Water, Fire, Earth, Wind! ... Heart?

[8bitmusic]

Enemies in classic and modern games alike inevitably contain some sort of elemental boss, mini-boss, or foe. Ever since I was a kid, I seemed to have an aversion to one particular thing: Electricity (though technically a force and not an element) has always been my bane. From base levels in Contra to Jabu-Jabu's belly in Ocarina of Time, I just can't stand it.

It could be that I'm simply a strange man, but I'm curious if others are peeved by similar issues in any particular classic game(s).

[ryborg]

Are you Amish?

[pseudonym]

Most water levels aren't very good. Too slow and often awkward physics involved. A couple of electricity levels are a little annoying in comparison to others, Elec Man's level in Mega Man 1 for example. Speaking of Contra, Energy Zone is one of my favorite levels in any Contra game, so your mileage may vary.

[thom_m]

Ice levels piss me off. Ice is water, so there you have it.

[skaar]

The Heart levels are the worst.

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[megasdkirby]

I swear, I thought this would end up as a Captain Planet topic. *shivers*

[Collector_Gaming]

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[Enigmus]

Captain Planet, huh?

Since there's a Captain Planet villain named Duke Nukem, we'll have to also bet on Duke to make things go full circle.

[8bitmusic]

The Heart levels are the worst.



Ha! That's good.

[hellraiser]

Not elemental or anything but games with platforms that appear and disappear in the megaman series are the worst.

[Zama]

Go Planet! :snuggle:

[exit]

Didn't Do Rei Me Fantasy revolve around this very aspect? I remember the sun boss pissing me off in that game.

[Jorpho]

Not elemental or anything but games with platforms that appear and disappear in the megaman series are the worst.Such hings seem to be more common in electricity-themed levels of one sort or another - platforms blinking on and off, lights blinking on and off, sparky barriers flipping on and off, etc. Makes much more sense to put them in electricity-themed levels, it does. (Sure, you can have fires that flip on and off as well, but generally in keeping with the fire theme, they move more slowly.)

[bartre]

I truly hate water levels.
they always seem to slow the game down to a grinding halt, as in Ocarina of Time.
in the case of Majora's Mask, though, that was a fun level, mostly because the zora mask seemed to make everything A-OK