How was I supposed to know THAT?! moments in gaming

[Spooty_Whiteboy]

Castlevania II Simon’s Quest on the other hand? Hit this non-descript block with this item to make shit happen. Go to some random ass ledge and kneel to make a tornado appear… THE FUCK?! How the hell was I ever supposed to find that shit?

There were hints in-game from the townspeople. Unfortunately, many of them got messed up in the translation and didn’t make any sense.

[Lantis]

Not quite. The grappling hook sucked, but at least you knew what it was and after some fidgeting you could usually get it to work. What I totally didn’t get in that game, was how to jump down.
I literally tried every button combination, but since the input is so specific, I never got it to work. At least with the grappling hook, you hit select and it comes out, so you know what button to press. When you hit the R trigger there’s no indication that it might be used for jumping down, so unless you know, you’re stuck mashing every button.
The first time you have to jump down a hole is at about 4-5 screens into the game. I didn’t even make it halfway through the first level before returning it to the store. The worst part was…

They didn’t even explain how to do this in the motherfucking manual! I don’t care how to use the useless weapons, like the goo gun or whatever! Tell me how to fucking move around!

I think you’re mistaking BATMAN RETURNS with BATMAN FOREVER. Fuck that game, and fuck the movie it was based on.

You think selecting subweapons was enough to use them but NOOOOO! You had to perform some cryptic MK-ish motion in order to use the weapons, and that would come out 1 out of 45 times. FUCK YOU ACCLAIM!

And just the other day I was doing Ibuki’s trial 13 in SFxT GASP and was not having any success until MOTHERFUCKIN DAN pops out and says I could use a Quick Combo I downloaded (for free) to complete the trial…I was feeling kinda stupid right there LOLOLOLOL

[TenguEgg]

Me playing FF7:

“Oh cool, this Aeris girl is gonna come with me, shes really pretty and nice ^ ^”
“Oh man Aeris seems like she’d be a perfect healer, i’ll always put her in my party, give her great gear/materia, and make sure shes as high level as possible!”

YEAH HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW THAT NIGLET xxS3ph1r0thxxz WAS GOING TO JOIN MY GAME AND GET THAT BITCH WITH DA HEAD SHOT?

Come on mang I was like 7

[Davidstar]

getting the lazy shell in super mario rpg
and a lot of the secret rooms in donkey kong country

[M.D]

Speaking of Super Mario, I never discovered Soda Lake until years later. I was playing one of the bridge stages for fun and I saw (no pun intended) a way to possibly go undernearth the goal post. Just needed a cape and a yoshi to vault from. After many failed attempts (the stage wasn’t really equipped to carry a yoshi around) I finally got it. I discovered an enemy I only saw in the credits, and finally figured out where that stranded star lead to.

[OmNiExiZt]

Trying playing Alundra for the PSX. That has got to be the only game that made me feel straight stupid. The dungeon puzzles in that game are nigh impossible without a strategy guide.

[drizzt360]

Ive never had such moments. I beat every game I play because im such a bad ass.

Really though, the only game I can remember is Super Mario Bros. Took me a long time to beat that game. I beat it right around the time Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom came out on video. I remember we were at my grannies and I had took my nintendo over there. Some dude was there and he showed me whats up and beat that shit. I was amazed. Then we watched Temple of Doom. I was amazed.

[Ki_Shima]

ghostbusters 2 on the C64, the first level i could never figure out how i was supposed to collect the slime at the bottom of the sewers. i pressed every button i could think of and never got the right one. a few times i thought maybe there is no indication to show you collected the slime, and managed to make the agonising trip back to the top, only to find nothing happened. i should look it up and try it again really.

wow, I completely forgot about that game

[King9999]

Reaching the final boss in Phantasy Star 1. Really?

[King9999]

Playing SMT: Nocturne for the first time and getting your ass owned into oblivion by Matador. That was basically the “Welcome to the REAL Shin Megami Tensei, bitch” moment for most people who started getting into the series with Nocturne. Try it again, still get killed by stupid Red Capote which makes that bastard impossible to hit. Solution? Stack your buffs like a madman. And grind until you get a good healer demon. Oh, and if you stack too much, he’ll take it all away and you have to do it again.

That took at least 2 or 3 attempts on my part before I finally beat him without consulting a guide.

Yeah, Matador’s a total bitch. Fortunately the other Fiends aren’t as bad.

[Biolink]

SIdes the barrel moment in Sonic and Knuckles, finding that missing key in the Water Temple in Ocarina of Time. Granted, I didn’t have that many problems with that temple, but I’ve heard stories of people restarting their files cause they screwed up.

I was one of the idiots that got caught up by that temple and had to restart from the very beginning of the game because I didn’t know how to reset the water back.

[Paceyz]

The cylinders in Sonic 3’s Carnival Night Zone.

[rogueyoshi]

hidden castle in symphony of the night.
legendary acquisition methods weapons in ffx.

[highlulu]

When I play through RPGs I have a tendency to pamper my magic users. So when I played through FF7 I dumped all of my magic sources into Aeris. ‘Sources’ were one time use items that permanently upped one of your stats. There were only a limited number in the game, so you had to be very careful how you used them.

Needless to say when she died and didn’t come back I was pretty pissed. How are you going to put a limited number of one use items in the game and then permanently take away one of your characters? Very poor design.

Square in general tends to have things in their games that there’s no real way you could ever figure out on your own without some kind of guide. And as much fun as some of their older games are, I still find that pretty frustrating. I mean, who really figured out how to get a golden chocobo without using a guide?

Sources actually have a unlimited supply in the game, just gotta morph stuff

As for the golden choco the game drops tons of hints

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[Alzarath]

Half the shit in Valkyrie Profile.

[Bob_Sagat]

How was I supposed to know I shouldn’t constantly jump in Street Fighter?!

[EDDUR]

Trying playing Alundra for the PSX. That has got to be the only that made me feel straight stupid. The dungeon puzzles in that game are nigh impossible without a strategy guide.

Really?
Those puzzles are pretty easy to figure out.

[Starhammer]

I just recently found out the Sega classic Altered Beast for the Genesis had friggin’ cheat codes. You could set your preferred beast for each stage!!! Thought the bear sucked? You could get the Werewolf, Tiger, or Dragon instead for stage 3.

And of coarse— a much needed stage select code. Because those last few stages were an epic pain in the ass, and in serious need to revisiting to memorize how to deal with the enemies.

http://greatrumbler.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/altered-beast-1.jpg

Codes? I want!!!

My personal favorite (Other than the one mentioned by the OP in X-Men) is the game Wrath of the black manta for NES. That game was butt-sauce from start to end, but the VERY end made you wish you could smash something. You had to kill the boss. Normal. He’s got a hostage. okay…

If you hit the hostage, you die.
if he hits you with his gun, you die. Okay.

…Now, you’ve got to use your weapons in the CORRECT order, or the boss’ hp will RESET!!! :wtf: No idea what the correct order is. no clues, no warnings, no NOTHING. you just gotta figure it out there buddy. That was the crowning fail on this poor man’s Shinobi and the reason why I advocate people to get the games they like. Not what your friends want, not what’s “Cool” on TV, not what will get you laid. GET THE GAMES YOU LIKE!!! You’ll be the bitch with the empty wallet. Make sure you get something worth the money.

-Starhammer-

[Bob_Sagat]

Having to hide in the shadows in Full Throttle along with other stuff that normally wouldn’t have any impact on the puzzles in a point-and-click adventure.

[Pablo_the_Mex]

Old SNES games and to an extent, games with pre-rendered backgrounds, made it difficult to see doors and or paths that were available to me. So I ended up going in fucking circles due to shitty graphics.