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[Death Penalty]

Pikmin games have fantastic bosses all the way through!

 

[Puru]

Rabi-Ribi and Furi, Furi has one bad boss but i feel it works as a plus for the story.

 

[jetjevons]

How the hell has nobody mentioned Doom 2016 yet?

I shall second this.

Seconded.

 

[Vertti]

Tokyo Mirage Sessions definitely. Some of my favourite boss battles ever.

P5 was pretty solid too and I can agree with Bloodborne and MGS1&3 at least.

 

[Caim]

Zone of the Enders: 2nd Runner

 

[NathanDiego]

God of War 3
Shadow of the Colossus
Metal Gear Solid 3

 

[Ahasverus]

Say what you want about the Lords of Shadow series, but it had amazing bosses nono stop, just like the old games.

 

[Harmondale]

Metal gear rising

 

[Malreyn]

Super Metroid

 

[Host Samurai]

Resident Evil 4. By all accounts the final boss would be considered a good boss in any other game, its just that RE4 had like a dozen of incredible bosses that came before him. It's one game where everyone has a favorite boss, IT, El Gigantie, Mendez, Del Lago etc were all incredible boss fights and I'am missing lots.

 

[Fancy Clown]

The Evil Within (although the "final boss" isn't really a boss fight).

Mikami brought the tension, creativity, and variety of RE4's bosses to new levels in Evil Within.

 

[Juanivan]

Metal gear solid 1,2,3, and 4.

 

[psynergylover]

God of War 3
Vanquish
Asura's Wrath

 

[lmimmfn]

DMC1 - the bosses were amazing for the time, I realise the last bos wasn't to everyones taste but I loved them all.

 

[DemWalls]

Rabi-Ribi and Furi, Furi has one bad boss but i feel it works as a plus for the story.

You mean The Beat?

 

[thecosmicfly]

Watched a playthrough of God of War II recently and I'd forgotten how stacked it was with fun, unique boss fights littered throughout. It's more impressive considering that the first GoW was the opposite, only having three real bosses in the entire game.

 

[RecRoulette]

No More Heroes.

 

[Magic Mushroom]

Bloody Borne.

 

[Reset]

*Insert Platinum game here*

Vanquish had horrible boss fights. There was only one decent one and it was the final with the red and blue bald guys.

 

[-Mutsukki-]

If anyone says Breath of the Wild I'll know they're lying.

Really? After Kohga, I'm really going to say BoTW, unless the last boss is terrible (which is the only one left). Be it the dungeon bosses or the ones found in the field like Modulga I find them all really good. The only one I see lacking are the Stone Talus, but when they have non bullshit ore placement they're a blast. I wish it had even more boss fights.

 

[Kinsei]

I don;t think I've ever played a game where all of the bosses are decent-good. Every single one I've played as at least one bad boss.

Celestial Emissary.

Witches of Hemwick and Darkbeast Paarl too. Not to mention quite a few more if we start diving into the chalice dungeons.

Really? After Kohga, I'm really going to say BoTW, unless the last boss is terrible (which is the only one left). Be it the dungeon bosses or the ones found in the field like Modulga I find them all really good. The only one I see lacking are the Stone Talus, but when they have non bullshit ore placement they're a blast. I wish it had even more boss fights.

The last boss is total garbage. Calling it a fight is being generous.

 

[ActWan]

I'll echo the MGS1 and GOW3 posts, plus MGS3

 

[Punished_Snake]

Bayonetta 2, MGR and MGS3.

 

[thejpfin]

I usually hate boss battles, they are annoying difficulty spike which I don't like.

Though I really liked Metal Gear Rising and God of War 3 boss battles, they are tough, but not impossible to beat.
So far Nier Automata has cool boss fights too.

 

[Chessr]

Megaman 3

 

[Fahzgoolin]

I felt like Ocarina of Time has some of the best and most consistent bosses in that style of game.

 

[Magic Mushroom]

Witches of Hemwick and Darkbeast Paarl too. Not to mention quite a few more if we start diving into the chalice dungeons.

Those would be great bosses in most games, it's just that the standard in BB is so high with bosses like Gascoigne, Logarius, Ebrietas, Ludwig, Blood-Starved Beast, Orphan of Kos and Lady Maria.

I hope Cuphead delivers on its promise.

 

[John Kowalski]

Not Oath in Felghana

Because fuck Chester

 

[JetSetRadio]

Bloodborne and the souls copy ds3.

 

[Son Of D]

DMC1 is close for me although the second Griffon fight is kinda bleh since it's on a pirate ship and the camera angle's a bit of a bitch for me.

 

[ChimpanzeeThat]

Games that had awesome bosses through the entire game

So basically the opposite of Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Batman: Arkham Knight?

Going the other way to Arkham Knight, i thought the boss fights of Arkham Origin were fantastic. The Deathstroke fight was insanely hard.

 

[Wozman23]

Puppeteer did bosses well, in terms of quantity, character design, and types of battles.

 

[Hypron]

I don't remember most of the bosses in the game, but I definitely remember disliking the Vorken fights. I don't think those ones were done very well.

The terrible frame rate made them feel like a real drag but I thought the idea was cool.

 

[ShinMaruku]

Metal Gear Rising

 

[a.wd]

Ninja Gaiden Black, Ninja Gaiden 2, never felt like any of those bosses were unfair.

And beating them felt like.....ooooohhhh yyeeeeeaaaaaahhhhh....

 

[RedToad64]

Almost anything by Treasure or Platinum Games.

 

[ProgenitorCastle]

Resident Evil 4

Del Lago
El Gigante
Chief Mendez
Garrador
Verdugo
Gigante Twins
Ramone Salazar
U3
Jack Krauser
Saddler

What a ride. 😥

.

 

[cireza]

Gunstar Heroes.

Yes, came to post this.

 

[Kinsei]

Those would be great bosses in most games, it's just that the standard in BB is so high with bosses like Gascoigne, Logarius, Ebrietas, Ludwig, Blood-Starved Beast, Orphan of Kos and Lady Maria.

I hope Cuphead delivers on its promise.

The witches could be interesting in a 2D game I suppose. The aggression of the regular enemies during the fight would have to be drastically increased for the fight to be fun in a 3D game though.

I think Paarl would be a poor boss in any game.

 

[Galang]

I enjoyed Mario Galaxy 2 Bosses a lot! Mostly easy, but all super fun as is the rest of the game!

The World Ends With You also had great bosses. Super stylish and fun when you finally reach them

 

[darkstar0155]

The Wonderful 101, easily.

When you hear that wonderful phrase... "Team! Engaging Unlimited Form!" you know you're about to do something completely awesome.

Including, but not limited to, fighting a dragon in freefall, fighting a giant robot snake in a thunderstorm, challenging a giant robot to a boxing match... twice, or punching the final boss in the face with a fist the size of the moon. And of course PROTECT EARTH! The Wonderful 101 is a masterclass in boss design. Even the worst bosses in that game are merely great. And it has one of the most amazing final bosses in any game.

God I hate being reminded how awesome this game is then to realize we will never get another

 

[Exodust]

Devil May Cry 3 and Metal Gear Solid 1.

 

[FLAguy954]

Kid Icarus Uprising. 25 fast paced battles throughout.

Came here to post this. Those boss battles are fucking spectacular.

 

[Exodust]

Also No More Heroes.

The reason I think it's better than it's sequel is the boss fights.

 

[Danis Saur]

God of War 1, 2, 3
Yoshi's Island
Metal Gear Solid 1, 2, 3

 

[Falchion]

All the Metal Gear games have fantastic boss fights.

 

[Waxy]

I loved all of Metroid Prime's bosses. Been awhile since I've played it, but I can't remember one I didn't enjoy.

 

[sublimit]

Shadow of the Colossus
Demon's Souls

 

[Intheflorsh]

Metal gear solid 1,2,3, and 4.

4?

 

[Morrigan Stark]

Salt and Sanctuary has some bosses that are just OK/kinda "there" (e.g. False Jester, That Stench Most Foul, Bloodless Prince), but nothing that I'd outright call "bad". The quality is pretty consistently good.

Spoiler

Inbefo Witch of the Lake whining

Bloodborne.

Celestial Emissary.

Yeah. Celestial Emissary is pretty bleh. Witches are OK, way too easy, but at least it's an interesting gimmick/mechanic and fairly memorable.

Celestial Emissary is just the Pinwheel of this game though. xD Chalice Dungeons have some really meh bosses too, like regular enemies passing as bosses (like the giant boar, come on).

Micolash also sucks. Never understood the fandom for this boss. His laughter, repetitive dialogue, running away constantly, etc. are obnoxious as fuck. Memorable I guess, but just tedious and annoying on replays.

Soul Reaver.

They werent very hard but definitely memorable.

True! Trivial on replays, sadly, but I did enjoy the puzzle aspect, and their design/personalities were really cool too.

The witches could be interesting in a 2D game I suppose. The aggression of the regular enemies during the fight would have to be drastically increased for the fight to be fun in a 3D game though.

I think Paarl would be a poor boss in any game.

Paarl would be fine if it weren't for the egregious camera. What a mess.