Five Of The Worst Parts Of My Favorite Games

[@Lightbo]

For me, personally, it's the God-awful sewer level in Vampire The Masquerade, Bloodlines. I have never wanted to gouge my eyes out like that at a game before.

[@werdle92]

Yep. On subsequent playthroughs i just used the console to noclip through that shit

[@ontheline3077]

that's basically your go to if you chosen Nosferatu😂

[@Lightbo]

@@werdle92 It's the only way!

[@Lightbo]

​@@ontheline3077 I never did a Nosferatu playthrough for this very reason.

[@christopherwilson88]

Hated it the first time as a Ventrue, then on my next playthrough just used Celerity to run past everything in it to the warrens

[@greybishop7346]

The Fade in Dragon Age: Origins

[@ieatchickenadobo]

trueeee, especially with the silly puzzles

[@therightman954]

Fuck the fade

[@stephenlewis6922]

I still call BS that it worked on Dwarven characters. Way to immediately break your own lore.

[@marinosgr1994]

That skip the fade mod was a godsent

[@Theonetruefinalboss]

@@ieatchickenadobo The puzzles to me are only part of it. The game itself is about creating a party and engaging in tactical combat...only for them to remove the party entirely, and make you rely on a weird form change gimmick that removes your passive buffs when you use them. Seriously, running through as an Arcane Warrior was just miserable.

[@arcane8110]

Nenio's personal quest in WOTR... Ugh... The memories...

[@awithers7]

I clicked on this video expecting to see him talk about this lol

[@bcalriss8906]

I very nearly uninstalled the game part way through that quest because I got so unbelievably sick of it

[@Ghostcharm]

Dude I have no clue how you pump out thoughtful, well constructed videos on such a regular basis while also 100%ing all these deep titles. Fucking legend

[@MortismalGaming]

Stuff like this takes maybe an hour or two to make which is how I fill the gaps between the reviews which of course take up most of my time.

[@Ghostcharm]

@@MortismalGaming wow that’s impressively quick. I’d love to chat on disc or something about your process sometime if you’re down man

[@T3KN0]

Yea it's very inspiring

[@ulfur9656]

Fun fact for anyone who doesn't know, you can skip the vast majority of the gauntlet by just casting knock on the final door. Sure you'll lose out on all the loot in there if you go through without collecting it but if you're just wanting to get through it'll save you quite a bit of time.

[@cursedmonkey1033]

Hi. Could you elaborate a bit, please? I'm not sure what you mean. That area is the only thing putting me off starting a new playthru right away.

[@ulfur9656]

@@cursedmonkey1033 At the very end of the gauntlet is a large door that you need three umbral gems to open (it's the one you take the elevator disc to get down to) Instead of gathering and slotting in those three umbral gems you can just cast knock directly on the door and it'll open.

[@cursedmonkey1033]

@ulfur9656 Ah, I get you. Thanks for that.

[@Keykey70]

actual goated advice, thanks lmao

[@BryonAutry]

Dragon Age Origins - The Fade. The "skip The Fade" mod exists for a reason. I played through the game more than 10 times on the PS3 back in the day. Now I will only revisit the game on PC with mods, for obvious reasons. lol.

[@stephenlewis6922]

It also immediately broke the lore if you played a dwarf. Could have been a real challenge if you had to solo the tower. Maybe get one companion back for each floor?

[@tortoiseoflegends4466]

​@@stephenlewis6922It doesn't break the lore. Dwarves can enter the fade with help, they just don't do it naturally by themselves like other races. Varric can also enter the fade in DA2 with the Keepers help. In DA:I your dwarf character can be brought into the Fade by Solas. It's a recurring thing. Similar to how they're resistant to magic, not immune, they're just resistant to be pulled into the Fade. A sloth demon that powerful could absolutely pull a dwarf in.

[@Arafor]

I donno. I hated the slog through the dwarven mines more.

[@hardgay7537]

Mood. I started a mage, went through the whole game without knowing what good healing was supposed to look like, and by the time I finished it I just used the gold-to-XP exploit to finish the game because I was so done with it already.

[@srevdar]

Personally I don't mind the Fade anymore, now that I've played this game to death, but my first playthrough, I absolutely hated that level!

[@armelior4610]

The entire last act of Pathfinder kingmaker : nothing but combat against enemies with bullshit abilities and immunities and when the dungeon is done and the (not so) final boss is dealt with, more of that but in the city, yeah ! And then your lvl maybe 16 character kills a God, and didn't even need the power of friendship...

[@Thalaranthey]

i had kineticist in my party so i killed them all off screen pretty much. now i kinda want to play it 2nd time to see why people hate it so much

[@EastyyBlogspot]

Most games that are not stealth games...having a stealth section lol

[@s.w.4409]

Castlevania Lords of Shadow 2

[@ComissarYarrick]

Assasin Creed 4 Black Flag. Stealth level with a freaking SHIP.

[@chrisharlin7096]

The sneaking mission in Rogue Trader. A game with no sneaking mechanics

[@cmdr.jabozerstorer3968]

The sneaking level in Dragon Age 2's Mark of the Assassin DLC. Also a game without sneak mechanics.

[@OccultEclipse]

@@cmdr.jabozerstorer3968 They added sneak mechanics for that mission tho lol

[@cmdr.jabozerstorer3968]

@@OccultEclipseThey did but they didn't really help make it any easier. It's just crouch and throw stones to distract guards.

[@jonathanpuccetti9258]

Yeah, that was annoying. At least it wasn't very long.

[@karlklein2263]

Here's a deep cut for me. The first time you go ro the presidium in mass effect 1. Lots of wandering around listening to endless exposition with music that sounds like a mid afternoon nap

[@WombleCock]

As someone who just re-played through ME:1 I 100% agree, I get that it's supposed to introduce you to the different types of aliens and the politics of the council but holy shit can it drag on.

[@louieberg2942]

Absolutely. I like the Mass Effect series and I like Mas Effect 1... but boy ME1 is boring to 100%

[@srevdar]

I guess it's a matter of opinion? I enjoy lore and world building a whole lot, so I don't mind having to go through a lot of these types of levels

100% correct about Oblivion, the first mod you want for it is one that fixes it. It was funny when you first played it and in late game you had highway robbers with armors and weapons they could just sell and live rest of their lives in luxury.

[@GrandElemental]

I remember Oblivion well, it being one of the biggest disappointments of all-time for me. Straight from Morrowind, I couldn't wait to play the next title in the series that had a massive graphical leap and a huge world to explore. The moment where you get out of the sewer is easily the top part of the game. And then... everything just goes downhill. Exploration is useless now, because ALL loot is both random and level-scaled, so your progression is going to be completely linear. All dungeons are extremely repetitive and, because of the previous point, it doesn't matter which one you go into. Level-up is actually a bad idea after some point, because it makes the world stronger and you stay pretty much the same. Main Quest is the worst of the series by far. The world is generic beyond belief. What a massive downgrade after the mushroom kingdom of Morrowind. Quests, while some of them are the best TES has ever seen, are just a mindless checklist. You can do everything, and you will. Switch off brain and go to the next marker. All the fun spells are now removed, great. I get why people love Skyrim, I get why people love Morrowind, and hell, I get why people love Daggerfall. They are all flawed, but have their upsides: Skyrim is the easiest to get into, Morrowind is the most imaginative and immersive, Daggerfall is the most ambitious. When it comes to Oblivion, I really don't see it.

[@cursedmonkey1033]

It really does make you wonder how in the world they thought that was a good idea. Also, the way scaling removed lower level enemies from the world, never to be seen again.

[@OrangeNash]

Oblivion's level scaling was effectively a quick hack to avoid the hard work of crafting proper levels. Quick hacks to avoid hard work? Bethesda always were Bethesda!

[@phil_______]

House at the Edge of Time in Kingmaker. Every time I think about replaying that game, I always decide against it, solely for that reason.

[@Denkart]

Was looking for someone that mentioned this lol. That place is terrible. It was just a huge slog even on a first playthrough, going through it more than once just sounds like hell.

[@TeianDown]

One thing that really grinds my gears in a lot of more open world games (BG3, Skyrim, Project Zomboid, etc) is the amount of useless clutter loot to sift through while exploring. In BG3, the majority of good stuff is going to be in a fancy chest, on the body of a powerful enemy, or in a shopkeeper's inventory, but you're still conditioned to check everything and everywhere because every once in a while, you'll find a really useful item on some random skeleton you find in the wilderness. There's a fine line between realism/environmental storytelling and tedium.

[@OrangeNash]

That whole trope/cliche has become really tiresome. After 30 years of playing games with this in, I'm really wondering why the poor locals haven't collected the gold from the dead wolves? Why don't bandits pick up loot from dead bodies? Actually, robbers and bandits are even worse as they don't ever actually rob anyone, they just have their own loot! I understand people like collecting loot and we do need it to reward exploration. But it's a matter of balance and there's just too much of it literally lying around. It is immersion breaking in open so-called "worlds" invariably with these huge problems, poverty, war, yet the locals just leave heaps of valuables littered around. Designers should have come up with something a bit more immersive by now. In RDRD2, I was so amazed when, coming back to collect a pelt off a deer I'd shot earlier, a pack of wolves were scavanging the carcass. So it can be done if designers try.

[@ricebrown1]

I'm with you on "the flip" in Jagged Alliance 3. After my 2nd playthrough I downloaded a mod that lets me shift my militias between sectors and it became a MUCH more rewarding experience. Instead of all my well-trained militia getting smoked off screen by the plot, I was able to reinforce my mines, Flea Town and Port Cacao and then immediately begin counter attacks and reclaiming lost mines. It made me angry that they would just completely reset your clock by crushing your militia with Army units and forcing you to revisit almost the entire map. Great game though.

[@ismount]

I was expecting to see crusade battles from Pathfinder: WotR.

[@angrynerdgirl]

I was never so happy to be told I lost the crusade and the game was taking over for me.

[@ethereal23]

I was expecting to see the city of Alushinyrra. I don't have particularly strong feelings about it, but a lot of people seem to hate traversing through the city with the camera-rotating mechanic.

[@Muhammadwasapedo]

​@ethereal23 really? I though that was neat.

[@Wft-bu5zc]

@@ethereal23 I just hated the map. Isometric maps are not made to be obstacles, that doesn't work well with those kinds of games where you have to point/click to move your party, it's tedious to have to micromanage every movement across the map!

[@CaedoGenesis]

I didn't hate a single thing in Baldur's Gate 3, up until Lady Jannath's estate. Before it was fixed, I had to brute force it due to Volo's eye operation just breaking the whole thing, it took me over an hour but because I triggered combat on entry so I didn't even get to talk to anyone to figure out what to do! To your point I could definitely see the gauntlet of Shar getting old after multiple times, but Lady Jannath's Estate, even after numerous patches still makes me angry just thinking about it.

[@carasc5]

Wrath of the Righteous has two of them for me. The first is that every single npc tells you their life story from the moment that they meet you. The second is that by the time you fight your 47th group of succubi and incubi (or... well, pick any enemy in the game since encounters are just copy-pasted a few dozen times each) you're done with it and just ready to move on.

[@Wft-bu5zc]

Owlcat needs to learn that more battles isn't better. They always have too many. Obsidian and Larian are much better at managing how many battles you get into in their games.

[@Monique-iz8lp]

One word: Blackwater

[@Evanz111]

This might be too non-specific- but my least favourite part of most my favourite games is just when they don’t balance the difficulty well enough. So many games seem to balanced around making the game possible to complete for any player, regardless of whether they’re engaging with the systems, equipment or side quests. So on repeat playthroughs of games you love the systems of, you’re almost encouraged not to use them because otherwise you ‘break’ the game and make it way too easy. Just for making use of the tools the devs gave you. Infinite Wealth is a great example of this, as you touched on in your 100% review.

[@KhaosElement]

For anybody that sees this and doesn't know, in BG3 you can skip the gauntlet of Shar entirely with Knock. Just unlocks the last door and you're done.

[@Wimbell93]

The Gauntlet of Shar is probably the most baffling design decision that Larian made in BG3. I know that they´re fond of their more puzzle-y, trap filled areas that reward paying attention, reading clues etc. But those areas are usually optional. (like in D:OS2) To create this forced funnel that all playthroughs need to go through with no alternative really sticks out in a game like BG3 that is usually very supportive of player freedom.

[@wahahabuh]

It's optional with the knock spell

[@Wimbell93]

@@wahahabuh What I meant was a completely different path to deal with Ketherics immortality. One that didn´t involve the Gauntlet at all. Maybe where you could deduct a solution by going through Balthazars notes etc. I know that´s a alot to ask for, but Act 1 gave one the impression that anything was possible.

[@SkyBlueFox1]

Oblivion's leveling has always been one of those really fascinating cases to me of how a few small changes can completely shatter an otherwise semi-understandable system. Like, say what you will about the system overall, but in Morrowind, it's relatively intuitive. You buy training from NPCs and skill increases improve the stat boosts you get when leveling up. There isn't a limit to how many training sessions you can have, so you're free to spend your gold on training sessions in-between adventures. Ideally, you're using your class skills during actual gameplay, so training your non-class skills is both cheaper and makes more sense. And on top of that, training makes time pass in-world, which makes the game feel much longer in scope. Training sessions aren't just a pointless inclusion; they're a mechanic that you're generally expected to take advantage of throughout the game. Oblivion completely screws this up by adding a hard cap of 5 training sessions per-level, which means you *have* to actively use non-class skills in order to get better stat boosts. By doing so, not only does it kneecap a core component of the leveling system, it takes an intentional mechanic and turns it into an actually-pointless mechanic. But the level-scaling was built and designed around the expectation that you'll be training non-class skills and getting decent stat boosts... and thus, everything falls apart.

[@matekiddleton828]

For me it's Nenio's quest in Wrath of the Righteous, and House at the Edge of Time in Kingmaker.

[@legitdragon6202]

Was enjoying Pathfinder WOTR until the army sim thing, just annoying having to switch back and forth for a weak army Sim, not why I'm playing the game.

[@Thalaranthey]

huh i really liked it. im quite sure there are ways to remove it entirely (i think even without mods) so why hate it?

[@Denkart]

i didn't like it either but there are options in the difficulty settings to just set that part of the game to super easy or auto so you don't have to engage with it at all.

[@SirCanuckelhead]

It was is far from perfect but I love the crusade system in wotr. It is like a pallet cleanser for me, a nice break after going through a map/dungeon. Imo it also aids to the RP of the game, as you are the commander of an army. So you have to control your main forces while acting like a special ops team.

[@Theonetruefinalboss]

The Fade in Dragon Age: Origins is still one of the worst parts in what is an otherwise fantastic games.

[@stephenlewis6922]

It was even worse if you played a Dwarf. Like Im not even supposed to be in here!

[@Theonetruefinalboss]

@@stephenlewis6922 fr

[@hawkrivers-garrett9315]

I certainly wouldn't want to replay the fade, so I was thankful for the mod that skips it. But I didn't want to play through the deep roads even once.

[@angrynerdgirl]

Thank you! Omg I hate the Deep Roads so much.

[@thegreatpineapple4425]

I really appreciate how Inquisition made both the fade and the deep roads actually interesting to explore. I think they must've realised that you don't need to actually confuse the player to convey the message that these places are confusing in-universe.

[@samantha_t99]

The section after teleporting Sanctuary in Borderlands 2.

[@stephenlewis6922]

I disagree, that part was a highlight for me.

[@drinkswatere]

I never minded that. For me it’s probably the first 30-60 min of the game you have no special skill. Though it’s not that bad.

[@harrymason4300]

The intro to Borderlands 2 is really boring when you replay the game. It isn't until you get to Santuary that the game actually opens up.

[@r_o_k_k]

@@drinkswatere Luckily you can 'cheese' the first 5 levels if you have the DLC by doing the digistruct peak mission (walk to the door) and then letting mordecai kill guys for you in the fight for sanctuary dlc. Kind of tedious but it's overall less time without an action skill than playing normally

[@masterknife8423]

This. It's so filler-y and annoying and is just an excuse to chuck loaders and threshers at you whilst also trying to make it bearable with Jack's amusing dialogue

[@stankrom]

My first playthrough of Oblivion I foolishly chose the skills that I planned on using a lot on my character for my main skills. I ended up leveling up too fast. If I recall, leveling up major skills caused your character to increase in level, but the minor skills you increased during the previous level determined what ability scores you could improve. The leveled enemies increase in strength, hit points, etc, and if you didn’t carefully manage the skills you increased during the leveling process, you were totally outclassed by the enemies in later levels. Years later I finished the game by unintuitively picking as major skills things like armorer that you could perform in a controlled manner and that would not increase as you played the game. So I would have to keep track of what minor skills I leveled and then spend a half hour or more repairing armor when it was time to level up. Not the most fun.

[@faszkivanveletek]

The mage tower in Dragon Age Origins.

[@cmdr.jabozerstorer3968]

Yeah, I think the Mage Tower is more annoying than The Fade.

[@grubbygeorge2117]

When it comes to BG3, the Gauntlet of Shar conveniently has a (non-exploit) way of skipping the trials. Knock is your best friend and I find that it helps a lot with replayability of that section. Doesn't last long enough to get tedious.

[@AYAYAYAYAYAYA921]

i feel the same about the gauntlet, and also skip the trials. i just lockpick the gates for the softstep trial and go all the way to the end without having to deal with shadows and traps, i cheese the faithleap one by just flying to the end. but is there a way to skip self-same trial?

[@fitzviandraduivenab2790]

​@@AYAYAYAYAYAYA921Kinda... enter the trial alone and you only need to face yourself (or whoever started the trial). Use stealth to get the jump on your copy first

[@hardgay7537]

@@fitzviandraduivenab2790 Good, because all I need are Killer's Sweetheart and the Hellfire Handcrossbow and I'm ready to leave.

[@soldierbreed]

With out watching. The big side mechanic in all owlcat games

[@Thalaranthey]

idk i REALLY liked homm3 in wotr and it was cool in kingmaker. i defenitely think it made the game better

[@LordNovaPrime1]

For sure! Those games would all be competing for my favorite game of all time IF they didnt have those

[@Perfidion]

I have Kingdom Management on automatic/invincible for every play-through. If I wanted to be an urban planner/career diplomat, I'd play something else. I just want to explore dungeons, solve quests and kill beasties.

[@philiplarsson6085]

Deep Caverns in Underrail was pretty nasty, but then again I followed a guide so it was okay. I have no idea how I would have solved it without it. Insane list of things to do. Without a certain item on a random body it gets even worse. Amazing experience, though, but I would never go in blind.

[@Yithiru]

I really loved Pathfinder Kingmaker but the last act was such a slog for me. It felt like I was battling the same enemies again and again for hours on end. It was a bit better on the second playthrough since I could adjust everyone's gear and feats to make it easier. Still tedious and I find myself wanting to cheat my way through the minor encoutners.

[@cyruslupercal9493]

Depot A in Underrail. It's such a massive difficulty spike it almost made me tear my hair out. Once you know what to expect and know how to build your character it is much easier. But first time, you play the game, it's not too hard, suddenly Hell.

[@nickr3493]

Last mission on COD: WAW on Veteran. I’ve never seen so many grenades in my life.

[@zackarafter]

From my top 5 rpgs: Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines - The Sewers and I've always hated the Romero side quest (love the reference of it though) Fallout: New Vegas - The crashes Balders Gate 2 - Chapter 4 is a weak point for me, especially replays Dragon Age Origins - How unsatisfying melee combat is. I almost always play mages. Planescape Torment - Curst and beyond is not great, don't hate it but more so a weak point in an otherwise fantastic game.

[@burningsheep4473]

I used to agree on most of the game after Ravel, but when I came back to it years later I enjoyed it much more. Perhaps because my expectations were low. It might have also helped that I was doing the second playthrough with high Int and Wis.

[@jrsomethingnumbers9704]

Not my favorite RGG studios game, but the tailing in Judgment was so bad, that it made me genuinely love the cloudburst fights in Arkham Knight. Tbh in general, it gave me a new found appreciation for gaming due to testing my patience with how often they have you tail lmao

[@ontheline3077]

Interesting. At the beginning I also was upset when during sieges in Expeditions Rome enemies avoided catapult shots, but afterwards I began to exploit it, luring them to the places I had my troops with caltrops, oil and Greek fire, so it wasn't all that bad))

[@SaHaRaSquad]

I love Elden Ring but imho its biggest problem is the huge open world. It's fine for the first playthrough but it gets tiring having to collect all the basic items and equipment at the start of the game, which takes unnecessarily long due to the size of a world that's mainly filled with repetitive "find the lever then fight the boss" dungeons. I am 100% certain that all of the game's strengths would still work with a Dark Souls 1-style world with larger areas.

[@Mango-cp1im]

it definitely has my fav first playthrough of any souls game but my least favourite reruns

[@xs10shul]

Absolutely agree. I played 130 plus hours and have zero desire to go back because it's just too much. After a certain point, even good games can feel like work.

[@OrangeNash]

Agreed. I love the game. Have over 300 hours in it, currently on second playthrough. But it is just too big. And by the final third, too repetitive.All from the snowfield after the Fire Giant could have been removed and the game would be no worse. Just move the few unique, best bits into the earlier environments. I would rather have 3 play throughs of 100 hours each, than 2 of 150 hours each, given that the final 50 of each feels mostly like a chore.

[@quasxen]

BG3 "Secret" - can skip the trials for the Gauntlet of Shar by casting Knock on the end Door

[@DennisHeikki]

😂 i love Baldur's gate three

[@laskeeze]

The mechanical carriage things that one-shot you in the Hero's Graves in Elden Ring. That's the only type of dungeon I dreaded or outright skipped in that game

[@GoodSirReginald]

I think you might have mentioned this in one of your older videos, but for me it's Wrath of the Righteous: Act 4. Love that game, but I quit runs twice during Act 4 before finally managing to push through it.

[@Ro_0z]

Dragon age origins - fade (there's even a mod to skip it). Fallout new vegas - dead money DLC.

[@stephenlewis6922]

Don't forget if you were a Dwarf its not even supposed to work!

[@skiddzjust1389]

all new vegas DLCs are the worst DLC ever created

[@thegreatpineapple4425]

Dead Money really nailed the oppressive atmosphere though.

[@graysenm1320]

The gauntlet of shar is honestly such a drag at this point. It was amazing the first couple run throughs but after the 5th time through it's pretty annoying

[@ARealFreeAgent]

Yes. The gauntlet is where I learned the power of knowing your team and using the environment to get the upper hand.

[@erih2934]

I'm saying this as someone who while had fun with BG3, isn't a fan of it - if you start hating a part of a game after the 5th!! playthrough, then it really isn't an issue :D I lose patience to replay parts of games much faster than that😅

[@jakeinfactsaid8637]

Shars gauntlet isn’t bad, all you have to do is solve the invisible puzzle, crush balthazaar and the demon, and use that purple gem to get to the next section, and cast knock for the final door. All you miss out on is a crit ring, and the rat’s armor.

[@gabriel897100]

Is that sarcasm? "After the 5th playthrough"

[@spaceghostohio7989]

On the doorstep of 300 K. Congrats Brother !!

[@MortismalGaming]

Thanks! Probably a couple days to go yet but definitely right there

[@toniviskari417]

Completely different game genre, but the Batmobile portions in Arkham Knight. They weren't actually that bad, but they really crammed a lot of it in the game and it just broke the experience that previous games had built. They felt like they didn't belong. Just always the first example that comes to mind. While I'm more okay with Rogue Trader than considering it a favorite game, the endless amount of combat in it comes to mind. Each encounter just takes so much time, even when doing the Argenta sniper approach, a lot of them don't pose genuinely threats and they just.... Drag... The... Pace... Down... So... Much. Finally Dragon Age 2, the third Act. I still like it, but you can just feel the rush there and it leads to some really horrid plot beats that even the devs admitted was because they just had to get something there. I feel anyone who has played that game knows exactly what boss fight I am thinking about especially.

[@ComissarYarrick]

I had opposite journey with batmobile. I hated it at the start, but over time, after learing combat and instaling uprgades ( especialy upgrades, starting batmobile is stupidly underpowered ), I started to really enjoy it. Yes, tank battles can be super hectic and chaotic, but beating 40-1 fights without scratch is amazing feeling.

[@toniviskari417]

@@ComissarYarrick I can honestly see that point of view as well as I do think that the Batmobile segment is generally well done, especially after the start. It just, for me, was such a massively different mechanistic choice and the puzzles especially with it were... Sigh. But completely agreed on some of the massive fights, especially that last stand at the GCPD. Quick high five about reminiscing about the greatness of the Arkham Trilogy.

[@ossdemura]

Dark Souls 1: lost izalith, unfinished area, not interesting to explore, with 2 of the least interesting boss fights in the entire game too.

[@SpecShadow]

2nd half of Vampire the Masquerade - Redemption in modern times. shortly before 2000. On paper it's nice (anyone remember fear of 2000s?), but playing feels weak - most weapons were awful, pacing sucked and content in general was not great. Black Mountain mines in Arcanum - boring dungeon crawling and lot of traps with some equipement damaging garbage on top

[@burningsheep4473]

I did never get to the second half of Redemption as the Tremere area and my stupid, stupid, wasteful AI companions had already used up my patience at that point. But the soundtrack for the first half is much, much better in my opinion. I don't mind the BMM too much. The traps can mostly be tanked and I like it in terms of encounters and overall storytelling. Other areas like that are less interesting and often still pretty grindy. But the combat in most of the game is simply easier to handle when you don't have to worry about your equipment breaking and not having to bother with a big party. My first playthrough with a pretty basic melee character was probably the easiest and simplest so far.

[@adammoynihan2589]

This is an obvious one but i have to mention the later sections of the first Risen when it devolves into mindless dungeon crawling against the lizardmen after how amazing the opening chapters were.

[@Thiccron]

Elden ring: subterranean shunning grounds Those stupid imps shoving you off the pipes into the lobster pit is so annoying

[@OrangeNash]

I think the Haligtree is worse. Though optional, so I avoided on first playthrough. Now doing second playthrough and decided I really should do this notorious area and it's as bad as people say.

[@Thiccron]

@@OrangeNash haha i don’t mind the haligtree too much 😂 those imps that knock you off the pipes under leyndell are just rage inducing haha

[@SpoonyBard88]

Anywhere in those games where you have to drop or jump down onto a narrow platform is the worst.

[@lucianmasgras2600]

If you still want to play a few CRPG's you could try the 2 Drakensang games (Drakensang The dark eye and Drakensang the river of time), they are a really big part of my childhood

[@burningsheep4473]

They are quite good, though people usually agree that RoT is better. Personally though I feel like the first game has some pretty cool environments to visit in the last quarter.

[@Perfidion]

River of Time is awesome. It had oodles of atmosphere and it was gorgeous for its time. Absolutely sucks that the franchise got bought out by some shitty mobile games company.

[@MortismalGaming]

They are on my to-do list for the year

[@rebecca99994]

I was a bit surprised when you mentioned a "retreat from..." section in Rogue Trader and it turned out to not be Act 3 (even if it did get a bit of an honourable mention). I didn't mind the Act 1 slog so much, but the Act 3 slog drove me nuts even the first time around.

[@ight_of_heart]

Looking forward to Five of The Best Parts of you Least Favorite Games

[@MortismalGaming]

Probably Sunday tbh

[@benl2140]

This one's easy: the Curst Prison sequence and the Modron Maze in Planescape Torment.

[@sernoddicusthegallant6986]

"Say the line bart..." "Ugh... VtMB Hollywood Sewers" "Yaaaaay"

[@ComissarYarrick]

Primogenitor of why do "skip the area" mods exists XD

[@nmj1937]

Beyond what it does to enemies, the level scaling in Oblivion also fucks up a lot of the gear. I’m thinking specifically stuff like Daedric quest rewards, which should be epic legendary items, but can have shit stats on them (the actual values) if you do the quests at too low of a level.

[@sasha023iiii]

I've thoroughly enjoyed Expeditions: Viking, and was super excited for Rome - a more polished title, improving from previous game, set in a setting I personally enjoy more.. The opening chapters were great, until a point I was forced into doing side missions using only the underlings. I was so put off by Rome's design choice and the fact those side missions were mandatory to clear the area/put it under your control. And while I really enjoyed customising and optimizing 'core' 4 or so characters, being forced to use more of them was such a slog and turn off, that I actually dropped the title I was super hyped to play. I'm still salty I'm missing out on a potentially amazing game, but I just cant slog through it. ^^

[@Raganui]

Oh lord, Oblivion's Level Scaling. It's always hilarious to see a Bandit in full Daedric Armor trying to accost you for petty coin. Or the leveled rewards, making most people go 'get x level before doing any quest'.

[@williamwallace234]

honestly I thought that bg3 act 2 was a bit of a slog the first time I did it. I kina just felt like one long cutscene to get you into act 3, but then they added a bunch or repetative fights and "wander around in circles till you find the thing" type quests to stretch it out into it's own area

[@Wft-bu5zc]

Gauntlet of Shar is where I gave up in BG3, didn't finish. My least favorite slogs in games I love would would be parts of Alushinyrra (WOTR), The Bridge Ablaze / Drowned Kingdom in Deadfire DLC, first 3 levels of Dragon's Eye in IWD, and the starting tour of the College of Winterhold in Skyrim only because I've done it a million times! I don't hate Blackreach as much anymore because I know how to get through it fast. Also the entirety of Kingmaker after beating Stag Lord... I just find most of that game to be a slog, a lot less fun that WOTR.

[@xJRSUMMERSx]

Dark souls - bed of chaos Spyro the dragon - flying levels Dead rising - the criminals in the jeep Fallout 3 - the terrible main quest/story

[@tortoiseoflegends4466]

Hell nah the flying levels in Spyro are great. And doing them is completely optional anyway unless you're going for 100%

[@Soapy_Papoose]

Parasite Eve 1: The sewers maze and the need to do the horrid Chrysler building for the true ending. It is not worth the trouble.

[@benhillman8384]

Also parasite eve 1 - The Chrysler building 🤬

[@derxilian1186]

Interesting. I really enjoyed the encounters on Rykard in Rogue Trader, because I had the feeling that each and every one of them had its special ideas: an ambush, a fight against melee demons, a fight against snipers and so on. What really annoyed me in Rogue Trader was the mentioned Act III.

[@sebastiang.5032]

The turn-based battles in the Crusade mode of Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous. There was just not much tactics, you just had to steamroll the enemies with colossal armies.

[@damjanovicilija]

I agree with you on bg3. But at the end of this part locating nightsong is epic.

[@paritoshd]

Its funny how in the fight with the Chaos Space marine on Rykad, the biggest threat for most people was the sniper in the back. Abelard can tank hits from Aurora, but the sniper can't be hit by most people. I had Pasqual countersnipe him, so it wasn't an issue.

[@the_metamancer]

A favorite isnt your favorite in spite of its flaws, but because of them

[@exantiuse497]

Regarding Baldurs gate 3: You can actually skip most of the Gauntlet of Shar. The door leading to the Shadowfell portal can be unlocked with the Knock spell so you only need one gem instead of 4. I also find that section of the game a slog but it helps when you can skip 3/4 of it

[@Yuxkta]

BG3: Lady Jannath's house Kingmaker: The House at the End of Time DA Origins: Final fight (huge disappointment after 2 previous dragon fights) Nioh: Room with 5 Edward Kelleys Dark Souls: Lost Izalith Yakuza 0: Cheapness of the Amon fights

[@AlexMagnusTheLoneGamerWanderer]

Loved Dragon Age Origins but... i hated with my guts that damn *Fade* section of the Circle of Magi had to look for a mod that allows to skip that part XD

[@emersonpaiva7558]

Breath of fire 3 is my favorite game but when i remember the desert section i go like "oh nvm"

[@cmdr.jabozerstorer3968]

The minigames in BioShock. I still haven't finished the game due to how frustrating they are.

[@---tr8fx]

you know what never gets old for me? deleting the existance of every single goblin in act 1 in baldurs gate 3.

[@wolfzzy6934]

THE BANGERS DONT STOP COMING FROM MORTY G! But like someone else said DAO’s Fade portion in the Circle of mages made me want to rip my hair out and it was such a far cry from the rest of the game which made it in my top 5

[@donaldhiggins6167]

I have been playing Diablo 2 off and on since it first came out. I think it’s my favorite game of all time, but the Flayer Jungle and the rest of act 3 makes me question all of my life choices.

[@kingdrakart7351]

I ended up using the catapults in expeditions Rome to drive me enemies to the places i wanted them to be. I have to agree with you, actually hitting them was almost (if not) impossible. The only time i hit someone was a boss in egypt, but he was one hit away from beign killed anyway...

[@coconutologist]

Thanks for the video. The Witcher III: sword durability always killed the adventure for me. It can need repairs, but not that quickly. Onward to 300k. All glory to the algorithm.

[@SalazarXenoria]

For me, it's the Abyss and Alushinyrra in Pathfinder WOTR. The environment itself gets rather repetitive after a while, and the lack of directions for most quests there gets mind-numbing very fast. It's usually where I take a break and start a new game with a different build altogether, on the side.

[@Ytinasniiable]

I find that prologue sections of most rpgs become very difficult to get through for me, i hate being trickle fed mechanics and introductions until i feel like i can actually start playing the game

[@Cynthianwings]

I hear many people say that the peace council quest during Skyrim's main story is really boring, but I personally find it to be really interesting. It's just dialogue, but that doesn't make it boring to me

[@Shantytowns]

Surprised to see WoTR excluded from this. I would have expected to see a reference to it's awful 4x system in a video like this.

[@MortismalGaming]

It was on the first one, gotta shake it up some times

[@chinaman1]

yeah in gauntlet it does get a bit repetitive, but still fund imo. I remember just before the final fight of the place, i crept around and threw the bones off the ledges, so i have lesser things to deal with. Also *SPOILER* I wanted to keep nightsong alive, but i wasn't romancing Shart, so she wants to kill Nightsong, but during the fight, the big bone guy kicked shart to her death. so i didn't have anyone stopping me. lol.

[@tiagoferreira5368]

My worse parte in RT was the first time in comorrah. I was doing everything wrong, the. I had to find a guide and follow it. The 2nd time though I did everything in a optimal way.

[@VanceHelw]

Any part that took away your equipment is terrible, Commorragh in Rogue Trader just drag on for way too long, then there're this scourge attack event that give an instant game over if you failed a roll, i somehow need to reload 10 times just to succeed the 75-80% roll.

[@loonyman83]

I don't mind the final parts of Act 2 so much in BG3. I actually hate the beginning of Act3 way more... for the first bit it's just like clearing a checklist.. go here, go there, talk to this person, to that person, did u start this quest line? Once I'm in the city proper I think it gets way better but that first area in Act 3 drags a bit.

[@colbymclemore7642]

Someone already said it, but 10000% the fade in Dragon Age Origins. Got to the point the skip the fade mod became a necessity.

[@RodBatten]

The "reversal of fortune" ploy with the refugee camp reminds me a bit of the Drassen counterattack from JA2 1.13. It will satisfy one style of play, but I think it's more of a pointed irritation than an interesting plot point. I have to confess, though, that when it happened in my first game, I was elated that at least some of my militia survived. So, I kind of like the abrupt chaos, it forces you to rethink the game.

[@MortismalGaming]

Yeah once I knew it was coming I could prepare and usually save about 40-50% of the map

[@srevdar]

I'm not a fan of level scaling in general (in any game)...for me it just comes down to the question: Why should enemies that are low level scale with my level? What I want to see is my progression from lvl 1 to a powerhouse towards the end of the game, but if I have a random mook scale with me, then that progression becomes quite disappointing when I can't one shot enemies I struggled against in the early game. Some might say that it's just so that the game can be challenging when you become too powerful, but I would prefer devs focus on end game content and actually THINK of enemies that can be challenging to a maxed out character... not go for shortcuts like level scaling to pump up game difficulty.

[@Zettern96]

I really don't like the siege of Drezen in Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous. It just a long slog and with the way I like to play I don't rest until the Balor has been dealt with so it is a section I dread in every playthrough.

[@million_unalived_CEOs]

I thought it was really cool the first time... and very alright but way too long every time after that. except for the battering ram parts, which are simply bad. (one of them might have been ok, but I think there are four? five maybe? just stop)

[@StevenForditude]

I think a cool video concept for you could be best/worst games worth replaying. Sorry if you’ve already done that 😊

[@totallygreatguy]

Love these top # videos makes me play some games I've never heard of before, Great Video as always

[@nyarparablepsis872]

Planescape: Torment - the Modron Maze. I love the concept, I love the "dungeon crawl scripts" the mechanical critters are spouting. I love that you can get Nordom in there. But I just go crazy when you do larger maps. I do NOT enjoy drawing maps, or making a pointer in every doorway. Divinity: Original Sin 1 - the mines. I hate being forced to play stealth in a game that isn't about stealth. Vampire: the Masquerade Bloodlines - the fucking party with the zombies.

[@mynameisstepon7860]

Oh yeah Expeditions Rome Siege on Galia Mostly because I don't manage my party well Most of best equipment is for story character lol

[@xNachtmahRx]

Kingdom/army management in Pathfinder or similar crpg! I'd play Civilization or Age of Wonders if I want management and building

[@Raizearche]

While the escape from Rykad in Rogue Trader was kinda rough, I definitely think I dislike Quetza Temer much more. The enemies just skyrocket in threat level with snipers that actually will one tap you which is something that had never come up before and the maze like structure is just a slog when the environments arent all that interesting

[@zaccanasta-r3l]

Xcom EU: Randomness of events and panic level. Why in a tactical and stratigic game i have to handle this and i can't plan anything that involve base development and missions management? I hate when a game create a false sense of urgency. Bayonetta: Boss battles. In a game with a complex combat system with a complex combo system, you can't use any of this great systems in boss battles, because boss battles are not designed in a way that takes advantages of the combat system. Boss battles are the worst part of the game. Fallout 4: Minutemen faction. Is simply boring. Also the nuka world dlc is a complete waste of time. Deus ex Human Revolution: Lack of builds variety and lack of sense of "progress". It's a complete different game than the first Deus ex. In the first Deus ex you can have any approach you want (stealthy, more action oriented) and you can make different build s, but in Human Revolution the only way you can play the game is the stealthy way with hacking (expecially if, like me, you play at high difficulty). Boss battles are also terrible. Bioshock infinite: Similar to Deus ex Human revolution.

[@HeWhoShams]

Dragon Age Origins - Mage Circle Tower quest. I have always hated that section of the game

[@hugoafonso2102]

The Skelkatraz prison in Dragon Quest Builders 2. I can spend hours in that game building, but that area takes me days because of how boring it is. To be fair, it's a prison, not being fun may be the point. 🙂

[@LordSquirrelShow]

The Tower of Magi in Dragon Age Origins. My GOD that stupid fade section. Even once you know exactly how it works it's just tedious and so completely dull because everything is so flat in the color palette. They could have replaced that whole thing with ten back to back lectures on the intricacies of grass farming and it would have been more enjoyable.

[@armelior4610]

To be fair "flat in the color palette" could have been the subtitle of DAO, because it came out at the time of "brown and grey games"

[@PanaMethul]

I’ve done 17 full play throughs of Bladurs Gate 3, i actually like the gauntlet of shar as there are a few battles there that i enjoy, like the Yurgir fight or Balthazar, and the other parts of the trial can be done so quickly that they don’t bother me, (invisibility and flying potions are your friends here),my least favorite part though is exploring the shadow lands, something about how everything looks the same kinda puts me off, and i know its not necessary to do it but something in my brain makes fill the map every time.

[@emerybluh4506]

I keep forgetting it's name but the demon plane in Wrath of the Righteous. The "different angles make the world lool different" made me wanna tear my hair out as an autistic person already bad at navigation.