You Liked the Game Just Fine Until...

[Ginkasa]

Have you ever had a game you liked just fine? You played it and played it and had a joyous time until there was one thing, one feature or experience that just killed it for you?

Well?

For me...

I was playing Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories. I've had a for a while, and I got as far as the second or third world in the second round of World Cards (which, for me, was Atlantis). Although I don't think the card system was really necessary, I liked the game well enough.

I went through most of Atlantis and got to the point where I was ready to head towards the boss. I slapped the door and was given the card requirements to enter. I had to have a key card that equaled 1 and the requisite Key to Truths (I think that's what its called; the boss key card).

I searched through my map cards, and did not find a single map card that equalled 1.

Okay, I thought, I'll just go fight a couple of battles to get a 1 card.

I have been fighting enemies for at least two hours, and I have yet to get a 1 card. This is insane. I looked around GameFAQs to see if there's any formula for getting cards, but apparently its all just random.

This means I could go forever without ever getting the card I need if that's how the "dice" rolls. How could Square not forsee this? Its awful. Even if I do finally get the card, what's not to say the same thing won't happen again?

Grrrrrrrrrrr.


/me shrugs and walks away