7 Moments We Dread In Games We Love

Rob presents our list of 7 moments we dread in games we otherwise love. From sudden difficulty spikes in games to tricky enemies, what bits in your favourite games give you the fear? We’ve sure you’ve got plenty of your own to add, so tell us about them in the comments!
Even in the greatest games of all time there are moments that destroy us - think of the hospital horror waiting in The Last Of Us Part 2, or near impervious demons who turn up in the middle of Doom Eternal. Sometimes they are more innocuous threats: a particularly invasive earworm in a mystery adventure or one of Hitman’s more hostile environments. Oh, and be warned: we sneak a horrible Jak 2 difficulty spike into an entry for another game. Be brave.
And if you’re only just joining us, yes: Rob’s Friday Features are back. We’ve got lists on all kinds of things, from 7 times someone else did your killing for you ( • 7 Cunning Videogame Ki... ) to 7 massive bosses who are simply too big. And if you want something more retro, here’s an earlier list of 7 bits we dread in games we love: • 7 Bits We Dread In Gam...
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[@44Quantum]

Escort missions.

[@fslayer1290]

Period! The truth! Exactly! I hate them! 😠

[@eetswamunchies_4207]

I do you one better tailing missions

[@bobthecrazydog2273]

Amen. Ashley was like a lemming…

[@Crocogator]

@@bobthecrazydog2273 LEON! HELP!

[@purefoldnz3070]

THIS

[@N0LES65]

I am so glad these are back regularly. Not that I don't like the streams and other things. Just these are why I fell in love with this channel.

[@SorceressHeart]

Same!

[@snell421]

same! +1

[@James-gj8rn]

@@snell421 same +2

[@scottandrade1204]

@@James-gj8rnSame! +3

[@wresvik3362]

Same+4

[@jmace2424]

“All we had to do was follow the damn train, CJ!” -the traitor Big Smoke.

[@MoviesNGames007uk]

That mission isn't all that bad nowadays. It's Zero's side missions I find most annoying to replay

[@iamaspleen]

"Yes... Yes, I, too, was playing on Crushing." I lol'd.

[@Bardran1986]

hsahaha same.

[@FBNdude]

I just love the modern Access approach to videos. You all seem so comfortable with your skills now and the videos have a polish that just makes me smile. Please keep doing the wonderful things you do.

[@CallumMyers1995]

I now need the Access team to recreate the whole Dune movie now

[@PlayStationAccess]

Which host would play which character?

[@bobthecrazydog2273]

@@PlayStationAccesssuffice to say Rob is Harkonnen 😂

[@CallumMyers1995]

@PlayStationAccess Rob is Paul, Dave is Lady Jessica and the Reverend Mother, Nath is the father, Rosie is Chani and Delsin is the Baron.

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⁠There’s the cast @@PlayStationAccess ☝️ now make it please

[@smolivejuice]

we need ben starr in here somehow

[@bruceleroy8283]

That is one of funniest cold opens I’ve seen in a while. When Dave said “…pain” I could not stop laughing 😂

[@timalice-2833]

Felt incomplete without the “hello, you just caught me…”

[@Maesterful]

.... Unawares

[@TheMadSocrates]

"Like Joel and a 9-Iron" god DAMN that's brutal and I love it.

[@lorddaveed]

How can the first time you encounter a Malboro on pretty much all Final Fantasy games not be on this list! The dread of this creature! Realizing you haven't saved in an hour, watching your guys spin with confusion, fuming with berserk, blinded, silenced and attacking and missing your own allies as the poison they also have slowly drains them away and there is literally nothing you can do about it, so the Malboro can have itself a Meal made from the Heroes... fun fun fun...

[@Edwinschuur]

Keep seeing this comment but never had much trouble with them. Except door FF10 where poison is too strong.

[@marhawkman303]

And Malboros aren't even bosses... just giant deadly plants... and surprisingly common in fanart... due to being memorable I guess.

[@gilgalad6231]

Jak 2 making an appearance. A well deserved honorable mention for that mission.

[@bearcataquatic]

I will never forget the feeling of despair when I saw that quest marker "Defeat Goro Majima" He wiped me so hard, my wife thought it was meant to be unwinnable xD

[@binman1235]

The asteroids section in the original Dead Space. Still gives me more nightmares than the Necromorphs.

[@camsmith3123]

the killer croc level in batman Arkham asylum. It's not that hard but I swear I'm scared to even breathe when playing through it.

[@GreenforthReviews]

Just finished school. Now have 10 weeks of binging friday features Thank you all at access for helping me get through all the exams

[@codydoxey2497]

The jak 2 dock yards mission was one of those old school soft lock missions were I could not do anything cause my save was in that mission and I had next to no ammo so it was actually impossible for me to do anything and has been burned into my memory as much as I want to love the game like I do for the original jak & daxter.

[@amberanime]

Kingdom hearts 2 : Dance water dance!

[@AdaptiveFeedback]

Also the basement in The Last of Us where Joel cranks the power on and the screams of the infected surround you. Gives me the creeps!

[@PS3Gunslinger]

As for things I dread....hallucination/drugged sections where you don't do anything but stumble along the guided path!

[@ByakuyaKB]

So another entry for uncharted 3

[@PS3Gunslinger]

​@ByakuyaKB it was also done in COD, Mass Effect, Tomb Raider (reboot) and plenty other games.

[@RH1812]

😂 the Bic biro 😂 PS I’m sure Denis is ok with watching Dune on a flight sized screen

[@Dakhoth]

I laughed my @ss off at Rob's confession because just before he said it I thought to myself "Well, someone's been watching Dune."

[@keithvandorn]

It’s a shame Rob had to settle for watching DUNE on a plane. It demands to be seen on the big screen, or at least on a good sized TV with a quality sound system.

[@secondchance6603]

I just wish the movies were available on DVD.

[@Rayman_Budgie84]

Robs having far too much fun with these isn't he 😂 great stuff as always, well done

[@shakybeevessouls]

That Dune skit....brilliant boys 🤣👌🏻

[@josephg4067]

The fade in Dragon age: origins was the bit I dreaded most on every playthrough

[@andersnrbkmadsen6706]

"They go together like Joel and a 9 iron"... too real Rob.. TOO REAL!

[@KBABZ]

Shout-out to the Blackwater City sewer escape in Ratchet & Clank which, in the PS4 version, IS FASTER THE HARDER THE DIFFICULTY

[@93DaveGuitar]

"The two go together, like Joel and a 9 iron" still too soon! 😭

[@mononoke721]

That intro was brill! Nice acting from Dave there.

[@JK_of_Today]

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is probably my favorite game of all time but I can’t stand the mini games. They’re kinda fun but they’re unreasonably hard. It took me forever to beat some of them. And then I was shocked to find out that I unlocked a hard mode for them. Like WHAT?! That wasn’t the hard mode?!

[@TheFinalFanboy]

For me, it was one particular combat simulator fight: White Terror and White Mousse on Hard Mode. Even with my best strategies, the White Terror ripped me apart with Earsplitting Howl (I did get past it once, but then I lost to the last enemy in that round due to my healers being out of MP). This was the fight that finally broke me in my attempts to platinum the game. I beat the minigames, I beat all the world intel fights, I even beat the ridiculous sit-up minigame, but my frustration with this enemy in particular caused me to decide that I had better things to do with my time.

[@SuperEkkorn]

​@TheFinalFanboy you can counter earsplitting howl with a limit. Just in case you ever go for it again.

[@danielkraus8110]

Rob has become my favorite person to go to about gaming. He makes me laugh all the time lol.

[@blackonyx1]

Everytime the Marauder would run towards me from a distance, I immediately would play The Ultimate Warriors's theme in my head.

[@haflaen]

The Battle of Bruma in Oblivion. Lost count of how many times I had to reload to make sure Baurus and Jauffre survive.

[@lukeg3714]

I dread the endings of games i love. I just want more and its becoming so rare to find a game that affects me so deeply.

[@saterdei]

I'm not sure who writes the script, but you guys are doing a fantastic job, this was very inspired! Rosie is a certified badass, the Majima/Saejima fight had me on the ropes. I still beat it on my first try, but it really took everything my party had. Also, Adachi is a demoted cop who is seeking justice on corrupt officials. My dreaded stages: Resident Evil 4 Remake - the Del Lago fight, because it is currently keeping me away from my platinum, since it takes too long to kill with what you've got: harpoons. Sha'hala in N'Erud, from Remnant 2, on apocalypse difficulty. While the game has its fair share of dodging and pattern memorization, THIS boss sees itself as a DJ in a rave party, shooting six lasers at the same time, while pulling up black holes from the ground and zapping you with ethereal lightning from the sides. I'm not saying it's impossible, but it takes a lot of commitment to beat. The nightmare frontier in Bloodborne. It has frenzy, it has wintern lanterns, I have no intention of running past it ever again. The First Hero in Skul: Hero slayer. I've managed to get the no damage trophy on everyone except this guy, because he has THREE different final forms and likes to paint all over my screen with red particles that...well, deal damage, so that's a no-go. The Metal Gear Ray battle in MGS2: Sons of Liberty. Raiden is not in peak condition, to say the least, the fission has been mailed and the fact that you need to still save some steam for Solidus only makes it harder. The final battle against Roche in FF7: Rebirth. It's a solo battle, and on hard mode, that means Cloud goes down in 2-3 hits. Riche having multiple grabs and follow-ups did not help at all. The killer bunny from Dragon's Crown. It looks cute, but it's small, which means it's harder to hit compared to the well-built monsters you usually fight, it turns into a literal tornado of destruction - during which time it is invulnerable to all damage - AND it has an instant kill attack. It loves spamming it for consecutive kills and a very fast party wipe. Monty Python is to blame for this atrocity of a boss!

[@MrFutago87]

That bloody tile puzzle in Onimusha Warlords, even when I actually got kinda good at it after many tries I still get a feeling of dread whenever I even so much as think about it. I don't handle time limits very well.

[@AndyJMurphy]

Thank you Rob!! 🎉🎉🎉

[@fall-neckthetallneck2977]

The multiple parts in the last of us part 2 that I dread. Not gameplay wise, but the sheer graphic violence of Joel’s brutal death scene, Ellie’s ptsd, Abby almost being hung, Abby/Ellie’s fight at the theatre, how Ellie almost drowns Abby at the end and the killing of the dogs. Everything is so realistic that it’s a bit unsettling to watch. But at the same time, that game is a masterpiece that I can’t just put down.

[@TheOnlyTherazan]

I played Mario Sunshine last night, and happened to unlock the Sand Bird level. THE. SAND. BIRD. A short shell-shocked session of flashback to the screams of a thousand Mario falling later, it decided to give it exactly ONE go. All or nothing. Either glory, or leaving the Sand Bird behind me forever!! And what do you know, I did it! I DID IT!! Part of it was me playing strategically and cautiously, remembering it eventually flips over (it doesn't, but it does flip in its side at some point), and waiting for this moment near its 1-block wide neck, so I could stay easily on top from any side. This goes to show, some of the most dreaded and anxiety inducing levels in gaming aren't so bad when you come back MUCH later with more experience!

[@moriconvallaria1279]

My husband HATES the Rat King, and he panicked and died over and over and over, until he was ready to quit the game, then I offered to do it for him, for which he was relieved and grateful. He went on to Platinum it after that.

[@Scudge0]

Klunk in Secret Agent Clank is one that I dread. The game isn’t too hard but that bearded little terror handed my rear to me more times than I can count. He is such a step up compared to anything else the game throws at you even if he is the final boss, and the pure elation I felt after finally pasting him into the ground for the 1st time all those years ago was immeasurable.

[@d.g.m.8455]

Oh, man, that damn mission in Jak II where you have to go through the Water Slums with hundreds of Krimzon Guards coming at you from all angles. Pure torture, that one.

[@philjohn2649]

Rob, legend in continually making content.

[@honah47]

The snake area in Bloodborne. Snakes in boxes in RE4. Sekiro Snake. You know what… Anything with Snakes

[@Vohaul86]

Darn, Metal Gear Solid might be a tough series then...😅

[@jmgriffee]

...why'd it have to be snakes?!!

[@Clayton0301]

Honestly Majima was actually a nice surprise! I had been breezing by, and then got rocked. It was actually cool!

[@therayldeal6683]

Tendo's instakill Godpunch on Ichiban is my most dreaded Like a Dragon section.

[@redvalkyrie84]

HAHAHAHAHA!! Loving the Dune-eque start!!

[@redvalkyrie84]

ALSO "Whats in the box?" "DELSIN"

[@Crocogator]

FFX. Trial at Bevelle. A huge massive cinematic climax, a real "save the princess" moment and it all comes to a screeching halt as you... Put orbs into holes and ride platforms for an hour.

[@recht_voor_zijn_raap5506]

Love the Dune parody 😂

[@strdstryr]

The Fade, in Dragon Age: Origins.

[@jackusmaracus]

I’m here to say a huge thank you for consistently putting Alex in gif-worthy skits

[@gmanz5]

Goro Majima has been THE difficulty spike in Yakuza games. I’m always terrified when I haven’t seen him in a while.

[@JohnWalker857]

Lucky the magic box didn't contain baked beans.😂

[@tomodlin]

I used to watch these videos years ago, when I thought I was an old man. But actually, I was a young man. Because I'm definitely an old man now. I know this because I stayed up late drinking gin and watching all the new ones and now I feel like I might die. Worth it.

[@lambo2655]

The ship graveyard good choice in UC3 especially on crushing difficulty those sections before making it onto the doomed ship were pretty hairy. The constant grenade spawn is what really makes it tough.

[@15Anime4Ever15]

"Vice City junkyard" gave me a visceral reaction. The hours spent trying to beat that level. At one point I tried stealing a tank pre-level and stashing it in a garage JUST for said level. Problem was the garages were so far off it'd usually fuck up my time. Whoever crafted that level was a devious asshole.

[@BluSpykz]

"Hey, too soon!" - my arrival on this video, and Rob's 9-iron joke.

[@medusathedecepticon]

Especially the 9-iron joke 😓

[@rajabuta]

Needs more of it tbh 😂

[@dennisgoatimer1079]

Mafia's car race is brutal for me you have to win and you've got to be near perfect in order to do just that I salute anyone whose managed to complete that segment whilst playing with manual cars.

[@wuebboltc]

Crash Bandicoot Warped. One level, two words: Road Crash. This is the level I struggle with the most. Even though Area 51? is arguably harder, at least it has the excuse of being in the secret warp room. Road Crash does not -- it's halfway through the main game, in the 3rd warp area. It has the most difficult turns of every one of the motorcycle levels, and since it's a motorcycle level, you can't even die and return to a checkpoint -- if you fail, you have to do the entire level again. Good luck getting first place on this one without retrying multiple times.

[@harry69007]

Loved the Dune reference at the start so much 😭😭. At this point, they may have well just called Rob Lisan-Al Gaib repeatedly as well for doing anything. Love the video Rob and the team, keep up the great work

[@ColonelPatchy1]

Bringing grenades/rocket launchers being bad for ships: That bit killed me.

[@lyonowen]

That intro was incredible! 😂 loved it❤

[@mib3165]

I love Rob. That hitman song was perfect.

[@chrisjones5949]

I saw Outer Wilds in the intro montage and thought "Oh, yes, Dark Bramble." Then I had to grab a paper bag to breathe into until I stopped hyperventilating. I couldn't even watch that part of the video on full screen. Those things are TERRIFYING.

[@cooljoe500]

Yeah, the majima fight was when I stopped playing the game. I couldn't really be bothered to grind 15 levels in the arena.

[@grimpyrox1683]

I'm just so happy Rob is back with the Friday Features. Ahhhhh. The world is healing.

[@krycha7120]

''Heed my words. I am Malenia. Blade of Miquella. And I have never known defeat.''

[@charlotteweuts3318]

I totally forgot about the junkyard in Vice City... Thanks for reminding me Rob.

[@YandrakJakob]

The fetus chase from re viii, it always makes me reconsider if i should download it again and play it. It is a part where NONE of your unlocked perps help. Guns? Removed. More health? It is a one hit kill. Every moment before it is fine, but the dread builds up until the moment you see the elevetor and you know you must face it. Either that or getting all the female heroes images of Sakura Wars.

[@edisonstricklin4065]

I love ff9 but the whole sneaking to get the key then weight the scales I dread that moment

[@OwensShadow276]

That Jak 2 mission hurts me every single time

[@Animalover205]

"I too was playing on Crushing Difficulty".... sure you were Rob..we belive you...

[@jamiefletcher3186]

That Dune intro 😂😂😂

[@robertbouley7697]

My favorite notification of the week. You guys are stellar.

[@Ejb5154]

That mission in Jak 2 became a lot easier when you realized you could destroy the bot in the water with dark jak.

[@Kazzujin]

.....what...

[@bradreed4414]

I’m used to Star Wars and lotr references, not dune: love it though

[@EndertheWeek]

The Majima fight was very annoying but the worst "sudden difficulty spike" has got to be Driver - you are not even allowed to play the game unless you can pass the "testing" level AT THE START.

[@kingspilly4381]

12:20 The Death Row mission is actually super easy if you stole Ricardo's car during the Guardian Angels mission, lol.

[@nickbower4103]

Rob on top form, love it

[@ddjsoyenby]

goro and tiger really were tough.

[@BigJoeMufferaw784]

6:00, finally someone who understands

[@shadowlinkbds]

Well gez. The angler fish in the outer wilds would be more perfect for Subnautica.

[@mynameisdanielnotdan5776]

Just wanted to say really appreciated the intro acting nice one access

[@ZPTV123]

That part of fallout 4 Far Harbor where you have to do those block puzzles...

[@Wordweaver166]

Timed missions. I love the Overlord DLC in Mass Effect 2, when they fake a timer: "Window for transmission is opening... soon."

[@claratalbot7613]

Three of mine are: 1. Going to & leaving the underwater city because of the Lurker shark in Jak & Daxter the Precursor Legacy. While it is technically possible for someone to never encounter this thing while playing the game as you will need to go into deep water for it to appear. The first time u do will be ur last because u will be so scared to dip ur toe in the water that u will make sure u never mess up on any platform over water again. That thing scared me as a small child & it still scares me as an adult 2. Encounting Chris Walker in flooded sewer room in Outlast (or really any monster in a very dark space where it can see me but I can't see it or can only see it with the night vision on. Now, don't get me wrong, I love the horror genre to pieces that I even speed run games (usually this game) once every year & have an entire 2 months dedicated to Halloween but when it comes to sneaking around in a pitch black area where I know a monster is going to be it makes me uneasy because now I don't know where they are but you can be sure they can hear & see me stumbling around like an idiot. If I can see the monster then I know where it is & I can figure out how to go around it but if I can only hear it & not see it then that dread makes it heard to pin point exactly where it is especially in a room where the sound can echo off the walls & any water if it in that area 3. The apartment building or hotel in Silent Hill 2. Both buildings even with the map are a massive spooky labyrinth that you have to navigate & even worse if you get turned around or end up a dead end good luck figuring out which direction you need to go before the monsters find you & corner you in that dead end or box you in an area you have no idea where you're at. I actually got so scared when I was younger that I refused to leave my hiding spot when first encounting Pyramid head. It wasn't for a good few years before I went back & let poor James out of that hiding spot to continue his nightmare adventures

[@lucasdellamaggiore]

God, the ship graveyard...... I did it on crushing. Twice. And both times it was hell incarnate. I don't even wanna know what it's like on brutal.

[@KarnageGaming]

a 50 foot collaboration between jaws and a lamp post. god bless you rob 🤣

[@KimiTheV]

ALL of Jak 2. Still love that game ❤

[@scarletcroc3821]

The shoe racing bits in Rayman 3, specifically the one at the top of the tower in the land of the living dead. They're either over very quickly or it can take me over 10 minutes. The longest I've struggled with this was literally 30 minutes, I was losing my mind

[@dusencluff5177]

The worst part of a game I love was I think... Jak 2. That stretch between the opening sequence and the end credits, whew that was tough

[@sirswiper7852]

Was not expecting a Dune reference tbh lmao

[@PS3Gunslinger]

Speaking of Uncharted 3, how about the battle on the cruise ship itself! The outside & inside battles were killer on crushing!

[@JayNotion]

Underwater sections that have an oxygen bar like Tomb Raider or MGS

[@khfreak5531]

Starting disc 2 in Star Ocean: Till the End of Time. The difficulty spike was immense when you get to the desert. Suddenly the enemy AI is much more challenging. And they all start spamming petrify. Can wipe out your party rather quickly. Plus, any new party member you get starts useless at level 1. (Per the course of older JRPGs.) The game also suddenly expects you to understand their incredibly ambiguous crafting system. Which is essentially a gacha game. Not saying it’s impossible to figure out with proper planning and strategy. It’s just annoying that it suddenly throws all these new mechanics at you halfway through the game and expects you to master it.

[@Johnny5477]

For a long time, it was the Killer Croc sequence in Arkham Asylum.

[@kendoyle]

Brilliant starter there. Leading in with the game jabber

[@theotherandrewowens]

Loved the opening sketch!

[@justahuman5333]

I honestly forgot about the ship graveyard, not because it was easy, but because of the trauma I experienced playing that level

[@CoffeeStainer]

“The two go together like Joel and a 9-iron.” That’s low Rob. So low.