13 Terrible Levels In Otherwise Awesome Video Games

9. Escorting Emma Emmerich - Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons Of Liberty

Trust Hideo Kojima to troll his own fanbase by rolling stealth and water mechanics into an escort mission in order to create one of the most frustrating levels in gaming history.

The mission in question requires the player to protect Otacon's scaredy-cat computer whizz sister Emma from water, enemy soldiers and even bugs, such that merely keeping Emma alive becomes a gargantuan task throughout this overlong sequence.

She's a prototypical useless escort character, with Raiden having to hold her hand and literally carry her through water, and the icing on the cake comes when Emma is killed by Vamp at the conclusion of the section anyway.

Some call Emma's death one of the most emotional moments in the MGS series, but honestly, after putting us through all that nonsense, it was hard to much care.