10 More Brutally Difficult First-Person Shooter Levels In Video Game History

10. Nar Shaddaa Streets - Star Wars: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast

Jedi Outcast is fondly remembered by fans for being the Star Wars game that finally gave players the chance to wield a lightsaber and fulfil their childhood fantasy of being a Jedi Knight. But if there’s one thing players will quickly want to forget it’s the level where you first get to use said lightsaber, Nar Shadda Streets.

Set in a giant durasteel canyon, you find yourself taking on the role of the proverbial fish in a barrel as you are forced to navigate narrow, horribly exposed walkways while being shot at from all corners of the map by pin-point accurate snipers armed with weapons capable of disintegrating you in two hits.

You’re no better off indoors: the level has an inordinate fondness for grenade-chucking Grans, often leaving rooms liberally sprinkled with ping-ponging thermal detonators. And when you inevitably sprint out of the room in panic, do remember to watch your step, because it’s a long way down. Oh, and don’t forget the snipers.

All this adds up to a nerve-wracking, torturous gauntlet of a level that will have you bashing your keyboard in incandescent rage. You'll need Yoda’s patience and Han Solo’s luck to get you through this one.