Easing the player in may work for some games but these 13 titles prefer the sink-or-swim approach with their opening levels.
Forget just having difficult bosses - the regular enemies in these titles will give you a hard time, to say nothing of their mechanics.
No Elden Ring this year? No problem because these titles still offer some of the toughest bosses in video games. Check out all 14 here.
Arthur gets taken down to his undies in this first look.
