15 Most Infuriating Video Game Boss Battles Of The 2000s

3. Cerberus - Devil May Cry 3

Thankfully, Capcom realised the appeal of DMC was in having a quip-happy demon hunter wearing a red trenchcoat dispatch evildoers in a blur of blades and gunfire, rather than the shoe-gazing near-mute "I've got attitude"-take of DMC 2. However, what'll swiftly remind you that controlling Dante is a far cry from his cutscene incarnation, is the immediate disconnect between taunting bosses like Cerberus - only to get your albino backside handed to you the second gameplay kicks in. Mostly the challenge from this three-headed dog came from his gigantic size, as with no decent dodge in Dante's repertoire, you were forever at the mercy of all sorts of elemental attacks, side-swipes and specials raining down from all sides. A death meant a restart to the previous area (something that game developers really need to stop doing - seriously, just restart the fight), where you'd try in vein to survive another time. As DMC 3's first boss and statement of intent from Capcom that the first game's brutal learning curve was back in full, Cerberus made every player reconsider whatever difficulty they'd chosen at the beginning.