1. Some shield placements just don't make sense, armageddon shields are far too likely (not a HATE but its offputting)
2. Eggman always laughs, as opposed to only laughing when he hits you. This annoys me way more than it should, I absolutely HATE this. I don't know why this just makes me so angry.
3. Armageddon Shield is not a very good shield. But I mean theres some spots in Deep Sea, GFZ 1, and then the disco room in ERZ2, the armageddon shield is good for enemies, but alot of times enemies arent really in the way.
4. That Red Volcano Zone emblem where you take a "golden key" or something i dunno but it has an elemental shield in it, but the way you get to the dang shield i just dont get other than Super.
5. The gargoyles in Azure Temple Zone that shoot green fire are just the most annoying things ever.
6. ERZ2 in Ultimate Mode.
7. Jettysyns.
1. For me, what I find odd are not the shield placements, but some of the hidden Eggman monitors. There are some, such as one on a cliff near the beginning of GF1, which are like, "Hey! You explored the level! Here's your reward! It's pain! Pain is your reward!" I understand using them as an obstacle, forcing you to more more careful with your jumps, but when you have to go out of your way to find them, it's just odd.
2. I never noticed. I noticed he laughs after he hits you, but never noticed he laughs anyway.
3. You know what would have been a good use of the Armageddon Shield? Put a golden one in areas where there are Bee Elementals. Then you could deal with those annoying enemies with more ease. But even then, I'd rather you just removed Bee Elementals altogether. They suck. I hate them so much. lol
4. I had to look this one up to remember it. I think the idea behind it was to make it so you couldn't rely on rings. You have a limited amount of time to navigate to the emblem. My problem with it is more that it's difficult to find the path to begin with. The walls are all the same shade of red, so spotting a tiny hidden cave is difficult. Personally, I'd make the opening easier to find and increase the challenge by making the path to the emblem longer, with more invincibility monitors along the way.
5. Agreed. Those things are annoying. I'm not totally against them, though. I just think the way they're implemented in Azure Temple is awful. That level places them everywhere and just abuses them. The worst part is when you're stuck in a narrow hallway, and not only do you have to jump over a line of green fire, but you also simultaneously have to worry about the line of green fire coming from behind you, which will hit you if you're not on the ground. And let's throw in a bottomless pit there too, just to add insult to injury when you get hit. lol
6. Never played Ultimate mode, but I can imagine...
7. The only thing I find annoying about them is how they'll move up when you try to jump into them, making them really annoying to try to kill.