This is my first blog and I just kind of wanted to rant about something before I break anything more than the controller that is all over my room.
Games that are frustrating just for the sake of frustration are simply put, bullshit. Game in mind? Meat boy. The game is definitely a good game is most aspects of it, but the level of 'difficulty' ( nonsense ) that it throws at you is simply put, unfair and it frustrates me more because I want to like the game more but because of these instances, I can't.
Now with the little announcement of a Meat Boy coming to wiiware, I decided to check it out again and was immediately reminded as to why I stop playing it in the first place.There are just some 'fuck you' levels that absolutely do not rely on any sort of skill, but only luck. I absolutely despise that, what is the point? It's just feels like they're throwing shit at you just for the sake of throwing something at you because it 'has' to be that difficult. I got to a level (Chapter 3 - Hell: 13. Six Six Six) and I was letting my pride get the best of me by saying to myself 'No matter what, I'm going to beat this level even if gouge my own eyes out', but I couldn't, because what was being thrown at me was just completely ridiculous. It pissed me off because there are quite a few other levels that are difficult by their design, not trying to be difficult for difficulties sake.
I also kept in mind that maybe I just wasn't 'good' enough, but I can't accept that. I'm no top tier gamer and with enough practice I can get through difficult parts in most games, but after trying and trying I couldn't help but think at this point it was just too frustrating and unfairly done that I proceeded to scream profanities and give up on it.
Like I said, I really want to like this game a lot more than I do. But it beat me down and I'm afraid I can't bring myself to try it anymore because I'll probably end burning my house down.
But, I will say there are levels that I do like, the characters are cute and I did have fun playing certain parts of the game.
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WET'S airplane section, and level 11 on hard come to mind recently.
Do you have a USB connector for a 360/PS3 controller? Try using a program called Xpadder and mapping your controller for Meat Boy. It's a SHIT TON easier that way.
Let me know if it's any different.
I agree, it sucks when a game is artificially difficult, you don't feel happy when you've beaten a tough section, just a feeling of "thank fuck its over" and then move or just stop playing.
@Kyo
You're back! <3
Best article ever on fake difficulty
... pretty much what Kyousuke said!
The latest one: the new Bionic Commando. The developers are a bunch of sadistic bastards.
"Hey, let's remove a manual save function then put the save points so far apart that they really piss people off to have to do the same areas over and over and over and over again when they die! Yeah, that's cool!"
The game is gorgeous but that one element makes the game a huge "FUCK YOU!" from the developers. I'll only buy that game used because I refuse to give any additional money to the developers.
The worst part is for me is that there's no learning experience when you fail with games like that. That's what I like about TF2 and COD4: even when you die, you're shown who killed you and how, so you can better prepare yourself.
Yeah, I was using a pad and that definitely did make things easier. But I still couldn't get through the level I mentioned just because it throws so much at you and once you move out into the open, you have to keep moving. Which also tends to even more harder because of how 'loose' the controls are.
Good to see your not dead!
That was actually very well written for a first post, and not a failblog at all.
I read all the Ian Fleming Bond books when I was a kid (and did you know he also wrote Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?)... I'd not heard of a short story collection though... was it a full set of the books?? I still kind of prefer Connery as Bond, though having read the books first, none of the movies really seem to capture the books.
District 9 was awesome!
Halo... the game looks fine, but I have to say I hate the TV ad with the serial-killer about to commit mass murder looking kid - it seems in rather poor taste for a TV ad.
hmmm... must be getting senile in my old age... not sure how the above comment ended up on this blog - thought I was in suitcoatavenger's blog... but I do tend to open multiple windows.
Sorry!!
I read all the Ian Fleming Bond books when I was a kid (and did you know he also wrote Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?)... I'd not heard of a short story collection though... was it a full set of the books?? I still kind of prefer Connery as Bond, though having read the books first, none of the movies really seem to capture the books.
District 9 was awesome!
Halo... the game looks fine, but I have to say I hate the TV ad with the serial-killer about to commit mass murder looking kid - it seems in rather poor taste for a TV ad.
ok... it happened again... and this time I was DEFINITELY in suitcoatavenger's blog... but two "add comment" sections were showing and I used the one for "be first to add comment"... this time I'll use the second comment section and see if I still end up over here.
Very odd... but will experiment a bit and if this is consistent I'll report it as a glitch.
Seriously, isn't We Are ODST incredible?
"We are ODST" is very cool.
WOAH. I JUST TELEPORTED. AWESOME.