That One Boss.

[Don Savik]

This one boss in Starfox 64, the experimental robot thing or whatever on that huge space war (I havent bought the 3ds game so I cant remember names). You could only shoot its weakspot when it fired its shoop da woop laser. Its weakspot was the center of the laser cannon. WTF, I mean its easy now, but as a kid that was impossible especially with Starfox 64 physics.

 

[Sable Gear]

Can't you turn off the free-look when locking onto something for Prime 1 and 2 though? Also, pretty sure they made the boost guardian (and spider guardian I believe) easier in the trilogy version :/

In Corrpution you could turn of the free-aim for all gameplay except boss fights; that is, even if you had free-aim turned off in your settings, it would still make your free aim during a boss fight if you were locked on, I assume to increase the difficulty. I'm not sure if that persists in the Trilogy versions of Prime 1 and 2 (I just have the GC versions).

 

[Panzervaughn]

This one boss in Starfox 64, the experimental robot thing or whatever on that huge space war (I havent bought the 3ds game so I cant remember names). You could only shoot its weakspot when it fired its shoop da woop laser. Its weakspot was the center of the laser cannon. WTF, I mean its easy now, but as a kid that was impossible especially with Starfox 64 physics.

Was it a big disc? it would turn its broad side to you, Spin and shoot missles out of the edge. then go EEERRRRREGGGGGGGGG--FFFFFFSHHHHHHHZLASTERBEAM GO GO CIRCLE GO?

 

[Don Savik]

This one boss in Starfox 64, the experimental robot thing or whatever on that huge space war (I havent bought the 3ds game so I cant remember names). You could only shoot its weakspot when it fired its shoop da woop laser. Its weakspot was the center of the laser cannon. WTF, I mean its easy now, but as a kid that was impossible especially with Starfox 64 physics.

Was it a big disc? it would turn its broad side to you, Spin and shoot missles out of the edge. then go EEERRRRREGGGGGGGGG--FFFFFFSHHHHHHHZLASTERBEAM GO GO CIRCLE GO?

Yes the disc. I remember that sound it made when its laser followed you without any room on the screen to dodge it. So loud and creepy. Q_Q Y U NO HELP ME KILL THE BOSS ROBOTS FALCO? I THOUGHT YOU WERE ON MY SIDE?!?!?!?

 

[Kermi]

Table flipping action?

That one.

 

[Kermi]

Also, Why did everyone find Seymore Flux( Mt Gagazet) So hard, was it the Zombie/Fulllife, or Cross Slash, or what?

Zombie/Fulllife, Cross Slash and the Annihiliation interrupt bullshit he does when he drops below 10,000 HP which instakills the whole party - remember, you can only do 9,999 damage without ultimate weapons/limit breaks. Plus you have to sit through a long, boring, unskippable cutscene every time you reload your game.

In hindsight he's probably easy if you have at least one 'ultimate' weapon at that point, but I didn't. Eventually I had to grind until I found a Poisonball for Wakka, which I had to use carefully to make Seymour Flux drop below 10,000 HP during HIS turn, so I would be able to finish him on my first attack on my turn.

 

[skywolfblue]

The Leviathan in Gears of War 2 in co-op was a complete pain in the hindquarters.

(On harder difficulty you basically have to be RIGHT there to push the chainsaw button the Instant they land), and then both players have to run into the mouth at the same time. We'd breeze through the rest of the game and then spend hours stuck on that guy.




Well, I suppose a LOT of WoW Heroic raid bosses would count for this as well. Professor Putricide, Sindragosa, Mimiron, etc etc etc. One notable one I guess would be that we had more difficulty with (ironically) Supremus then we did with any other Black Temple boss.

 

[darkcalling]

Yunalesca from FF10. She had me screaming at the game for a day and a half. Seymour Flux at mount Gagazet had me going almost as long but for some reason i didn't get nearly as mad.

The Octaking on Duke Nukem Forever. Too many Octabrains. Blasts just too big to dodge. Hated that fight.

The gryphon thing (can't remember the name) near the start of Lost Odyssey took me forever the first time.

About half the bosses on Last Scenario could have been but the story was so good that i didn't care.

 

[Panzervaughn]

Also, Why did everyone find Seymore Flux( Mt Gagazet) So hard, was it the Zombie/Fulllife, or Cross Slash, or what?

Zombie/Fulllife, Cross Slash and the Annihiliation interrupt bullshit he does when he drops below 10,000 HP which instakills the whole party - remember, you can only do 9,999 damage without ultimate weapons/limit breaks. Plus you have to sit through a long, boring, unskippable cutscene every time you reload your game.

In hindsight he's probably easy if you have at least one 'ultimate' weapon at that point, but I didn't. Eventually I had to grind until I found a Poisonball for Wakka, which I had to use carefully to make Seymour Flux drop below 10,000 HP during HIS turn, so I would be able to finish him on my first attack on my turn.

I dont think it was physically possible to have built a ultimate by that point.

Also, Guarding is awesome.

 

[Kermi]

Also, Why did everyone find Seymore Flux( Mt Gagazet) So hard, was it the Zombie/Fulllife, or Cross Slash, or what?

Zombie/Fulllife, Cross Slash and the Annihiliation interrupt bullshit he does when he drops below 10,000 HP which instakills the whole party - remember, you can only do 9,999 damage without ultimate weapons/limit breaks. Plus you have to sit through a long, boring, unskippable cutscene every time you reload your game.

In hindsight he's probably easy if you have at least one 'ultimate' weapon at that point, but I didn't. Eventually I had to grind until I found a Poisonball for Wakka, which I had to use carefully to make Seymour Flux drop below 10,000 HP during HIS turn, so I would be able to finish him on my first attack on my turn.

I dont think it was physically possible to have built a ultimate by that point.

Also, Guarding is awesome.

I think it's possible to have completed Tidus' weapon by that point, assuming you could beat the Chocobo race on the Calm Lands.

 

[Biodeamon]

Every single devil survivor boss. I get my ass handed to me on a silver platter with a side order of my dignity and confidence every time i try and go NEAR them. 2 years and i still haven't been able to beat the game...

 

[Puddleknock]

The Demon Wall in FFVII, first time I went through the game it caused me all manner of problems. That boss has caused me more game overs than any other I can think of, I still associate the game over music with that boss. This would be my one boss, the boss I most associate with the term 'game over'.

The Carry Armour, a boss from the same game, is my most frustrating boss fight. It did not kill me as many times as the The Demon Wall but my feud with that boss was personal. I take great pleasure in destroying it whenever I take a trip down memory lane and play the game.

Honourable mention to Agni and Rudra from DMC3, who can claim the life of a controller after I broke one in a fit of rage.

 

[crono738]

I remember playing Ninja Gaiden 2 and flying through the game with ease and when I would reach a boss fight I would rage and not be able to get past them on my first ten tries. Some of the bosses of Dark Souls had been kicking my ass. The church tower gargoyles is one that comes to mind.

Make sure you're a human and you should be able to summon Solaire right before the gargoyle fight. Makes it really, really easy.

 

[Toxicbubble]

Mot from Shin Megami Tensei 3: Nocturne. It took me forever to figure out how I was supposed to even fight the guy and then he simply blows me away as if I was nothing. First time I didn't even get a turn, he started off the battle with six dragon eyes so he could maximize his magic with four makakajas then use mind charge then use Megidolaon...

Also, Abbadon from Digital Devil Saga 2. The boss himself is a bastard, but the worst part was that I had not figured out I needed to level everyone up until that point when Cielo (a character I hadn't used AT ALL) walks forward and starts fighting instead of Gale... there goes all of my wind and electric attacks as well as my buffs...

AND, (and this might be a cop out but who cares) Hito-Shura (or the Demi-fiend) from Digital Devil Saga... I'm not even going to try to write down everything about that boss fight that screwed me over

 

[Brian Hendershot]

Omega Mark XII in FFXII is retardly strong.

Any boss fight that requires you to run BACK to a save point to replenish your health every two seconds really is not a boss fight; it's torture.

Also, that last Map on Vanquish that you can play after the campaign is ridiculous. There are bosses on every wave with shielded enemies that shoot rocket launchers and have magical human seeking bullets.

HOW IS THAT EVEN FAIR?

 

[Dansen]

The Boost Ball guardian in Metroid Prime Echos, he is harder than all the temple guardians and is second only to the Ing Emperor in terms of difficulty for that game.

 

[Wolfhowl the shadow lurker]

i was just walking around a train yard in fallout 3 just killed some evil dogs then i hear something behind me is it a bird? is a a plane? no its a super mutant behemoth and lvl 4 or 5 me who has never seen one of these before

killed me in one hit

 

[BaronOfStuff]

Diablo; The Butcher.

"Pfft, I've killed at least 4 unique boss enemies since starting. This guy can't be all that."
*Opens door* ("AAAAGGGHHH, FRESH MEAT!")
"Alright you fat... not-flinching... running-as-fast-as-me... oh, fuck."

This also happened with King Leoric and his powers of resurrecting as many skeletons as he wanted to.

 

[Archemetis]

Elizabeth Greene in Prototype, especially when compared to the final boss who I killed by throwing a few thing at him.

Greene is just a stone-cold ***** of a boss fight.

 

[Ubermetalhed]

My most recent "that one boss" was just a few hours ago. Octaking in Duke Nukem Forever. Maybe if that fucker would stop constantly respawning regular Octabrains constantly, I could make some progress. But nope. Keeps kicking my ass. I turned the game off for now, I was getting to annoyed to keep trying.

Yeh this boss is a pain. I blame it solely on the game controls being so god damn awful. Best tactic is to throw trip mines on the platform your on in order to kill the henchmen and then just shoot rockets at the boss and repeat.

One that annoys me that I never went back to persevere through was Theseus from God of War 2 on the hardest difficulty. The constant dodging and chipping away at his health and the frequent minotaur spawns just frustrated me no end.