Revengeance had truly awesome boss battles, but Armstrong was without the doubt best.
Don't fuck with this senator.
Edit: Beaten by a much better post.
Revengeance had truly awesome boss battles, but Armstrong was without the doubt best.
Armstrong was good, but I think you guys are going a little too far with it.
Mistral and Sam were better fights in the same game - probably the best of the year.
Deathstroke from Arkham Origins was pretty good too - it pulled off a decent cinematic boss fight while still retaining enough "control" over the encounter.
Deathstroke - Arkham Origins
This was precisely the kind of bossfight I was wanting post-AC: 1 that worked within the melee combat mechanics. You couldn't just simply press Triangle to win, you had to pay more attention to your actions for once & be a little smarter. More so than any fighting game I felt this boss captured the feel of the fistfight showdown between equally matched opponents.
Also, I agree with the OP on Dream Team's bosses. I'm a big fan of Alpha Dream's visual style and I found the gyro controls in the Bowser and Zeekeeper battles to work well, and they were rather minimal. I think my favourite boss in that game was the Elite Trio
I really liked how they summoned hoards of enemies to pull off some pretty unique attacks, and managing to KO them all at the same time is satisfying. Plus it's really cool how you actually fight these guys. That rare moment when the team of comic relief bad guys gets serious.
Also agreed on the spider in Luigi's Mansion 2. I think it's a shame there weren't more puzzle-based fights in the game, because the first boss is definitely the best. Maybe the final boss is good too? I'm still stuck on that one mission where you have to kill every kind of ghost under a time limit. I'm terrible at it.
Sam was certainly a great character, but I can't be the only guy who thinks his fight was a little... anti-climatic? Far too easy, you can even kill him in less than a minute if you really want.
Awesome transcription work, and holy shit, where did you get that image? Is there a 1600x900 wallpaper version?'I have a dream.' That one day every person in this nation will control their own destiny. A nation of the truly free, dammit. A nation of action, not words, ruled by strength, not committee! Where the law changes to suit the individual, not the other way around. Where power and justice are back where they belong: in the hands of the people! Where every man is free to think - to act - for himself! Fuck all these limp-dick lawyers and chickenshit bureaucrats. Fuck this 24-hour Internet spew of trivia and celebrity bullshit! Fuck American pride! Fuck the media! FUCK ALL OF IT! America is diseased. Rotten to the core. There's no saving it - we need to pull it out by the roots. Wipe the slate clean. BURN IT DOWN! And from the ashes a new America will be born. Evolved, but untamed! The weak will be purged and the strongest will thrive - free to live as they see fit, they'll make America great again! ...In my new America, people will die and kill for what they BELIEVE! Not for money. not for oil! Not for what they're told is right. Every man will be free to fight his own wars!
Now that I think about it, I did really like King Ka-Thunk's fight, although I wouldn't place it as my top
While Motley Bossblob would easily take most disappointing.
And yes, Senator Armstrong is definitely my pick for Best Boss Battle of 2013. Maybe Best Boss Battle EVER.
Guy is INSANE.
Quaggled Mireclops in Pikmin 3, really loved the way the mud reacted to his movements.
Armstrong was good, but I think you guys are going a little too far with it.
Mistral and Sam were better fights in the same game - probably the best of the year.
That QTE at the end where Raiden pulls the sword out of Armstrong's chest, spins around and then slowly, calmly squares off in a perfect Samurai stance to make the final cuts is the most glorious thing ever.
People had trouble with this? How? There are only even, like, three things you can do during this fight.
This boss' concept, albeit simple, was brilliant in The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds.
Stalblind Boss Fight
Guacamelee: All of them.
On Hard Mode, all of the Guacamelee boss fights are insanely difficult-and insanely fun. They're all require mastery of the abilities you have in the points in the game you fight them during, and all of them are pretty challenging. Especially Jaguar Javier. Damn tough fight.
Guacamelee: All of them.
On Hard Mode, all of the Guacamelee boss fights are insanely difficult-and insanely fun. They're all require mastery of the abilities you have in the points in the game you fight them during, and all of them are pretty challenging. Especially Jaguar Javier. Damn tough fight.
This is probably my pick as well. Also giant battles in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team were awful.