10 Hardest Video Game Levels That Required Incredible Skill

8. Capra Demon/Ornstein And Smough (Dark Souls)

Technically all of the 'Souls games require an enormous amount of skill to get through without ripping out your own hair and writing expletives on the walls, but there are a couple of boss battles that come to mind when discussing all three iterations in the series at once - purely down to the fact that the Demon's Souls sequel was the one that moved everything into mainstream recognition. First off the Capra Demon; a horrifically-designed therapy-inducing beast who the game forces you to fight inside a very small area - complete with a pack of zombie-dogs that insist on gnawing your ankles off as the Demon himself swings in arcs so big he'll catch you from almost any angle. The solution was to become one with the dodge button, as well as cleansing yourself of all the anxiety you felt when walking into the room, as only through studying his animations and remaining calm would you ever survive.

Ornstein and Smough however, remains the benchmark for total middle-finger-to-the-player game design. It is possible to utterly reverse who has the power in this two-on-one exchange by making sure your character's spells hit harder than Ronda Rousey, but for any who tackled the gruesome twosome with just physical weapons (or without the aid of summoning some help from the online multiplayer) the feeling of overcoming these two is genuinely one of the greatest in all of interactive entertainment.