Drew Linky wrote:

Doddsino wrote: Also I did this twice, because I triggered a glitch in the Twilight Temple that doesn't allow me to go any further. And Nintendo FAILS to acknowledge despite that I explained it to them. Yeah, that's a game killer. I remember you complaining about it last year, and I did some research; no solution to it exists as of now. So you got fucked by the bear (or twilight beast) on that one.

Pretty much, I'd like to see someone else try this only to prove me right, I'm not the kind of person to call someone out on it, but it's a major glitch (not as big as the other two, but still annoying). I hate that Loach though, I mean I have less difficulty going through the Cave of Ordeals without getting hit once than the Loach.

Oh and while not really hard, Super Mario Galaxy 2 is frustrating to the point where I can only play in very small intervals.

Agreed Drew. One thing I hate is there is just WAY too many timed challenges. And I know that a lot of the earliest games had a time limit, but they didn't force you to be RUSHED. That is the difference between now and then, the only reason a lot of the older games had timers was to keep you moving and to keep you away from just racking up points, timers nowadays are used to challenge you to be on your toes the entire time, and it's not fun. I just made an attempt at SMG2 where you have to break 10,000 points by jumping on these things heads and getting combos and such, while not impossible (I literally got 9900 once, because some fucker hit me at the last second) it pisses me off because it rushes me. That's about a 3rd of this game; rush, rush, rush...hurry hurry...the time clock is ticking. I'm about 2 seconds away from getting rid of this game.

I disagree Andrew...and here's why;

You might feel that Sunshine's courses weren't memorable and varied but they were far more varied in that game than in any other. Why? Look at any fucking Mario game, you have a desert, icy, volcano, jungle, etc. etc. It's the same fucking shit. Hell, they even play the same, and it's not even limited to Mario, in almost every platformer that has ice means you slide on it, and if there's sand...you're going to fucking sink, it's pathetic that they can't come up with something new in regard to how these levels are built. Sunshine gave us a level that was a Theme Park, a level that was a Hotel, as well as a lot of interesting mini puzzles such as the vertical Pinball table. Also another reason why I prefer Sunshine is because I'm allowed to explore everything, the Galaxy games limit you a lot of the times because you're forced to warp or play on a linear field.

And I don't mind Timed Challenges, but SMG2 goes WAY overboard. Every galaxy has a Prankster Comet and at least 3/4 of those Pranksters are timed. The challenge and the uniqueness is lost when I'm spending 1/3 of the game trying to do something while rushing to do it. It's fucking stupid. This game at most, should have about 10 timed challenges, and that includes burning the trash and the Chimp challenges as well as those fucking Flutter races.

They should rename these 2 games Mario Pitfall, because that's how you'll die 95% of the time, mostly cheap.

lavalarva wrote:

The Platinum Relics in Crash Bandicoot 3. I've been stuck at 22 for quite some time now, and in some levels I'm like 30 seconds over the target time. Level 18 in Crash Bandicoot 2. I did this level about a dozen time in a row because I always missed a fucking box. After thoroughly searching through the stage, including the skull platform that's hard as fuck and that you need to get through twice, I found out the missing box was hidden IN THE FUCKING BONUS STAGE, too high to be visible, and could be only be broken by jumping from another box.

Holy shit! Thank you! I knew there was a reason I never beat Warped. Those fucking relics! I remember beating it once only to realize I had to get an even higher relic, and just totally lost interest after that. Again, I hate being rushed.

I can't recall level 18 in Crash 2, but that was definately the best game of the original trilogy, and there were some hard stages...like riding that stupid polar bear.

It's been so long since I played Crash, I don't remember the bees, but I do remember needing to break every box, which was a pain in some of those rushed levels where you run towards the screen as something chases you. I remember there was one level in either the last or second to last world that gave me so much trouble, that I almost gave up playing it. I don't think it was the jetpack level, but it could've been. Man, that's a game I need to go back to.

Haha yup! I remember getting the red gem by doing a belly flop in the second part of the second level. The thing that always pissed me off was when I would collect the fruit near an enemy, I would spin to kill them but it would also fling all the fruit away.