10 Impossible Video Game Boss Battles That Totally Broke You

8. Tyrant (Resident Evil)

Of all the sobering lessons that come with the passage of time, we simply need to acknowledge that all of Resident Evil's boss battles in the older games were absolute, horrible-controlling bullsh*t - none more so than Tyrant, the final walking roadblock between you and the end credits.

Coming at you with a mix of slow charge-ups and sweeps, the bout was made all the more annoying by having a combat arena comprised of a circle. Getting a bead on Tyrant was hard enough with the game's tank controls - never mind when the pre-fixed camera angles kept inverting which way was up and where he'd be attacking from next.

Move round a corner and you're face to face with the business end of his mutated arm-spikes. Say you didn't stock up on Magnum ammo or couldn't hold out long enough with other weapons - because this dude's health was big - there's every chance you'd just not have the appropriate amounts to make it through.