History Quotes / TrialAndErrorGameplay

-->-- '''Dr. El Sandifer''' [[http://projectnes.blogspot.com/2010/02/hard-man-alien-3-and-all-pro-basketball.html on]] ''Film/{{Alien 3}}'' ([[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]])

->''..."Oh, stupid me, I should have known I couldn't climb that wall, because it seemed like the only logical way out, and it looked exactly like the wall I climbed two seconds ago." Or "Ah, instead of trying to jump on the platform that tricked me to [[SpikesOfDoom fall on spikes]] by falling down when I stepped on it, I should have stood still and roar until another non-tricky platform appeared." Or "I'm such a goof, I should have known that though they're the exact same sprite, this was [[GoddamnedBats a killer bat,]] and not a bat I could climb on." Or "I should have known that I would [[SuperDrowningSkills land in water]] when I jumped down from that tree, because I shouldn't assume that giant oaks don't sometimes grow out of the water". Every jump is a leap of faith, all enemies appear half a second before they hit you. The result? A game that forces you to [[SaveScumming quicksave]] (a function of course not available on the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]]) and attempt [[PlatformHell the same goddamn jump]] twenty times before you find the incredibly stupid sequence of jumps and roars that are needed to keep your body off the spikes. The entire game feels like a bad practical joke, and you are on the ass end of it.''

-->-- '''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd''' on ''VideoGame/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' for UsefulNotes/{{Atari 2600}}

->"... this is one of the few Atari games you can actually beat, whereas most of them are just about trying to get a high score--and when I say 'it can be beat,' that's hypothetical, because honestly I think it'd be easier to ''find the real lost Ark!!'' Just the fact that you have to feel around secret passage ways and stuff it makes you feel like...Indiana Jones. Well, it got me there."