8 Most Stressful QTE's In Video Game History

Now, Sly Cooper might not be the immediate go-to for video game quick-time events, but trust me there's an absolute doozie hiding in plain sight when it comes to the boss battle against Mz. Ruby in the original Sly Cooper video game.

In this boss battle, Sly has to turn Mz. Ruby, a giant voodoo-loving alligator into a handbag, but in order to do so, he has to get close to her - something she makes incredibly difficult to do by teleporting deeper and deeper into the arena and firing QTE blasts at him as he dodges closer.

At this point I'm sure that a fair few of you might be raising an eyebrow as to why this section is on this list, as while Mz. Ruby does seem to spam these musical attacks at you a bloody lot, they're not that hard to dodge, and this is completely true unless you're playing on the Sly Cooper Collection.

You see the HD package of the first three games commits the cardinal sin of messing up the timing in a music-related section, turning what was a cakewalk into something that requires you to hit the buttons off-beat, which lest we not forget is pretty much we're hard-wired not to do.

Thus it's very possible to lose a tonne of lives and the rest of your hair to stress when coming up against Mz. Ruby.