Doing the Madhouse run (2nd playthrough) now, and while I mostly love how tense and repressive it is, I just encountered what I can only describe as a hands down insane example of piss poor game design. After having beaten Jack in the chainsaw fight without even taking a hit, impressive, considering this fight killed me more times than the entire rest of the game on my first playthrough, I made my way outside to the trailer, figuring I'd use another cassette tape to save after getting all the ressources in the immediate vicinity of the trailer. As I missed the trophy for watching all the video tapes on my first run, I figured I'd also watch the Mia tape before saving. I had done the tape without issues on my first playthrough, and even if I got caught, I figured that there was no way a video tape would reset me to my last save. It is, afterall, a videotape, and not at all relevant to Ethans continued existence. However, I got caught in the tape, the retry screen comes up, and I carry on, thinking it'll just restart me at the start of the tape. But nope. I am now looking at my last save, made before fighting Jack. I am now debating with myself whether I should snap the disc in half. It's going to be difficult persuading myself to resume the game now.
Outrageously infuriating
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