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12 Great Games with Dreadful Moments on all platforms.

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"It's a fact; no game is perfect. Each and every game has some flaw, some issue, whether it's a game breaking bug, a poor development choice or something else. AAA games with top reviews are no exception.

Here are 12 great games on All Platforms listing some of their flaws that some gamers might not notice but that others would find annoying. These issues may even have made some gamers put the controller down in total frustration and simply walk away from the game altogether.

This Top 12 List will focus on key moments that gave me and other gamers trouble, frustration and general annoyance."

BadCircuit5623d ago

Some of the games in there are surprises. I have the worst moments when a game is repetitive in its level design or its environment is all the same. Variety is what I like in a game.

gaminoz5623d ago

Too right. I like diversity to explore too.

ReservoirDog3165623d ago

I think most are justifiable. I hated a lot of those points.

The Library was just unbelievable. I still don't know how I found my way through that. Wouldn't have made it without that shotgun.

And The Water Temple. Oh The Water Temple. I had a strategy guide playing that and it still took forever.

smittyjerkins5623d ago (Edited 5623d ago )

Even though the water temple in Ocarina of Time is always picked on for being a massive and confusing trudge, it had shadow link, which imo completely justified everything. The fight vs shadow link is one of the coolest and most entertaining boss battles in the game (he jumps onto your sword! can u say badass!) and the reward for beating him is the long shot, it makes everything worth it.

Darkstorn5623d ago

Pretty good list, except that I actually didn't have a problem with Alma in Ninja Gaiden. In fact, I beat her on my second try. I was playing Sigma, though, so it may have been tweaked. Even so, I don't see what all the fuss is about.

Darkstorn5623d ago

@1.0-
I loved how MGS4 changed EVERYTHING for the ending battle. I won't spoil anything, but it was pure BRILLIANCE!

ico925623d ago

does anyone here get that feeling when you replay a game you really like but theres this one part of it that i dread yep the water temple in ocarina of time is one part i seriously hate it was such a chore

nbsmatambo5623d ago

the God of War part he mentioned wasnt that bad lol, extra incentive was that u get a trophy wen u complete it without losing health =]

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gaminoz5623d ago

The Halo Library example or any of the others that use 'un'fun methods to pad out their games really annoy me. A game should not be 4 hours, but a game should not pad itself out just to say it is longer.

Godem5623d ago

God of War 1... AGREED!!!!! RAAAAAAGGGGE!

I just had pleasure of replaying through the God of War Collection on the PS3 last week and had to endure countless attempts of beating that BLOODY HORRIBLE TOWER/WALL.... seriously made me want to scream.

Kudos on the interesting 'top 10' list

gaminoz5623d ago

Nothing worse than getting to a part of the game (often the end) and have to repeat over and over and over.

Parapraxis5623d ago

It only took me a few tries to get past that part in GOW 1 and when I did, boy did it feel good.
I love games with challenge.
Demon's Souls has been fantastic thus far and often punishes you and has many challenges.
I think Vasari's Palace (KZ2)should have been on that list LOL. That level kicked my ass many times =D

LordMarius5623d ago

what a noob, it just takes patience,

didnt die on my first try

No FanS Land5623d ago

this part of the game is lame, but not prince of persia lame. insands of time when at the end of the game you happen to not have the dagger, the prince strangely begins the most difficult wall climbimng part I've ever met. I mean, one single error and you die. Not only this but this is repeated in Warrior Within, the moment you become the sandman, the game gets way harder than normal.

El_Colombiano5623d ago

I remember that being hell to do, but I just did it again in the Collection on my third try, not hard.

ReservoirDog3165623d ago

Oh God! I haven't thought of that in a long time. That was just impossible. That probably was one of the hardest platforming sections of any game ever.

Kakihara5623d ago

I actually got past that Hades tower part easily, I got knocked off two or three times but never when I was near the top so I didn't get frustrated at all. Strangely though I got really frustrated with the horizontal ones you have to walk across. I kept dying on those. I love the God of war games but I think they're both full of frustrating moments.

bnaked5622d ago

lol, after 1000 tries for the first tower, there was another one but harder.. I just thought: "DAMN!"

raWfodog5622d ago

...it wasn't supposed to be easy or enjoyable :)

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GamerPS3605623d ago

demons souls sould be on that list. If you don't play slow, then you will be sitting on first stage forever.

rakunado5623d ago

I have to agree with most of them.

God of War 1's tower and Halo's library really took a helluva lot out of me back then. However the last game that made me throw a controller across the room was Ridge Racer 1 on PS1, trying to get the devil and angel cars. I can still feel the anger... gargh!

Most recent frustration for me would probably have been little big planet's wheel of death(the one where you had to jump the lightning blocks), but honestly i didn't try that many times, i just put the game down for a month and came back later and passed it on first try. :D Games nowadays are pretty much toned down, and much easier than say 8bit Nes Contra when you faced red falcon even with the 30 life cheat... urgh!

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Ex-PlayStation Boss Shuhei Yoshida Pushed for God of War Reboot Delay

Former PlayStation Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida saw God of War as a "problem" when he first played it, and advocated for its delay.

gold_drake21d ago

yea, its also mentioned in the documentary they did about it.

isarai21d ago

Ye, it just wasn't up to their standards, nothing wrong with that imo

Goodguy0121d ago

And it became one of my most favorite games of all time and I still like it more than the sequel.

goken21d ago

Well if a game/movie/project needs fixing, especially something with the legacy that god of war does. Delay and fix it, don’t ruin the legacy by releasing crap.

Babadook720d ago

Way to go.

Like Miyamoto famously said.

“A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad.”

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Thank You for 20 Years of God of War - A Tribute to Kratos

Playstation - "Join us in celebrating God of War’s 20th anniversary by looking back at the incredible journey Kratos has taken throughout the last two decades.

On behalf of everyone at Santa Monica Studio, we’d like to thank all of the fans who have supported us over the years. You are the ones who have made it possible for God of War to reach this milestone and we’re more grateful than we can ever express that you’ve given us the chance to keep creating.

Dandalandan11736d ago

Where's the remaster/port of the Greek Saga?

micdagoat1936d ago

On PS3? they "remaster" games that are barely 5 years old. We can't even play the ones from PS3 natively right now on a PS5

micdagoat1936d ago

Sony has been so quiet about that its annoying. I have no idea why they wouldn't

spicelicka36d ago

As much as I love the new God of war saga, I really miss the scale and epic set pieces of the OG games :/

SonyStyled36d ago

Thank you Mr. Jaffe. Few franchises stay relevant for 20 years. Thank you Stig, and Corey too

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Rumor: A New Greek God Of War Side-Story Is Coming, Separate From Mainline Games

A new God of War title set featuring a side-story that is set in the Greek mythology is allegedly set for release later this year.

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-Foxtrot38d ago

I feel any more adventures in Greece would just feel forced in, even Ascension felt shoehorned in when it released.

I think the only story they could really do is his journey North after the end of GoW 3, how he survived and in the end how he met Faye.

Cacabunga38d ago (Edited 38d ago )

Ascension is one of the most underrated titles and technically very impressive, i wish they made a remaster of it.
Imo there is s lot to tell still if they do it right. The chain of Olympus episode proved that also

I can’t wait for a side story going back to the roots.

Michiel198937d ago

the multiplayer of that game was actually surprisingly fun, although a bit undercooked since there wasn't much to play for, for a longer period but the gameplay itself was actually kinda cool.

xHeavYx37d ago

I'm gonna be honest, while I do like the newer games, I miss the level of aggression and the giant bosses from the original games. Yeah Kratos evolved and all that, and that's great, but I'd love a spinoff series where they go back to what made the original games so great.

spicelicka37d ago

Ascension is 12 years and 2 generations old. I don't see how anyone wouldn't want to see a current-gen GOW experience in Greek mythology. The only condition would be that they do it in with the classic style of the original games, with a pissed as sociopathic Kratos, epic set pieces and enormous bosses. Can't imagine how crazy a Poseidon type fight would look on PS5.

-Foxtrot37d ago

It doesn’t matter how long it's been...my point is they've told so many stories that adding any more just sounds like "OH AND ONE MORE THING..."

Vits38d ago

I don't trust the current developer to do anything with the Greek God of War. Hopefully, this is more of a spinoff, perhaps a third-party perspective on the events of that saga or something else entirely unrelated.

pwnmaster300038d ago

What’s wrong with the current devs? They killed it with the new ones.
Not calling you out, honestly just curious what’s your take.

Vits38d ago

Nothing is wrong with the current devs when it comes to the current GoW and Kratos. But the issue is that now there are three different characters named Kratos. The first is the original—angry, unreasonable, but also tragic. He had a mission and a clear purpose. Then there’s the new Kratos, who’s older and wiser, but honestly, he feels more like a completely different character than an evolution of the original. And then there’s the flanderized version of the original we see through Valhalla, which is basically there so the devs can say, 'See? Look how much Kratos has grown! Look how terrible he was and how much deeper ours is.'

That’s the fear with the new Greek Saga game from those devs. Instead of the original Kratos, we’d likely get this new take on the older version of him, a character seen through the lens of the current Kratos and, by extension, the current devs. Basically, it’s a disservice to the original series.

So, if it’s true that we’ll be getting a new game set in that era, I hope it’s either something unrelated to the original series or far enough removed to be easy to ignore. Or, at the very least, from devs who want to add to the original mythos rather than those who time and time again try to distance themselves from it.

Eonjay37d ago

@Vits

I totally disagree. The new Kratos would not be who he is now if not for his former self. Character development is not a bad thing. You say 'Then there’s the new Kratos, who’s older and wiser, but honestly, he feels more like a completely different character than an evolution of the original'...you underestimate people's abilty to mature and change. You don't seem to understand that the new series was a second chance for Kratos and he took it. There is nothing unusual or specal about having the capacity to learn and grow. I have grown and changed since I joined N4G back in 2013. How would it be possible for someone to not change over a millennia? That doesn't make sense and the idea that this is a padantic jab at the original fan base is mindblowingly immature and basic.

This idea that gamers are a bunch of basic unchanging protectionists drunk on our nostalgia of former glory is childish and incorrect. GOW 3 is one of my favoirte games of all time and that does not stop me from enjoying the new games. I quite thankful that they gave us something different to enjoy.

neutralgamer199237d ago (Edited 37d ago )

God of war was awesome need more boss fights but ragnork just felt rushed especially the last 25%. You hear so much of what will happen only for it to happen in the background. The last 25% just needed more development time and there felt like quite a lot of cut content. It went from a trilogy to 2 games so just imagine how much had to be cut

You are building go this event that everyone talks about and end of times is coming and I just wish Kratos was more involved in it's outcome.

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Vits36d ago

@Eonjay

No, I perfectly understand that. But if you actually followed your own advice and stopped being the childish fanboy you always portray yourself as, you would have seen that I clearly said there is absolutely nothing wrong with the character in the context of the new series. Try reading instead of just reacting.

And you're really out here comparing yourself to the character? Come on. You have not grown at all. You have always been this little fanboy who runs to defend a console or series you claim to like. Because let's be real, someone as terminally online as you probably does not even play anything. The second it gets "attacked," you jump in like it is your life’s mission. But yeah, the people with actual opinions are the immature ones. Sure.

And of course, GoW 3 is a "favorite" of yours. Because that totally adds something to the conversation. Just like saying "gamers don’t like change." Try actually paying attention to what you read. The issue is not change. The issue is context and how it is portrayed. But I get it, that is probably too much to grasp when your whole personality is just defending a console brand for no reason.

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jznrpg38d ago

I’ll take it. More games the better

robtion37d ago

Yes but only if they're good. We don't need to see more classic franchises ruined by sub par developers.

The_Blue38d ago

They definitely are saving that for different times.

chicken_in_the_corn38d ago

The backlash to this will be incredible. Saints Row all over again.

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