The most intense level you have ever played

[Moonlight Butterfly]

There's a sand level of Mario galaxy 2 where you are on a bird that disintergrates. My nephew was playing it with his friends at his party and none of them could get past it. They were really glum so I stepped up.

Tbh it probably wasn't THAT intense of a level but 7 or 8 eight year olds cheering you on makes it alot more nerve wracking. I one shotted it which tbh I was pretty proud of and got rewarded by BEST. AUNTIE. EVER. better than any achievement Iv'e ever gained in a game that's for sure

 

[Valanthe]

Hmm, hopefully multiplayer experiences count:

Dawn of War 1 before any patches. The map is Bloodshed Alley, I'm Space Marines, painted with my custom Black Templar skin. My roomate is Eldar, Ulthwe Craftworld. We're up against three Insane Orc computers. Back then the AI didn't build super units, they just tried to win by flooding the field with basic troops. My roomate was nearly annihilated early on, and he was forced to retreat to my section, were we carefully built our bases on within each other. The Game lasted 4 full hours of absolute balls-to-the-wall carnage and combat and we only pulled the win by a stroke of luck strategy that we didn't even think was gonna work.

 

[BloatedGuppy]

Shalebridge Cradle. Genius level design, fantastic story, most genuinely frightening piece of interactive entertainment I've ever encountered. There are truly not enough superlatives to heap upon it.

 

[Woodsey]

Right after you break out of the ice dome in Crysis, and when fighting the squids on the aircraft carrier.

The amount of people that disregard that game as a tech demo is criminal.

Final mission in Mass Effect 2 as well.

 

[lacktheknack]

The Bates Hotel chase sequence in Call of Cthulhu.

It was so intense that I never finished it or continued after that point.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

MW2 - the entire campaign but especially Washington

Mass Effect 2 - suicide mission

 

[allinwonder]

Any level in Men of War.

 

[Syntax Error]

Dead Space 2

Spoiler

The Dark Machine. Mostly because it's an Eye Scream segment that you fully control. Then after you succeed, the unkillable necromorph is unleashed on you.

 

[SilentCom]

Either one of the many levels in Ninja Gaiden or some of the levels in Metro 2033. I'm not too precise but that's because there were some intense levels in those games.

 

[BRex21]

"damaged" Collector ship in mass effect 2. Played it on insanity, and just COULDNT get passed the platform for the longest time. Probably not even the hardest thing ive played through but i really WANTED it, i just couldnt stand how many times it beat me.

 

[wetfart]

The ones that immediately leap to mind are from the Thief games.

Return to the Haunted Cathedral (The Dark Project)
Shipping ... and Receiving (Metal Age)
Framed! (Metal Age)
Life of the Party (Metal Age)
Shalebridge Cradle (Deadly Shadows)
The Abysmal Gale (Deadly Shadows)

 

[warprincenataku]

The Battletoads jet bike level. It was infamous for its difficulty and yes, I have managed to beat it.

 

[Neverhoodian]

The final level in Halo CE.

Spoiler

You're driving a Warthog at top speed through the Pillar of Autumn as it explodes all around you. While this is happening, there's a crazy three-way battle going on between the Covenant, the Flood and the Sentinels. To top it all off, the soundtrack is blaring the Halo theme in its full glory.

Also the first time I beat "The Parish" in Left 4 Dead 2. I ended up leading the way, as my other teammates either died or otherwise got hopelessly bogged down. I decided it was every man for himself at that point, so I used my adrenaline shot and made a mad dash for the helicopter, desperately melee spamming the horde every step of the way. Nothing gets the blood pumping like just barely escaping when you've got hundreds of infected and a Tank hot on your heels.

 

[bulbasaur765]

The penultimate stage "Area 6" in Starfox 64. It requires you to pay a bit more attention on Normal Mode, but on Expert Mode it help that you know all the techniques your Arwing can pull off if you want to earn the Medal on it. Braking and bombs help too.

 

[Riddle78]

If you patched the AI in Dungeon Keeper (the first one),then the level where you start with two Horned Reapers is completely impossible,unless you've transferred a level 10 Horned Reaper. Good luck keeping it happy while the other two take the very long time it takes for them to train up to level 10.

Specifically,the enemy keeper,whose dungeon is connected directly to yours,only seperated by a Magic Door,several Iron Doors,and a few paltry traps,starts the level with three level 8 Orcs. You start with two level one Reapers,a level one Warlock,and whatever you transferred. Plus,heroes will quickly spawn and tunnel around your dungeon,making safe expansion impossible if you don't act quick enough. So,if you patched the AI,looking for an actual challenge,you bit off more than you'll ever be able to chew.

 

[triggahappyhaza]

Veteran mile high club on cod 4 was pretty intense .

 

[Yellowbeard]

The first time through Water Hazard, and all of Episode 2 after you get the muscle car.

 

[Radoh]

The whole of Morrowind after you find out that you can enchant things with constant effect. More specifically though, the fight with the Uderfrykte in Solstheim, which gave me the most disturbing of weapons.