10 Video Game Bosses That Killed You AFTER Being Defeated
2. Vanguard - Demon's Souls
FromSoftware strikes again, this time in their currently-being-remade PS3 classic Demon's Souls with the Vanguard tutorial boss fight.
Even for the standards of this studio, Vanguard is a tough nut to crack, especially given that its extremely powerful attacks can make short work of a newly minted player with just a few easy swipes.
That's because you're not really supposed to beat Vanguard, with the fight actually intended to introduce players to the game's death mechanics.
But even if you do persist long enough to take the behemoth down, Vanguard has something of a dead man's switch lying in wait to make sure you don't leave the area in one piece.
Once Vanguard is felled, you'll stumble across the Dragon God boss in the surrounding area, and a closer inspection will trigger a cutscene in which the boss punches your soul into another galaxy. After that, you end up continuing the tutorial in the same way as your less-skilled peers.