i get frustrated when i am about to win but lose to a boss due to certain cheapness, like in suikoden 3 sarah keeps moving around even while chanting, thats cheap. i was and am so angry that if i could bring her out i would do so and crush her myself. i used to throw the controllers around with my small bro but that was childhood. i am very much appreciative of my ps2.
I rarely find myself frustrated in singleplayer games. Multiplayer games are a different story though, as they usually frustrate me a lot when I lag (which happens often enough as I have a crappy connection).
I used to break controllers. Now I just turn the game off and never play it again. If I'm not enjoying myself there is no point in playing it. I've thrown a couple disks though, I haven't had one break on me yet. Surprising, I would expect them to go alot sooner than the controllers.
It may depend on the situation, not necessarily the game. If I've had a bad day, then it might even make playing a game more frustrating as I'm losing. Or it could the difficulty itself. Or a combination of multiple factors.
Racing games can get me angry. It's probably because I'm only OK at them and mistakes tend to punish you quite hard (combined with my perfectionist tendencies, it's not a good mix).
The only reason I tend to give on games is because I get bored of them (particularly if they're bland).
Yeah cheapness pisses me off too. The Dante fight in DMC4 where you can only hit him during certain animations, in others your sword will actually pass clean through him doing no damage. and me too on Dark Souls :) but I know thats down to my own lack of skill so I want to try again to get better... addictive.
I get annoyed pretty easily. To get platinum on some games you have to finish them on the highest difficulty. That's actually pretty fun if you've got a silky smooth, world-class combat system, but if it's anything less than that, every tiny flaw is magnified into a major pain in the butt. I've never broken a controller, but I have heard the plastic creaking from my almost twisting the stinkin' thing in half a few times.
I get frustrated when I get stuck at a certain point in a game after countless times of trying. I usually curse a little, turn the game off, look up a way to get past in online, and then come back to it.
I get frustrated when playing an awesome game, but just one part is hard and not fun in some way. Like for example, a game tries to add variety, and it feels like a completely different game at that part, and it's just not fun. I like a challenge though, but it should feel like the same, fun game that I love.
I've never thrown controllers and don't get why anyone would do that. I just quietly get annoyed and then put the game away for a bit if it's too annoying.
Yell, Curse, punch the couch. Thats about it. Have thrown controllers before. Only once threw my Ps2 at my brother because he deleted my Kingdom Hearts save right as i was about to fight the final boss.
I used to break controllers. Now I just turn the game off and never play it again. If I'm not enjoying myself there is no point in playing it. I've thrown a couple disks though, I haven't had one break on me yet. Surprising, I would expect them to go alot sooner than the controllers. meetroid8
Pretty much. I play games for fun. If I'm not having it, I won't play.
Super Mario 64 frutustrated me so much I threw my N64 controller against the wall and I haven't touched the game since. To me it's really more frutustrating then fun and games are all about the fun. I'm not a Mario hater but that game isn't that fun to me.
MY stress, anxiety levels start to rise, my heart starts pump furiously. I keep playing while making more mistakes each time, while getting even more frustrated. I dont throw stuff around because im not dumb enough to break something out of pure impusle. I play it a few times, until i get so angry i feel like i going to explode. At that point i put down the game.
Usually i look for a walkthrough later on, watch it carefully & apply those tactics next time. If i find out the game is overly diffcult then i just dont come back to it. The game gets 2 chances from me. One without walkthroughs, the other with. If i cant do it in those 2 sittings then im done. Difficulty or unfairness does not agree with my heart.
I would also switch difficulties only if the game will let me do it on the fly. Im not going to restart a game im halfway through.
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