That One Boss.

[dark-mortality]

Elizabeth Greene in Prototype, especially when compared to the final boss who I killed by throwing a few thing at him.

Greene is just a stone-cold ***** of a boss fight.

In my opinion, it was sort of a let-down. I had heard about the fight against her, and I expected some sort of epic duel between me and her. Then I fouund out she is practically just a big, unmovable target with some tentacles here and there. (And the F U move, but I managed to dodge that) I liked both the first cross-fight (When he spams soldiers), and the final cross-fight much better because it felt more like a "duel". (The reason why I love Devil May Cry games is the duels.)

OT: Let me see... The last (Second last?) boss in the first Dark Cloud game. EVIL!!!! His hands are easy, his lazer is easily dodged... but his fucking wind! It's impossible to dodge as far as I know, impossible to block, and if you had a bad long-range character(s) and weapons as I had, it is a nightmare to beat him... I think his name was The Dark Genie or something -_-

Lord of the rings: The third age... You know what Balrog? I hate you and your insta-kill all characters except for Gandalf. (He can two-hit Gandalf if you are unlucky) All other bosses, mini-bosses and "Hard" encounters are nothing compared too that asshole!

And at last, the last boss in GUN; Magruder or whatever his face. Has nigh in-prenetable armor, a ridicilously overpowered shotgun, AND he get help from his soldiers often, who in themselves are pretty though, with good guns. I hate that guy so much.

Another 'fuck you' moment is also in Dark Cloud. The boss of the Sun and Moon temple. Now, he is not a F U boss for being hard. No, he is a F U boss for being so easy that I was extremely bored fighting him! All the bosses before and after him had several attacks, and they rarely REALLY flinched too your attacks. Him? You can use the crappy AND broken crappy dagger throughout the whole fight, for he flinches all the time. It takes a long and boring time, but it will eventually get the job done. (I beat him faster thank god.)

Captcha: tiysic cyanide... umm, are you trying to tell me something?

 

[Volothos]

Brimflamm.... this bastard... White Knight Chronicles 2 by the way

I don't want to reimagine the bossfight with him. i had to retry multiple times and each time takes about 30 minutes. I think i was stuck on him for about 2 days.

 

[dickywebster]

That one boss in dragon quest 8 that as far as i can tell you have to die when his second form shows up, the one before jessica.
Of course i didnt know you could die then just take on the second form so i kept resetting when i died for oh so long...

 

[Johann610]

Samurai Shodown 5: Sankuro Yorozu. His "trio of minions named Gosichi, Fuyo, and Ippachi" are his special moves, but work without any warning--presumably, you are supposed to HEAR him call to them, but the Arcade always has the sound turned off. So it's by luck--or cheese--that I beat him. It took me, off and on, a decade to beat him.

 

[Lunar Templar]

I don't know why I found them soo difficult. They killed me probably 50 times before I finally beat them.

Honourable mention to Agni and Rudra from DMC3, who can claim the life of a controller after I broke one in a fit of rage.

i must ask the both of you, was this the Special Edition or original release of DMC3?

but speaking of DMC3 >.> the flying centipede boss, not because its terribly 'hard' per say, it just takes FOREVER to kill. sure you can, in theory, bounce its projectiles back at it for huge damage, but that's always been problematic given the number he throws at you, i mention it over the others cause the nerfing of the SE release did little to make it, easier, or shorter.

Vindictus has 3 bosses that KINDA fit this, all raid bosses, and ALL 3 are part of the main story line, so you kinda HAVE to kill them to get to the next bit of content.

Thor: GIANT, 3 jawed electrical alligator, who stand in water, for extra fun, he can electrically charge the water, this is unblockable, and SPAMMED, and high damage, it is avoidable that that accounts for only 5% at most of the map.

Ingkells: demonic ogre looking dood, with a big ass sword, a few AoE and Line type attacks, and, can summon mid, to full boss grade enemys.
and
Glas Ghaibhleann: a HUGE, 4 armed demon looking thing, it flys, has a one hit kill, and most of its attacks can, and will obliterate you.

City of Heroes has Trapdoor, some random loser made an 'Incarnate' threw unnatural means, listing him, cause of his high speed regeneration, even for a boss, and which only gets worse when he makes clones of him self, best way anyone i know has found of countering it, even with clones, is push him into the lava pit near by, fun times lemme tell ya

 

[Space Spoons]

Velius (Final Fantasy Tactics)

If you don't adequately prepare your troops, the buildup to this fight is no cakewalk, but the fight itself is just hellishly difficult. Over the years, through countless run-throughs, I've more or less mastered the battle, so that I don't have nearly as much trouble with it as I used to, but I still remember my first attempt, and the slaughter that followed. Velius and the three Archaic Demons he's with are extremely powerful, both physically and magically. It takes nothing short of an expertly trained strike force to take them down without suffering casualties yourself.

What makes it worse is that if you used the save point that comes up right before the battle, you no longer have the option of backtracking a bit to grind until you're strong enough; the save point launches you right into the fight, with no chance to escape. You have no choice but to keep trying until you somehow win, or else restart your game completely.

 

[ABLb0y]

Aster Protoflorian. 'Nuff said.

 

[-Samurai-]

I don't know why I found them soo difficult. They killed me probably 50 times before I finally beat them.

Honourable mention to Agni and Rudra from DMC3, who can claim the life of a controller after I broke one in a fit of rage.

i must ask the both of you, was this the Special Edition or original release of DMC3?

Mine is the original release. I was never really into DMC but received the game as a present. Not a bad game.

 

[Lunar Templar]

I don't know why I found them soo difficult. They killed me probably 50 times before I finally beat them.

Honourable mention to Agni and Rudra from DMC3, who can claim the life of a controller after I broke one in a fit of rage.

i must ask the both of you, was this the Special Edition or original release of DMC3?

Mine is the original release. I was never really into DMC but received the game as a present. Not a bad game.

it is a very good game, but half the reason for your trouble, that version of DmC3 normal = hard, not sure it was intentional or a coding error but there ya go. personally i was kinda pissed the SE was so much easier

 

[anthony87]

That one boss?

Spoiler: Oh, you mean THIS one boss.

ALL OF MY HATE!!!

(Yes, I do actually have this game)

I love watching that video while just thinking about how it's Xemnas HOLDING BACK....or maybe Sora is just much weaker at that point compared to KHII.

Also, can you actually read the Japanese text or do you just know the game well enough to play it blind?

 

[Puddleknock]

I don't know why I found them soo difficult. They killed me probably 50 times before I finally beat them.

Honourable mention to Agni and Rudra from DMC3, who can claim the life of a controller after I broke one in a fit of rage.

i must ask the both of you, was this the Special Edition or original release of DMC3?

I think original, but this was some years ago and I don't have the game to hand so can't be sure. In all honesty I just sucked at the game, not my finest moment in my personal gaming history.

While I'm posting again I'll add one I forgot to mention earlier. The solo battle with Wiegraf in Final Fantasy Tactics caused me all sorts of trouble. That boss actually made me restart the game due to the fact I couldn't beat him.

 

[Lunar Templar]

I don't know why I found them soo difficult. They killed me probably 50 times before I finally beat them.

Honourable mention to Agni and Rudra from DMC3, who can claim the life of a controller after I broke one in a fit of rage.

i must ask the both of you, was this the Special Edition or original release of DMC3?

I think original, but this was some years ago and I don't have the game to hand so can't be sure. In all honesty I just sucked at the game, not my finest moment in my personal gaming history.

While I'm posting again I'll add one I forgot to mention earlier. The solo battle with Wiegraf in Final Fantasy Tactics caused me all sorts of trouble. That boss actually made me restart the game due to the fact I couldn't beat him.

ah, that ones harder, by virtue of 'normal' actually being the hard setting, don't feel bad, pretty sure that game kicked every ones ass across the parking lot

 

[Panzervaughn]

Also, Why did everyone find Seymore Flux( Mt Gagazet) So hard, was it the Zombie/Fulllife, or Cross Slash, or what?

Zombie/Fulllife, Cross Slash and the Annihiliation interrupt bullshit he does when he drops below 10,000 HP which instakills the whole party - remember, you can only do 9,999 damage without ultimate weapons/limit breaks. Plus you have to sit through a long, boring, unskippable cutscene every time you reload your game.

In hindsight he's probably easy if you have at least one 'ultimate' weapon at that point, but I didn't. Eventually I had to grind until I found a Poisonball for Wakka, which I had to use carefully to make Seymour Flux drop below 10,000 HP during HIS turn, so I would be able to finish him on my first attack on my turn.

I dont think it was physically possible to have built a ultimate by that point.

Also, Guarding is awesome.

I think it's possible to have completed Tidus' weapon by that point, assuming you could beat the Chocobo race on the Calm Lands.

His Crest is in Zanarkand, and i think theres a guy standing in the way of the powerup-location in macalania before you do the main quest.

 

[Echo136]

Have you ever been playing a game where a boss suddenly shows up and just kicks your ass? I'm not talking final bosses, just bosses that you run into in the middle of a game and they just own you. Repeatedly.

I am playing Dark Souls. I was bopping and and having fun. Then I ran into the Orstein and Smough boss fight. They began destroying me. No build up to them, they just show up and start beating me down. I've died against them more times than any other boss combined. And I feel that that isn't going to change anytime soon.

Discussion: Do you have a personal That One Boss? Any painful stories to share?

TV Tropes page coining the phrase:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThatOneBoss

I havent made it to Ornstein yet but Ser Wolf surprised me a bit. He kills me in nearly one friggin hit with that damn sword.

 

[WhiteFangofWhoa]

Oh sure, now everyone talks about Boost Guardian now that I mentioned him. (j/k)

Here's another insane one, and unlike Boost Man I can't defeat him- Zophar in Lunar 2, 2nd phase.

He has five individual parts, each one with more HP than any boss before him has. Each one gets a separate attack, usually some kind of elemental spell hitting in the hundreds when your party members have 600 HP at most if you've been grinding. Moreover, his head is protected by the four hands and periodically gives Zophar's trademark laughter before blasting one target for over 5000 damage, guaranteed instant kill.

I looked around and there is exactly ONE video on YouTube of someone actually beating him. It's the length of four videos just for the 2nd phase, and many times the player comes close to defeat (3 out of 5 party members dead), only to get lucky as he revives them. White Dragon Shield seems to be the best way of dealing with all the damage floating around, but I still don't think I'll ever beat him myself.

Oh, and before anyone says anything, Zophar's not the final boss. He has all the trappings of one, but he isn't the end of the game- there's several dungeons and bosses after him before you can get your happy ending.

 

[TheLastSamurai14]

Also, can you actually read the Japanese text or do you just know the game well enough to play it blind?

I'm learning Japanese right now. I can read most of it, including all of the bonus content, but some of the stuff from the original KH, I can't understand. I have to call back to my memory of playing the English version, or in extreme cases, use an online guide as a reference.

 

[Kermi]

Also, Why did everyone find Seymore Flux( Mt Gagazet) So hard, was it the Zombie/Fulllife, or Cross Slash, or what?

Zombie/Fulllife, Cross Slash and the Annihiliation interrupt bullshit he does when he drops below 10,000 HP which instakills the whole party - remember, you can only do 9,999 damage without ultimate weapons/limit breaks. Plus you have to sit through a long, boring, unskippable cutscene every time you reload your game.

In hindsight he's probably easy if you have at least one 'ultimate' weapon at that point, but I didn't. Eventually I had to grind until I found a Poisonball for Wakka, which I had to use carefully to make Seymour Flux drop below 10,000 HP during HIS turn, so I would be able to finish him on my first attack on my turn.

I dont think it was physically possible to have built a ultimate by that point.

Also, Guarding is awesome.

I think it's possible to have completed Tidus' weapon by that point, assuming you could beat the Chocobo race on the Calm Lands.

His Crest is in Zanarkand, and i think theres a guy standing in the way of the powerup-location in macalania before you do the main quest.

Shows what I know. It's funny, you can't even obtain all the ultimate weapons until the game is basically over. I finished FFX in 70 hours without them and thought I was being pretty thorough. I went back to my pre-endgame save and played up to around 120 hours. I still don't think I did everything (I attempted the stupid as fuck butterfly catching about 50 times, so I'm counting it even if I never actually beat it and got Kimahri's weapon).

In short, FFX is retarded.

 

[Zeema]

Prototype : Final Boss very Hard

i still can't beat it