10 Video Games That Let You Battle Death Itself!

10. Death - Castlevania

Death is such a fixture of the Castlevania series that it's actually surprising when it DOESN'T show up to roll some bones with the protagonist.

However you can't talk about this Death Daddy without paying respects to the first game in the series, as in this 1986 classic Death acts as the second in command for Dracula and is an absolute mare to beat. This sleepy spectre won't come and clobber you directly but instead summon scythes which will whirl about the stage in an attempt to turn Simon into salami.

What makes this even more challenging is that Death often moves out of range of the holy water, and the whip is so short that it often means risking heavy damage as the scythes home in on you. Other interpretations of Death in the series might be flashier with their attacks and presentation but the sheer horror of watching it slowly float towards you is one that will stick with many gamers for a long old while.