You know the feeling... you've been happily enjoying a game for hours, going through it at a good pace and suddenly you're stuck in your tracks, starting to get frustrated by the sucker punch of a sudden huge leap in difficulty.
It can be a new control mechanic introduced late in the game that reacts differently to the main game mechanics (Dead Space Meteor sections... ugh)...
Dead Space meteors
It could be a ridiculously hard boss fight (Kaileena from Warrior Within, final colossus from SOTC...I hate you both)...
It could be a flat out broken piece of shit game design (God of War's spinning blade pillars of death, Gears Of War 2 defending the Satt Comm from the reavers, Metro 2033 Acid Blobs)...
Metro 2033 Amoebas - don't feel bad, just blame the AI
It could be a flat out unfair fight against overwhelming numbers of powerful enemies (Oblivion - Meridia's quest... 5 constantly self healing necromancers, a bunch of undead skeletons and zombies in a tiny cave... goddamn that was tough)
Oblivion - Necromancers are great for practicing my difficulty slider skills
...or just a section that requires a lot of luck and skill (Half Life 2, fighting 2 airships at once with just a dumpster for cover and some antlions as bait)
Nova Prospekt - toughest moment in Half Life 2
Share the times you found yourself suddenly stuck and how you you eventually beat it!
It can be a new control mechanic introduced late in the game that reacts differently to the main game mechanics (Dead Space Meteor sections... ugh)...
![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/STHRm-_DqEA/0.jpg)
Dead Space meteors
It could be a ridiculously hard boss fight (Kaileena from Warrior Within, final colossus from SOTC...I hate you both)...
It could be a flat out broken piece of shit game design (God of War's spinning blade pillars of death, Gears Of War 2 defending the Satt Comm from the reavers, Metro 2033 Acid Blobs)...
![](http://ded.zenblue.net/Metro2033/metro2033%202010-03-24%2014-48-40-89.jpg)
Metro 2033 Amoebas - don't feel bad, just blame the AI
It could be a flat out unfair fight against overwhelming numbers of powerful enemies (Oblivion - Meridia's quest... 5 constantly self healing necromancers, a bunch of undead skeletons and zombies in a tiny cave... goddamn that was tough)
![](http://i311.photobucket.com/albums/kk447/xcentric_14/OPK%20Mega-dungeon%20WIP/Oblivion2010-06-1614-32-31-70.jpg)
Oblivion - Necromancers are great for practicing my difficulty slider skills
...or just a section that requires a lot of luck and skill (Half Life 2, fighting 2 airships at once with just a dumpster for cover and some antlions as bait)
![](http://www.babooforum.com.br/idealbb/files/66479-hl2_NovaProspektP.jpg)
Nova Prospekt - toughest moment in Half Life 2
Share the times you found yourself suddenly stuck and how you you eventually beat it!