I find the Burn Rooster Stage from X8 to be more annoying. Though it is probably the Ride Chaser stages from X5 and X8 that are really the worst. There is probably some bad level design from X7, but I can't stomach the basic gameplay enough to really appraise most of it.
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What is the worst designed level you've experienced?
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I find the Burn Rooster Stage from X8 to be more annoying. Though it is probably the Ride Chaser stages from X5 and X8 that are really the worst. There is probably some bad level design from X7, but I can't stomach the basic gameplay enough to really appraise most of it.
Deified Data
Banned
I think the level is fine...it's just held back by technical limitations. Lost Izalith on the other hand is legitimately bad.
Another one...the dungeons in Darksiders 2 were fine, some of them were great, but the "overworld" for the last 2 worlds was an embarrassment. Just a straight shot from the entrance to the main dungeon. It was like something out of FFXIII.
Yea I automatically assume anyone who thinks Blighttown is bad is a console player. Playing through on PC made me really appreciate Blighttown's design, but goddamn is it a terrible level on consoles.
TheUnsunghero26
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swirlyglasses
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Why Lost Izalith? Is it the lava? cause thats comparable to the poison in Blightown, except you don't have a magic ring to stop your from burning to death.
Chance Hale
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The design is a hodge podge of copy+paste. The enemies are throw about with little thought, it just barely meshes with the rest of the game.
Deified Data
Banned
It just seems...disjointed. "Walk across this lava field filled with giant leaping enemies". It lacks the subtlety of levels like New Londo or Tomb of the Giants. It contains a lot of derivative enemies and isn't very challenging on top of that. The biggest flaw, in my opinion, is the horrendous way they lit the lava fields. You walk into the place and your eyes are instantly assaulted by the day-glo orange. Mix in the muted browns and it makes for a very ugly level. Add to that the fact that the boss is pretty shitty, too, and I think the level is pretty poorly designed - not only by FROM's standards, but in general.
I actually have most of these complaints about the Demon Ruins, too. As another poster said, I think these two levels mesh very poorly with the rest of the game.
Not even close. It's well designed but marred by technical limitations.
Yeah, Lost Izalith was easily the laziest part of the game and felt out of place.
CaptainSlow
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Even worse, it's the first damn level you see. (Technically not a "level" but it was un-needlessly tacked on) Rest of the game though is alright, even though it's flawed.
That wasn't so bad once I realised that the spikey flood forms could be dispatched with a single melee hit. Then it's about getting close enough with the cloak/shield, or knocking them down with the Brute Shot. Or just running past them.
The first time I played that level I had the brightness set too low, which made it worse.
The dam in Shadow of the Colossus. It always felt that I was fighting where the sword was telling me to go (off a cliff).
The fallen arm in Xenoblade. I spent a lot of time wandering around this map. It was a lot of dead ends and wasted spaces.
Edit: And the police station in Deus Ex Revolutions. It was dumb. Some guy sitting at a desk on the other side of the room is like: "Hey! there is a person calmly walking down the hall! I better shoot at him!". There weren't enough alternate paths to make fun stealth.
The fallen arm in Xenoblade. I spent a lot of time wandering around this map. It was a lot of dead ends and wasted spaces.
Edit: And the police station in Deus Ex Revolutions. It was dumb. Some guy sitting at a desk on the other side of the room is like: "Hey! there is a person calmly walking down the hall! I better shoot at him!". There weren't enough alternate paths to make fun stealth.
Red Chocobo
Banned
That level in Max Payne where you walk on a trail of blood in a strange dream world...... hate it.
MaverickHunterAsh
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Most of the levels in Mega Man X6, though I'd say Blaze Heatnix's stage, Metal Shark Player's stage, and the first two Gate levels are the worst offenders.
Truly some of the laziest, most incomprehensibly terrible level design I have ever encountered. You truly have to be a Mega Man X superfan (and/or glutton for punishment) to see X6 through to the end.
EDIT: Ha, looks like someone else already mentioned Blaze Heatnix's stage. Nice. It really is that bad.
Truly some of the laziest, most incomprehensibly terrible level design I have ever encountered. You truly have to be a Mega Man X superfan (and/or glutton for punishment) to see X6 through to the end.
EDIT: Ha, looks like someone else already mentioned Blaze Heatnix's stage. Nice. It really is that bad.
Peter Bazooka
Banned
Enjoying your playthrough of Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines? Too bad here's a terrible sewer area with non-stop combat.
Silver's Dusty Desert Level.
Basically a lot of things in Sonic 2006 would qualify.
But dat music!
On a serious note I remember playing it again and not understanding what the fuzz was about. In general I found Silver to be the most fun character to play as hadn't it been for the frequent slow downs.
SlipperySlope
Banned
The Lastalia Shaft in Tales of Graces f. Final dungeon of the bonus chapter for the PS3 version and it's awful. Gigantic "islands" with paths that branch at one-way elevators. Basically guess which way you're supposed to go, stumble as far as you can, and see if you're in the right place. If you're not, you have to start over. Fuck. Even with a map, it's a pain in the ass. All of the bonus chapter dungeons are bad, but that one's just unforgiveable. I put the game down for a month and went back to it with a video walkthrough.
Randomly generated levels work when the mechanics themselves are interesting enough to carry the game.
People love that game, but Sonic CD really does have bad level design. A bunch of spots where you end up running around in a loop, looking for a way out. That's not good at all.
Randomly generated levels work when the mechanics themselves are interesting enough to carry the game.
People love that game, but Sonic CD really does have bad level design. A bunch of spots where you end up running around in a loop, looking for a way out. That's not good at all.
Vulcano's assistant
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The core with all the amoebas in Metro 2033.
The Technomancer
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jacksepticeye
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ViewtifulJC
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Word of advice: NEVER play Sonic CD if you hate Metropolis Zone this much
AnonymousTipster
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The Library from Halo:CE is pretty terrible.
Come to think of it, Halo 1-3 all have that one insufferable Flood mission.
Edit: Also, fuck those turret and escort missions in Jak II. Horrible parts of an otherwise great game.
Come to think of it, Halo 1-3 all have that one insufferable Flood mission.
Edit: Also, fuck those turret and escort missions in Jak II. Horrible parts of an otherwise great game.
Auron_Kale
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This was a great moment where when I finally reached the top, I was overleveled and the boss was a cakewalk. I was damn pleased.
And not so much as worst but rather boring is simply: Inverted Castle from SotN. So meh.
crimzonflame
Member
That was painful to watch.
Isnt that because its all about the combat encounters and not like platforming or anything
I know its easy to choose a level in a bad game, and while Bubsy 3D is terrible all around, it has the WORST platforming stages I think I have ever seen. The level layouts are atrocious (among other things). Which level? Every level. They almost seem randomly generated.
I disagree. One time I got bored and put in a level select cheat just to see where the fuck that game goes, and some of the levels near the end are so fucking bad they make the first few look like Mario Galaxy.
So for me, the last chunk of Bubsy 3D. Like you dont even know how bad that game gets if you just pop on the first level and go "This game AMIRIGHT??" It gets worse
Wow. That's inexcusable.
Chance Hale
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That level on Ranger Hardcore ;-; I had 7 bullets, SEVEN FUCKING BULLETS.
afreaknamedpete
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FF12 had a great map system, which made the Great Crystal all the more hellish. Actually I don't think I've EVER seen a teleporting platforms level pulled off right, they're all universally painful to navigate.
ShinHayase
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A few exceptions but basically everything Halo. It's quite bad really.
Edit:
Do people confuse bad design with hard? Mario 3 level 8-3? Battletoads? Really? Bad design?
Jesus Christ.
Edit:
Do people confuse bad design with hard? Mario 3 level 8-3? Battletoads? Really? Bad design?
Jesus Christ.
Gunstar Ikari
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That stage in X6 (Gate 2?) that had the jump that required either a certain armor, an item that can be lost forever, or glitching.
This, too. Wacky Workbench in particular is quite possibly the worst Zone in all of 2D Sonic.
This, too. Wacky Workbench in particular is quite possibly the worst Zone in all of 2D Sonic.
Raptomex
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TheDarkKnight774
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Same here. Not sure it's the worst but its the first thing that popped in my mind.
Also hated Tower of Babel from xenogears. Worst thing from my favorite JRPG
SatelliteOfLove
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Megatened!