13 Terrible Levels In Otherwise Awesome Video Games

5. Tailing The Resistance Member - Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patriots

Act 3 of Metal Gear Solid 4 slows things down considerably after the electrifying first two acts, and sees Snake headed to Eastern Europe, where he needs to tail a resistance member in order to reach their HQ.

Cue a huge pile of busy-work as the player has to discern the mark's location and then keep track of him while avoiding detection, and occasionally taking out guards to help the resistance member's passage through the city.

Getting spotted is exceedingly easy and getting through the level requires a healthy sprinkle of luck for most. It also goes on far, far too long to be the fun diversion Kojima clearly intended it to be, even if it does lead to one of the best sequences in the entire game.