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Bosses that have made you quit on a game.
- Thread starter ZombiePlatypus
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oldsnakeonline
Banned
That F**king Giaus colossus in hard time attack mode on ps3 HD edition. I didn't got the platinum trophy because of this Bi*ch!
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Vaelastrasz from vanilla WoW (Blackwing Lair raid).
I was lucky enough to be part of a guild where bonds were more than just a crave for loots, but I have witnessed a lot of people and guilds being destroyed by this encounter.
Also Wiegraf in Final Fantasy Tactics.
The first time I fought him, I was not prepared, and it felt so dumb that it almost made me quit the game. Thankfully I had another save.
I was lucky enough to be part of a guild where bonds were more than just a crave for loots, but I have witnessed a lot of people and guilds being destroyed by this encounter.
Also Wiegraf in Final Fantasy Tactics.
The first time I fought him, I was not prepared, and it felt so dumb that it almost made me quit the game. Thankfully I had another save.
Bloodborne
Member
That bastard sho khan
humansarehorses
Member
If you have high poise (easily can with heavy armor like the Stone set and use iron flesh too) then the fight becomes incredibly easy.
Same, but mostly for story reasons.
Sans is the last bastion. I felt bad enough killing UU. Can't get that ending.
Adel from FF8
This one right here. As someone who played the game the "wrong way" like many others, it basically became a stopping point because we couldn't use GFs on the boss and were forced to use non-junctioned weapons and we were already past the point of no return so we couldn't grind. This made me quit the game proper for awhile.
I'm still stuck to that point and left the game after failing attempt after attempt.Adel from FF8
Also FFV Twin Tania
TheDinoman
Member
This asshole from Kid Icarus: Of Myths And Monsters. The fight against him is just sooooo long and drawn out and I always end up dead before I can actually win. A shame because the game up to that point was enjoyable. I remember getting really excited to play it when it came out on VC in the summer of 2012 after playing 3D Classics Kid Icarus and Kid Icarus Uprising, but once I got to this guy I stopped dead in my tracks.
Also Wiegraf in Final Fantasy Tactics.
The first time I fought him, I was not prepared, and it felt so dumb that it almost made me quit the game. Thankfully I had another save.
From memory the boss straight after him was even worse, at least with Wiegraf you can cheat and just keep buffing yourself out of range of him
Bacon_Boss
Member
Batman Arkham Asylum last boss. My controller didn't deserve that.
SomedayTheFire
Member
Brynhilder in FFXIII. Wasn't hard per se, but I died twice and realised I wasn't having fun and didn't like the game.
firenskill2000
Member
Nightmare from Devil May Cry. I think i quit for 3 months before going back and finally beating the bastard.
decoyplatypus
Member
Pretty much just the final boss of Arc the Lad 2. My party was not capable of beating him, but I was locked out of the overworld and so could not go back and grind some levels. I gave up.
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
I remember this part. The one on the airship? That was the only part that really tripped me up in Final Fantasy X. I must have beaten that boss about ten times only to get killed after by regular enemies before a save point. Made me drop the game for over a year. Came back and best it and the game though.
That poorly designed boss fight in Deus Hex where you lost all your augments right before. I know you can keep your augments if you make some different choices earlier in the game, but giving more of my time to this game that clearly didn´t respect it was out of the question.
NoKisum
Member
Grandia III
By disc two, there was already a huge and unnecessary difficulty spike. And then, for some reason I can't remember because it's been many years since I last played, you had to fight this giant red crystal temple guardian thing? Either way, it pretty much sweeps your team.
By disc two, there was already a huge and unnecessary difficulty spike. And then, for some reason I can't remember because it's been many years since I last played, you had to fight this giant red crystal temple guardian thing? Either way, it pretty much sweeps your team.
QuantumZebra
Member
Scorpion boss from FFVII, the thread?
Took a 2 year break from the game, came back, and realized the simple way to kill it.
Oh man.
My buddy and I spent 72 hours almost straight just beating the shit out of Mortal Kombat 9... but we NEVER could beat Shao Khan in the final fight on Expert... beat him on every other difficulty, but that guy was fucking impossible on Expert.
Took a 2 year break from the game, came back, and realized the simple way to kill it.
That bastard sho khan
Oh man.
My buddy and I spent 72 hours almost straight just beating the shit out of Mortal Kombat 9... but we NEVER could beat Shao Khan in the final fight on Expert... beat him on every other difficulty, but that guy was fucking impossible on Expert.
Earthpainting
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It's tough to admit when you've been bested, but Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne had one of those situations.
The biggest reason I struggled with him was I didn't know you could actually go into the water, and on NG+4 he can almost one shot you with a few moves, and his combos will definitely kill you.
I thought I just battled the final boss of P4G... if I didn't, and there is something even more difficult than that on the way, I may quit. This game is unbelievably frustrating with its length and format...
Edit: Those two fuckers in Dark Souls... quit at that point, been out of the Souls loop ever since, even though I greatly loved Demon's Souls.
Edit: Those two fuckers in Dark Souls... quit at that point, been out of the Souls loop ever since, even though I greatly loved Demon's Souls.
Spiritwalker
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Not many but this guy comes to mind. I didn't rage quit but just stopped trying and never went back. So he stopped my progress in a sense.
just go in with overdrives on all chars and aeons
iirc that's how i did it
Barrel Cannon
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Ninja Gaiden the multi worm boss. Rage inducing for me the first time. I also had had my 2 wisdom teeth pulled and wasn't on painkillers so I had the biggest headache while playnig too. I usually play games as much as I can when renting them(I was renting NG at the time) and I decided to stop playing and go ride my bike.
marcbret87
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First time playing the OG Ninja Gaiden on Xbox, Murai had me fucked up.
I couldn't beat him to save my life lol, he's nothing now though.
Shit, I remember the first time I played this game and barely managed to beat the first boss after a few tries. Thought it was going to get easier down the line. It did not.
Seriously? I did not think that was the toughest boss at all. In fact, once I got the scythe I remember the game becoming much easier except for the part where you had to kill guys with arrows
I had to lower the difficulty to beat him - and even then he was pretty hard.
John Kowalski
Banned
The Nihilanth sucked out of me very bones the will to finish HL, but i did it after a couple of weeks.
Also not really the same thing but I'm at the last boss in Xenogears and i still can't muster the will to finish that game. It's more of a don't want to finish this game kind of thing though.
Also not really the same thing but I'm at the last boss in Xenogears and i still can't muster the will to finish that game. It's more of a don't want to finish this game kind of thing though.
theechrisfox
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I was close to quitting DS3 due to the Nameless King, but then I took 5 days off from attempts and came back and luckily summoned a good player to one-shot him. It was frustrating, but now I think I really like that boss.
Melchiah
Member
I went from normal to easy long before that, and managed to finish the game. The game had a plenty of infuriating sections, and the checkpoint system didn't really help.
That was hard. I just barely beat him by luck. I'll be facing him on NG+ today, and I'm probably going to be beaten to a bloody pulp again.
EDIT:
Havel/Dragonslayer great shield helps a lot against him.
The convicts from Dead Rising 1. When it's your first play through and you leave the mall, you're way too underpowered and that machine gun turret just cuts through you like butter.
Made me rage quit until I came back months later realizing you have to die and start over at a higher level.
Made me rage quit until I came back months later realizing you have to die and start over at a higher level.
Might be the coolest boss in the game, you should try again!
Shy Fingers
Banned
FFXIV: Living Liquid (Savage)
He ended up being the reason my group of over a year stopped playing. I took a few months off the game. Back now, but man. This guy wrecked the community a whole.
humansarehorses
Member
...why would you? If you need blood echoes to purchase bullets or blood vials, equip three runes that increase the number of blood echoes dropped.
Go into the area right before Mergo's boss fight. Wreck everything in sight. IIRC, that nets you over 50,000 blood echoes. Do it a few times and you won't need to worry about restocking.
OoK can be parried. Manus's physical attacks can't get through buffed great shields.
qa_engineer
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Cue all bloodborne and souls bosses.
Yup, fuck this boss.