Ragelink26
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There is no way that XIII's final boss was more difficult than Barthandelus
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Games where the final boss is actually the most difficult required boss
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There is no way that XIII's final boss was more difficult than Barthandelus
this one. Skyward Sword.
the final boss actually required you to be good with the shield bash mechanic to be able to defeat him in a decent way instead of dying by taking hits. no boss before this was hard enough to require good shield use since most bosses could be defeated in some other way or you could tank hits and beat them before they killed you.
Hippopuncher12
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I found Thunderbird to be much more difficult but then again I was like 5 years old so who knows.
Thanks for posting this. I actually should finish that game now.
I submit the following:
Sturm from Advanced Wars
Goddamn that last level was hard.
tiebreaker
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Nights of Azure
FF X
FF X
Justin Bailey
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Doom (2016)
Was going to mention this. Lot of people say Beelzebub or Matador, but no, it was definitely Lucifer
Poimandres
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Most fighting games have bullshit cheap final bosses.
Mega Man X.
Metal Gear Solid 1.
Mega Man X.
Metal Gear Solid 1.
Goldenroad
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Radec. Killzone 2.
You can parry him? Man, I just brute forced that fight for 4 hours straight - so much fun.
As a kid Sigma in MMX, had to fight 3 bosses at once and the last one only has one weakness, which does 1 pixel while you're frantically climbing & avoiding claws & lightning bolts.
I had this problem in BOTH DS3 & Bloodborne with Soul Of Cinder & Gherman, no idea why but really struggled with those two while everyone (including DLC for BB) I breezed through with no problem. I guess because I'm horrible at parrying / reposting?
Yes, 1000 times yes, but one of the most epic boss fights ever.
Sonic 2 Death Egg Robo
Not only does he require 12 hits compared to the 8 for other bosses but you have to fight him with no rings and if you get hit you loose a life and have to restart the level from the beginning.
However he is even harder in "Knuckles in Sonic 2" as this is due to Knuckle's jump height being too low to hit it normally, so the player must do it as he lands, because as it crouches, it is low enough for Knuckles to jump and hit him.
Not only does he require 12 hits compared to the 8 for other bosses but you have to fight him with no rings and if you get hit you loose a life and have to restart the level from the beginning.
However he is even harder in "Knuckles in Sonic 2" as this is due to Knuckle's jump height being too low to hit it normally, so the player must do it as he lands, because as it crouches, it is low enough for Knuckles to jump and hit him.
hans_castorp
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I would say Chester is more difficult if you're playing in nightmare.
Final boss is really long and hits like a truck, but it' manageable once you know its patterns.
Definitely the DLC, they were just like "Fuck it. Does recovery time even matter?"
Alex Stroud
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Not a traditional narrative-driven game, but Seth in Street Fighter IV allowed me to test exactly how structurally-sound my Dualshock 3 actually was.
Definitely not. The final boss was actually underwhelming.
UnluckyKate
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Yeah he was a tough sob
Bottom of the Pit Of 100 Trails was harder.
BassForever
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This holy shit
My first play of Ys was like 5 hours
The last hour was just trying the final boss over and over
Oh my fucking god, that fight was bonkers. And I was playing on Normal. No idea how people do that on Nightmare.
Deadpool_X
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Nevermind. I'm an idiot and didn't read the thread properly.
Goldenroad
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Hmmm...epic I suppose, but I feel like the mechanics of the game that you learned up until that point do not help at all in that fight. Like there is no cover, and weapons are spread out so it's basically got to be played like a DOOM boss fight, while the rest of the game was get behind cover and shoot thing. I found it more infuriating than epic, but you had to feel pretty proud getting through that fight at the end of the day.
"The Egg" Saga Frontier II.
Fuck this thing
To this day I still don't know how I managed to beat that thing.
Waddle Dee
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Mega Man X4 is really easy by Mega Man X standards... until you get to Sigma and then his final form kicks your sorry ass (at least if you play the game the correct way and play as Zero).
FrostuTheNinja
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Shinobi PS2.
I remember the first time I fought the fucker, it was completely brutal. Now it's basically muscle memory. Good shit.
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Bingo
I remember the first time I fought the fucker, it was completely brutal. Now it's basically muscle memory. Good shit.
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And oldie, but goodie -- Shinobi.
The final boss requires that you've actually fully mastered the 'tate' mechanic in the game.
Bingo
Pretty easy for me as I found the Ice Dragon a lot harder, though I spent around two hours before realizing you shouldn't dodge.
Sword Of Doom
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Ratchet &a Clank: Up Your Arsenal
Maybe I just suck but I can't beat Dr Nefarious
Maybe I just suck but I can't beat Dr Nefarious
The Gorby Congressmanz
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Onaga in Mortal Kombat Deception without the Freeze relics.
Also KOF 94-2000 Final Bosses all cheat so that too.
Also KOF 94-2000 Final Bosses all cheat so that too.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Dark Souls 3
Breath of Fire 3
Xenogears
Phantasy Star IV
Shining Force 2 (maybe 1, too)
Ristar
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
Disagree about Bloodborne.
wasn't that hard and is technically optional anyway. For mandatory boss, they're all pretty easy but I'd say Father G was the hardest for me the first time. Maybe Rom, though she never gave me much trouble. Pretty much all the difficult bosses in Bloodborne are optional.
Breath of Fire 3
Xenogears
Phantasy Star IV
Shining Force 2 (maybe 1, too)
Ristar
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
Disagree about Bloodborne.
Gehrman
Shit yes.
Orochinagis
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Metroid Prime 1, that boss was amazing rewarding and stressful
Sword Of Doom
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This also. He was the most difficult and least fun to actually fight
Vulcano's assistant
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Well, but by that metric, Blade Wolf would still be behind Monsoon.
Vaguillion (the vampire) was way more harder than dark fact, specially on nightmare
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