Question of the Week: Most Annoying Videogame Enemies
It’s time for Question of the Week, designed to inspire interesting discussions of enjoyable topics.
This week’s question: what is the most annoying videogame enemy?
For myself, I think it would be those stupid Medusa Heads from the CASTLEVANIA series. If you’ve played any CASTLEVANIA games, you know what I’m talking about. You’ll be climbing the stairs and a Medusa Head will somehow come in at exactly the right angle to avoid all your weapons and to knock you off the stairs to your death at the same time. Honestly, a lot of the old school CASTLEVANIA games are much more enjoyable with save states on modern systems.
A strong runner up would be Lakitu from SUPER MARIO BROTHERS – he’s the guy in the cloud who drops all those Spiny Shells on your head.
Obviously, there is no profound reason for this question. I happened to be reading an article about the upcoming STARFIELD expansion and the comments devolved into a rambling discussion of game design. 🙂
-JM
The Legend of Zelda series is a great bunch of video games, but they do have their annoying bits. I nominate the Like Like worm. To get sucked in and spit back out minus your shield is incredibly aggravating. I cannot count the number of shields lost to this adversary. Later versions steal money or health, but for me, the annoyance of having to go back to town to get a replacement shield (while trying to avoid encounters) ranks up there.
Legend of Zelda also has friendly annoying characters. Navi is the most so – her cry of “Hey! Listen!” quickly becomes painful.
Cliff racers from Morrowind, do I need to say more?