15 Most Brutally Hard Video Game Moments Of The Decade (So Far)

11. Archdragon Peak - Dark Souls III

The Souls games will feature quite a bit on this list, as once FromSoftware realised they were the industry's bastion of difficulty, both Dark Souls II and III went out of their way to make sure that reputation remained intact.

Exhibit A: Archdragon Peak - an optional area, sure, but somewhere populated by some of the most annoying and overpowered enemies in the entire game. Essentially giant, elongated walking demon-snakes with a tremendous reach and semi-circle damage arcs, good luck getting through in one piece.

The entire area is like a microcosm of everything Dark Souls represents: Towering bosses, majorly dickish NPCs, pure spectacle in regards to the Nameless King - and lots, upon lots, of restarting.