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Meatplow
10-01-2007, 09:23 AM
I'm after games that test the absolute limits of patience due to completely tedious gameplay, any genre.

Civilisation 3 is one that comes to mind as an example, as fun as it is you need the patience of a saint to get through a single battle. A lot of flight simulators seem to get a bad reputation as well.
badtaste
10-01-2007, 09:25 AM
I'm after games that test the absolute limits of patience due to completely tedious gameplay, any genre.

Civilisation 3 is one that comes to mind as an example, as fun as it is you need the patience of a saint to get through a single battle. A lot of flight simulators seem to get a bad reputation as well.

I gave up on Civilization a few seconds into it.
Mister_Che
10-01-2007, 09:41 AM
I would say Oddworld: Abes Oddysey/Exodus. The puzzles aren't difficult or anything, but there are some sequences where in order to get past some traps/creatures, you need flawless timing and precision in your jumps and rolls.
big80smullet
10-01-2007, 10:48 AM
Tetris... im addicted but its pretty tedious sometimes.
blink1822222
10-01-2007, 10:49 AM
Daxter for PSP. Worst game I've ever played.
AlienEater
10-01-2007, 10:52 AM
I would say Oddworld: Abes Oddysey/Exodus. The puzzles aren't difficult or anything, but there are some sequences where in order to get past some traps/creatures, you need flawless timing and precision in your jumps and rolls.

I loved Abe's Odyssy but I was really bad at it

it was so hard :(
Meatplow
10-01-2007, 11:14 AM
That was a great game, i've longed to play that for a while. I finished both Odyssey & Exodus if i remember correctly. Munches Odyssey was damn fun as well.

I just remembered Myst, what a pain in the *** of a game.
Seafroggys
10-01-2007, 11:16 AM
If you think Civilization is tedious, something is seriously wrong with you.

My picks are Zelda Majora's Mask and Battle for Wesnoth, though the latter is fun, its just tediously long when you play multiplayer.
AlienEater
10-01-2007, 11:22 AM
That was a great game, i've longed to play that for a while. I finished both Odyssey & Exodus if i remember correctly. Munches Odyssey was damn fun as well.

I really wanted to play it a couple of weeks ago but I couldn't find it

apparantly I sold it

what a terrible mistake
Meatplow
10-01-2007, 11:44 AM
It's all good i found a torrent for the PC versions :D

If you think Civilization is tedious, something is seriously wrong with you.

You have to be kidding. Each turn takes an age (especially at the beginning before a good network of roads and rail is setup) when you have 20-30 workers all having to move individually 1 square at a time to get 20 squares away where you actually want them, constructing units to defend and ultimately prepare for battle takes long enough but when you want to storm the enemy it is sooooooo slow because of the individual moving of numbers. Unless there are methods of control i have missed I commend your patience if you think i am insane.
Reaganista
10-01-2007, 11:51 AM
civ is awesome ur a noob
Let's Chop Cats!
10-01-2007, 12:09 PM
Farcry. Gameplay wasn't anything beyond point and shoot, except the AI never missed. You could be a football field away in a jungle and they'd land a headshot on you. Not to mention the save system sucks.
Knifeboy
10-01-2007, 12:20 PM
Civilization is NOT tedious.. I recently played the first one through a couple of times.. And the sequels are even better
Kaleid
10-01-2007, 12:31 PM
It's all good i found a torrent for the PC versions :D



You have to be kidding. Each turn takes an age (especially at the beginning before a good network of roads and rail is setup) when you have 20-30 workers all having to move individually 1 square at a time to get 20 squares away where you actually want them, constructing units to defend and ultimately prepare for battle takes long enough but when you want to storm the enemy it is sooooooo slow because of the individual moving of numbers. Unless there are methods of control i have missed I commend your patience if you think i am insane.

There's an automate function that lets the workers just get on with stuff, and you can block groups of units together, but it's still boring later on. The early game is good, but once all the boundaries are established and everyone's got huge armies it just goes crap. Plus, you can't play on a large map because you're waiting about 5 mins between turns.

"Civil disorder in Thebes"
"Civil disorder in Memphis"
"Civil disorder in Elephantine"
ten minutes later....
"Civil disorder in El-Amarna" :angry:

Gimme Thief anyday
planewreck
10-01-2007, 12:54 PM
First Metroid Prime for Gamecube. **** that game.
Tillius
10-01-2007, 01:05 PM
Metroid Prime pissed me off.
Cocaine
10-01-2007, 01:25 PM
Farcry. Gameplay wasn't anything beyond point and shoot, except the AI never missed. You could be a football field away in a jungle and they'd land a headshot on you. Not to mention the save system sucks.

Save system was fine if you used the console to save. It was ridiculously hard on 'realistic' mode though.
Zmev
10-01-2007, 01:27 PM
The Sims.

Its like ok there they are, what now?

Ok Im bored Im building walls around you and watching you starve! ahahaha /bored
Meatplow
10-01-2007, 01:34 PM
civ is awesome ur a noob

Civilization is NOT tedious.. I recently played the first one through a couple of times.. And the sequels are even better

I never said it was bad, just slow and frustrating if you are impatient due to the nature of its complex turn based gameplay. It can be very tedious at times, IMO it is a good test of patience. I enjoy it for that.

There's an automate function that lets the workers just get on with stuff, and you can block groups of units together, but it's still boring later on. The early game is good, but once all the boundaries are established and everyone's got huge armies it just goes crap. Plus, you can't play on a large map because you're waiting about 5 mins between turns.

"Civil disorder in Thebes"
"Civil disorder in Memphis"
"Civil disorder in Elephantine"
ten minutes later....
"Civil disorder in El-Amarna" :angry:

Yep.

The Sims.

Its like ok there they are, what now?

Ok Im bored Im building walls around you and watching you starve! ahahaha /bored

Torturing them was the most fun part i have to agree.
fingers mccoy
10-01-2007, 02:08 PM
metroid prime was too sick

does train simulator count
nobodyblossomsforever
10-01-2007, 02:09 PM
Uh pretty much any RPG.
Aficionado
10-01-2007, 02:16 PM
The guy who said Daxter must be pretty shitty at games.
Seafroggys
10-01-2007, 02:35 PM
Civ 4 got rid of many of the tedious gameplay aspects, such as Civil Disorder and Pollution. It is by far the least tedious of the other 3 (I admit I haven't played the original, I started on Civ2).

The original Sims was also quite tedious, but the second one is much better. Its much more fun if you treat it as a roleplaying enviornment, rather then as a straight up game.
simplephotographinthesun
10-01-2007, 02:43 PM
pokemon.
British Kid
10-01-2007, 04:25 PM
pokemon.
123 for pokemon.

but i still like the games and play them. leveling up in almost any RPG is a pain though.

for me, most games from the 8-bit era are tedious, especially boss battles.
Cocaine
10-01-2007, 05:01 PM
battletoads but i love it
silicon71
10-01-2007, 10:08 PM
Definitely Super Ghouls N' Ghosts for SNES. I doubt many of you have played it but one night my brother and I were determined to beat the game because we never have. After about four hours and hundreds of deaths we get to the end and the princess says 'o kewl you got this far but you forgot my amulet!' and they send you back to the beginning to re-beat every level you just spent hours on but on a harder difficulty level (as if it was't hard enough) So at that point we shut the game off and just said we won because no way in hell anyone can beat that game in one run without saving or anything. ugh
big80smullet
10-02-2007, 01:28 AM
There was a guy on youtube who reveiwed that game and said the same thing.

Indiana jones, the original on snes was a terrible and tedious game. so bad and so hard.
Meatplow
10-02-2007, 01:50 AM
Actraiser 1 & 2
Lemmings
badtaste
10-02-2007, 05:50 AM
Uh pretty much any RPG.

pokemon.

123 for pokemon.

but i still like the games and play them. leveling up in almost any RPG is a pain though.

for me, most games from the 8-bit era are tedious, especially boss battles.

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I always to lazy to train and level up for any RPG or similar game. Final Fantasy included.
RunAmokRampant
10-02-2007, 07:21 AM
battletoads but i love it

Especially when you play two player and its always the same player screwing up. Usually can never pass the hoverbike level in two player. Need to synchronize perfectly.
Mister_Che
10-02-2007, 07:48 AM
The only time I thought Pokemon was tedious was when I tried catching Mewtwo without a Master Ball and having to resort to Ultra Balls (or whatever it was called.).
Tillius
10-02-2007, 11:41 AM
Catching Mewtow with Ultra Balls was the worse thing ever attempted in a game.
AlienEater
10-02-2007, 11:59 AM
Wild Arms 3
wartree
10-02-2007, 03:48 PM
I have the sindroma of not being able to complete any game, seriously i get bored at middle, and never finished a single game
Ellx
10-02-2007, 04:01 PM
^^haha, exactly me too.

It gets to a point where I would be having more fun if i started playing a different game, so I just swap games.
YDload
10-02-2007, 04:52 PM
Sonic the Hedgehog

lmao
apple pie
10-02-2007, 05:01 PM
Pac-Man although fun, was kinda tedious

Also any like olympic game.
team_racket
10-02-2007, 05:13 PM
contact on ds, but it was still superb.
Let's Chop Cats!
10-02-2007, 05:54 PM
Save system was fine if you used the console to save. It was ridiculously hard on 'realistic' mode though.

Having to use the console for a save is a pain in the *** and a shitty developmental choice.
Cocaine
10-02-2007, 05:56 PM
Having to use the console for a save is a pain in the *** and a poopty developmental choice.

Yea, but it was still an option.

I personally loved Far Cry until you started getting swarmed by monsters that killed you instantly.
IPWNEDURMOM
10-02-2007, 07:14 PM
lowrider for the ps2 :smoke:
IPWN3DURMOM
10-03-2007, 08:35 PM
lowrider for the ps2 :smoke:

lol your right:amaze:
ThePinkPanther
10-03-2007, 09:00 PM
Yea, but it was still an option.

I personally loved Far Cry until you started getting swarmed by monsters that killed you instantly.

123

i couldnt take it anymore i had to stop playing when i literally couldnt move without dying in like 2 seconds.

it was just ridiculous
Toaster
10-03-2007, 10:36 PM
Windwaker, with the sailing. A prime example of a tedious game-lengthening sequence
Hedgedive
10-03-2007, 10:45 PM
Windwaker, with the sailing. A prime example of a tedious game-lengthening sequence

ugg I was just playing Wind Waker last weekend and that game is utter hell til you get the Ballad of Gales or whatever it's called.
YDload
10-03-2007, 11:41 PM
the last two GTA games would be really tedious if you wanted to complete them 100% (i rarely bother with that vehicle training stuff but sometimes i like to search for hidden packages)
Hedgedive
10-03-2007, 11:43 PM
the last two GTA games would be really tedious if you wanted to complete them 100% (i rarely bother with that vehicle training stuff but sometimes i like to search for hidden packages)

I was just messing around skydiving and I landed in the ocean in like the top right corner and there was a clam or whatever about 5 minutes swim from any sort of land.

Flight School was incredibly tedious too.
YDload
10-03-2007, 11:45 PM
I was just messing around skydiving and I landed in the ocean in like the top right corner and there was a clam or whatever about 5 minutes swim from any sort of land.

who would do such a thing?? nobody could find that unless they were dumb like YOU!
badtaste
10-04-2007, 05:26 AM
the last two GTA games would be really tedious if you wanted to complete them 100% (i rarely bother with that vehicle training stuff but sometimes i like to search for hidden packages)

Eh, the vehicle training was way more fun to do than looking for clams, packages, horse shoes, etc...

I remember getting gold for all the motorbike, car, boat, and plane challenges. Sweeeet :cool:
RunAmokRampant
10-04-2007, 08:08 AM
Getting Invincibility on Goldeneye N64. The facility level. Damn, I don't remember how many tries i did to get that one.
Klown
10-04-2007, 10:28 AM
Some of the challenges to unlock multiplayer characters in Timesplitters 2 could be very annoying.
big80smullet
10-04-2007, 10:31 AM
Most games are pretty tedious if youre trying to clock them. Final fantasy 7 was so gay when you had to fight sphiroth (sp?) like 7 times at the end. He just kept regenerating.
fingers mccoy
10-04-2007, 10:39 AM
3 times

classsssic videogame number

i loved getting the cheats on goldeneye, by the time i'd sorted out a run and it just came down to honing it and getting a rhythm going it became intense, especially invisibility and invincibility (invisibility moreso, cause of how short it was)

original smash bros one player was mind-numbing.
big80smullet
10-04-2007, 10:52 AM
Its always good when you get the rhythm going! that how you win.
Apocalyptic Raids
10-04-2007, 06:31 PM
morrowind was pretty sloooww
RunAmokRampant
10-04-2007, 07:03 PM
The last but in 'Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the world' when the whole place is falling apart and you have to gout of their quick smart but you can only walk. You can't run. pretty dang frustrating.
talk show host
10-04-2007, 07:48 PM
Getting Invincibility on Goldeneye N64. The facility level. Damn, I don't remember how many tries i did to get that one.

Trying to get the cheat on Facility used to get me so ****ing angry. I never did manage it, I think it was the only one.
Smokey D
10-04-2007, 09:51 PM
Most games are pretty tedious if youre trying to clock them. Final fantasy 7 was so gay when you had to fight sphiroth (sp?) like 7 times at the end. He just kept regenerating.

Except he was a complete push over if you did any training outside the crater on the third disc.

Training to be Emerald and Ruby was ****ing boring if you didn't know the cheats.
Danger Bird
10-04-2007, 10:13 PM
Stick RPG
Seafroggys
10-04-2007, 10:17 PM
Trying to get the cheat on Facility used to get me so ****ing angry. I never did manage it, I think it was the only one.

I actually think I got that one, it took me forever.
Joe McCarthy
10-05-2007, 12:09 AM
Lemmings was a pain.

Flight Sims are a cinch once you know basic flight mechanics. The worst thing is knowing how to set your nav stuff and being able to execute a nice approach. Following your instruments once you can read them is easy too.

I like flight sims.
RunAmokRampant
10-05-2007, 01:04 AM
I actually think I got that one, it took me forever.

Yer I got it aswell. YOu need to be lucky tho, as one of the objectives is to get a door decoder off a spy, and he randomly appears throughout the level and you need to be lucky enough that he appears he the right spot so you don't have to detour off the speed path.
FakePlasticTrees
10-05-2007, 08:53 AM
Medieval: Total War
AlienEater
10-05-2007, 10:59 AM
Except he was a complete push over if you did any training outside the crater on the third disc.

Training to be Emerald and Ruby was ****ing boring if you didn't know the cheats.

no doubt
bradc1988
10-05-2007, 09:05 PM
Ninja Gaiden, seriously wtf is that ****

I'll have to continue it one day with a clear head.
MattyBlade
10-06-2007, 10:22 AM
Catching Mewtow with Ultra Balls was the worse thing ever attempted in a game.

you can catch him with regular pokeballs, just make sure you have 99 of em cause you're gonna probably use alot (you can catch him at full health) up + b thing seemed to work but it may have just been a mind thing
jrowa001
10-06-2007, 11:28 AM
Jet Force Gemini. i dont know about you guys but that was pretty tedious at times and hard as hell
fingers mccoy
10-06-2007, 12:19 PM
jet force gemini was one of my most favourite games ever, and so very, very long

i never finished it because it wasn't mine

i got to a bit that i was certain would be the end, but no, it was just a plot twist
jrowa001
10-06-2007, 12:43 PM
yeah that game never ended, i didnt even finish it before i stupidly sold my N64 for a ps2
Surtr
10-06-2007, 03:18 PM
Majora's Mask.

Water Temple in OoT.
MattyBlade
10-06-2007, 03:34 PM
My classmate showed me one of the most "tedious" games. some of the commands for the levels are ridiculous but I think the game was done more from a humor stand point then realistic.

it's called Out Of This World
Anglachel
10-06-2007, 04:11 PM
I just about never have to level up in RPGs, I'm always ready for what comes next :S

123 @ Sims

and the Sonic the Hedgehog games where you actually had to go out of your way to get all 7 Chaos Emeralds to beat the game via special stages that are already too complicated to unlock.
YDload
10-06-2007, 04:17 PM
the most tedious thing about all sonic games was that you had to play them all at once from start to finish and not lose too many lives or you'd have to start all over again

i'm glad most modern games don't have "game over" situations anymore. i guess back when all video games were arcade ports it made sense to limit the amount of time someone could play on one quarter. plus there are ways to save games now and apparently the Genesis didnt have that crap
Turtle Soup
10-07-2007, 04:02 PM
starcraft
Knifeboy
10-07-2007, 04:18 PM
My classmate showed me one of the most "tedious" games. some of the commands for the levels are ridiculous but I think the game was done more from a humor stand point then realistic.

it's called Out Of This World


Out of this world, is amazing.
But yes, tedious.. But still.. Amazing.
Considering what they had to work with back then, they managed to create a beautiful and epic game..
Ganondorf
10-07-2007, 05:14 PM
My picks are Zelda Majora's Mask and Battle for Wesnoth, though the latter is fun, its just tediously long when you play multiplayer.

Majora's Mask is amazin,g I don't see hwow it is tedious, especially seeing as you didn't list any other Zelda games, and it's not tha much different just better than the others.
Seafroggys
10-07-2007, 05:34 PM
I love Zelda games, just hated that one.