10 Annoying Video Game Moments That Made You Turn The Console Off

3. Shao Kahn's Never-Ending Combos In Mortal Kombat

Mortal Kombat 9 2011 Shao Kahn
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Even now, eight years later, the scars earned during Mortal Kombat 9's final boss fight still haven't healed.

Being able to hit you with the same overpowered combos over and over again, MK 9's Shao Kahn could absolutely ruin an otherwise promising attempt at beating him with one single move. Get too cocky and he'd punish you as soon as you overreached, but try to goad him out and chip away at his health and he could take you apart just as easily.

Even worse is that there wasn't much you could do to cheese a victory either except for a couple of trial-and-error techniques, and unless you were either really lucky or really good (probably the former), you almost certainly had to resort to one of these cheap tactics to win.

If you can't beat them, you might as well join them.

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