I love the original Hotline Miami but I’m not a big fan of the boss fights like the ones in Neighbors (Biker) and Deadline (Van Driver). I find it kind of slows down the game and limits the strategies you can take.
Another example would be Fallout 3. I find the tutorial section in Vault 101 can feel a bit long after a fifth run but maybe that’s because I was spoiled by Fallout New Vegas’ ability to run off in your own direction immediately after leaving Doc Mitchell’s house.
Kotor 2, the entire beginning section. before telos, and even some parts of telos, i love the rest of the game still, but the early parts of kotor 2 didn’t really age well, especially the space walk part lmaooo but that parts actually enjoyable because it is silly. The beginning section only is bad if it’s on subsequent playthroughs, and i wish i could enjoy it for the first time again, very much.
The Emma escort mission in MGS2, Vanguard III in Star Ocean 3, and the bear/cow levels in Katamari
Ravenholm in Half Life 2 cause I get scared. Why yes. You are correct, I am a wussy little piss baby.
Half Life: Xen. All of it. I hate it
Super Mario RPG: Having to jump up to nimbus land fucking sucks
Chrono Trigger: First time going to the Dark Ages before Kajar/Enhasa…just boring really
I’ll echo OP and say that if you haven’t tried Black Mesa, I highly recommend it. The xen intro is breathtaking in my opinion.
I second this. I thoroughly enjoyed the hell out of Xen in Black Mesa. I really feel like they really did justice to what the original devs could have accomplished if they had more time.
I haven’t been so fully engrossed in a game like that since… Well Half Life Alyx I guess. Truly a great feeling.
Fallout 1. Killing my way out of 1000 rats to finally leave vault 13.
