>defeat final boss>escape sequence >final boss tries to take one last shot at you
>go behind waterfall>signpost saying there is no treasure there
>>722488792Eat mushroom change size
>bosses have desperation attacks at 0 hp>you cant actually die but it spooks you
>>722491085Iguazu's final shot at you was kinda cool.Could've been better
>>722488792>the boss is (You) the player from a previous league/season
>final boss of the game is the protagonist of the previous gameany games that do that? only ones that come to mind are diablo 2 and pokemon gold/silver/crystal(sorta). bonus points if he is in control of his own actions
>>722491169Prototype 2 (the game sux)
>>722491169Prototype 2. Though it sucks cause he was a far better character than the military nigga.
>Boss uses mechanics previously unique to the player against you
>>722491169Dragons dogma sort of
>the entrance to the final area is hidden at the starting area
Any variation of>semi-final boss: giant monster ready to destroy the world>final boss: a guy
>game previously fought with weapons and abilities ends with a bare knuckle slugfest
>>722490534>Destroy signpost>There's treasure behind it
>>722491493Damn right
>>722488792>opening song that only plays when you turn on the game starts playing
>>722491169Blaster Master Zero 3, though that one has weird meta shenanigans, they basically worked very old western localizations and sequels into the plot of the jap ones and made them mesh really well. Absolute kino when it happened
>all sides of a conflict are forced into a meeting>the player has to mediate it
>>722491169Not the final boss but Drakengard 2
>>722496401I hated Drakengard 2, but THAT cutscene (you know which one) made me cry.
>playable character 1 vs playable character 2>the signature screen-wide unsheathe attack is useless because the other character just counters it with their own
>>722488792>enemy stomps humanity>they’re running from an even bigger enemy>protagonist alerts the bigger enemy to curbstomp everyone
>>722488792That nameless old guy in the starting area/town of the game who gives you the tutorial that nobody gives a shit about.
>>722497129>old guy gives you tips throughout game>warns you about bosses and how to beat them>turns out he was grooming you to be the ultimate adversary and fights you to the death so he can get out of retirement one last time
>Final boss's actions dramatically alter the landscape before you kick its ass
>>722491169Hand of Fate 2. The hero of the first game used the powers he gained over the course of the game to build a cruel, genocidal empire. The hero of the second game is a neophyte adventurer that the Dealer is trying to shape into a capable warrior before confronting the previous hero.
>>722491138Man, I had like 100 hp left. I almost shat myself when I saw him closing in.
>>722498348>Kate Markson NEEDSKek
>it's the final dungeon>The party gathers around >The final mission is asked >The party says they'd love to, but that kind of decision should be asked to their leader>Humble mc quiet>Party member says "hey stupid, you know we're talking about (you) right!?The protagonist doesn't know she's the leader.
>>722488792>Enemies lower level than you run away in fear
>Title screen changes way later into the game
>>722488792>Final Boss theme is a remix of the game's main theme
>You hear the final boss yelling at the henchmen wondering why they are so useless
>there's save slots and you can manually savewhy this ever went away is beyond me
>>722499179what games actually do this
>>722502340Bravely Default 2.
>>722501049The Radagon part of the fight was top tier
>>722502340The Dragon Quest games with overworld enemies has them flee if you clearly out-level them.
>>722488792>Final boss is your ally throughout the game
>>722491164>Party of former heroes turned villainskinohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liQVJT4S3lUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFGnRtOxBWs>>722491169Dark Souls 3, sort-of. Nioh's protagonist is the penultimate boss of Nioh 2.>>722491493>>722493453A trope so kino it even made me like Z*nos.
>>722491004Name 0 games
>Coop game>You have to kill the partner in the final mission
>>722491169Dark Souls 3 kinda, though I would've preferred if the Soul of Cinder was more explicitly the Chosen Undead
>protagonist in first game is a boss or the antagonist of the sequel
>>722488792>midgame super prototype gun/car/plane/whatever>falls off in the late game because it can't be modified
>Trusted ally betrays you near the very end
>>722503842That would've made no sense considering the flame had been relinked multiple times for far too long.
>>722493453>>722491493Double points if it's also the SAME guy, well in pic related it's also the same guy as the protagonist but that's not what I mean!
>>722493453>The hybrid screw propelled vehicle with nuclear ballistic missile system, the Shagaohod, being controlled by Colonel Volgin, a man whose body is capable of generate 10 million volts of electricity at will>The Boss
>>722497187>old guy is actually a tree
>final boss is insanely schizophrenically obsessed with you
>>722502340Alot of jarpigs honestly, well if they aren't the garbage type with random encounters.At the very least in alot of them they won't aggro you
>>722491169isnt diablo literally the final boss for every diablo game?
>>722502340Not a over-level mechanic, but in Halo, if you kill the squad leaders, the Grunts try to flee.
>>722504241Yes, but Diablo can only physically exist on Sanctuary if he has a host to corrupt and inhabit. His host in the 2nd game is one of the player characters from the first game.
>>722504009>b-but muh LOOOOREEI don't give a fuck about lore, you autist. I'm saying it would've been objectively and infinitely cooler if the boss's health bar read "The Chosen Undead". No one knows or cares what the fuck "Soul of Cinder" means
>>722504241Yeah but since his besting in the first, he has to possess people to step back into the game and in the second that is the former adventurer.It's actually funny because in hindsight it seems like the dude who slew him in 1 was corrupted right away while the later games need some convoluted plot
>this is kinoFuck off. MMX3 did this, I fucking hated it
>>722504753guy in the 1st game didn't know that soulstones were an inside job
>>722488792>game has bosses>each boss has a nameplate>name plate is 'descriptor of boss' then boss's name under it>the final boss has no descriptor as his name is all you need to know
>long ass kinomatic attack animation for ultimate combo attack>random cool ass kanji in brush handwriting flash in the screen>the attack itself is far more expensive MP-wise and much weaker than the whole party attacking individually
>>722505560>First boss: Shagwrath the Abyssfucker >Penultimate boss: Niggerfaggot of the Eldritch Erection>Final boss: Jim
>>722488792>plot point is to find a forbidden spell that should be enough to defeat the big bad>the spell exists and you find it>have to sacrifice someone to get it>the spell is nearly useless
>>722505560>joke mid-boss nameplate has intentional spelling mistakes
>>722488792>defeat final boss>escape sequence with his evil lair collapsing>final boss has a realisation and the last thing he does is save you from death>>722503492Yeah, elden beast was whatever, but Radagon and the music were super hype
>something sad happens>the music stops
>>722505487Even so, jabbing one into his own skull seems like a questionable move at best.
>>722506203Nah that's so overused it's boring.>something happy happens>the music stops
>>722495646The build up to that fight is giga kino, they also paint Kane as being so goddamn strong despite being a regular human that even a space magic juiced Jason can only hope to slow him down, not actually stop him, all while Kane is in the ORIGINAL SOPHIA.That's another trope I like, when the prototype of some vehicle winds up being the strongest, either through some manufacturing thing or just pure pilot skill.
>final boss has grandiose vision of how they're gonna change the world>preaches at you about it all game>finally fight them>as the fight goes on they throw all those values out the window and embrace pure fight autism
>>722488792>credits theme is a remix of title theme/amalgamation of all the important tracksLive A Live is kino
>>722504175
>>722506203>>722506242For me it's>dialogue right before boss fight>the music stopshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idJjPjQ0XQw
>>722506887FFXIV ended right then and there in that final fight, a perfect finale
>>722506887>gives his all in a fight against you>you ultimately win, but you're both dying>he calls you his mirror>realizes that your way of doing things is the better way>uses his last breath to change reality and provide you a way back to your friends to save you written by a woman even. god damn.
>>722505560
>>722507119meant for>>722505807
>>722488792>credits sequence has gameplay
>>722507080that's how I consider it ending in my headcanon too. All the shit after this is just a bonus
>>722507119>skip buttonanti-kino
>>722506547I chose Kane after like 3 min of thinking about it. If Jason's Human side was truly gone. Then I'm fighting just another mutant.
>You've already completely ruined the final boss's plan and they can't possibly win but they fight you anyway.>The level/scenery is crumbling and falling apart all around you as you fight.
>>722488792This actually happens in Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
>>722506547Playing this fight as Kane and finishing Jason off with the original accel blast after his spergout was such an amazing and poetic end to this fight and series as a whole
>>722488792Major antagonist uses the attacks and skills of the heroes.
>>722507708>You've already completely ruined the final boss's plan and they can't possibly win but they fight you anyway
>>722508004LIQUIIIIIIIIIID
>>722507972It was only recently I realised that the reppuken and Terry's Power Wave were the same fucking move.
>beat boss>the boss does the defeat animation you're used to>suddenly stops mid animation>phase 2 beginsThank you Jesus
>Your starter weapon/ability is the final boss's weakness
>>722497009Iji?
>Game has a russian roulette sequence
>>722491085curse of the moon 2 did the coolest fucking trick with that: you can "counter" almost every boss' desperation move by attacking at exactly the right moment to perform an anime-as-fuck sword slash, stopping it early and seeing a unique animationliterally no better than just avoiding the attack, but it is extremely cool
>player theme start playing during the final phase of boss https://youtu.be/lXI12OqFf1E?si=Ks_j8nT9aAEaWF9I
>final boss fight includes a cross counterhttps://youtu.be/65RrW6jxWdE?si=zlM7sqJoSxN9bIgx
>>722501313hell yeah
>>722508495Lisa the Painful lost me many party members when I tried to complete that minigame...
>>722501313"hell yeah"
>>722488792This but at the end the antagonist from the early part of the game sacrifices themselves so you can escape
>>722508721https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idJjPjQ0XQw
>final boss theme starts off menacingly>as you beat more phases it gradually turns into a remix of the main theme
>vocals kick in on the last phase of the fight
>final battle theme is the full version of the openinghttps://youtu.be/9r3KK77vFgc
>>722506764Senator Armstrong felt like Solidus or Big Boss slop rehashed, but one of his lines during the final fight is basically this and it's better than any of the shit he's ever said.>"You know what? Fuck the war (or was it world??), I just want you dead."
>final boss with near insurmountable power>all the friends and companions you made along the way contribute in whittling the boss down
>RTS game>Get help from friendly factions at the end of the game, either defending your base or supplying you soldiers Really only Starcraft and Warcraft and Age of Mythology but the times it happened made me happy
>>722510850Not really? Big Boss' resentment of the world governments was born from their lack of appreciation for their soldiers, whose lives were thrown away under dishonorable circumstances as a matter of political convenience. Armstrong's ideology is simply libertarianism taken to its logical extreme - he believed men should fight and die for their personal beliefs, not corpo-political objectives.
>>722511309>StarcraftDid that happen? Been a while since I played the campagns. Unless you mean 2, which I only played WoL.
>>722511309The final mission in Reign of Chaos where you're defending the World Tree with two allied bases between you and the enemy is so good. All four factions on the map at the same time, most of the main cast is there, it feels like everything really had built up to it.And then Frozen Throne's final mission was about the important guys who weren't there for RC's finale getting their own
>>722511309Supreme Commander FA actually STARTS with that. 3v1 of the base game factions vs the new expansion race and you pick which one you want to play as within the mission
>>722511547The final mission in the original Starcraft is you playing as Protoss, trying to take down the Overmind and Jim Raynor's there to help you out
>>722511670Oh right. Tassadar becoming a Scourge and all.
>>722511547Final missions of 2 have that as well, one is a normal rts where you get support from others, another has you control ascended Kerrigan while the big bad tries to destroy your allies
>>722488792>protag and bbeg have a polite chat before the final battle
>final boss isn't the big bad plotting behind the scenes, but the rival you've faced a handful of times throughout the journey
>game has chapter names>final chapter: game title
>>722502340Earthbound has mobs run away from you and even die without entering combat if you beat the area boss.
>final boss breaks the 4th wall and kills (You) the player
>>722512547You mean:>game has chapter names>first chapter: game title>final chapter: game title (now meaning something completely different due to plot)
>About to confront the boss>Epic organ music starts playing>The boss is playing it
>>722506764not the final boss but barnabas from FF16 was basically this. His theme finally plays for the first time along with it and it was kino.
>>722507080like how WoW should've ended with the Lich King pretty much
>>722488792>humanoid final boss transforms into a fucked up abomination for it’s final phase
>>722512793Which game did this?
>>722513109Dunno but it would be kinoer.
>>722513109Bravely Default
>boss' name gets ludicrously long
>>722513093>fucked up abomination final boss transforms into an humanoid for it’s final phase
>you kill final boss>world is doomed and everything will perish
>>722513759T-thanks Kratos
>boss has a subtitle>it changes mid-fight
>>722513759>it's better this way
>get up someplace high>music goes quiet and is replaced with wind sound effects
>>722495646I was a fan of Blaster Master since I was 4 years old. It just had something about its movement, music, visual design (the tank is cute/cool tho), etc. Like there wasn't anything that stood out particularly (aside from it being a proto-metroidvania way back when). but the whole package just had something about it.and then i realized how (relatively) obscure the game is and how no one will make a sequel to it.and how no one doubly would make a sequel like 30 years later.and how no one triply would make it in the same style/story/etc, it'd just be a new reboot, it's just not big enough to get the Sonic Mania treatment.and then i realized there were sequels years later but they didn't really feel like sequels and they sucked. and that made hope of a yet another sequel that would also ignore those sequels to that obscure game even more miniscule, unreal.and then inti game and did it.did all of it.all those years later.and not only did they do it, they blew it out of the fucking park (even though I felt like BMZ3 was pretty lacking after 2, but was saved by the kino ending).this happens like once in a lifetime or something.it felt so unreal.it felt so cathartic.i want a new bmz trilogy so bad, goddamn.
>>722491357Cosomology of DD is so fucked by the true end of DD1, who's to say it's even in the same canon as DD2.
>>722491085Silksong has this, but the desperation attack CAN kill you, and you have to retry the boss.
>>722511309Homeworld too
>>722490534
>>722514248I would always fly up to the top of treasure trove cove in banjo kazooie just to stand on the lighthouse and have that happen. Take me back bros.
>>722511565I AM THE SON OF THE WIND AND RAINTHUNDER BECKONS AND I HEED THE CALL
>game has two different villain factions >the bosses of those factions fight each other >final fight is a 3way
>female character is introduced>”I’m definitely not into you”
>>722505861This post make me want to play Look outside.
>>722491493No this is the gayest trope. It should be the opposite
>>722491169Mega man Zero, in a way.
>>722512957 that's who I was thinking of when making the post
>>722511494Don't care nigga
>>722515063>Credits sequence is a bunch of skits or basically an in-engine music videoKinohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX-vgTRhgVohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTIzpZXv3bc
>>722511565I know Nelfs already had the shortest campaign, but I would have loved if you could choose which race defends the final base.Though I suppose ancients being able to uproot and help defences was a pretty big factor.
>>722513675>
I'm a simple manI see attacks clashing against each other with sparks flying off, I think it's automatically kino.
>>722514248>>722514950Mah nigga I was about to post that myself
>boss explodes on death and that explosion can kill you
>>722509305Was bucketd worth it?
>Protagonist has a morally/ideally opposed "Antagonist">The team team-up in the last act / boss battle and actually synergize perfectly in combatI get chills every time it happens despite it happening so often.
>>722491385The entrance to victory road being at viridian (the second town) is cool as fuck. Firelink shrine being the entrance to the kiln of the first flame is also cool, it's just a shame that the kiln is kind of a different dimension so it doesn't really have the kino feel
>>722488792>game revolves around one special snowflake main mechanic which gives you an edge over all your enemies >late-game boss or even the final boss breaks the mechanic so you can't use it>"don't try that with me"instant kino. Sifu does this, probably several other games too. I don't like when "elite units" have a counter like this though, it has to be a boss.
>>722512771
>rival fight
>>722513093Based
>>722488792>everyone you helped along the way shows up during the final fight
>>722491385Tales of Eternia. It's not the final area, but one of the end game dungeons being LITERALLY in the starting town was so fucking kino. Bonus points for it being the source of like 90% of things going wrong.
>>722515301>Very good video game ends>credit sequence starts, the devs fucking put together a band of themselves and the art director himself is singing>it's actually good>set to a bunch of in-game slaughter that perfectly captures the vibeThe only other game I can think of that does something similar is DMC3. Why can't games do this today?
>>722491169TXR2025
>>722515859>minor antagonists are back>and they're on your side
>>722491335Owl in Sekiro can mikiri counter you.I think transistor does it too.
>RPG starts you off as a youth in a village living a cozy life>"good morning anon! you slept in today didn't you! fetch me water from the well dear">(New Quest) Bright new day: fetch water for your mother>go past villager kids playing
>endgame boss is one of the protagonists that was decieving you the entire time
>>722499179An easter egg in wow is that the arms warrior artifact weapon automatically fears trolls because its famous for being used to massacre trolls.
>protagonist loses>you take up control of a secondary protag or another character and finish the jobVery rare but the most kino thing
>>722505560>boss has no name
>boss keeps coming back stronger each time you defeat him
>>722514248The wind at the top of Autumn Castle was such a lonely sound. The homeworlds in Avalar felt so lifeless compared to Spyro 1 because there weren't even any enemies
>>722515623No... and yet I do it in every playthrough.
>>722516457>Kreia>AiryFuck women.
>>722516314The tutorial for NWN2 is kino of the highest order because of this stuff
>>722488792>boss has a rival>you can wear the rival's armor>boss sees you>he goes straight into his second phase
>>722516950Fromsoft should’ve done this with Nameless King
>>722500723Dragons Dogma 2.The second title when entering Unmoored World now says Dragons Dogma 2 instead of Dragon's Dogma.
>you help your friends defeat the final boss's army so you can defeat him directly
>the enemy has your moveset>is perfectly matched to your stats>it becomes about how best to utilize your abilities
>Character is obvious villain>you defeat them>endgame or postgame gain some new insight>turns out they were the hero all along and you were the villain
>>722488792>main menu changes as the game progresses
>>722500723Silent Hill f. The title screen changes after each ending as you learn more about the story.
>sneak up on enemy>aim your gun at them>they surrender>shoot enemy in leg>they fall overname 1 (three) games
>>722517496>the main villain was a tragic hero>you now have to carry his burden
>>722517656mgs1/2/3
>>722488792>game acknowledges when player goes out of their way to grind to max level/get 100% completion>changes the final boss to be even more difficult instead of letting the player steam roll them like they wanted
>>722515301sovl
>>722508243>bosses corpse gets dragged into the freaky coffin he's carrying>ok he's definitely going to jump back out>MISSION COMPLETE>oh i guess no->he revives permanently enraged and losing health over timeKhazan is so fucking good.
>>722505975>egotistical boss has a nameplate that goes on way too longGrey Price Zote's title stretching up to the top of the screen made me chuckle.
>>722500723>airy lies
>>722501049Daimon's theme in Dragon's Dogma Dark Arisen (the song with the vocals - Coils Of Light).
>game with swords and magic and shit>defeat the final boss by punching him really fucking hard while you think of your friends
>>722501049Heolstor is such a good final boss
>game locks progress behind in-universe payments, gatekept by an annoying NPC>you can get it all back in the end by hurting the one who took it from you over and over as a reward for making it so farSpyro 3 is the best Spyro for that one scene
>>722501049OS:2 has a great final theme if you can interrupt the second phase from starting
>>722518115>you were meant to be a vessel for the big bad>you claim their power as your own and use it to defeat them
>there's a mahjong minigame
>>722488792Iredeemably evil character in original I.P. (manga/etc) is toned down and even made tragic / misunderstood / likeable / anti-villain.
>>722488792>touch fuzzy>get dizzy
>>722517695>This is my Albion. Its cities will bow to my law, or they will burn. Its mountains will bend to my will, or they will fall. This is my Albion. Its people will do as I say, or they will die. Its future will be as I decree, or it will end. I've seen what must be done and nothing will stand in my way. We will be greater and we will be stronger. No matter what sacrifices we must make. This is my Albion, and I will see it destroyed before I surrender it.Also OG Nier and the shades.
>>722515301>credits sequence treats the characters you met throughout the game as the cast and credits each onehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xZjp0xM28o
>game ramps up the quality of the soundtrack midway through the game>boss at the midway point of the game has the best fucking track to his nameFM may have been a bad game, but FUCK if it didn't have the best OST out of any YGO game. Don't (You) me DOTRfags.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqp9jzmWhto
>final boss is the real super special guy from the title of the game and not you>he corrupted the good guys who killed his body into the bosses you fought through the game>even you were affected since you were a good guy alongside them before the events of the game thus making you the most corrupted one>the ally whose been guiding you along was using you to help the final boss>your own minions return to serving him>everything you have (your base, minions, magic, etc) all belong to him>final level involves half of his minions betraying him because they like you more>through his taunting you learn who you were before the game started, how you got to be like this, and exactly how he made the good guys evil>he uses the same type of magic you have against you>after beating his ass you take your place as the real guy from the title and become even more feared/beloved as a ruler than he wasliterally all of these>>722491335>>722491385>>722503754>>722503956god I love overlord
>>722488792>Final boss moveset is a combination of all previous bosses moves but better>Unlock secret character and play with them>Final boss is choosing between the player and the secret character, and fighting the other>Fight the final boss>Every NPC in the hub starts helping you by throwing upgrades/resourcesRoguelikes can have fun final bosses.
>>722504316pre-halo 4, my beloveds
>>722518609>there's a unique in-universe card/dice gambling minigame
>Early game boss fights start to become common enemies later in the game when your character becomes stronger
>>722488792>defeat final boss>celebration sequence >final boss tries to take one last shot at you>side-buddy jumps in front of you to take the bullet>a-aniki...Every yakuza game ever.
>nds game>boss is so big it needs two screens
>>722502340HOMM3
