3. Your First Death - Dark Souls II
From SoftwareDark Souls II is one of the most brutally difficult video games released since, well, the last Dark Souls, but what keeps bringing gamers back is the fact that the game is for the most part incredibly fair about how it tears you asunder: clever planning and some sharp combat skills will see you improve your skills and (eventually) come out on top. Despite worries that Dark Souls II might have ended up casualised to appeal to a wider player base, our fears were quelled within mere moments of loading the game up, when the warm, fuzzy "You Died" screen appeared after we made a colossal screw-up. How did you first die in the game? Maybe you fell off a ledge, decided to go for a swim, attacked a local zombie, or got eaten by some of the game's lovely wildlife, but that first death made it clear to all of us that Dark Souls II was just as relentlessly unforgiving as its predecessor, and was going to have us for a long time before we ended up reaching that credits screen. Rarely has dying in a game ever been so ridiculously entertaining.