Segments in your favorite games that you absolutely dread having to go through.

[RedDeadFred]

It's not my favourite game but I did enjoy the campaign quite a bit. In Halo 3, there is a mission called Cortana. Fuck that mission.

From Skyrim (which is my favourite game): Blackreach at a low level. The first time I did this I had to resort to just running through, chugging all of my potions, while an army of Falmer and their bug bastards chased me.

 

[Casual Shinji]

Most recently, the Trial of Archimedes from God of War: Ascension. It was there that I learned that Gorgons cannot be launched into the air, nor can their stare be parried anymore.

If you remember to upgrade and use your secondary items, that section is actually not that hard.

The first time I was playing through that area I was practically choking on my own rage, and crying faul at the game for being this impossible. But the moment I remembered to use my time medal thingy, the Kratos double stone, and that mask, I made short work of that section.

 

[Jolly Co-operator]

The opening segment of any Pokemon game. They really should just give you an option to skip the tutorial on how to catch a Pokemon. I think that after five generations of Pokemon games, I've got it figured out. And you never really appreciate the running shoes until you don't have them.

 

[Creator002]

Fable: The Lost Chapters.
You have to find four stone tablets in order to wake the Oracle in the Northern Wastes. The stone tablets are buried in graves in a ghost town called the Necropolis. If you dig up the wrong grave, enemies are spawned instead. With the introduction of The Lost Chapters, there's a new enemy called the Summoner, which can summon balls of electricity to throw at you and has a very powerful sword attack. Both are hard to avoid if you're not careful and impossible to block.
Usually, two of another enemy called minions get spawned with the Summoner. There are two types of minions, one that has a melee attack (which they just spam four or five times even if you block it, which is hard to do when you're avoiding the Summoner, or when there are 3+ minions) and another which, in addition to the melee attack, spawn and throw little fireballs when out of melee range, which they seem to prefer. You can actually see them moving slowly away if your occupied with another enemy.
Not too difficult with the right magic abilities, but I usually don't play the game for months before this quest.

 

[Adeptus Aspartem]

Diablo 2, Act 3

For godsake that friggin jungle and these stupid little blowdart-asshats .. and you can bet ya ass you'll get a millions stupid dead ends until you reach Kurast.
And don't get me started on the sewer levels and mephs cellar of lol on hell without tp. You wander around aimlessly for such a long time, you start to wonder wtf you wanted down here in the first place.

Blergh, i hate that act with a passion.

That and every Mario level where that stupid huge fish is in <.< i can't stand the bugger.

 

[Angelblaze]

In any MMO that has more character classes then allowed character slots: The first 10 or so levels.


Because I HAVE TO PLAY ALL TEH CLAZZZESSSS or else I won't be happy.

Damn Tera.

Also: In DFO, The first 20 levels of content. For the same reason as above except I have most then enough character slots.


Meaning I've got a bunch of characters sitting at lvl 10 because I don't feel like running through the fucking forest again.

And League Of Legends, I hate the whole PLAYING WITH OTHER PEOPLE thing.

 

[Raikas]

This is a totally generic answer, but I had any part do f any game that's meant to be replayed but that has significant grinding. That can be fun the first time, but it gets old fast when it's not actually the focus.

Yes, the Fade in DA:O is a slog. Cool the first time, but once you have the trick it's just a bunch of pointless running around, and it's annoyingly long.

A big one for me is the reaper on Rannoch in ME3. I am surprised I don't see people complain about this more often. For one, it's a patently ridiculous moment, as there's no way that reaper could have such poor aim once it gets right in your fucking face. It seems almost like a slapstick routine where some guy is trying so hard to step on an ant that he keeps tripping himself and banging into furniture.
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My god, I hate that part! I've played it through 7 times now and I still loath it.

 

[Verzin]

In Undying, on the first quest.


In the catacombs there are several levels with infinitely spawning skeletons. Skeletons in that game(in the beginning, before you get god mode spells and weapons) are.....the most horrifying things.

They shreak and yell, they come back to life after you kill them, the only way to to kill them completely drains your entire mana pool, which takes at least 50ish seconds to refill, and they throw spears with FUCKING UNERRING ACCURACY in addition to doing crazy melee damage. the only way to dodge the spears is to hold still, and then move exactly when the (very fast) projectile launches. They track your movement perfectly, and WILL hit you unless you change direction the second the projectile launches.

(you can also use other skeletons to block the spears, and then they'll fight each other, but there are so many that it doesn't help you much. it is hilarious though.)

And did I mention their numbers are constantly being reinforced? You have to run like a madman through the maze filled with unkillable monsters, ducking and dodging, madly searching for the exit, hoping you don't run into a dead end. then all the candles go out, and it's pitch black.

I hate the skeleton levels. They always kill me and then eat my still beating heart. literally.

 

[shadyh8er]

Most recently, the Trial of Archimedes from God of War: Ascension. It was there that I learned that Gorgons cannot be launched into the air, nor can their stare be parried anymore.

If you remember to upgrade and use your secondary items, that section is actually not that hard.

The first time I was playing through that area I was practically choking on my own rage, and crying faul at the game for being this impossible. But the moment I remembered to use my time medal thingy, the Kratos double stone, and that mask, I made short work of that section.

Oh yeaaaaaah....forgot about those.