The best and worst final boss?
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Best: Shah Khan. Just because he taught you ever chance he gets cause he knows your puny punches will do NOTHING to him.
Worst: Joker from AA. That game was so AMAZING up to that point and I was disappointed. I was like, "But...i'm just fighting the normal bad guys like I been doing the whole game. WHY put joker in the last fight if we can't FIGHT him...
Worst: Joker from AA. That game was so AMAZING up to that point and I was disappointed. I was like, "But...i'm just fighting the normal bad guys like I been doing the whole game. WHY put joker in the last fight if we can't FIGHT him...
Best: MGS4 and Deadly Premonition (both for the sheer surreal and emotional impact of the fights)
Worst: Fable 2 and 3 (I love Fable but *roar* those boss battles were horrid)
Worst: Fable 2 and 3 (I love Fable but *roar* those boss battles were horrid)
Best: Jack of Blades, Fable. Pre-Dragon phase that is, the dragon was frustrating.
Worst: Fable 2, Lucien, I am disappoint.
Worst: Fable 2, Lucien, I am disappoint.
best: the Archdemon, Dragon Age: Origins. took me forever to beat it at the upper levels
worst: Lucien, Fable 2... oy
worst: Lucien, Fable 2... oy
I'm not really sure Lucien counts as a final boss. He's more of an interactive ending. I consider the Spire Shard to be Fable 2's final boss. Not much better, admittedly, but at least it puts up a fight.
As for my favorite, Yami from Okami, definitely. Its a nice, long fight thats bookended and punctuated by a couple very good cutscenes. Also, the boss theme is one of the best, if not the best song in the game. Plus the fight just has a great feel. Its long, tricky without being overly difficult, and acts like a big final test for the game, making you use everything you've learned throughout the game as you go. Its very cool. Plus, Yami just looks damn cool.
Worst....well, there have been a lot of genuinely BAD fights, but for most disappointing I'm gonna go with the Human Reaper from ME2. Its short, its boring. Its a fairly CLIMATIC fight, but it comes right after one of the most intense sections of the game and just kills all the pacing. Plus, the Reaper looks stupid >___>. Like a giant Terminator.
As for my favorite, Yami from Okami, definitely. Its a nice, long fight thats bookended and punctuated by a couple very good cutscenes. Also, the boss theme is one of the best, if not the best song in the game. Plus the fight just has a great feel. Its long, tricky without being overly difficult, and acts like a big final test for the game, making you use everything you've learned throughout the game as you go. Its very cool. Plus, Yami just looks damn cool.
Worst....well, there have been a lot of genuinely BAD fights, but for most disappointing I'm gonna go with the Human Reaper from ME2. Its short, its boring. Its a fairly CLIMATIC fight, but it comes right after one of the most intense sections of the game and just kills all the pacing. Plus, the Reaper looks stupid >___>. Like a giant Terminator.
The worst end boss battle I've ever faced was the one from GTA Chinatown Wars.
EDIT: I take that back. The one from NOVA 2 is worse.
EDIT: I take that back. The one from NOVA 2 is worse.
Let's see...my best boss fight...I'd say it's the final boss of Assassin's Creed, who will not be mentioned for the sake of spoilers. However, as a boss, he was beyond epic and the fight was very creative.
The worst...well, off the top of my head, it'd be Bowser from Super Mario Galaxy. Yeah, it's epic, but it's too damn short and too damn easy! Give me something that'll really push me!
The worst...well, off the top of my head, it'd be Bowser from Super Mario Galaxy. Yeah, it's epic, but it's too damn short and too damn easy! Give me something that'll really push me!
Best: I dunno, I really liked Scott Pilgrim vs. The World's final boss, Gideon Graves. It gave me nostalgic memories about old bosses, what with the 3 forms and such.
Worst: Pretty much every fighting game. I love fighting games, but the bosses always feel like they're artificial difficulty, always taking absurd amounts of damage and dishing out about the same. Now, I'm all for difficulty, as long as there's strategy involved, not mash buttons and spam the fuck out of them before they murder you.
Worst: Pretty much every fighting game. I love fighting games, but the bosses always feel like they're artificial difficulty, always taking absurd amounts of damage and dishing out about the same. Now, I'm all for difficulty, as long as there's strategy involved, not mash buttons and spam the fuck out of them before they murder you.
Well that isn't technically the final "final boss", but...Iwata said:
...a Fire Warrior destroying a Valkyrie is strange, however, I think a Fire Warrior killing a freakin' Greater Daemon of Tzeentch is even more far fetched.
Best: Ocelot in Metal Gears Solid 4 and Dark Falz in Phantasy Star Online
Worst: I am not going to say Fable 2 because it technically wasn't even a boss or a fight. Instead I am going to say the final battle with Liquid in Metal Gear Solid. Why yes the fight with Metal Gear and the fist fight with Liquid were epic and fairly challenging, but they couldn't just kill him there, they had to throw in a car chase fight that is quite possibly impossible to lose. In a fist fight Liquid is a pro, but behind the wheel of a car, he's roadkill.
Worst: I am not going to say Fable 2 because it technically wasn't even a boss or a fight. Instead I am going to say the final battle with Liquid in Metal Gear Solid. Why yes the fight with Metal Gear and the fist fight with Liquid were epic and fairly challenging, but they couldn't just kill him there, they had to throw in a car chase fight that is quite possibly impossible to lose. In a fist fight Liquid is a pro, but behind the wheel of a car, he's roadkill.
Best: Probably Darth Malak at the end of KOTOR; he is satisfyingly brick and brings the story to a satisfying conclusion.
Worst: Toss up between;
Kyras at the end of Dow2 Retribution, mainly because its a BATTLE OF ATTRITION!!! Seriously though, he takes an age of just chipping away at his health and dodging his special attacks and all the while he just sits there largely oblivious to your attacks. Very boring, although at least the campaigns all have relatively satisfying endings after it (not all *looks at Tyranids*)
EDIT: and the biggest threat to you during this fight are actually the minions he summons.
and
Legate Lanius at the end of Fallout: New Vegas if you don't side with the Legion. Mainly because its a total anti-climax; he pulls out a massive sword, I pull out a .50 calibre sniper rifle and blow his head off in two or three shots. A bit like that scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark...
I've probably played worst, but they were the ones that came to mind.
Worst: Toss up between;
Kyras at the end of Dow2 Retribution, mainly because its a BATTLE OF ATTRITION!!! Seriously though, he takes an age of just chipping away at his health and dodging his special attacks and all the while he just sits there largely oblivious to your attacks. Very boring, although at least the campaigns all have relatively satisfying endings after it (not all *looks at Tyranids*)
EDIT: and the biggest threat to you during this fight are actually the minions he summons.
and
Legate Lanius at the end of Fallout: New Vegas if you don't side with the Legion. Mainly because its a total anti-climax; he pulls out a massive sword, I pull out a .50 calibre sniper rifle and blow his head off in two or three shots. A bit like that scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark...
I've probably played worst, but they were the ones that came to mind.
I dont know about best, but one of the better bosses i faced was in wow, Scourgelord Tyrannus. at the end of a instance. He was so smug and it was so cool. It was a shame he was had a small part.
Worst has got to be Fable 2s last boss. I hit, I mean come on.
Worst has got to be Fable 2s last boss. I hit, I mean come on.
The final boss of Xenogears was pretty amazing to me. The music was epic and reaching the climax of this masterpiece of a game was incredible. Also the fact that you are basically fighting God.
I've noticed that a lot of times the end boss of JRPGs are just some easily forgettable mutated blob of some sort. I can run a lot of JRPGs in my head and hardly even remeber what the majority of the final bosses even looked like. I'll never forget the end of Xenogears though.
I've noticed that a lot of times the end boss of JRPGs are just some easily forgettable mutated blob of some sort. I can run a lot of JRPGs in my head and hardly even remeber what the majority of the final bosses even looked like. I'll never forget the end of Xenogears though.
Best; RAAM from Gears of War because he made me shit my pnts and realize How tiny I was and SHODAN from System Shock 2 hands down.
Worst; The last boss from the first Bioshock. It was an amazing game but the ending boss was horrible.
Worst; The last boss from the first Bioshock. It was an amazing game but the ending boss was horrible.
Some bests: RAAM from GoW especially on Insane difficulty. I needed a 2nd player to help me win
Duke Nukem Forever: Rather redundant, but cool with all the shit going on around you.
FFVII and FFVIII: Extremely satisfying given how epic they are.
Worsts: Kintaro in MK2. Any boss that you need to cheat or use BS attacks to beat is NOT well designed.
Devil in GH3: Too goddamn cheap and difficult of a duel song. To this day I still can't beat the fucker on Hard difficulty.
InFamous: Too goddamn long and redundant. It's like trying to trim your pubes with tweezers. And it's not even that challenging.. just long!
Duke Nukem Forever: Rather redundant, but cool with all the shit going on around you.
FFVII and FFVIII: Extremely satisfying given how epic they are.
Worsts: Kintaro in MK2. Any boss that you need to cheat or use BS attacks to beat is NOT well designed.
Devil in GH3: Too goddamn cheap and difficult of a duel song. To this day I still can't beat the fucker on Hard difficulty.
InFamous: Too goddamn long and redundant. It's like trying to trim your pubes with tweezers. And it's not even that challenging.. just long!