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== Video Games ==

* Not really That One ''Level'' per se, but the desert you must cross to get to California in ''[[Oregon Trail]] II'' gets on many people's nerves.

** Ditto for that game's river rafting minigame, which is MUCH tougher than the original's and requires a lot of [[Trial and Error Gameplay|trial-and-error]] and [[Some Dexterity Required|dexterity with the mouse]] to pass, especially if you choose to shoot the rapids. And the Sublette Cutoff, which is unavoidable if you're a Greenhorn. If you forgot to bring canteens and/or water kegs, your party WILL die of thirst.

** For people with OCD/impatience, the number memorization game within the trademark Brain Age-checking system. Sure, it's supposed to help your memory, but many just restart their DS when they get to it then re-take the test until they get one without it, because it's too frustrating to complete, but too easy to cheat at by writing the numbers down somewhere.

* The crossword puzzle from ''[[JumpStart]] 5th Grade''. You're ''supposed'' to go through the museum to find the answers, but this tends to take forever (And as many have said, it tends to be pretty well-hidden. Made worse by your parents who could have set a time-limit...making it unwinnable.

 

* ''[[Hitman]] 2'' has a level called Hidden Valley, where the sole objective is to get from one end of a valley to the other, evading swarms of ninja guards. This isn't actually all that hard in itself. However, the highly trained ninjas apparently do not have the slightest understanding of basic road safety and have a habit of getting themselves run over by the truck convoys going through the underground tunnel. This would invariably result in the body being discovered and the alarm being raised, ruining the player's chances of getting the top mission ranking of [[100% Completion|Silent Assassin]] through no fault of their own. This would happen about four times out of five and could happen at any point in the mission, even when you were just seconds from reaching the exit. The only solution was to just keep trying again and again and hoping you got lucky.

** The Motorcade Interception mission of ''Hitman 2'' is an exercise in hair-pulling because of the way the civilians are handled. Their starting positions and walking routes are randomized, and they run to get the nearest guard immediately if they see you with a weapon. This is mitigated somewhat by the fact that without a weapon, they don't even notice you exist. Unfortunately, this is a sniping mission, so you have to carry a rifle from either the start of the level or your contact elsewhere to the nest. AND you're liable to get noticed while you're waiting in the nest for the motorcade to pass by, AND it's quite possible to go through all of this and then miss the shot anyway. This is especially annoying if you're trying for Silent Assassin rating.

** Stun Grenades every few floors. Takes much of the sting out of this level. Now, going all the way up to the roof only to find you skipped the rope by accident? That part's still a huge [[Guide Dang It]].

 

* ''[[Obs Cure]]: The Aftermath'' sort of does this with Mei's sister, Jun. It's almost painful enough {{spoiler|to just let her die before she goes into it.}}

* In ''[[Resident Evil Code: Veronica]]'', there is a sequence where you're forced to run away from a giant mutant zombie chasing you down a hallway while swinging a giant axe. It's extremely difficult to avoid getting hit, and if you're low on herbs/first aid sprays, it's practically impossible to pass this part since one hit knocks your health from "Fine" to "Danger", and you move slower as you get hurt. Restarting the game is painful as well since this sequence happens late in the game.

* ''[[The Thing (video game)|The Thing]]'' has a stage almost identical to ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'''s staircase sequence, except you're going down, there are automatic turrets on every level (that can take up to five grenade hits to destroy), scalding steam vents, seemingly endless streams of [[Goddamn Bats|scuttling creatures]] that pop out of dead bodies (and attack you from front and behind), and the medic, your only hope of surviving the stage, turns into a monster at random points. If you don't have enough health packs on you, or enough firepower, it's [[Unwinnable By Mistake|impossible]] to get through the stage.

 

* The level in every other Star Wars game that forces you to play the "Snowspeeder wrapping up the legs of the AT-AT" level.

** Notable Features of this Level: You must defeat all AT-AT's to complete the level. You must use the speeder on this stage (and/or AT-AT's can ONLY be defeated by snowspeeders). You cannot just shoot them. There are lots of other enemies you can accidentally run into (and die from) while looping. A time limit of some type, while not mandatory, is encouraged.

 

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