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Recently I seem to have been suffering from a nasty case of PMS: Playstation Mentalhead Sydrome. Every time I turn my PS2 on, there is a definite risk of inducing one of these attacks. Certain games make me angry, some make me cry and some make me headbutt coathooks. Back in my Ninteens I used to find games calming and relaxing. But once again I find that my Zen is falling ill. My only hope is to rebuild my confidence by investing in games made for small children, then I might be alright at them, yes, Scooby-Doo's Maths Learning Adventure episode 2 sounds distinctly appealing at this low point in my gaming career.
Take my recent claim of Virtua Fighter 4 as an example. Fighting games are usually my speciality: I was genetically spliced with Ryu from Street Fighter 2... I was born to whoop rses... I am One with the Arcade Stick. But for some reason, 1 in 3 times I play the game, I fall to a wretched, pathetic heap on the floor within seconds. After about a week I was happy to play the game for hours, providing I used Shun Di, the drunken old man... I studied the moves, and engaged my karma, and drank a strong clear cider (with a hint of Ribena) to enhance the experience. But as all the moves for the characters are completely different, and many in number, and hard in execution, and impossible in perfection, I was totally overwhelmed by the scale of it. The ensuing problem is: girls and elderly relatives beat me with random button tapping (those ol' psychological games again)... and in fighting games, my pledge of honour forbids me from falling to that level, so I get thrashed 9 times out of 10. This has actually made me cry on one occasion (I had to leave the room, pretending my 'hay-fever' must be kicking in)
-->It's not fair and it makes me go 'Grr'
Another example is the rightly acclaimed Pro Evo Soccer. First, I better say I do appreciate how good this game is to any devout PES net-crusader who was about to interject with a Pro-Pro Evo speech. BUT it is quite hard. Ahem. Uffing impossible. To be honest, I've always been pretty rubbish at football games apart from Sensible Soccer and other simplistic attempts. And I just don't know quite why I'm so bad at this particular game, but it makes me feel completely inadequate. I see everyone else loving this game, and I kinda pretend to like it, but at the end of the day, I've scored one goal in about 50 games. That really does give me a huge inferiority complex, not even compensated by my real lfe Beckham-like skills.
-->It's not fair and it makes me go 'Grr'
But this is just the tip of the iceberg of games that make me go 'Grr'. Some have a far bigger impact on my 'Grr' glands. These are the games that get inside your head and gradually seep into the deepest cavities of your grey matter until you reach an almost dream-like state... Which one's the game, and which one's real life? Then I get annoyed when I remember I can't do the things that I take for granted in video games... and I go 'Grr'.
For instance, GTA3 is a prime culprit. Sat in a traffic jam, in a crap car, bored. Then there's that moment when I think, Oh, I'll just nip over to that Merc, steal it and drive down through Oxford Circus Underground station. But you can't really do that. So I continue sitting in a traffic jam, in a crap car, bored.
-->It's not fair and it makes me go 'Grr'
Even more perturbing situations have arisen. My fondness for State of Emergency has brought on sinister daydreams when fighting through annoying middle age women in supermarkets. As soon as a little trolley rage kicks in, triggered perhaps by an annoying middle age woman with her trolley firmly wedged across the aisle, jammed in with her fat-self as she examines the bar code on a fat cake, SoE dreams flutter by. I could take that can of Right Guard, that lighter, and burn the annoying middle aged woman. I could go to the deli counter, to the bacon slicer... you know the rest. But NO, of course not. Instead you have to walk round the other way.
-->It's not fair and it makes me go 'Grr'
...In my next exciting installment: 'When Gaming Makes You Go 'Niiiice''
Take my recent claim of Virtua Fighter 4 as an example. Fighting games are usually my speciality: I was genetically spliced with Ryu from Street Fighter 2... I was born to whoop rses... I am One with the Arcade Stick. But for some reason, 1 in 3 times I play the game, I fall to a wretched, pathetic heap on the floor within seconds. After about a week I was happy to play the game for hours, providing I used Shun Di, the drunken old man... I studied the moves, and engaged my karma, and drank a strong clear cider (with a hint of Ribena) to enhance the experience. But as all the moves for the characters are completely different, and many in number, and hard in execution, and impossible in perfection, I was totally overwhelmed by the scale of it. The ensuing problem is: girls and elderly relatives beat me with random button tapping (those ol' psychological games again)... and in fighting games, my pledge of honour forbids me from falling to that level, so I get thrashed 9 times out of 10. This has actually made me cry on one occasion (I had to leave the room, pretending my 'hay-fever' must be kicking in)
-->It's not fair and it makes me go 'Grr'
Another example is the rightly acclaimed Pro Evo Soccer. First, I better say I do appreciate how good this game is to any devout PES net-crusader who was about to interject with a Pro-Pro Evo speech. BUT it is quite hard. Ahem. Uffing impossible. To be honest, I've always been pretty rubbish at football games apart from Sensible Soccer and other simplistic attempts. And I just don't know quite why I'm so bad at this particular game, but it makes me feel completely inadequate. I see everyone else loving this game, and I kinda pretend to like it, but at the end of the day, I've scored one goal in about 50 games. That really does give me a huge inferiority complex, not even compensated by my real lfe Beckham-like skills.
-->It's not fair and it makes me go 'Grr'
But this is just the tip of the iceberg of games that make me go 'Grr'. Some have a far bigger impact on my 'Grr' glands. These are the games that get inside your head and gradually seep into the deepest cavities of your grey matter until you reach an almost dream-like state... Which one's the game, and which one's real life? Then I get annoyed when I remember I can't do the things that I take for granted in video games... and I go 'Grr'.
For instance, GTA3 is a prime culprit. Sat in a traffic jam, in a crap car, bored. Then there's that moment when I think, Oh, I'll just nip over to that Merc, steal it and drive down through Oxford Circus Underground station. But you can't really do that. So I continue sitting in a traffic jam, in a crap car, bored.
-->It's not fair and it makes me go 'Grr'
Even more perturbing situations have arisen. My fondness for State of Emergency has brought on sinister daydreams when fighting through annoying middle age women in supermarkets. As soon as a little trolley rage kicks in, triggered perhaps by an annoying middle age woman with her trolley firmly wedged across the aisle, jammed in with her fat-self as she examines the bar code on a fat cake, SoE dreams flutter by. I could take that can of Right Guard, that lighter, and burn the annoying middle aged woman. I could go to the deli counter, to the bacon slicer... you know the rest. But NO, of course not. Instead you have to walk round the other way.
-->It's not fair and it makes me go 'Grr'
...In my next exciting installment: 'When Gaming Makes You Go 'Niiiice''
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
Sorry.
Sorry.
Gaming Grr?
Two words for you.
Mario Kart.
I nearly broke my SNES so many times with that game
Two words for you.
Mario Kart.
I nearly broke my SNES so many times with that game
illzen wrote:
> Indeed, annoying cameras make me go 'Grr' too... but not as much as
> 'night-time' cameras. I'm talking specifically about the first level
> of Thief 2... it's pitch black... you can't see where you're going.
> It's not clever, it's not challenging, it's just annoying. Grr.
That’s the whole point of the game, to conceal yourself in the shadows so you can't be seen or found. I thought the whole dark thing was extremely challenging and adds more to strategy rather than all out action. Bloody good game as well thief 2.
The one thing that makes me go grr when playing games is when I'm playing a game in which you can't save mid-mission. The developers must think this challenges you, but after the fifth time dieing and having to restart the level, you soon get annoyed.
> Indeed, annoying cameras make me go 'Grr' too... but not as much as
> 'night-time' cameras. I'm talking specifically about the first level
> of Thief 2... it's pitch black... you can't see where you're going.
> It's not clever, it's not challenging, it's just annoying. Grr.
That’s the whole point of the game, to conceal yourself in the shadows so you can't be seen or found. I thought the whole dark thing was extremely challenging and adds more to strategy rather than all out action. Bloody good game as well thief 2.
The one thing that makes me go grr when playing games is when I'm playing a game in which you can't save mid-mission. The developers must think this challenges you, but after the fifth time dieing and having to restart the level, you soon get annoyed.
Wave race make me go GRRRR! muh! spaker! as my character get wet *go's off and drowns in tears*
slik ~_~
slik ~_~
One thing that makes me go grrr: Battle of endor on rogue leader.
GRRRRRRRR!!!!!
GRRRRRRRR!!!!!
Tony_Blair wrote:
> Sonic adventure 2 battle!! grrr the camera is soo annoying!??
Indeed, annoying cameras make me go 'Grr' too... but not as much as 'night-time' cameras. I'm talking specifically about the first level of Thief 2... it's pitch black... you can't see where you're going. It's not clever, it's not challenging, it's just annoying. Grr.
> Sonic adventure 2 battle!! grrr the camera is soo annoying!??
Indeed, annoying cameras make me go 'Grr' too... but not as much as 'night-time' cameras. I'm talking specifically about the first level of Thief 2... it's pitch black... you can't see where you're going. It's not clever, it's not challenging, it's just annoying. Grr.
Sonic adventure 2 battle!! grrr the camera is soo annoying!??
Grrrrrrrr! Nice post!
Recently I seem to have been suffering from a nasty case of PMS: Playstation Mentalhead Sydrome. Every time I turn my PS2 on, there is a definite risk of inducing one of these attacks. Certain games make me angry, some make me cry and some make me headbutt coathooks. Back in my Ninteens I used to find games calming and relaxing. But once again I find that my Zen is falling ill. My only hope is to rebuild my confidence by investing in games made for small children, then I might be alright at them, yes, Scooby-Doo's Maths Learning Adventure episode 2 sounds distinctly appealing at this low point in my gaming career.
Take my recent claim of Virtua Fighter 4 as an example. Fighting games are usually my speciality: I was genetically spliced with Ryu from Street Fighter 2... I was born to whoop rses... I am One with the Arcade Stick. But for some reason, 1 in 3 times I play the game, I fall to a wretched, pathetic heap on the floor within seconds. After about a week I was happy to play the game for hours, providing I used Shun Di, the drunken old man... I studied the moves, and engaged my karma, and drank a strong clear cider (with a hint of Ribena) to enhance the experience. But as all the moves for the characters are completely different, and many in number, and hard in execution, and impossible in perfection, I was totally overwhelmed by the scale of it. The ensuing problem is: girls and elderly relatives beat me with random button tapping (those ol' psychological games again)... and in fighting games, my pledge of honour forbids me from falling to that level, so I get thrashed 9 times out of 10. This has actually made me cry on one occasion (I had to leave the room, pretending my 'hay-fever' must be kicking in)
-->It's not fair and it makes me go 'Grr'
Another example is the rightly acclaimed Pro Evo Soccer. First, I better say I do appreciate how good this game is to any devout PES net-crusader who was about to interject with a Pro-Pro Evo speech. BUT it is quite hard. Ahem. Uffing impossible. To be honest, I've always been pretty rubbish at football games apart from Sensible Soccer and other simplistic attempts. And I just don't know quite why I'm so bad at this particular game, but it makes me feel completely inadequate. I see everyone else loving this game, and I kinda pretend to like it, but at the end of the day, I've scored one goal in about 50 games. That really does give me a huge inferiority complex, not even compensated by my real lfe Beckham-like skills.
-->It's not fair and it makes me go 'Grr'
But this is just the tip of the iceberg of games that make me go 'Grr'. Some have a far bigger impact on my 'Grr' glands. These are the games that get inside your head and gradually seep into the deepest cavities of your grey matter until you reach an almost dream-like state... Which one's the game, and which one's real life? Then I get annoyed when I remember I can't do the things that I take for granted in video games... and I go 'Grr'.
For instance, GTA3 is a prime culprit. Sat in a traffic jam, in a crap car, bored. Then there's that moment when I think, Oh, I'll just nip over to that Merc, steal it and drive down through Oxford Circus Underground station. But you can't really do that. So I continue sitting in a traffic jam, in a crap car, bored.
-->It's not fair and it makes me go 'Grr'
Even more perturbing situations have arisen. My fondness for State of Emergency has brought on sinister daydreams when fighting through annoying middle age women in supermarkets. As soon as a little trolley rage kicks in, triggered perhaps by an annoying middle age woman with her trolley firmly wedged across the aisle, jammed in with her fat-self as she examines the bar code on a fat cake, SoE dreams flutter by. I could take that can of Right Guard, that lighter, and burn the annoying middle aged woman. I could go to the deli counter, to the bacon slicer... you know the rest. But NO, of course not. Instead you have to walk round the other way.
-->It's not fair and it makes me go 'Grr'
...In my next exciting installment: 'When Gaming Makes You Go 'Niiiice''
Take my recent claim of Virtua Fighter 4 as an example. Fighting games are usually my speciality: I was genetically spliced with Ryu from Street Fighter 2... I was born to whoop rses... I am One with the Arcade Stick. But for some reason, 1 in 3 times I play the game, I fall to a wretched, pathetic heap on the floor within seconds. After about a week I was happy to play the game for hours, providing I used Shun Di, the drunken old man... I studied the moves, and engaged my karma, and drank a strong clear cider (with a hint of Ribena) to enhance the experience. But as all the moves for the characters are completely different, and many in number, and hard in execution, and impossible in perfection, I was totally overwhelmed by the scale of it. The ensuing problem is: girls and elderly relatives beat me with random button tapping (those ol' psychological games again)... and in fighting games, my pledge of honour forbids me from falling to that level, so I get thrashed 9 times out of 10. This has actually made me cry on one occasion (I had to leave the room, pretending my 'hay-fever' must be kicking in)
-->It's not fair and it makes me go 'Grr'
Another example is the rightly acclaimed Pro Evo Soccer. First, I better say I do appreciate how good this game is to any devout PES net-crusader who was about to interject with a Pro-Pro Evo speech. BUT it is quite hard. Ahem. Uffing impossible. To be honest, I've always been pretty rubbish at football games apart from Sensible Soccer and other simplistic attempts. And I just don't know quite why I'm so bad at this particular game, but it makes me feel completely inadequate. I see everyone else loving this game, and I kinda pretend to like it, but at the end of the day, I've scored one goal in about 50 games. That really does give me a huge inferiority complex, not even compensated by my real lfe Beckham-like skills.
-->It's not fair and it makes me go 'Grr'
But this is just the tip of the iceberg of games that make me go 'Grr'. Some have a far bigger impact on my 'Grr' glands. These are the games that get inside your head and gradually seep into the deepest cavities of your grey matter until you reach an almost dream-like state... Which one's the game, and which one's real life? Then I get annoyed when I remember I can't do the things that I take for granted in video games... and I go 'Grr'.
For instance, GTA3 is a prime culprit. Sat in a traffic jam, in a crap car, bored. Then there's that moment when I think, Oh, I'll just nip over to that Merc, steal it and drive down through Oxford Circus Underground station. But you can't really do that. So I continue sitting in a traffic jam, in a crap car, bored.
-->It's not fair and it makes me go 'Grr'
Even more perturbing situations have arisen. My fondness for State of Emergency has brought on sinister daydreams when fighting through annoying middle age women in supermarkets. As soon as a little trolley rage kicks in, triggered perhaps by an annoying middle age woman with her trolley firmly wedged across the aisle, jammed in with her fat-self as she examines the bar code on a fat cake, SoE dreams flutter by. I could take that can of Right Guard, that lighter, and burn the annoying middle aged woman. I could go to the deli counter, to the bacon slicer... you know the rest. But NO, of course not. Instead you have to walk round the other way.
-->It's not fair and it makes me go 'Grr'
...In my next exciting installment: 'When Gaming Makes You Go 'Niiiice''