10 Video Games That Made Us Look Like Idiots

10. "Try Jumping Off" - Dark Souls

To the untrained observer, Dark Souls players already look plenty foolish, flinging themselves headlong into the same tough encounter over and over again in what's surely the gaming equivalent of slamming your head into a brick wall.

But there's another aspect of the series which harbours an altogether more infuriating potential, to get the better of players just as they let their guard down.

The franchise allows players to leave notes for others to read, and because this involves the Internet, some of course use the system to troll others.

We've all fallen - quite literally - for at least a note or two left on a cliff edge which says something like "Try jumping off" or "Treasure below." Curiosity has a habit of getting the better of us, and we quickly realise we've made a fatal mistake - trusting an anonymous person online.

That leap of faith leads to a swift death as you find nothing but pavement below, leading to immediate anger at both the offending troll and oneself, that you dared take their digital word for it.

At least in the bleak, unforgiving world of Dark Souls, it's a rather appropriate payoff to somebody supposedly offering a helping hand.