10 Dumbest Ways We've All Died In Video Games

10. Surprise QTE, Baby! - Resident Evil 4

Phew. What a level that was...

I barely made it through alive. That last jump over the laser grid was a doozy, and then the fight against the cyborg T-Rex?

Mate. Mate, I've earned this cutscene. Set down the controller and take thirty seconds to catch your breath, take a sip of that energy drink an-

PRESS A PRESS A PRESS A PRESS A

Oh, sorry, that’s me dead and I'm off to the last checkpoint?!

What fun.

This is one of those bizarre trends that got popular around 2005, where games were getting increasingly more cinematic and designers wanted to keep players entertained, whilst simultaneously feeling engaged with the action.

The irony, of course, is that we all just ended up not enjoying the well-crafted cutscenes - instead staring blankly at the centre of the screen, waiting for the inevitable beeping button UI to appear, the action in the background becoming nothing more than blurred shapes and colours.

Who can forget the seemingly hour-long QTE sequence in Resident Evil 4 against Krauser, as everyone else in the room got to enjoy some top-notch fight choreography, whilst you vacantly gaped at the centre of your buzzing CRT screen?