Worst levels in good games.

[RightWingGamer]

Don't you remember those levels in your favorite games that you just didn't like? Those levels that you just dread replaying, and wish you could skip when you get to them? Maybe they just didn't fit with the rest of the game, or maybe the regular level design guy was just on vacation that day. Regardless of the cause, even the best games can have shitty levels.

My pick would be the boss fight you have with Joker just prior to Protocol 10 in Arkham City. So, what do you get when you throw an invincible enemy, a hammer-brute, a TITAN, a bunch of grunts with assorted weaponry, and some environmental traps at the player all at the same time? A very poorly-balanced battle, that's what. At any given point during the battle, there's so much shit flying at you that it's impossible to keep track of it all. You ever try dodging a knife AND a hammer-brute at the same time? It's nigh impossible.

[Freaki-boy92]

pick any good game with a water level.

that is the worst- the motherfucking water levels.

[Eddmario]

Here's a list by game:
Skyrim
* Dwarven ruins
* The Forgotten Vale from the Dawnguard DLC

Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
* Twilight Town
* The train station
* The forest
* X-Naut Fortress
* The part of the game where you have to mix an invisibility potion
* The Palace of Shadow

Fallout 3:
* Dunwich building
* Any of the vaults besides Vault 101
* All of the Point Lookout DLC
* All of the Into The Pitt DLC

Fallout: New Vegas
* Any of the vaults

[Ragnarokia]

Ashley's chapter in Resident Evil 4. Sliding tile puzzles are the bane of my existence.

Fur Fighters has a much worse sliding tile puzzle as it is also timed, but alas that is only a bonus game and isn't NEEDED for the plot.

[phrozonfire]

Rescuing the useless bitch emma in MGS.

A combination of the two worst things in gaming, Escort Missions AND Underwater missions.

[orangebomb]

Any underwater level tends to be the worst level design in a game, considering a multitude of factors that go with it. Aside from that, I would have to say the later levels of Crash Bandicoot 1 and 2, which requires you to be absolutely precise with your jumps, or you fall to your death, especially Road to Nowhere in the first game, and Cold Hard Crash and Ruination in the second game.

[Auz]

At 7/5/12 02:20 PM, Rhinocerider wrote: Also, in GTA San Andreas, the mission where you have to do shit for Zero in a toy-airplane with guns. That was just painful.

Oh that part of the game was absolutely dreadful. The controls for the airplane were terrible and they forced you to fly all around the city looking for those courier guys.

It was even worse than that toy helicopter mission in Vice City.

[Sense-Offender]

forest in Arc the Lad 2. get lost for hours, eventually run out of herbs from all the random encounters.

[Jernemies]

The part in Drill platform (Jak II) where you had to kill 40 guards with a turret. That + hero mode = my personal hell. It's not really that it's fucking hard, but it's also boring (espesially when stuck in that point for days). Otherwise brilliant(ly difficult) game.

[IrishGun]

At 7/5/12 01:22 PM, Eddmario wrote: Here's a list by game:
Skyrim
* Dwarven ruins

Fallout 3:
* Dunwich building
* Any of the vaults besides Vault 101
* All of the Point Lookout DLC
* All of the Into The Pitt DLC

Fallout: New Vegas
* Any of the vaults

But these were all some of my favourite parts :(

[Eddmario]

At 7/5/12 01:22 PM, Eddmario wrote: Here's a list by game:
Skyrim
* Dwarven ruins
* The Forgotten Vale from the Dawnguard DLC

Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
* Twilight Town
* The train station
* The forest
* X-Naut Fortress
* The part of the game where you have to mix an invisibility potion
* The Palace of Shadow

Fallout 3:
* Dunwich building
* Any of the vaults besides Vault 101
* All of the Point Lookout DLC
* All of the Into The Pitt DLC

Fallout: New Vegas
* Any of the vaults

Woops, forgot the giant fish and the forest temple in Ocarina of Time, which I am STILL stuck on today.

[mrpwnzer]

At 7/5/12 02:20 PM, Rhinocerider wrote:

At 7/5/12 02:04 PM, Ragnarokia wrote: Ashley's chapter in Resident Evil 4. Sliding tile puzzles are the bane of my existence.

This. That puzzle was just bullshit. Running from the armor was pretty nice though.

Move last row's middle piece to center (the one that has the most detail) and just push all the other pieces counter clockwise. Once you only have the one corner left, insert the piece you got near the fireplace. Pretty simple.

From that same game, I'd have to say killing the Big Cheese (forgot his real name) using only a knife on Professional difficulty. I don't do the full thing with a knife, only his first phase. Then I used a pistol.

Mendez...tedious boss fight. 2nd phase, run to opposite side and wait for him to go up to the 2nd floor. Afterwards, wait for a bit until you know he's about to drop down. Sprint a bit, do a 180 and use the knife. Rinse and repeat about 60 times. Only time you can use the pistol is when you fight against Salvador as that requires ranged combat. RPG...it's been a while though.

I'm still thinking about the chicken egg run though. I have save where I've been keeping eggs for past 15+ runs.

-But anyway, pretty much any Flood level in Halo on legendary. Slow and steady wins the race though. Also human weapons.
-Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, any of the girl's chapters on master ninja. Rachel's is the easiest because she has that twirling ability. Ayane's just sucks (IS fiend ninjas with triple health) and so does Momiji's (well only the beginning part).
-Ninja Gaiden Black's military levels and fire/ice caverns. They're just so...boring.
-Water dungeons.
-That one dungeon in Dragon Age 2 where everything is pretty much the same...wait that's all of them.
-Some caves with Falmer in Skyrim.
-Some caves with goblin warlords in Oblivion.
-The Fade from Dragon Age Origins (I think everybody hates that part of the game)
-Demon's Souls swamp level 5-2.
-Dark Soul's Blight Town (or Glitch town)

I got more, but I think I'd break the character limit.

[Jackho]

At 7/5/12 01:22 PM, Eddmario wrote: Fallout 3:
* Dunwich building
* Any of the vaults besides Vault 101
* All of the Point Lookout DLC

Fallout: New Vegas
* Any of the vaults

Dude what. Those were by far some of the best parts of those games.

[FaeryTaleAdventurer]

At 7/5/12 12:21 PM, Freaki-boy92 wrote: pick any good game with a water level.

that is the worst- the motherfucking water levels.

So true, I remember not knowing what the shell to do in the Hydrocity level in Sonic the Hedgehog 3.

[tsukikomi]

The final boss in bully was to easy.

[Ragnarokia]

At 7/5/12 05:19 PM, mrpwnzer wrote:

At 7/5/12 02:20 PM, Rhinocerider wrote:

At 7/5/12 02:04 PM, Ragnarokia wrote: Ashley's chapter in Resident Evil 4. Sliding tile puzzles are the bane of my existence.

This. That puzzle was just bullshit. Running from the armor was pretty nice though.

Move last row's middle piece to center (the one that has the most detail) and just push all the other pieces counter clockwise. Once you only have the one corner left, insert the piece you got near the fireplace. Pretty simple.

Well I COULD remember this and I COULD learn how to actually do them well. But I can never be bothered and instead just complain every time I see one.

[Itachi888Uchiha]

Super Mario Bros.

Either 6-3 or 5-3 (with the jumping cheep cheeps). That stage is hard, and I always lose like half of my lives lol.

Any Zelda game

Water Temple

Sonic Adventure

Big the cat's stages and Knucles' stages

Sonic Adventure 2

Knucles and Rouge's stages

[kmau]

Every ice level in any platformer ever. Not snow, ice.

[GasMaskedMonkey]

Great Bay Temple (Majora's Mask)
The Test of Fear (Starfox Adventures)

...Yeah pretty much every water level. :P

[TheMajormel]

I hated chemical plant zone in sonic 2. In fact, it's one of the reasons why I haven't beaten the game.

[Quinny]

Zone 8 on Sonic 2. Every other zone is fairly easy but then this arsehole comes along and ruins your good mood.

[Quinny]

At 7/5/12 08:48 PM, majormelthesackboy wrote: I hated chemical plant zone in sonic 2. In fact, it's one of the reasons why I haven't beaten the game.

You can't get past Zone 2?! You must be playing with your elbows.

[Oolaph]

At 7/5/12 08:48 PM, majormelthesackboy wrote: I hated chemical plant zone in sonic 2. In fact, it's one of the reasons why I haven't beaten the game.

That Zone is easy as pie, and really enjoyable as well. If you can't get past that, you don't have much hope in ever beating it.

[Quinny]

At 7/5/12 08:56 PM, Oolaph wrote: That Zone is easy as pie, and really enjoyable as well. If you can't get past that, you don't have much hope in ever beating it.

He doesn't. What a noob.

I really shouldn't be on this late, it's not good for me.

[Itachi888Uchiha]

At 7/5/12 08:50 PM, Quinny wrote: Zone 8 on Sonic 2. Every other zone is fairly easy but then this arsehole comes along and ruins your good mood.

What is that Metropolis Zone? Use names guys.
Anyways Chemical Plant Zone was my favorite Zone 0.o

[sweet21]

Skyrim: Dwemer ruins
Deus ex: China (hub world)
Most water levels
Sonic: Oil ocean, spring yard zone
Most industrial levels.

Thats all I can think of at the top of my head

[Oolaph]

At 7/5/12 09:16 PM, Itachi888Uchiha wrote: What is that Metropolis Zone? Use names guys.
Anyways Chemical Plant Zone was my favorite Zone 0.o

Yeah, Zone 8 is Metropolis Zone.

The one I always hated was Oil Ocean Zone, the seventh. For some reason that one always felt like a chore to me.

[Quinny]

At 7/5/12 09:16 PM, Itachi888Uchiha wrote: What is that Metropolis Zone? Use names guys.

Yes, it's just after Oil Ocean Zone and just before Sky Chase Zone.

Sheesh...

[Oolaph]

At 7/5/12 09:33 PM, Quinny wrote:

Sheesh...

Pffft, people these days. Can't even memorize the zone order to Sonic the Hedgehog games.

[sweet21]

AHA! I got another! Something even more horrific than the sliding puzzle in RE4! The reason I said "fuck it" to siren: blood curse! Alot of the game puzzles are hard, some don't like to explain themselves, but this one....

Chapter 5 level 2, the Amana level. This is your first time playing as "The woman with golden hair," so you have supernatural powers....of bullshit.

You have to:
find seals (doesn't tell you what they look like)
Break seals (game doesn't tell you how to do it)
and unlike most characters this one can't hold most weapons so you can die pretty easily. Oh yeah and enemies come back to life.
I spent maybe an hour stumbling around , trying to figure out what to do, I found three seals, I needed the fourth. Guess where it was. Outside the fucking map! OUTSIDE! You had to jump in a river and exit the stage! You are not hinted at that, you are not told about that, NOTHING.

I beat the puzzle, but decided that was it, I had it. If the puzzles keep getting worse, im not continuing.