Question of the Day, July 7, 2010
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Half-Life and The Elder Scrolls. They instilled in me a nameless dread of any body of water, real or digital, that I cannot see the bottom of. In any degree of murk, I am constantly convinced that some unfathomable eldritch monstrosity is lurking just beyond my sight.
And don't even get me started on the nebulae in Freelancer.
And don't even get me started on the nebulae in Freelancer.
I only really remember the Water Temple from Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time.
It's not that it was hard to figure out (although that does contribute), but mainly because it was frustratingly slow and required a ton of pausing to switch boots so you can sink/walk underwater or rise/swim, as well as a couple of other repetitive puzzle pieces.
It took absolutely forever, and then you had to go up against a mini-boss that I considered one of the hardest bosses in the entire game, even over the actual bosses. I may have only been a kid back then, but Dark/Shadow Link (aka mirror version of Link) was damn tricky to beat. I don't even remember how I got past him. He copies your exact same moves, but if you keep spamming attacks he'll counter you. If you use items he just dodges it. If you stab at him, he jumps on your sword like some kind of ninja, then attacks you.
It's not that it was hard to figure out (although that does contribute), but mainly because it was frustratingly slow and required a ton of pausing to switch boots so you can sink/walk underwater or rise/swim, as well as a couple of other repetitive puzzle pieces.
It took absolutely forever, and then you had to go up against a mini-boss that I considered one of the hardest bosses in the entire game, even over the actual bosses. I may have only been a kid back then, but Dark/Shadow Link (aka mirror version of Link) was damn tricky to beat. I don't even remember how I got past him. He copies your exact same moves, but if you keep spamming attacks he'll counter you. If you use items he just dodges it. If you stab at him, he jumps on your sword like some kind of ninja, then attacks you.
I think I'll have to push some people off to fit on this bandwagon, but the Water Temple in Ocarina of Time drove me crazy. The different tunics and the different boots and the raising and lowering of the water level and gorram Shadow Link...sorry Ruto, I really don't think you were worth it. I should have gotten freaking Poseidon for putting up with that temple.
Fuck. The. Water. Temple.
Why did they put such a cool boss (dark link) in such an ANNOYING place!?
Why did they put such a cool boss (dark link) in such an ANNOYING place!?
Zelda isn't a pass/fail mission type gameplay, what exactly constitutes a "try", quitting the game over it and starting it over? Because technically, even if someone spent 30 hours in the temple figuring it out, it would technically be a "first try"Eukaryote said:
yep this is the one there's nothing wrong with drowning in a game but when it's this soundtrack causing you to panic you start to lose it plus I had some bad experiences with this gameMr_Ninja_Pirate said:
The underwater section of Metal Gear Solid 2 where you have to navigate in the dark depths of a wrecked and flooded section of The Big Shell, practically blind, dodging mines, while doing an escort mission with this nerd who had next to no health and an extremely short O2 bar. Yeah that is probably one of the worst underwater levels I've ever played. Whom ever came up with the idea to only put half a dozen air pockets in a massive underwater level is extremely disturbed. That was the only level in MGS2 that I truly hated and dreaded! - END OF INEBRIATED TIRADE!