8 Times You Lost Thanks To A Video Game Cutscene

8. Genichiro Ashina - Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

As is pretty common in a FromSoftware title, the opening boss of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is there to teach you one lesson and teach it hard. That this game will not hold your hand, and as is the case of our protagonist, actually go one step further and cut the bloody thing off.

Genichiro Ashina is not to be taken lightly at this early stage, as he will carve through your defences like butter and will usher a new player into a swift defeat with only a few slices. However, for those that have completed the game already or are just natural duellists, it is possible to get the better of Genichiro in this encounter.

Unfortunately, this leads him to being an utter prick in the cutscene that follows, as despite taking him down, an unseen goon distracts you before Genichiro takes the opening and cuts you down. It's an unbelievably scummy move, but then again as you find out in the narrative, he's a figure desperate to attain power by any and all means.