10 Most Stressful Video Game Levels of All Time

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10 Most Stressful Video Game Levels of All Time

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It can be incredibly cathartic to immerse yourself in the many worlds of your most beloved titles, and can help you to forget all about the stresses of modern-day life. That is, of course, until you come across a level that’s so anxiety-inducing that you’re forced to drink your own body weight in camomile tea straight afterwards. Whether they’re controller-throwingly difficult, time-sensitive, or have life-or-death consequences for much-loved characters, these are our picks for the 10 Most Stressful Video Game Levels of All Time!
VO: Peter Austin (@ThatPeterAustin)
Script: Cat Elliot (@cat_elliott_)
Video Editor: Alex Winters (@MrSteakFace)
#CrashBandicoot #MassEffect2 #DeadSpace
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@thebestcentaur 2 жыл бұрын

“…that you’re forced to drink your own body weight in chamomile tea straight afterwards” This is the most British thing I’ve heard in a LONG time

@j.a.weishaupt1748 2 жыл бұрын

The suicide mission was, and still is, outstanding. But stress inducing? Nah.

@LocoJunius 2 жыл бұрын

Literally just gotta play the game enough so you can make upgrades and do the loyalty missions. I loved it haha

@KaiserHanstedt 2 жыл бұрын

It was epic but not hard, I think letting one character die makes it more epic. I had Garrus and Jack for the final part of that and Jack didn't make it. Only one of the team not too but it was better that way.

@vivaeljason 2 жыл бұрын

I found the Phantom Express level to be one of the easiest in the game; it's all about knowing where the cart should be.

@timothygraham4304 2 жыл бұрын

Okay, but is it where it should be, and do you know that going in?

@kiwisoup 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. I had a lot of difficulty in a lot of the levels but Phantom Express was def not one of them

@vivaeljason 2 жыл бұрын

@@timothygraham4304 You don't know anything going in; the point is that you die to each boss repeatedly until you figure out how to beat it. The four stages of this boss all have recognizable patterns that are easy to figure out (the fourth is probably the most challenging, but even then, not really) and avoid and moving the cart is a fairly straightforward mechanic. If it were the final boss on the second island, its challenge would be appropriate. However, as the third from last boss of the game, it's a pushover.

@Supercatandrewman 2 жыл бұрын

You forgot about the Lava Race level in Conker's Bad Fur Day! That was honestly the closest thing I've ever experienced to actual TORTURE while playing a video game!

@zeldamaniac14 2 жыл бұрын

I hate that level with a burning passion. (No pun intended). I used the 99 life cheat and lost almost half of my lives.

@Supercatandrewman 2 жыл бұрын

@@zeldamaniac14 I feel your pain. It took me a total of literally 6 hours to beat that level, no joke! I can't even remember how many times I've died and gotten a game over screen within that time. BTW I played the Conker Live & Reloaded remake on Xbox360, and I've heard the lava race level isn't as hard in the remake as it is in the original N64 version. IDK if that's true or not, but if it is, then oh god it would probably kill me.

@zeldamaniac14 2 жыл бұрын

@@Supercatandrewman I played the original.

@Supercatandrewman 2 жыл бұрын

@@zeldamaniac14 Oh lord... How long did it take you to beat the lava race? I can only imagine the trauma! After I finally beat it in the Xbox version, my thumb was actually twitching/moving around on its own uncontrollably as if it was still operating the joystick. That didn't seem normal to me.

@zeldamaniac14 2 жыл бұрын

@@Supercatandrewman It took me around 5 to 7 hours. It was broken into two days. 4 for day one, 3 for day 2.

@yourgameisstupid 2 жыл бұрын

The TMNT water level comes to mind

@tyvulpintaur2732 2 жыл бұрын

I didn’t mind the water level that much, honestly. I could beat it when I was young with little problems.

@dylanogg347 2 жыл бұрын

Shell yeah!

@christophmatthews4313 2 жыл бұрын

@@tyvulpintaur2732 right? I’ve never understood the reputation that level has. I could never beat the game, but the first few levels, including the water level, weren’t all that difficult.

@ellnats Жыл бұрын

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@sylasDC Жыл бұрын

It is at first but I actually enjoy the water level. I just doesn't compare to the stupid difficulty of the battletoades stage. Of all of them I think that's the one that's the most irritating I thought there was actually more than one of those stages where you have to use the bike am I wrong.

@bunkbed643 2 жыл бұрын

I would put the Casino level in Cuphead over the train level. It had multiple mini boss fights with RNG plus the main boss fight, and if you die once you have to start the gauntlet over again. The train level just has a platform you have to keep and eye out for

@williamsmith666 2 жыл бұрын

I'd put the battle against Dr. Kahl's Robot in its place; by the twentieth retry I almost sent the controller through a window...

@jebronlames5997 2 жыл бұрын

The meteor shooting part in dead space 1 was pretty stressful to me because It wasn't fun at all and I didn't want to do it again. But I kept having to do it again and again.

@orderd29 2 жыл бұрын

As somebody who has acrophobia, the level in one of the Tomb Raider games where you're outside a high-rise building having to leap from suspended construction platforms was almost impossible for me to finish.

@eddiehimself 2 жыл бұрын

The Japan level in Tomb Raider: Legend?

@orderd29 2 жыл бұрын

@@eddiehimself That sounds about right. Made me sick to my stomach.

@crane8819 2 жыл бұрын

For me the most stress inducing level of any game I've ever played is the section in SOMA where you have to walk on the bottom of the ocean... in the dark... with monster fish things swimming around you. 😨 As someone who is irrationally terrified of dark water, even when I know there is nothing there, that part of the game almost stopped me from finishing it. I had to mute the volume, turn up the brightness and keep my head down just to get through it. Thankfully on my run through I missed the angler fish. That might have killed me lol.

@ThatShyGuyMatt 2 жыл бұрын

I remember playing Dead Space and my friend and I took turns playing it. He ended up with the scene with the needle and handed me the controller because he was to nervous and didn't want to see what happened if you failed. I failed on purpose and when the needle stabbed me, he screamed and said he couldn't watch anymore. ^_^

@masterseal0418 2 жыл бұрын

The entirety of Alien Isolation count, since one of the game's only levels will still haunt me to this day. Nice to see MGS4, Battletoads, The Evil Within, RE8, Mass Effect 2, Crash Bandicoot and Dead Space 2 on here!

@jamieoiler5690 2 жыл бұрын

half those games sucked except for crash and battletoads

@talonthehand 2 жыл бұрын

My big stress one if fighting the werewolf in Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines.

@roguerifter9724 2 жыл бұрын

I think the death temple section of the Sleeping Dogs should be on the list. You are being forced to fight your new friends to the death while a spike lined ceiling lowers, and the time limit is very strict.

@kellinwinslow1988 2 жыл бұрын

There is a level that puts many of these to shame. That is the water pipes from Eco The Dolphin on the Dreamcast. That level is the stuff of nightmares. As you slowly make your way up a huge spiral of water floating in the air you have to make jumps from gaps in the water to the next section of water. The jumps can be frustrating at times and the camera doesn't always help. One small mistake and it's all the way back down to the bottom to start it all over. Sometimes you get lucky and fall back in the water but the level is huge and lasts quite awhile. Getting nearly up to the top knowing that another jump could send you back down is incredibly stressful. You really have to experience it to feel the pain. It was a good game back in 2000 but that almost killed it for me.

@bobsiddoway 2 жыл бұрын

That’s a rad game I had almost forgotten about!!!

@kellinwinslow1988 2 жыл бұрын

@@bobsiddoway Yes. It was pretty cool in spite of the issues. It's a shame Sega never improved it and made another one. It has really tense parts where you were making sure you had enough air while exploring underwater as well.

@trey6485 2 жыл бұрын

Jak 2 Dock Mission

@acantilado 2 жыл бұрын

I’m going to throw “the challenge” from The Witness out there omg

@DeathCultFan 2 жыл бұрын

My favourite game ...But the Ashley escort missions in Resi 4

@chikish 2 жыл бұрын

What's crazy is that the turbo tunnel isn't even the hardest or most stress inducing level in Battletoads. There's at least a couple of levels later on in the game that are far far worse for your blood pressure 😂

@XCM666 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly, that damn rat race level takes the cake when it comes to most stressful Battletoads level. By god, the music in those sections is distilled audible stress.

@timothygraham4304 2 жыл бұрын

That may well be true, but I think you just want to brag!😁

@1upJeCK 2 жыл бұрын

Just realizing that every game TMR plays is just stressful as hell lmao

@DanTheGamesMan 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for bringing back that memory if the resi evil baby is only just suppressed that

@Cp-71 Жыл бұрын

Having one of the entries called "the Keeper" and not talking about Homeworld 2 is a crime.

@dmnoden 2 жыл бұрын

Literally any time I’ve ever played FIFA comes to mind.

@yeismeload Жыл бұрын

The secret ruins in FFXV for the Black Hood is just brutal.

@jessejace 2 жыл бұрын

Turbo Tunnel isn't the most difficult stage of Battletoads NES. It's just the most difficult level that most players were able to get to.

@Paul_McSeol 2 жыл бұрын

Great list. Fun memories. Would have maybe included the Dam from Ninja Turtles. But yeah, the fetus chase in the basement was not comfortable, 😅😅😅

@Protagoras614 2 жыл бұрын

Thank God you didn't turn the volume up on that baby monster in RE Village. The noise that thing makes is equally as frightening as its appearance, maybe more so. And getting swallowed by that thing if it catches you, I couldn't bear to watch it again after seeing it just that first time. After that, if I knew I messed up and that I was done for, IIRC, I would immediately reload. I just couldn't go through that trauma again.

@tyvulpintaur2732 2 жыл бұрын

The Test of Fear from Star Fox Adventures. Also, Control on GoldenEye 007. Dammit Natalya, work faster!

@Mdewey752 2 жыл бұрын

Bloodborne Yahar’gul jail was tough… everything could basically 2-3 hit you quickly and there weren’t any lanterns.

@TheCheesePizza530 2 жыл бұрын

Cold war, the part where your being talked through a situation while under hypnosis, I got a feeling of stress because of what the screen was doing.

@JustanOlGuy 2 жыл бұрын

Love this Channel.

@joxidearmageddonator882 2 жыл бұрын

I got a gold time trial relic for Stormy Ascent on PS4, the trophy you get for it was a 0.3% ultra rare when I did it

@jamesvance9544 Жыл бұрын

Battle toads is the reason why I haven't played a video game in 15 years!

@W0LF2612 2 жыл бұрын

dead space 2, eye surgery? that's literally a brief moment, not a level. the reanimator-kineses-bedroom from the first should have made the cut.

@kmeyer78 Жыл бұрын

I don’t know if I can take this list seriously when there are no 8-bit Ninja Gaiden ice levels on it.

@Nbflowers1989 2 жыл бұрын

Suitingly enough, TP sounds very relaxed at the start of this video

@mikedepue 2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that you had the eyeball part in Dead Space 2 in this list, but honestly the more stressful part of that game was the very end, where that guy kept respawning and you didn't have a single moment of peace. It forced me to quit the game. I couldn't kill him enough times.

@moosedyer 2 жыл бұрын

Dark Bramble wasn't very stress inducing, it's basically just a puzzle level. What's definitely missing here is the hotel escape sequence from Dark Corners of the Earth.

@jonsimmons945 2 жыл бұрын

Definitely prefer unwinding versus stressing myself out more.

@willedwards5196 2 жыл бұрын

Having been watching a lot of these videos recently, I have noticed that Peter really likes to say Smorgasbord

@PristianoPenaldoSUIIII 2 жыл бұрын

Outer wilds spoilers The thing with dark bramble is that in the end game you have to go through it after disabling the ash twin project. So unlike other situations where if you die the time loop resets, if you are eaten in dark bramble during this phase while the ash twin project is down, then it's game over for good.

@dwerggalago 2 жыл бұрын

Stormy Ascent was irritating, but nothing had me howling in terror and frustration more than The High Road. Egad, how I hate that level.

@86wezza88 Жыл бұрын

Ditto. I found The High Road way worse.

@AlinktoPersona 2 жыл бұрын

Metallic Cave, Final Fantasy IV.

@Nbflowers1989 2 жыл бұрын

Oh nice! What a cool and strangely unique list!

@hassanawdi3793 2 жыл бұрын

The mortuary assistant and the calling should be on the list

@Mystemo 2 жыл бұрын

If you think the Turbo Tunnel is bad you should try Clinger Winger and Volkmire's Inferno.

@chirazmoberg2534 2 жыл бұрын

Dead space 2 is no 1 on my list, with evil within close after and on 3rd place I would say the bridge-level in Crash Bandicoot (before I knew i could walk the ropes i got really frustrated :-D ).

@user-yd4el3ts2e 2 жыл бұрын

Crows from resident evil 1 the remake!!!

@GothamiteYT 2 жыл бұрын

Definitely prefer stressing myself out more versus unwinding.

@Bman32x Жыл бұрын

No water levels from TMNT, Sonic the Hedgehog or Ocarina of Time?

@Marc_Araujo 2 жыл бұрын

Champion's Road in Super Mario 3D World...ugh.

@Richtor 2 жыл бұрын

Get well soon Peter.

@PFQAmaral 2 жыл бұрын

Im 42 years old. I used to play battletoads when it came out 30 years ago. Every few years I like to go back to it and after a while my muscle memory kicks in and I breeze trough the first 6 or 7 levels of the game.

@leighkenyon3090 2 жыл бұрын

I love this gaming channel, great work 👏

@defblinders9585 2 жыл бұрын

The makers of Battletoads intentionally made the game frustratingly hard because they wanted players to be unable to beat the game by renting it and having to buy it instead. This backfired horribly. The extreme difficulty followed by the terribly lame ending made players never play it again, return it to the store demanding a refund and even destroy the game cartridge out of anger.

@debamchakraborty1143 2 жыл бұрын

I have pretty much become immune to the Dead space one simply because of how many times I replayed the game and saw(lol!) that one death from other youtube videos.

@ellnats Жыл бұрын

a few levels in star wars games didnt help my stress, mostly out of fear but still

@Gaming_auf_Ex 2 жыл бұрын

In Bug Too! Is almost every Level like hell but look like a Kids Game. Level 1 - 2 is allready hell. Its a funny Parodie Game exklusive for Saturn but Beutal Hard.

@Perfectfun369 2 жыл бұрын

All you had to do is fallow the damn train CJ!!!!

@dallaselgin2636 2 жыл бұрын

Try harder, Luke. I know if you try really hard and put your mind to it, you can spell that word.

@patrickkundegraber3343 2 жыл бұрын

For me, the most stressful lvl in cuphead was always the mad scientist lvl.

@pitchblack189 2 жыл бұрын

I thought the Queen Honeybee from Cuphead was the hardest

@rhelenius3670 2 жыл бұрын

EA Fight night champion, story mode last fight Isaac Frost...

@runningbravado 2 жыл бұрын

Any list with papers please gets my love

@wizzardoffuzz 2 жыл бұрын

Any sonic level with water.

@yourgameisstupid 2 жыл бұрын

I had that Sonic "you're about to drown" music as my phone's alarm once. I had to change it because it kept scaring the shit out of me.

@pushitlpvo 2 жыл бұрын

Number 10 was 1st in mind

@warlord1873 2 жыл бұрын

billy ray won at the olympics

@H0lyMoley 2 жыл бұрын

Turbo Tunnel was overrated. I got past it quickly enough. Snake Pit on the other hand... uuuuuuuurgh. Those darn spikes. Those darn snakes.

@williamsmith666 2 жыл бұрын

Sonic Spinball in a nutshell...

@AmarFox6 2 жыл бұрын

Taking down destroyer in Force Unleashed :D

@kevinclutch519 2 жыл бұрын

Phantom express is sooo easy lmao. Put king dice instead.

@jamieoiler5690 2 жыл бұрын

no to all of them

@XanderFields 2 жыл бұрын

dont play papers please play gate keeper you will thank me later

@googleiscancer 2 жыл бұрын

A comment for the algorithm gods

@RoyMatzem 2 жыл бұрын

Man, playing paper please seem a unpaid job, actually probably cost you since isnt free game i guess...

@jpaugh64 2 жыл бұрын

The thumbnail is so bad, I clicked on the video just to comment on it. It makes me physically uncomfortable, although it didn't quite reach the level of actually making me nauseated.