10 Video Games That Made Us Look Like Idiots

Though a fleeting glimpse at any of the Trials games might suggest that they're simple, breezy physics-based racing games, that couldn't be much further from the truth.

Trials is noted for its maddening level of difficulty once you plow your way through the earlier courses, and by game's end, only the most obsessive players have even a hope in hell of traversing the butthole-puckering physics challenges on offer.

Indeed, the Trials franchise is a masterpiece of deceptive simplicity, because though play is limited to just a few buttons, the bikes respond so sensitively to your inputs that even the faintest flicker in the wrong direction can spell disaster.

And so, that simple-looking, arcade-y bike game you thought you'd have some chill fun with has now left you on the verge of snapping your controller over your knee, angry tears in your eyes. How have you come to this point?

Once you've spent a solid 20 minutes trying to scale a ridiculously steep ramp to no avail, how could you not feel a bit daft?