10 Nasty Video Game Levels Designed To Torture You

10. The Fade - Dragon Age: Origins

In theory, The Fade was an excellent component to Origins' overarching narrative. A self-contained dream world drenched in magic that you'd need to escape using fantastical powers. Sounds fantastic on paper; in practice, not so much.

The nightmare was neverending; several segments, each more labyrinthine in their layout than the last, required senseless trudging through identical demon-infested buildings and forests, made worse by clunky, ill-implemented (oh god, the Mouse form) transformations.

Add to that the fact that, once you're putter under the Sloth Demon's spell, there's no escaping the realm without completing all of the objectives, you're sh*t out of luck if your Warden is underleveled.

'Have fun getting stuck in an endless loop of death and loading screens! Sincerely, BioWare'.

Pro-tip: when there's a mod that allows players to skip an entire segment of your game, it's not a good sign.