Trap Adventure 2 is a video game that could tempt you to destroy your phone
Similar to Mario Bros, Hiroyoshi Oshiba’s insanely difficult and frustrating game has continuous obstacles created to defeat players. A few have finished the game but most give up playing this ’brilliant but cruel’ masterpiece
When developer Hiroyoshi Oshiba released the video game Trap Adventure 2, he included a strongly worded warning for potential players: try it at your own peril.
“Caution!! This may be the most hardest, irritating, frustrating game EVER,” his message read. “If you tend to exasperate often, I recommend you not play this game. It will literally drive you insane. I PROMISE. As written above, this game is VERY STRESSFUL.”
That may have been an understatement. Trap Adventure 2 is so hard to play that it could easily be renamed Trap Torture 2″ if it weren’t so darkly funny.
The game, available on iOS devices, is essentially a nightmare version of the original Super Mario Bros. As you run and jump your way through a castle-like maze, a never-ending series of spikes, flames and other booby traps appear out of nowhere to take your life, forcing you to start over. For most people, it’s pretty much impossible to beat.