Memorable Boss Encounters?

Mr E

What end of level/game bosses stand out in memory for you? The kind of boss that when you see it for the first time you go "wow!". Or the kind of boss that creams you for the first few times until you figure out how to beat it, and the feeling you get when you do actually beat it?

In recent memory, the boss at the end of Rayman 3 was challenging (but fun).

Going back in time, I remember seeing the bosses in Turrican on the C64 (they were HUGE, and very impressive at the time).

Bowser at the end of Super Mario World was cool at the time (the zooming clown face thingy).

Sephiroth from FFVII goes without saying!

Bosses can also be memorable for how much they suck. Quake, anyone?

Any other favourites? Or least favourite?

- Dave.

KdjaCL

Without a shadow of a doubt you can lock this thread now there no better /harder more amazing boss that Ganonn in Zelda Ocarina of Time.
Even when you beat him at Tennis you knew there was more to come and the final stab when you finally nail him makes the most rewarding sit on your ass and smile moment in video game history


kdjac

Shinji

Sephiroth, naturally.

Psycho Mantis in MGS.

Oh, and it's not the end of game boss, but in FFX,

the first time you fight Seymour and he summons Anima on you...

In terms of classic old games, the boss at the end of the first level of R-Type was pretty damn memorable

mooman_00

the first resident evil boss cuz he creamed me many a time...never finished the game(beat him) cuz i only had it on two day rental and never knew that you could combine weapons(talk about stupid), never really bothered going back and doing it.......

Giblet

Kraid and Motherbrain from Super Metroid,
Kraid scared the sh*t out of you as he was 3 or 4 screens tall!
And motherbrain, who wasn't scared when she started doing the super laser move when you had no health!

The Final tyrant/tyrants from RE2, cool looking and evil, but too easy.

The Cyberdemon from Doom, he is a badass mofo.

Rabies

first time i saw the Shambler in Quake 1

Goodshape

All the bosses from Doom. Nothing fancy by today’s standard, just good old-fashioned unstoppable carnage.

The sound of those chainguns spinning still haunts my dreams.

Asuka

Hmm, sadly all mine have pretty much been said already, although I had all of them in mind before i read the thread -

1) Sephiroth
The mother of all baddies...
2) Cyberdemon
Scary shit...
3) Twin-Head (also FF7)
One of the bosses who caused me serious difficulties the first time i played FF7, he was the first boss I had to seriously use strategy against.
4) First level original R-Type boss
I was just talking about this one the other day, Ive always thought that the Cyberdemon was slightly modelled on this...
5) Shambler
Less so than the others, but it did have a kind of aura of silence around it which was awesome the first time you fought one.

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Rnger

Originally posted by Giblet
Kraid and Motherbrain from Super Metroid,
Kraid scared the sh*t out of you as he was 3 or 4 screens tall!
And motherbrain, who wasn't scared when she started doing the super laser move when you had no health!

All of metroids bosses were good, always have, always will be(crossed fingers for metroid prime). Even on the new GBA metroid fusion. All the bosses are done really well.

Thorbar

That huge alien yoke you had to kill towards the end of half life was fairly impressive.

Don1

Dr. Robotnik on the end of Sonic the Hedgehog on the Master System II. He sucked. That could've been down to the fact that I couldn't kill him!!! Keep in mind I was only likkle!

BKtje

The bosses from res evil 1 and 2 were fairly good, but once u know how to beat em it really is a sinch. (same with ne boos tho)

i enjoyed the way in res evil 1 u couldnt actually kill him at first, you had to avoid him until that thing happened. Res 2 u just rana round and fired when u could.

Think the one that most stands out for me was metal gear(i think thats what it was called) from metal gear solid. Was just so cool to fight him

DiscoStu

the 7 Metal Gear Rays near the end of MGS2

now that one one biatch of a fight.

Sarky

The first time I saw the dirty great serpentine things in Half Life that tracked you by sound was quite awesome, because I was really absorbed in the game, and was quite surprised to see one of them break through the window and drag a scientist back out.
The sewer worm thing in Opposing force was pretty sool too.

Some of my favorite bosses are the ones from Oni though, because they're really cool fights. (fantastic game, people, give it a try!)

My personal fave is Sarevok from Baldur's Gate. He was one mean badass mudderfugger.Ace.

Littletinyman

Originally posted by Asuka

3) Twin-Head (also FF7)
One of the bosses who caused me serious difficulties the first time i played FF7, he was the first boss I had to seriously use strategy against.

The guy in the ice mountain places with the fire-based and ice-based heads? I jammed my way through that, my first two characters got owned pretty easily but Barett was equipped to absorb ice attacks so anything it threw at him got cancelled out instantly

Anyyyway, I'd have to say Sephiroth and from MGS,

the encounter with Metal Gear itself where it's absolutely T O W E R I N G over you, bit breathtaking

Oh, and I thought Xan from UT was a good one because it instilled a bit of atmosphere and feeling of a 'final battle' into a run of the mill 1v1 in an FPS game

Pugsley

Kain near the end of Shining Force.

That big bloke from Serious Sam, scared me shatless the 1st time

And Sephiroth.

Asuka

Originally posted by Littletinyman
The guy in the ice mountain places with the fire-based and ice-based heads?

The very same... it took me ages to work out that killing both heads together was a Very Bad Idea(TM)...

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Rabies

Originally posted by DiscoStu

the 7 Metal Gear Rays near the end of MGS2

now that one one biatch of a fight.

loved that bit in the game...

Wouldn't say it was a tough to beat... After the first one or two attempts you realise the pattern and then its just a matter of time and patience....

Don1

I thought the Metal Gear games were ridiculously simple. So simple in fact I broughtback MGS2 within a fortnight and swapped it for Vice City.

Energizer

DemonGate FF7 -

GOD I HATED HIM EVERY TIME I'D HAVE HIM BET HE'D HIT ME WITH THOSE BIG BOLDERS AND KILL ME DEAD TOOK ME FIVE TRYS TO KILL HIM!!!!!!!:mad:

Asuka

Yeah, he was a cunt for two reasons - he had resistance to practically ALL magic types (but not typeless magic), and he had the element of serious surprise on his side (having just fought a boss). I had just got Bahamut though, which delivered some serious typeless smackdown

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Doodee

Going back in time, I remember seeing the bosses in Turrican on the C64

Yea, I remember them on the amiga, and they were great.

El Marco

Well the most memorable bosses I can remember (not quite bosses though) were the lava monsters just before the main boss in serious sam 2. They were bloody massive and it took my breath away at first, especially when they threw meteors at you. They were huge!

TacT

Kdjac named my fave and you've summed up more or less the rest

When your 10yrs old and you reach the end of lvl 1 on rtype, you will be scared

miju

my favourite boss ever was in Revenge Of Shinobi on the mega drive.

It's the mech T-Rex that at that time was a bastard to kill without losing your 20 lives which you'd spent ages building up but when the bastard blows up **** me it's satisfying.

Also, in Alien Storm the last boss was a bit of a bitch.

(God how I miss my mega drive 2) anyone out there wanna donate a sell a working one to me?

Swifty

Big end boss in serious sam was bloody impressive, Sephiroth, those huge blind serpents from HL are pretty memorable and I loved the pyramid head thing from SH2 - It was just so weird, I'll never forget the cut-scene where I first saw it.

The one where you walk in on him flinging those mannequin leg monsters around the kitchen :eek:

Sloth

Baby Bowser at the end of Yoshi's Island was pretty cool. He was absolutely massive and the way he slowly walked towards you as you desperately tried to hit him with those giant eggs.
Also the alien queen in Aliens Versus Predator was pretty damn cool especially when you opened the air hatch and blasted her out in to space while you desperately clutched on to whatever you could find to avoid being sucked out.

Lex_Diamonds

The Bosses in the Strider Coin Op were stunning for their time...

oeNeo

The end-boss in Sonic 2 on the mega-drive. I could never kill him.

Matt Simis

Ok, may not have been the most popular game, but I really liked they way Summoner (1) introduced the big bosses, like the rock boss assembling himself before you from rocks lying around on the ground.



Matt

TacT

nice one lex, strider was one of those games that drifted far far back in memory

Neo - what did he do, I don't remember them all but I remember clearing every game of sonic released for the mega drive in no time Was this the battle when he takes to a plane in the last bit?