The tragically disappointing end boss fight. [Beware of Spoilers]

[Enigma6667]

No matter what kind of boss fight I encounter thinking its shit or not, I'm always reminded of the absolute hell of ending boss fights: Halo 3 and Fable II. H

Halo 3: So instead of fighting a giant fucking alien or using a tank to kill a fucking giant alien condom or something, we have to fight a tiny little monitor that is easy to target, and dies with 2 or 3 hits of the "Shoop Da Woop" gun. Granted, the epic car-chase sequence was able to qualm "some" of my gripes with that boss fight, and at least it had SOMETHING that was epic in the ending, even if it wasn't a boss fight. And at least it isn't like Gears 2 where you aren't even able to move during the boss fight, and you just charge that fucking laser for no apparent reason. BUT THEN...

Fable II: The mother of anti-climacticness. This one needs not to be explained because actually explaining to you guys how utterly stupid this one is, because if I try to explain it I'll bore myself to tears.

Mass Effect's ending boss fight was piss-easy but it at least had the decency to have a climactic feel in it.

 

[xXDeMoNiCXx]

The same reason some people people only play games for the multiplayer: that's what they like doing. Also, no offense but you come off as a bit ignorant as that is not at all the only reason I play games. I do it for fun as games should be played, the gamerscore is just a fun little bonus as I want to see how many games I can 100% the achievements on before I get bored of them. Plus, I did enjoy the game a bit.

 

[scnj]

Gears of war 2

Step 1. Point deathlaser at large plant
step 2. pull deathlaser trigger
step 3. ????
step 4. Game over.....wait what?

Yep. Especially after Skorge seemed like a badass.

 

[Fenra]

Doom 3, charge cube, fling cube, repeat while sprinting and shotgunning demons, done...

Oh and while technically not an end boss, whenever the tank is AI controlled in L4D its a pushover, backpeddle and flame, job done

 

[shadyh8er]

Spoiler: Resistance 2

Ok, so this guy named Daedalus has killed two of your men, won't stop getting into your head, and your weapons don't seem to do anything to him. So when you finally get to face him you expect there to be some kind of clever strategy to beating him right? Well, if running around in a circle shooting electrical orbs qualifies as a clever strategy to you, you need serious help.

 

[Snarky Username]

Fable 1 for the XBox was ridiculously easy. I beat him in 30 seconds and felt somewhat empty after doing so. But Fable II seemed like Lionhead's sarcastic remark to those people who though that Jack of Blades was too easy. I think at the end they just said "Fuck it, let's just shoot him so we don't have to make a boss fight"

 

[xAnarchysAngelx]

i would have to say Condemned 2 bloodshot, i mean it was good at first but once it got turned to a cult thing with super voice...*sigh* killed a good game, the boss fight was you just screaming at him really loud...
idk how to do a spoiler thing but it really doesnt matter its an old game, if you were going to play it you already would have, if not and were thinking about it my bad...

 

[GoWithDAFro]

I think someone needs to point out Zelda TP. Every boss, was piss easy, though admittedly its pretty much made up for in epicness. And I second whoever said FFX. It's literally impossible to die in that fight becauseof automatic autolife. So i cursed the final boss, beat him in three turns, and my sense of accomplishment died right along with him

 

[Sronpop]

No mention of Fallout 3? I beat the 'boss' in all of 5 seconds. I actually liked the boss in Mass Effect, having to fight Saren, and then crazy robo Saren, that was awesome. Mass Effect 2's boss was piss easy, but at least it looked epic.

Gears 3 is suppose to have a much upped difficulty, which is a good thing, since the hardest thing in gears 2 was driving across a lake.

 

[antipunt]

Fable 2 URGHHH. I was about to say Borderlands, but I read someone else's post that reminded me of that game of which my memory has repressed due to trauma. MAN, TOTALLY Fable 2...

 

[Swarley]

I don't think it would be possible to emphasize how disappointing the final boss of Borderlands was.

 

[The Grim Ace]

I am shocked no one mentioned Sands of Time. Some of the last battles in the game were decently epic only for the game to phone it in with so damn easy a final boss. His father was way more challenging than that rickety old-man, the Vizier. It was such a disappointment for me, the ending theme at least made up for it but I still felt ripped off for such an easy boss.

 

[Bek359]

End boss in Bionicle Heroes. I never expected much (I only got the game cause it was an easy 1000 gamerscore) but the end boss rides on top of a huge spider-thing so it could have been at least a little challenging. My 7-year old cousin would have gotten bored of it.

Well, every boss in that game is piss-easy. I have literally never seen the game over screen for that game, no matter how badly I handicapped myself.

 

[Uber Waddles]

Really? 20 posts and no mention of the Fable II "boss," lord Lucian?

Anyone who mentions Fable 2 has no respect in my opinion; if you expected that game to have a good end boss after playing that game, your crazy. I would mark Fable 2 in my "biggest let down in gaming history".

With that in mind. Kingdom Hearts, both main titles. The majority of the final boss fight was split into multiple, un-needed, and unwanted parts. Very disappointing, and weird.

Assassins Creed, the original, made me sad because of the end boss fight. It was partly decent, but the complete sci-fi spin just made me go wtf? It just didnt really fit (going from Serious to border-line magic).

Every console RPG I have played since the 360 came out. Dragon Age, Mass Effect, etc. Just all very disappointing end game material; not impressed at all. RPG's used to be known for ending with a boss tougher than nails, now their just kind of push overs.

 

[Drakmeire]

blowing up the citadel in Half~life 2 disappointed me since I just blew up a machine... there was no satisfaction.
The final boss in Psychonaughts was a total pushover. especially consiuring how frustrating it was to reach him... funny intro though
Raz's dad: is.. is that really how you see me?"
Raz's mental image of his dad:"Boy do I hate psychics! and seeing my son happy!"

 

[googleit6]

As I've said before, Ganondorf in Ocarina of Time

He's made out to be the biggest and baddest mother fucker of all time who was able to conquer the land of Hyrule while the knights of the castle fell beneath his awesome power and you are the only hope left.

Then I beat him without getting hit once. Yeah, so scary. Either everyone in Hyrule is a fucking pussy or Ganon lost his touch in the 7 years Link was away.

Hell, half of the bosses were more difficult than him.

He was the first thing I thought of when I read this thread. He was such an easy boss, I was so shocked when I beat him. I was so shocked it was so SIMPLE when I learned what I had to do to kill him.

 

[xXDeMoNiCXx]

End boss in Bionicle Heroes. I never expected much (I only got the game cause it was an easy 1000 gamerscore) but the end boss rides on top of a huge spider-thing so it could have been at least a little challenging. My 7-year old cousin would have gotten bored of it.

Well, every boss in that game is piss-easy. I have literally never seen the game over screen for that game, no matter how badly I handicapped myself.

Yeah but like I said, as the final boss I was expecting SOMETHING. lol Oh well.

 

[voetballeeuw]

I forgot about Fable 2, ya that ending sucked.

 

[pyrosaw]

Borderlands for the win

Jak 3 also deserves special mention

Mortal Kombat Armaggedon

 

[run_forrest_run]

Mario, mostly:

OH NO! IT'S BOWSER!

*runs past and hits switch*

...

Someone actually thought this was challenging?!

ALTHOUGH I love the bosses in Metroid 3 so far, but haven't got to the final (I'm just about to get there) - I really hope Dark Samus isn't a disappointment.

Spoiler

IT FUCKING IS

Eh? I thought it was really fun, and suitably epic.

Maybe my Hypermode playthrough is what is still fresh in my mind.

My apologies with the typo. Metroid 3 is one of my favourite shooters ever and the end boss(es) are absolutely fantastic.