yeah i see there are many manchildren with anger problems lol

Never, it’s not a normal thing.

I've held it aloft a few times while playing dark souls. Then the voice in my head tells me how much it costs to replace, before I gently bring it back down.

People who get so angry they break shit are genuinely the dumbest people I’ve ever met, and have no self control or handle on their emotions.

I think I've damaged one controller from anger, when I was in my late teens. I don't remember what game it was, just that I threw the controller to the ground, watched it bounce once, and then had little pieces of plastic jiggling inside and never truly worked after that. And I've always had to buy my own extra controllers so it hurt more.

I’ve only thrown a controller once. I was 15, playing a stealth challenge room in Arkham Asylum, dead set on getting a noteworthy spot on the leaderboard. One of my countless attempts pissed me off, but I got it eventually.

But I don’t get angry playing games. More like I get dissatisfied or annoyed. I can get mildly frustrated if I feel like I’m not improving, but if it feels momentary, I take a break, and if it feels like an ongoing issue, I figure the game is not for me. Bottom line is that I play games for challenge. I am just as likely to get frustrated with something feeling too easy as something feeling too hard.

The only controller I've had break was due to wear. My original Xbox 360 wired controller finally died last year. I should've kept it and tried to fix it, but I had a lack of judgement and just tossed it for a new Xbox controller.

I too have never broken a controller, although with a terribly bad streak against Lady Maria, I did put my controller down to go eat lunch and think about how I can do better. It's the only boss to eat my lunch enough to warrant that action.

Me neither. Controllers are expensive, yo. If I get frustrated in a game, I either look up ways other players have succeeded, or play an easier game like Dynasty Warriors or freakin Two-point Hospital;

Played all DS, ER, Nioh and it was all good. Played Sekiro and I did not broken my tv with my controller because... I don't know, but it was close.

Never ever have I done this, even as a young person playing FESTERS QUEST on NES.

I used to get that upset about games, but I’ve grown past that (thankfully). Not worth the mental energy or money for controllers. Losing is just another way of learning! Everyone can have their moment of anger, what’s important is growing from that and not being a baby lol

I throw the controller onto the couch where I know it won't get damaged when I'm mad, but no way am I throwing it at a solid wall

I have anger management issues but even i don't have the heart to break a controller. Really the only thing i do is fake bite it's handles.

Yup, and this is what makes that game actually kinda comfy and relaxing in the end. Once the mechanics and the combat click, they stay with you and you realize how well balanced the game actually is, and how it actually hardly ever throws bullshit at you, BoC notwithstanding. It's a great game to go back to once in a while.

Not to mention you can just summon people for jolly co-op if you get stuck on a boss or wanna play with others. Available on 6 of the 7 Souls games.

Ya just as long as you get gud

Me too. It’s an expectations thing, IMO. I just go in expecting to die a lot. I always feel like I’m making progress because at least I’m learning movesets and things like that.

Once you get over the dying and build some confidence they are amazing maps to explore. And a lot of the frustration can be cheesed or ignored.

For some reason this made me think of that ancient video of some dudes brother absolutely losing their shit over something like WoW, stuck a remote up their ass or some shit.. good lort if anyone knows what im talking about drop it below lol

Lies. Controllers wear down over time which causes stick drift. No way you were blessed with never getting stick drift i refuse to believe it.

Tempted vs actually acting on this are 2 different things

I dont think its funny and its weird when people voluntarily let others know that it happens to them. Its often adhd related and theres a certain lack of noticing your emotions before its too late thats a symptom of it so in many cases that contributes to it happening. Where a normal person would put the controller down 20 mins ago and take a break you would just keep going without realizing whats happening until its too late.

Laurence is a cutie

I'm curious what you found challenging in DkS2 over say DeS or DkS3? I found the main game not so bad but the DLCs messed me up a bit

Every fromsoftware game is

How do you actually rage in Ori of all games lmao?

Looks at Malenias poise system

Looks at Godfreys Stomps

Yeah clearly 100% user error

I always start with the master key to skip most of blighttown. Always gotta remember to pick up that one ring that lets me move normally in the swamp first.

I mean it's not really any different than mario.

Did you know the npc enemy with the highest kill count in the world is the very first Goomba in super Mario bros 1? Because he's there's there explicitly to teach you that touching them is bad and stepping on them is good. From there you start to learn the worlds. Sure the first time you're running through you get hit by a random hammer from a hammer bro. But the second time you know he's there so you live a little longer but you don't know the pattern so he gets you again. The third time you watch more and learn that the pattern exists but with a bit of randomness to it and then you learn he jumps up and down platforms, you die again. The fourth time you know everything he can do and put it into practice and might make it, might not depending on your skill and patience. Or you might get lucky and have a fire flower and kill him before he can kill you on your first try.

Dark souls does that exact same thing just with a healthbar and stamina attached. Every time you die and redo an area, you know what's there in the exact same spot every single time, just like mario. The zombie in the corner doesn't get you anymore because you're ready for him. You get the backstab on the big enemy or avoid him completely because he's not worth it. You find the spot where the enemy can't hit you so you can heal in safety, or you know you're going to be shot at so you shield up to prevent damage.

Maybe at first you panic dodge because you don't know whats coming, after a few tries you learn that an over the shoulder hold strike is preceded by the enemy leaning back so you time your dodge just once, giving you more attack chances. You learned that going for 3 hits instead of 2 or 1 is more risky and leaves you open so you stop getting greedy.

This is so much longer than I intended but I just want people to know it's not really that bad. It seems unfair but much more often than not it's one of the more fair games out there.

Yeah, every so often there's an enemy that just surprises you out of nowhere and feels like bullshit, but then again, super Mario had lakitus throwing spinies randomly at you too, and you figured out how to work around them too.