Comments on: Five Types of Video Game Levels That Induce Panic Attacks In Me http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2013/03/20/five-types-of-video-game-levels-that-induce-panic-attacks-in-me/ Fri, 24 May 2013 04:29:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Dex http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2013/03/20/five-types-of-video-game-levels-that-induce-panic-attacks-in-me/#comment-708354 Dex Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:28:35 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/?p=82073#comment-708354 C’mon, “escape the explody thingy”, when done right, is one of those awesome moments from gaming that make the whole experience that much sweeter.

And I don’t know why the “you must die” level would induce panic attacks… unless you were playing the original shareware version of “Doom” or something.

(whew, beat those two guys… whoa, that’s a creepy pentagram thing… HOLY #*$# how do I … what the… what?!!!!)

]]> By: Phillip http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2013/03/20/five-types-of-video-game-levels-that-induce-panic-attacks-in-me/#comment-703245 Phillip Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:17:16 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/?p=82073#comment-703245 Similar to “Change Up Play Mechanics For No Reason” is “Take Away Features You’ve Been Using For The Whole Game.”

The best example that comes to mind is the final level of Uncharted where you suddenly have no weapons during the boss fight despite having weapons for the entire game.

]]> By: Remy Carreiro http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2013/03/20/five-types-of-video-game-levels-that-induce-panic-attacks-in-me/#comment-702740 Remy Carreiro Thu, 21 Mar 2013 17:06:49 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/?p=82073#comment-702740 @ Chris H,
I used to catch heat for that and can respect your feelings about it. But in the same breath, the word doesn’t need to be spoken in hush tones, with people freaking out about it. That gives it power. And also, I worked for six years with special needs people, and it was an absolute life changer for me, so as much as you may think I am just tossing it around, I saved some lives, and teaching some of those kids to laugh at the word retarded was one of the most important things they learned.
Am sorry if I offended you, though, and appreciate how level headed your response to it was.
I’ll make the effort not to use it so casually.

]]> By: Chris H http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2013/03/20/five-types-of-video-game-levels-that-induce-panic-attacks-in-me/#comment-702645 Chris H Thu, 21 Mar 2013 02:56:50 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/?p=82073#comment-702645 I always feel like “retarded” brings down my level of respect for articles. It’s just not something you use. I don’t mean to be oversensitive, but it just bothers me that it can still be dropped so casually. It hasn’t been truly acceptable since the 1960s. You wouldn’t use the “n-word” so casually would you? I know this is an incredibly informal site, and the article is intended to be humorous, and given the context I’m sure you didn’t even intend offense; but the word itself has negative connotations and is loaded with ignorance.

]]> By: lazybasterd http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2013/03/20/five-types-of-video-game-levels-that-induce-panic-attacks-in-me/#comment-702644 lazybasterd Thu, 21 Mar 2013 02:09:21 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/?p=82073#comment-702644 It’s funny, there seems to be so much hate for the water level in TMNT and yet I never had an issue with that level.

]]> By: sean http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2013/03/20/five-types-of-video-game-levels-that-induce-panic-attacks-in-me/#comment-702626 sean Wed, 20 Mar 2013 23:38:03 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/?p=82073#comment-702626 Lava. Just point me in the right direction so I can jump in and get it over with.

]]> By: lol http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2013/03/20/five-types-of-video-game-levels-that-induce-panic-attacks-in-me/#comment-702593 lol Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:56:05 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/?p=82073#comment-702593 In an old Wario game for Game Boy there was this level with wall of water rapidly approaching from the left. It was also underground so you had to clime up and down ladders and fight enemies in small spaces.

]]> By: Mutant Turd http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2013/03/20/five-types-of-video-game-levels-that-induce-panic-attacks-in-me/#comment-702592 Mutant Turd Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:53:44 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/?p=82073#comment-702592 Also, the levels where they all of a sudden throw you a huge boss that you poor all of your ammo into for 10 minutes while trying to survive. Then the game tells you not to waste your ammo since it does nothing but to use a rocket launcher leaning up against a building that you could never pick up until the fucking game tells you to use it finally. Then you manage to kill it but the levels not over now you have to face wave after wave of enemies with limited ammo until it’s finally over.

This instance seems to cover just about the entire Gears of War franchise.

]]> By: Mutant Turd http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2013/03/20/five-types-of-video-game-levels-that-induce-panic-attacks-in-me/#comment-702590 Mutant Turd Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:48:46 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/?p=82073#comment-702590 For me it’s not so much a level that gets me panicking, it’s when a level’s/game’s checkpoint save system is done poorly. The newest CoD game was the worst of all. I’d be doing great then all of a sudden some enemy “terrorist” would materialize behind me and kill me. Well I come back to life and there are 4 guys I had killed the first time around by flanking them, are all of a sudden right in front of where the game decides to spawn me, shooting me in the face and I die again… and again… and again. Basically the game was fucking spawn camping me. It was only after immediately dropping to prone and chucking all of my grenades in random directions that I happened to get out of the situation only to have it happen numerous times all over again throughout the rest of the game. Screw that crap.

]]> By: lubz http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2013/03/20/five-types-of-video-game-levels-that-induce-panic-attacks-in-me/#comment-702589 lubz Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:36:42 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/?p=82073#comment-702589 Sonic 2 water….oh boy definitely makes the anxiety go to red. That has to be our inherent fear of water and drowning ourselves doncha think?

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