The hardest boss battle of all - time

luckyfrank · 06-08-2011 4:48pm #1

Was just thinking about this, ive being gaming best part of 20 years and i have to say the hardest boss i had to battle was The Forgotton One in Castlevania LoS, i flew through the game on the hardest difficulty until this point, even on the easy level i found it very tough, i never managed to beat it on paladin i had welts on my fingers from trying so hard

So guys what are your contenders for hardest boss battle of all - time

johnny_ultimate · 06-08-2011 4:54pm

Lord of Shadows had some bastard bosses on hard difficulty alright. Problem was the way checkpoints worked, minus the auto health recharge we've come to expect from checkpoints and restarts. The result were frantic battles, desperately trying to recharge your magic bars, while a single mistake or missed block could make all the difference.

Spinning bosses in 2D shooters tend to be the evilest bosses of all. The one at the end of Ikaruga level 3 is an infamous and super tricky example: frantic polarity changes requiring a near inhuman level of concentration to get through without a mistake or two.

Ciaran500 · 06-08-2011 4:57pm

We'll just get this one out of the way early on:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70iFdnI-xfA

luckyfrank · 06-08-2011 5:06pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jImnR_FCBSE

johnny_ultimate · 06-08-2011 5:10pm

Mushimesama may have the sheer bulk of bullets (only on masochistic difficulty levels), but fellow Cave shooter Espgaluda II has an absolute bastard of a final boss - using a bomb to dodge the bullets also recharges the bosses' shield, so the only way to pummel down its health bar is to dodge the bullets like an absolute ninja.

They have nothing on Hitogata Happa on the PS3 though. Even the first boss in that game will suck your credits dry. It's a game where suiciding your ship is actually a necessity to advance.

Jazzy · 06-08-2011 5:16pm

sephiroth from kingdom hearts. f**k you. f**k you right in the ear

dreamers75 · 06-08-2011 5:34pm

Mischeif Makers on the N64.

Only 4 of us bought in the world :pac: Jesus boss battles in that game were insane.

K.O.Kiki · 06-08-2011 7:06pm

SNK Boss Syndrome.

You know they're bad when they have their own trope.

Big Knox · 06-08-2011 7:20pm

Flamelurker and Man-Eater(s) from Demon's Souls deserve a mention... roll on Dark Souls and (hopefully) even harder bosses!!

YouSavedMyLife · 06-08-2011 9:41pm

Maneater in Demon Souls.
Nearly all final bosses in Metal Slug games

and i cant think of anything else. Games are to easy

calex71 · 06-08-2011 9:50pm

One from recent memory and one I never actually managed to overcome was the final boss / the lead up to it too was also a pain in Dead Space 2 on the Hardcore setting :mad:

Not often I rage quit and never go back but this one left me a broken shell of a man

After that I 'd have to go back to last gen for a game I played and struggled with a boss.

F1ngers · 06-08-2011 10:25pm

calex71 wrote: »

One from recent memory and one I never actually managed to overcome was the final boss / the lead up to it too was also a pain in Dead Space 2 on the Hardcore setting :mad:

Not often I rage quit and never go back but this one left me a broken shell of a man

After that I 'd have to go back to last gen for a game I played and struggled with a boss.

You only get 3 saves for that playthrough. You really have to push so that your third save is near the end.
My third was after the drill part.

Do it, it's worth it for the hand cannons...Pew, pew, pew..Bang, bang.

Magill · 07-08-2011 12:38am

Has to be a boss from an MMO tbh... there have been maybe 20 bosses in WoW that are harder than any single player boss in ANY game. Not too familar with other MMO's but bosses like C'Thun and M'uru would make a grown man cry !

Zillah · 07-08-2011 12:41am

The very first game I played on my Playstation. I was playing it Christmas morning. I don't remember what it was called, it was a sort of cartoonish sci-fi game with a motley crew on your side, and the main protagonist had a distinctive energy whip/grabber thing on his wrist that was used for lots of game play mechanics. If someone can remember what game that was that'd be sweet. Anyway, yeah, the guy at the end of that, could not work out what to do except die.

Raze_them_all · 07-08-2011 1:45am

calex71 wrote: »

One from recent memory and one I never actually managed to overcome was the final boss / the lead up to it too was also a pain in Dead Space 2 on the Hardcore setting :mad:

Not often I rage quit and never go back but this one left me a broken shell of a man

After that I 'd have to go back to last gen for a game I played and struggled with a boss.

Is hardcore the one where you only get 3 saves in the whole game?? if so I'm right ****ing there with you. I completely gave up on that. Eventually I'll go back and get it but not for ****ing some time yet.

Oh and before anyone suggests it, ruby and diamond weapon in FF7 were not hard so do not even suggest it

Napper Hawkins · 07-08-2011 9:39am

Ciaran500 wrote: »

We'll just get this one out of the way early on:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70iFdnI-xfA

Jesus Christ!

****ing Sonic 2 drove me up the wall as a kid, goddamn spikey hand robot bastard...

Nody · 07-08-2011 10:01am

Magill wrote: »

Has to be a boss from an MMO tbh... there have been maybe 20 bosses in WoW that are harder than any single player boss in ANY game. Not too familar with other MMO's but bosses like C'Thun and M'uru would make a grown man cry !

Original Rathe Council in EQ PoP expansion before they fixed it; it was purely there as a block as the final zone was not ready.

With 72 people in the raid you had to kill 12 mobs with in 6 minutes (and they had some millions of hp), 6 could be mezzed, 6 had to be tanked. The 6 to be mezzed had a high resist rate so you had to be lucky (yes lucky) to not get to many resists after each other due to cool downs and same that the tanks would not get a unlikely spike of damage + special ability (i.e. the mob would lower threat on your tank and turn on the healer and splat him in a second).

Vicxas · 07-08-2011 10:20am

Dark Bahamut from FF10, that made me weep constantly for weeks!

ChunkyLover_53 · 07-08-2011 10:40am

Can't talk about Boss battles and not mention this audio from World of Warcraft. This guy is talking to another 39 people in a raid group!

NSFW use headphones if you're granny is near

Epic lulz ensue

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtvIYRrgZ04

Tar.Aldarion · 07-08-2011 12:28pm

just a warcraft III mod where he had so much health it broke their health bar system and he could regenerate faster than we could hurt him, took maybe 6 of us... 6 hours to beat him.

KilOit · 07-08-2011 1:09pm

Could never beat Emerald Weapon in FF7 so i'd rate him hard for me,
C'thun in WoW was a great hard boss that needed a lot of coordination to kill, rather than most WoW bosses hitting a tank too hard causing wipes, this guy made the whole 40 man raid sweat.

Magill · 07-08-2011 1:55pm

KilOit wrote: »

Could never beat Emerald Weapon in FF7 so i'd rate him hard for me,
C'thun in WoW was a great hard boss that needed a lot of coordination to kill, rather than most WoW bosses hitting a tank too hard causing wipes, this guy made the whole 40 man raid sweat.

Most of naxx was like that aswel in fairness (Orginal naxx). I think that from T5 content onwards, blizzard really focused on making bosses hard for everyone in the raid, in 40 mans before naxx and C'thun progression wasn't that difficult, the hardest part was finding 40 people with at least some idea what they were doing. If the top guilds didn't release their tactics for killing the bosses i reckon most wouldn't beable to clear half the content in the game without blizzard doing some serious nerf'ing. Its a shame most people didnt get a chance to experience naxx40 + sunwell, because they were excellent.

Ulduar was an amazing instance aswel, some really challenging bosses, especially the hardmodes.

Must have a look and see what the new expansions bosses are like on youtube.

Retr0gamer · 07-08-2011 4:31pm

You don't know hard bosses until you've finished Contra Hard Corp/Probotector on the Mega Drive.

Magill · 07-08-2011 10:34pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

You don't know hard bosses until you've finished Contra Hard Corp/Probotector on the Mega Drive.

Not that hard tbh.

Retr0gamer · 07-08-2011 10:49pm

Magill wrote: »

Not that hard tbh.

Japanese version maybe but the US and EU game is a whore. Definitely the toughest of the contra games.

Magill · 07-08-2011 11:38pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Japanese version maybe but the US and EU game is a whore. Definitely the toughest of the contra games.

yeah, its definitely a ballbuster alrite. A lot of games these days are really hard aswel tbh, its just most people don't play them on the hardest settings. The newer ninja gaiden games are brutal tbh ! Even something like halo can be really difficult on legendary aswel.

Raze_them_all · 07-08-2011 11:40pm

Magill wrote: »

yeah, its definitely a ballbuster alrite. A lot of games these days are really hard aswel tbh, its just most people don't play them on the hardest settings. The newer ninja gaiden games are brutal tbh ! Even something like halo can be really difficult on legendary aswel.

I wouldn't say halo is really difficult on legendary...It's just really slow

luckyfrank · 07-08-2011 11:45pm

Raze_them_all wrote: »

I wouldn't say halo is really difficult on legendary...It's just really slow

All halo's are piss on legendary with a partner once you know what to do, however if i meet
a person who completed halo reach solo on legenday with all skulls on i would happily bow down before a GOD

Raze_them_all · 07-08-2011 11:55pm

luckyfrank wrote: »

All halo's are piss on legendary with a partner once you know what to do, however if i meet
a person who completed halo reach solo on legenday with all skulls on i would happily bow down before a GOD

Fair enough if you put all the skulls on.

Doing it on solo alone was enough for me before i traded it in

Retr0gamer · 08-08-2011 12:09am

Magill wrote: »

yeah, its definitely a ballbuster alrite. A lot of games these days are really hard aswel tbh, its just most people don't play them on the hardest settings. The newer ninja gaiden games are brutal tbh ! Even something like halo can be really difficult on legendary aswel.

I find Halo just frustrating on legendary though and not fun at all. I much prefer a hard game that gets the balance between fun and frustration right, Halo on legendary doesn't and I much prefer playing it on the lower difficulties.

DMC3 would be one that gets it right. You'll die a lot but it's always your fault. Speaking of which DMC3's first boss cerberus was a total baptism of fire!

K.O.Kiki · 08-08-2011 1:50am

Fvcking Cerberus! :mad:

I tried to play DMC3 again the other week.
Either I really lucked past that cvnt all those years ago, or Bayonetta has just moved the goalposts so far that I can't be arsed with DMC3 anymore! :pac:

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