The Meat Circus. Personally, I don't have a problem with it, but I've heard terrible things and it is abnormally hard.
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The last story mission as Connor in AC3 is terrible.
Also the dark cave in Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow I never wanted to teach any of my Pokemon flash because it was a completely worthless move, so I had to capture a Pokemon that could learn it just to get through that twisting maze.
Also the dark cave in Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow I never wanted to teach any of my Pokemon flash because it was a completely worthless move, so I had to capture a Pokemon that could learn it just to get through that twisting maze.
Every single Flood level in Halo. Every game prior to Reach had one dud all-Flood level, and I hate all of them. The Library was astonishingly long, draggy, and dark. High Charity in Halo 2 wouldn't have been as bad if you could just SEE-- flashlights that won't stay on, Halo? Really? Cortana in Halo 3, well, at least you could see where you were going, so that's an improvement, but between those turret-things and the endless dueling Gravemind and Cortana intrusions when you least want them it's easily the level I least want to re-play.
Honorable mention also for the Heretic-leader-killing level in Halo 2, particularly that section where everything is either flashing lights or pitch black and you're trying to figure out which way you're supposed to go, without even the limited-duration flashlight the Chief got.
Any escort quest in any game ever, period. Any water level in any game ever.
Honorable mention also for the Heretic-leader-killing level in Halo 2, particularly that section where everything is either flashing lights or pitch black and you're trying to figure out which way you're supposed to go, without even the limited-duration flashlight the Chief got.
Any escort quest in any game ever, period. Any water level in any game ever.
Highway sections in Borderlands 1's "Secret Armory" DLC. I tend to play games in short chunks, not marathon sessions, and having to drive to the missions over and over got really old really fast.
In Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, I hated the da Vinci vehicle sections with their own controller layouts.
In Fallout: New Vegas, the starting "J" you have to go through before the world opens up to you.
I also agree with the dream sequences in ME-3.
In Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, I hated the da Vinci vehicle sections with their own controller layouts.
In Fallout: New Vegas, the starting "J" you have to go through before the world opens up to you.
I also agree with the dream sequences in ME-3.
You mean this?A Smooth Criminal said:
For me, in Psychonauts I really dislike the opera house level (I've never had much of an issue with Meat Circus, I usually get through that without much trouble, shocking I know) I just hate having to constantly go back and forth between night and day, always going up and down that ladder and always missing some script I overlooked, or I can't remember which thing I was supposed to do next. I just found it tedious
Just recently, any chase section in Assassin's Creed III.
Chase sections are bad enough, but they're all kinds of terrible when you have to use a free running system that only seems to send you in the right direction half of the time and you only have about a minute to tackle someone before you fail.
Bonus hate for tacking demented bonus objectives on that are needed for full completion.
Chase sections are bad enough, but they're all kinds of terrible when you have to use a free running system that only seems to send you in the right direction half of the time and you only have about a minute to tackle someone before you fail.
Bonus hate for tacking demented bonus objectives on that are needed for full completion.
I do know. Fuck that guy's irrational fear of caged animals.scorptatious said:
That section was much easier on the original GBA's d-pad. Still frustrating, yes, but manageable in a couple tries. If you want a really frustrating section in MMBN5, try fulfilling the requirements to fight (not beat; just be allowed to fight) Bass.CrimsonBlaze said:
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Coincidentally, spawning Bass in MMBN5 and that Hedgehog Pie bit in FFIX are my answers.
Sonic CD.
The floor that bounces you 50 feet into the air, and the only way through is to go down and land on a tiny, moving platform. You miss, you have to go back down again. And bouncing like that ALSO kills your time travel momentum, meaning that there's literally two areas where it's possible to go to the past - and both of them are hard to reach and could potentially send you straight back to the present before you find the stupidly-hidden Badnik generator.
F*** Wacky Workshop Act 1. Act 2 is fine, but...All. My. Hate.
The floor that bounces you 50 feet into the air, and the only way through is to go down and land on a tiny, moving platform. You miss, you have to go back down again. And bouncing like that ALSO kills your time travel momentum, meaning that there's literally two areas where it's possible to go to the past - and both of them are hard to reach and could potentially send you straight back to the present before you find the stupidly-hidden Badnik generator.
F*** Wacky Workshop Act 1. Act 2 is fine, but...All. My. Hate.
blackrave said:
They never encounter amoeba's in the book, that large thing wasnt an amoeba at all (forgot it's name but it did return in the game in the D6 reactor
When you're running through vaguely biological-looking corridors and hangars, with areas named 'Duodenum' and 'Colon' (is there an Arsenal Gear rectum?) You kind of have to wonder if you're being a little bit trolled.The Artificially Prolonged said:
The beginning stealth level in Uncharted 2. Frustrating as all hell. And never again are you asked to be stealthy. Even more uncharacteristic since you spend the rest of the game blowing any and everything that crosses your path straight to hell. Since when has Drake been subtle about anything?
Several, easily.
Batman Arkham City: The fight were you actually fight "Joker" and several waves of henchmen, Mr. Hammer, and a Titan. On NewGame+, this was a pain. This or Penguin's battle arena.
Sonic Generations: The remake of the Sonic Heroes level. Didn't like it then and didn't like it now. Also, not a big fan of the Colors remake (another shit level from the original game).
Pokemon games: Never really liked Victory Road. Going into it at first is usually a pain trying to navigate it, as well as dragging all your HM slaves with you, thus fighting everything is also a pain.
Bayonetta: In chapter VI (i think), and I want to say verse 4 or 5 there is a staircase on which you fight Grace & Glory (or the fucking elemental ninjas of bullshit). And what's worse is after you get rid of the first pair, a second pair appears. I hate fighting these guys normally, but this section killed me near 20 times during my first playthrough of the game.
Batman Arkham City: The fight were you actually fight "Joker" and several waves of henchmen, Mr. Hammer, and a Titan. On NewGame+, this was a pain. This or Penguin's battle arena.
Sonic Generations: The remake of the Sonic Heroes level. Didn't like it then and didn't like it now. Also, not a big fan of the Colors remake (another shit level from the original game).
Pokemon games: Never really liked Victory Road. Going into it at first is usually a pain trying to navigate it, as well as dragging all your HM slaves with you, thus fighting everything is also a pain.
Bayonetta: In chapter VI (i think), and I want to say verse 4 or 5 there is a staircase on which you fight Grace & Glory (or the fucking elemental ninjas of bullshit). And what's worse is after you get rid of the first pair, a second pair appears. I hate fighting these guys normally, but this section killed me near 20 times during my first playthrough of the game.
Sid Meier's Civilization. Any version, though the memory-glutton Civ 5 is the worst offender. A similar complaint can probably be leveled against most 4X / turn-based strategy games:
When going, for example, for a science victory, if you've played well, you'll reach a point in which all of the pieces are in place - all the spaceship parts are under construction, etc - and all you have to do to win is wait.
Which is satisfying, for about two minutes. Then you get bored. Soon, all of your units are on standby just so you can hit Enter, wait for the computer to make all of its moves, then hit Enter again, and so on.
You're bored, but if you're anything like me, you MUST see it through, because hey, you've gotten this far, and you're not going to quit now.
When going, for example, for a science victory, if you've played well, you'll reach a point in which all of the pieces are in place - all the spaceship parts are under construction, etc - and all you have to do to win is wait.
Which is satisfying, for about two minutes. Then you get bored. Soon, all of your units are on standby just so you can hit Enter, wait for the computer to make all of its moves, then hit Enter again, and so on.
You're bored, but if you're anything like me, you MUST see it through, because hey, you've gotten this far, and you're not going to quit now.
Halo 4
There are just way too many race against time parts. There are two sections that feel like they were trying to recreate the ending of Halo 3, in the beginning and in the middle of Halo 4.
Then there's another little bit where the only path you are on falls away pretty quickly after the start of a section.
Then of course that Star Wars-like trench flying mission near the end. I did my first play-through on normal, and I must have died like 25 times at least near the beginning, because that aircraft is a nightmare to handle, which isn't helped by the race against time parts of that mission.
All I have to say now is, 343, if by shear luck of a chance you see this, when making Halo 5, go easy on these kind of missions. If you want to add one in, make it the only one and make it a very short section.
Though knowing how you like to screw things up after people ask for things, you'll probably end up making Halo 5 one big race against time mission.
There are just way too many race against time parts. There are two sections that feel like they were trying to recreate the ending of Halo 3, in the beginning and in the middle of Halo 4.
Then there's another little bit where the only path you are on falls away pretty quickly after the start of a section.
Then of course that Star Wars-like trench flying mission near the end. I did my first play-through on normal, and I must have died like 25 times at least near the beginning, because that aircraft is a nightmare to handle, which isn't helped by the race against time parts of that mission.
All I have to say now is, 343, if by shear luck of a chance you see this, when making Halo 5, go easy on these kind of missions. If you want to add one in, make it the only one and make it a very short section.
Though knowing how you like to screw things up after people ask for things, you'll probably end up making Halo 5 one big race against time mission.
Poseidon's level in God of War.
Hated that whole thing, and the timed areas were a trial in patience and tolerance. The swimming was okay, but when you have to hurry up and time your pace to get around stuff to not get killed was not fun.
Fighting against Fedorova in Deus Ex: Human Revolution was just...frustrating.
It wouldn't have been so bad if I wasn't doing a pacifist run and I can carry more weapons and ammo, but that didn't happen.
I died more times than I'd care to admit, and the developers did say boss battles were not balanced, but that battle was the most irritating to me.
Hated that whole thing, and the timed areas were a trial in patience and tolerance. The swimming was okay, but when you have to hurry up and time your pace to get around stuff to not get killed was not fun.
Fighting against Fedorova in Deus Ex: Human Revolution was just...frustrating.
It wouldn't have been so bad if I wasn't doing a pacifist run and I can carry more weapons and ammo, but that didn't happen.
I died more times than I'd care to admit, and the developers did say boss battles were not balanced, but that battle was the most irritating to me.
The Fade in Dragon Age: Origins, though after playing through it so many goddamn times it's become much less tedious. My very first playthrough, however, it took hours. I didn't want to have to look up a guide for whatever reason - obviously a much better plan was to slowly fall into insanity.
I think Orzammar / the Deep Roads are significantly worse than the Fade, though. I'm stuck there on my current playthrough and it just really sucks. Not to mention that it's focused on politics. I play video games to ignore real world issues! How dare there be politics in my game!
The most recent terrible section was in Lollipop Chainsaw. The last minigame at the Fulci Funcenter where you're basically wall-climbing in an elevator. Jesus H. CHRIST, I rage quit that section so many times I've lost count. Now every time I hear "Empire State Human" (which is, well, never but you get the point) I black out and go into a murderous rage.
I think Orzammar / the Deep Roads are significantly worse than the Fade, though. I'm stuck there on my current playthrough and it just really sucks. Not to mention that it's focused on politics. I play video games to ignore real world issues! How dare there be politics in my game!
The most recent terrible section was in Lollipop Chainsaw. The last minigame at the Fulci Funcenter where you're basically wall-climbing in an elevator. Jesus H. CHRIST, I rage quit that section so many times I've lost count. Now every time I hear "Empire State Human" (which is, well, never but you get the point) I black out and go into a murderous rage.
