Favorite Final Level

[Ansem-The-Wise]

We're reaching a point in gaming where epic boss fights are becoming less and less frequent. Fable II, Gears of War 2, Halo 3, Fallout 3, and more have decided to remove this once-necessary feature in exchange for a dramatic final twenty-to-thirty minute action segment. So my question is this: What's your favorite final level, or final part of a game?

Mine has to be the driving part of the last level of Halo 3. Sure, it's the same as Halo, but it's made more fun with the swarm of Flood, and the collapse of the road around you.

 

[scnj]

The first one to spring to mind was the Strider battle in Half-Life 2 Episode 2, so I'll stick with that for now.

 

[sonicspin]

Conkers bad fur day maybe, an alien from alien as the final boss? who saw that coming?

 

[the_tramp]

I like how you state that Halo 3 is underwhelming, and yet is your favourite.

Half Life 1, did anyone here not think WTF! when you saw the final boss?

 

[Insert Funny Name Here]

Suikoden II ending.

For those who don't know its a JRPG.

It has an awesome final 'boss' fight and a fantastic ending, no matter which one you end up getting.

Cant really say much without giving away story elements.

 

[ZantetsukenQ]

Shadow of the Colossus. Hands down, pure epic. As soon as you kill the second to last Colossus, it all hits the fan.

 

[Zetona]

Braid and Portal--especially Portal--have fantastic final levels that really push the gameplay into new directions.

 

[soulsabr]

Earthworm Jim 2 : Bob the Killer Goldfish. That would have to be the best boss fight I've ever seen. As a side note, it took me almost five minutes to stop laughing after it was over.

 

[GaD]

call of duty 4 ending springs to mind just because i think its awesome , mass effect was pretty good i suppose but only if ur extra persuasive

san andreas aswell

 

[Slayer_2]

Call of Duty 4.

 

[Tyler_Durden]

myt favorite was the resident evil 3 ending

raccon city + nuke = big explosion

 

[implodingMan]

The last level of Halo 1, "The Maw", was pure epic from start to finish. Thousands of flood + the most powerful covenant forces in the game (damn spec ops bastards and their grenades) + sentinel robots + Master Chief = one giant clusterfuck shootout.

 

[Irridium]

Last level of Halo 3 with 4 people.

Hilarity is pretty much a guarentee.

And Mass Effect.

And Resistance 2, sure it was never explained how Hale got his abilities after killing the final boss, but it was pretty fun.

And the ending cutscene was awsome, mainly because it doesn't do what most games do (Halo 3)


For those who beat Resistance 2 knows what I mean.

 

[Duh]

i think Metroid Prime's last section, the cratter, was realy cool, and the metroid prime boss fight was awesome

 

[Superpuff]

I gotta say KH2 final fight it was long had many bosses which made it fun

 

[Aedwynn]

I like how you state that Halo 3 is underwhelming, and yet is your favourite.

Half Life 1, did anyone here not think WTF! when you saw the final boss?

I most certainly did do a Whiskey Tango Foxtrot take when I saw the Nihilanth! Very strange final boss indeed. Took me ages to work out how to kill him\it\she\other, too.

I enjoyed the final showdown with the big bad in Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark... it's a good 'un because if you've been very resourceful you don't actually HAVE to fight it.

EDIT: I'd also like to give Portal an honourable mention for an epic, funny, tense and tricky final boss fight.

 

[pillaysteven]

The battle with the Boss from MGS3. Epic in so many ways!

Some other great ones are Shadow of the Colossus (final colossus plus the bit that comes after), Prince of Persia The Two Thrones (last boss and the moment you kill him... that moment just sums up the entire series for me in a way, very epic... also the bit after that is pretty awesome too), MGS4 battle with Ocelot, God of War battle with Ares and doppelgangers.

I haven't really played many games with final segments as opposed to boss battles.

 

[Ultress]

The final fight with baby bowser in Yoshi's Island. First Bowser is a selfish child trying to steal the "Grewn Donkey" aka yoshi and once you defeat him Kamek comes in and turns him scary and huge,it scared the crap out of me when i was 9. Also should mention Shadow of the Collouss(the Titan) and Kingdom hearts 2 ( the Boss throws bulidings at you).

 

[beddo]

We love Katamari.

Shadow of the Colossus (Not so much a level).

Halo 2.

Half Life 2 Ep 2.

 

[ProfessorLayton]

HL2:E2 like everyone else. It was... amazing.