Playing through Final Fantasy X and going for the Celestial Weapons so I can do the Monster Arena and Dark Aeons. The fucking Chocobo mini game.... I don't think I've ever been this frustrated or angry playing a video game before. How the fuck did this section of the game get past quality control? If it was a purely optional aside, it would be one thing. But if you want Tidus' Celestial weapon (and why wouldn't you want the main character's best weapon?), the game forces you to get a perfect score in the Chocobo mini game. Which again, would be fine, if only the Chocobo races were even remotely playable. I must have wasted four hours today trying to do this shit. It has to be the most poorly conceived, poorly executed segment of any game I've ever played. The only reason I'm carrying on now is so that the four hours (and counting) and the potential years that have been shaved of my lifespan by the mental anguish and sheer frustration this game has caused me today, aren't in vain. After this playthrough, I'm never playing this game again. I'm not a violent, vindictive person, but if I could somehow pay to kick whoever programmed this part of the game in the genitals repeatedly, I would sincerely consider it.
Rant over.
