13. Fighting The Blue Guys - Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
The second instalment in Naughty Dog's legendary Indiana Jones-challenging franchise is still one of the best action-adventures of all time... except for the ending battle in Shambhala. See, we could just about go with the whole 'ancient Spaniards come back from the dead' at the close of U1 (just), and the fact that the gigantic horned beast you fought halfway through U2 was someone in costume was an even bigger relief - but then having to accept some hulking blue-skinned Amazonian-looking warriors are baying for your blood? That was the hulked-up straw that broke the adventurer's back. Not only did their visual design and in-world existence feel totally dumb anyway, but you then had to face off against a huge number of them wielding explosive-tossing pouches and life-depleting projectiles. Drake's cut-to-ragdoll animation when you die is annoying enough, but the fact you're already embroiled in quite the 'WTF' reaction anyway, made it impossible to digest.