The most frustrating one for me was Myst Uru (the store-bought version) with its loooong load times. I persisted in finishing it but definitely won't ever replay it.

For those who had trouble getting to places in 80 Days, I recommend mastering the use of the map graphic in the upper left of the screen. Once you understand how to use it you'll get around very easily.

Liz, yeah the ward was a stuggle to play the begining was hard to figure how to do things and the puzzles were solid i needed a walkthrough to get past that lights puzzle i think etc. I got up to the bit where u board a ship but stoped playing as i couldnt be bothered to struggle through the rest of it. Nice idea and gfx etc but too much work i thought.

nancy drew the white wolf of icicle creek, brrrr, never finished it. the new Crystall Skull is very good, I enjoy it.
Dead Reefs no click and point, strange walking.
Reprobates (German version played), never finished it, sitting on an island, walking and talking with the same people and again and again. nightmares where you have to solve some puzzles, terrible game.
I hate time-based games. clicking and racing against the clock.not for me.

Definitely The Ward. I played this early on in my gaming career. At that time, I felt I needed to finish every game, especially when I paid full price for it. The end part of the ward was so frustrating, I actually got a migraine trying to do it on my own. Finally I begged a saved game from Witchen here at GB just so i could see the ending.

Hmm Ok, not the game I was thinking of but yes, most definately agree on this one! I vaguely remember this game but I do remember that this was one of my early games that I didn't care to finish. If I remember right, I was only about 15 minutes in the game and said "Ok! That's enough of this!" And never went back to it.

Maybe at the beginning of next year we could have a poll on the most hated games of 2007 and why we disliked them so much. Along side of our favorite games. Sorry mods you do so much it is maybe unfair to ask you to take on another task. :UK:

My worst game ever is Evidence-the Last Ritual. Endless similar puzzles, catching floating letters on the end of a string! is not my idea of fun. Was sooooo glad when I finished. :UK: love this animated flag!!

Hi

Sacred Mirror of Kofun

The cursor completely disappeared - randomly but OFTEN - and Syd played more of it for me to get me past the worst bits, than I played myself !!

[Thanks again Syd ]

Cheers.

Mad

I have to agree with this, but I did not finish it and will not go back to it. I did like the first 3 Myst games.

Bets

The load times on Myst Uru are significantly less if you have a fast computer with a lot of RAM. I wouldn't recommend it at minimum specs though.

I remember some things about The Ward. I remember the timed sequences. I remember being stuck at the poker game for hours. I remember one area where you had to wander around talking to people for hours, with no apparent progress, getting the same responses over and over again until finally you got one that was different, in order to get the game to progress. The Ward had a decent plot and could have been a good game if only it didn't have all the aggravations.

I couldn't get past the safe puzzle in Shivers 2,



I really really liked the game, but this puzzle drove me really really -ehm- over the edge - at least in a figurative sort of way.

I even used several walkthrougs including Mac's great walkthrough, but I just couldn't figure out what to do.
Hopefully, I'm gonna finish this game some day...

I think the most frustrating game for me ever was In Memoriam (aka Missing since January). it took a lot of bother to set up the internet thing in the first place & when I finally managed to do it & get on with playing it was just (or started out as..) a series of really hard & very tedious puzzles - one after the other - I gave up after a few hours & it is about the only game I would not be tempted in the least bit to persist with ever!! Another game on the frustrating side has been Conspiracies - but I may go back to that sometime in the future as I although I think it's not a great game I would like to see how the story ends. As for 80 Days - it didn't really grab me - I found it tedious & I wasn't crazy about the story. I'm not sure I'll ever get to finish it but maybe.

I agree I realized duringthe demo that this just wasn't my kind of game

inferno

well i'm certainly glad that i'm not the only one shouldering the frustration burden.......i'm sorry about all the shared aggravation; but at least this way maybe we'll all know which games may cause us tons of pain......! Thanks for all the replies on things in games that make them NOT fun!! Very useful information!!

I don't know about anyone else but this therapy has been great for me!!!!

Me too! It really helps to hear about the frustrations and problems others are having and makes it easier for me to put up with my own knowing others are out there not totally enjoying each and every game! The reaction to each game is a personal thing but the overall feelings are the same, I think.