10 Infuriating Levels That Almost Derailed Great Video Games

5. Case 7-2 - Dead Rising

Another bomb-based time trial, a very late mission in the original Dead Rising tasks you with going down underneath the game's mall in order to defuse a bunch of explosives. Unfortunately for you, not only do you have a set amount of time to do it in, you're given a vehicle that can easily be destroyed, thousands of zombies in your way, a villain hounding you in their own vehicle and no real idea where you're going.

Just one of these added elements would have been enough to earn the mission a spot on this list, but the fact that it takes an already time-sensitive experience and adds another time trial on top of it is unforgivable. Whether you get lost in the labyrinth, lose your vehicle and have to make your way on foot or get locked in an animation loop until you die, you'll ended up seeing the game over screen over and over again.

The only way through it without losing your progress is save scumming and hoping for the best.