Games that destroy friendships

[Eltigro]

The only multiplayer game I ever played where it became an argument (but far from ruining a friendship) was Military Madness.

[+frankodragon]

I've seen it on Youtube:

 

[enoofu]

Seems some pretty nasty fights over Setters of Catan

[RJ]

Warlords can destroy friendships AND families.

[KWKBOX]

I've seen it on Youtube:

 

Seems like that bloke needs to work on his bedroom skills instead of his gaming with his GF. She had a lot of built up energy that needed to be addressed.

[Tickled_Pink]

Dynablasters on the ST?

 

Maybe not. We had three players and couldn't breathe for laughing so much.

 

Does getting a virus on a friend's copy of Gauntlet II count?

[GameGirl420]

Back in 2002 when I was still living with my mom, my brother had his friends over one time and we decided to play my NES. We chose the game Gauntlet 2 . They wanted to prove there's an actual ending to the game and I was like "Hell no,there's no ending to that!!!". They kept disagreeing with me and wanted to prove there's an ending to that game. After literally 8+ hours of playing that game non-stop(I had already given up by level 52 )they still wanted to prove to me there's an ending. I wanted to watch some X-FIles at that point,and they wouldn't shut off the game after I told them I had enough,and told them I was worried my NES was heating up. So after it seemed they wouldn't listen to me,I just went behind the TV and pulled the AC Adapter out of the wall. They were on level 148 by that point,and when I shut it off there was just silence in the whole room,and everyone looking at me like why did you do that! lol

 

My brother's friends all went home a little pissed off I ended the game,but damnit it's my NES.

[+FujiSkunk]

Back in 2002 when I was still living with my mom, my brother had his friends over one time and we decided to play my NES. We chose the game Gauntlet 2 . They wanted to prove there's an actual ending to the game and I was like "Hell no,there's no ending to that!!!"

 

If I'm not mistaken, Gauntlet was retrofitted with an actual quest and ending when ported to the NES. Maybe your brother and his friends confused that with Gauntlet II, or assumed if one did the second would also.

 

...They were on level 148 by that point,and when I shut it off there was just silence in the whole room,and everyone looking at me like why did you do that! lol

 

That would have been the perfect time to say, "Valkyrie needs X-Files badly!"

[Wickeycolumbus]

New Super Mario Bros. Wii in multiplayer mode. And Super Mario 3d World for that matter. Both really get you yelling at each other...

[Joe C.]

MULE. It's VERY cutthroat in multiplayer, especily in the auctions.

Had to bump this and totally agree with it.

 

Lots of fun but can be frustrating

[Games Retrospect]

New Super Mario Bros. Wii can be pretty tough, especially when you play with three more people.

[Gentlegamer]

Contra, waterfall stage

[D.Daniels]

batman and robin on the genesis, who the hell wants to be robin

 

or any TMNT games, arguments over who's who, even know they all look the same and play the same

Edited February 9, 2017 by D.Daniels

[Joe C.]

Contra, waterfall stage

Ha, that's a good one.

[mikey.shake]

Gauntlet for the NES.

 

Kevin knows what he did.

 

And yeah, that Level 3 in Contra... I remember sitting awkwardly in some rec rooms while two other kids had a screaming match about being dropped.

 

The early '90s were hardcore.

[+nanochess]

I can understand the frustration of the woman, the guy was killing her continuously without giving her a chance.

 

I used to play Halo 3 for the thrill, until my friend got so good that he simply enjoyed hiding in some on the special points in the scenary and kill me whenever I showed my head.

 

It was so frustrating that I ceased to play the game, barely I had a chance to learn to defend myself.

 

But the positive point: I never have bought a xBox, although I've bought some xBox games because my friend used to lend me the xbox and we enjoyed some cooperative Gears of Wars 3, the 50 rounds resisting were definitely fun.

[Emehr]

Contra, waterfall stage

 

 

Welp, that's the end of the thread, folks. *queue death sound in Contra*

[lazzeri]

Worms.

[Kismet]

Depends on the context but here goes:

 

Board games: Monopoly, I'm too good at it and my sister will not play it with me

 

Video games: Mario Party if one of your friends (the person who owns the console) is good at it and everyone is awful at it

 

Also applies to fighting games like Smash Bros

 

MMORPG's: Trust me when I say this, but if are really friends with someone, you play the game together, and don't run ahead of each other. I've gone through at least 4 MMORPG's where friends I made in one, wanted to play something else for a while, but the person who was good at MMORPG 1, is also good at MMORPG 2 and has run circles around us by the second time we play that game. Repeat with 3 other games. Suffice it to say, if you want to enjoy a MMORPG, play it solo and just treat everyone you meet in it as a stranger.

 

That said, the only thing worse about destroying friendships with games, is destroying your employment opportunities with it. If you know your boss or co-worker plays a game, and is good at it, don't play it with them, don't even acknowledge that you know they play it. When WoW came out, it started destroying peoples social lives at the first place I worked at, and I had no idea what game they were playing but eventually I did figure it out and I made sure I steered clear from it because my boss also played it and would bring it up with some other employees.

 

The preference with party games (eg Monopoly, Mario Party, etc) is that they are supposed to be short games that you can complete in like 2 hours. People won't get too upset over it unless the same person always wins, and then people are no longer having fun.