10 Impossible Video Games Bosses You Totally Underestimated

We all know what it's like to be leisurely making our way through a game, having a good time, before suddenly encountering something so difficult that you get stuck for days - something so aggravatingly impossible that it's a miracle that your controllers have weathered your rage for this long.

Maybe there have been a few difficulty spikes here or there, but nothing too crazy. Or maybe it's so early in the game that you aren't even expecting a real challenge for at least a few more hours. Maybe the boss just looks dumb.

Or maybe the developers are just sadists, delighting in the knowledge of the mass suffering they've deviously engineered. Or maybe, just maybe, you're supposed to lose this fight? You know... for the story?

Nope.

Honestly, the reason for your pain doesn't matter. It's here now, in the form of a boss who constantly stun-locks, regenerates health, or is just so insanely and pointlessly difficult that it drives you to insanity. And you just have to face it. Probably with a walkthrough. Or just lots and lots of grinding.

Regardless, nothing prepares you for the first time these brutal bosses will put you in your place.

One of six elemental dragons encountered during Chrono Cross, the Fire Dragon is, unlike his siblings, just a little guy. He stands a little bit shorter than average human height and he has just the cutest little dragon baby face.

The first time you fight this little guy, he's no pushover, but he's far from the worst. He'll attack you with fire - you know, as dragons do - and you'll attack him with water and ice. It's a challenging encounter, but nothing you wouldn't be prepared for.

So the next time you fight him, you're probably expecting a more difficult version of the same battle. And for a few rounds, that's exactly what you get.

Queue his transformation into something that can best be described as the love child of a dragon and a Gundam. And just to drive the point home, he's covered in huge spikes. This fiery colossus has a standard fire breath attack that hits the whole party, and an even more powerful Inferno attack that easily has the potential to one-shot your entire party, depending on level and equipment.

Just keep that Heal All spell handy.