Worst levels in otherwise good games?

[0bserv3]

Atlantica in kingdom hearts 2.
at least in other water levels you can do something other than singing.

 

[octafish]

I didn't like the driving levels in HL2, but they are better than on rails shooting levels in otherwise FPS games. I'm old so the example that springs to mind is Soldier of Fortune 2: Double Helix.

 

[maxben]

I think I'm the 4th person to say it, The Water Temple!

From UrbanDictionary:
1. Water Temple
Considered by many to be the equivalent to a complete rectal examination. The Water Temple from Zelda 64, which has to be the hardest, most difficult level known to man. Ever. Filled with traps, mazes, puzzles, illusions, and who knows how many times you have to raise and lower the water level. Every gamer I have spoken with has only rude, vulgar things to say about the Water Temple - and many stories of trial and error - using the wrong keys on the wrong doors, saving and screwing up in the wrong places, forgetting which rooms were which... it's a hellhole. It is also used outside of the gaming world to describe a problem that is virtually impossible to solve. The only thing I don't get is why they put the hardest level in the middle of the game.
I spent four fucking hours in the Water Temple and I still have no idea where the fuck I'm going.
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Tom: Dude! I can't figure this out! We are seriously fucked!
Mike: This is worse than the Water Temple!

 

[TheTaco007]

Mako levels in Mass Effect

 

[Dexiro]

Water levels suck because everyone does them wrong! D:

Noone wants to be paddling around every 10 seconds slower than walking speed. If there's a lot of water in a level then swimming should be faster than ground speed!

 

[Reg5879]

The ladder in Metal Gear Solid 3

Does it ever end?

 

[The Night Shade]

A Sewer level in any game

 

[darktheif28]

The ladder in Metal Gear Solid 3

Does it ever end?

I was climbing for like five minutes and just about to be at the top, and my friend felt like being a dick and pressed the button to drop down and kill me. I was so pissed at him.

OT: The underwater levels from both Banjo games were pretty harsh.

 

[Normalgamer]

Chapter 4 of Paper Mario:TTYD,in case you don't know it's the level where you meet doopliss who steals your identity. It's really fucking annoying to trek through the same four screens avoiding the tough enemies with only you and Vivian.

2nd level sucked harder, every time I replay the game I hate going through the second level just to reach the kick-ass third level.

 

[xvbones]

Meat Circus is legendary. The jumps themselves were not hard - it was the camera. Oh my god, fuck that camera.

 

[grimsprice]

The asteroid shooting bullshit in Deadspace.


FUCKING IMPOSSIBLE SHIT THAT TAKES PURE LUCK TO BEAT. @#%@#$%^#$^#$%^#$%@#$^#$%^%$^$%^&^.

wow your gaming skills must be really weak!

I beat both asteroid parts with ease and I was on Normal difficulty. And this was on the ps3

There is no such thing as "gaming skills". Everyone is good and bad at different things. I had no problem with either Gears games on insanity, by myself. Mass effect 2 (which i'd heard was particularly brutal for some of my friends) was a snap. I can go through several races in any burnout game (top speed) and never touch anything. I'm a master at tower defense games. But i just can't fucking play rail shooters. Fuck. that. shit.

 

[manythings]

I personally enjoy Halo, but The Library is easily among the worst levels of all time. It's insanely difficult, and it's just the same three rooms, filled with enemies, repeated about 50 times.

Most of halo was comprised of 3 room sets with one corridor. I liked the library the most oddly enough, it was one of the more panic inducing sections where I only had time to load one shell at a time before having to fire.

The new prince of persia where one mistake, I'm thinking specifically about the final boss, meant going right back and doing it all again.

 

[cubikill]

The Hell level in God of War. That one level and it's spiked logs ruined the entire game for me.

 

[Frozen Donkey Wheel2]

This has to have been said already, but:

HADES. GOD OF WAR.


FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-

 

[demoman_chaos]

Armored Core: For Answer's mission called Defeat Red Rum and Starka. Dense fog, 0 radar, nearly 0 lock-on range. 1 idiot that bum rushes you with a 1 shot melee weapon (which is easy to dodge, if you know its coming), 1 **** (no other word fits) that dashes past you repeatedly while firing at you with a shotgun. No lock-on or radar means she appears from nowhere, pelts you, then disappears again. You have a VERY short window of lock-on (even with the best anti-ECM parts, neither lock-on or radar will work) to shoot back, which is never enough to get more than 2-3 shots from a gatling gun off at her (and most miss).

The Hell level in God of War. That one level and it's spiked logs ruined the entire game for me.

I don't see how people had that much trouble with the spinning spiked drums. It took me only a few tries to get it the first time then I had it every other time after. Only thing I can see is that most don't realize you can touch the walls (which makes it a metric ton easier).

 

[HeySeansOnline]

Halo 3 Cortana gave me nightmares, three times, the first run, the legendary run, the point run.

 

[lockeslylcrit]

Casing The Joint from Thief 2: The Metal Age.

Let me put it in perspective... you sneak into a mansion and try to find a bunch of masks. Sounds simple, right? Well this mission, you are REQUIRED to be stealthy. If a guard so much as sees your shadow, game over.
And the worst thing? The very next level, Masks, you get to do it all over again in the EXACT SAME LEVEL, only this time you can be as violent or as unstealthy as possible. It makes Casing The Joint very annoying and unnecessary.