03-23-2015, 10:31 AM
Hold on, this isn't quite what you think.
Almost all games have some sort of difficulty. It can vary from fight mechanics to tricky jumps to button-reading AIs. Something to keep your journey to the "end" of the game from being effortless.
However, has there ever been a time that it seemed like a game was... actively working against you? Either actual or perceived, it seemed like the game had somehow gained some sort of sentience and was actively trying to ruin your day. That super-hard enemy popping up in a random battle when you're trying to run to the save point, the boss chaining into an inescapable combo, even just a Goomba being right where you didn't need it.
FFXIV actually gives me this feeling sometimes, oddly enough. The perceived spite and hatred. Especially in WoD - when running for NIN and tank gear respectively for Chachan in it, it ALL drops on Gogon. Like, straight up, I had a WoD on him where every drop was NIN gear save for Cloud. On Chachan? MNK and DRG gear.
And, of course, there's all the 80% chance failures and normal-quality items crafted despite being at 96% quality.
To move away from it, though, I'll mention the game that got me thinking about making this thread in the first place: Dokapon Kingdom. Now there's a game that seems to openly hate you, especially if you're playing with the AIs. If you ever play it, I warn you now, the computer cheats like crazy. You have no idea how many perfect rolls the computer got when playing on Friday night.
... I think the only thing that helped bring down the one AI was the OTHER AI.
But anyway, anyone else have situations where it just seemed like the game they were playing was actively against them?
Almost all games have some sort of difficulty. It can vary from fight mechanics to tricky jumps to button-reading AIs. Something to keep your journey to the "end" of the game from being effortless.
However, has there ever been a time that it seemed like a game was... actively working against you? Either actual or perceived, it seemed like the game had somehow gained some sort of sentience and was actively trying to ruin your day. That super-hard enemy popping up in a random battle when you're trying to run to the save point, the boss chaining into an inescapable combo, even just a Goomba being right where you didn't need it.
FFXIV actually gives me this feeling sometimes, oddly enough. The perceived spite and hatred. Especially in WoD - when running for NIN and tank gear respectively for Chachan in it, it ALL drops on Gogon. Like, straight up, I had a WoD on him where every drop was NIN gear save for Cloud. On Chachan? MNK and DRG gear.
And, of course, there's all the 80% chance failures and normal-quality items crafted despite being at 96% quality.
To move away from it, though, I'll mention the game that got me thinking about making this thread in the first place: Dokapon Kingdom. Now there's a game that seems to openly hate you, especially if you're playing with the AIs. If you ever play it, I warn you now, the computer cheats like crazy. You have no idea how many perfect rolls the computer got when playing on Friday night.
... I think the only thing that helped bring down the one AI was the OTHER AI.
But anyway, anyone else have situations where it just seemed like the game they were playing was actively against them?
Always trampling me when I'm trying to honk out a song or something, or when I'm trying to chug a potion. I'm not a threat, I promise!!!!![[Image: 3779451_o.gif]](http://gifsoup.com/webroot/animatedgifs7/3779451_o.gif)