What are your first thoughts when encountering a Final Boss?

[ForensicYOYO]

Assuming we have all play hundreds of games here Im sure you have encountered a Final Boss at least once in a video game. whether or not they be difficult or extremely easy to beat, what are your first thoughts when encountering a Final Boss in any game for the first time?

Mine is: Holy crap! Just stay calm. You prepared yourself through the entire game for this moment. You can do it!

 

[Manicotti]

The story allows me infinite deaths. You are only allowed one. Your ass is MINE, *****.

 

[Katherine Kerensky]

Hmmm...
Sword goes in, blood comes out, sword goes in, blood comes out.
Switch sword with bullets/magic thingies, and that is it for most games.
If you count the deadlines for Recettear as bosses, then, first play-through = "Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-"
And then failing the final payment by a very narrow margin...
Of course, there are the dungeon bosses, but that just falls under the first reaction I listed.

 

[Palademon]

"It's not a giant crab. WHERE ARE IT'S WEAK POINTS??!!"

 

[Mittens The Kitten]

I love all bosses in RPG games, i feel like all the time i spend leveling up and grabbing the best gear was just to rip bosses apart, on account of regular mob packs ussually being pretty easy.

 

[AetherWolf]

"Super awesome final boss music time!" or "Holy fuck, the ending better live up to this."

 

[Veloxe]

"Oh how cute, he has a magical power that makes him harder! Now, where did I leave that magical macguffin to remedy that..."

 

[CrazyCapnMorgan]

First thought instantly is "Let's see what punk-ish moves this one's capable of and which ones need to be avoided and/or prepared for."

Zeal, Kefka and Sephiroth's "Your HP is now 1" move really gets annoying when they use it more than 2 times in a 30 second timespan.

 

[Casetwo]

What cheap tactic is this boss going to use?

 

[Armored Prayer]

I usually think "Alright this is it. Lets do this thing!" Then I start getting pumped from the boss music.

 

[ShadeOfGrey]

*Epic final battle music kicks in.*
"Alright, this is your moment. Find its weak points, and strike without mercy!"

 

[RedEyesBlackGamer]

"My first time I'll gauge the boss's strength and memorize his attack patterns so I can devise a strategy for the following attempts." Yeah, I'm boring.

 

[Stormz]

I wonder what his cheapest/instadeath attack will be and when he'll use it.

 

[Icarion (aka Stockholm)]

Thats big, but I can kill it. That or, "Ohh shit.."

What? I have no fear. Except where it is waranted.

 

[Solo-Wing]

"Epic boss music time!" and "LET'S DO THIS!"

 

[Cogwheel]

The story allows me infinite deaths. You are only allowed one. Your ass is MINE, *****.

Welcome to Planescape: Torment, where this is the whole problem.

 

[Dr. Wily III]

*trow grenade/ultimate spell* *pew pew* *more pew pew* *heal/hiding in corner* even more pew pew*

 

[DustyDrB]

*Shit! I forgot to trap a fairy in my jar!*

 

[kampori]

I only say 1 thing nowadays, when encountering the final boss-

"Don't be like Borderlands, don't be like Borderlands, don't be like Borderlands..!!"

 

[rockyoumonkeys]

It seems like half the time lately, I have no idea it's the final boss until I beat it and the credits roll.

Like "wait...that was it?"