10 Video Game Enemies That Made You Turn The Console Off

3. Jackal Snipers - Halo 2 (Legendary)

Part of me wanted to include every "annoying hitscan ranged enemy" here, as from Uncharted to Spider-Man or those Anor Londo archers in Dark Souls, there's nothing more fun-killing than being wiped out from across the map.

Let's drill down on Halo's Jackal Snipers though. Not much of a bother on lower difficulties unless you play your cards spectacularly wrong, on Hard or especially Legendary, Jackal Snipers became a meme; a shared infuriation from hardcore players as their AI would ALWAYS get the better of you, no matter what.

It's precisely BECAUSE they can be knocked out with a swift melee that those end-of-fight kill shots are so annoying. Chief's shields are screaming for a recharge, you know what's coming, but you can't close the distance or evade fast enough to avoid doing the whole thing over again.

Throw in the occasional Flood enemy with a rocket launcher and you are NOT making it through original Halo 2's toughest difficulty.