The game that took your frustration virginity

[Unia]

First one would propably be the very first Tomb Raider. There was a boss at the end that you had to fight on this relatively small platform with sheer drops on three sides. The thing was just upper torso and arms and it had long reach. Needless to say Lara wouldn't survive two hits in a row without a first aid kit. Only way to avoid getting smacked was to jump around like crazy. There was room for 2,5 sideways jumps I think. I distinctly remember that she had time for three full screams while plummeting to her death if you missjudged a step or two.

With all these numbers it sounds like a math problem I'd take turns with my dad trying to beat the damn thing. When one got too frustrated the other took over.

 

[jopomeister]

Spyro The Dragon (1998)....chasing the Thief guy with the egg.

That mother-
I spent HOURS chasing him. God I hate him.

 

[new_vision]

Im going to say Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines. I was playing with only official patches, and spec'd in Firearms and ... something else (can't really remember), however was weak as shit when it came to physical combat.

The mission at the factory you had to blow up early on (you know the one) almost made me rage, but i got through it after a butt-load of attempts.

But then, I discovered that the game was a little broken if you tried to play it through as a non-melee class. I remember a boss in Chinatown who turned into a giant serpent/squid/thing, whom I must of attempted 40+ times, but could never kill. In the end I purchased all the guns and ammo I could carry, but I couldn't get the boss any lower than around 1/3 - 1/2 health.

Yeah, I gave up on that game.

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Actually, thinking back to when I first got my PS1 (I would have been around 6-7) the only game I got with it was Gran Turismo.

Nope, there it is. That was it, Gran Turismo 1 - licence tests - age 6.
So many tears.

 

[krazykidd]

Online gaming. Before online gaming I'd never really raged at a game and the first online game that caused me to truly rage? The first one I played of course, Halo 2. YOU'RE ALL CHEATING WHORES!

This but replace halo 2 with modern warfare 2 , its the first online game i played that wasn't diablo2 .im a solo gamer .

 

[Caspertjuhh]

fifa, no doubt.

it is so frustrating to play better than your opponent all game long, but he gets some lucky cross and heads in the winning goal. RAARHGHAHHARGHJ..

 

[mrdude2010]

most of the early games i played didn't make me rage, because i tend not to rage anyway, being a relatively calm person.

the first time i really got pissed at a game was probably the time i was playing halo: CE and i checkpointed on legendary with 2 bars of health and a plasma rifle, 5 minutes away from the next combat sequence. so every time i died, i had to spend 5 minutes walking randomly around so i could die again.

edit: another early one was trying to beat the devil on expert on GH:3

that was such bullshit.

 

[pulse2]

Final Fantasy VII. When I was in 5th grade I was a huge PC gamer. Had a controller/joystick adapter, so I purchased the PC version. Got to halfway through disk 4... "disc read error: file corrupted".

I've never picked it back up, but I also consider it to be my favorite game that I've ever played. She broke my heart T.T

 

[aba1]

Do you remember the very first game to make you grit your teeth and clench your sweaty fists, determined to scream, or shout, or smash something, or punch someone? What game was it? Do you think it would be as frustrating if you played it now? Is it the most frustrating game you've ever played? If not, what was?

I tell you this because it was really unfair I had this computer game "JumpStart Adventures 4th grade: haunted island" it was super annoying because they kept asking questions only a kid from the United States would know esspecially with history and geography I just said fuck it eventually. I know lame game but this was when I was grounded so you make do.

 

[teqrevisited]

Sonic the Hedgehog. Labyrinth Zone. I would've been about 4 or 5. The thing is, I could just about finish Sonic 2, but Labyrinth Zone was something else entirely.

I think I saw Scrap Brain Zone once back then and instantly died to one of the flame vents that sat under the floor.

 

[SilentCom]

Call of Duty: World at War...

It was the first Call of Duty I ever tried to beat on Veteran...

This video explains nicely...

Spoiler: RageQuit

That was pretty hilarious =D

OT: I don't remember the first game I raged at but I do remember Ninja Gaiden being pretty damn hard and full of bullshit and made me scream. D=

 

[EliteFreq]

As a kid this was every game for me. I totally sucked.

Since I became 'good' at games? Super Meat Boy.

 

[killbotrix]

God of War 1. This was the first game that I really ever stopped playing because I couldn't beat it despite so much effort. I came so close to beating it on God Mode but could not get past the part where you have to fight all the different Kratos while protecting your family. I've tried so many times. I remember playing it for several hours before the PS2 froze. The horror. Someday, I will beat it.

 

[GonzoGamer]

Rocky 3 for Colecovision.
Damn I'm old.

 

[Robert Ewing]

This is a bit embarrassing...

Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase. It wasn't my first game.

The first that made me cry though. >>.

That part with the fucking stupid bridge... GAWWWW.

Jesus Christ, that's probably mine too. That game made me want to die.

 

[Kargathia]

Call of Duty: World at War...

It was the first Call of Duty I ever tried to beat on Veteran...

This video explains nicely...

Spoiler: RageQuit

I always thought WaW was quite doable once you got the hang of it. You just stayed in one place until they lobbed their grenades, and then made a mad rush for the next one.

OT: Counter Strike, and it's predecessor Rainbow Six. Being bested by a campaign I can handle, but the first 5 hours of CS are sheer and utter humiliation.

 

[targren]

The Legend of Zelda

Yes, the original. 7 years old and ready to rage quit because of Blue Darknuts and Wizzrobes in Levels 6 and 8.

Nowadays, it's just annoying.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

this fucking garbage

the only game that has ever made me bleed from the palm, literally burned my skin off from rotating the joystick around so fast.

fuck that game, seriously.

 

[CrimsonBlaze]

Believe it or not, Lion King on the Sega Genesis. I would always die against an orangutan on the Hakuna Matata level. I could not defeat him for so long that it was the first game I stopped playing for a while.

When I finally defeated the orangutan, I was shocked to find out that the next level was with an adult Simba. I became enraged again, because I stopped playing the game for a month and I could have use that time to try and beat the orangutan and play adult Simba.

I was even more enraged when I found out that you only played as adult Simba for four levels (I reached the climax in the film, which was the showdown with Scar). It got worst when I found out I could not beat him because my health was too low (you can find special power-ups in each level that permanently increases your health).

I was so mad that I had to replay the game from the start, use a few continues to reacquire the same power-up (the game did not penalize your power-ups if you continued) and finally, manage to beat the game.

It was quite an anger-filled trip, but I still considered the Lion King one of my favorite Genesis games.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

This is a bit embarrassing...

Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase. It wasn't my first game.

The first that made me cry though. >>.

That part with the fucking stupid bridge... GAWWWW.

i think i remember that game... (i have no idea why i was playing it, but i was), and that game was batshit insane with what they expected you to do, especially if it was an actual child playing it.

 

[Suicida1 Midget]

Pokemon Yellow. Got a pikachu, made it past the veridian forest went up agains brock, got raped until my party was lv 12 (train on lv 5 caterpie no less). That was pretty rage inducing having to spend 2-3 hours on such bs. Also rock cave, cause i dont like to use flash. After a while of trying to find my way though it i finally got out of it (without flash) in just four hours. It was just OMG.