Good boss fights? Good villains?

[DoW Lowen]

I'm been playing games for a long time, and there's nothing i enjoy more than a climatic showdown at the end of a game. Most notably for me would be Kingdom Hearts 2 and Sudeki. What I also love is a truly brilliant villain. But lately games have been lacking in those two beloved areas. Perhaps I haven't been playing the right games, but it seems to me villains and bosses are too easy or not worth killing. It hit me when I played GoW2 what had the potential to be an epic fight had consisted of nothing more than covering for a minute and then mashing B, dont even get me started on Fable II...

So is this because developer's are afraid we cannot finish a game or rather something different? I miss the good ol' showdown fights and would love to hear some games where a villain or boss is noteworthy or memorable.

 

[ExplosionProofTaco]

Fable 2 had bosses?

Didn't Notice.

I would have thought Lucien was a boss BUT NOOOOOOOOOO

 

[rossatdi]

Serious Sam, baby.

 

[The Great Fa]

Just about every boss in No More Heroes (although I particularly enjoyed Dr.Peace). Alright, they weren't that tough, but they were awfully cool.

How about the final bosses in Paper Mario 1&2. They were epic, difficult, and just satisfying in every way.

 

[ViviFFIX]

I have to agree with KH and KH2, the best parts of those games were the extra bosses (e.g. Sephiroth in KH). Another notable game for this was Crash Bandicoot (well back when the games were good).

I mean there's nothing more satisfying in a game than fighting over and over and over until you finally beat down that 1 boss and get to watch the little movie of his death with a huge grin spread across you cheeks!

 

[exzachly]

Four words: Shadow of the Colossus

 

[grunt-4-life]

for me i have to go retro......
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
every boss fight was epic much like all LoZ games.......except Twilight Princess.....too easy no matter what anyone says.
followed by final fantasy's (not XII or X-2) just because you had to work it all out for your self........namely all the bosses

 

[DoW Lowen]

What boss fight in God of War II consisted of cowering? Or did you mistype and mean GeoW 2?

I mean Gears of War 2. Forgot God of War even existed, should get back into that really.

Four words: Shadow of the Colossus

Ah thank you for refreshing my memory.

 

[PureChaos]

Majora's Mask/Incarnation/Wrath. great final boss if you don't use the Fierce Deity mask

 

[grunt-4-life]

majora's mask liked but the time thing got very annoying to be very blunt...........much like a spoon in the gut

 

[coldfrog]

Speaking of No More Heroes, I LOVED every boss fight in Killer7, whether they were easy or not. Fantastic ideas for all of them.

Shadow of the Colossus goes without saying.

All the metroid prime games had great bosses, but one of the best was that giant robot you had to take down in MP2... So epic and fantastic, I loved everything about that fight.

Actually, come to think of it, the final boss in Super Metroid is way up there as well.

I'll come up with some more tomorrow I bet.

 

[DoW Lowen]

No more heroes had really really really interesting ideas for bosses, great characterization and amazing fight visually and awesome styles. But the game pretty much involved dodging and blocking then attacking.

 

[grunt-4-life]

pretty much a low rez version of red steel

 

[Incompl te]

Final boss in Bioshock anyone?
Or perhaps this [http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=sQZuidKexBQ&feature=related]

 

[Nazulu]

I like the bosses in Diablo 2, those pesky demons!

Link to the Past and Ocarina of Time had some great bosses, ill never forget them!

The bosses in Fury 3 were great, if anyone has played that!

All the Metroid Primes and Super Metroid had some interesting bosses.

Star Fox 64 has good bosses.

Thats all I can remember.

 

[grunt-4-life]

MGS 3 the bosses in that can be very awarkward e.g the pain...... bullet bees very annoying

 

[lukey94]

Conkers Bad Fur Day had awesome fights, like the hay monster that shoots missiles =D

 

[DoW Lowen]

Hey has anybody played the XBLA Castle Crashers? That had some wicked fights, especially towards the end how you fight that rabbit monster that paints those circus creatures and they come alive and attack you.

 

[jamesc]

What boss fight in God of War II consisted of cowering? Or did you mistype and mean GeoW 2?

Nitpick much?

Anyway, I know what you mean. And it is yet another reason I love Prince of Persia(new). It had some the most epic bossess I have seen since this whole "realism" craze started, not to mention they were some of the best bosses of all time.