Worst Levels You've Ever Encountered
In almost every game (mostly action or platformer games) there's always that one level that we dislike, hate or absolutely despise. It's the one that thought was crap upon our first playthrough, and it's the one we dread upon each replay. It might have caused you immense frustration and made you tear out your hair, it might have seemed almost impossible, it might have been one of those levels that presents a problem that seems to have no solution whatsoever, it might have been poorly designed, it might have been annoying, or you might've just plain not liked it for your own personal reasons. For whatever reason it may be, we all have levels that we hate and wish never existed.
So share your tales of frustration here, tear your least favourite levels to shreds, nitpick, explain why these levels were so terrible, and criticize and abuse the designers of said levels (whoever they may be).
So share your tales of frustration here, tear your least favourite levels to shreds, nitpick, explain why these levels were so terrible, and criticize and abuse the designers of said levels (whoever they may be).
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As obtuse a puzzle as I ever saw. Was the game that forced me to reset and start over, because I was entirely sure I'd used a key in the wrong place and ended up with no ability to make forward progress. Lately I've heard I was wrong, but I hear different information on that. Anyway, it sucked.
And to beat the rush: Psychonauts' Meat Circus. Trying.... so hard.... to not rage....
I did conquer it about 8 years ago, but it still haunts me...
That level is nothing compared to the Peter Puppy level.
Now that level was just EVIL!!! :mad:
eff that level
World 8-3 on Super Mario Bros. ...stupid hammer bros. I hate them.
World 8-1 on Super Mario Bros. 3 ...cannons, cannons everywhere.
That's the problem. I don't even remember the Peter Puppy level that well.
I've only seen it once or twice.
I'll be seriouser when I get home from school
I remember beating SMB3 with game genie and kept wondering on the cannon level how it's possible to do it without cheating.
it's been a long time though. Maybe I could kick it's ass now if I wanted to.
The Water Temple of OoT may have had its problems, but at least it was interesting. It wasn't the same boxy corridor repeated endlessly for about 2 hours.
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Other levels that get the middle finger are the Meat Circus from Psychonauts for just being so god-damn hard, the original Donkey Kong in Donkey Kong 64 for being murderously difficult compared to the rest of the game, the Microscope puzzle from The 7th Guest for being impossible (and not even giving you anything for actually beating it!), every single level as Big the Cat from Sonic Adventure, Canary Mary's races from Banjo-Tooie, the two crystal hunting levels from Ratchet & Clank 2 and the race against Hilary in GTA Vice City.
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Especially in two player mode. Ugh.
Every shoehorned in stealth level ever made.
Every escort level ever made.
I think you should stay at school and brush up on your grammar.
j/k
Ugh, I recently replayed Battletoads vs. Double Dragon with a friend, and those parts were just terrible. Everytime one of you falls the other one misses their jump too. It's just a definite game over.
Other than that, I can only think of four instances of teeth-grinding frustration.
1. The last chapter in Star Wars: Bounty Hunter. The Bando Gora are such bullshit enemies.
2. The Minas Tirith level in Lord of the Rings: Return of the King.
3. The Special Stages in Sonic Heroes.
4. Visions by Abnormality in Rock Band 2. I count it because it was something that had to be overcome to finish the Endless Setlist 2, and having never played it before the setlist, it came right the fuck out of nowhere and was the only song that was insurmountable on hard bass and guitar for my group. I eventually did overcome it on hard drums and was able to clear it in one try when I played the setlist on my own. It was the only song I got three stars on.
Gee, all of these things are just reasons why I LOVE the game.
i really don't understand the appeal of strategy guides to people. sure it makes the game much harder but when you beat it you can say you actually did it
It's something FAQs, for all their uses, will never quite replicate, in the same way that a Kindle will never replace real books (well, for me they won't, anyway).
Anyway. I completely forgot to mention it earlier (because I'm stupid and such) but pretty much anything from this exhaustive list fits under the thread topic.
You can just throw confusion grenades at the rabbit then pick it up.
Anyway, for me, the "level" would be the final castle of the game I wanna be the guy
No that whole game is the "level". Stupid hard.
If you use shield, the knife throwers knives bounce right onto the wheel.
*more rage*
Because I want to get everything. I'm rather completionist about certain games.
Also, the OOT strategy guide I had was the Zelda: OOT Official Nintendo Power Strategy Guide. Don't tell me you never had a subscription to Nintendo Power. I thought everyone had that back in the day.
Besides that, without a Final Fantasy 7 Strategy Guide, I would have had no clue how to get a gold chocobo, much less know where the Knights of the Round summon materia was or that it even existed.
Yes! Thank you. Oh my god if I never see another sewer in a video game as long as I live, I'll die happy. (the sole exception would maybe be Uncharted 2 - and only because it's mercifully brief in that game)
Commencing massive rage in 3...2...1...
I guess your right about Uncharted 2 but thinking about it, even that section was the weakest part of a brilliant game.
The first level of the Back to the Future Part III game for the Sega Genesis.
I don't believe that I could ever get past that initial stage.
Ohhhh, also... The Empire Strikes Back for the Gameboy. I completed Star Wars and Return of the Jedi several times but I could NEVER EVER find a way out of those bastard ice caverns that featured in level 1 of Empire.
That is not what made the level horrible for me. This little brat that just wouldn't STFU killed my mood more than anything else.