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Worst sections/levels of the generation
- Thread starter Relaxed Muscle
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On that note, that mach speed section in the fire city was the worst. So much bullshit and then that. Uuuugh.
I haven't played much of RE6, but I remember this part. Everyone in our group was trying to figure out how to do this QTE exactly and Leon just couldn't get further. The one who got it was my little sister
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 - Academia 500 AF
Most of the previous areas in that game were absolutely enjoyable to walk through or to explore, and then, towards the end of the game, you get this one.
It's basically a huge puzzle where you had to align rotating blocks to form pathways via switches and it takes ages getting somewhere. What an awful area, coming from Academia 4XX, which is one of the best of the whole game.
Come to think about it, I haven't played many games that really have awful sections otherwise. I remember more of them in past gens (like the last level in Mark of Kri or Mz.Ruby in Sly Cooper 1). Or I was very lucky with my games this gen.
This reminds me: Academia 400 AF is the worst. HAVE FUN GETTING ATTACKED ALL THE STEPS.
Arya Stark
Neo Member
So close to first... but yea Lost Izashit takes this free.
Corronchilejano
Member
Off the top of my head:
- Halo Anniversary: The Library. Oh why, oh why my god, in this remake, did they include this enormous pile of stinking manure with barely any modifications (at least you know you're not backtracking anymore) and double down by adding an achievement for clearing it in under thirty minutes? Is there any person in the planet who had actually enjoyed that level in the original Halo?
- Alone in the Dark: The whole damn game.
- The Last Remnant: The Fallen. Dear Lord, broken leveling mechanics and then they add this insanely hard battle where if you did not optimize your leveling, it's impossible to win? I know it's optional, but they went way too far.
- Halo Anniversary: The Library. Oh why, oh why my god, in this remake, did they include this enormous pile of stinking manure with barely any modifications (at least you know you're not backtracking anymore) and double down by adding an achievement for clearing it in under thirty minutes? Is there any person in the planet who had actually enjoyed that level in the original Halo?
- Alone in the Dark: The whole damn game.
- The Last Remnant: The Fallen. Dear Lord, broken leveling mechanics and then they add this insanely hard battle where if you did not optimize your leveling, it's impossible to win? I know it's optional, but they went way too far.
John Caboose
Member
Oh dear. I had no idea to what depths Assassin's Creed had really sunk....
If I wasn't already out after Brotherhood (tried 15 mins of Revelations and 2h of AC3) that would have killed it for me.
weekend_warrior
Banned
infinityBCRT
Member
Sling Shot Galaxy in Super Mario Galaxy 1
NullPointer
Member
I still have AC3 in the plastic wrap (came with my PS3 slim bundle). Just haven't talked myself into opening it yet. The handholding and trial-and-error gameplay elements just.... gah.
Architechnophile
Member
My only real experience with Lost Izalith is looking down at it from the bridge (I was a member of the Chaos covenant), so I can't relate to the complaints. The boss was dumb, but not enough to bother me deeply.
I couldn't imagine what he'd be like to beat if I didn't look it up, though. I'd probably still be there, trying to attack his arms.
Anyways, my vote goes to the Fade. Tedious, ugly, and overly long. It was the worst of slogs.
I couldn't imagine what he'd be like to beat if I didn't look it up, though. I'd probably still be there, trying to attack his arms.
Anyways, my vote goes to the Fade. Tedious, ugly, and overly long. It was the worst of slogs.
Metroid Other M is a flawed game to begin with but three recurring segments stand out in my mind as some of the worst shit I've had to do in that game:
All three of those I cant believe someone looked at those sections and went "Ok yeah lets go with that" instead of killing them in the planning stage.
- Any pixel hunt segment
- Any SLOW AS HELL over the shoulder segment that added nothing to the gameplay
- Having to fight that same old boring miniboss like eight times in the last third
All three of those I cant believe someone looked at those sections and went "Ok yeah lets go with that" instead of killing them in the planning stage.
unknownhero
Member
The prison level in hitman absolution. I expected this to be one of the better levels but it wasn't. The whole place was linear and it would be extremly hard to bypass the area through traditional hitman means of infiltration.
God of War 1 - Underworld
Climbing these stupid fucking spinning blades
edit- Ah it's not from this gen, reading skills are bad
If there is a videogame designer hell, the people who designed that should be made to physically do it.
Bungie felt that after giving players one of the best Halo levels ever, they had to deliver the worst ever to make up for it. Only explanation I can think of.
Everything looks the same. Turret Forms. Game play interruptions. Turret forms. Narrow corridors. Turret forms.
As much as I love the Shadow Moses act in MGS4 for nostalgia reasons, the actual gameplay is so goddamn annoying because of the dwarf gekkos
And this too
And this too
What, you don't like following someone for 20 minutes and then going through a chase scene where you barely do anything?
Well, you are being sneaking. You know, like Snake should be.
It's classic stealth, if you will. Distilled to its core.
... still sucks, though.
Yes. This was fucking horrible. It was nothing but DICE jerking themselves off and not giving a shit about player enjoyment.
"Hey guys, look how cool we made this level look! Aren't we great?"
Resident Evil 5 car turrent/ ndesu is thr worst turrent section of all time, let alone the generation. So fucking bad.
Freaky Fred
Banned
All of the Europe chapter in MGS4
Between following that whistling jackass around and everything to do with Eva, this chapter was a huge disappointment.
dark_chris
Member
God of War 1 - Underworld
Climbing these stupid fucking spinning blades
edit- Ah it's not from this gen, reading skills are bad
Everytime i played it, even my first time, it was easy.
I dunno why people have a hard time in this part.
diggmcbadass
Member
Are there anything worthwhile to the battlefield 3 campaign though? All I remember is screen flashing "RETURN TO COMBAT AREA" if I went ten inches in the wrong direction.
...what?
Yes! Dear god this!!
It was terrible! Thank god it was so short that it didn't affect the game but still, god.
Relaxed Muscle
Member
Not really, the only level I really enjoyed was the Paris one. But the jet mission is an extra mile of worthless.
It has barely any gameplay and it drags for too long. Is a perfect example of visuals over substance.
What doesn't make sense? The shooting sections are bad, bad, bad, and I don't know anyone personally that disagrees. They are easily the weakest sections of all 4 of these games.
designing it was probably hell
The two shit parts in Academia in FFXIII, Bed of Chaos in Dark Souls, microwave hall in MGS4
you're reaching
You would have preferred a cutscene?
tiggerkiddo
Member
The even worst part is that towards the end, you get attacked by minibosses...and it's just not very fun at all to go through
Relaxed Muscle
Member
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Jotamide
Unconfirmed Member
"I love this part" said no one ever.
EDIT: beaten like a necromorph
*Complains about something not being interactive enough and instead wants something that is completely passive*
Dat Hypocrisy! Beautiful...
Satisfying when won though.
Haha I loved all of these sections. I was so invested in the scene for the corridor, the atmosphere of act 3 was incredible, and I had a lot of fun sneaking and nostalgia-ing in Shadow Moses.
I don't think there's anything I don't love about MGS4 honestly. It's one of my favorite games ever.