He catches rocket-propelled grenades and moves like Neo from The Matrix, while I was stuck as a plodding nincompoop. It starts with the frustrating juxtaposition of abilities between Wesker and Chris. For some reason, though, I just couldn’t crack it. It’s bog-standard pattern recognition and basic combat. The funny thing is that the fight isn’t really all that difficult. Bearing his burden as my own was more exhilarating than any competitive multiplayer experience.įor more from Antony, check out these gems: Why Yakuza 3 Is Secretly Great, We Need to Talk About Ghostlore, the Southeast Asian Diablo, Darkest Dungeon II’s Characters Hate Each Other and Punish Me for It, Galactic Battlegrounds Is the Ideal Star Wars RTS Blueprint And while you eventually learn that your blind friend lives, delivering justice with my fists is an experience I’ll never forget. Taking down a Tojo Clan lieutenant and a Chinese assassin with multiple health bars taught me the catharsis and desperation of a defeated man.

The rampage through a patriarch office puts you in charge of single-handedly clearing dozens of men with your fists and a trusty dagger. This furious man then heads to the office of the Yakuza family responsible for this. Known for his ruthless combat prowess, my one-eyed protagonist knelt and broke down in tears right at the door.

I felt defeat wash over me as I rushed the injured character to an underground clinic.

Even if you stick it out through the matches and earn yourself some nice packs to open, FIFA will just kick you while you’re down, and you’ll pull absolutely nothing of value while you watch videos of countless people opening up insane players left and right. Every match is tense and makes me want to throw my controller every time I concede a goal, and with my opponents rubbing it in with a lovely emote each time, that only throws fuel into the fire. Nothing quite grinds my gears like playing Ultimate Team on FIFA. I’m pretty proud to be able to showcase the diversity of voices we have at The Escapist, so I hope you’ll enjoy reading through them, letting us know which stories are your favorites, and sharing your own answers in the comments section! Alex Berry – FIFA I gave our large stable of Escapist writers and content creators a simple prompt: “What is the angriest a game has ever made you?” And below is an incredible variety of answers, from outright hilarity to somber lessons about the creation of art. Hey, all! We’re trying something new at The Escapist, something I’ve slapdashly christened “Burning Questions with The Escapist,” and it is exactly what it sounds like.

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