Still ain't fun

[NoNameMcgee]

ANY time I see a timer.

On anything.

Fuck timers.

I'm with you on that. I hate it when a game tries to rush me, I like making my own pace goddamn it...

Even when it seems realistic for you to be against time at that moment I still hate it, I hate being rushed and I usually panic and end up dying.

 

[Namewithheld]

The combat system in Dragon Age: Origins, it's a great game, and the combat system's good, however it gets frustrating when you go into a dungeon with thousands of fights.

But but but but...that's the best part of DA:O!

Other than...ya know...everything else that is amazing about that game.

 

[damselgaming]

FF9 is my favourite by far, and I must have completed it around 10 times, but I find it such a pain to do everything before Evil Forest now, mainly because it's all slow introductions and scene setting.
I always dread any of the trials in the Oddworld games. Paramonia. Scrabania. Mudunchee and Mudumo... you haunt my dreams... Oh god the Fleeches...

 

[David_G]

The combat system in Dragon Age: Origins, it's a great game, and the combat system's good, however it gets frustrating when you go into a dungeon with thousands of fights.

But but but but...that's the best part of DA:O!

Other than...ya know...everything else that is amazing about that game.

You might have misunderstood me, I meant the repetitiveness of the fights in some dungeons.

It's like you beat some big spiders, go into the next room some more spiders, into an another, more spiders, etc.

Oh, and I'd also like to add Assassin's Creed unskippable cutscenes.

 

[Sixties Spidey]

Assassin's Creed 1...

First couple minutes: Yay this is awesome!

Three hours later: KILL ME NOW.

Towards ending (and 6 months after buying it.): Holy shit it's not repetitive anymore!

 

[Dr Faust]

I still hate the vast majority of the character cast in Final Fantasy IX.

I will forever and always hate Kefka for just being an all-around dick.

Hey, I always thought it was just me! Sometimes I get the urge to pick this one up. Usually around the second town, I remember that only one or two characters were not painfully annoying/abrasive, and I quit. If I'm lucky, I can just thumb through the manual and get the same reminder.

I actually picked up Crisis Core the other day, and I was brutally reminded how much I HATE HATE HATE HATE random battles! CC was particularly bad, as the battle happened on the level map, and it was possible to finish a fight further back than you started. I once ended up on the wrong side of the room after a fight, and before Zack even got ONE MOTHERLOVING FRAME into his walk animation, I got into another battle.

 

[twistedshadows]

Assassin's Creed 1...

I really hated the beggars and the lunatics in AC1, especially if I was trying to get away quickly or blend. Their only function was to annoy the hell out of me.

 

[Meemaimoh]

The combat system in Dragon Age: Origins, it's a great game, and the combat system's good, however it gets frustrating when you go into a dungeon with thousands of fights.

But but but but...that's the best part of DA:O!

Other than...ya know...everything else that is amazing about that game.

You might have misunderstood me, I meant the repetitiveness of the fights in some dungeons.

It's like you beat some big spiders, go into the next room some more spiders, into an another, more spiders, etc.

I agree! I love DA:O, but honestly. Game design should have evolved past the need for this stuff by now.

I also have to second whoever mentioned the Fade level. Ugh. It's the ultimate example of this. I get so bored that I just make someone else play it for me.

 

[Vanguard_Ex]

Having to go to the Barrens on WoW...god I really don't enjoy that place.

 

[Galad]

Hmm...gotta admit, much as I love Wizardry 8, I hate, hate, hate Bayjin and underwater caves. Fire spells don't work underwater, Rynjin are a chore to fight, the undersea creatures are even worse, and Nessie...oh dear god, Nessie...

...

Oh yes, every time I reach the Sea water caves, after the mandatory running in circles to make Vi unconscious and force her in(I'm not the only one who does that, right?), I cast soul shield on every fight asap and mentally prepare myself for the worst. But we have to give credit to Nessie for being one of the two, maybe three truly difficult and rewarding fights in a game, that's otherwise attrition-based(and I'm certainly not counting the final fight among those - the Savant is a wimp compared to Nessie!)

Also, for me, it would be warrens of the Damned in VTM: Bloodlines, as well as that house on the hill where the gore short clip was shot. ew. I never actually started a second hero on that game because of that.

 

[Jandau]

Elder Scrolls: Oblivion - One of the worst all-round games I've ever played, but nobody seems to share my opinion. I ususally give the game another chance once a year, and every time I turn away in disgust at all the things wrong with it...

First dungeon of Baldur's Gate 2 - The best game ever made and its only real weakness is the atrocious opening dungeon. After the first run or two through it, you just wish you could skip it. Thankfully, there are mods for that...

 

[Dr Faust]

No matter how many times I play ANY Legend of Zelda game, I will never be able to get past how horribly non-innovative it can be, especially when it comes to weapons. That's why I really loved Wind Waker and Spirit Tracks, despite so many people bashing them; the weapons are innovative and genuinely enjoyable to use in all their capacities.

The worst part about the lack of innovation is that the game still requires you to sit through a long winded, meaningless tutorial for every freaking game function. I've known how to swing a sword in Zelda since the 1980s, you can give it a rest.

 

[CrashBang]

The water temple in Ocarina of time

I second this

 

[Axeli]

Odd that Taris in KoTOR hasn't been mentioned yet, or Peragus/Telos in KoTOR2. People have actually made mods to skip them.

 

[Joa_Belgium]

The racing part in Mafia, I believe it was in chapter 5. I really hated that. It was so insanely difficult I actually used a cheat to win the race after countless efforts. It's a classic game, a masterpiece. But I curse that racing bit. I CURSE IT.

Two words. Escort missions.

This.

 

[Isalan]

Assassins creed has a bad case of this. Fairly good game let down by some appalling crap side missions. Collecting flags in Acre made me mad enough to punch my desk.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

Morrowind: Cliff racers.

Oblivion: Spider Daedra and their paralyzing "babies".

Lots of Games: Killing Zombies

Fallout 3: Ammo Scrounging

Okami: Try to draw the stupid cherry bomb with the Wii version. I can draw everything but that easily.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

Assassins creed has a bad case of this. Fairly good game let down by some appalling crap side missions. Collecting flags in Acre made me mad enough to punch my desk.

They never FORCED you to do this. Unless you wanted acheivements, such as find the flags and complete all investigations.

Sorry for the double post.

 

[orangebandguy]

The quest in Fallout 3 when you have to fix everything in the purifier basement. Uneccessary going back and forth.

 

[johnman]

Mass Effect. Pretty much anything not involving naked blue chicks or the final boss fight, It's like walking through mud that's constantly trying to suck your boots off your feet.

This I can relate too