The 34 Most Infuriating Examples of Video Game Logic

Look, we've been saying it since we were old enough to turn on a Nintendo: The computer is a stupid cheater. And now we have proof.

Our readers have compiled the worst examples of the deck being stacked against us. The winner is below, but first the runners-up ...

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Entry by Koyre

No matter how fast you are... 3/3 STIME 0244743 Lap 2 3 4 6th The computer's rubber band A.I. is faster.

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Ta8tEVania astleanid I JUST HILLED LIRE FIFTY 20MBIES! THESE STAIRS won't BE PROBLEI! WARnING ! PRESSING THE WRONG BUTTON AT THE TOP OF STAIRS WILL RE

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Entry by Danzy

In Fallout: New Vegas there's a bar in the starting town. Outside the bar sits three awesome looking future-cycles. Any sense of morality quickly esca

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Entry by mightyzamfir

This is Chthon, a boss enemy from Quake. Shooting at it doesn't do a damn thing (and You could waste all your ammo in the process). Instead, you have

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Entry by T. S. Obiech

The 34 Most Infuriating Examples of Video Game Logic

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Entry by Paka

DS Wow! They took Borderlands 2 and shrunk it down onto the Sony Playstation Vita? Awesome! And obviously, they made the text larger SO you can read i

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4n That ledge is one way.

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Entry by kocikdp

CRACKED.COM Created tdithe the entire universe Can only remember four moves at a time

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Entry by greatone10

ORAGKED.OON S 3368 DONUT PLAINS 1 CONTINUE AND SAVE CONTINUE WITHOUT SAUE Saving my progress is great, but why can't you remember how many: extra live

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Entry by Scott Laffey

Certainly hope you didn't upgrade your lce Beam weapon to the Wave Beam before descending into this final level of Metroid.. Or you stand no chance

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Entry by SarahMarshall

CRACKED COM THE FGHTING MECHANICS IN BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL WERE VERY INTUITIVE AND EASY TO USE. UNTIL THE FINAL BOSS FIGHT WHEN THE EXISTING CONTROLS W

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Entry by AM Smiley

CRACKEDGO Want to play the original Monkey Island? WAIT! You need the Dial-A-Pirate wheel to log in. Every timE. Slightly ironic for a game about irCy

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Entry by SarahMarshall

FINAL FANTASY VI 21tn77:- Widely considered one of the best games ever Except for the 8-10 hours spent Coad Cut 61 Marh Yuffie WMocStsoll D Baw Cid M.

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Entry by Paika

Space Quest X Latex Babes of Estros HELP WANTED NO SHIRT NO SHOES NO SERVICE anr HANAGER I want O job. Smackdab in the middle of Space Quest IV, after

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Entry by insochris

CRACKED COM Falu NEW VEGAS Because why bother exploring the large, open world sandbox when there's loads of these fast, annoying, stinging things ever

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Entry by Ruyc

EN8 P 008 NO MATTER HOW MANY ENERGY TANKS YOU GOT. IF YOU DIE YOU WILL START WITH ONLY 30 % OF YOUR HEALTH WITH ALL oF THEM EMPTY CRACKED COM

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Entry by SKBOriginals

CRACKEDcO SPEND COUNTLESS HOURS BUILDING FORCES FOR MASSIVE CIVIL WAR THAT HAS DIVIDED THE LAND... MAKE FINAL CHARGE WITH NINE DUDES

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Entry by 404notfound

CRACKEDCO GOM In Prince of Persia, there's found in a green potion Level 9 that turns your down screen upside after drinking it. This makes it harder

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Entry by Nick Dreyer

CRACKEDO I' m not having an epileptic fit. I just have this soundtrack stuck in my head.

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Entry by StewartM

CRACKED COM There's nothing like interrupting a rollicking space adventure ... ... to dig through seven pages of inventory trash. OK4'- MIicrosd e PAN

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Entry by BluPrince

A game about the futility of human actions in the face of cruel fate.... >MARIOPARTY< All those minigames you won? The stars? Yeah, that won't mean j

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Entry by mattographer

TEENAGEMUTANTNINJA 4 TURTLES URZES 8 BOMBS 2 mins 28 S5EcOnDS THE WUORLD'S SHITTIEST COnTROLS OH anD THAT SEAWEED IS ELECTRIFIED FOR SOmE REASON YOU D

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Entry by erge1s

CRACKED.COM Fatal Frame II, considered to be one of the most pants-crappingly scary games ever made, forces you to travel a long tunnel before the fin

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Entry by Scott Laffey

CRACKEDG As if playing COM as some androgynous creeper named Raiden instead of the expected protagonist Solid Snake isn't maddening enough... Let's ma

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Entry by JustinBoyle

In the Assassin's Creed 2 flashback sequence, Altair must make a vertical jump to grab this post. It sounds simple, but at no point does the game expl

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Entry by text_speak

What do you mean overused? CRACKEDCON

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Entry by StewartM

MEWTWO HP: WEEPINBELL :L68 HP: 119 119 Enemy MEWTWO fainted: Now can't you catch him. Ever. -CRAGKED.COM

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Entry by Edvamp

In Skyrim, when you save the game It simply creates a numbered save file and the location of your character, which Is fine if you are doing one play t

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Entry by Paka

The 34 Most Infuriating Examples of Video Game Logic

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Entry by AM Smiley

MARVEL HE HEROES OD IN MARVEL HEROES ONLINE, YOU CAN PLAY AS COLOSSUS BUT YOU CAN'T PLAY AS KITTY PRYDE. MID

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Entry by SarahMarshall

CRACKED CO COM SERA 8ARE 37 gold bars 8000 caps a prece. Leave any behind regtet it forever. Try to take them all. your head explodes.

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Entry by allanime01

Okay boots on, sink down, hit the switch. Water changes! Boots off, run around, get key, open door, boots on, boots off. This isn't SO bad. Locked doo

The 34 Most Infuriating Examples of Video Game Logic

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Save the world? Whoop de doo. Accidentally pick up a cheese wedge? UHACCEPTABLE!