I'm at the end of Yakuza 4 where you have four boss fights in a row, I wasted around an hour on them and what do you know, at the fouth boss turned out my fouth character had only a few health items and I will have to load my save and fight all four bosses all over. I can't tell how many times I have been frustrated with unfairness of Japanese games when I palyed them for the first time. Where is fun in mashing buttons for an hour straight? They laugh at some western studios who make 5 hour games but I will take that over what they offer, repetitive gameplay and meaningless dialogues. I'm putting embargo on Jap games, except Okami, that game is surprisingly fair.
Deus Ex (2000) - a game that pushes the boundaries of what the video game medium is capable of to a degree unmatched to this very day.
