Fuck action elements in adventure games

[tuluse]

Fuck the highway

Fuck the mine roads

Fuck this guy

Fuck this guy twice for pushing that button

Fuck

 

[Aeschylus]

You think that's bad, try this one:

Or this one:

 

[SCO]

The horror

 

[Crane]

The horror

I've heard that the king of chicago is a good game, but the action sequences are so fucking terrible that every time I try to play it, I get frustrated and quit. That bomb throwing sequence is the worst.

 

[Infinitron]

 

[evdk]

 

[DraQ]

Hi guise.

Wat's going on in dis thread?

Spoiler

 

[abnaxus]

 

[Keshik]

 

[evdk]

I thought about posting that, but those point'n'click shooting parts were hardly as irritating and mood breaking as the rest of the examples in this thread (you mostly use the gun to solve puzzles, also doesn't shooting the rat on that bridge collapse the whole thing into the toxic sludge, killing you?)

 

[Keshik]

Hm, fair enough. Was probably the adventure game action moment I hate the most out of any I've played. Full Throttle's wasn't that bad, makes sense to go beat people up. Trying to knock out the Cavefish can be bloody annoying though.

 

[SCO]

I've heard that the king of chicago is a good game, but the action sequences are so fucking terrible that every time I try to play it, I get frustrated and quit. That bomb throwing sequence is the worst.

It really is nothing compared to this, but at least that isn't a fucking adventure/sim.



that fucking baby cart

 

[tuluse]

Hm, fair enough. Was probably the adventure game action moment I hate the most out of any I've played. Full Throttle's wasn't that bad, makes sense to go beat people up. Trying to knock out the Cavefish can be bloody annoying though.

It wasn't really about the badness of it, but the actual gameplay was inconsistent with the puzzle solving. I found it really difficult to switch my brain from quick reaction mode to thoughtful puzzle solving mode. Took me right out of the game.

I ended up looking up hints for two of the puzzles after doing this for a while because my brain just went to mush. 'Course if this was 1995 and I was 8, I would have just stuck it out until I figured it out, but still.

 

[Zarniwoop]

Fuck the highway

Fuck the mine roads

Fuck this guy

Fuck this guy twice for pushing that button

Fuck

You do know you can just press a keyboard shortcut to insta-win those fights, right? I think it's ctrl+w

 

[jfrisby]

 

[groke]

That scaler is disgusting.

This is the moment adventure games died for me:


Well, actually, the moment it died is probably died 5 minutes into the game at the start of the first block-pushing puzzle.

edit:

image

What game is this from?

 

[Declinator]

Fuck the highway

Fuck the mine roads

Are you forgetting the other action part of the game:

I thought that the destruction derby part was much more annoying and in fact I kind of enjoyed that motorcycle part.

 

[grudgebringer]

and the winner is

Spoiler

 

[Cool name]

image

What game is this from?

Rise of the Dragon.

 

[abnaxus]

At least in Heart of China you can skip the action sequence at the end.

 

[Awor Szurkrarz]

You think that's bad, try this one:

Or this one:

Is this Infiltrator?

 

[Infinitron]

 

[evdk]

You only play this minigame if you pick the "I want action" path. Normal people pick either puzzles or teamwork.

Infinitron Is that Gemini Rue?

 

[Coriolanus]

The submarine level in Ace Ventura where you had to dodge toilet paper and other shit (6 min 50 sec in the video)... don't ask me why I played this game.

Spoiler

I was a kid and had no other game to play.

 

[Infinitron]

Infinitron Is that Gemini Rue?

Hell no. I'll give you a hint though, it's related to an upcoming game.