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Community => General Discussion => Topic started by: Pugnate on Tuesday, February 19, 2008, 12:44:05 PM
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http://www.cracked.com/article_15902_15-most-annoying-video-game-characters-from-otherwise-great-games.html
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I agree about baby Mario, Navi and maybe even Mr Resetti. The rest seems like whining for its own sake. Except maybe comeback AI, even though that doesn't fit the category of the list. If it does fit, then I want to add any enemy in an RPG that is 10 times stronger than any boss in the game, who just pops out of nowhere, unexpected, and for no reason other than to piss you off so bad you want to break the game disc while it's still inside the console. Disma in FF XII prompted that comment. That game has gotten stupidly difficult.
Why does he annoy me? Because he represents the same philosophy as the comeback AI. No matter how much work you put into leveling up your characters, outfitting them, and learning to use them effectively, the game takes away all semblance of accomplishment by throwing something at you that makes you feel like a dolt. It proves to you that it is in control, not you, that it rules and you are just a guest in its domain. It lays you bare and laughs at you.
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Slippy: Noooooooooo
Me: Yesssssss
Also, I hate that fucking fairy more than anything in the world.
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Lol. That is a pretty good list, in my opinion.
And Comeback AI BLOWS
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I followed the link to the 10 most stupidly hard old-school games of all time too. That was a good list too, but I didn't agree with the selection of Battletoads for #1.
And while TMNT was butt-ass hard, I did beat it once.
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WHO SAYS YOU CAN COME IN HERE AND MAKE FACES?
The only one I can really agree with, is WAAAAHLUIGI.
I FREAKIN' HATE THAT SONOFABITCH in Mario Tennis.
The rest I've actually never experienced heh.
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I can agree 100% on the Duckhunt dog. I remember playing it on the NES when I was like 10, and that fucking dog made me want to punch the shit out of stuff. I hated videgames for like 6-7 years after he finally got me to snap.
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I agree that comeback AI isn't a character, but nothing has ever propelled me into an episode of controller flinging rage like when that would happen on Rainbow Road in the first Mario Kart.
Also, I can't possibly count how many times I've tried to shoot that stupid dog in Duck Hunt for laughing at me.
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I agree that comeback AI isn't a character, but nothing has ever propelled me into an episode of controller flinging rage like when that would happen on Rainbow Road in the first Mario Kart.
Also, I can't possibly count how many times I've tried to shoot that stupid dog in Duck Hunt for laughing at me.
Yeah, in most racing games it got really frustrating.
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While a lot of racing games have catch-up AI, they also have slow-down AI that helps you stay in the race if you aren't doing well. Just thought I'd point that out.
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I think every arcade racer ever made has some combination of the two. About all you can hope for is that it isn't extreme.
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Mario Kart's was REALLY bad.
I remember I would race ridiculously slowly on the first 1-2 laps, depending on the course. Then I would actually race hard on the 3rd lap. It was the most reliable way to win, especially on the harder courses. Rainbow Road I would actually race and win fairly reliably, but every other course it was too difficult and you would have to seriously run perfect races and constantly keep them from overtaking you to win.
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Once I learned how to powerslide well I don't think that I ever lost a MarioKart race against the computer. The boost that you get from the red eee's made up for the advatage that they got.
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Yeah you guys suck. Mario Kart was easy.
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Yeah, I remember it being terrible in Mario Kart for a while, but then I got used to the tricks and that game was easy as hell.