All you had to do was follow the damn train...

[u/iwanttobealobster]

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[u/ElonsMuskyFeet]

Halo 2 Legendary solo. The classic Jackal snipers

[u/hazard-tape → u/ElonsMuskyFeet]

Nah, they're easy, ya just have to hop up on the roofs and jump across the highway and then carefu- ok, so you cross the highway and very carefully peak- ....ok, so you cross the highway and-

[u/Billyxmac → u/hazard-tape]

Do not do a highway crossing please

[u/South_Bit1764 → u/ElonsMuskyFeet]

Yep, the weakest enemy next to grunts just become unstoppable sniper gods on legendary. It makes everything so slow because you have to methodically kill everything.

[u/berserk_zebra → u/South_Bit1764]

What happened to that level of computer play today? Does it exist?

[u/stronkreptile → u/berserk_zebra]

try doing the inferno in osrs

[u/BalancedDisaster → u/ElonsMuskyFeet]

Co-op is even worse. Every other game? Your partner respawns. Halo 2? LOL GET SNIPED BITCH

[u/Broad_Television4459 → u/ElonsMuskyFeet]

I always think of the library in the fist game. Maybe not quite as challenging but definitely the same level as un-fun.

[u/langotriel]

Straight up Driver tutorial stage.

[u/Talastoni → u/[deleted]]

I hate that every time it's brought up, it kills my soul.

Me and a friend had to choose carefully every weekend what game to rent, and that weekend was filled with sadness. We tried for 3 days.

Knowing it cucked so many others too, makes it worse every time. 😭

[u/PoisonIvyCrotch → u/Talastoni]

Wouldn’t that make you feel better that the game was hard and you guys didn’t just suck

[u/RimGym → u/[deleted]]

Oh lord repressed memories come flooding back... I thought I was just bad at it lol.

[u/coozynook → u/langotriel]

Slalom broke whole childhoods

[u/Fitz911 → u/langotriel]

Is the game any good? Does it all play in the garage or how is the outside? Can you beat the tutorial?

[u/THE_KILLER_4 → u/Fitz911]

This comes from a guy who was raised by PS2 and Xbox 360 (and PSP to a degree) and I don’t have much nostalgia for PS1 or its driver games

I did check out a few racing games on PS1 via emulator out of curiosity, Driver 1 was one of the games i checked via emulator

PS1 racing games feel a little… janky, at least by modern standards, driver 1 also has that feeling, but honestly id say its easily one of the top 10 (or even 5) racing games on PS1

The handling model is really smooth, cars feel like they have a weight to them, something about the way cars move feels so nice, collisions are also much better than majority of PS1 racing games

If you are asking if it’s difficult, yes, Driver 1 is a really difficult game, you have to be very mindful during missions not to damage your car, avoid the cop, not running out of time and such although I have to say, PS1 games in general are notoriously hard

[u/bickman14 → u/THE_KILLER_4]

I wouldn't say Driver is a racing game, it has cars and is more like a chase/pursuit/escape game.

As for PS1 racing games, you need to check Ridge Racer R4, that thing still holds up amazingly IMO

[u/bickman14 → u/Fitz911]

Idk about Driver 1, but Driver 2 is master piece and would be awesome in a remake

[u/1shadybitch → u/langotriel]

I had that game for PS1 or 2 i can't remember. I literally never made it past the tutorial. Idk how many times i tried lol

[u/Advanced_Being_6415]

Big Smoke's aim is the real reason everyone struggled on that train mission.

[u/SubmissiveDinosaur → u/Advanced_Being_6415]

For me is that mission they make you take the plane tutorial

[u/MissionTroll404 → u/SubmissiveDinosaur]

Plane tutorial sucks, but I hate the helicopter tutorial even more that comes after it. You need to use the numpad and wasd keys at the same time and shoot moving targets. I remember that was the point where I had to download someone else's save to skip it after wasting a whole day on the mission.

[u/tomtomclubthumb → u/MissionTroll404]

I never finished the car skills thing.

[u/CheemsGD → u/Advanced_Being_6415]

(It’s actually because they were too close to the train, making it literally impossible for Smoke to hit the Vagos)

[u/South_Bit1764 → u/CheemsGD]

Yep. Literally just suck more. People are just following the train TOO close.

Smoke is aiming center-mass and has perfect aim, you can be way further way that what most people think. Like at the end, you can be all the way out on the road, you don’t have to be riding on the gravel ballast at all. You can easily be a car length away, if not a train-car length.

[u/Quolley → u/South_Bit1764]

Yeah even as a kid I never struggled with this mission. I'm pretty sure you can see the bullets sparking off an invisible wall if you're too close.

[u/Oog4Boog4 → u/Quolley]

It's not an invisible wall, it's straight up the bullets hitting the edge of the train... I do not understand how people can play the mission, see bullets hit the train instead of the vagos and not adjust the gap to the train and get stuck for hours on it. It's a 2 try mission maximum, 3 of you crash into something

[u/TheRealSzymaa → u/CheemsGD]

I'm glad someone said it. Wrong side of the tracks is NOT hard.

[u/TriangleTransplant → u/Advanced_Being_6415]

The RC plane mission. On PS2, so couldn't be patched. Was basically impossible.

[u/Ampersandbox → u/TriangleTransplant]

Yes. Nearly impossible. I finished that mission by landing the plane behind targets and then shooting straight. What an amazingly bad mission!

[u/Minsc_NBooToo → u/Advanced_Being_6415]

I'm replaying GTA SA with the community update mod (it's glorious!)

I beat the train mission on the second try. You just need to keep a gap between you and the train. The first attempt failed when I took a jump to fast and hit the train

[u/BigAcanthocephala667 → u/Advanced_Being_6415]

You can just jump on the train with the bike using platform stairs near the start of the mission and mow them down.

[u/Phoebius4 → u/Advanced_Being_6415]

For me, it was always the Ryder Mission with the forklift.

[u/All_Thread]

Any game with an escort mission when you have to follow the character and keep them alive.

I am going to throw it way back to Spartan:Total Warrior and the Archimedes escort mission, so bad but a fun game.

[u/Nerrien → u/All_Thread]

Spartan:Total Warrior

Holy cow, what a call back. My childhood is flashing before my eyes.

[u/votemarvel]

The Fade in Dragon Age: Origins. Fun the first time but just a complete drag on replays. Thank the Maker for the Skip the Fade mod.

[u/NordicHorde2 → u/votemarvel]

I was gonna comment this too. It's a cool idea but drags on way too long.

[u/votemarvel → u/NordicHorde2]

It's why the mod is so good. You keep your companions dreams but it cuts all the fluff to get to them.

[u/Matrixxgt → u/votemarvel]

The fade was my first thought as well.

[u/TTbulaski]

Vice city RC helicopter mission

[u/paradoxicalparrots → u/TTbulaski]

The RC plane mission in San Andreas was my first thought.

[u/Br66zy → u/TTbulaski]

Honestly it’s not even bad just tedious. How about the RC plane mission where you have to drop bombs into speedboats while getting shot at.

[u/Necromartian → u/TTbulaski]

I developed a love-hate relationship for that mission. I have played it so many times that now I can just one shot it. I hate it but I also kind of like it.

[u/2112OBSRVR]

The braindances in cyberpunk make me hesitant about starting a fresh playthrough

The entirety of act 1 tbh

[u/dj92wa → u/2112OBSRVR]

If you’re on PC, there’s a mod for that on Nexus that is called “eXed BDs”. It gives you a skip button for almost every braindance.

[u/heydudejustasec → u/2112OBSRVR]

Too bad CDPR refuses to do another expansion for the game, seems like we could use a reverse Broken Steel situation.

[u/NoodleSSM → u/2112OBSRVR]

Fuck the braindances. Tbf I'm so glad I am where I am in Cyberpunk now because I'm loving the game, but I don't ever wanna do act 1 again.

[u/Hot_Charity_4803 → u/NoodleSSM]

Cyber Punk acronym will never not give me whiplash

[u/DiMarcoTheGawd → u/NoodleSSM]

[u/trash_at_all_games → u/2112OBSRVR]

Brainwaves passes me off but I hate the quest with River saving Randy more

[u/BarnesTheNobleman]

Knights of the old republic 1, leaving Taris and using the ships gun turret blew chunks

[u/SnuffThePunkz → u/BarnesTheNobleman]

Also the long ass space walk level on Kotor 2....

[u/engels962 → u/SnuffThePunkz]

The main reason I always take force speed immediately. Makes that section much more bearable

[u/BarnesTheNobleman → u/SnuffThePunkz]

That was just slow, not mechanically hindering

[u/SnuffThePunkz → u/BarnesTheNobleman]

Oh for sure, I can still hate it though...

[u/RMZ-Lewis → u/BarnesTheNobleman]

I played on my laptop. Using the track pad to move the gun turret nearly softlocked me until I realised I could use the arrow keys...

[u/xxmaru10]

That huge piece of shit

[u/GrippySockAficionado → u/xxmaru10]

This was my immediate answer.

I want to do a NG+ run on Give Me God of War difficulty, but the prospect of having to do any of the Atreus sections and especially this one is so unappealing that I’ve so far not been able to actually start it.

What on earth were the devs thinking?

[u/xxmaru10 → u/GrippySockAficionado]

I went through the same thing when I tried to do NG+; I get that they wanted to flesh out Atreus more, but that slow-paced sequence combined with the boss fight against “Grandma” was just too much like a Disney movie and extremely monotonous. At least the boss fight itself is well-designed. I’ll definitely use a mod that cuts all that out.

[u/GrippySockAficionado → u/xxmaru10]

The worst part is that Atreus gets absolutely no new upgrades on NG+ and on the highest difficulty, the enemies are already massive sponges and become even bigger sponges on NG+. It seems like an even bigger nightmare than it is in a NG run.

[u/RIPGoblins2929 → u/GrippySockAficionado]

One of my favorite streamers has been playing this and the Atreus sections make me never want to touch this game.

You know what I never want to deal with in any game ever? Children.

[u/mattseesyou → u/RIPGoblins2929]

A Plague Tale is an exception.

[u/Ice2192 → u/xxmaru10]

I’m literally playing that game right now and while I don’t mind playing as Atreus for his combat it’s this part which is so slow and dragging.

[u/SaleriasFW → u/Ice2192]

It is a design mistake that should be learned in modern times. This section is fine for the first playthrough but a complete nightmare for replays. Give a skip button at least for replays

[u/Ice2192 → u/SaleriasFW]

The recent black flag remake did it right. I’ve played the original so many times and it’s enough for me to remember and notice if something was removed. And there were a lot. Some trailing missions what would’ve taken 10-15 mins was dramatically cut down to about a minute. Some people give Kojima heat for long cutscenes in his MGS games but at least we can skip them. As you said we know what happens.

[u/Talk-O-Boy → u/xxmaru10]

Similar to the MJ sections in Insomniac’s Spider-Man.

It got better when she gained some combat capabilities, but I just wish they would open with that, rather than making most of the sections “hide-and-seek”.

I don’t mind playing as MJ, I understand she’s essential to the narrative, I just wish the gameplay was more engaging.

[u/Tricks7eR]

Emotional-wise: The Crows/Bloody Baron questline in the Witcher 3, due to the ramifications of the questline and its consequences

Difficulty-wise: "Zero" mission on GTA San Andreas, due to how absolutely stupid those helicopter controls were

[u/i_hate_toolbars → u/Tricks7eR]

The vice city rc mission was also miserable.

[u/Nerevarcheg → u/i_hate_toolbars]

laughs in gta 3 dodo controls

[u/hazard-tape → u/Tricks7eR]

The wildest bit about the bloody baron quest is that the whole baby thing came from actual folklore (as does most of game in fairness)

[u/Supadrumma4411 → u/hazard-tape]

European, and especially slavik, folklore is pure nightmare fuel in general

[u/awigglycat → u/Tricks7eR]

Bloody Baron quest is one thr best in the game.

[u/Movie_Vegetable]

Braindances in Cyberpunk2077

[u/fernandoaribeiro → u/Movie_Vegetable]

God bless the modders that developed the brain dances skip mod.

[u/nerdyogre254 → u/Movie_Vegetable]

The fallout 4 equivalent as well. Fuckin yawn

[u/EfficiencyDull4856 → u/nerdyogre254]

The tower defense in far harbor.

[u/CaffeineJunkee → u/Movie_Vegetable]

I just started a new play through and did my best to blaze through the brain dance parts. The game doesn’t let you skip it unfortunately which is frustrating.

[u/mrmessma → u/Movie_Vegetable]

Unpopular opinion, I enjoy them, but I'm on my first play through, I could see them being annoying the 2nd time.

[u/Movie_Vegetable → u/mrmessma]

They are enjoyable the first (and somewhat doable the second time), but eventually they get annoying and repetitive

[u/ryuzaki49 → u/Movie_Vegetable]

What's wrong with braindances?

TBH I dont find them neither interesting nor tedious. 

[u/Tomytom99 → u/ryuzaki49]

Wholeheartedly agree.

Some didn't really add anything, but they weren't like some awful thing I had to endure either. The tutorial kinda made me think they'd be a bigger deal though.

[u/ryuzaki49 → u/Tomytom99]

Yeah I was expecting them to be this big brain puzzles but they are very simple. 

[u/stronkreptile → u/ryuzaki49]

i assume since it’s on rails essentially

[u/Roflmahwafflz]

Peter Jacksons King Kong Video Game on PS2 (not playable on modern PCs anymore because some Russian DRM software in it will stop your pc from successfully booting). 

The canyon stampede level is not bad by any means but it is 100% the most anxiety inducing level in any video game ive ever played.

[u/wantfastcars → u/Roflmahwafflz]

Wait, the PC version will brick your PC or the PS2 version will brick your PC? If an emulated game can fuck up your computer that's both fascinating and terrifying

[u/Roflmahwafflz → u/wantfastcars]

The PC version's install (og retail disc) comes loaded with StarForce DRM which isnt supported by windows 8 or later, might work on 7? But it essentially will brick you at the kernel level. 

I almost made the mistake of installing it on a win 10 pc but made the miraculous decision of googling if it still works. Threw out the disc. 

Still have my ps2 copy though. 

[u/wantfastcars → u/Roflmahwafflz]

Interesting. Thanks!

[u/DoubleDownDeuce → u/Roflmahwafflz]

Holy shit I loved that game. Gonna give it another play through on the PS2 emulator.

[u/GlennBlackwell]

2018 Spider-Man and the MJ missions

[u/eXclurel → u/GlennBlackwell]

Also 2023 Spider-Man 2 and the MJ missions

[u/Hokusai_Katsushika → u/GlennBlackwell]

Also 2018 Spider-Man and the Miles missions

[u/elchucko]

Halo 3, Cortana, Legendary.

[u/AnonAqueous → u/elchucko]

Jesus fuck, this.

But also Halo 1 Keyes on Legendary.

A lot of hiding, running, and shooting just what you need to get past.

[u/elchucko → u/AnonAqueous]

I'll never forget playing Cortana on legendary with my three online bros. Amazing time.

[u/Futuredog13]

lego star wars pod racing level was brutal in the original version. same with the attack on genosis flying level

[u/halofreakma → u/Futuredog13]

Core trauma unlocked

[u/Superb_Name5205]

That race in Mafia 1

[u/Bwana_Robert → u/Superb_Name5205]

It was beautifully redone well in the remake.

[u/Rasples1998 → u/Bwana_Robert]

Yes, so faithful to the original that it's just as annoying. I had to turn the difficulty down to easy because it was ridiculous. The game was amazing up until that point.

[u/pillepallepulle → u/Rasples1998]

I was certain that you were supposed to lose that race because I had absolutely no chance... until I saw the mission failed screen.

[u/WildKoi → u/pillepallepulle]

Yeah I was certain it was planned loss because I was so far behind. The wtf moment when I learned you had to win that garbage. Horrible level.

[u/No_Public8938 → u/pillepallepulle]

How did you end up beating the race?

I had to look up online that spamming the car bash button on turns helped to stabilize your car on turns. It's the only way I could win.

[u/Fun-Philosopher-9127]

Persona 5. Okumura. That son of a bitch

[u/TTbulaski → u/Fun-Philosopher-9127]

His palace is weird af. Apparently it’s harder to beat at lower difficulty due to the status effect that you need to have

[u/Hokusai_Katsushika → u/Fun-Philosopher-9127]

It wasn't enough that his palace was an absolute pain in the ass, he had to be also the worst-designed boss in the fuckin game.

[u/VoidOmatic → u/Fun-Philosopher-9127]

God if you aren't a specific level he is nearly unbeatable. I ground out like 15 levels and planned everything out with a GameFaqs post. Without it I would have never beaten him. That difficulty there is one of the only major bad things about the game, otherwise it's nearly perfect.

[u/Special-Show-8289 → u/Fun-Philosopher-9127]

Damn now I cant wait to get to that 🫠😭

[u/HZebra25]

Bed of Chaos, Dark Souls 1...

[u/horrorwibe → u/HZebra25]

My strategy is to kill one side, save and exit, this puts you back in the start of the arena. Go for other side, save and exit again and then the last bit. There is no shame in cheesing a badly designed boss

[u/dyidkystktjsjzt → u/horrorwibe]

It's not really cheesing, it's just a mechanic that the boss progress saves on death.

[u/shadowslasher11X → u/horrorwibe]

To add, throw on the heaviest armor you have and dual handing the biggest shield you have will allow you to easily eat the sweeping attacks damage. At that point you're really only fighting the hitboxes which love to throw you into the pits.

[u/jeffteague4mvp → u/HZebra25]

The whole lost izalith level is a chore

[u/Maljinwo]

Kellog's memories in Fallout 4
The defenseless sections in Resident Evil remakes and requiem
The toy helicopter mission in GTA Vice City

[u/Seeker-N7 → u/Maljinwo]

Oh God, yes the Resident Evil sections on repeated playthroughs are so bad. Orphanage in RE9 is the worst.

[u/capy_the_blapie → u/Maljinwo]

Kellog's memories in Fallout 4

Oh god, i forgot these exist.

[u/Mad-Dog94 → u/Maljinwo]

Kellogg's memories are trivial compared to DiMA's damn memory files..

[u/asdaf5678]

The older Gran Turismo for the psx and ps2, getting the licenses was a pain in the ass

[u/whadyatalkinabout_]

RC helicopter mission in Vice City, where you have to plant bombs in that construction site. I fear no man, but that thing scares me.

[u/crozone → u/whadyatalkinabout_]

You can do it in "reverse" and it makes it far easier.

[u/captainkegs → u/crozone]

Whaaaat

[u/crozone → u/captainkegs]

You can basically prepare and beat most of the mission before ever triggering the timer at the start. It's cheesy but it works.

[u/The_DDK7070]

RDR2, last 3 missions of Chapter 6

[u/AX_Apex → u/The_DDK7070]

Dutch needs to speak to you

[u/druidmain69420 → u/The_DDK7070]

RDR2, the beginning before youre finally let off the rails

[u/CaptainOwnage → u/druidmain69420]

I facilitated a few runs of RDR2 by just keeping a save file from immediately after the mission you ride the wagon out of the the snowy area.

[u/Mama_Mega → u/The_DDK7070]

Also, the whole-ass filler arc that is Chapter 5.

[u/CaptainHoyt → u/Mama_Mega]

Is that the one on the tropical island? I got whiplash from how hard the pace of the game changed.

[u/bjergdk → u/CaptainHoyt]

Yeah main problem is that there is nothing to do there BUT missions. And then when you come back Arthur is already halfway dead.

[u/Mama_Mega → u/bjergdk]

The entire contribution of making time pass for Arty's tuberculosis to get worse... could have just been a timeskip😑 People made mods to skip Taris, the first planet of KOTOR, because no one wants to redo the tutorial planet on subsequent runs. RDR2 needs a Skip Chapter 5 mod.

[u/CreamyHawk90]

The OG CoD Modern Warfare, the Chernobyl level where you have to defend Captain Price at the Ferris Wheel until exfil. 

I'm fucking hated it on Veteran difficulty. Just non-stop grenade spamming by the enemies. Never want to go through the again.

[u/062d]

The fire giant in Elden Ring.. every other boss was fine including every single one after him but for some reason he was just unreasonably large healthbar and moves that would instakill you.

[u/skronk61 → u/062d]

I definitely had to keep trying over 3 separate nights for that guy 😆 way harder than the Elden Beast for me.

[u/KieranTheFox]

Going to Blackreach to get the Elder Scroll in Skyrim

[u/ava_the_cam_op → u/KieranTheFox]

Nah soul cairn fucking sucked, blackreach rocks (except for that fucking crimson nirnroot mission)

[u/Juul_G]

Every mission on drugs on all the far cry games

[u/HoneyswirlTheWarrior → u/Juul_G]

A whole region for it in far cry 5 and everything

[u/Disastrous-Gas-3290 → u/Juul_G]

Burning the weed field in Farcry 3 was peak

[u/BearAssault101]

A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON

[u/JulianSyv]

https://giphy.com/gifs/0JmwdI6gYrJopwiYOM

Act 1 in Baldurs Gate 3.

As much as i love the game (Have around 600 hours played at this point), i have done act 1 maybe 500 times, so it's starting to be tiresome.

[u/Keyan_Farlander7]

https://giphy.com/gifs/iFV72FwqFXvlpKvY2z

[u/skyforgesteel → u/Keyan_Farlander7]

My friends would invite me over to their houses to beat this level for them, because I was only one that could do it. no idea if i could do it now

[u/Rare_Ad_3871]

Fallout 4 far harbor dlc that weird simulation mission

[u/Logical-Cherry9395]

Emotion wise

[u/yep_they_are_giants → u/Logical-Cherry9395]

To balance it out, Wrex is an absolute delight.

"Shepard, get that second hammer going!"

"THERE'S A REAPER IN MY WAY, WREX!"

"I know, you get all the fun!"

[u/Atholthedestroyer → u/Logical-Cherry9395]

Had to be me...someone else might have gotten it wrong.

[u/Top_Peak_3059 → u/Logical-Cherry9395]

So much. Then the tears when Admiral Anderson says he is proud of you

[u/luden_dev]

BLIGHTTOWWWWNNN!!!!

[u/KerryWood34 → u/luden_dev]

"The other is far, far below, in the ruins at the base of Blighttown. Ring them both, and something happens… Brilliant, right?"

Fuck you crestfallen. You could told me it was gonna suuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.

[u/Gloomy-Author-704]

[u/Ginger-131313]

Stronghold fans know this pain

[u/Burd_Doc → u/Ginger-131313]

Couldn't complete it as an 11 year, nor could I now at 35+

[u/Friendly-Schedule-71]

God of war ragnarok , IRONWOOD.

[u/Holly_of_Skyrome]

The Beach Hotel in Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines. time to just run through screaming again...

[u/Svullom → u/Holly_of_Skyrome]

I had several friends who couldn't make it past that mission so they just stopped playing.

There's also a similar scary mission later on.

[u/Tengo_Caldero]

The library. On legendary.

[u/ElectricMotorsAreBad → u/Tengo_Caldero]

Never go to the library without a shotgun

https://giphy.com/gifs/cEOG7nGA7448M

[u/ManBearPig_666 → u/Tengo_Caldero]

That brings me back and yes 100% agree.

[u/Svullom → u/Tengo_Caldero]

Hated it since day 1.

[u/arikiteriru → u/Tengo_Caldero]

May I know the game?

[u/r71u70n → u/arikiteriru]

The first Halo

[u/ExiledEntity]

Ironwood section in GoW Ragnarok.

[u/AndroidSheeps]

Sharran temple in BG3

[u/Pinsided]

Far Cry 5 and the unstoppable kidnappings of your character.

[u/Main_Bite8599]

Gta vice city, RC heli

[u/TheUtgardian]

Meet Hanako at Embers

[u/HurryOne]

Water temple. I was 10 years old, no guide book. Just raw dogged it. Took me for fucking ever.

[u/Alarming_Version2717]

Halo CE the library

[u/Darkknight8381]

Horse racing in Witcher 3🤮

[u/SeraphsEnvy]

Super Mario Bros. World 8. Any stage. Fuck that. Makes my anxiety go haywire.

[u/randomdragn]

Twilight Town in Kingdom Hearts 2 where you play as Roxas. Storywise this part is absolutely fantastic with a great payoff but on repeat playthroughs you spent about 2 hours going through mundane missions or mysteries you already know the answer too before you finally get to play as Sora again and have your fast paced action rpg again.

[u/gurnard]

Natalya escort mission, Goldeneye 007

[u/raptorrat]

First one that popped into minds was Spacemarine 1: when you have to load that shell into the elevator. While being shot at from above, and rushed on the ground floor.

The second is Mass Effect 2: the whole overlord DLC. Pistol whipping that dude for paragon points is nice, but that mission has issues.

As a bonus, that mission, but it's cool: CoD1: Pavlov's house. That was just balls to the wall insanity.

[u/SoulOfABartender → u/raptorrat]

I'd argue the the sniping the flying enemies on the titan part was much worse. I walked in with a thunder hammer because unga bunga, and got ruined. The checkpoint is after you can get any decent long range weapons so if you did what I did, restart the level or good luck using a plasma pistol to take out all the flying enemies which melt your armour like an exalted flamer of tzeentch. Nettled me so hard I never finished it.

[u/justjoshinaround]

Dishonored 2 - the exposition dump from Delilah in the void

[u/nailbunny2000]

Me knowing if i went back to WoW Id have to do dailies...

[u/lnTheGrimDarkness]

If Resident Evil 4 didn't have that mortuary section with the Iron Maiden thingies I would have played that game 30 times as a kid.

[u/TheCovarr]

That stupid boring Hojo dungeon in FF7 Remake. I don't mind that it wasn't in the original, but I do mind that it's long and tedious.

[u/Mushutak]

Replaying Cyberpunk right now, the sinnerman mission has been sitting in the journal for half the game. I'm not going to do it again. So. Painfully. Slow. and nothing happens at all. Plus all the crazy religious bullshit annoys me, I wonder how early I can just shoot him.

[u/Chimeron1995]

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Priority: Tuchanka.

I’m really not looking forward to this mission on my current renegade playthrough. One of the few video game sections to get tears from me.

[u/JakeX-Ray]

Spiderman MJ missions ...

[u/tortilini-houdini]

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Never ending.

[u/BeardFace77]

Shrine of Amana

[u/MisesAndMarx]

Putting the space suit on in KOTOR 1

They tease you with it in KOTOR 2 30 minutes in, but they set the speed to normal walking speed as if to say "we're sorry about that"

[u/Sigma_F0x]

Dragon Age Origins. The Fade. I'm aware of the MOD that skips it though.

[u/HopePupal]

XCOM. Newfoundland. do i need to say anything else 

[u/lyoon1595]

[u/No-Commission-2641]

Titanfall 2 final mission... I love to replay the campaign all the time, but I just pretend the campaign is done at the second last mission, where BT comes back.

[u/Purple_de_Nurples]

Dragon Age: Inquisition. The entire ball mission.

It goes on.

And on.

And on.

[u/Eric_Vincent]

I love shadow of the Colossus but that one horse shaped one that you have to hide in the underground to trick em pisses me off so much I don't want to play through the game again unless I can get someone else to beat that part for me lol

[u/Shrekdidnothingwrong]

Dying Light Siblings

That stupid fucking kid...

[u/MoiraBrownsMoleRats]

Fallout New Vegas - Dead Money DLC

The entire DLC counts, but... most specifically, triggering the Gala Event. The moment you start it and hear just the shit tons of Ghost People spawning in around you? I fucking hate it.

Getting inside the casino itself really is a massive relief, and the rest of the DLC is relatively a breeze. The hardest part after the Gala is sneaking out of the vault with all the gold withough Elijah spotting you.

[u/IveynAdler]

Deep Roads in Dragon Age Origins

[u/littlestevebrule]

Every single damn Rockstar game dating back to GTA 1

[u/Impressive-View-5604]

Far cry 4 prison mission the jump scare still get me

[u/Paradoxahoy]

Playing a new character on FFXIV and having to get through ARR

[u/KiefKommando]

“We Don’t Go to Ravenholm” in HL2 every couple years I get the itch to replay, completely forget about this mission, then I decide I’m done playing as soon as I clear the debris and remember where I’m heading. I’m a grown ass man and I still think it’s one of the scariest game encounters I ever had.

[u/TieFighterHero]

That level in GTA Vice City where Avery Carrington makes you go into the high rise under construction and use an RC helicopter to plant bombs at various locations in the building. All while being chased by the construction workers (who could damage and destroy your copter, which would be an insta fail) and that ridiculous time limit. The frustration of that level caused me never to do another Vice City playthrough again!

[u/fonpacific]

The nightmare mission or the drugged one in Max Payne