Don't waist anymore time with Contact. That game DEFINES disappointment, especially if you stick with it.

I'd say Phantom Dust is the most frustrating offender for me. I've seen in several reviews that its story is an irritating afterthought between bouts of awesome card-battling-like action, but my experience has thus far been just the opposite. I'm finding the combat overly abstract and difficult, and it's almost gotten to the point that I'm not willing to actually play the game to explore what I consider to be a fascinating setting. I don't want to have to set up my deck, or be forced to survive on the 2 seconds of story between fights, or endure the disappointment of being rewarded with yet another gameplay tutorial for completing a mission. I guess I could go read a book, but most books aren't nearly as pretty.

I was going to say GTA:SA because my recounting of the tale of CJ and friends is stymied about halfway through at yet another impossible mission, but that game has enough cheats to choke a mule. I just can't bring myself to enter them...