't already see more than enough of that on the way to GNR), and when you finally get back to daylight and the Mall, the first thing you see is Willow the ghoul asking you to come visit the Underworld. Or something, I don't remember what she said because I was too busy having a heart attack caused by her rather-hideous-even-by-ghoul-standards face filling my TV screen all of a sudden. (not to mention her creepy voice basically coming out of nowhere before the camera actually shows her) For some reason, probably because I decided I had seen enough dark subway tunnels, raiders, super mutants and ghouls, I actually stopped playing Fallout 3 as soon as I got inside the Museum of Technology and haven't touched the game since. I did play it for 30 hours or so, though.
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Post by lemonyellowson on Jan 11, 2010 9:43:09 GMT -5
Yes! Also, Rainbow Road on the original Mario Kart. Rainbow Road on any Mario Kart. My GF just got Mario Kart Wii, and Rainbow Road is the anti-Christ if you're playing with the f***ing steering wheel rainbow road sorts the men from the boys. if you can't hack it get off the kart
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Post by judodave on Jan 11, 2010 10:34:57 GMT -5
Castlevania: Symphony Of The Night.
Galamoth.
Enough Said.
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Post by GaTechGrad on Jan 11, 2010 12:41:17 GMT -5
I raided for close to 3 years in World of Warcraft. Now, just the thought of raiding makes me cringe.
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Post by GaTechGrad on Jan 11, 2010 12:45:15 GMT -5
Trying to actually beat X-ATM092, the giant mechanical spider in Final Fantasy VIII. I hit the damn thing with The End at one point and with three Meteors at another, and it still fixed itself on both occasions. My timing was probably off because I cast those spells just as X-ATM was dragging itself up, but I didn't expect it to totally no-sell them. It's been years since I've played FFVIII, but wasn't the point to attack it until it breaks down, and then run away?
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Post by aka Cthulhu on Jan 11, 2010 12:45:46 GMT -5
Castlevania: Symphony Of The Night. Galamoth. Enough Said. If you fight him normally, at least. My first and second time fighting him was mostly Alucard throwing every projectile weapon I had kept up to that point. After that, I forget the name of the sword but it was the one with the super-fast attack speed, killed Galamoth in seconds. Regarding escort missions, in the Robotech game for the PS2, I remember that there had been two (or was it three?) escort missions in a row. Ugh is an understatement.
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Post by Ash Kingston on Jan 11, 2010 12:49:34 GMT -5
Also, Rainbow Road on the original Mario Kart. Ahh yes, the Super Star Thwomps... wasn't it just awesome to run into one of those ****ers (or worse, get flattened by one) and spend the next thirty seconds or so going from 1st to 8th because as soon as you start to THINK about touching the gas, it comes back down and the tiniest pixel of your cart touches it, sending your ass spinning? WASN'T THAT FUN?! *angry tirade*
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Post by deadmanlfc on Jan 11, 2010 13:00:54 GMT -5
Any subway part of Fallout 3. I have just played and loved the game, but whenever I had to go into a pitch dark subway with only the crappy compass to guide me, well I thought "ugh".
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Post by shiranui on Jan 11, 2010 13:06:37 GMT -5
It's been years since I've played FFVIII, but wasn't the point to attack it until it breaks down, and then run away? Yeah, that's what you'd normally do. You can, however, destroy X-ATM092 if you can inflict enough damage to it before it repairs itself fully (which seems to be harder than it sounds), and this gives you bonus points for your SeeD exam.
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The Ichi
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Post by The Ichi on Jan 11, 2010 13:09:45 GMT -5
Speaking of FFVIII, the stupid spreading Triple Triad rules. It almost ruins one of the best mini-games ever.
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Post by A Dubya (El Hombre Muerto) on Jan 11, 2010 15:02:16 GMT -5
Street races in the GTA series. If I want to play a racing game I'll play a racing game. Yes! And also sewer/underwater levels. Spoony had a great rant on sewer levels (his review of Dirty Harry for the NES). I hated the underwater portion of Marvel: Ultimate Alliance. Also, Rainbow Road on the original Mario Kart. I definitely agree with you guys on races in the GTA series, Rainbow Road on Mario Kart, and the underwater level from Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 1. I had all of those games, and I dreaded that part of them more than anything. I also remember hating the tedious 3 man endurance levels from Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 and Trilogy, and some of the repetitive missions from the first Assassin's Creed game. It was like: go pickpocket this guy, eavesdrop on these people, then go find person x, etc. I mean, all of the missions started to feel the same.
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Post by thuschongswing on Jan 11, 2010 15:37:49 GMT -5
It's been years since I've played FFVIII, but wasn't the point to attack it until it breaks down, and then run away? Yeah, that's what you'd normally do. You can, however, destroy X-ATM092 if you can inflict enough damage to it before it repairs itself fully (which seems to be harder than it sounds), and this gives you bonus points for your SeeD exam. What level do you have Quetzacoatl by the time you take X-ATM092 on? And is its compatibility maxed with whomever it's equipped on? I ask this because that's pretty much how I killed it, spamming a high-level Quetzacoatl continuously until it finally chunks.
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Post by shiranui on Jan 11, 2010 22:36:06 GMT -5
What level do you have Quetzacoatl by the time you take X-ATM092 on? And is its compatibility maxed with whomever it's equipped on? I ask this because that's pretty much how I killed it, spamming a high-level Quetzacoatl continuously until it finally chunks. Don't remember Quetzalcoatl's exact level, but it wasn't high enough and compatibility wasn't maxed, nor did I have the Boost ability which really would have helped. Since I hadn't been grinding or anything I knew perfectly that the only way I could defeat X-ATM092 at this point would have been with Selphie's limit breaks and, apparently, a bit more luck than I had here. Oh well, there's always next time.
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Post by HoganBai on Jan 11, 2010 22:50:53 GMT -5
The first Dead Rising's stupid f***ing save system. I just wanted to save the god damn game, but the time inbetween the saves was ridiculous, and going to the save points was a mission and it was horrible.
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Patti Mayonnaise
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Post by Dr. T is an alien on Jan 11, 2010 23:21:44 GMT -5
EA Sports has lost me as a customer because they are just too damned lazy. Since 2006 I used to buy the new NCAA Football as well as the new Madden. I don't often play with anyone else, but rather I enjoyed the hell out of the franchise/dynasty and superstar/legend modes. No more, however, because EA Sports has willfully chosen to discard me.
Our X-box 360 has long since died the red ring of death. I am not buying a new one or a PS3 anytime soon, so my only current generation system is the Wii.
Like past years, I bought the '09 versions of NCAA Football and Madden for the Wii. I traded in the NCAA Football a week later. I understand that they wanted to incorporate the unique qualities of the Wiimote, but they completely eliminated the Legend mode and restricted the Dynasty mode to a 10 year career (completely taking away the fun of starting at a small school to win your way into getting hired at a big program school).
Granted, I still have the Madden 09 game, even though they did eliminate a few features that I love and I still haven't completely gotten a handle on the passing system (as near as I can tell, the selection of receivers depends on the direction of the routes, who the checkdown receiver is, etc. as opposed to where they line up like previous games).
This year, however, they didn't get a dime from me. They did not even make a NCAA Football for the Wii this year, and they eliminated the two modes of play that I actually play in Madden 2010 for the Wii. I mean, what the hell man? It is not as though it was beyond their technical abilities to make the game that I enjoy. They just chose not to produce the game for the best selling console of this current generation of home consoles.
Think about that. They did not even try to make the NCAA Football game for the top selling home console of this current generation of consoles. They only produced half of the Madden game that they produced the year before for the same best selling console. It is not as though the Madden 09 sold so poorly to justify not spending much to make the next installment of the series. NCAA Football might have sold that poorly, but that is because games that suck don't sell well, even if it is from a successful and normally very fun series.
In short, EA Sports already had a bad rep for being money grubbing and lazy, and to us Wii owners they basically said, "So?"
Smurf you, EA Sports.
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Jelly
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Post by Jelly on Jan 12, 2010 1:04:18 GMT -5
Legend of Kyrandia 1 on PC. The labyrinth. Where you have to go through a cave, using fireberries to light your way, but they die after a few screens, and if you go into a cave without one, you die and have to relaod your last save game. I refuse to do that bit without a walkthough, it just takes too long and isn't fun at all.
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