donkey show
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That clinched the game for me. I just remember jumping up and going, "OH SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!!!" :lolStabby McSter said:
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Most EPIC boss fight in gaming?
- Thread starter ZealousD
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For those who don't play WoW, here's some pics and a vid to help you truly appreciate the epicness that was AQ's server wide opening event:
Awesome Vid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYzKCy4D5NE
Awesome Vid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYzKCy4D5NE
gonna go with a recent one
Odin Sphere (big spoilers btw)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXhH77bJy2Q&mode=related&search=
<3 the music
Odin Sphere (big spoilers btw)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXhH77bJy2Q&mode=related&search=
<3 the music
revolverjgw
Member
Arsenic said:
The fight in the flower field was the most beautiful boss battle ever, but the fight itself wasn't too exhilarating IMO.
But man. Was it beautiful.
KyanMehwulfe
Member
Very fond of this encounter as well. The biggest stage WoW has seen. Likely my most memorable as a whole over the last 7 years in the genre, no less.
Not so much the specific gameplay of Eranikus (the dragon), but the whole event as a whole. It was the climax off a week long world PvP war between guilds and hundreds of hours of territory control. Warring over Silithus hives, battling over quest locations, suprise ambushes and raids, a tonne of PvP server politics all the while, and then as a number of plans go into motion to take control of targets, distract enemies, and prepare a defense -- one massive final battle with Eranikus.
Few other shots from the event as a whole just to give a sense of scope to the backdrop for the Eranikus fight. It was different for every server, but if you had a very PvP/war heavy and very large server, it was a epic. Likely my best memory from over 3 years in World of Warcraft, from day one of beta to now.
Not so much the specific gameplay of Eranikus (the dragon), but the whole event as a whole. It was the climax off a week long world PvP war between guilds and hundreds of hours of territory control. Warring over Silithus hives, battling over quest locations, suprise ambushes and raids, a tonne of PvP server politics all the while, and then as a number of plans go into motion to take control of targets, distract enemies, and prepare a defense -- one massive final battle with Eranikus.
Few other shots from the event as a whole just to give a sense of scope to the backdrop for the Eranikus fight. It was different for every server, but if you had a very PvP/war heavy and very large server, it was a epic. Likely my best memory from over 3 years in World of Warcraft, from day one of beta to now.
Saitou said:
i'm trying to get into mg1 but, like, bigboobs calls me everytime to say ''oh wait, i forgot to tell you, but blablabla.'' it's a fun 2d stealth game, though. i don't really know if the story picks up or anything but it's practually nonexistent so far which is a bit disappointing.
KyanMehwulfe said:Very fond of this encounter as well. Likely my most memorable as a whole over the last 7 years in the genre.
Not so much the specific gameplay of Eranikus (the dragon), but the whole event as a whole. It was the climax off a week long world PvP war between guilds and hundreds of hours of territory control. Warring over Silithus hives, battling over quest locations, suprise ambushes and raids, a tonne of PvP server politics all the while, and then as a number of plans go into motion to take control of targets, distract enemies, and prepare a defense -- one massive final battle with Eranikus.
Is that encounter still possible? Or can we only fight the Shade in ST? I'd like to experience it.
revolverjgw
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I forget what this guy from the Transformers PS2 game was called, but MAN was he huge. A friggin' aircraft carrier, way bigger than this pic conveys. I loved getting into car mode and tearing across the island while he lurched after me.
Vyse The Legend
Member
KyanMehwulfe said:
The only correct answer.
And dark and rainy.C.T. said:Final boss in Shadow of the Colossus (WTF, even bigger and more intimidating)
First moment seeing a colossus close.
I think it was more intimidating because it never moved from its location. So you had to get to it, which was more frightening the closer you got.
pancakesandsex
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Every fight against barbatos in Tales of Destiny 2
Jon_Danger
Member
Kid Icarus, that blew my mind when I played that at age 8
donkey show said:Oh yeah, DC flashback time.
Fighting Dark Falz on very hard with 4 buddies online was insanely awesome. Everyone is just trying to blast the dude to death while trying to survive megid blasts and reviving dead people on the ground was just fun. I miss the epicness of it all.
you're right, what an emotion the first time I reached to join a party to defeat Dark Falz, my friends had to revive me hundreds of times :lol
digita1alchemy
Member
Bowser in Yoshi's Island. No question.
Ganondorfo
Junior Member
Your wife in silent hill 2
Jon_Danger
Member
KyanMehwulfe said:Very fond of this encounter as well. The biggest stage WoW has seen. Likely my most memorable as a whole over the last 7 years in the genre, no less.
Not so much the specific gameplay of Eranikus (the dragon), but the whole event as a whole. It was the climax off a week long world PvP war between guilds and hundreds of hours of territory control. Warring over Silithus hives, battling over quest locations, suprise ambushes and raids, a tonne of PvP server politics all the while, and then as a number of plans go into motion to take control of targets, distract enemies, and prepare a defense -- one massive final battle with Eranikus.
Eranikus event was amazing, we had 400 people from our server on, fighting the dragon and the shades. My little druid was hiding in the inn, popping out to heal random people.
we wiped once, eranikus wiped our server once. The 2nd time we kicked his ass, and it stands as probably one of my favorite gaming moments of all time.
Ganondorfo
Junior Member
jett said:A future epic boss battle:
That's the final boss
Error said:
Win. This is what I came in to post.
I spent ten minutes dodging lightning bolts, befor i realized that you could actually reach the top of the dragon.
Velvet vs. The Cauldron
Hollywood_mIRC
Banned
Ganon in OoT was some hardcore shit, and Wind Waker also. I'dd have to choose one of those - my pick is probably OoT though. Pretty amazing stuff.
My dark horse pick is Smithy in Super Mario RPG. Awesome battle, and the music in the battle was awesome.
Bash Nintendo games all you want, but practically every game they make has some kind of awesome boss battle, even if its not super hard. Metroid Prime, in ... Metroid Prime was also sweet. Majora's Mask dude in Zelda, also one full of tension with the moon coming down to time zero - and kicking his ass with Oni-Link.
My dark horse pick is Smithy in Super Mario RPG. Awesome battle, and the music in the battle was awesome.
Bash Nintendo games all you want, but practically every game they make has some kind of awesome boss battle, even if its not super hard. Metroid Prime, in ... Metroid Prime was also sweet. Majora's Mask dude in Zelda, also one full of tension with the moon coming down to time zero - and kicking his ass with Oni-Link.
AndoCalrissian
Member
The big robot dude terrorizing the midwest in Pilotwings 64. Also, Shadow of the Colossus (most of it), Kraid and Ridley in Super Metroid, Lavos in Chrono Trigger, Kefka in Final Fantasy VI, and the big Rock Golem in Mega Man 1.
Super Metroid easily takes the cake for me here. The whole last bit was so incredibly badass that I was shaking with exhaustion, wonder and total bliss when I completed it the first time. I still get shivers down my spine just thinking about the last boss-fight, the run-up to it, and the aftermath. The perfect close to a perfect game.
Other notables are the last bosses in FFVI (much due to the music), Zelda OoT/WW/TP and Metroid Prime. And Dracula in Super Castlevania IV, even though he's super-easy.
Other notables are the last bosses in FFVI (much due to the music), Zelda OoT/WW/TP and Metroid Prime. And Dracula in Super Castlevania IV, even though he's super-easy.
donkey show said:Oh yeah, DC flashback time.
Fighting Dark Falz on very hard with 4 buddies online was insanely awesome. Everyone is just trying to blast the dude to death while trying to survive megid blasts and reviving dead people on the ground was just fun. I miss the epicness of it all.
I rememeber fighting him for the first time, it was great and so epic. Having a full party working together and then having the item rush at the end of the battle with the music. Kudos for reviving the memory.
Danielsan said:
QFMFT. Spoilers for the End fight in MGS3, so don't read if you don't want to.
One of the longest, most exciting boss battles for me personally. I think I was playing for about two hours on that encounter alone before I decided to call up my friend (who had lent me the game in the first place) and ask him whether I was doing something wrong, or the battle was supposed to be this long. Well, as I call him I hear a slight breathing noise coming from the TV. I shrug it off, pause the game, and call him up. He tells me that, yes, the battle is supposed to be that long. As a passing thing before hanging up, I ask him why I'm hearing odd breathing noises. He then yells " THE END IS RIGHT ****ING BEHIND YOU! DIVE DIVE DIVE! I unpause and quickly dive, to see a bullet barely missing the top of Snake's head. I turn around, chase him, he gets an asthma attack, and cigarette gas spray the bitch to death. Now that I look back, I got so ****ing lucky in so many ways during that battle. His stamina was super-low at the time, he had an asthma attack, and I barely dived away from the bullet that would've made my two hours go to waste.
God, that was awesome.
bud said:
Yeah, I actually tried numerous times to kill him on the dock, but I didn't have a sniper rifle, and that made things a LOT harder. I also knew that if I set my PS2 two (?) weeks ahead that would kill him as well. But, in retrospect, I would probably miss out on one of the best gaming experiences of my life had I done that. I'm very happy I decided to actually fight him.