We've all played them. Backtracking, not knowing where to go. Going back and forth. Name some of these games from your memory. I'll start: Final Fantasy XIII-2, RE1
Can I say half life?
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This one's pretty controversial, but if you've never played it before,
Half Life 1
It's really confusing and enemies will pop out of nowhere and kill you instantly. Not really fun imo, but then again I AM playing it for the first time 27 years after it came out 😂
I'm sure Black Mesa is more intuitive though.
Which bits in particular? Because on one hand it's a fairly linear design, but on the other there are some bits that can loop around themselves and objectives aren't always obvious.
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Hard to recall them since I tend to drop them when I get stuck. If I look up a hint and find out it is something that never had any previous hints to figure out I also drop the game because nothing is more frustrating than guesswork.
Any FF if you set it down for a month or two.
"Welp, I will just start it over, I guess."
Done this FF9 sooo many times
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I remember there being a few points like that in Megaman Legends 1 and 2.
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Pocahontas on Sega Genesis. I don't even remember the plot, but I got stuck and had to return it to Blockbuster.