That Boss You Never Wanted To Kill

[Spookimitsu]

Gaia from GoW3, i wasn't too proud of that.

Laughing Octopus - I felt bad for her. Partially because she ate so many bazooka shots to her face, but it seemed like she was trying to play with me, and not really fighting, or trying to kill me. The other three, they had to die though. no remorse there.

Rathian in Monster Hunter Tri (which you should all pick up) I felt really bad for dispatching her. Felt like I invaded her home just to kill cause a few villagers want dragon soup

and ummmm IIRC the swordsman colossus from SoTC. Most of the colossi i regretted, but this one even more so. All of the leviathan colossi had to die though, no qualms there.

 

[KimberlyGoreHound]

Yogg Saron in WoW. Old god of insanity, and the whispers he sends you throughout Ulduar and the final showdown are fucking cruel, I love him. Too bad he had to die.

 

[Wolfram23]

Maiden Astraea from Demon's Souls.

When you consider that you

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invaded her home, and slaughtered her protector who wanted nothing more than to see her safe

you really feel like the bad guy.

You crafty ninja you.

Yeah, I'll go with Maiden Astraea since I can't think of any other time I killed a boss but didn't want to.

Me too! Especially since when you walk into her room, she pleads with you to go away. Although considering all her (possibly hers) plague babies... I think maybe she deserved it. But I don't really know where those grotesque monsters came from.

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It's very interesting tho, that boss area really defines the point of the game. You come as a hero to slay demons but in reality, because you're using the soul arts, you're only becoming the most powerful demon. There's so many references to the unquenchable thirst of those who use soul arts but you always think of King Allant and the like, but never consider that's exactly what's going on with you. And then of course the very end with the Old One... it's like Oh... Yea... I guess I am just a ruthless soul collector! I love that game so much lol

 

[deth2munkies]

Finally I don't get ninja'd:

Miguel from Chrono Cross. I'd post the fight but there are spoilers. Suffice it to say, he's a nice guy, that genuinely loves you, but you have to kill him for the sake of the greater good. And it has the saddest music I've ever heard in an RPG while you're fighting him.


Also:

Strongminded - OK, fine...
Weakminded - Oh I guess he's about to...
HOLYDRAGSWD - DEAR GOD I JUST GOT ONE SHOT.

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And when I say Spoilers I don't just mean spoilers, I mean it will ruin the goddamn game for you spoilers, DON'T WATCH IT IF YOU INTEND ON PLAYING THE GAME.

 

[benoitowns]

Have you ever played a game and not wanted to kill the villain? (If yes what villain) mine would be Levail from Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn, He was a man of chivalry and the paragon of kindness but the game

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Kills him off even if you don't kill him

SO what's your villain you never wanted to kill?

I hate killing the Fire Emblam Bosses...
Remember this guy?...Well I cant find a picture of him so it was
Her father

I think his name was Morva

 

[Nemu]

Any of the final bosses in the FF series.

I actually have this odd quirk in that I refuse to finish a Final Fantasy game until I have another to play immediately. So, yes, I have only JUST beat FF XII because I had bought FF XIII on release. >_o

I know, I'm weird...

 

[McMarbles]

Elephus Rex in Sands of Destruction. He was a selfless doctor who only fought you becausee he thought your actions were going to bring about the end of the world. And the kicker was, he was pretty much right.

 

[Ultress]

I'm going to go with Zelo's, I mean you kill him and the guy was still trying to help you. Sorry Kratos your not worth getting back.

Spoiler: P3:Journey and Answer Spoilers

Chidori, because she may be a bit psycho but she wasn't a bad person.Also the Shawdow MC you fight in the last Dungeon in the Desert of Doors, yeah it wasn't really him but I still felt bad.

 

[Salakayin]

Miguel from Chrono Cross. I'd post the fight but there are spoilers. Suffice it to say, he's a nice guy, that genuinely loves you, but you have to kill him for the sake of the greater good. And it has the saddest music I've ever heard in an RPG while you're fighting him.

Ah man, it has been say...years since I've played the chunk of Chrono Cross that I was able to <damn non-functioning second disk>, and yet reading that name I near instantly remembered whom you are talking about. I'd have to agree with you on that one, I really didn't want to kill him. It was depressing, despite knowing that you're doing it for the greater good.

Coming from Chrono Cross as well, I felt like a jerk after I killed the Hydra, despite it being a ferocious and tedious fight.

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I mean, seriously. The Hydra had a little younglin' that you only figure out after the fact. Just that feeling of...wait, that Hydra's a mother? And I just killed her? Goddamn it, bah!

 

[nick n stuff]

the clown from dead rising. i know he has fucked up but imagine if he made and alliance with Mr. West. dude would fuck shit up.

 

[EightGaugeHippo]

Dagoth Ur from Elder Scrolls 3 Morrowind.
I wanted to join his cause not stop it, thank god for PC mods though!
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Archer (played by my brother) in splinter cell Conviction Co-Op
The Boss MGS 3

 

[Mr. In-between]

I am amazed that there haven't been any "OMG! Seph1r0th bcuz I kust0m1zed my bent0 b0x 2 l00k lyke h1m >.<" posts yet.


But in all honesty, I can't think of any bosses that I didn't want to defeat.

 

[fix-the-spade]

The Boss

The fight against her is awesome and beautiful, that's got to be one of the most striking boss arenas ever. I really didn't want to pull the trigger at the end, it's kind of sick that you can't advance until you press fire.

The Heretic from halo 2

But he was a cheating dick with his multispawning holo dopplegangers! I wanted to kill him just for that...

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

probably Kreia from kotor II, as she was your mentor and ally the whole game

next up might be captain keyes from halo 1, i knew he was flood now..but still.

i can't think of any others off the top of my head, but there are definitly more for sure.

 

[GiantSpiderGoat]

Loghain from Dragon Age. If Allister/the Queen were not having a big ***** about the whole thing. I could of had both Loghain and Allister on my team.

 

[BlumiereBleck]

Spoiler: Resi 5 spoilers

Alber Wesker. He was the most badass character in the series. I felt so horribly guilty after I (probably) killed him in Resi 5. Good news is that he's now channeling David Bowie and I don't think it's actually possible for David Bowie to be killed, so he'll probably be back.

yeah David Bowie is the Soverign he can never be killed!

Gaia from GoW3, i wasn't too proud of that.

Laughing Octopus - I felt bad for her. Partially because she ate so many bazooka shots to her face, but it seemed like she was trying to play with me, and not really fighting, or trying to kill me. The other three, they had to die though. no remorse there.
quote] Yeah kratos was a dick Hades and Persophone were just trying to stop him from killing all the gods and goddess.

 

[laol1999]

im starting to feel a little sorry for bowser and usualy jump around a little while before killing him

 

[Naheal]

I rarely like killing bosses. I'd much rather just beat them to the point to where they can't fight back, then recruit them to my army.

Translation?

 

[Ophi]

Sephiran, one of the final bosses in Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn. Even though he really wanted to die, I couldn't help but feel bad.

And to the guy who asked what's with all the Fire Emblem in this thread: FE's bosses often aren't necessarily 'evil'. They themselves have very often been wronged in some terrible way and are working towards a goal that they believe to be the right thing. Hell, some players may agree with their goals.

Other times, they're noble knights who happen to be fighting for their country. Just because they live in the 'wrong' or 'antagonistic' country, they must die.

In some cases, the antagonists are actually more fleshed out characters than your own units as well.