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Creepiest bosses in games that aren't survival horror.
- Thread starter IceMarker
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Joking or not Bowser scared the crap outta me the first time I played SMW. Granted I was 3-4 at the time.
Dat Clown Car.... :-(
deddonpachi
Member
creeped me out the first time
SPACECADET
Member
I just beat this for the first time the other day, i fully agree. they way it moves and the music and the weird one liners... "i feel... h...a...p...p...y..."
Pancakes R Us
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Evil teddy bear boss from James Pond Robocod:
...when I was a kid, hah.
...when I was a kid, hah.
tensuke
Member
Just have to press 'F' to speed up and get away from him lol.
Edit:
Oh man, I haven't played that game in over a decade. That guy.
Eudaemonium
Member
Has like, every boss in Soul Sacrifice been mentioned yet? Designs aside, they also get far creepier when you read their backstories. Also the way their words come up in red text over the screen as you're killing them.
Edit: Some of my favourites:
Leviathan
Phoenix
Incubus
Basilisk
Behemoth
Edit: Some of my favourites:
Leviathan
Phoenix
Incubus
Basilisk
Behemoth
ArcaneFreeze
Member
Though technically not the actual boss.
Also, they stop being scary because you fight them so often (and die so often) they just kind of become animate attack patterns
Moreso than bosses in other games, in my experience.
Still. That initial rush when Gaping Dragon bursts out of that chasm is... yeeeeaaaaaarkkkkkkk.
akachan ningen
Member
Special Mention:
Even though it doesn't necessarily have a "boss" Heart of Darkness, how this game got an E rating I will never know, couldn't finish it though due to WAY too much trial and error gameplay.
Yeah, this. I only played that game's demo (I think it came as a gift in a Kellogg's cereal box) and it freaking terrified me as a kid.
Apart from that, the first thing that came to mind when I read the thread was Dragon Age Origin's broodmother, but it's already been mentioned.
Otherwise, I don't know if people count STALKER as a survival game (I wasn't aware it was one when I got it), but the bloodsucker and controllers are terrifying in this game. The first time you encounter either one (especially the controller, I completely freaked out "WTF IS HAPPENING, GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME") is really something.
LeeRoyBrown
Banned
Bongo Bongo from Zelda.
Creeped me out, I genuinely didn't like this boss, it was like a Penis with two hands, and then the cock head opens up into a flower.
I thought it was fucking weird and really out of place.
Take a look at that flower, close the petals, tell me it isn't a dick with hands.
Creeped me out, I genuinely didn't like this boss, it was like a Penis with two hands, and then the cock head opens up into a flower.
I thought it was fucking weird and really out of place.
Take a look at that flower, close the petals, tell me it isn't a dick with hands.
Cho Aniki has some pretty creepy/hilarious bosses.
What the flying fuck is that!?
Dianoga. Fuuuuuuuck THAT thing.
as a kid, I could never get past that boss. every time I got that far, I had to turn the game of :7
BurnOutBrighter
Banned
That guy from The Last of Us.
Alex Connolly
Member
While not a boss, most of STALKER's menagerie is quite unsettling. However, the most chilling creation for me has to be the Snork.
Exterminieren
Banned
Koloktos from Skyward Sword is a decent shout. That giggling creeps the shit out of me.
The Xtortionist
Member
Well he even taunts you from the map screen.
Good times.
Dreamer RD
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The Mango Sentinel
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They aren't really a boss, but you don't come across them often. When I do I'm usually like "I'm fucked." Malboro's are the devil.
Bad Breath is probably the attack I fear the most out of any JRPG. Now I'm sure there are ways to avoid all the status ailments, but as a kid I, sure as fuck didn't know how to avoid them. I think Ribbon's did the trick in one of the FF's
Bad Breath is probably the attack I fear the most out of any JRPG. Now I'm sure there are ways to avoid all the status ailments, but as a kid I, sure as fuck didn't know how to avoid them. I think Ribbon's did the trick in one of the FF's
Definitely a character that came to mind for me when reading the thread title. The entire act is pretty unsettling.
Totally agreed. That game is more survival and horror than pretty much all games that call themselves survival horror these days. Everything is designed with this in my. Doesn't really fit the topic.
That said, the mud boss in Pikmin 3 is the stuff of nightmares.
edit:
Oh and Mavda from Pandora's Tower ...
and she's not even an enemy LOL
gollumsluvslave
Member
Scarecrow - Arkham Asylum
Haunts - Thief II (not really bosses, but creepy nonetheless)
Kangaxx - Baldur's Gate II, still have fear even thinking about battling that guy!
Haunts - Thief II (not really bosses, but creepy nonetheless)
Kangaxx - Baldur's Gate II, still have fear even thinking about battling that guy!
yeah i was pretty shocked to discover he was voiced by nolan north. unlike some voice actors (ahem, steve blum) nolan north actually makes a real effort to sound different when the role calls for it, so maybe i should not have been so surprised.
Exterminieren
Banned
Oh, fuck, I just remembered.
Doctor Ninja
Sphincter Speaker
From Symphony of the Night.
Phatosaurus
Member
Leechmonger from Demon's Souls:
The design of Griffon from Devil May Cry gives me the creeps, but in game he's incredibly easy to beat so the effect was lost on me after about 30 seconds.
The design of Griffon from Devil May Cry gives me the creeps, but in game he's incredibly easy to beat so the effect was lost on me after about 30 seconds.
Cho Aniki has some pretty creepy/hilarious bosses.
Lol - I think I remember reading about this game in an EGM a long time ago.
Final boss in Lunar 2 was kinda creepy back then.
ThroneZwei
Banned
Absolutely love her deisgn, as you can probably tell. So good. The fact that it took me a long time to figure out the 'bell' below her waist is her human form...is even better.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
Pinwheel from Dark Souls
If only he was as difficult as he is creepy.
If only he was as difficult as he is creepy.
PumpkinPie
Banned
Anima from FFX. There's something disturbing about the fact they have to chain it up:
Emerald weapon from FF7
Fuck this Evangelion ass thing swimming around in the water. Scared me shitless when I played that game. It's super creepy hte way it just stalks around in the ocean.
Also while I was searching for an appropriate image, I finally found one that I like and the source was "Neogaf - scariest moments in non-scary games"
Broken Joystick
At least you can talk. Who are you?
Both scared the hell out of me as a kid.
family_guy
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Demon Souls, Dark Souls, Dantes Inferno...I mean given the content, why wouldn't you consider these to be part of the horror genre? How are we distinguishing them from a game like Dead Space? They all are creepy.