darkSpyro

Making 'cause why not. What's your least favorite Skylanders level and why?

I'll start, I guess.

Bandit Train from Superchargers. Because it's absolutely pointless. Mags just gets kidnapped by pirates on a train because... plot. There is no reason at all for this level to exist other than the devs couldn't think of a better level and they needed twelve for some reason. And what's worse is that it's the only level in the game without a SINGLE vehicle section. I know the vehicle sections do break up the pace, but I think the level would've been much cooler if we were chasing the Sky Train in our vehicles.

To its defense, the level was horribly cut up. It's supposed to be a ghost ship for starters, just look at the artwork and the door designs; and it feels like it was supposed to come much earlier in the game as the block engine puzzle is introduced waaay before with clear intent to prepare you for it.
Not much can defend the horrible plataforming sections tho. How about you don't throw every difficulty spike at once(+darkness in dailies),VV, when several characters have odd jump arcs.

For me, many levels can have unskippable scenes, stupid plots or mechanics that don't work, but my least favorite stays Arkeyan Armory. Short af, the robot section is soo hard to come back to after Giants fixed all of its issues, and it's the most underwhelming Source - just trapped under some floor, beat 3 duos of Arkeyan Hammahs, a stupid ambush from Ultrons, and proceed to checklist screen. Wait what? The final one and it ends like that? Should've swapped places with Quicksilver Vault, which has such a great buildup to the end.
Dishonourable mention is Rodeapocalypse Demo Derby. You know it, I know it. Its only salvation is the Skystones tournament because the vehicle section is either snore-inducingly easy or stupid hard because everything kills you in one hit in Nightmare after the hard-to-see flunkies have softened you up.

You made a mistake. It isn't the only level without a vehicle zone. BattleBrawl Island is another level without any vehicle zones.

Captain Cluck's Headquarters. I just lost it with the stupidity here. I can't stand the absurdity of the corn kernels, giant chicken, rolling over-blown hens into vacuum tubes with a vehicle. WHY??

I vote Ridepocalypse Demo Derby. Nothing fun or outstanding about the level, the music is depressing. I don't hate vehicle sections, but a level based mostly on vehicle combat is meh.

Land of the Undead, probably. The gimmick was annoying and they SEVERELY misused the Indead Theme

Dragon's Peak - Just because of the ending. Builds up a battle with Vathek and then he just... gets turned to stone. The end. Other than that, the level was good, but that ending ruined it all for me. I hear it's different in the 3DS versions, though I haven't played any of those.

Either Ridepocalypse or Golden Desert. Ridepocalypse has nothing besides a vehicle section because "OVER-THE-TOP VEHICLE FANTASIEZ" and Golden Desert because to me it just feels soooooo slow compared to other levels. Especially the chompy worm parts.

The chompy worm sections can be quick though? You can shoot it at any time it's out even if it's far away(the cacti also bounce off of anything), and only the second one has obligatory parts of shooting Bomb Shells.

Monster Marsh from TT. Mainly because:
-Eye Scream
-Swamp level
-Just forgettable in general

I actually liked Ridepocalypse, probably because the music captured the whole "apocalypse" feel.

Gadfly Glades speaks to me

I'll have to think of more down the line, but for now it's absolutely Skyhighlands. Forced shooting, so much padding and Skystones. it's the same thing three times in a row, it's boring and uninspired. A level in the sky... in SKYLANDS.

Winter Keep. It's sooooooooooo boring.

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I'll have to think of more down the line, but for now it's absolutely Skyhighlands. Forced shooting, so much padding and Skystones. it's the same thing three times in a row, it's boring and uninspired. A level in the sky... in SKYLANDS.

Dunno how many geode building themed levels you have seen to call it uninspired. Gameplay wise it's meh, but it looks great.

(also what are yoh expecting in Skylanders other than levels in the sky, this one is just several altitudes above the usual which is why geodes apparently)

Yeah, quite meh especially after the three previous levels which are very good IMO.

Golden Desert