8 Beloved Video Game Levels That Have Aged TERRIBLY

[@quizman5]

Played the Crash trilogy with my daughter, and seeing her frustration build and build on the high road was something I will cherish forever 😂😂

[@CelticVictory]

Trauma bonding?

[@quizman5]

@@CelticVictory 💯

[@JZekis]

The Water Temple was never beloved

[@Zeroninja-j5c]

Yo that’s what I’m saying everyone hated it back then.

[@Frosty_Cat614]

My thoughts exactly. The only part of that game that I did not like at all.

[@Lrbearclaw]

I always enjoyed it because it is a challenge

[@Pawsum1tiger]

Everytime I play OOT, I pause for a couple of days before entering. Giving my brain to prepare

[@FightYourCouch]

Personally, i loved it. Dark Link battle is tops! I mean, does everyone really hate it because they always miss one key?

[@1ArmWonder]

I'm American. Obviously, today I'm feeling a little bit of stress. These videos always have a way of making bad days, good. Thanks for putting this out today, and for just being you.

[@andrewtyrell4795]

I second this. I know Jules does the affirmations and positivity at the end of every video, but I really needed it today. Thanks, Jules.

[@Darthalas]

I third this! Love you guys but especially love your attitude and love Jules! It might not mean a lot in the sea of comments but I hope you know you mean a lot to many of us and what you say matters deeply to us! Never stop being such a legend! Also happy birthday Psy!

[@Deidara85]

The Water Temple? BELOVED?! It's been hated up and down by everyone since the game was released. I still hate it. God, that level was such a ginormous slog

[@screamingfalcon71]

Even the devs hated it! They hated it so much that they changed it in the 3DS remake!

[@LadyOnikara]

@@screamingfalcon71 It was a LOT better on 3DS.

[@dussilver5712]

I remember getting through the forest temple thinking, that was tough but fair (those bloody rendered walls hid so many edges and doors), fire temple was straight forward......then the water temple.....

[@luckymandragoran8471]

The biggest issue with the water temple was the boots. once that was solved in the remake then this temple was a breeze

[@HitchcockJohn]

The original Tomb Raider games had level designs that probably looked great but haven’t aged well. Their maps have very confusing layouts that spread and curve back in on themselves, often after taking you on a lengthy tangent. There’s also the fact that the confusing layout can make it really hard to figure out what exactly you’re trying to do. I get that you’re supposed to solve puzzles but they can get pretty frustrating if you’re not even sure what your objective is.

[@xizar0rg]

Xen did not age terribly. Xen was *always* terrible. People who were fond of it then suffered from Stockholm Syndrome (itself a diagnosis that aged terribly, as it was made up.)

[@kendoyle]

* applause * for bringing in the aged terribly diagnosis.

[@CelticVictory]

Stockholm is not made up.

[@kcollier2192]

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[@catastros654]

Fire Emblem's God Shattering Star

[@Deadono]

Chrono Trigger #1 for sure!

[@James2Kino]

10 Fan theories that were proven to be true years after release

[@justins9886]

How about a list of the “8 best video games based on books”? A lot of gamers don’t know some of their favorite franchises are based on books and could lead to some of them furthering their love for said franchises.

[@timothypitcher7996]

When you look back at Crash Bandicoot, it definitely feels like a relief to know that the N.Sane Trilogy revision doesn't require you to clear a level without losing a single life to get the clear gems. The same can't be said for the colored gems, however.

[@frontsnap2000]

Although I am very happy about seeing the addition with Big Pidge in the videos. I am not sure if I can welcome Big Pidge with open arms and into my heart. You have to understand I have been hurt so many times before in the past, “One per list”, slime Jesus and slime devil. Each one has taken a small piece of me and left . Only the memory remains. I will let my walls down again but do not know if I can fully love again. Please Jules don’t hurt us.

[@jiblitin1520]

Also beefgates.

[@kingtony501]

Lmao "call for big pidge" on the pokemon card is legendary

[@TylerVanceRants]

There’s nothing wrong with Don Corneo’s mansion from FF7. Nice reach, though.

[@Sketchcook81]

Yeah. I'll be over here not cheering a man in a dress on.

[@toddf8711]

Fuckin thank you I’ve never met someone who has a problem except people who are perpetually offended

[@thomasbrain8090]

They think they’re government and institution-enforced senses of morality is enlightened. Lol

[@Arseijo]

@@TylerVanceRants the dance at the honey bee in the remake was the most unbearable addition to any remake in the past decade lol

[@gaminggoof1542]

Agreed. Never even played the game but come on, it’s to disguise JUST to save Tifa. Really?

[@MelodicQuest]

What I liked about the Remake's version of Don Corneo was when he realizes Cloud tricked him, Corneo is more disappointed than upset. "Oh, you're a guy."

[@SnakeJSN]

I used to hate tick tock clock as a kid until I learned that I could slow down or outright stop the mechanisms depending on where the hands of the clock are when I enter the level.

[@ThatOneDude219]

That knowledge was a game changer

[@gtparker2109]

If you won’t play ffvii because you view that level as too problematic, you clearly lack any real life problems or worries

[@Ringadon]

I quite enjoy the challenge of Tick Tock Clock... but I play purposefully hard games. Also... EVERYONE HATED THE WATER TEMPLE. Changing boots by pressing start was irritating to be sure but the main problem with it was the way you had to KEEP changing the water level over and over again. It blew.

[@LoverOfBellies]

You're wrong about Facility: it's a brilliant & iconic level which stands the test of time even on the Switch N64 Online channel

[@bbworks159]

It’s more like he was talking about the game in general opposed to the actual level

[@paulcurran3661]

​@bbworks159 yeah, thats the vibe I got from it. He didn't mention anything specific about the facility level itself. You could maybe go into how it doesn't really work as a multiplayer level with the bottleneck in the middle and rooms with dead ends but he talks about the game's controls and graphics.

[@LoverOfBellies]

@paulcurran3661 I found the Facility multiplayer quiz fun laying proximity mines for people & watching them run through the level but I think he mentioned that

[@Wickedred413]

Oh God don corneo's mansion is BEYOND terrible. I don't mind cloud cross-dressing as a woman, but it was the way that squaresoft made the player feel uncomfortable. Everything about that sequence makes me feel icky

[@flyingwambulance]

After 5 Nov I would say the FF7 game aged really well. It should be okay to make fun of cross-dressing guys.

[@evanwoodward6376]

8 greatest video game twists (with zero build up)

[@DadBodTheGod]

Yeah, no one has ever defended the water temple. It would not be surprising if it literally was the most hated level in all of gaming. It wasn't challenging, it was just badly made, the placements of the water level changers was a terrible idea.

[@Sunprism]

I'd take ten water temples before I do the Stone Tower Temple. Put on a mask, play a song, put on a different mask, play the same song, pause, unpause, repeat, repeat repeat

[@BeatCommission]

There's a GoldenEye multiplayer tournament at a local barcade this evening. Controllers will be thrown.

[@DMBLaan]

As much as I love the addition of Big Pidge, can we get some love for Slime Jesus, Beelzablob, and Beef Gates?

[@screamingfalcon71]

Pidge, not pig

[@DMBLaan]

@screamingfalcon71 Damn you Autocorrect!

[@screamingfalcon71]

@@DMBLaan I had to stop it too

[@Synthetic-Rabbit]

The "Pal Key Backtrack" hit me pretty hard. When I was very young, I had MGS on the PSX and that's where I got stuck and then never finished the game. It was many years later that I replayed it and beat it but there was a big chunk of my life where I didn't have that closure lol.

[@jeffreyschneider8028]

Glad to see you back at WC. Always love your positive message at the end of your vids

[@Bansheexero]

I mean, the Facility in Golden Eye was the only level I could reasonably do my one self-made challenge I called Assassin Mode. It requires 007 mode, and you set enemy health to 0% (one-hit kill), enemy accuracy to 100%, and enemy damage to 1000% (one hit kill). So, you have to kill every single enemy before they have time to get even a single shot off at you or you die. Fun times.

[@GMcClendon89]

Julz and Simon Miller are gems over at that culture. Thanks for being awesome!

[@hiddenleaf414]

Jules left whatculture almost a year ago.

[@Nesolepus]

​@@hiddenleaf414Jules is in this video😐

[@TheDaveCave_]

In what twisted world did you grow up in where the Water Temple was beloved?? Jules are you ok?

[@Thrythlind]

Happy birthday Psy.

[@Paul_McSeol]

Jules, you may have lost your hair but you have never lacked for gumption. Cheers, you legend. This video was a gift today.

[@6612jdg]

Top 10 most unusual RPGs - Disco Elysium, obviously, but deep cut could be the Frog for Whom the Bell Tolls for the Game Boy

[@rellim92O]

I haven’t seen a what culture video, or jewels in forever, it’s actually looking great

[@philspagna2356]

Top 10 “Under the Influence” sequences in video games

[@Paul--W]

10 great additional modes in games. Suggestions... Time splitters 2 - Challenge Mode Time crisis 2 - Crisis Missions Metal Gear Solid - VR Missions Binding of isaac - Greed Mode Burnout 2 - Crash Mode Resident Evil - The Mercenaries There are loads but you get the jist.

[@Castle4473]

What about bad games with surprisingly good bosses that make you question why was this amount of quality was put to just the bosses and not the rest of the game?

[@lionelelias2196]

Man i hadnt seen one of your videos in a long time, nice to see yo again Jules!

[@benbierman4756]

Iconic video game recipes

[@WilliamScavengerFish]

I think the biggest "problem" is that the n64 went off on a totally different tangent than all the other consoles. Totally different controls. It's like being proficient in multiple languages. Not everyone can do it.

[@acidikdrake4602]

10 "immersive" game features that actually suck. Looking at you vendors having limited gold.

[@beefythiefy6588]

I'm probably alone, but I love the original Triforce quest in Wind Waker vs the trimmed down one on the WiiU

[@LadyOnikara]

I prefer the original too.

[@DarcFalz]

My favorite part was the cat eating "buscuits" entry. Fucking. Adorable. 😭😍

[@dustinmillar120]

It's been a while since I played mgs1, but I thought using the boxes to ride the transport trucks made that slog more bearable. I could be wrong though, it's been a long time haha

[@ejigantor6634]

Ocarina Water Temple is why I'm not a bigger Zelda fan - I love LttP, it's been one of my favorite games since I first got my SNES. I got stuck on the Water Temple in Ocarina, never got past it, and haven't played a Zelda game since, other than replaying LttP and randomizers of same.

[@oswinner9265]

I’ve been playing a lot of Tomb Raider I and II and Turok 1 and 2 recently. I imagine today’s crowd would not look too kindly on some of these levels. Personally, I love them. Cistern ❤

[@panda_kebab]

8 unexpected moments/cutscenes, you'll never forget- i.e. Tales from the Borderlands episode 4 'finger shootout' 😂

[@boredbox]

Top 10 video game characters that had very small appearances but very big role in the story

[@coolpiraterapstar]

I thought Jules left whatculture, glad to see him back

[@Deadono]

Satyr level in Spyro 2: A Gateway to Glimmer/Ripto's Rage. I hate that one quest where you have to protect that old man. The level isn't _that_ bad, but that segment made me despise going through that gateway. Maybe there is room to "levels that have a single awful section, that made you hate that whole specific level".

[@governorandrew]

Best celebrity casting in video games.

[@backpackingtony1779]

The Water Temple made me give up on Zelda and Nintendo. Sold my N64 and never looked back.

[@kahunab7400]

WATER TEMPLE?! That's the reason i haven't bathed in over 25 years!

[@killermustache5043]

Water temple: I purposfully got the golden scale so i could reduce the amount of times i have to pause

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

See, I too was thinking Crash Bandicoot should be on the list but instead, that Sunset Vista level! I tried playing it a few years ago and oh my god...platformers used to be my bread and butter as a kid but now as a 30-something adult, I absolutely could not do it! I remember getting so pissed at myself that I couldn't do something so simple. I'd battled much more complex things in the years since and yet timing some jumps was giving me hell. My sibling roommate was having a good laugh at seeing how something once so easy had now become nearly impossible. Years later, I have not returned to that game and am still stuck on the same part. As for FF7, perhaps most of everything related to that momsnt in the game didn't age very well, though I feel it could've been much worse. I'm just disappointed that they took out the hot tub scene. Depending on the choices you make, it's alluded to that Cloud has a bi experience (after several encouragements for Cloud to move closer to one of the men in the tub, the camera pans up and away and no mention or hints are given as to what happened). This would have fit in with the constant theme of Cloud being hit on in Remake and Rebirth.

[@strangebunny22]

Have we gotten a list about Horror game levels that are far more terrifying than the rest of the game?

[@ericshelby8813]

All right! My suggestion made it through. I admit I don't have any other suggestions for the moment. As for Tick Tock Clock, it actually doesn't bother me playing through it today. I actually laugh when I fall down. I guess I just got more patient over the years.

[@phtevenj]

The Thumbnail enraged me.... this is a rage watch... the water temple has always been the MOST hated in OOT

[@adrianmiera445]

Never in my life would I have thought I would hear the words "Water Temple" and "Beloved" uttered in the same sentence. That level sucked in 1999, and it still sucks today. Screw the 3 level water system, screw the iron boots and no way to unequip them without going to a menu, and screw the crystal puzzles and no way to Z-target them.

[@jamesfredell1743]

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[@2red2black]

These videos not being in the warhammer closet practically needing to ride the bike just to fit in there feels wrong

[@darthxenos7743]

I always thought the water temple was universally hated with a firey passion? Am I wrong?

[@krvgames9258]

You’re not wrong. The only beloved Water level in Zelda is the Ancient Cistern in Skyward Sword. I played the 3DS remake of Ocarina of Time first, which made the Water Temple more bearable, and I think it’s good on 3DS, but is hated on N64. Another reason why the Water Temple is hated is because Ruto is its Sage. The very same Ruto you had to carry around in Inside Jabu-Jabu’s Belly. Granted, I also like Ruto, not only because she is hot as an adult, but because her character is strong as she goes into the Water Temple to free her people from Morpha’s Curse. She is a Royal Who Actually Does Something Trope.

[@Nyperold018]

Ah yes, that famously bouncy animal: the turtle. Or so I'd say, but I played Super Mario Bros. as a child.

[@leehervey]

We all love MGS but I have said for years how bad the PAL key part is a Ballache

[@darkstoryedits]

Top 10 video game villains with Sympathetic backstories that actually made you hate them more.

[@graciesugarbee]

Happy birthday Psy! And also i love the Bog Man videos hes so wholesome and makes me feel better whenever i see a video from him.

[@DeatGaming]

I feel with High Road, at least the remaster makes it easier to do depth perception and modern hardware makes it way easier.

[@SlytherinReviews]

Top 10 AWESOME Levels in bad video games

[@TheMadSocrates]

The Water Temple is also made worse by the fact that there's ONE key that you'll never find on your first pass over the dungeon. Or your second or third. Really accentuates that menu tedium when you're stuck in there for an extra hour or two cause where's that stupid key.

[@stephandolby]

You can hate on Xen, but it did bring us the Gonarch. Hehe.

[@MarkUpcraft]

Ocarina of Time came out in 1998, not 1997. And as far as I'm aware, the water temple in OoT is widely considered one of the worst levels in the entire franchise.

[@jam3sbarry198]

I hate water levels in ANY game... it's just something about swimming in video games that sucks so bad LOL

[@1003JustinLaw]

Picture of Teenage Edgelord Jules please? I’m having difficulty imagining Young Jules as anything other than a smaller, smoother, and less hairy egg.

[@utopua4all]

Top 10 reasons I'm at Aspyr for excluding the fourth patch from physical copies of Tomb Raider I II III Remastered. Talk about making the physical copy next to worthless without the 2.7 GB patch.

[@JT44-87]

How has it been almost 30 years since Mario 64 was released. God I feel so old.

[@nicholasmesa3588]

Lol. Anyone bothered by that FF7 scene is just simply . . . Well, you deserve to be offended.

[@EagleAuditore]

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[@row-bearleehere4807]

I thought the card of Jules Giles still said "Geo Dood"

[@tapitxd2381]

10 Games that require Inventory/backpack Management

[@utopua4all]

I never played Ocarina until the 3DS version. I went with PlayStation and don't regret it in the slightest. However, when I got to Ocarina decades later I could see how it was a game that could change everything; it wasn't lost on me. However, I got the water temple and even using a guide, I just got annoyed and quit.

[@kevinwebb8295]

I thought you left what culture, and was doing your own gig over on your channel

[@Tom-po4dh]

Personally, I was stuck on the forest temple for much longer. lol

[@darkhole333]

Tik Tok AND Water temple? Beloved? Did anyone actually put effort into this list because I'm pretty sure you meant universally hated. The water temple is a damn antique meme for crying out loud.

[@krvgames9258]

I’m pretty sure no one put any effort in this list. But this is What Culture Gaming, they’ve done this stupid thing before like how they said Zelda fans got confused about the 3 timelines all thanks to Hyrule Historia, when Hyrule Historia helped Zelda fans better understand the 3 timelines.

[@johnnoon9498]

Everyone hated the water temple.

[@adamdoyle6495]

In Crash, you can jump on the rope railing to give yourself a much easier time. Fun little trick.

[@LoverOfBellies]

I've completed DOOM 2 on the Switch & don't remember a level called the Chasm

[@JPIbanez84]

Come on, lads. Xen is really not so terrible. It's basically a training level for the long jump module and that's it. Done in less than 10 mins if you know your way. Interloper in the other hand...ugh. That stage in which you have to get on top of one of those rising pillars and then jump down from platform to platform and onto one of those flying manta-ray thingies to reach the portal really messes with my patience.

[@aldotrioksidi]

I think that High Road was worse in the remake, because the physics were changed, so it's not accurate for the original level.

[@Robinem]

Damn, I missed this on the day because it was my birthday that day too. Happy belated birthday Psy and Jules Cat🎉

[@nichmiller4251]

I'll admit to being one who loves the Water Temple. It's just a circle... with bilge pumps.

[@thatll-do7606]

I would've shouted out Persona 4's Kanji and Naoto dungeons. Seen as daring and thought-provoking at the time but now regarded as clumsy and limp in how they handled and executed their themes

[@ashleyElsam]

I see that guy walking through bogs on tiktok I'm with ya pal

[@HolyHadou]

Is the original FF7 sequence really that much of an issue now? Really? I feel old and confused now.

[@losbloontas]

It really isn't at all. The remake version to me puts even more of a mockery on it with all the unecessary pageantry and dancing to it. Not to mention the whole process takes longer than the original and is more boring. the original was definetly better and more funny

[@HolyHadou]

@@losbloontas I thought the whole thing was a joke and the Remake's version just added a of production to the joke. I'd say the one thing about the OG that might've been sus was hanging out with the one Muscle Guy that restores your HP/MP while you're unconscious. Everything else seemed pretty tame and non-offensive but again, I'm old and don't know what's anything anymore it seems.

[@utopua4all]

@@HolyHadou Dude, you're forgetting that Tifa drops a hard r-word towards Barret if you take the steps in the ShinRa building. I'm not offended per say, I bring it up just to jest and contrast what you've said, but she does say it. I could understand how you could completely miss that you decades if you always took the direct route.

[@HolyHadou]

@@utopua4all I totally forgot about that. Touche salesman. That makes a bit more sense than the crossdressing scene.

[@tommystrickland6268]

I actually feel like golden eye holds up better than alot of people act like it does I downloaded the remaster and had a blast playing though all the levels from my childhood memories

[@SoCalThree11]

top 10 (or whatever amount) games that came about because of great mistakes. ex: I believe devil may cry was suppose to be a resident evil game and was developed but as it progressed capcom realized they had another game instead.

[@wmdkitty]

"The Chasm" was fkn _stressful_ and not in a fun way.

[@thesilverscale4628]

Wait... You didn't... Have to back track to do the keycard in Twin Snakes?!

[@kalilak9701]

Happy Birthday Psy! Hope you had a great one!

[@ShadowLouWolf]

Heh... so much of my childhood packed into this video. Great stuff! As for suggestions: - Videogames that you have to revisit again to understand them better (either because you were a kid or because you needed to know the end to understand the beginning better).

[@cppblank]

The water temple is controversial? It is terrible flat out.