Best Boss Fights

[Pike]

Let's talk about the best boss fights in gaming.

Gonna start with a classic: Psycho Mantis.

[Laddy]

Thread over.

[Slothy]

Thread over.

Shadow of the Colossus. Way to blow your load early Laddy.

[I Took the Red Pill]

The End : MGS 3
Miguel : Chrono Cross
Bitores Mendez : Resident Evil 4

[Pheesh]

Probably my favourite boss battle is Riku/Ansem in Hollow Bastion from KH1. For me that is the fight has the best lead up, payoff and significance in the whole game. Also, I was severely under levelled the first play through and it was so hard for me to beat him, so when I eventually did it felt awesome.

[Pete for President]

Definitely The End in MGS3. Such an epic endurance battle.

I shall nominate:

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Ornstein and Smough from Dark Souls.

Edit: who am I kidding, I love all the bosses in Dark Souls with the exception of the Bed of Chaos.

[blackmage_nuke]

MGS3: Snake vs The Ladder

[krissy]

final boss in zoe2

the walker in einhander

the baby from half-life 1 (just kidding wtf was up with that)

edit: omg, final boss in ace combat zero: the belkan war
what a rush

[Slothy]

edit: omg, final boss in ace combat zero: the belkan war
what a rush

It was one of the better ones in that game, though I didn't like it quite as much as the stuff in Ace Combat 5. But then, who wouldn't love doing completely insane trout like shooting down a space station?

[Jowy]

ditto the love for O&S. by the time those smurfers were dead my hands were all sweaty and I was on the edge of the couch. once i popped my chestplate and helmet off and went fastroll it was much easier. Great Grey Wolf Sif was also GOAT caliber.

Fort Zeakden in FFT, Magus in Chrono Trigger, Majora without Fierce Deity's Mask, Granfaloon from Symphony of the Night, Arl Howe in Dragon Age: Origins, Matriarch Benezia in Mass Effect...I can go on for a while.

In terms of sheer "thank god that's over" satisfaction, the Amphysvena/Opiomorph show. Fuel-draining bitch.

[krissy]

i think i liked it better than the ac5 one because there was a lot more action and the music was more intense
i loved the ac5 final battle as well
but there's a level of personal affection in acz's battle that ac5 didn't quite capture in that final battle
ac5 was all like 'time to save everyone' and i really liked it too
but
acz was all 'let's finish this buddy'

[Slothy]

i loved the ac5 final battle as well
but there's a level of personal affection in acz's battle that ac5 didn't quite capture in that final battle
ac5 was all like 'time to save everyone' and i really liked it too
but
acz was all 'let's finish this buddy'

I think I'm partly biased because overall I just think AC5 had much more interesting missions than ACZ (it was also my first AC game really). But thinking back on it some more, the final battle in Zero was much more personal, and also quite a bit more difficult than I remember most battles in 5 being. It's still cool, just not shooting down a space station cool for me.

[krissy]

i wanna replay them ALL now!
except for 6 cause they never released it on a ps so i never played it

[Slothy]

i wanna replay them ALL now!
except for 6 cause they never released it on a ps so i never played it

I feel your pain. At least we got Assault Horizon though. Although the control sensitivity always seemed way higher on that one, and I wasn't very good at the helicopter levels.

[NeoCracker]

Persona 4 - True end boss
Final Fantasy VI - Kefka
Lufia 2: Rise of the Sinestrals = The Four Sinestrals
Breath of Fire 2 - Deathaven
Infamous - Kessler