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Bosses that basically say "git gud" and force you to learn the game?
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Learn how to shield bash, then you can swing like crazy. It's been a while since I've played SS, but I'm pretty sure the shield bash made that battle really easy.
A Huge Battleship
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First boss from Hitogata Happa. If you fight it like a normal shmup boss you'll run out of time on its first form. You need to learn the game's kamikaze mechanics to have any chance of getting through its health in time.
Manmademan
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Its okay if you die against it, it gives you a chance for revenge in Shrine of Storms.
oh yeah, great answer. most people don't know that killing this dude is even possible the first time through.
Portugeezer
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Grilgan - Lost Odyssey; The first boss in the game
I don't remember much, but you basically had to use some item you can pickup. Wasn't too difficult.
Trickster
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This Guy from Ninja Gaiden.
Played this game years ago and could not get past him. if NG ever comes to PC i will give it another go
Don't remember him being that difficult.
Alma on the other hand...
Was a "shit just got real" type of boss
PotionBleue
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Yes, an excellent introduction boss.
Kut-Ku here was the first point in the otiginal Monster Hunter where you stood absolutely no chance until how fighting monsters in that game actually worked.
Yep, basically the first(s) big monsters in every Monster Hunter game if it's your first one.
Schweinehund
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Dracula & sometimes death in castlevania.
Dracula's laughter provokes unparalleled rage.
Dracula's laughter provokes unparalleled rage.
lowhighkang_LHK
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DJSharpeCheddar
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Dickson
Unfortunately, he's the second to last boss at about 80 hours into the game. Classic stupid JRPG design.
Tales of Vesperia - Gattuso.
Also known (in)famously as the Noob killer amongst Tales of fans .
Beat me to it while I was looking for a picture! Yeah, this one. Compounded somewhat by the fact that in the area you encounter it, you can't leave in order to grind.
Tyrant Rave
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Phantom from Devil May Cry 1
Hope you know how to use DT
Hope you know how to use DT
zenosparadox
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Kut-Ku here was the first point in the otiginal Monster Hunter where you stood absolutely no chance until how fighting monsters in that game actually worked.
I remember fighting one of these on Monster Hunter Freedom. It took about 30 minutes and I still died. Haven't played since!
You can beat that thing? I always thought you had to let it flatten you
Huh
Now where is my copy of Demons
Cannon Goose
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The Smelter Demon in Dark Souls 2
If you've been hiding behind a shield up to this point then you definitely need to get good. You really need to learn how to dodge effectively in order to beat him.
If you've been hiding behind a shield up to this point then you definitely need to get good. You really need to learn how to dodge effectively in order to beat him.
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Solemn_In_Berlin
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Midboss/Vyers from Disgaea would murder you in cold blood if you didn't fully understand the game's mechanics.
Tyrant Rave
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Yep, it's possible to beat the Vanguard in the tutorial
Not really the traditional response the thread was looking for, I'm sure, but back in the day in World of Warcraft, the first raids (Molten Core, Blackwing Lair) really forced people to learn their classes and execute properly. You can more or less get up to there with time and effort, even if skill is lacking. Even the first few bosses in MC are a bit faceroll-y, but something like Majordomo Executus, which was one of the first bottlenecks for guild progression required people to start actually fucking playing decently.
PotionBleue
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In Xenoblade Chronicles, I thought people had much more difficulties with
Lorithia
Linearskillz
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Yeah, spider asshole from DMC1 immediately came to mind.
Also Cerberus from DMC3
Kamina
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I'd say this guys message to the player is more like:
Its okay if you die against it, it gives you a chance for revenge in Shrine of Storms.
"Take this you little shit" *assbomb*
Shadow Yukiko, specifically in the vanilla version. It's the first real boss with no weaknesses, so you have to change up your strategy a bit and play the long game. Plus you only had 3 party members. Sadly nerfed in P4G, where she was given an ice weakness.
Even if she is weak to ice, she has a skill that nullifies its weakness. It lasts 3 turns and she uses it every time he got hit by Bufu. I played that boss in Very Hard and I sweat in Golden. Maybe not in normal, but in higher settings is still quite hard.
Tales of Vesperia - Gattuso.
Also known (in)famously as the Noob killer amongst Tales of fans .
The first time I played I dropped the game at this boss. I went back three months later, beaten it at the second or third time. It soon became one of my favorite games ever.
The Smelter Demon in Dark Souls 2
If you've been hiding behind a shield up to this point then you definitely need to get good. You really need to learn how to dodge effectively in order to beat him.
I'd say the Fire Demon in Demon's Souls 2-2 taught me how to roll too. I was using heavy armour until then. I put a leather armour there since I couldn't avoid him using my original knight stuff. I haven't used them since that moment.
Spinosaurus
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Oh this is a really good one. I consider each PO opponent a boss, and they constantly teach you a new thing if you wanted to beat them. Blew my mind to know that the one way to block Great Tiger's barrage was to time the block button with his punches instead of just holding it. Taught me the importance of timing the block which helped a lot later.
In the Wii game, the title defense in particular is super hard if you just keep dodging and playing it safe. Telegraphing a boxer to know when to counter punch before they hit you is key in that mode. This is something you learn as early as TD Von Kaiser. I LOVE it, and it made the game so much better and tense.
Kamina
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in Demon's and Dark Souks case the whole game is constantly telling you: get better, you are still weak.
Deified Data
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Ornstein and Smough can be cheesed pretty easily with ranged attacks, and defeating Ornstein first makes the rest of the fight super easy.
The two bosses in the game that scream "get good or go home" to me would be Artorias and especially Manus. There's simply no half measures to be had here. You need near-perfect reflexive memory of their attack patterns to make it through. Unless you want to plug Manus with arrows from afar I guess.
*equip Gyrm Greatshield, recommence turtling*
The two bosses in the game that scream "get good or go home" to me would be Artorias and especially Manus. There's simply no half measures to be had here. You need near-perfect reflexive memory of their attack patterns to make it through. Unless you want to plug Manus with arrows from afar I guess.
*equip Gyrm Greatshield, recommence turtling*
Yeah, spider asshole from DMC1 immediately came to mind.
Also Cerberus from DMC3
Came here to post this. Cerberus absolutely wrecked me.
Doomshroom
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BS Cant even get close to him without being good at the game.
Whats the name of the enemy and the game?
witchedwiz
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click'ed DIRECTLY on reply, just skimmed in the op and matador was already there..
gaf you always deliver!
gaf you always deliver!
Don't remember him being that difficult.
Alma on the other hand...
Was a "shit just got real" type of boss
I'm with you on that. Alma was the "one" in that game. I felt the first boss was fair in comparison.
Night Angel
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Vanguard/Demon's Souls.
mrmickfran
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And that is why it is so awesome.
DJSharpeCheddar
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Yep, good call. And that's like what, the third to last boss? Haha, same dumb design.
Night Angel
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There's always Dark Souls mods.
There's always Dark Souls mods.
That's exactly what I was thinking of.
THANKS OBAMA
bobbychalkers
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Prince Vorkken in Wonderful 101
Your rival fight in classic Platinum fashion, but he's clearly better than you.
If the controls haven't clicked with you by this point, you're going to have a bad time.
This Guy from Ninja Gaiden.
Played this game years ago and could not get past him. if NG ever comes to PC i will give it another go
Holy flashbacks, good call
feint_ruled
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MGR has incredible bosses. Pretty much all of them but special mention to the final boss that somehow has you going from "WTF this is totally impossible is this a joke?" to "Wow, I can do this everytime now!"
after 3 hours of retries
thunder_snail
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Yeah, spider asshole from DMC1 immediately came to mind.
Also Cerberus from DMC3
Actually, the very first enemy you fight in dmc3 (forgot the name, the flying scythe wielding ripper demon) forced me to learn the game.