Your Favorite Boss Fights!
Posted: July 12th, 2016, 4:42 am
So having just played Furi a game made entirely of boss fights it got me thinking of how much I love this age old gaming tradition,there was a time where I remember people outright saying that Boss fights were outdated concepts that should go away but I think that would be very unfortunate were it to happen they dont fit every game sure but a good boss fight serves as the culmination of your skills required to proceed and as punctuation in the narrative and some of my favorite boss fights perfectly exemplify that:
The End(MGS3)-This is probably the most slow paced fight I'ver did in any game and yet it's a perfect fit for a stealth game and especially the kinda stealth game that MGS3 is,the fight takes place in the middle of the game and I think serves almost as a vertical slice of the whole game,unlike many others you have to be stealthy here to succeed,use all the systems the game presented to you so far and the number of options you have to tackle this boss perfectly encapsulates MGS3's overall design,a masterpiece.
Ornstein&Smough(Dark Souls)-Another fight that's in the halfway point of a game,it's a difficulty spike for sure but a fitting one given it's place in the game,the two knights that perfectly complement each other guarding the cathedral is a great image add to that the music and the difficulty and you got one of the most memorable moments in the game,it's an important moment in the story this is the last test before you can claim to be the chosen undead and not another hollow like so many others and gameplaywise if you are able to defeat these 2 there's nothing in the game that can stop you.
Jubileos(Bayonetta)-While I enjoy the rival fights in character action games the most,where you are fighting your equal,my favorite boss in Bayonetta is Jubileos by a mile. Not only this is it the climax of the game where the story is coming to a head,where you have already learned all the skills and mastered weapons and techniques the sheer scale of Jubileos is something that I never quite seen before,usually giant bosses tend to be easier but Jubileos is hard without feeling cheap and while demanding you to use everything you learned up to that point.The fight is a spectacle in every sense of the word after all it's not every day you get to punch god into the sun!
Persona 3 final boss-Where most bosses have 1,2 or 3 phases the final boss in P3 has 13 phases,yep that's right 13 it's a gruealling marathon of a fight in which he changes properties at every phase forcing you to adapt to his new strenghts and weaknesses taking full advantage of the Personas great combat and arcana system add to that all the build up the story made and everything that's at stake and the best song in the whole game,this gives you the best conclusion to any JRPG I'ver played.
There's dozens more I could name but what are YOUR favorite boss fights and why!?
The End(MGS3)-This is probably the most slow paced fight I'ver did in any game and yet it's a perfect fit for a stealth game and especially the kinda stealth game that MGS3 is,the fight takes place in the middle of the game and I think serves almost as a vertical slice of the whole game,unlike many others you have to be stealthy here to succeed,use all the systems the game presented to you so far and the number of options you have to tackle this boss perfectly encapsulates MGS3's overall design,a masterpiece.
Ornstein&Smough(Dark Souls)-Another fight that's in the halfway point of a game,it's a difficulty spike for sure but a fitting one given it's place in the game,the two knights that perfectly complement each other guarding the cathedral is a great image add to that the music and the difficulty and you got one of the most memorable moments in the game,it's an important moment in the story this is the last test before you can claim to be the chosen undead and not another hollow like so many others and gameplaywise if you are able to defeat these 2 there's nothing in the game that can stop you.
Jubileos(Bayonetta)-While I enjoy the rival fights in character action games the most,where you are fighting your equal,my favorite boss in Bayonetta is Jubileos by a mile. Not only this is it the climax of the game where the story is coming to a head,where you have already learned all the skills and mastered weapons and techniques the sheer scale of Jubileos is something that I never quite seen before,usually giant bosses tend to be easier but Jubileos is hard without feeling cheap and while demanding you to use everything you learned up to that point.The fight is a spectacle in every sense of the word after all it's not every day you get to punch god into the sun!
Persona 3 final boss-Where most bosses have 1,2 or 3 phases the final boss in P3 has 13 phases,yep that's right 13 it's a gruealling marathon of a fight in which he changes properties at every phase forcing you to adapt to his new strenghts and weaknesses taking full advantage of the Personas great combat and arcana system add to that all the build up the story made and everything that's at stake and the best song in the whole game,this gives you the best conclusion to any JRPG I'ver played.
There's dozens more I could name but what are YOUR favorite boss fights and why!?