I want boss battles, and only boss battles

[Brendan Stepladder]

I recently played through my old Zelda games, MM Battle Network games, and a buch of other classics when i noticed something: I only enjoyed them when I was facing biosses.

Do YOU, you dashing armchair hero, know of any games that are more or less all boss, all the time? This whole "level" crap merely seems like idle filter until I can shoot weak points for massive damage.

 

[CannibalCorpses]

I'm the exact opposite of you.

I don't see any need for boss battles, especially when they are immune to everything but a shot in the achilles heel. It just seems ridiculous to me.

 

[God'sFist]

Well ninja gaiden black was pretty damn boss heavy if you would like alot of bosses. I suggest that.

 

[Soxafloppin]

I'm guessing your heard of Shadow of the Collosus?

It basically goes like this

Step 1.Run to boss
Step 2.Fight Boss
Step 3.Repeat steps 1 and 2 15 times.

Its an amazing game also.

 

[scorptatious]

Well there's Shadow of the Colossus. Aside from some exploring and actually searching for the colossi, that game is pretty much nothing but boss fights.

Edit: damn, ninja'd...

 

[Baralak]

Aside from SotC... fighting games? Just crank up the difficulty and start survival mode.

 

[Erttheking]

Well, punchout can be considered all bosses.

 

[josemlopes]

If every enemy is a boss then how can they be bosses? They become the average enemy by default.

But going along with the topic I'll have to say that while I like the idea of bosses a lot of them usually suck. Dark Souls does them great since most of them dont have a weak point, what makes them a boss is that they are a lot stronger (and usually big) then most enemies at that point of the game.

 

[hazabaza1]

Monster Hunter is kinda like that sorta. And yeah, SoTC.
Other than that... I dunno. Dark Souls has some pretty cool bosses but it's got a lot of basic enemies too.

 

[shadowslayer81]

Warning Forever if you like top down shooters.

 

[krazykidd]

Monter hunter has tons of bosses and not much filler , you can even grind bosses for materials .

SotC ( duh ) but everyone and their dog knew thag already .

Wild arms 5 , has LOT's of bosses , they practically make up excuses to throw bosses at you , that being said they aren't all that tough .

Demon's souls , the entire world is kinda like a boss . Then the bosses are kinda like SUPER bosses . Unless you play as a mage , mages are broken as fuck.

 

[krazykidd]

I'm the exact opposite of you.

I don't see any need for boss battles, especially when they are immune to everything but a shot in the achilles heel. It just seems ridiculous to me.

I agree that having 1 weakness and be immune to everything is pretty dumb . I prefer when they have resistance to everything except one thing that will do normal damage , but they don't tell you and let you figure it out on your own , like a big boy .

 

[ScrabbitRabbit]

There's a surprisingly brilliant Sonic fangame called Eggman Hates Furries that's basically all bosses. And, fuck, are they great bosses.

The game's opening two levels (a motorcycle chase that makes you think it's gonna be all grimdark and a tutorial) are a tad weak but stick with it, the bosses are some of the very best I've faced in a 2D platformer.

 

[Professor Lupin Madblood]

Shadow of the Colossus has been recommended a few times, as has Dark Souls. Aside from those two, I can't think of any.

 

[Kopikatsu]

Here's a comprehensive list for you: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BossGame

 

[Baralak]

Here's a comprehensive list for you: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BossGame

Crap, I forgot all about Mega Man: The Power Battles. It's every Megaman boss fight, masquerading as a fighting game.

 

[Froken Keke]

Alien Soldier is the game for you. It's all bosses.

 

[Finbark]

I'm sure it's been mentioned since I started reading this thread and it's been mentioned in the form of the TV Tropes list, but No More Heroes would qualify for pretty much just bosses.

 

[teh_Canape]

Alien Soldier is the game for you. It's all bosses.

fucking hell, I was gonna say that one
even looked up a nice image for it

oh well
OT: what the guy I quoted said, Alien Soldier
prepare to get your ass served to you on a golden plate though, this game makes Dark Souls look like Pong

 

[jackinmydaniels]

No More Heroes one and two, those games are pretty much all about the boss battles.