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[Bessy67]

Does Mass Effect's Sovereign count? He was pretty bad ass in his introductory conversation on Virmire but you never really have a boss battle with him...

 

[velociraptor]

Pretty much most bosses from God Of War 3.

My favourite battle is with Herceles.

 

[Laughing Banana]

Oh and how could I ever forget. The Final Battle from Dragon's Dogma.

Fantastic boss, fantastic music, fantastic fight, fantastic experience.

 

[DeadlyParasite]

Mass Effect

Spoiler

"I am Sovereign, and this station is mine."

 

[Hipster Cthulhu]

 

[SamusPrime]

Dark Souls - Gaping Dragon

Thought of his immediately. I was horrified when that thing crawled out and I realized I actually
had to fight it.

 

[Phat Michael]

Bloodborne vicar Amelia. Best boss fight In gaming history and the intro was so awesome. The sound design was so good. Shame she kept kicking my arse in ng+.

 

[OniBarubary]

Man, NeoGAF must be messing up because almost every post in this thread isn't Artorias' intro

After everything you hear about him during the main game or read in text and then to see this? Goddam that hit me fucking hard. Almost as hard as he immediately hit me after the cutscene was over.

 

[Zaki2407]

The final boss of Onimusa 2. I though the final boss will be Nobunaga, but after I defeated him, the real one came @_@

 

[AAK]

Nelo Angelo of Devil May Cry 1

Metal Gear Solid 4 -

Spoiler

Ray vs Rex

 

[DirgeExtinction]

Bloodborne vicar Amelia. Best boss fight In gaming history and the intro was so awesome. The sound design was so good. Shame she kept kicking my arse in ng+.

I was actually going to post this. I love her intro. It actually kinda makes you sad for her.

 

[Aceofspades]

Recently?

Bloodborne -

Spoiler

Tonight, Gehrman joins the hunt.

Agree. the whole motive and music were pure epic.

 

[red36]

Sephiroth.

Spoiler

The whole game was his intro. You don't meet Sephiroth until the final battle. Every other appearance was a mindless clone or a flashback.

this. no other game had me so emotionally wrapped up in the confrontation.

 

[roflwaffles]

Dark Souls - Gaping Dragon

I never played this before, but holy shit.

 

[buzzth]

Magus from Chrono Trigger.

No matter how many times I go through that unskippable cutscene I'm in awe of the battle to come.

 

[DaciaJC]

Oh and how could I ever forget. The Final Battle from Dragon's Dogma.

Fantastic boss, fantastic music, fantastic fight, fantastic experience.

I retract my previous post. Grigori is indeed the truest badass.

 

[natureboy46]

D'oh, read the OP as Intro, not boss intro

 

[The Crimson Beast]

Oh and how could I ever forget. The Final Battle from Dragon's Dogma.

Fantastic boss, fantastic music, fantastic fight, fantastic experience.

Capcom please! i need this on pc or xbox one arggg haha

my vote still goes for spec ops the line final boss major spoilers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjfXhTMObXY

 

[LegendofDragoonLives]

I'd say Vergil's second boss battle in DMC3. Their dialogue and the way the music kicks in shows that they mean business

Which one is at the top of the tower, 1 or 2? That is so badass.

 

[SamusPrime]

I was actually going to post this. I love her intro. It actually kinda makes you sad for her.

I felt the same way, poor lady

 

[DYLANH24]

MGS 3
"I'll give you ten minutes"
Proceed to remember the basics of CQC

 

[Franconstein]

Magus in chrono trigger.

This! So much this! I might be biased, because it's my all-time favorite game, but the build-up, the music, the incantation. And then the fight itself! It was so, so epic! And I personally love Magus' story!

 

[bennywhatever]

Most all Devil May Cry bosses have sweet intros, usually filled with some sort of humor.

My favorites are:

DMC3 - Cerberus
DMC3 - Jester (all of them)
DMC3 - Virgil (1 & 2)
DMC4 - Credo
DMC4 - Echidna the She-Viper
DMC4 - The Savior

 

[Sadist]

Seeing some good answers here;

My personal favourites;

- The introduction of Krauser in RE 4
- HULK DAVIDSON IN THE HOUSE
- Boss intro's in the Wonderfull 101
- NANO MACHINES SON!
- Ganondorf intro in Ocarina of Time and Wind Waker

 

[Love Deterrence]

"I'm the boss to surpass Big Boss himself."

Honestly, probably just my favorite boss fight in gaming. "I'll let you go out in style!" I hope Solidus gets some love in MGSV!

 

[Rad-]

Gilgamesh in FFXII. Watch the first 30 seconds:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knmvZdyTP-c