10 Unexpected Video Game Difficulty Spikes That Brutalised Players

10. Magical Nitro Delivery - Castlevania 64

Castlevania 64 is, to put it bluntly, an absolute embarrassment to the Castlevania series. What should have been the franchise's first foothold onto Ninty's new console ended up being a slip down the ladder thanks to its shoddy controls and utterly abysmal camera.

Plus it had one of the most painful difficulty spikes ever in the form of "The Magical Nitro" section. Just saying that aloud will cause many veterans of this title to shudder as they'll know that carrying one of these restricts your movement so that you can't jump without the nitro exploding and killing you in one hit.

Normally the places to use the nitro are close by, but one challenge asks you to take the bomb from the top of the castle to the bottom. That's an obscenely long time to not get hit, not fall, and obviously NOT JUMP, all of which are made so much harder by the games erratic camera.

Things get even worse in the next level, but for its sheer annoyance, the Magical Nitro makes the list.