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[StevieWhite]

Originally posted this in the Gaming ragers thread...

I bought Die Hard Arcade for the Sega Saturn back in 1997 and beat it inside of three hours. Really liked the game though, so I decided to keep at it, and dedicate myself to beating it on a single life. Spent a weekend playing it religiously and got dangerously obsessive about it.

Long story short, after about 10 failed attempts, I managed to get to the final boss and beat him down to a sliver of health when I totally butterfingered the controller and dropped it on the floor. Needless to say, I died.

Exploding with rage, I gave my Saturn an overhand right which popped the lid and sent the disc helicoptering out of the console and on to my basement's concrete floor. I then stomped the disc about 52 times, but was unable to break it. The Saturn still works like a charm, but as a result of my rage, you kind of have to jimmy the hatch a little to get it open.

I still have the disc and the game to remind me of that horrible day. I have never mistreated a game since.

 

[BigBadShamoo]

Can't remember any times I've gotten mad. But it'd probably be during a fighting game when the opponent needs one more hit and you're like full health but you still end up losing the round. That pisses me off. Lol

 

[void666]

PSX - Medievil

Can't remember the reason but i got so angry i punched my PSX. Tried to turn it on later on but it wouldn't work anymore.
Nowadays when i'm angry i try to break cheap things like keyboards.

And i get very angry whenever i play multiplayer games. I scream and curse all the time. I can't help it.

 

[FLAguy954]

Gears of War 2 lag and cheaters. I would get so fucking pissed that I sped up the deterioration of my analog sticks with super rough handling and I cursed very loudly.

When I went up against Master Fucking Gee in Borderlands 2, holy shit, FUCK. I have never been so angry, I almost uninstalled the damn game because of that guy. I didn't break anything but I sure as hell slapped the shit out of my bed and desk out of frustration.

Ndesu from Resident Evil 5 on Professional also comes to mind. Wow, my brother and I almost cooperatively snapped the disk trying to get through that piece of shit boss fight. All of our guns were fully upgraded but it was another case of bullshit forced turret sequence.

 

[Chronos24]

Halo 2-3. But recently 1v1 for glory matches on Smash WiiU. Fuck all these fucking professional ass fucks who fucking use ness or link or whoever the fuck....lost where I was going.... On to get my ass handed to me again....

 

[Karak]

Space Harrier for the sega master system, last level dragon boss. Head butted the controller after losing and the controller exploded like a fucking nuke went off. I swear to god it reacted like a bomb exploding. There I was sitting in the center of the room with black controller bits stuck in the carpet and all over the bed.

 

[revolverjgw]

Warhawk. I'd always end up on teams with nobody that could fly. And my blood would boil as we got pinned down in our base by a swarm of expert pilots. It was a neverending cosmic conspiracy against me and only me.

 

[dano1]

Kind of remember the first Tomb Raider and its lack of save points pissing me off...

 

[Lambtron]

I was drenched in sweat and muttering a constant stream of obscenities when demonstrating Stuntman for a friend.

 

[Mostmanlyman]

Continue losing in fighting games agaisnt the same random online person.
I tried everything that I know and I just couldn't do anything I would loss by a land slide every time.

 

[jholmes]

I got mad at games a lot as a kid but that was mostly because I was an angry kid, not so much the games. (Well, not mostly the games anyway.) I smashed a PS2 controller in half once but for the most part I cherished my game stuff so I'd never really do much to them. I did throw down a WaveBird once and it stopped working, which is disappointing.

Another story about the WaveBird, although this wasn't getting angry at a game: I was in the habit of resting my WaveBird atop my GBA when not in use and one time I played some game, turned it off and went to go to bed or whatever, and put the WaveBird on the GBA. I didn't put it there properly, and it slid off and fell on my foot. I was a little annoyed and put it back on the GBA with a little more purpose. Whoops, turns out I cracked the screen doing that! But it's OK, I was growing tired of my goofy pink GBA and it was a great excuse to buy the retro NES GBA SP, which I did shortly after.

 

[Nose Master]

I was playing New Vegas on 360 and got a lock up one too many times, so I booted my entertainment center. Console fell over (I'm an idiot) and I got that nice perfect circle shred in the disc.

It stopped working, but I got a work around. I installed it off of a working copy, and my scratched copy worked just enough to get past the piracy check to use the installed data.

 

[Watch Da Birdie]

Mario Sunshine F.L.U.D.D.L.E.S.S. levels.

Especially the one with the Pianta that tossed you around.

That whole game was pretty aggravating, actually...

 

[Firebrand]

Don't remember getting all that mad video games, never been throwing controllers or anything.

I do remember picking up Ecco the Dolphin for the SMD as a kid, only to find it way too hard and wanting to return it. I eventually grew to like it, even though I dudn't get all that far.

More recently, Mirror's Edge made me curse out loud numerous times. In the few hours it took me to reach the last level (I think, I gave up there) I probably died more times than in 100 hours of Dark Souls. At least felt that way!

 

[ArtistDude88]

Playing this bullshit game.

+1 for Jak II. I tried to replay this a few years back and nearly broke my controller in frustration. I beat it when I was younger... Guess I was more patient back then.


I also remember being angry with Blizzard a lot back in WoW TBC days. I was a Ret Pally and they were all, "Fuck you! You can't have all those stats AND resilience on your PvP gear!". Much swearing was had in PvP when I just got crit STOMPED. Surprised I didn't break my desk....

Also didn't help that people were always giving me a hard time because there were so many shitty players playing Ret Pally at that time and gave the build a joke/hated reputation then.

 

[ClaptoVaughn]

At most, I've got really frustrated when getting beaten repeatedly in fighting games.

Don't recall ever getting mad to the point of physically acting out, though. I typically stop and take a break well before that point.

 

[OrlanisWorks]

Busted a controller playing Star Wars Super Bombad Racing. I don't regret breaking the controller, I simply regret not having snapped that game disc in half before playing it.

 

[Miroku129]

Don't remember getting all that mad video games, never been throwing controllers or anything.

I do remember picking up Ecco the Dolphin for the SMD as a kid, only to find it way too hard and wanting to return it. I eventually grew to like it, even though I dudn't get all that far.

More recently, Mirror's Edge made me curse out loud numerous times. In the few hours it took me to reach the last level (I think, I gave up there) I probably died more times than in 100 hours of Dark Souls. At least felt that way!

What a frustrating game...

 

[-Stranger-]

Not sure the exact time it was.
But it almost certainly would of been while playing FIFA
Some players play in a really bad spirit, like they are playing in an arrogant way if that makes sense.

 

[grosvenor_92]

Broke a gamecube controller playing NBA Live
Recently I smacked my keyboard and i don't know what button I hit but it ended up resetting my computer. I was playing MGRR

 

[BPoole]

I stomped my coffee table in half when I got angry playing CoD4.

I don't get that angry anymore though since I don't take games as seriously.

 

[JehutyRunner]

The final Kai Leng fight in Mass Effect 3.

The fight itself was only five minutes, but it took three hours of dying repeatedly before I finally bested him. I even came up with new swears in the process. At least, pretty sure I did.

And I was playing on normal too. Bastard.

 

[jello44]

Everything in the Souls game is a walk in the park compared to this.

Also, MOBAs

Oh man, so many fucking tries just to get that and when you did... satisfying.

I smashed the every living shit out of a 360 controller because of Ridge Racer 6 and the fucking batshit rubberband AI in the later challenge races. The thing cracked and I broke the battery pack attached to it after I spiked it like a football about a dozen times.

...I might have a problem.

 

[DrRussian]

I'd say the worst for me was when I got so pissed off at the way people were playing like assholes in MW3 that I ejected the disk and sold it to gamestop immediately.

 

[Alex_Mexico]

Not sure if the absolute angriest but I lost my shit when playing that second to last stage on World 4 of Donkey Kong Country Returns. The one with the "push buttons to steer up and down a barrel" while avoiding the ceiling, the wall, flying bats, giant bats and atomic breaths where everything kills you in one hit.

I'm 29 years old. I've been playing since the NES days. I want to make clear I cut my teeth on Mario platformers and the snes DKCs which I totally 101, 102 and 105%-ed all of them. I made Animal Antics my bitch many times (arguably the toughest level in the DKC trilogy)! Not too long ago I beat SMB The Lost Levels!!! I've beaten some of the best and toughest old school platformers ever. I love a challenge. I eat retro games for breakfast!

But this fucking DKCR level was impossible for me. I must've lost close to 100 lives in the course of several months (where I would quit and try again a few weeks later) until today I said FUCK THIS SHIT and said "yes" to the Super Guide.

The worst thing is I felt cheated. The controls for that godforsaken barrel-rocket thing were unresponsive and, for the life of me, I could never figure out how not to oversteer too much up or down. The worst feeling in a videogame is when you keep failing but you feel it's because of bad game design and not your own lack of skill.

I love you, Retro. Everything else about DKCR is amazing and can't wait to try DKCR TF but seriously:

Fuck. That. Level.

 

[Magwik]

The escape the docks mission in Jak 2. Fucking bullshiteft left and right, whoever made the mission is a complete asshole.
Also I've been mentioning the game a lot this past week.

 

[GraveHorizon]

Playing Kingdom Hearts when I was 18, and had been playing for several hours without saving. My dad came in the front door and tripped on the PS2 cord, shutting off the system and negating the hours of work I had just done. I was so frustrated I said "Fuc*!" out loud. I'm pretty sure that's the only time I cursed in front of my dad.

I never really get angry at video games, just frustrated or fatigued from playing stuff over and over, or if I'm tired. I don't get the people that get violent with their property.

 

[GungriffonEX]

Shinobi PS2 final boss. What a pain in the ass. I have never throw a controller, but this got me nearly there.

 

[RyanardoDaVinci]

Ninja Gaiden. Alma.

Punched my bed post so hard I hurt my hand.
So I punched my leg until it bruised.
Then I punched myself so hard I bruised my kidney and peed a little blood.

I stopped punching things after that.

Now I just scream nonsensical obscenities like, "Mother cunt-shitting dick-ass fuck!"

 

[The Lamp]

Mario Sunshine F.L.U.D.D.L.E.S.S. levels.

Especially the one with the Pianta that tossed you around.

That whole game was pretty aggravating, actually...

You just awakened a pile of painful memories for me.

Those fucking levels...

 

[RVinP]

Arishok in Dragon Age 2, especially at the conversation where the Arishok gestures his hand to stop talking and orders the Qunari to attack.
(One of the best scenes in the game)

 

[Watch Da Birdie]

You just awakened a pile of painful memories for me.

Those fucking levels...

I almost lost a friend over Mario Sunshine because it pissed me off so much, he came over and I remember freaking out at him when I kept fucking up the Pachinko Level.

 

[Nemesis121]

SF4 online with a 360 controller that fucking D-pad is pure trash..i threw the controller against the wall amazingly it didn't break..

 

[Donrule01]

Playing Revenge of Shinobi on SEGA Genesis and dying at the boss AGAIN. I stood up and threw the controller at my bed as hard as I could and it bounced off the edge and hit me in the balls seriously bending me over for a good while.

Another time while playing Chakan I got pissed and went to yank the controller out very roughly and the Genesis slid off the table and landed on its top. Top of cartridge had a crack but it never turned off and the system was fine. Genesis was a tank just like the NES.

Had some rage issues back when I was 12-13 lol.

 

[Celestia]

Rest in pieces, Halo Reach.

 

[Brock_Landers]

I cannot think of what the game is called (Metroid rip-off for DS), but after dying to the final boss for the 10th time in a row, I took the game out, put it in the case, walked outside, and flung it out into the night.


Yeah... in hindsight that seems crazy

 

[Nose Master]

About to top my record in this end stint in KH Proud, holy fuck. Enemy gauntlet for like ten spawns with enemies than two shot me and companions that die immediately. Fuck, I just want to be done with this piece of shit so I can move on to the decent KH games.

 

[Droopaloop]

Underwater Temple in Ocarina of Time.

 

[The Sarcastic Dude]

My most recent fit of gamer rage was at Smash 4. Some of those event matches on hard are frustrating as shit. But what really pissed me off was the challenge where you have to beat all-star on hard with Duck Hunt. I damn near took the disc out the Wii U and broke it in half.

 

[PintSizedSlasher]

Loved playing the Uncharted 2 multiplayer, but I wasn't particularly good at it.
Man...... Rage quits..... Rage quits everywhere.....

 

[kingwingin]

Minecraft brings out the worst in me.

I constantly fall in lava and lose everything. I don't like making trips so I just keep everything on me.

 

[TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared]

Shadow the hedgehog. That stupid '10 different endings which none of them are canon' thing made me rage.

 

[Lumpy Onion]

Exile 2 for the Turbo Duo. Apparently Working Designs thought it would be a good idea to make the game harder. They ratcheted things up a bit too much. Makes the game practically unplayable.

 

[Glassboy]

I was new to demon souls and I just got past the part with the dragon on the bridge and I had to fight these dark knights while dudes would shoot arrows at me. I'm ashamed to say that I was stuck at that part for a good couple hours before I snapped.

I threw my ps3 controller against the floor and it busted. I then stuffed my face into the couch and started to chant, "The game is fair, it is was all my fault", over and over again.

I would start repeating the chant whenever things got rough. My friends even came over one night with their ps3s and demon souls. I started to chant it and they all started laughing their asses off. I suppose I deserved to be made fun off. What a truly rewarding and amazing game.

 

[Lutherian]

I'm wondering... maybe trying to win the very first battle in Infinite Undiscovery on Infinite difficulty setting.

Or being killed by Indalecio in Star Ocean II with his "Earthquake" magic, that sometimes kills only one character, or sometimes the whole party (9999 dmg, no matter your level).

Mizar in Jet Force Gemini, maybe one of my biggest final boss nightmare.

Oh and the whole Phaze bosses in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption in the hardest mode.

 

[woopWOOP]

Threw a 370 in 1 NES cartridge against the wall in rage. Screw came lose, cartridge stopped loading. Lost 40+/- games that day

Since then I just swear a lot. Wave Race Blue Storm and F-Zero GX got a lot of fuck you's out of me.

 

[finalflame]

Fighting the

Spoiler

4 Kings

at SLI1 in Dark Souls. Holy. Fucking. Shit. I got them down to like 5% health, then got 1-shot by one of their projectiles. I thought I had it. I hurled a mayo, ham, and cheese sandwich across the room in frustration, and immediately turned off my PC before further damage could occur. So mad.

Also, the Souls games in general. Not usually visibly mad, though. Something will happen (die after a long excruciating boss fight, die a stupid death after traversing a pain in the ass area before getting to a new bonfire), and I will solemnly just stare at my screen, put my controller down, and stop playing.

 

[Shining Sunshine]

Diablo 3.

Every dumb design decision put me further into rage until I hated the Blizzard and will never played their shit again.

 

[kirby_fox]

In high school with Metroid Prime...or the second one. I don't remember which one or which boss, but it was a long way from a save point and a pain in the ass to get back to the boss battle.

I got so frustrated I threw the controller at the ground as hard as I could without thinking. It was hard enough it almost bounced and hit the TV which was fairly high up.

First and last time I've ever done that. I quit before getting that mad at a game.

 

[Dilly]

When I was a kid during a race in NFS: Underground. Had a total meltdown and even started crying because I couldn't win one of the last races in career.

I really hated losing when I was a kid.