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[Auctopus]

Pinwheel

Pinwheel from Dark Souls.

On a game where everything turns you into poo, there comes this weird magic using guy, I rushed to him hitting like crazy and was surprised when he went down in 3 or 4 hits.

Pinwheel's actually one of my favourite bosses in the game.

He has the most unique music and setting but I agree, he's a pushover. Unless you give him too much time. My only thought could be that after a grueling area like The Catacombs, the developers expected you to expect a tough boss fight. Whereas the secret to Pinwheel is to just rush him, they might have felt you would'v been precautious and therefore quickly lost control of the fight.

 

[Ladekabel]

The final boss in Shadow of Mordor was a few QTEs. I felt offended.

 

[Shuggananas]

Everyone listing DS and Bloodborne bosses, just stop. I mean, come on. Those games aren't easy.

My vote goes to any Mario or Zelda boss. They are usually cool, but rarely difficult.
Also obligatory yu yevon

ceaseless discharge is actually piss easy if you run off.. I guess it's kind of a joke but he's really easy as you can beat him without even trying, kinda

Pinwheel's actually one of my favourite bosses in the game.

He has the most unique music and setting but I agree, he's a pushover. Unless you give him too much time. My only thought could be that after a grueling area like The Catacombs, the developers expected you to expect a tough boss fight. Whereas the secret to Pinwheel is to just rush him, they might have felt you would'v been precautious and therefore quickly lost control of the fight.

Yeah thank fuck for that, catacombs were so horrible. And then you have tomb of giants which is even worse

 

[gelf]

King Allant from Demon's Souls strikes me as an odd one, since he's not strictly a 'joke' in real terms, and there are reasonable plot reasons why he's so utterly trivial - but he is the Big Final Boss in a game full of extremely tough combat. Is he intended to be a cathartic experience like the final Omnislash fight with Sephiroth in FF7? I didn't really get that from it either. It definitely takes you by surprise, anyway!

Nah the "big final boss" is the boss before that, this fight was just storyline weak to show what he's been reduced to.

 

[backflip10019]

Final boss, fable 2

First thing that came to mind for me.

 

[DrArchon]

Ignoring joke bosses and victory laps, I'll throw in this nomination:

That fact that you have to try and not fight Sundowner in order to get the lyrics for his song to play is a huge shame (especially because his song is REALLY good). Platinum made it way to easy to just run around and randomly slash at him like a moron.

 

[Sblargh]

Cheesing the firelurker (was that his name?) on Demons' Souls count?

Super hard fight if you're being honest, but so easy to exploit that like, why not?

 

[CheDominik]

The End in MGS 3.

Spoiler

You don't even have to fight him, just come back a couple of days later.

 

[Mobile Suit Gooch]

lol

 

[sabertoothzombie]

90% of the Dark Souls 2 bosses. Dat giant lord.

Are you saying this in comparison to the first game? I was going to pick up Dark Souls 2 before the third one comes out.

 

[clevbrowns94]

ugh, so boring

Came here to post this. Easy and big letdown for a great game.

 

[Experien]

Cheesing the firelurker (was that his name?) on Demons' Souls count?

Super hard fight if you're being honest, but so easy to exploit that like, why not?

Nah, easiest boss fight is the big Dragon. It can be a little challenge to get to him, but other than that, complete pushover considering he is the biggest boss and most well known. Quite Strange.

 

[AlStrong]

The Fable 2 finale was hilarious.

 

[Shuggananas]

Are you saying this in comparison to the first game? I was going to pick up Dark Souls 2 before the third one comes out.

They're in general easier in DS2 but it also has bosses that are much harder than any one from DS1

 

[Fancy Clown]

Are you saying this in comparison to the first game? I was going to pick up Dark Souls 2 before the third one comes out.

Yeah compared to the other Souls games the DS2 bosses (save a few) are total jokes. Compared to most games I guess they're par for the course, pretty easy though. Expect to 1-2 shot most of them.

 

[Warrior_Keoni]

Bacterian from Gradius III.

 

[Sir Griffith]

Monster Party

Beat me to it :/

 

[TheJoRu]

Morpheel from Twilight Princess. Looks terrifying, but in reality it doesn't seem to really give a shit about you being there swimming around trying to stab it.

 

[EvilKatarn]

Nothing is easier than the final boss of Gears of War 2. It was like a joke "boss"

 

[LakeEarth]

Apparently if you don't kill him in the first 5 seconds (which of course you will), this boss will actually attack at some point.

 

[Deleted member 309291]

Uncharted 1's last boss

It's really not. That's just the last sequence / phase. You fight him and his goons throughout the boat. And it's not exactly hard but very annoying getting to that last part.

 

[JBwB]

This guy

 

[deriks]

All Fable 3 bosses

and

Almost all the bosses are easy in OoT.

@topic
This is the Reaper boss in Castlevania 2 (pointed by AVGN)

 

[Cutter Jones]

Paladin Cecil vs Dark Knight Cecil in Final Fantasy IV

 

[Shuggananas]

This guy

at least name it
gaping dragon

 

[Kup]

I remember not killing anyone up to The Sorrow and the river being empty.

Just walk to the end and do your thing.

 

[Deleted member 309291]

Gears of War 2: Just point the Hammer of Dawn at the dinosaur ( forgot its name smh) and wait for the cutscenes.

 

[Mephala]

Morrowind

 

[AlucardGV]

true king allant from demon's souls

 

[JetSetRadio]

Everyone listing DS and Bloodborne bosses, just stop. I mean, come on. Those games aren't easy.

My vote goes to any Mario or Zelda boss. They are usually cool, but rarely difficult.
Also obligatory yu yevon

I shouldn't feel relieved when I reach a bossdoor but DSII scholar does exactly that.
BB was the opposite for me.

 

[Grenchel]

I found all the bosses in shadow warrior tonbe pretty anti-climatic in terms of diffuculty. They're more time consuming than anything.

 

[Vyse24]

Does Letz Shake from No More Heroes count?

The first boss from the original Ninja Gaiden is also a pushover.

 

[retroman]

The wimpy final boss from The Ninja Warriors is funny: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=pHI7A_MHjSY#t=2520

He just runs to the corner of the room and stands there, breathing heavily and trembling in fear.

Also, don't forget to watch the ending message in all its Engrish glory!

 

[PaulBizkit]

The final boss of Final Fantasy 12.

After completing almost all of the bounty sidequests I was so over-leveled that I beat him in less than 4 minutes (didn't touch the controller, just left Basch and Ashe hit like crazy while Balthier stayed at the back healing and buffing).

 

[Brandon F]

Demon's Souls Final boss.

Not really a 'fight' I suppose.

 

[Steejee]

Apparently if you don't kill him in the first 5 seconds (which of course you will), this boss will actually attack at some point.

I've always wondered if there was a bug with him, or he was just that poorly tested. Died so fast the first time I fought him that I sat there for a bit waiting for Phase2/'That wasn't even my final form!' for a few moments.

 

[Sheriff_Battlesnake]

Most of the Geno run in Undertale! Most of it.

 

[RSLYG]

All SNK fighter bosses

 

[rothgar]

This guy:

 

[mclem]

Nah the "big final boss" is the boss before that, this fight was just storyline weak to show what he's been reduced to.

I'm not sure that works in the context of a game where you've got reasonably free choice of directions to progress; while you're likely to take on False King immediately prior to it, you're not guaranteed to. You might take on Old Monk, who can be trivial.

 

[Auctopus]

Are you saying this in comparison to the first game? I was going to pick up Dark Souls 2 before the third one comes out.

I wouldn't call them "easy" but "straightforward". The majority are just men with armour and the important aspect is to avoid their AOEs and try to not fall victim to the game's sketchy hitboxes.

There's some infuriating bosses in DS2 as well due to the director's need to includes needless adds or have two of a boss instead of one to ramp up the artifical difficulty.

 

[Nocturno999]

Ludwig the Accursed /s

 

[antitrop]

Uncharted 1's last boss

This was extremely frustrating on higher difficulty levels.

 

[h0tp0ck3t]

That one boss in Super Metroid were you could let him grab you and then shoot the grapple beam into a broken terminal or something and electrocute yourself till he dies

Edit:

 

[The Cool One]

Demon souls, at the very end you just walk up and stab oldking allent

Spoiler

Yes I spelled his name wrong Sue me....... Don't please

 

[mclem]

Nah, easiest boss fight is the big Dragon. It can be a little challenge to get to him, but other than that, complete pushover considering he is the biggest boss and most well known. Quite Strange.

What are you regarding as the start of the boss fight there? Entering that long corridor, or downing him with the ballistae so you can wail on his head?

I'd say that the part that should be regarded as the boss fight starts as soon as you move on from Flamelurker's room, myself.

 

[Vital Tundra]

Can't say in general, but Dark Soul's Pinwheel is a joke.

 

[khaaan]

Speaking of Links Awakening, the final boss has multiple forms (six to be exact) and none of them are particularly difficult. The second last form of the boss can actually be killed in one hit via Spin Attack but even a few of your items can do the job in one hit too. The final form of the boss also goes down in one hit but you may or may not have the weapon needed, otherwise the final form takes a good number of hits to go down.

On a similar note, the knife in Resident Evil 4 can be used to take down some bosses really quickly.

 

[GoldandBlue]

I remember as a kid looking forward to fighting Knuckles and thinking "OH MAN, THIS IS IT. TIME FOR AN EPIC FIGHT!!"

Boy was I disappointed.

 

[Cindres]

Final Bowser in Mario Sunshine was pretty bloody easy I though, especially after I spent ages getting that last spin and throw down on 64