Hardest Video Game Bosses

[51gunner]

The Icon of Sin in Doom 2. That thing spat endless streams of nasty enemies at you, health and ammo weren't as common as one could hope for, and there was always the chance that it would spit on right on top of you. That was instant death, even with an invulnerability cheat.

That and the final boss of Descent 2 was a challenge. Its 'weak point' was a little nub on its back, and it does the smart thing and turns to face you all the time, while it pounds Earthshaker missiles into you. That's right, the most powerful missiles in the game, which you only can ever get a handful of.

 

[Megacherv]

Many bosses from Dynasty Warriors: Gundam, especially Scirocco in The-O. My main strategy ends up being getting my health into the red, running away into another area so they don't follow me whilst my SP gauge charges up to the highest level I have, going back to enemy with strafe guard on, waiting for them to attack and then unleashing my SP attack on them. Repeat until boss is defeated.

 

[Slayer_2]

RAAM, Gears of War.

 

[sneak_copter]

The guy with the Sniper Rifle from Metal Gear Solid 3.
It took me AGES.

 

[Fenring]

My hardest would be a random mid level boss you fight in F.E.A.R. The robot/suit you fight in a courtyard with cafes on either ends. The boss it's self isn't hard, but when I fought him I only had two mines, a pistol, and half a clip of SMG ammo. It was fun.

 

[Cogings]

-> Demon Gate - Final Fantasy VII - PS1

Jesus the amount of times i was killed by that fucking wall, some grinding later boom! i won

I find this one surprising. This was my first real final fantasy, and I got through the demon gate thinking that it was the easiest boss I'd fought all game...did I get lucky or something? Apparently I missed out on some legendary struggle

I know what you mean, I know a few people that have had a tough time with Demon Wall but I never really have.
I usually just made sure I had saved my limit breaks and you kill him off pretty quickly.

 

[Sir Ollie]

I find this one surprising. This was my first real final fantasy, and I got through the demon gate thinking that it was the easiest boss I'd fought all game...did I get lucky or something? Apparently I missed out on some legendary struggle

I think the first time i played i had very low leveled characters, and his special move was bloody annoying

 

[ohellynot]

all of the ff super bosses
titan from shadow of the collosus
the final boss from mushihimesama (tipe it into youtube you woll see what i mean)

 

[BubbleGumSnareDrum]

Pretty much any boss in Ninja Gaiden II is a total *****.

 

[Vlane]

I hope nobody else posted this one but look: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQZuidKexBQ

My eyes hurt everytime I watch it.

 

[Vlane]

Pretty much any boss in Ninja Gaiden II is a total *****.

But they are very easy if you use the right weapon. I found Ninja Gaiden II actually to be an incredibly easy game.

 

[Vlane]

The guy with the Sniper Rifle from Metal Gear Solid 3.
It took me AGES.

Just save at the fight, shut the console down and wait a few days or set the system time a few days ahead.

On normal difficulty he was pretty easy but on the highest difficulty he was a *****.

 

[Sonic_Waffle]

OOOH... How could I forget...

Sephiroth - Kingdom Hearts II

Still can't kill him... Can't even wound him. And I've played about 5 hours of after game play. Just levelling up.

I beat with an accidental "Reflega" when he used the flash attack... Twas UBER PWNGE.

Hardest bosses I ever faced would be:
- Kor in Jak 2.
- Ansem in Kingdom Hearts 1. (Took me a year to beat him.)
- Lou from GH3 on hard difficulty. (9 months to beat.)
- Dr M from Sly 3. (The timed verson can burn in videogame hell along with the Assassin's Creed combat system, and Rayman 1.)
- Bowser on world 8 in the original SMB for the nes. (It's only at this level that he's really hard.)
- Ringwraiths in the Fellowship of the ring game. (They're not really a boss, as they're so early in the game, but they virtually made it impossible to progress so I've given up to this day.)

 

[Hookman]

Mysterio from Spiderman 2...Heh heh.
EDIT: Thinking about it seriously I have remembered the helicopter from The world is not enough on N64. That thing was fucking impossible to hit!

 

[Vlane]

The HARDEST boss? The reason there's no HARDEST boss is because they're all fuckin easy. Multiplayer is where it's at.

Just thinking of the hardest boss I have done... must be Psycho Mantis. I actually had to stop using reflexes and use my brain for three seconds.

You can actually kill him without the controller "cheat". It takes some time but it is possible.

 

[MasterStratus]

Grinning Colossus from "You have to Burn the Rope"

Agreed.

 

[Vlane]

Really? I thought he was annoying due to his shield that you had to knock down. He was easy enough once I got the aerial stinger-like move to get to him quicker, and once I learned his patterns. But It was annoying at first. In contrast I found Dante to be easy enough. Just got close and used the throw moves really.

I can usually get a few good hits on him after he uses that ground wave move where he yells out "Repent!" or "You will fail!" He was a hell of a pain in the ass on Dante Must Die difficulty though.

Him: Repent!
Nero: (Snatches shield)
Him: (Flies out of range, one of those flying blade thingies charges up)
Nero: (Double jumps to avoid flying blade thingy)

Dante was a pain in the ass because he had a seemingly random chance to dodge/get out of your throws. Plus his sword attacks were faster than yours. Occasionally I'd counter his Stinger with a well-timed Shuffle (where Nero dashes back, then dashes forward and attacks), but it would do a piddly amount of damage.

Oh yes Dante in DMC 4 was really hard for me too until I discovered how to beat him easily. In the room where you fight him there should be some broken pillars. Go there, wait for Dante and spam your grab attack. That's how I beat him.