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Your Favorite Boss Battles

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So im curious as to what everyones favorite Major boss battles are. It doesnt matter what game, list multiples if you must.

I cant remember every game I've played, so I could be wrong about this being my favorite boss battle. But Im pretty sure my current Favorite would have to be a tie between Laughing Octopus and Screaming Mantis from MGS4

Laughing Octopus
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Screaming Mantis
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2009-01-04 23:08:00

Author:
Gondito
Posts: 1082


The entire Metal Gear series has amazing boss battles. I think my favourite ever has to be:

(BIG TIME MGS3 END OF GAME SPOILERS)

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Not the best quality unfortunatly.
2009-01-05 01:31:00

Author:
UmJammerSully
Posts: 1097


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Author:
Unknown User


KH1 Sephiroth is my favorite.

And no, I'm not kidding.
2009-01-05 01:52:00

Author:
BassDeluxe
Posts: 984


I still can't get over the fact that a member of NSync does his voice. O__o2009-01-05 02:13:00

Author:
UmJammerSully
Posts: 1097


I like many in:

Shadow of the Colossus
The Legend of Zelda series
Resistance 2
Mega Man X series
Metroid series
Sonic series
Viewtiful Joe
Resident Evil 4
God of War
2009-01-05 03:06:00

Author:
Unknown User


All battles against Gilgamesh in the Final Fantasy games :hero:
My favorite would have to be the one from FFXII.

I'm pretty disappointed that he didn't make the cut in Dissidia, that would have made the game epic in my eyes
2009-01-05 03:16:00

Author:
Gilgamesh
Posts: 2536


KH1 Sephiroth is my favorite.

And no, I'm not kidding.

Yeah, it was a lot more of a challenge in that game, since Sora in Kingdom Hearts 2 was given steroids. XD Plus, the reaction commands made things way too easy.


I still can't get over the fact that a member of NSync does his voice. O__o

They should've played an NSync song during the fight! XD LOL
2009-01-05 03:19:00

Author:
Unknown User


If we were doing MGS boss battles, we all know The End would be the best.2009-01-05 03:31:00

Author:
ryryryan
Posts: 3767


If we were doing MGS boss battles, we all know The End would be the most god awful annoying boss fight in any video game and should have been banned from our TV screens.

I fix for you.
2009-01-05 03:36:00

Author:
UmJammerSully
Posts: 1097


I fix for you.

Someone wasn't very good at being sneaky
2009-01-05 03:38:00

Author:
ryryryan
Posts: 3767


Someone wasn't very good at being sneaky

Who said anything about being sneaky? I go in all guns blazing because I'm hardcore and that's how I roll.
2009-01-05 03:51:00

Author:
UmJammerSully
Posts: 1097


Who said anything about being sneaky? I go in all guns blazing because I'm hardcore and that's how I roll.

Haha, that would make sense with disliking The End. I personally love it
2009-01-05 03:54:00

Author:
ryryryan
Posts: 3767


Haha, that would make sense with disliking The End. I personally love it

I was jesting, I liked it too. Was original, that's for sure. I was just really, really bad at it. Hell, first time I had to do the internal clock trick and I would never normally do something like that.
2009-01-05 04:02:00

Author:
UmJammerSully
Posts: 1097


I was jesting, I liked it too. Was original, that's for sure. I was just really, really bad at it. Hell, first time I had to do the internal clock trick and I would never normally do something like that.

Haha, i love that trick. I also like how if you stay in one spot for aaages, he can sneak up on you! And take you back a few areas to a prison cell.
2009-01-05 04:08:00

Author:
ryryryan
Posts: 3767


i thought resistance 2 boss looked great but they was too short and easy to kill, great bosses, to be honest they had great potenal just a shame that they couldnt delvier the boss battles

resi 4 had great boss battles
2009-01-05 11:29:00

Author:
panzer3000
Posts: 362


The end boss of Sonic 3 & Knuckles. The proper end boss when you've got Hyper Sonic and you're fighting him in space. Pure awesomeness to the 8 year old me.

Second place goes to Shredder in the Turtledrome in TMNT the arcade game.
2009-01-05 11:43:00

Author:
flakmagnet
Posts: 1084


I think FF7 ending is the best, also Mario 3 boss battles were great, Mario 64 bosses, Metal Gear series has good ones. Also the Metal Gear series LBP pack boss battle was amazing.2009-01-05 15:33:00

Author:
Darth_Spartan
Posts: 813


The End - MGS3.

Nothing short of epic.
2009-01-05 15:42:00

Author:
ScytheOfGrim
Posts: 438


For me the best boss battles have to be the ones from the MGS series. Both for the gameplay and the cut-scenes following the battles... the series has always made you almost sorry for killing the bosses.

MGS1 - Sniper Wolf (2nd battle)... more for the following cut-scene than the battle itself.
Psycho Mantis... psychokinesis and "mind-reading"... awesome! Following cut-scene was great too.
Gray Fox... great hand to hand combat and back-story.

MGS3 - The Fear... the "secret" way of beating him is awesome .
The Sorrow... the most surreal gameplay I've ever experienced. Bringing back everyone you killed during the game... just amazing!
The Fury... the voice actor did a great job with the Fury. The battle itself was good but the straightforward corridors made the battle feel a little predictable. However, the following cut-scene is one of the best boss endings I have ever seen!
The End... best sniper battle in gaming history.
The Boss... the best boss I've ever experienced... the hand-to-hand combat, the setting, the backstory and that one final bullet... just plain epic!

MGS4 - All of them were very good but my favourites were Octopus, Wolf and Mantis. Though I felt that since they weren't really in the game before you fight them and you don't find out anything substantial about their individual backstories until after you beat them makes them a bit less epic than previous games. I felt that other games in the series set-up the boss battles much better. Still, gameplay-wise they were excellent.

EDIT: Forgot about the other MGS4 battles, such as the battle of the Metal Gears and Snake vs. Liquid Ocelot. I loved the way they made the Metal Gears move so freely even though they were huge. And in the final battle the way the music changed as Ocelot changed personas and fighting styles was amazing! As the final battle of Solid Snake though, I felt it was a bit on the easy side.

Other great boss battles include Shadow of the Colossus. My favourites are probably the small one you make run into things to stun it, the one with the huge "sword" and both flying ones... actually they are all great in their own way but those are my favourites.

I love the BIG boss battles in God of War, the Hydra and Minotaur in 1 and the Colossus and Kraken in 2... I just hope there are more than two of them in God of War 3 instead of having smaller boss battles.

RE4 had some great battles too. And Prince of Persia: Warrior Within and The Two Thrones.
2009-01-05 15:48:00

Author:
Burrich
Posts: 1018


Metal Gear Solid 4. Snake Vs. Liquid Ocelot.
I loved every single second if it. The simple brilliance of the changing of music and health bar made it all the more amazing. To show that everything was coming together, all loose ends tied up and that the end of Snake's lifelong mission was going to end right on that very spot. All actions and events leading to that point.

Also the fight between the Metal Gears was brilliant. But for completely different reasons.
2009-01-06 18:39:00

Author:
Unknown User


Did everyone forget the fury?2009-01-06 19:06:00

Author:
Astrosimi
Posts: 2046


The final Colossus from Shadow of the Colossus. I really loved that battle, from the way you had to manipulate his movements to get to the weak spots, and the adrenaline you feel while fighting it. I had to try a dozen times to beat him, but in the end, it was worth it. I won't give any spoilers as to the end of SoC, but twas epic.2009-01-06 19:12:00

Author:
Code1337
Posts: 3476


Does anyone remember the final boss on Doom 2? Man I was like 7-8 years old trying to beat this guy for a month. He does down as my favorite shoot'em up boss of all time just because it reminds me of that time in my life, where games like Doom and Quake freaking ruled.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agmEWaxuhCE
2009-01-06 19:59:00

Author:
Neverynnal
Posts: 374


I really can't think of any right now, you guys said most of the games I cherish a lot. MGS series (They all had awesomeness boss fights), Shadow of the Collosus, God of War, Megaman...Even Kingdom Hearts. (Sephiroth in KH1 was indeed a pain lol).

So I'll be original here. The last boss in Final Fantasy VI. (The very last boss, since it's several parts). For several reasons. One of them being that the music was amazing, and the battle was very hard if your characters weren't leveled up enough, and even if they were, it can be moderately hard.
Good times <_< And I was 10 or 11 years old when I finished the game.
2009-01-06 20:45:00

Author:
Forsaken
Posts: 950


Splat Invaders Deluxe (oh.... sorry... they can't be your own?)

Although it doesn't seem that spectacular now, I have great memories of the big Dinosaur that appeared out of the mist and attacked you in the original Tomb Raider
2009-01-12 18:58:00

Author:
CCubbage
Posts: 4430


Who said anything about being sneaky? I go in all guns blazing because I'm hardcore and that's how I roll.

You know how the End sneaks up on you? Well you can kind of hear the grass rustling as he gets near, once I turned around and knocked him to the ground. "Fight like a man!" And I just kept chasing him, knocking him down, and blasting at him with the M16. (He uses flash grenades so it makes it a little difficult)... That really is such an epic fight, so many ways it can end. Kojima is brilliant.

Hmm.. Super Mario world? lol Remember how after you beat a Koopa kid there'd be a little scene with mario getting rid of his castle? Sometimes it was really cute.

This is harder to think of than I thought... How about the last boss battle in Conker's bad fur day and the way the game ended? Heh. Sonic bosses were pretty awesome, I also loved the final boss with hyper sonic in Sonic & Knuckles.
2009-01-12 19:19:00

Author:
Foofles
Posts: 2278


The queen form ICO. Epic.

All boss battles from Rez, MGS[+2/3/4], and SotC are incredible.
2009-01-12 19:30:00

Author:
accordion
Posts: 76


Forgot about that one. Ok, I want to change my answer.2009-01-12 19:58:00

Author:
CCubbage
Posts: 4430


Conker vs. Alien

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Snake vs. Cyborg Ninja

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Link vs. Ganon

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2009-01-12 21:00:00

Author:
Voltiare
Posts: 646


Gotta love the final boss battle from Yoshi's Island for the SNES (and GBA).

YouTube - Yoshi's Island Final Boss

All the boss battles from this game are great, though.
2009-01-13 04:46:00

Author:
chargeshot
Posts: 9


The End from MGS3: Snake Eater/Subsistence.2009-02-04 20:08:00

Author:
mostevilmilo
Posts: 131


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