What's an enemy in gaming you just despise and why?

For me, the first enemy that came to mind when I thought of making this thread is the Dancer nobody from Kingdom Hearts 2 the last time I played KH2 on critical I had a pretty easy time compared to the first time I did it because of just having knowledge from my first playthrough on critical and playing some of the other games on critical like I only died to super bosses 2 times max for all but the final hardest super boss but the dancers at one point in Hollow Bastion killed me for an hour straight cause it was a story segment where I had to kill them and they kept just sliding up to me throwing me and one shotting me I was so mad I can't believe some random nobody killed me more than most of the super bosses.

There are several enemies in games that I find irritating.

In Mega Man (the very first game) the foot holders were a pain. The reason is they were glitchy. YOu could still land on them and fall into the abyss. Also when you tried to jump to the next one they could shot you down making you fall in the abyss.

If I had to chose an enemy from an entire franchise. For the Mega Man franchise it would be the Tellies. I do not really hate the Tellies but these things can be irritating. The main reason is they are usually multiple Tellies at once. They also like to come out when near pits, spikes or ladders. It is so easy to be climbing a later and Tellies to pop out. You either fall to the bottom having to climb the ladder again or you fall off into the pit. They also like to come out when trying to make jumps across hazardous things like spikes, lava and well you get the idea.

In the Mario franchise it would be the Bloops. These enemies appear in all water levels. They are fast in the water and appear to be random. They chase you in the water. Moreover, there is sometimes more of them on the screen at one time. If you do not have the fire flower you better be a good dodger.

For now I have to give it to the flipping Blaze Clones Mona and Lisa in Streets of rage they are such pains (they're even worse in Streets of Rage 3 because you can't play it in easy mode)

For me it's probably The Immaculate One in Fire Emblem Three Houses. It's not a tough battle especially if you're a high level and have good stats but it's a very long battle and can easily be messed up. I've done this battle multiple times and some have taken more than 30 minutes because there would be turns where I'd only be able to do one move because my characters were either retreating or healing.

Just getting to them can take a while and then that actual battle could take 10-20 turns and one mess up could cost you the entire battle and force you to start the whole battle all over again. I've seen some people say that they've spent a week or more on this battle because of how long and difficult it can get if you aren't super overpowered.

I'm gonna go old-school and say the Hammer Bros from Super Mario Bros. Anyone who's ever played the game knows exactly what I'm talking about - they jump around throwing the hammers around and you can't kill them by jumping on them because of those hammers and as such you have to wait until they jump on a ledge so you can jump UNDER them and all the while you have to watch out for those hammers flying around. If you don't have a Fire Flower, they're a real pain in the butt.

LieselSolo : i feel the same way about those hammer bros.

For me, recently, my least favorite would be that dreaded third stage from bust a move 2 : arcade edition. That pink fluff does all she can to ruin me even though I felt like I was going to win. Taking every bit of my credits until I’m down to zero and it just frustrates me so much like why would you make the third stage this difficult and make the rest fairly manageable? What’s worse I always beat her with my last credit so it feel like the game is cheating me out of continues.

here’s a photo



the face of evil in the PlayStation version.

LieselSolo: OH yeah I forgot about them. I like the characters though. Hammer Bros are awesome characters especially in Mario Party. But in the actual games they are a pain. They are fast, can jump hide, attack in groups, and they throw a lot of hammers. The hammers can reach far. Also in the earlier games they could hit you before they appeared on screen.

As a general rule I despise mobs in turn based RPGs that have inflated HP for no reason. IMO mob battles in turn-based combat should not take longer than 2-3 minutes (provided I'm at the appropriate level of power for that part of the game). Countless examples of this one.

If I had to pick one enemy in particular, probably any rocket launcher dudes from the Yakuza series? They take an entire chunk of your HP without much consequence unless you immediately beeline for them the moment you see them. Funny enough I only thought about this because these same enemies exist in Palworld, although it's much easier to stay alive in that game so it's a bit moreso of a jumpscare than anything lol