That Damned Roadblock

[Ranorak]

Do you ever have that feeling, when you look at your game library and see an old title.
You want to play it again. But then you recall that one annoying part in the game.
That one Roadblock that you could never pass, or that one boss that is really annoying to fight.
Or that gap in pokemon where you have to grind a lot to beat the Elite 4 for the second time.
And you totally lose interest in that game again.

For me, well I have several.
I mentioned the brick wall I seem to face in pokemon Soul Silver, after I beat the gyms in the second region.
Then there is the water Temple in OoT
Yunalesca in FFX.

What are yours?

 

[Distorted Stu]

Yunalesca.. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

She wasnt as annoying as Mecha Symore on my first play through.

Dead Space is one with that immortal necromorth chasing you everywhere.. and speaking of chasing. The drill wall levels on Kid Chameleon!

 

[Ranorak]

I recalled another one.
Remember Majora's Mask? Well- you should.

Remember that part where you had to collect several Zora eggs that would make a melody.
I disliked that part. I only had 2 bottles and thus have to sneak in and out the keep several times, with of course the ever present time pressure.

 

[Dirty Hipsters]

Call of Duty Black Ops has some of the dumbest level design I've ever seen in a game.

During the first level set in Vietnam where you have to defend the trenches from the vietcong there's a section where your squad has the defensible highground, and then the game forces you to abandon it, makes you run down a hill with very little cover and into the open where you're surrounded on 3 sides by infinitely respawning enemies. Who the hell thought this was a good idea?!.

After that part I just set down the campaign and never touched it again.

 

[Palademon]

FFXIII, once my guide recommended backtracking to grind for CP.

For some reason in recent years I seem to fail at getting passed the first level in TimeSplitters 2. I run out of ammo, and seem to have a glitch where I'm constantly taking damage when standing outside. I hope there's not just some ninja somewhere.

On No More Heroes 2 I have all but one of the gym upgrades, and can't do the last one, and refuse to continue without it.

I failed at the first boss on Castlevaniva: Lords of Shadow, and there seems to be no way to retry with full health.

And many many more isntances of roadblocks that I will mention as I remember them...