10 ULTRA Hard Video Game Opening Levels That Broke You

Somewhat like Fallout 2, it isn't so much that Deus Ex: Human Revolution opens with the most migraine-inducingly difficult sequence in pure gameplay terms, but simply that it has no regard whatsoever for how many players actually like to play the Deus Ex games.

Before you're able to get your stealth on, Human Revolution's opening level forces you into a shoot 'em up scenario against a fleet of masked, heavily armed goons - sans-augmentations, no less.

Given that a high number of Deus Ex players will avoid combat wherever possible, and leaving cover at any point is pretty much a one-way ticket to the morgue, many themselves struggling to make it to the end of the prologue.

Though it is possible to complete a pacifist run of this level through a combination of using gas canisters, running like hell, and tremendous luck, it's frustrating that the direction the game steers you in is one of upfront confrontation - in a series that generally encourages anything but.