Oh Dead Rising 2.
The last time i felt this way was probably playing "Paper Boy" on the Amstrad CPC 464... though i could list many other examples of that era.
Feeling sooooo pissed off at the clunkiness of a game and it's shortcomings...but still wanting to see more.... wanting to overcome these shortcoming and be victorious despite them.
Back in the old days FEW games where what you could consider polished with "tight" controls, but it's what we had.  We took what we were given and did what we were asked to achieve.  Most of the time it was possible...with trial and error.. though occasionally a game would be just so broken it could not be won even if you played with as much perfection as you could muster.
Dead Rising 2 much like it's predecessor asks you to do much but fails to give you that elements you need to satisfactorily do so with ease... even with a max level character. But something about it speaks to that old school gamer in me that wants to win regardless.  So i persevere...   i don't have the tools, then i shall learn to game the system... Run to a spot that a Boss can't follow and take a sneaky pot shot... why not...?... they would.
I am very much enjoying this game despite it's shortcomings... and though this would not really get it an "excellent" rating in this day and age, if this game was on PSOne or SNES (with older graphics) it would be definatly triple A.

Update:  
I'm finding it easier than i thought to tackle some of the psycho battles than i previously expected.  Sure there's been one or two cheap deaths and  getting a vomiting fit while trying to regen health is about as poor a development judgment call as Malaria in Far Cry 2, but i found that some battles require just "manning up" (if that can be a verb) and throwing yourself at them.  Most enemies are more dangerous at range it seems.

It's actually a much easier game than the first. I found navigation the biggest hurdle really....the first game was pain until level 40+.

I enjoy (read relish) the way the game is difficult.  I'm not a fan of playing other games with difficulty levels on higher levels because I feel games are designed to be balanced at a certain level, and changing that level makes things either unbalanced or too easy (read not fun either way)  I think these games are just designed to be hard and balanced at that hard level.  
 
So yes, you yell and scream and rage quit, and don't play for days.  But you come back for more. 

I'm finding very little difficulty with the psychos at this moment as well, but that's mainly because I'm a cheap bastard as well, probably cheaper than the psychos themselves. But still, having said that the game is still dang hard. Especially with the navigation, the place is like a damn maze, and because there are so many zombies on screen at one time, it's easy to get lost in the crowds. Although in psycho battles, the zombies are usually cleared out, so I can scan the field and move around with ease. Also, rolling helps a lot more than I had previously thought.

I never played a ton of the first one (maybe 5 or 6 hours). But, Dead Rising 2 is pretty darn easy by comparison. Maybe it is because I knew going into it that every time you are even remotely near a bathroom to save your progress. But, I guess I am 6 or 7 hours in and I have only died once. I am sure the game gets much more difficult later. But, for now, I am just methodically plodding my way through the game.
 
The leadership magazine has also made the game much easier. None of my survivors have been attacked in quite some time because of it.

Dead Rising 2 isn't difficult.@owl_of_minerva said:

" It's actually a much easier game than the first. I found navigation the biggest hurdle really....the first game was pain until level 40+. "

It is in a shop on the Silver Strip, right next door to the wedding chapel. There is paramedic survivor, trying to save a dead man, he gives you Zombrex for saving him. The magazine is on the table near the guy.

It's actually piss easy if you bring a bunch of snipers rifles and food to each boss fight. The only thing I have trouble with is the time limit. 

Much much easier than the last game.  My DR1 experience helped some with what I should be doing and not doing, but the improved survivor AI and easy to make spiked bats also factor in.  I obviously didn't 100% my first run through, but I made it through the whole game without having to restart at a higher level.  The psycho battles are still broken and take a few tries, but that's about it.  Escorting survivors is now incredibly easy (just run!) and as long as you keep a couple good weapons and food items on you at all times, you'll never really have trouble. 

Only died once so far.  Fucking Leon.  Just couldn't get away from him and didn't have the right weapon to take him out on the slicycle.  Got creamed. Realized I didn't save for about a half hour.  Restarted the story.  Haven't activated him yet.  Probably going to get something that does better ranged damage first.

It can get pretty tough once you hit day four. But overall the game isn't too bad, I'll agree.  
 

" It's actually a much easier game than the first. I found navigation the biggest hurdle really....the first game was pain until level 40+. "

" It can get pretty tough once you hit day four. But overall the game isn't too bad, I'll agree.  
 

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Though the T.K boss battle in Overtime is some twisted BS

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" Ninja Gaiden (the Xbox one, not original) is actually a game I felt very much suffered from this. It's renowned for its difficulty, but I felt much of this came from enemies with cheap attacks, coupled with the poor and clunky control.  Perhaps this was meant to be 'old school' but I just thought it felt dated. "

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  DR2 seems to make it much easier to get some decent basic equipment.  Was the movement improved? 

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" It can get pretty tough once you hit day four. But overall the game isn't too bad, I'll agree.  
 

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Though the T.K boss battle in Overtime is some twisted BS

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Just.. Why. Capcom. Why. 
 
Why couldn't you give Blue Castle more freedom with this game? This game is so goddamn japanese I feel like eating sushi, and I'm allergic to fish (no lie). I just ran out of time on a case, because I wanted to do a few side quests, and forgot to look at the time. I mean fuck that. Such archaic and terrible game design, there's a reason why we got rid of that. Sigh. Getting a trainer, since I have the PC version. Really can't be arsed time constraints, it feels like a 20-odd hour time trial. Stress stress stress, plus stupid inventory management up the ass.

" Just.. Why. Capcom. Why.  Why couldn't you give Blue Castle more freedom with this game? This game is so goddamn japanese I feel like eating sushi, and I'm allergic to fish (no lie). I just ran out of time on a case, because I wanted to do a few side quests, and forgot to look at the time. I mean fuck that. Such archaic and terrible game design, there's a reason why we got rid of that. Sigh. Getting a trainer, since I have the PC version. Really can't be arsed time constraints, it feels like a 20-odd hour time trial. Stress stress stress, plus stupid inventory management up the ass. "