10 Brutal Video Game Opening Levels That GUARANTEED Game Over
1. Episode 1: Joe The Hero - Viewtiful Joe
Cult classic side-scrolling beat 'em up Viewtiful Joe may be cute and colourful, but it also makes a concerted effort to thoroughly piss players off in its very first chapter.
It's not so much that the moment-to-moment combat is excruciatingly tough, but that players are forced to spend close to 15 minutes fighting their way through several bosses before reaching the game's very first save point.
The climactic helicopter boss is especially infamous among players for its absurd level of challenge, proving all the more frustrating given that dying throws you right back to the beginning of the stage.
No doubt, many simply resigned themselves to restarting the game on Kids difficulty - which is also no picnic itself.