Top 10 Parts That Everyone Gets Stuck at in Video Games

“Super Empire Strikes Back” (1993)
May the force be with you BIGTIME to get through these levels alive. From the moment the game begins, you are completely bombarded by a ridiculous number of enemies that either charge head-on or attack from a distance. To make matters worse, you need to move forward and time jumps with extreme caution, as there is a higher chance of falling into an instant-death pit as opposed to landing on safe ground. Games from the 16-bit era are remembered for their challenge, but this one definitely turned to the dark side of video game difficulty. So, be prepared to see nothing but this first stage for a while.

“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” (1989)
This level is frustrating due to design as opposed to genuine challenge. So, let’s break down this recipe for a disaster, shall we? Firstly, the player needs to quickly and carefully navigate through an underwater trench: water plus gaming equals bad. Secondly, there are bombs to disarm while fighting against a time limit. Thirdly (and this is the real kicker), the passage is extremely narrow and covered with electrified obstacles. Don’t let your health drop too low either, or else an irritating beeping sound will play. Thanks game, I wanted my ears to bleed today! Check your blood pressure for sure after playing this highly stressful level.

“Dark Souls” (2011)
Blighttown is the definition of a vicious circle of punishing gameplay. You have to keep moving, because there are monsters trying to kill you every few seconds. But if you move around too fast, you may fall to your death because you can’t see a damn thing. But if you don’t move around at all…. you’ll never find the exit and get out of this nightmare of a level! Nearly any move you make has the possibility of severe consequences, so be ready to scream and swear at your TV…a lot. Oh, the frame rate drops quite a bit in this area as well, so have fun with that while trying to focus on not dying.

“Pokémon Gold/Silver/Crystal” (2000)
Pokémon players around the world all hit a roadblock when confronting the Goldenrod gym leader Whitney. Compared to what the player would have available to them at that point in the game, Whitney is placed at a seriously unfair advantage. Her Clefairy can be subdued if you know how to play it smart, but things really get nuts when she puts her Miltank into the fray. From both an offensive and defensive standpoint, Miltank seems to have a counter-move to everything you do. It can heal itself in the remake versions, and it can cause any male Pokemon you have to stop fighting with it’s attract ability. How many of you were caught off guard by that move?

“Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas” (2004)
All we had to do was ‘follow the damn train’, that’s not so hard, right? Well, actually yeah, it kind of is. The game expects you to not only follow alongside a train at breakneck speed, but to also be simultaneously aware of your surroundings so as not to crash into anything. Furthermore, you can’t drive too fast or too slow, as your companion Big Smoke needs to be able to shoot the gang members on top of the train. His weapon also seems to be pitifully underpowered, causing the process of him gunning down said gang members to take a very long time. You’re going to need a lot of patience and precision to survive this exhausting endurance test.

“Deus Ex: Human Revolution” (2011)
Human Revolution is a first-person action-RPG that encourages player choice, in either taking a stealthy and pacifist approach or go all out guns blazing. That’s all well and good, until you get to the first boss battle, which REQUIRES an offensive battle strategy, effectively ruining any chance of the player having a perfect stealth run, or worse: being ill prepared. This sudden shift in format was due to the fact that developer Eidos Montreal outsourced the boss fights to another studio: Grip Entertainment, who’s President admitted that they knew very little about the Deus Ex series. You know its bad since they fixed this problem in a Directors Cut edition.