Doom II Archviles

Serious SaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAm

yeah those drones are pain in the arse but, this is a counter but, it's been a while so i don't remember.

DOOM II "pain elementals" hands down!

rfnagel wrote:

DOOM II "pain elementals" hands down!

Was thinking the exact same thing!

Also I get tired of chasing these small and manouverable A-wings in Tie fighter.

cdoublejj wrote:

yeah those drones are pain in the arse but, this is a counter but, it's been a while so i don't remember.

Tesla troops work great (I was playing Sovyet vs Sovyet), but when the drones are protected by iron curtain, the real frustration comes.

Ah, speaking of pesky little critters, I just remember another:

Ultima Series

What else more annoying than gremlins? These pesky little fuckers steal your food, and there is nothing more annoying to see your party get injured by hunger every time they move on the map. I was so relieved when discovering that food is not that critical in Ultima VI.

Magic Carpet - the rival wizards. Every time you claimed some mana you had to stay there and guard it until it was collected. If you tried to leave they would swoop in and claim it for themselves.

System Shock II - respawning enemies. You could clear out a closed room, go out the door, come right back in and there would be enemies there again.

Re-Spawning Enemies. I just hate RE-Spawning Enemies. Doesn't matter which game. Doesn't matter which enemy. Just hate them! I don't like to just kill them again and again and again. I just want to clear off an area and move on. For one, the enemis keep re-spawning but on the other hand, you only have limited ammos and ammos just don't re-appear like these creatures do!! And it get's frustrating, repetitive and tiresome, beating the crap out of them by just using a crowbar or a monkey wrench or a lead pipe, after draining out your ammos!

We're not talking about Quake III Team Arena or Unreal Tournament here. At least, in these games, the weapons and ammos spawn too. But the purpose of those games is different - win by scoring (fragging) the most.

In DOOM1,2,HERETIC, etc., I always choose the penultimate difficulty level. It's the last highest difficulty level without monster respawns.

And, have I mentioned that I hate re-spawning monsters yet? 😜

The "Trandoshans" in the original Dark Forces. They use a rifle that doesn't require aim. Kinda like the BFG in DOOM (just not as flashy). The game peppers them around throughout later levels.

Master of Magic.

There's an old dirty bastard named Merlin who just loooooooves to send his guardian spirits (yup, powerful guardian spirits instead of "standard" magic spirits) to squat on your hard-earned magic nodes. And when you move your troops around his "newly acquired" magic nodes, he complains that YOU are the one who invades HIS territory.

Bastard.

Heroes II of Might and Magic.

Any spellcaster is downright annoying, although wizards and necromancers are top on my hatelist. This usually happens near endgame; you eventually build your massive troops to deliver the final punch, then suddenly an enemy wizard/necro attacks your hero on the way to the battlefield. The wizard/necro is always high level, and brings ultra-fast but expendable troops that will surely perish against your massive army in a fair combat.

But do you get a fair combat? Nooo. The wizard/necro casts a really damaging spell like chain lightning or death ripple, wreaking death and destruction among your precious army, then flee. Yup, they flee, only to be recruited again by the enemy in the next turn, with levels and enhancements intact. And they will be back, oh they will be back, repeating the same dirty tactics until you're really compelled to smash your keyboard.

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Malik wrote:

Re-Spawning Enemies. I just hate RE-Spawning Enemies. Doesn't matter which game. Doesn't matter which enemy. Just hate them! I don't like to just kill them again and again and again. I just want to clear off an area and move on.

+1

Malik wrote:

Re-Spawning Enemies. I just hate RE-Spawning Enemies. Doesn't matter which game. Doesn't matter which enemy. Just hate them! I don't like to just kill them again and again and again. I just want to clear off an area and move on.

except when you're playing an RPG and want an area to farm for gold or drops...

Some of the terrorists in Rainbow Six 3 have 0 reaction time cheat they use (randomly)... peek around a corner... insta-dead.

The first Rainbow Six was worse with that. It was difficult even with 3 brains cooping on their toes at it.

cant remember the game maybe one of the medal of honour or cod games, but the enemies get up after you think they're dead which means you have to kill them twice

edit: its not cod (call of duty)

The Black Bat in Adventure for the Atari VCS.

Hm... This is a tough one.. I would have to go with the creepy hand from Blood that can kill you in an instant, it also scared the crap out of me when I first played it a few years back; gosh, despite the old age of the game, it still has some really creepy stuff in it, and the worst part is the hand sounding
like "Asulagunzela" or whatever it is saying as it clings on to the main
character and drain his health, and those things get very annoying as
they tend to pop right in your face when you least expect it.

Agreed. Those hands are pretty scary & annoying.

I remember two enemies of Mad Mix Game (a.k.a. Pepsi Challenge, it was an "enhaced" Pacman clone): the ladybug (a.k.a. Maricoco) and "zapatones". The first one refilled with dots the empty parts of level, the second smashed the dots (forcing you to seek a tool to restore the dots and then going back to eat them).

And yes, it had a PC version.

@Davros: It happened in Rise of the Triad. Some enemies pleaded for their life, then "die"... and then they get up, steal your fancy super weapon (they won't steal your pistol or MP40) and then shoot you.