Quote Originally Posted by Depression Moon View Post
The End, The Boss, The Fury and Mr. Freeze on Hard are the best boss battles to me. Laughing Octopus was good too from MGS 4, but it ended too quickly for me. Actually now I think about it the Mr. Freeze boss fight reminded me of the The Fury boss fight from MGS3. I wouldn't be surprised if that's where Rocksteady got their inspiration from that fight because think about you have two guys in specialized suits that you're fighting using stealth. One uses fire while the other uses ice. Mr. Freeze has a cold heart and The Fury is hot with rage.
Nice call on Octopus, that was a really intense and unique boss fight.

While MGS3 has some outstanding fights indeed I find the Pain and the Fear completely forgettable. The Shagohod battles work, although they don't excite me as much as REX or RAY. Ocelot, the End and the Fury are the highlights for me.

The Boss... I find this boss didn't achieve it's full potential due to shaky CQC. The game really builds up to using CQC in this fight, but the mechanics are way different against the Boss as compared to what we've been using against soldiers so there's no way to learn how to fight her this way. Tbh, I find that a bit of a let down.

MGS1 is definitely up there as game with best boss battles. They're really diverse and not a single one grew tedious even after 10+ playthroughs.

Of course I need to mention Dark Souls, although I must admit there are some misses in there too. The DLC probably has the most solid line up in boss encounters, so I'd nominate that.

Ace Combat Zero belongs in this thread too. All the boss squadrons are cool and unique but the whole thing climaxes perfectly in the fights versus Wizard/Sorcerer/Gault squadron in mission 18.