Worst Levels You've Ever Encountered

[Origami]

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It's not that hard.

[Scnew]

I keep thinking of more.



The Oculus in World of Warcraft. Now let me say first that I don't think the Oculus to be all that complex or difficult to master. It's really pretty simple. The basic idea is that you ride around on dragons of varying colors and abilities instead of just doing the same stuff you do normally. Each dragon only has three abilities so it's really not that tough to get a handle on... However, I'd guess a good 90% of the people that play WoW are total idiots, which means you're likely to get stuck with 4 people in your party who can't understand this freakin' place no matter how hard they try. It got to the point that Blizzard had to nerf everything in the Oculus even long after people out-geared the dungeon, and then also add in special incentives to get people to stick it out when they wound up with Oculus as their random dungeon.

[Davies]

Originally Posted by The-J23

I don't know if this count's as a level, but, it definitely pisses me off:

Communication Tower A
-Metal Gear Solid

Is that the same section I mentioned earlier?

Originally Posted by Davies

...the stair well level and the last boss on Metal Gear Solid under the 'hard' setting.

[JuntMonkey]

Just going to brag here that the Babel Fish puzzle from the Hitchhiker's Guide text game, which is frequently cited as the most insane and difficult puzzle ever, I found to be a piece of cake. I guess it's ostensibly difficult if you just look at the overall solution, but it's a very simple step-by-step logical process to actually solve it.

[The-J23]

Originally Posted by Davies

Is that the same section I mentioned earlier?

Oh, I guess you did.

I didn't see it, I guess I accidentally skipped page 3.

[Davies]

Originally Posted by The-J23

Oh, I guess you did.

I didn't see it, I guess I accidentally skipped page 3.

Yeah right, just like you didn't accidentally gaze at page 3 of "The Sun".

[Darth Marsden]

I didn't!

Mind you, there was nothing on there today except a bit about the McCanns and how losing Madeline was so horrific. Oh wait, I guess that did mean I glanced it. DAMN!

Worst level? The penultimate one in Streets of Rage 2. The second section of Stage 7, the bit with the lift. If you're playing on Hardcore (and I was), it's a freakin' nightmare. So many enemies dealing so much damage... I was save-scumming so much it was unbelievable. Lord knows how I maintained my sanity.

[The-J23]

Originally Posted by Davies

Yeah right, just like you didn't accidentally gaze at page 3 of "The Sun".

What are you implying, my good sir?

[Davies]

Originally Posted by The-J23

What are you implying, my good sir?

That you are a porn merchant good Sir. Why do you deny what is closet to your very heart?

*Ain't I a stinker?!*

[ryannumber1gamer]

Sorry to bring back a dead thread but i would actually like to add some levels that i really hated into this thread so anyway....

Sly 2 Band of Thieves Episode 3 the predator awakes. This episode had the biggest amount of annoying missions and an extremely annoying hub which made it a pain to play.

Jak & Daxter- a tie between the third hoverbike level and spider caves.

[coolsome]

Monsoon and Armstrong boss levels on Metal Gear Rising.

[Remolay]

Turnabout Big Top. Not because it's difficult, but because of the writing.

I hate all of the characters I've encountered in it thus far, including the Guy I'm defending, and it wouldn't even let me touch a glaring contradiction that absolutely needed to be said. And this is only the first part of the case.

[ryannumber1gamer]

Originally Posted by coolsome

Monsoon and Armstrong boss levels on Metal Gear Rising.

I agree completely. They were annoying

[jackpinto]

That level is nothing compared to the Peter Puppy level.
Now that level was just EVIL!!!

[coolsome]

Originally Posted by ryannumber1gamer

I agree completely. They were annoying

Jetstream Sam was the best boss on the game.

[Darth Marsden]

Several sections from Duke Nukem Forever can go suck an egg-shaped grenade.

First, there's the two-and-a-half level intro that takes 30-45 minutes to get through before you an actually start playing the game proper. 45 minutes of boring crap in a Duke Nukem game? What the hell were they thinking?

Next there's the driving levels. All of them. They go on for WAY too long. Shorter bursts would have been fine, but ugh. Worst of all is the full-sized car which might have been tolerable if they didn't constantly force us to stop and find fuel for the damn thing. THREE TIMES? Bullshit.

Then there's the Underwater levels, which just plain fail all round.

...actually, I could bitch about DNF for quite a while. Might as well just do a full review of it.

[St_Eddie]

Originally Posted by Darth Marsden

Several sections from Duke Nukem Forever can go suck an egg-shaped grenade.

First, there's the two-and-a-half level intro that takes 30-45 minutes to get through before you an actually start playing the game proper. 45 minutes of boring crap in a Duke Nukem game? What the hell were they thinking?

Next there's the driving levels. All of them. They go on for WAY too long. Shorter bursts would have been fine, but ugh. Worst of all is the full-sized car which might have been tolerable if they didn't constantly force us to stop and find fuel for the damn thing. THREE TIMES? Bullshit.

Then there's the Underwater levels, which just plain fail all round.

...actually, I could bitch about DNF for quite a while. Might as well just do a full review of it.

I played that game for around 2 hours, quit and never came back to it. It's still sat on my shelf, gathering dust. 'DNF' feels like a cheap, low-budget title. Almost like some kind of indie game. The environments feel sterile and lifeless. It actually reminded me of that shitty 'Die Hard' game for the Gamecube; 'Die Hard: Vendetta'.

Such a waste of money...

[Darth Marsden]

The frustrating thing is that, if you persevere, you can see how DNF COULD have been good. The pieces are there, they're just... someone mixed them up with an incredibly generic puzzle that nobody gives a toss about and the end result is a horrid picture that nobody could love.

Best metaphor ever.

[St_Eddie]

Originally Posted by Darth Marsden

... Best metaphor ever.

If you do say so yourself.