Every time I watch your videos it baffles me that you're not huge already. The video ideas are always great, the jokes are great, and you can tell you have a genuine passion for what you're doing.
Thank you for that! I think growth will come, but in the meantime I've just been appreciating all the wonderful folks like yourself who have already found the channel :)
i think that going above 100 vis. per vid is good enough considering how saturated is youtube nowadays..but yes, cool videos, original stuff and good editing FTW
That’s what was so great about the original PlayStation. Demo discs not only helped to solidify the decision to buy a game, but there were so many free demo games alongside a magazine (PlayStation Underground) to get further insight on the games. Although there were plenty of awesome games not on those demo discs.
OMG! Been a while since I've heard of PSU, that's where I've got the knowledge about Crash Team Racing and other demos, but I played so much that demo, and once I got the game for my PS1, this was (and still is, Nitro-Fueled included) the best non-mario Kart racer ever! In fact, it's my favorite
For me it would be Harvest Moon: Back to Nature on the PS1… a friend and I spent so many hours together (and separately) trudging through the three (in game) years it takes to complete it, trying to do everything perfectly. Eventually we burnt out and lost interest, but there it sat on my memory card. Sometimes i’d feel a twinge of guilt / sense of obligation to go back and finish the game. Eventually, in a moment of complete catharsis, I realized I needed to let go and release myself from the borderline guilt I had for not completing it lol. Sounds so silly when I type it out, but there you go.
I regularly force myself to play games that everyone loves, and I'm there thinking "I hope this gets better soon". I usually feel out of the loop. I get that feeling more with modern games.
Feeling pressure to like popular games is a very real thing. It's unfortunate. Ideally, you would just play any game going in with a fresh set of eyes.
Ive always loved Battletoads, as a 10 year old kid who saw it as another TMNT-esque game and as a 40+ year old adult who may abuse the rewind feature on the Rare Replay Xbox collection. I think having the Nintendo Power with the map of level 3 was key to enjoying it as a kid cause otherwise screw that level.
Once in a while I really wished I had their support for a few areas but the notes I took of the levels helped alot😂 Battletoads is one always in my arsenal stored away in a red box along with the Ninja Gaiden Trilogy and my notes😁
For me, Megaman and Zelda games are such where I respect the quality yet find myself not able to see patterns or react fast enough, get stuck, or the game is simply too long.
Great video idea my man! One thing that I’ve done with frustrating games is put them in “timeout” for a bit. Where I don’t feel bad for giving up on them. But I can take a break and play something else in the meantime, usually a comfort game that I’ve beaten several times already.
Total recall nes. It grew on me after a bad rental. I did not know you had to exit the room with the wife till years after my rental weekend. Great vid.
Pretty sure my Stockholm syndrome resides on Demons Souls. The worst part is that I left the game collecting dust on my shelf for years (after getting my ass kicked on 1-1), until I watched a let's play of it and thought to myself "wait a sec, that looks fun, was I doing It wrong all along?". Then yeah, It became Fun, but it still was hella hard
I can’t tell you how spot on you are with your assessment of past feelings toward game rentals and presents from relatives. I forced myself to like To The Earth for the NES. It was a gift and not very good, yet I came to like it as it came from family.
Back sometime in the ps3 era I decided to purchase Final Fantasy 7 on PSN and force myself to play through it just to see if it lived up to all the hype. I was absolutely not disappointed despite the fact that I hated turn based combat.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit on the NES. The gameplay is very flawed and the weasels chasing you down are as annoying as it gets, but after hours of playing it, I came to appreciate that there is a competent open world adventure/exploration game within the mess.
Nice video. Final Fantasy 13 was a game I forced myself to like. I was a huge Final Fantasy fan and enjoyed all the games prior, but thirteen, aside from the pretty graphics, was not doing it for me. The legacy of the game series promised it would deliver on story and gameplay by the end, and the game kind of drags you along with endless tutorials and a promise of something more. By the time I was done, I found I enjoyed the post-game missions enough to not call it a total wash, but my prison sentence took its toll--I really can't say I'm an FF or even SquareEnix fan anymore.
@@madspunky Yeah, definitely had mixed feelings about X-2, 11, and 12, but I was mostly unshaken and my hopes remained high going into 13. I think you made the right choice.
I’m sure I’m not the first or the last to mention it, but Dark Souls is the ultimate Stockholm Syndrome game. Honestly I don’t know how much more there is to say at this point, but it’s the type of game that throws up multiple barriers, only to provide deep rewards for those who persevere.
Oh I bought Dark Souls 1 for Switch on a very good sale. I wish the sequels also could come to Switch. But maybe Switch is not powerful enough? Not played Dark Souls 1 yet but I've heard a little bit about that game so that's why I bought it. So curious what I will think about the game when I finally will start to play it :)
@@cjeelde Yeah I'd say don't be afraid to consult a guide or even better a friend who's played it. The Switch could probably handle Dark Souls 2 fairly easily, but I think 3 would be a taller order. Recent From Software games have trouble running on more powerful hardware.
@@cjeelde The Switch version of DS1 is more in line with the creator's original vision over the PS4 & Xbox remasters. The bonfires in DS1 were so much more spiritual & ambient compared to the sequels but the stronger console remasters totally got rid of that aesthetic for some dumb reason. As for the sequels, yea the Xbox One could barely run DS3 so I doubt the Switch could handle it. Dunno why they can't port DS2 over, tho, since it was originally on PS3/360.
@@Crazy_Gamer_OG That's a good reason why Nintendo should release a more powerful Switch with 4K and everything. But I know it's not "that easy". Every new console is like a big puzzle of pieces that got to match. It's about the price for the end consumer, battery life, power consumption, heat, components (get it delivered in big volume) and more things. So it's very challenging. But as for now it's at least amazing to have the dream, the dream about "Switch 4K" or maybe another name.
Golgo 13. That was the game we got as kids and it was the only game we had to play for a time. I don’t think it was that good… but we were forced to play it to the end to get our money’s worth. All considered, wished we picked a different game.
Summer 1991, Battletoads for the NES... Yup, the game was hyped by Nintendo Power and everyone wanted it... I remember buying it at my local Wally World for $49.99 + tax... Got it home and pealed the plastic away in true anticipation... All was well until after the wookie hole experience... Speed biker race track from HELL!!! Fast forward about 6 months later, thank gawd for the Game-Genie and all it could grant you!!! Battletoads was certainly a better than average game on the NES, and at the same time, SUPER HARD as HELL!!! Just my two cents worth...🙂
Super R Type on the SNES. The cover art and screenshots looked amazing so I rented it, got home and got my butt kicked. Rented it a second time because the game I really wanted to rent wasn't there, still got my butt kicked. Bought it a month later coming back for more punishment and I memorized and beat the game. These days with so many games to choose from I have no patience like that anymore.
That’s my problem with side and top scrolling shooters in general, I enjoy the action but the punishing loop of getting hit, losing all your power up’s and being neutered until you memorize the patterns and react perfectly is frustrating. Especially since so many games are nearly impossible in later stages when at base power.
Dude you always make me laugh! Thanks for being funny…consistently 😂 To answer the question, I forced myself to keep playing the first TMNT on the NES. I loved the comics and cartoons, but the game was so difficult that it frustrated me to the point of not wanting to play. However, I liked the music and the graphics so I talked myself into playing it some more and to just get upset again 😂 It was one of those games I got for Christmas and I was stuck with it. I later sold it and got something else. Since we could only judge games by their box back then, I was stuck with a few sucky games!!
Ditto. Many times I have gone back and tried to complete it. I managed to finally finish the game using the Game Genie about 10 years. The last level seems like it would be impossible with the Genie Genie.
The only retro game I can remember forcing myself to play because I owned it was Ghostbusters on the NES. I wouldn't say I ever liked it but as a 12 year old kid, I didn't hate it. As for games I forced myself into liking, recent games that come to mind are Metro 2033, Alien Isolation and Dark Souls. I didn't like any initially but I wanted to and since I bought them digitally, I always found myself going back to them to try and given them another try and eventually I did like them. It even took 2 tries to like the original Mass Effect which I'm grateful for because the sequel ended up being my favorite game of that generation.
I did it with "We're back a dinosaur's story" (SNES), "Lester the Unlikely" (SNES) and "Machine Head" (PS1). I received those games as a gif, so I wasted no time on those. To this day, I still go back to them. I love them!
Somes games I've played because they came so highly recommended. Very few times have those games turned out to just not be for me, and I find a game I'm playing through for the first time may seem like a slog, but the second time through is more enjoyable since I know where all the pitfalls are to avoid.
Empire Strikes Back Spider-Man Return of the Sinister Six Silent Service All three on the NES, all 3 suck, but you played what you had til you liked it. Cuz that’s just the way it was back then.
For me as a kid I forced myself to like Alex Kidd in Enchanted Castle. I liked the mascot and my parents bought the game. I felt obligated to like it. I played and played but also couldn't get past the first castle. I wasn't having fun but I kept laying. Looking at it recently and reflecting on the gameplay, it was the worst game I have ever played
I forced myself I play Xenosaga and eventually liked it. Originally, I was confused and frustrated with the battle system but....10 years later, I finally played through the game. I beaten it earlier this year.
I would say Contra Hard Corps will always be my ultimate Stockholm Syndrome game. I got to a game over screen in less than a minute the first time I booted it up, but I never gave up on it and have beaten it several times on multiple paths now.
The original Bubsy Bobcat for SNES/Genesis. The one hit deaths and small screen size are agitating to point of throwing the controller. But, the game is so darn charming that I can't help but play it. That and I really want to beat it just to show it who's boss.
I think a lot of 90s kids will have fond memories of point n click games, though if they were being honest with themselves, it was likely very rare that they got any enjoyment out of the experience. They looked and sounded like cartoons though, and there was rarely any punishment for getting something wrong, so it was easy to be sucked into the experience of using your full inventory on every clickable object until something new happened. I grew up with Discworld on PC, and though I'm quite sure it's needlessly obtuse with irritating, longwinded puzzles, but I still look back at it with fondness because it was fun to click on stuff and make silly cartoon people talk when I was 8.
Basically me with JRPGs. I was never able to get into them as a kid, even though I really wanted to enjoy them. Mainly because I didn't, and still don't like, random enemy encounters. I've at least managed to play through a bunch of major JRPGs, even if I wasn't always a huge fan of the gameplay, and they're games I now really love. Final Fantasy VII was one such game that felt like a chore to get through, but it was still a decent game and worth playing through, regardless.
Star Wars Rebel Assault II for the PS1 comes to mind. Game was constantly kicking my butt every single level but I think because they used real life actors in the game it kind of felt like I was playing a Star Wars movie so I powered through. On top of that, my memory card was full and since I refused to delete anything I forced myself to beat the game in one sitting. Not even sure how long it took me, but it's both a great and painful memory
I would also say one of the examples of games people who force themselves to play a game would be the gamers who feel like playing a game that is either trending or their friends are playing and while they don't like it while everyone else likes it they don't want to feel left out. I see this sometimes people playing games they don't really like due to playing with others. I personally play many different games and am happy that I know different types of gamers that likes different games that I like. Cool video. ^_^
I agree. Early 3D Mario games had a shaky start compared to the earlier 2D ones and have dated badly in comparison. But I enjoyed Mario Sunshine more than Paper Mario on Gamecube. Everyone has their tastes with these things but I enjoy all the 2D Mario platform games most. Mario Kart can do no wrong for me though. Even on GBA (the one a lot of people dislike) I'll play that for hours.
Hey RB, I love your channel man :) For me, the syndrome hit with General Chaos for the Genesis. I was a late adopter to the 16 bit consoles (my parents forced me to sell my NES first - OUCH!) so that was the game I chose to get with my system. I loved the box art, but hated it at first and only played Sonic 2 for the first two months. Then something happened and I played with a buddy and just fell in LOVE with the game. To date, it’s still one of my favourite games and I still have amazing memories playing it for the rest of the summer in 1993.
My game was Goonies 2 for the NES. The cover blew my kid mind & I thought for sure a Sequel to the Movie was on the way too! (Nope) My chance to see what the movie was before it was released! I didn't hesitate & rented the game! There was this Wizard to Warp to other levels & I was like Goonies 2 the Movie will have a Wizard in it? I just couldn't wrap my head around the wizard & lost interest in it. I told my friends Goonies 2 was coming out they have a video game! I had to prove it by renting it over & over. I hated it, but rented it anyways! Because Goonies Never Say Die!
Man I love extreme g 2..never had f zero..also..where's you sega cd games!?!?!?..belive it or no ff10..I didn't really like it at 1st an just kept coming back to it..now it's one of my favorite..especially the blitsball..keep flying. bird 🐦
Had many a weekend rental Stockholm situation back in the day, but for games I actually own, the two the jump out are Majoras Mask and Samus Returns on the 3DS. I still want to love those games… 😩
Stunt man for PS2, I feel like a lot of people probably feel that way about it. It just makes you so mad you have to stop playing but then you go right back to it because you were so close to getting it.
Taz-Mania on SNES is mine. Bought for me Christmas 1994 by parents. A bad game but I thought Capcom's Aladdin (same Christmas) would be worse. I was wrong. It's still one of my favourite platform games to replay.
@@djstyles97 The SNES game is a totally different thing. Both are bad for their own different reasons and both could be very good games with some improvements.
I actually like Fester's Quest because it was the only game I had, other than SMB/Duckhunt, for an entire year. Also, at one time I tried to convince myself to like Fist of the North Star 😂
Fester's Quest was very frustrating for me as a kid because it is nearly impossible to power up your weapon on a black and white television. The power ups and power downs are different only in color, and not enough to tell apart on a b&w tv.
@@catsaregovernmentspies Our mom made us move the NES to the b&w tv sometimes. On those occasions playing Fester's Quest was definitely out of the question! I wonder if the Game Genie had a code that would make all gun pick ups good... (not that I ever _had_ a Game Genie)
I had no problem with DK64 at the time. I was young, I liked the collectathon stuff and didn't mind the back tracking. I was straight up addicted to that game Donkey Kong 64. I remember having to read 2 books in 1 day for school bc I was so hooked. Now that I'm older, the criticisms are all valid. At the time, it rocked though. You had to be there and be like 10, then it was epic.
My first experience like this was way back in 1986 when i got a copy of Ollie & Liza for my ZX Spectrum 128k +2 for Christmas. Ollie & Liza was a colouful Platformer with pin point accurate Jumps, moving platforms and tricky Enemy movement. 3 lives, no continues, good old hardcore Gaming. The Gamet was punishingly difficult though and only reached Level 2 my first day of playing. It took another Week to reach Level 3. I persevered for Weeks though and finally got good enough to reach Level 5. Good times 🙂
Hey RetroBird, I really like when you show gameplay right from your CRT TV. I haven't played through every single game you show being played, but I noticed a lot of your gameplay is usually early game. I'm curious to see the games you've got complete save files on, or at least have gotten real far. I want to see the games you've actually invested many hours into!
I typically do footage from early in games because I find it to be less spoiler-ish. For the games I do have a save file, I may not want to show late game footage for that reason. I'll keep that in mind though. I do try to at least occasionally show footage from later on in games :)
Haha yeah I know about this. We had a small rental store, so games were also limited. Me and my brothers decided to use one our rare opportunities of buying a game of shaq-fu. I still say it was good game to this day, the animation was brilliant.
Renting games was a thing I would only get to do at "dad's" house every other weekend when we would see him (early 90's) and let me tell you, having an older brother who is 7 years older, the struggle was real in picking which game for the weekend. We couldn't even decide which system to rent for half the time lol (NES or Genesis), RoboCop vs Terminator would probably be my pick, the amount of times I had to rent that game in order to beat it, probably woulda been cheaper just to buy it
The glory days of video rentals. Each weekend was a journey. Sometimes you went with a specific title in mind. Other times you went with nothing more than a gleam of hope that you would find a literal hidden gem. And there was nothing better than wanting a specific title only to arrive and find that all the copies were rented out already. But, with a stubbornness born from mutated mules, you go looking behind every title they had on the wall only to find a copy of what you wanted carefully hidden behind a random title.
My whole childhood I grew up playing rage games, rhythm games, and all sorts of difficult (beat it once and never come back) challenge games. Of course now that I am older I miss them and feel extremely nostalgic with the challenge because I spent a lot of time mastering them, and completed the ones I wanted a long time ago. So yes I really miss the pain the challenge I think I have the game Stockholm syndrome.
Shadow the hedgehog was what came to mind for me rented it at blockbuster back in the day and it made me realize as a kid/pre teen that not all games are great lol
I don't think I've experienced that. I've forced myself to play a game I didn't like, but I don't think I've ever forced myself to like one. (I'm probably in denial, but I can't recall any specific examples)
I have a vivid memory of being almost 4 years old, and sitting in an unfinished basement playing SNES with my older brother while i sat in my fuzzy Elmo chair (had to mention the classic elmo chair). My dad rented Power Pigs Of The Dark Ages for us. As janky as that game is, we loved it. Never had a chance to play that game again, but I totally remember the first 3 levels of it. Times were so much simpler.
Kids my age played the SNES but I had an NES growing up and we had almost all of our games before I had memory. The first Christmas I remember we got Mario 3 and Zelda 2. Years and years later, probably close to the N64 launch we got Final Fantasy and another game I can't remember. And sometime in between I got World Cup for my birthday and my brother got Kirby. All in all, most of the games we had are well regarded now. I absolutely love Zelda 2. I beat that without a guide or Nintendo Power or help from friends. I consider it my best gaming accomplishment. So, maybe I have Stockholm Syndrome with that game since so many people don't like it.
Fester's Quest and Super Pitfall might be my games of this type. Both mostly because I wanted to figure out what I was supposed to do. Super Pitfall might have weirdly led to my love of exploration in games just because I enjoyed finding the different environments.
When Chibi-robo zip lash came out I was so excited. I was so eager as a fan of the chibi robo franchise that I even preordered the game with all the money I had. I got the game in my hands but was underwhelmed with it overall, but just to feel I didn’t waist my money I sat down and completed the thing just so I could free myself from needing to think about the game ever again.
My far bigger issue was all the lies we were told by the media, friends, and game stores for what was supposed to be a good game when really you found out it was hot garbage.
any of the fallout games. i get to a point where i cannot advance at the task at hand, i do exactly as you said, i tell myself, "theres something im missing" so i turn my attention elsewhere to s ide quests and other objectives, and once ive leveled up and have gotten lost in the games mechanics and lore, i finally overcome the wall i had ran into before, and end up finishing the main quest with great disappointment. fallout games are all about the journey, not the destination, because the destination almost always suck. but i keep on buying them
Oh man, renting games... back when I was a kid I'd often stay at my grandma's house for either a weekend or a week, and I'd bring my Genesis with me a lot. She didn't drive, so we'd often walk 45 minutes 1 way into town to do some shopping and usually rent a few games. I seem to recall playing Sonic 3 with maybe the Sonic & Knuckles cart at her place but I've owned both forever, so maybe that's not accurate to what I rented. And fwiw she bought me a ton of cassettes like White Snake, Alice in Chains, etc. Good times with my Sony Walkman. Another thing we had going at the time was that our major regional supermarket chain did movie/game rentals for awhile. I definitely remember renting Road Rash 2 a few times from them. Lastly, we got a Blockbuster in the latter part of the 90s, and during the summers when I was in middle school my mom would let me rent a few things at a time. I had quite a few PS1 experiences I otherwise wouldn't have had due to that. Can't recall any specific games though, but I feel like the Resident Evil & Dino Crisis series were part of that era.
Great video! I had a similar thing happen one Christmas as kid. I asked for two games: Kirby Super Star (SNES) and Sonic 3D Blast (Genesis). I was quite excited for them and my parents got me both. I played Kirby Super Star to death and was obsessed with it for many months! On the flip side, when I played Sonic 3D Blast, I just couldn't get into it even though I had loved previous Sonic Genesis games. I forced myself to eventually beat 3D Blast, but I honestly didn't really care for it. Another game that is inducing Stockholm Syndrome is one I'm playing now: DK Jungle Climber for the DS. I was kind of excited to play a Donkey Kong game I had never played before, but I have mixed feelings about the game. However, I am forcing myself to get 100% to just get it out of my back log and never touch it again. It isn't a bad game, but it can just get absurdly difficult and frustrating in some of the later stages.
@@andremalerba5281 DK Jungle Climber is pretty good, but the levels get seriously hard in later worlds. It is actually the sequel to King of Swing. The core gameplay is the same, but they changed some gameplay elements from King of Swing.
I never forced myself to like games as I remember, I do give games I'm not into a try, but I would never say I don't like it well I would say it's okay but it's not for me.
I am glad I had so much fun with monster rancher 3( I believe 3 it was on ps2). If I rented a game I didn’t enjoy, at least I got a new monster out of the experience
Theme Park for Sega Genesis is my hands down stockholm game. It was so vapid but addictive at the same time. The only way I kept playing was to avoid the bad game over screen with a ghost family and playing the funeral march.
I had a very similar story to the one you had with Extreme G2, but mine involved Bart vs. The World for the NES. I remember I rented Bart vs. The Space Mutants several times during the year and LOVED it (even though I couldn't even get past the first level... I was very young 😅) and then when Christmas time finally came, I read in a local videogame magazine here in Mexico that a sequel had just come out, so when it came time to ask Santa for a game I just thought the logical thing to do was ask for the sequel... I mean, the original was great, the sequel should be AWESOME, right?.. Well wrong (at least for me). I still played the heck out of it the following year and actually managed to finish it, but it just wasn't the same... I guess what I really appreciated about the first one was the fact that I get to roam around in Springfield and seeing the new locations all over the world just didn't quite have the same effect for me. However, I do have very fond memories of the game to this day and I still have my original cartridge in my collection 😀 By the way, I also want to join in on the many comments appreciating your channel and your brand of humor. It's just so wholesome and the videos are so well produced, they are always an absolute delight to watch!
Not soooo much retro, because I started to videogame at 1982 with the Atari 2600... but at first time I hated New Vegas because I was addicted to Mass Effect 2, that still is a super well produced game wile FONV is considerably crude. Because of it, I quited it just after a few hours to only try it again an year later, with a totally different experience. Today I'm pretty sure that FONV easy takes it's place among my TOP5 ever. Specially after trying it with the mod A Tale of Two Wastelands (what I only did this year, because just find about this mod recently)
Super Hang On for Sega Genesis… had to force myself to play it, until one day, I reversed engineered how the password system worked, and I gave myself tons of free money to upgrade my bike. Figured it out all by myself… is that cheating or being smart?
It's both. Smart cheating. But well done for turning it into something you can enjoy more. I think a lot of good games were ruined with difficulty levels that were too tough.
I'm going to say smart. Cheating is if you put a game genie code, bragged that you beat it to friends when you really didn't. That's what I consider cheating. Not people finding cheap ways to beat the system. I call you smart.
Tomba! 2 on the PS1, I was not an action-adventure player back then, just enjoying my friends playing it in their house. When I eventually had my own console at home I try ro play it, give up and give in some time, and eventually I beat it within few weeks . Oh yea about the video game rental thing: Was renting a whole console a thing in your area? Not just the games I mean the entire console that you could use for an hour or so (like an internet cafe) or you can brought the console back home for like 24 hours I know this was the case cuz here renting Playstation was a big deal in late 90s to 2000s, even now still going strong with PS3 and PS4 altough not as strong as back then
In the early 90s I kept renting Roger Rabbit for NES just to punch Roger over and over again and watch him fly around like a pinball. And beat up random apartment dwellers and watch their heads spin around like owls. And the soundtrack is so good too.
Oh boy, that reminds me of X-Men Legends 2! They sold me that game pretty well on the store! Got it, took home, put on the PS2, watched that amazing intro and then the game started and it was everything I hated in games LOL I forced myself to play that game and hating it everytime with my X-Men heroes beating crappy insects and not feeling like X-Men at all! I just wanted that game to live up to the expectations of that intro! LOL
@@tonyp9313 I didn't liked it AT ALL 'cause it was like Diablo or something like that, I hate RPG's and I grew up on the 16bit era where we also judged a game quality big the size of it's sprites, so when the game characters are small my brain unconsciously thinks it's a bad game LOL But besides that, the gameplay loop is something that I don't enjoy! I don't have trouble revisiting old 3D if the controls aged well! I think that's more important than the graphics, if the game is fun and I can still have fun controlling/playing it than I'm fine! There's some PS1 era games that are way worse because of the tank controls from early 3D games! There's some PS2 era that are not quite there yet too, but I think from the PS3 era onwards it's way easier to keep playing as most controls managed to get almost standardized at that point.
I remember my Uncle taking me to Service Merchandise for my 9th or 10th birthday. I owned an NES then, and he said I could pick out any game I wanted. I must have spent an hour looking at the back of every NES game they had on display. I finally narrowed my decision down to TMNT: Tournament Fighters, and Pirates! In the end, I decided on Pirates! So…I get the game home and pop it into my NES, and I hated the slow pace and all the reading. I started crying, and asked my dad if he could put the shrink wrap back on the game box, so I could exchange it. Fast forward a couple of years, and it became one of my favorite games! I embraced the slow pace and the planning involved… very similar to Oregon Trail. I enjoyed sailing around, and using my map to navigate. I have my Uncle Tom to thank for providing me with that great experience!
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure on NES was like that for me - my sister and I loved the movie, so we hammered away at it for years even though we never actually figured out how it worked. We may have seen 2 levels over the course of a decade; it wasn't until recently that I finally saw a video explaining exactly what you were supposed to do to progress!
Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild, and Tears of the Kingdom. I LOVE the Zelda franchise. I own almost every game in the series, but as much as I have tried, and forced myself to play these two installments, I just cannot get into them. And I hate that! I can absolutely see why people like these games, but I guess to me, they are just too open, and I miss the classic dungeon structure, heart piece collecting, and the general feeling of the series as a whole. Kudos to the people that adore these games, but I just couldn’t.
The moment I saw this video's title I knew exactly which game it was for me, or better, which franchise: DONKEY KONG COUNTRY on SNES. I was given the first one as a present from my aunt, so it was mandatory to play it every time she came by, to show appreciation. I HATED that game. Since she saw me playing so often, she gave me the other 2 games too in different occasions. Obviously, I still was forced to play them. Fast forward to today, and they're probably the game I pop in more often for a quick game, and I enjoy it so much. Maybe because I play it on my free will, and not on gunpoint.
I played Hybrid heaven bc my best friend gave it to me for my birthday. I didn't know about bargain bin games at walmart, and I couldn't fathom getting an n64 game for a bday gift (bc the price for gifts is usually 10-20 and games were usualy 50). I beat it on Christmas day, which is the day the game's story ends on. It was given to me by a friend so I got through it, and I like it still today. My friend passed away. The game reminds me of him.
I can’t think of one off the top of my head but I know there has to be quite a few since I’ve been playing games since 88 when my aunt got us a NES. Maybe the Original Mortal Kombat on Gameboy. Got it for my birthday but growing up in Arcades it was slow and they definitely had to cut a lot of corners. But hey it was Mortal Kombat on the go so I played hard.
Marble Madness for NES. I still randomly think of that game and get flashbacks like I was in 'nam or something. That game ruined my childhood and has haunted me ever since.
I had an Amstrad CPC464 back in the day … plenty of turkeys on that system … I used to spend hours pouring over the £1.99 Mastertronic, CodeMaster (etc.) games in my local toy shop desperately trying to find something that I could happily invest time in … sadly nearly every game was rubbish, but I played them anyhow because I’d spend my own pocket money on buying them 😆
Played through Skyward Sword again (along with other Zeldas). I didn't realize how tedious Skyward Sword can be with the controls. The fights against Ghirahim and the Imprisoned are just not fun and mostly tedious (especially the Imprisoned). I had a sense of dread every time I jumped into these fights; even when I did the 8 boss fights for the Hylian Shield and beat it first time, it still was a dread doing these fights. Also the roller-coaster heart piece was just rough (I have gotten all of the heart pieces in WW, TP, and OOT doing the run throughs). Onto Majora, I remember some tedium from it as well.
Lagoon for the snes. I remember gawking at that game in a nintendo power (didn't have internet back then) - the graphics, the words, the characters - imagining what it would be like to play it. Even had my own pretend story and gameplay. Finally got it (as a present too), while my friend got zelda link to the past. My game was terrible and of course zelda was great. I played Lagoon and forced myself to like it. Even told my friend "yeah my games great too." Finished it and then finally admitted (to myself), no it's terrible haha.
Quick little story for you…… when I was in the 5th grade I saved up money doing chores around the house so I can buy myself an NES game. Having a cheapo father that paid me 50 cents to water the grass and other such chores, felt like a life time to save up. Once I had enough, I took my hard earn cash and went straight to Target and walked my happy ass to the gaming section. I was exited to see all the games and finally after an hour and a half I finally decided which game I was going to take home with me. What was that game?…. Rocky and Bullwinkle. When I got home and popped that sucker in I was in a world of hurt. I wanted to dig a ditch in my backyard and bury myself in it. When we’re talking about spending your hard earn money as a kid you’re forced to have Stockholm. I forced the heck outta myself to play that game. After some time by some miraculous reason the game grew on me, I enjoyed it, maybe even loved it. To this day I still pop that sucker in from time to time. It holds a special place in my heart.
Every time I watch your videos it baffles me that you're not huge already. The video ideas are always great, the jokes are great, and you can tell you have a genuine passion for what you're doing.
Thank you for that! I think growth will come, but in the meantime I've just been appreciating all the wonderful folks like yourself who have already found the channel :)
i think that going above 100 vis. per vid is good enough considering how saturated is youtube nowadays..but yes, cool videos, original stuff and good editing FTW
He just needs to post pet videos with a hokey soundtrack, he’ll have 500k+ subscribers in months. Or unboxing videos.
would you like a sandwich?
His growth is solid. His view counts are good.
I see some with 200k subs with less views.
That’s what was so great about the original PlayStation. Demo discs not only helped to solidify the decision to buy a game, but there were so many free demo games alongside a magazine (PlayStation Underground) to get further insight on the games. Although there were plenty of awesome games not on those demo discs.
That was the only reason I subscribed to PSU when I really preferred PSM.
OMG! Been a while since I've heard of PSU, that's where I've got the knowledge about Crash Team Racing and other demos, but I played so much that demo, and once I got the game for my PS1, this was (and still is, Nitro-Fueled included) the best non-mario Kart racer ever! In fact, it's my favorite
I love how you have Beauty and the Beast right there in the game case while you sing that song that totally was not stolen from that Disney movie.
took me a minute to realize that beauty and the beast is in the back lol
Very fitting considering the subject of the video.
For me it would be Harvest Moon: Back to Nature on the PS1… a friend and I spent so many hours together (and separately) trudging through the three (in game) years it takes to complete it, trying to do everything perfectly. Eventually we burnt out and lost interest, but there it sat on my memory card. Sometimes i’d feel a twinge of guilt / sense of obligation to go back and finish the game. Eventually, in a moment of complete catharsis, I realized I needed to let go and release myself from the borderline guilt I had for not completing it lol. Sounds so silly when I type it out, but there you go.
I regularly force myself to play games that everyone loves, and I'm there thinking "I hope this gets better soon". I usually feel out of the loop. I get that feeling more with modern games.
Feeling pressure to like popular games is a very real thing. It's unfortunate. Ideally, you would just play any game going in with a fresh set of eyes.
Ive always loved Battletoads, as a 10 year old kid who saw it as another TMNT-esque game and as a 40+ year old adult who may abuse the rewind feature on the Rare Replay Xbox collection. I think having the Nintendo Power with the map of level 3 was key to enjoying it as a kid cause otherwise screw that level.
Once in a while I really wished I had their support for a few areas but the notes I took of the levels helped alot😂 Battletoads is one always in my arsenal stored away in a red box along with the Ninja Gaiden Trilogy and my notes😁
I did not think about this until your video. I now realized I am a victim too. My game was Impossamole for the TG16. I did manage to beat it.
For me, Megaman and Zelda games are such where I respect the quality yet find myself not able to see patterns or react fast enough, get stuck, or the game is simply too long.
We need a full version of the beauty and the beast battle toads cover
Great video idea my man! One thing that I’ve done with frustrating games is put them in “timeout” for a bit. Where I don’t feel bad for giving up on them. But I can take a break and play something else in the meantime, usually a comfort game that I’ve beaten several times already.
dark soul's sen's fortress definitely got a 'timeout' i remember lol
The comfort games are important! They're like the foundation of anybody's library.
Total recall nes. It grew on me after a bad rental. I did not know you had to exit the room with the wife till years after my rental weekend. Great vid.
Pretty sure my Stockholm syndrome resides on Demons Souls. The worst part is that I left the game collecting dust on my shelf for years (after getting my ass kicked on 1-1), until I watched a let's play of it and thought to myself "wait a sec, that looks fun, was I doing It wrong all along?". Then yeah, It became Fun, but it still was hella hard
I think a lot of people can relate to this type of experience with the Souls games.
I can’t tell you how spot on you are with your assessment of past feelings toward game rentals and presents from relatives. I forced myself to like To The Earth for the NES. It was a gift and not very good, yet I came to like it as it came from family.
Back sometime in the ps3 era I decided to purchase Final Fantasy 7 on PSN and force myself to play through it just to see if it lived up to all the hype. I was absolutely not disappointed despite the fact that I hated turn based combat.
Mission Impossible 64 was definitely one I forced myself to play. It's not great but I have much nostalgia for it.
Same here except I played the PS1 version
@@BossZnakemaster i wanna try it, I forget it's a thing
Who Framed Roger Rabbit on the NES. The gameplay is very flawed and the weasels chasing you down are as annoying as it gets, but after hours of playing it, I came to appreciate that there is a competent open world adventure/exploration game within the mess.
Nice video. Final Fantasy 13 was a game I forced myself to like. I was a huge Final Fantasy fan and enjoyed all the games prior, but thirteen, aside from the pretty graphics, was not doing it for me. The legacy of the game series promised it would deliver on story and gameplay by the end, and the game kind of drags you along with endless tutorials and a promise of something more. By the time I was done, I found I enjoyed the post-game missions enough to not call it a total wash, but my prison sentence took its toll--I really can't say I'm an FF or even SquareEnix fan anymore.
I felt the same about FF12
When I read mixed reviews of FF13, I knew it was over for me.
@@madspunky Yeah, definitely had mixed feelings about X-2, 11, and 12, but I was mostly unshaken and my hopes remained high going into 13. I think you made the right choice.
The Lion King on the Sega Genesis is the one that immediately came to mind. That game continually broke me, yet I kept going back for more.
I had that game as a kid... it broke me as well.
I’m sure I’m not the first or the last to mention it, but Dark Souls is the ultimate Stockholm Syndrome game. Honestly I don’t know how much more there is to say at this point, but it’s the type of game that throws up multiple barriers, only to provide deep rewards for those who persevere.
Oh I bought Dark Souls 1 for Switch on a very good sale. I wish the sequels also could come to Switch. But maybe Switch is not powerful enough? Not played Dark Souls 1 yet but I've heard a little bit about that game so that's why I bought it. So curious what I will think about the game when I finally will start to play it :)
@@cjeelde Yeah I'd say don't be afraid to consult a guide or even better a friend who's played it. The Switch could probably handle Dark Souls 2 fairly easily, but I think 3 would be a taller order. Recent From Software games have trouble running on more powerful hardware.
@@cjeelde The Switch version of DS1 is more in line with the creator's original vision over the PS4 & Xbox remasters. The bonfires in DS1 were so much more spiritual & ambient compared to the sequels but the stronger console remasters totally got rid of that aesthetic for some dumb reason. As for the sequels, yea the Xbox One could barely run DS3 so I doubt the Switch could handle it. Dunno why they can't port DS2 over, tho, since it was originally on PS3/360.
@@Crazy_Gamer_OG That's a good reason why Nintendo should release a more powerful Switch with 4K and everything. But I know it's not "that easy". Every new console is like a big puzzle of pieces that got to match. It's about the price for the end consumer, battery life, power consumption, heat, components (get it delivered in big volume) and more things. So it's very challenging. But as for now it's at least amazing to have the dream, the dream about "Switch 4K" or maybe another name.
Golgo 13. That was the game we got as kids and it was the only game we had to play for a time. I don’t think it was that good… but we were forced to play it to the end to get our money’s worth. All considered, wished we picked a different game.
Summer 1991, Battletoads for the NES... Yup, the game was hyped by Nintendo Power and everyone wanted it... I remember buying it at my local Wally World for $49.99 + tax... Got it home and pealed the plastic away in true anticipation... All was well until after the wookie hole experience... Speed biker race track from HELL!!! Fast forward about 6 months later, thank gawd for the Game-Genie and all it could grant you!!! Battletoads was certainly a better than average game on the NES, and at the same time, SUPER HARD as HELL!!! Just my two cents worth...🙂
It's still hard with the game genie. I played it & beat it with save states.
I remember my cousin showing me that game just to see how I'd react to the turbo tunnel.
Super R Type on the SNES. The cover art and screenshots looked amazing so I rented it, got home and got my butt kicked. Rented it a second time because the game I really wanted to rent wasn't there, still got my butt kicked. Bought it a month later coming back for more punishment and I memorized and beat the game. These days with so many games to choose from I have no patience like that anymore.
That’s my problem with side and top scrolling shooters in general, I enjoy the action but the punishing loop of getting hit, losing all your power up’s and being neutered until you memorize the patterns and react perfectly is frustrating. Especially since so many games are nearly impossible in later stages when at base power.
Dude you always make me laugh! Thanks for being funny…consistently 😂 To answer the question, I forced myself to keep playing the first TMNT on the NES. I loved the comics and cartoons, but the game was so difficult that it frustrated me to the point of not wanting to play. However, I liked the music and the graphics so I talked myself into playing it some more and to just get upset again 😂 It was one of those games I got for Christmas and I was stuck with it. I later sold it and got something else. Since we could only judge games by their box back then, I was stuck with a few sucky games!!
Ditto. Many times I have gone back and tried to complete it.
I managed to finally finish the game using the Game Genie about 10 years. The last level seems like it would be impossible with the Genie Genie.
Forced myself to like Friday the 13th on NES as a kid, now I legitimately enjoy it as an adult.
It's kinda cool how that game is gaining kind of a cult following.
@@bradleymayse I agree! Once I figured out how to play it, I came to respect some of the things it was trying to do. I was kind of lost as a kid.
The only retro game I can remember forcing myself to play because I owned it was Ghostbusters on the NES. I wouldn't say I ever liked it but as a 12 year old kid, I didn't hate it. As for games I forced myself into liking, recent games that come to mind are Metro 2033, Alien Isolation and Dark Souls. I didn't like any initially but I wanted to and since I bought them digitally, I always found myself going back to them to try and given them another try and eventually I did like them. It even took 2 tries to like the original Mass Effect which I'm grateful for because the sequel ended up being my favorite game of that generation.
I did it with "We're back a dinosaur's story" (SNES), "Lester the Unlikely" (SNES) and "Machine Head" (PS1). I received those games as a gif, so I wasted no time on those. To this day, I still go back to them. I love them!
Tough NES Games I distinctly remember being gifted as a kid: 8 eyes, Contra, Ghosts n Goblins, Blaster Master, Metal Gear. So many game overs...
Somes games I've played because they came so highly recommended. Very few times have those games turned out to just not be for me, and I find a game I'm playing through for the first time may seem like a slog, but the second time through is more enjoyable since I know where all the pitfalls are to avoid.
Empire Strikes Back
Spider-Man Return of the Sinister Six
Silent Service
All three on the NES, all 3 suck, but you played what you had til you liked it. Cuz that’s just the way it was back then.
For me as a kid I forced myself to like Alex Kidd in Enchanted Castle. I liked the mascot and my parents bought the game. I felt obligated to like it. I played and played but also couldn't get past the first castle. I wasn't having fun but I kept laying.
Looking at it recently and reflecting on the gameplay, it was the worst game I have ever played
I forced myself I play Xenosaga and eventually liked it. Originally, I was confused and frustrated with the battle system but....10 years later, I finally played through the game. I beaten it earlier this year.
Xeno Saga 1 has the easiest battle system out of the trilogy.
@@davidchevez4690 I recently found that out. I was used to only play final fantasy and pokemon style RPGs at the time.
@@nathanlamont9920 Great series. Too bad Xeno blade went a different direction.
I would say Contra Hard Corps will always be my ultimate Stockholm Syndrome game. I got to a game over screen in less than a minute the first time I booted it up, but I never gave up on it and have beaten it several times on multiple paths now.
Phantasy Star 3, although the generation progression in alternate timelines was groundbreaking (Mixed bag).
X-Men on the Genesis...you all know which one I'm talking about.
Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball. I don't mind it; not as terrible as it seems but certainly not great.
The adventures of Bayou Billy.
5:55 he just described how it feels to get back in to a jrpg after taking a 2 day break
Your videos are always supremely entertaining and enjoyable, keep it up!
Thank you Matthew!
The original Bubsy Bobcat for SNES/Genesis. The one hit deaths and small screen size are agitating to point of throwing the controller. But, the game is so darn charming that I can't help but play it. That and I really want to beat it just to show it who's boss.
Love your videos and the topics are on point. I remember the good ole days of renting video games on the weekend. Keep up the awesome work!
Thank you Joseph!
I think a lot of 90s kids will have fond memories of point n click games, though if they were being honest with themselves, it was likely very rare that they got any enjoyment out of the experience. They looked and sounded like cartoons though, and there was rarely any punishment for getting something wrong, so it was easy to be sucked into the experience of using your full inventory on every clickable object until something new happened.
I grew up with Discworld on PC, and though I'm quite sure it's needlessly obtuse with irritating, longwinded puzzles, but I still look back at it with fondness because it was fun to click on stuff and make silly cartoon people talk when I was 8.
Basically me with JRPGs. I was never able to get into them as a kid, even though I really wanted to enjoy them. Mainly because I didn't, and still don't like, random enemy encounters. I've at least managed to play through a bunch of major JRPGs, even if I wasn't always a huge fan of the gameplay, and they're games I now really love. Final Fantasy VII was one such game that felt like a chore to get through, but it was still a decent game and worth playing through, regardless.
Star Wars Rebel Assault II for the PS1 comes to mind. Game was constantly kicking my butt every single level but I think because they used real life actors in the game it kind of felt like I was playing a Star Wars movie so I powered through. On top of that, my memory card was full and since I refused to delete anything I forced myself to beat the game in one sitting. Not even sure how long it took me, but it's both a great and painful memory
I would also say one of the examples of games people who force themselves to play a game would be the gamers who feel like playing a game that is either trending or their friends are playing and while they don't like it while everyone else likes it they don't want to feel left out. I see this sometimes people playing games they don't really like due to playing with others. I personally play many different games and am happy that I know different types of gamers that likes different games that I like. Cool video. ^_^
One Christmas, my amazing uncle bought me a copy of Dr Jekyl and Mr Hyde for the NES. I TRIED SO HARD TO LOVE THAT GAME!!
Mario Sunshine was this kind of game for me
I agree. Early 3D Mario games had a shaky start compared to the earlier 2D ones and have dated badly in comparison. But I enjoyed Mario Sunshine more than Paper Mario on Gamecube. Everyone has their tastes with these things but I enjoy all the 2D Mario platform games most. Mario Kart can do no wrong for me though. Even on GBA (the one a lot of people dislike) I'll play that for hours.
Yeah I am trying to force myself to like that one lol. I just don't like it for whatever reason.
Hey RB, I love your channel man :) For me, the syndrome hit with General Chaos for the Genesis. I was a late adopter to the 16 bit consoles (my parents forced me to sell my NES first - OUCH!) so that was the game I chose to get with my system. I loved the box art, but hated it at first and only played Sonic 2 for the first two months. Then something happened and I played with a buddy and just fell in LOVE with the game. To date, it’s still one of my favourite games and I still have amazing memories playing it for the rest of the summer in 1993.
My game was Goonies 2 for the NES. The cover blew my kid mind & I thought for sure a Sequel to the Movie was on the way too! (Nope) My chance to see what the movie was before it was released! I didn't hesitate & rented the game! There was this Wizard to Warp to other levels & I was like Goonies 2 the Movie will have a Wizard in it? I just couldn't wrap my head around the wizard & lost interest in it. I told my friends Goonies 2 was coming out they have a video game! I had to prove it by renting it over & over. I hated it, but rented it anyways! Because Goonies Never Say Die!
Man I love extreme g 2..never had f zero..also..where's you sega cd games!?!?!?..belive it or no ff10..I didn't really like it at 1st an just kept coming back to it..now it's one of my favorite..especially the blitsball..keep flying. bird 🐦
The Sega CD games got moved to a different spot. They hang out with the PC Engine CD games now :)
@@RetroBirdGaming ok I was freaking out for a sec lol
Had many a weekend rental Stockholm situation back in the day, but for games I actually own, the two the jump out are Majoras Mask and Samus Returns on the 3DS. I still want to love those games… 😩
Ah, a regular victim of the rentals I see.
Stunt man for PS2, I feel like a lot of people probably feel that way about it. It just makes you so mad you have to stop playing but then you go right back to it because you were so close to getting it.
Taz-Mania on SNES is mine. Bought for me Christmas 1994 by parents. A bad game but I thought Capcom's Aladdin (same Christmas) would be worse. I was wrong. It's still one of my favourite platform games to replay.
Funny enough, the first rental that came to mind for me was Taz-Mania on the Sega Genesis. I guess the SNES version wasn't much better.
@@djstyles97 The SNES game is a totally different thing. Both are bad for their own different reasons and both could be very good games with some improvements.
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I actually like Fester's Quest because it was the only game I had, other than SMB/Duckhunt, for an entire year.
Also, at one time I tried to convince myself to like Fist of the North Star 😂
Fester's Quest was very frustrating for me as a kid because it is nearly impossible to power up your weapon on a black and white television. The power ups and power downs are different only in color, and not enough to tell apart on a b&w tv.
@@catsaregovernmentspies Our mom made us move the NES to the b&w tv sometimes. On those occasions playing Fester's Quest was definitely out of the question! I wonder if the Game Genie had a code that would make all gun pick ups good... (not that I ever _had_ a Game Genie)
I had no problem with DK64 at the time. I was young, I liked the collectathon stuff and didn't mind the back tracking. I was straight up addicted to that game Donkey Kong 64. I remember having to read 2 books in 1 day for school bc I was so hooked. Now that I'm older, the criticisms are all valid. At the time, it rocked though. You had to be there and be like 10, then it was epic.
My first experience like this was way back in 1986 when i got a copy of Ollie & Liza for my ZX Spectrum 128k +2 for Christmas.
Ollie & Liza was a colouful Platformer with pin point accurate Jumps, moving platforms and tricky Enemy movement.
3 lives, no continues, good old hardcore Gaming.
The Gamet was punishingly difficult though and only reached Level 2 my first day of playing.
It took another Week to reach Level 3.
I persevered for Weeks though and finally got good enough to reach Level 5.
Good times 🙂
Escape from monster manor on the 3D0 for me..
Let's see...
Back to the Future NES (aka Skateboarding Bowler Guy)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit NES
There must be more, but I can't think of any.
Hey RetroBird, I really like when you show gameplay right from your CRT TV. I haven't played through every single game you show being played, but I noticed a lot of your gameplay is usually early game. I'm curious to see the games you've got complete save files on, or at least have gotten real far. I want to see the games you've actually invested many hours into!
I typically do footage from early in games because I find it to be less spoiler-ish. For the games I do have a save file, I may not want to show late game footage for that reason. I'll keep that in mind though. I do try to at least occasionally show footage from later on in games :)
Haha yeah I know about this. We had a small rental store, so games were also limited. Me and my brothers decided to use one our rare opportunities of buying a game of shaq-fu.
I still say it was good game to this day, the animation was brilliant.
Renting games was a thing I would only get to do at "dad's" house every other weekend when we would see him (early 90's) and let me tell you, having an older brother who is 7 years older, the struggle was real in picking which game for the weekend. We couldn't even decide which system to rent for half the time lol (NES or Genesis), RoboCop vs Terminator would probably be my pick, the amount of times I had to rent that game in order to beat it, probably woulda been cheaper just to buy it
The glory days of video rentals. Each weekend was a journey. Sometimes you went with a specific title in mind. Other times you went with nothing more than a gleam of hope that you would find a literal hidden gem. And there was nothing better than wanting a specific title only to arrive and find that all the copies were rented out already. But, with a stubbornness born from mutated mules, you go looking behind every title they had on the wall only to find a copy of what you wanted carefully hidden behind a random title.
My whole childhood I grew up playing rage games, rhythm games, and all sorts of difficult (beat it once and never come back) challenge games. Of course now that I am older I miss them and feel extremely nostalgic with the challenge because I spent a lot of time mastering them, and completed the ones I wanted a long time ago. So yes I really miss the pain the challenge I think I have the game Stockholm syndrome.
I would buy a get on my lawn hat with your logo
Shadow the hedgehog was what came to mind for me rented it at blockbuster back in the day and it made me realize as a kid/pre teen that not all games are great lol
I don't think I've experienced that. I've forced myself to play a game I didn't like, but I don't think I've ever forced myself to like one. (I'm probably in denial, but I can't recall any specific examples)
I have a vivid memory of being almost 4 years old, and sitting in an unfinished basement playing SNES with my older brother while i sat in my fuzzy Elmo chair (had to mention the classic elmo chair).
My dad rented Power Pigs Of The Dark Ages for us.
As janky as that game is, we loved it.
Never had a chance to play that game again, but I totally remember the first 3 levels of it.
Times were so much simpler.
Kids my age played the SNES but I had an NES growing up and we had almost all of our games before I had memory. The first Christmas I remember we got Mario 3 and Zelda 2. Years and years later, probably close to the N64 launch we got Final Fantasy and another game I can't remember. And sometime in between I got World Cup for my birthday and my brother got Kirby. All in all, most of the games we had are well regarded now. I absolutely love Zelda 2. I beat that without a guide or Nintendo Power or help from friends. I consider it my best gaming accomplishment. So, maybe I have Stockholm Syndrome with that game since so many people don't like it.
Fester's Quest and Super Pitfall might be my games of this type. Both mostly because I wanted to figure out what I was supposed to do. Super Pitfall might have weirdly led to my love of exploration in games just because I enjoyed finding the different environments.
When Chibi-robo zip lash came out I was so excited. I was so eager as a fan of the chibi robo franchise that I even preordered the game with all the money I had. I got the game in my hands but was underwhelmed with it overall, but just to feel I didn’t waist my money I sat down and completed the thing just so I could free myself from needing to think about the game ever again.
My far bigger issue was all the lies we were told by the media, friends, and game stores for what was supposed to be a good game when really you found out it was hot garbage.
any of the fallout games. i get to a point where i cannot advance at the task at hand, i do exactly as you said, i tell myself, "theres something im missing" so i turn my attention elsewhere to s ide quests and other objectives, and once ive leveled up and have gotten lost in the games mechanics and lore, i finally overcome the wall i had ran into before, and end up finishing the main quest with great disappointment. fallout games are all about the journey, not the destination, because the destination almost always suck. but i keep on buying them
Oh man, renting games... back when I was a kid I'd often stay at my grandma's house for either a weekend or a week, and I'd bring my Genesis with me a lot. She didn't drive, so we'd often walk 45 minutes 1 way into town to do some shopping and usually rent a few games. I seem to recall playing Sonic 3 with maybe the Sonic & Knuckles cart at her place but I've owned both forever, so maybe that's not accurate to what I rented. And fwiw she bought me a ton of cassettes like White Snake, Alice in Chains, etc. Good times with my Sony Walkman.
Another thing we had going at the time was that our major regional supermarket chain did movie/game rentals for awhile. I definitely remember renting Road Rash 2 a few times from them.
Lastly, we got a Blockbuster in the latter part of the 90s, and during the summers when I was in middle school my mom would let me rent a few things at a time. I had quite a few PS1 experiences I otherwise wouldn't have had due to that. Can't recall any specific games though, but I feel like the Resident Evil & Dino Crisis series were part of that era.
Great video! I had a similar thing happen one Christmas as kid. I asked for two games: Kirby Super Star (SNES) and Sonic 3D Blast (Genesis). I was quite excited for them and my parents got me both. I played Kirby Super Star to death and was obsessed with it for many months! On the flip side, when I played Sonic 3D Blast, I just couldn't get into it even though I had loved previous Sonic Genesis games. I forced myself to eventually beat 3D Blast, but I honestly didn't really care for it.
Another game that is inducing Stockholm Syndrome is one I'm playing now: DK Jungle Climber for the DS. I was kind of excited to play a Donkey Kong game I had never played before, but I have mixed feelings about the game. However, I am forcing myself to get 100% to just get it out of my back log and never touch it again. It isn't a bad game, but it can just get absurdly difficult and frustrating in some of the later stages.
How's that DK Jubgle Climber? Is it anything like DK King of the Swing on the GBA? That game is nothing like DK but it's so much fun!
@@andremalerba5281 DK Jungle Climber is pretty good, but the levels get seriously hard in later worlds. It is actually the sequel to King of Swing. The core gameplay is the same, but they changed some gameplay elements from King of Swing.
Battletoads In Battlemaniacs... Only guy in my community who beat it.
I never forced myself to like games as I remember, I do give games I'm not into a try, but I would never say I don't like it well I would say it's okay but it's not for me.
I am glad I had so much fun with monster rancher 3( I believe 3 it was on ps2). If I rented a game I didn’t enjoy, at least I got a new monster out of the experience
Theme Park for Sega Genesis is my hands down stockholm game. It was so vapid but addictive at the same time. The only way I kept playing was to avoid the bad game over screen with a ghost family and playing the funeral march.
Try Theme Hospital
I had a very similar story to the one you had with Extreme G2, but mine involved Bart vs. The World for the NES. I remember I rented Bart vs. The Space Mutants several times during the year and LOVED it (even though I couldn't even get past the first level... I was very young 😅) and then when Christmas time finally came, I read in a local videogame magazine here in Mexico that a sequel had just come out, so when it came time to ask Santa for a game I just thought the logical thing to do was ask for the sequel... I mean, the original was great, the sequel should be AWESOME, right?.. Well wrong (at least for me). I still played the heck out of it the following year and actually managed to finish it, but it just wasn't the same... I guess what I really appreciated about the first one was the fact that I get to roam around in Springfield and seeing the new locations all over the world just didn't quite have the same effect for me. However, I do have very fond memories of the game to this day and I still have my original cartridge in my collection 😀
By the way, I also want to join in on the many comments appreciating your channel and your brand of humor. It's just so wholesome and the videos are so well produced, they are always an absolute delight to watch!
Not soooo much retro, because I started to videogame at 1982 with the Atari 2600... but at first time I hated New Vegas because I was addicted to Mass Effect 2, that still is a super well produced game wile FONV is considerably crude. Because of it, I quited it just after a few hours to only try it again an year later, with a totally different experience. Today I'm pretty sure that FONV easy takes it's place among my TOP5 ever. Specially after trying it with the mod A Tale of Two Wastelands (what I only did this year, because just find about this mod recently)
Super Hang On for Sega Genesis… had to force myself to play it, until one day, I reversed engineered how the password system worked, and I gave myself tons of free money to upgrade my bike. Figured it out all by myself… is that cheating or being smart?
It's both. Smart cheating. But well done for turning it into something you can enjoy more. I think a lot of good games were ruined with difficulty levels that were too tough.
I'm going to say smart. Cheating is if you put a game genie code, bragged that you beat it to friends when you really didn't. That's what I consider cheating. Not people finding cheap ways to beat the system. I call you smart.
I’ve had this experience with the game Cris Tales. It’s okay but the issues I have with it outweigh the positives for me.
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Tomba! 2 on the PS1, I was not an action-adventure player back then, just enjoying my friends playing it in their house. When I eventually had my own console at home I try ro play it, give up and give in some time, and eventually I beat it within few weeks
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Oh yea about the video game rental thing: Was renting a whole console a thing in your area?
Not just the games I mean the entire console that you could use for an hour or so (like an internet cafe) or you can brought the console back home for like 24 hours
I know this was the case cuz here renting Playstation was a big deal in late 90s to 2000s, even now still going strong with PS3 and PS4 altough not as strong as back then
In the early 90s I kept renting Roger Rabbit for NES just to punch Roger over and over again and watch him fly around like a pinball. And beat up random apartment dwellers and watch their heads spin around like owls. And the soundtrack is so good too.
Oh boy, that reminds me of X-Men Legends 2!
They sold me that game pretty well on the store! Got it, took home, put on the PS2, watched that amazing intro and then the game started and it was everything I hated in games LOL
I forced myself to play that game and hating it everytime with my X-Men heroes beating crappy insects and not feeling like X-Men at all!
I just wanted that game to live up to the expectations of that intro! LOL
I actually liked that game when it came out for PS2. Now I can't ply 3D games for the PS2 because they are terrible compared to PS4 or PS5 3D games.
@@tonyp9313 I didn't liked it AT ALL 'cause it was like Diablo or something like that, I hate RPG's and I grew up on the 16bit era where we also judged a game quality big the size of it's sprites, so when the game characters are small my brain unconsciously thinks it's a bad game LOL
But besides that, the gameplay loop is something that I don't enjoy!
I don't have trouble revisiting old 3D if the controls aged well! I think that's more important than the graphics, if the game is fun and I can still have fun controlling/playing it than I'm fine!
There's some PS1 era games that are way worse because of the tank controls from early 3D games!
There's some PS2 era that are not quite there yet too, but I think from the PS3 era onwards it's way easier to keep playing as most controls managed to get almost standardized at that point.
I remember my Uncle taking me to Service Merchandise for my 9th or 10th birthday. I owned an NES then, and he said I could pick out any game I wanted. I must have spent an hour looking at the back of every NES game they had on display. I finally narrowed my decision down to TMNT: Tournament Fighters, and Pirates! In the end, I decided on Pirates!
So…I get the game home and pop it into my NES, and I hated the slow pace and all the reading. I started crying, and asked my dad if he could put the shrink wrap back on the game box, so I could exchange it.
Fast forward a couple of years, and it became one of my favorite games! I embraced the slow pace and the planning involved… very similar to Oregon Trail. I enjoyed sailing around, and using my map to navigate. I have my Uncle Tom to thank for providing me with that great experience!
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure on NES was like that for me - my sister and I loved the movie, so we hammered away at it for years even though we never actually figured out how it worked. We may have seen 2 levels over the course of a decade; it wasn't until recently that I finally saw a video explaining exactly what you were supposed to do to progress!
Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild, and Tears of the Kingdom. I LOVE the Zelda franchise. I own almost every game in the series, but as much as I have tried, and forced myself to play these two installments, I just cannot get into them. And I hate that! I can absolutely see why people like these games, but I guess to me, they are just too open, and I miss the classic dungeon structure, heart piece collecting, and the general feeling of the series as a whole. Kudos to the people that adore these games, but I just couldn’t.
The moment I saw this video's title I knew exactly which game it was for me, or better, which franchise: DONKEY KONG COUNTRY on SNES.
I was given the first one as a present from my aunt, so it was mandatory to play it every time she came by, to show appreciation.
I HATED that game.
Since she saw me playing so often, she gave me the other 2 games too in different occasions.
Obviously, I still was forced to play them.
Fast forward to today, and they're probably the game I pop in more often for a quick game, and I enjoy it so much.
Maybe because I play it on my free will, and not on gunpoint.
I played Hybrid heaven bc my best friend gave it to me for my birthday. I didn't know about bargain bin games at walmart, and I couldn't fathom getting an n64 game for a bday gift (bc the price for gifts is usually 10-20 and games were usualy 50). I beat it on Christmas day, which is the day the game's story ends on. It was given to me by a friend so I got through it, and I like it still today. My friend passed away. The game reminds me of him.
I can’t think of one off the top of my head but I know there has to be quite a few since I’ve been playing games since 88 when my aunt got us a NES. Maybe the Original Mortal Kombat on Gameboy. Got it for my birthday but growing up in Arcades it was slow and they definitely had to cut a lot of corners. But hey it was Mortal Kombat on the go so I played hard.
Marble Madness for NES. I still randomly think of that game and get flashbacks like I was in 'nam or something. That game ruined my childhood and has haunted me ever since.
Primal Rage. I forced myself to play that because it was the only fighter I had for the Mega Drive.
My Mom got me a lot of licensed games. I remember playing Shrek: Swamp Kart on my GBA and it was terrible but I didn’t have much else so I played it.
I had an Amstrad CPC464 back in the day … plenty of turkeys on that system … I used to spend hours pouring over the £1.99 Mastertronic, CodeMaster (etc.) games in my local toy shop desperately trying to find something that I could happily invest time in … sadly nearly every game was rubbish, but I played them anyhow because I’d spend my own pocket money on buying them 😆
Played through Skyward Sword again (along with other Zeldas). I didn't realize how tedious Skyward Sword can be with the controls. The fights against Ghirahim and the Imprisoned are just not fun and mostly tedious (especially the Imprisoned). I had a sense of dread every time I jumped into these fights; even when I did the 8 boss fights for the Hylian Shield and beat it first time, it still was a dread doing these fights. Also the roller-coaster heart piece was just rough (I have gotten all of the heart pieces in WW, TP, and OOT doing the run throughs). Onto Majora, I remember some tedium from it as well.
Lagoon for the snes. I remember gawking at that game in a nintendo power (didn't have internet back then) - the graphics, the words, the characters - imagining what it would be like to play it. Even had my own pretend story and gameplay. Finally got it (as a present too), while my friend got zelda link to the past. My game was terrible and of course zelda was great. I played Lagoon and forced myself to like it. Even told my friend "yeah my games great too." Finished it and then finally admitted (to myself), no it's terrible haha.
Quick little story for you…… when I was in the 5th grade I saved up money doing chores around the house so I can buy myself an NES game. Having a cheapo father that paid me 50 cents to water the grass and other such chores, felt like a life time to save up. Once I had enough, I took my hard earn cash and went straight to Target and walked my happy ass to the gaming section. I was exited to see all the games and finally after an hour and a half I finally decided which game I was going to take home with me. What was that game?…. Rocky and Bullwinkle. When I got home and popped that sucker in I was in a world of hurt. I wanted to dig a ditch in my backyard and bury myself in it. When we’re talking about spending your hard earn money as a kid you’re forced to have Stockholm. I forced the heck outta myself to play that game. After some time by some miraculous reason the game grew on me, I enjoyed it, maybe even loved it. To this day I still pop that sucker in from time to time. It holds a special place in my heart.