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The One That Got Away -- Video Game Bosses
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SkylineRKR
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Emerald Weapon is a very fun boss. Most people initially failed because they were loaded with Materia and Airetam Storm would decimate them. But you can lure him into lucky 7 if you stock 2 materia and keep a char's health at 9999 with X-Potions or elixirs. It was fun to not rely on KOTR W-summon crap but on Counter mimes with limit breaks and lucky 7's.
Ruby was easier for me, that is, if you went in alone you would win guaranteed with ribbon, mystile KOTR+ HP absorb mime lameness. But I couldn't beat him 'properly'.
Ruby was easier for me, that is, if you went in alone you would win guaranteed with ribbon, mystile KOTR+ HP absorb mime lameness. But I couldn't beat him 'properly'.
My experience went exactly like the Angry Video Game Nerd's. I struggled through the stage. Beat the previous boss easily. I was already really roughed up by the time I reached Jaquio , and lost to the guy before really getting a chance to fight him. Then I realized I had to start aaaaalll the way back at the beginning of the stage. I don't remember how long I stared at the TV screen. After I finally processed everything I just turned the game off and never went back.
Pfff. Didn't even see this before I posted.
Cyrus_Saren
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There are two that come to mind for me. Kurt Zisa from Kingdom Hearts and Phoenix from Final Fantasy XII.
Kurt Zisa is odd for me since I beat the other optional bosses. Hoping to correct this in Kingdom Hearts 1.5.
For Phoenix, the reason is that I got burned out on playing Final Fantasy XII as I was going through the tower (Pharos, I think it was called?) to fight Phoenix and just never went back and finished.
Kurt Zisa is odd for me since I beat the other optional bosses. Hoping to correct this in Kingdom Hearts 1.5.
For Phoenix, the reason is that I got burned out on playing Final Fantasy XII as I was going through the tower (Pharos, I think it was called?) to fight Phoenix and just never went back and finished.
Utterly annihilated me in two turns no matter what I did. Ragequitted and haven't looked back.
Man, I don't remember ever having any issues with Mem Aleph except for the random bullshit one-hit kills.
Carnby
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My experience went exactly like the Angry Video Game Nerd's. I struggled through the stage. Beat the previous boss easily. I was already really roughed up by the time I reached Jaquio , and lost to the guy before really getting a chance to fight him. Then I realized I had to start aaaaalll the way back at the beginning of the stage. I don't remember how long I stared at the TV screen. After I finally processed everything I just turned the game off and never went back.
Pfff. Didn't even see this before I posted.
I bolded exactly how I felt about it. lol. I couldn't agree more.
I hope it doesn't hurt your ego to say that everything in Diddy Kong Racing DS was truckloads easier than the original. I beat everything in the DS version, but the octupus in the original still brings back war flashbacks.Does anyone know if the DS version of DKR made him easier? I beat him pretty easily when I played that version, but it could be that I was just older and wiser.
The first Wizpig race, though... that is just on a whole other level. Even the second race where you're in the plane is easier because his rocket isn't quite as fast and you have more room to work with. In the first one, you basically have to run it perfectly with a character with high speed like Banjo, which means it's much harder to turn.
Alternatively, you could just use the acceleration glitch, break the game, and laugh, but that's no fun.
KingHenrik30
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Last bosses in Heavenly Sword and Metal Gear Rising, though I will probably go back to Metal Gear
Violence Jack
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Clicked on thread for someone to mention this, was not disappointed.
TheJollyCorner
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Final Fantasy I. Warmech.
The Warriors of Light would never save the world thanks to this fuck.
Agni & rudra: on DMD.
One of my favorite boss fights! Having to watch both of them at once, SO EXCITING! Other favorite from that game is anytime you fight Vergil.
For me I'm still stuck on the Four Kings in Dark Souls. Although I have only tried them about 3 times...they so scary!
ShadowgeistX
Member
Wiegraf in Final Fantasy Tactics. Fucking asshole.
In some alternate universe, Ramza wins easily with only his fists
This was my problem back then. I didn't even know his weak spot in that form. I fixed that after MMX4 though lol.
Did you play X4 as Zero? Because I did and I had the hardest time with Sigma. My cousin/brother were doing an X playthrough and apparently won it after a couple lives.
Brawly Likes to Brawl
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Wiegraf in Final Fantasy Tactics. Fucking asshole.
I actually managed to get past that portion of the game with an underleveled team once. Took me about two days, though. People are not joking when they say its one of the hardest fights in FF history.
that's literally the easiest boss in the game. You have to die on purpose to be killed by that thing.Haha, good to see Wizpig mentioned in here!
Does anyone know if the DS version of DKR made him easier? I beat him pretty easily when I played that version, but it could be that I was just older and wiser.
I gave up on Ninja Gaiden (Xbox) at the maybe the third boss. It's the blobby tentacle monster that I seem to remember eats the busty lady before you fight it.
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Yeah, that final boss was a major pain in the ass. I spammed the hell out of healing items; anyone who doesn't know about the boss's attacks before taking it on are very, very likely to die during the fight, regardless of character level. I did beat it on my first try, but only because I had a guide and was VERY cautious.
A few people mentioned Ozma from FFIX. God, that is one hellish abomination. Beating it felt more like luck than anything else. Took me around a dozen times, I believe.
As for bosses I never beat, I never did finish off the final boss of The Minish Cap. I was borrowing the game from someone, though. But of the Zelda games I've played, that was the hardest final boss for me. Damn that bastard...
metalmania4evr
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Oh man, this so much. I've been to that last island a few times.
MichaelFassbender
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Remembered another one - Vergil from DMC3.
I was playing only on keyboard, and not able to touch him, basically. DMC3 is a great game, don't get me wrong, he's just too strong and I have stupidfingers.
I was playing only on keyboard, and not able to touch him, basically. DMC3 is a great game, don't get me wrong, he's just too strong and I have stupidfingers.
Lol, same. First time I played through, I never even thought to go back and level my characters. I also thought by keeping Ramza a Knight, it would have an effect on the story...I was a stupid stupid child then. Somehow I beat him, and I think I capped off the game as lvl 48...so brutal...
IISANDERII
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Got tired of struggling with the controls.
With Wonderboy it's really a mix of both skills and luck, you just have to hope for the best and keep trying. The way the blades inconsistently change directions is really annoying. What's funny though is that after taking a hiatus I wanted to show a friend how impossible that boss is, and that happens to be when I beat it.
I got through the rest of the entire game without grinding, Sephiroth I fought many times and did not get far at all. All of my friends and many guides on the internet talk about needing to grind to beat Sephiroth. Keep in mind I didn't do much side quests at all so that could be part of it. I did fight all the enemies I encountered though, unless I was just needing a save point and was low on health. The game was somewhat challenging for me and didn't feel extremely easy (definitely not hard though), so maybe I didn't have the best gear or something, but I always got better weapons when I had the opportunity to.
Morrigan Stark
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Hmm, really bizarre. My guess is that you were not properly equipped or did not use the materias correctly?
MagnetoWned
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Persona 2!
Yep, I quit at that point and just decided to watch my older brother finish the game, it was just way too hard for younger me.
I remember getting to the last stage as a kid with like 20 lives and half dozen continues and going through all of them and losing
you get the hang of it eventually, it helps he always does the same moves in the same order.i died A LOT but never gave up.
awe this one wasn't that bad.It's been more than a decade now. I still could not complete Devil May Cry because I could not beat him and I am told you get to fight him multiple times even.
i summoned help
Still salty about it, too.
to make it even stranger a huge guy in onion armor fought ornstien, while a really small fast guy distracted smough. it was like a strange reverse mirror match.hm, i think some of the other colossi were harder but i do remember trouble saving stamina on that guy.
Got tired of struggling with the controls.
SatelliteOfLove
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Nefarian
Never personally went back, and never put goldbrickers on your raid team. You can friend them, you can guild them, just don't ever go in an instance with them. Even a couple can ruin you.
Utterly annihilated me in two turns no matter what I did. Ragequitted and haven't looked back.
LUC/AGL
i summoned help
The thing that sucks for me is that I have to play offline because of issues with GFWL account connections. No summons for me and this is currently where I'm stuck. 10 attempts and the battle usually lasts only a few minutes and it's mostly just me running
Hell's Gate in The Last Remnant. I've never even come close to killing this thing. The games completely illogical leveling system means you can't even really grind to get through it either. You either played the game properly up to that point and have a team that can take him or you're fucked.
TheJollyCorner
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Got tired of struggling with the controls.
Gave up on SotC during the very first fight?
Wow... you missed a lot of awesomeness. :/
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
It's Persona 2: Innocent Sin. Oddly enough, the actual name of this boss is "Adolf Hitler," and its actually Hitler, but they changed it in the re-release and gave him sunglasses because newer Japanese licensing standards wouldn't allow them to call the boss Hitler anymore.
I've never beaten the last castle in super mario bros on snes... didnt even see the last bowser
You are not alone.
And 4 Kings Dark Souls New Game Plus....I just...I don't have it in me to change my build enough to beat them.