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The difference with\u00a0Battletoads<\/em>\u00a0was that you had a very finite number of lives, and once you were out it\u2019s game over, and there were no substantial number of continues.\u00a0 And when that happened, your NES controller typically went through a wall, foot through the console, and you didn\u2019t have to worry about giving the speedbike levels another shot, and you could move on.<\/span><\/p>\n And if it was anything like\u00a0Battletoads\/Double Dragon<\/em>, the game itself was aware of when you used cheat codes, and penalized you at the end of the game subsequently.<\/span><\/p>\n The point is,\u00a0Donkey Kong<\/em><\/a>: Tropical Freeze<\/em>\u00a0was pretty much the most frustrating game I\u2019ve played in ages.\u00a0 If I were a kid completely devoid of discipline and Prozac, the WiiU control would have been destroyed at least 72 times by the time I finally beat the game, but it was my girlfriend\u2019s (I know, right) system, and she would have ditched me at the curb if I did such.\u00a0 Needless to say, it made me feel boiling levels of game rage that I didn\u2019t know I even still had anymore.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Completing the analogy to Battletoads,\u00a0Donkey Kong<\/a>\u00a0does<\/em>\u00a0have a finite number of lives, but it\u2019s so excruciatingly easy to accumulate extra lives in the game, that it\u2019s like you\u2019ll typically have over 50 lives by the time you get to a part where it\u2019s so difficult that it takes you 27 tries to overcome it, and then it\u2019s a perpetual cycle of accumulating lives again before you get to the next part that makes you want to put your fist through a wall.<\/span><\/p>\n Playing the game is a lot like being in an abusive relationship, because no matter how much frustration, anguish and knowing you might need to walk away, you just don\u2019t.\u00a0 Victory is always\u00a0the next try<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n I mean, it\u2019s\u00a0well known how difficult the game is<\/a>, but I refuse to believe that there\u2019s any game that can break my resolve, if I sit down and really try at it.\u00a0 This was no exception to that rule, but by the time I finally beat the last boss after like 22 tries, I was so fried and exasperated, that it really didn\u2019t feel good, and more like winning out of spite.<\/span><\/p>\n Ultimately, it\u2019s a beautiful game that has its moments of fun, and I think it\u2019s overall pretty decent.\u00a0 The sheer difficulty of the game is that it\u2019s essentially a barrage of pattern memorization, and that with enough attempts at any tricky part, players will ultimately figure out the timing and patterns, but there are also circumstances where good reflexes and solid mechanics are still defeated by things like water stages or icy sliding surfaces.\u00a0 The unfortunate thing is that there\u2019s so many of these in later stages, that it becomes more of a nuisance to figure things out than there are stages that can simply be enjoyed.<\/span><\/p>\n The point is, now that I\u2019ve beaten the game, I almost don\u2019t want to go through the hell of it again.\u00a0 Sure, a few new stages were unlocked post-final boss, and I may give those a shot, but beyond that, there\u2019s little reason or desire to want to go back to this abusive relationship again.<\/span><\/p>\n Especially the fugu fish boss (above<\/em>).\u00a0 It may as well be called the fuk-u fish, because that\u2019s really what it feels like the game is saying to you when you play its stage.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The difference with\u00a0Battletoads\u00a0was that you had a very finite number of lives, and once you were out it\u2019s game over, and there were no substantial number of continues.\u00a0 And when that happened, your NES controller typically went through a wall, foot through the console, and you didn\u2019t have to worry about giving the speedbike levels … Continue reading The most frustrating game 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![Donkey Kong<\/em><\/a>: Tropical Freeze<\/em>\u00a0was pretty much the most frustrating game I\u2019ve played in ages.\u00a0 If I were a kid completely devoid of discipline and Prozac, the WiiU control would have been destroyed at least 72 times by the time I finally beat the game, but it was my girlfriend\u2019s (I know, right) system, and she would have ditched me at the curb if I did such.\u00a0 Needless to say, it made me feel boiling levels of game rage that I didn\u2019t know I even still had anymore.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\nCompleting the analogy to Battletoads,\u00a0Donkey Kong<\/a>\u00a0does<\/em>\u00a0have a finite number of lives, but it\u2019s so excruciatingly easy to accumulate extra lives in the game, that it\u2019s like you\u2019ll typically have over 50 lives by the time you get to a part where it\u2019s so difficult that it takes you 27 tries to overcome it, and then it\u2019s a perpetual cycle of accumulating lives again before you get to the next part that makes you want to put your fist through a wall.<\/span><\/p>\nPlaying the game is a lot like being in an abusive relationship, because no matter how much frustration, anguish and knowing you might need to walk away, you just don\u2019t.\u00a0 Victory is always\u00a0the next try<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\nI mean, it\u2019s\u00a0well known how difficult the game is<\/a>, but I refuse to believe that there\u2019s any game that can break my resolve, if I sit down and really try at it.\u00a0 This was no exception to that rule, but by the time I finally beat the last boss after like 22 tries, I was so fried and exasperated, that it really didn\u2019t feel good, and more like winning out of spite.<\/span><\/p>\nUltimately, it\u2019s a beautiful game that has its moments of fun, and I think it\u2019s overall pretty decent.\u00a0 The sheer difficulty of the game is that it\u2019s essentially a barrage of pattern memorization, and that with enough attempts at any tricky part, players will ultimately figure out 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