Starting with a classic.
>>730945808It's the allied rebel npcs. Everytime you got some sort of cannon fodder to compete with the enemies's cannon fodder it feels epic (e.g. 3-13 from Radiant Dawn.)
>>730945808many games have this but far fewer have an early boss that feels like a final boss
>lol wut? It's just a bug>>JESUS FUCKING CHRIST
>>730945897That's not the final boss.
>>730948739I love her
Ikaruga final boss. Basedface moment the first time you play it
>>730945808Nothing surpasses Asuras Wrath and the EDF games.
>>730945808>a rebel pilot flies his plane into the alien ship's cannon to destroy it, referencing the movie Independence Dayit should be illegal to be so kino
>>730948643Elden Ring had a Final Boss that felt like the final boss, and all the major villain boss fights all felt like the final boss of their own game. Seriously the best version of the Archdemons.
>>730949189There are slug mid-bosses from the 90's more memorable than the elden beast, like The Unshaven.
>>730945808
>>730949316He’s clearly talking about Radagon
>>730949189consort radahn is definitely a final boss fightelden beast is more like oh we need something to end the game with and we already exhausted all the cool guys on random optional shit
>>730945808>that REALLY feels like a Final Boss BattleSo like what? All pretty looking, style over substence shit or genuine struggle?
>>730949516That was a boss? Thought it was a mob that glitched into the boss arena.
>>730949316>OP opens with an obnoxious but memorable and final boss feeling boss>nothing>Elden Beast>Reeeeeeee how can you say that made me run one time too hard What is it about Elden Beast that makes contrarian zoomers spazz out?
>>730948803IT'S AN "HE", HIS NAME IS "WORRAZZ"
I like this one especially when you start flying around earth at the last part
>>730945808Yeah, you know this is the end and Zero ain't living out of this one. Theme is kino beyond beleif. https://youtu.be/5UNTW8hFcpk?si=VQk5lh0OZqNKZiez
I think Fromsoft has a pretty poor track record for final bosses. They're mostly just more of the same.I think Sekiro does the best in that regard.
>Tough as hell fight>Gauntlet of phases you need to get through that make use of a majority of the abilities and skills you've gained over the game>Backed by high energy epic version of the main level theme you've been hearing the entire game https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eKK3CZPKacIt's a silly and sometimes clunky rare collectathon but they got the final boss fight philosophy down 100%. They didn't always get so lucky.
>>730945808that and fighting into space was just such an amazing section, with the rockets launching. Such a "combined warring human factions vs bigger enemy".
>>730950196It is in fact the peak of the Megaman franchise. >Falling Down starts playing as Zero is giving is final speech>Ciel's final Zerooooo transitions straight to the WARNING WARNINGIt was all so perfect.
>>730950387Elden Ring, BB, ACVI and DaS 3 all had great final bosses. And Gwyn and Allant are meant to be more of a pathetic enemy you fight for story reasons. So really only Dark Souls 2 has a bad final boss.
>>730949886Some shitters really loose it when a boss fight requires a fundimentally different approach than other ones. They also spaz out because hes immune to bleed. You can see this in alot of other games, the Demon of Hatred in sekiro gets it too because he doesnt fight like all the swordman bosses.
Banger theme too https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GbnFQEyeGAQ
>>730950468Real question, has there EVER been anything as peak as entering a boss stage and seeing >!!! WARNING WARNING !!!
>>730950196I came into the thread to post this.
>>730949886>>730950808I think most people (because most people suck and just want to speedrun to the end as fast as possible) lack the cognitive function to realize that even if the boss is physically far away from them, there still isn't any extra downtime in the fight - it's still attacking you while you close the distance and how fast you can do that affects your punish window. This goes triple for Demon of Hatred which is essentially a better executed version of the same concept.
>>730950808I would say that an ideal final boss should be a final exam of what you've learned and mastered during the game up to that point. Ones that change things up too much are poorly designed due to that although sometimes the final boss is a gimmick and not really a "final boss" in the traditional sense such as the fight against giygas in earthbound.
>>730950387That's ridiculous. Most endgame bosses for Souls games feel like a serious cathartic final engagement.Only Nashandra doesn't, and she's replaced with Aldia and the Frozen King these days anyway.
>>730950196>Zero finally states what is he fighting for in his final battle everGod, i fucking wish this boss had triple the HP and attack patterns, it was too easy even without using Cyber elf upgrades
Enter
>>730951134This post gave me EDF ptsd and I have not even finished 5. Those fucking walker towers are ASSSSSSS.
>>730951058Both Earthbound and Elden Ring have the final boss you're describing. The fight with Porky and the fight with Radagon is the final boss in the sense that it tests all your knowledge of game mechanics, then Giygas and Elden Beast are gimmicky victory laps.
>>730951013>This goes triple for Demon of Hatred which is essentially a better executed version of the same concept.Thats the problem. Elden beast is a worse version of the penultimate boss of the previous game.
>>730950075> Objective: DEFEND EARTH hilarious way to cap off the game.
>>730951247I don't disagree. I just dislike the argument "hurr durr why do I have to keep chasing it". That's something midwits say because they don't understand the actual problems with the fight (it's piss-easy and Elden Stars is undodgeable)
>>730948829If anything, Radiant Silvergun had the better Stone-like fight>BE PRAYING>BE PRAYING>BE PRAYING>mfw
>Final boss>Is a total pushover
>Climb this shitty tower all game>Last boss is waiting for you on the roof top>He reads poetry at you and has 12 forms kino
Not the actual final boss but it might as well have been
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9_KLdeaijs - This is the ONLY good version of Omega Zero's theme, mythos is overdone and ZX is trash
>>730951603>yfw the final boss burns your bread so you turn into a door
>>730951481>ENTER: ULTRAMANhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1_kbevMMww
>>730949189That's not the final boss
>>730951792It is the first form of the final boss. And the best form.
It was perfect
>>730945808>wowzzers so awesome xDThe fight before the giant ufo is harder. You only like this one cause rebel army helps you and muh movie reference. If you only like that, then the last levels of MS3 shit all over it
>>730945808The Octopath Traveller series may not hit all the right notes for some people, but there's no denying they fucking nail their story beats. All eight of your party members showing up for the final boss is an amazing ending for a turn based RPG.
>>730951858It's a separate entity entirely, it's not a "first form".
>>730950196Those games are fun, but I fucking despise how fucking dirty they did my man X in it.
>>730951603CELEBRATE LIFE'S GRANDEURITS BRILLIANCEITS MAGNIFICENCE>diarahan
>>730950950Always kino without failhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tly-yvSNoEg
>>730950075Fucking this. So many anons missed out on peak because "it was hard".
>>730952067>Octopath>nail their story beatsLOL
>>730951134I fucking love 4.1 and 5 ending levels. Where the enemy covers the whole sky and it looks like a rave and you're trying desperately to not die.
>>730951224Postgame doesn't count, and Fatalis is a dead horse beaten beyond recognition.Your point still stands however because Shara Ishvalda is one of the creepiest motherfuckers MonHun has designed and was great.
>>730952296Gunstar Heroes did it best> warning warning>Boss is approaching - Seven Force->*spams a humongous fucking amount of text from a boss fight with SEVEN formsThe fact this is stage 2 makes me want to understand the mindset Treasure was on back in the day. Sadly Golden Silver (the final boss) was kind of a wet fart.
>>730952074You fight both bossed consecutively but it's also not a seperate entity, Radagon becomes Elden Beast's sword.
>>730952367They do though. It's legitimately one of the best RPGs in that regard. At least 2 was.
>>730952541>Radagon becomes Elden Beast's swordThat didn't happen anon, what is this headcanon
Both the fight against The Paintress and the fight against The Painter were genuinely one of the best feelings of a storyline climax I've had in an RPG.Junkie version of your mom coming to beat the shit of her husband's idealized version of her in a kaiju fight was, as the kids say these days, PEAK KINO BASEDBOYFACE
>>730949189>some mute guy we see for the first and last timeIt sucked
>>730952541Wait I'm retarded, that did happen, I completely forgot that because it sounds so dumb.
>>730951236haha don't be afraid to play on easy, the game is built for it>>730952385honestly that's pretty much the same in every edf and it's always the coolest
This fucker turned the difficulty curve vertical.>screen wide attacks>DPS checks>endurance test the boss has a fuck load of HP>aim test>filters your PC with a billion particles on screen>3 whole fucking phases>it can violently shift between phases mid attack effectively catching you off guard>will induce motion sickness and fuck with your cameraAnd even then it is a fair and balanced fight.
>>730952879If you say so, he died in one turn because I had the audacity of visiting an optional location
>>730953208Also it was bugged on release and often would clip you out of the screen.
>>730951675Omega's too easy, it makes the fight underwhelming. His health bar is tiny.
>>730953302So like every other RPG and ARPG mentioned in this thread?
>>730953302>Filename>Overly hyperbolic language>End post with "kino basedboyface"You are eating bait anon
>>730952879>dies in one hit
>>730950075I see you are a man of culture as well.
>>730953386Final fucking Fantasy knew how to make a final boss that would be reflective of doing the optional content 30 years ago.
>>730945808Ozma is Khazan is best final boss in soulslike and it's not even close
>>730953472The new endings were garbage. Only the original one was any good.
>>730952530out fucking skilled
>>730952613Oh yeah man I loved it when Hikari didn't say anything to Kazan in the finale. Really nailed that moment.
>>730953464What? In what fucking universe? Are you delusional?
>>730953678If you don't know what he's referring to then you're too ignorant to contribute to the conversation.
>>730950409Agreed, Grunty is a really good final boss in Banjo Kazooie. Shame the fight in Tooie doesn't really live up to it.
>>730953464E33 director literally cites they repeated the same mistake that FF10 did.
>>730949471fuck yeah
>>730953328luck check
>>730956109Tank Grunty is still kinda fun, but the song is nowhere near as good. Having her do quiz questions mid-fight and having easier/harder attacks based on whether you get them right or not is pretty funny though.
Pre-nerf especially.>game says he's mainly a pilot and once his ship is down he should be easier to beatlollmao
>>730956641Brevon on the highest difficulty is one of the most fun boss fights I've experienced, gets the blood pumping every time. But you gotta learn to parry, which I don't remember the game ever pointing out as something you can do.
>>730956991wat gaem
>>730957112Freedom Planet
>>730957237Now we're talking.
>>730956815>her gimmick is there cool bits that causes aoe instant death>They barely move and are entirely a non factorClassic Dark Souls 2. In a lot of ways, it does actually make sense, Nashandra is truly the final boss for that game.
The best I've seen is espdaluda's boss where it's like this beginner game and suddenly at the very end they throw a pseudo-TLB 10 minute long slugfest of a boss that does the uncharacteristic touhou patterns in a CAVE game, it's really memorable and unhinged.But my favorite boss fights are marisa.https://youtu.be/eJxaXWLlWx8She has two in the series and you can really tell ZUN likes marisa a lot because they are really over the top.
Bayo 2 and 3 tried but honestly couldn't top 1's Final Boss
>>730957414Curse isn't instant death in DS2, it constantly reduces your max health
>Literally throws Galaxies and Blackholes at you
>>730957434>>730957470bayo1mind
>>730957434I think 3's alright. It feels throughly climactic and fun. 2 is some straight up dogshit. Jubileaus runs laps around both. >Big Bang Bonus
>>730957423And here's marisa's true final extra mode boss fight. You can compare it to IM and see how absolutely nuts it ishttps://youtu.be/QB-b07FGuKMLike you really get the impression she's on a whole different level than fighting the youkai, you're literally fighting a player character
>>730952067>All eight of your party members showing up for the final boss is an amazing ending for a turn based RPG.That's only for 2, especially Extra Battles.1's Galdera is literally a sidequest and doesn't even roll credits after the quest ends >ends up credits only roll once after you clear your first traveler's storyCotC had you cycle through a few teams of 3 but the boss was actually a marathon matchOT0 had the same one and then the new "golden ending" clusterfuck that had all 37 (35?) characters in-battle but that shit fight regressed mainly into ultimate spam.
>>730957434Jubileus is my favorite Bayo 1 boss which isn't saying much but gameplay-wise I prefer 3's, though yeah I could take or leave 2's
>>730945808Though it is touhou... most final bosses are cool.
>>730945808Metal Slug literally peaked in X. There is nothing really appealing about any of the subsequent games. They're not bad games, but X is the best they ever did.
>>730953889I'll take that as a yes. Go to your corner.
>>730952396>mirewalker?>pfffft that's a comfort skill>I'd lose kut on like .2% of muh deeps>besides who even needs to worry about being slowed down by the environment>wait>Uh Oha>Oh No no no>waitwaitwait>oh no>Uh Oh!>*exploded*Cool moves to boot
>>730957434Gameplaywise 2's was better, but both 2 and 3 dropped the ball on giving their final bosses aura.
>>730945808this is probably my favorite case of a game's protagonist being the last boss in the sequelthe first game also qualifies>>730958489very basedsupposedly there's an even harder boss in postgame but that was too crazy for me
>>730945808Sin>>730953472Ghostfreak?
>>730945808https://youtu.be/cV-uqvRgBG4?si=eNv3D_uGEC88xFSY
If you ain't going to space for your final battle, what's the point?
>>730959071 Sin had that perfect buildup. You see him throughout the game, hear legends, feel the consequences, and then by the time it’s your turn to fight him, it *matters*. Ghostfreak tho? lmao, unironically could see that. Dude had menace.
>>730959301>Sin had that perfect buildupI cannot think of another game with such a big build up
>>730959071Not even close to the final boss.>>730959462FF7.RE3.Parasite Eve.Play more games.
>>730945808loOkin gOooD
Mentioning Kirby in general feels like cheating since they all go all in on spectacle in the climax. But they still deserve a mention. I mean, listen to this shit.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U47GycgO7Ehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-s1mjfg2bYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7ha6JMgQwk
>>730959938zoomie
>>730960043since when was kirby a zoomer game?
Kino. Prime 2, the 3rd greatest GameCube game.
>>730945808Just kidding.
>>730959867>Play more games.You can't say play more games and list off a bunch of normalfag garbage
>>730960353Looking back, I liked this final boss more than the alternate one from the update. That fight was so fucking lame that I'd rather play bootleg Ikaruga for five minutes.
>>730960446Yeah. "Formless evil entity" is a cop-out for creating a proper creature design.
>11/10 presentation with music (even has a whole other 10/10 theme for the Hard Mode)>literal joke tier actual battle on release, even jokier nowadays where you can stand in the AoEs and survive easilyI know this thread is for the actual good final battles but are there any other thematically well done final bosses that had complete shit gameplay? All the build up, none of the pay off?
>>730960368>Final Fantasy>not normie garbagelmao retarded fag
>>730948791Seneschal feels pretty final though too.
>>730960706I fucking love that fight. Wish they made a new one. Wonder what they're going to do in the 7 Remake with them.
>>730951134Man I've never actually finished a EDF.
>>730960706
>>730961184>all the wild hunt bosses specifically have a shield to fuck over Igni flamethrower (the bread & butter of sign builds)>just slowly kill them with low damage hits
>INTRUSION 2
That or the Fire of Raven ending you are playing the final boss, the heroine Ayre fail to stop you.
>>730945808SONICKINO of the highest order
>>730961051Yeah no the balancing towards human is completely fucked, every Seneschal fight ends in two fucking seconds
>>730961518SHUT UPI'LL SHUT YOU ALL UP
>>730952067The concept was good. I've always wanted a game where each party member is important and you don't play their story-defining mission as a side quest....then I learned it's a stupid old-school grind for nostalgiafag and I didn't want anything to do with it.
>>730950075finally played this game last year, and I get the hype. I'm a kamiya fan but I always avoided this game but holy shit it was so good man.
>>730960706Alduin.
>>730945808https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67eLpLhxEPg
Which one do you prefer anon?
>>730961694>each party member is important and you don't play their story-defining mission as a side questplay Live A Live
>>730961820When bottom turns into top
>>730961842>https://store.steampowered.com/app/2014380/LIVE_A_LIVE/They want HOW many Silksongs for this?!
>>730952031>anger and hate...are supreme...
>>730961809Bringing out the classics. Love that song.
Since Super, a lot of Metroid final bosses have been repeating the same beats over and over. I didn't go into Dread expecting Raven Beak to be my favorite final boss in like a decade, but he was.
>>730961910I think that's called vers
>>730962016Pirate it or emulate the original, I don't care whether you give squeenix money
>>730961820for me it's the rare "big fucker who uses boss-scale versions of your own attacks"
>>730961842>Live A Live>it has a demoDamnit! It already crossed my first line of defense
>>730962016It's regularly 60% off.
>>730962062I've never liked how thick his arm cannon is.
I mean, he was a pushover because it was on the part of the game that encouraged you to max out every class and create unbeatable combinations and had 2 superbosses on the way. But you have to admit, this dude at least looked the part of a final boss.
>>730950924this shit was cheap as fuck
>>730950924cheating bastard
>>730950409Excellent one
NIER:AUTOMATA
>>730961580>If this is your world, then it's a world i don't want any part of >MAKE BELIEVES REBORN>MYTHS IN MIND RETHOUGHTYeah, the story books didn't need to have finalbosses as kino as they had.
>>730962201It was a bit silly that a tree grew an entire 4 niggas in a row party
>>730962084Owl fights in Sekiro were beyond KINO
>>730962291Alternatively
>>730962201>Has multiple fake targets just to force you to waste hits when using Rapid FireImpressive that they at least TRIED to make him circumvent some of your overpowered bullshit. But Zeninage says hi.
>>730961820>Top except it's so big you have to fight each of its parts individually in multiple battles >You whittle it down bit by bit until in desperation it turns into the bottom, but it's more of a cinematic and cathartic fight/reward after the gruelling match before it
>>730962201IIRC I didn't beat him first try with my party of rapidfire dual wielder so he actually made me go back to a regular party with a healer and stuff>>730962360Oh I didn't remember that's why he didn't go down to my bullshit build
>>730962201he's murderous on challenge runs, while you're trying to plink away with whips and bells he pulls out Grand Cross which is just a diabolical abilitythe first phase can be harsh too with instant death / stoneyou want a pushover look at Kefka who has unintentionally bad stats
>>730952264
>>730962143>All the other bosses come with an extra sub title explaining what it is>GANON is just GANONpeak 1998 kino
>>730962062Out of all the "dark mirror of Samus" villains Raven Beak is definitely the coolest.>fucking sick armor and mask>wing position in the armor implies that Samus's booster pack is actually an adaption specifically for her>has a lot of Samus's moves and upgrades instead of just the cannon, even moves she doesn't get in this game>actual boss fight isn't some big dumb monster until the final hitAnd obviously tearing his own wing off was metal as hell.
https://youtu.be/GZ9VGiqcbDw?si=P0z8dZuR8jagv55f
best boss ever made by fromsoft and one of the best "final exam" of gameplay mechanics ever made in action games
>>730962651I've seen people run around him in circles and getting a hit in every 30 seconds thoughever
>>730962345Alternatively Alternatively
>>730962651HOW MY BLOOD BOILS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc-lK-psNy4Seeing robotnik fly to top of the ship and quickly drop below in this fucking thing was kino beyond measure.
>>730962906kek I can't believe I forgot about thisIt was legendarily bad
>Chroma squadThe "I only use each weapon once" thing made for a fun boss.
>>730962369>>Top except it's so big you have to fight each of its parts individually in multiple battlesThat's kinda how Bayonetta do itand it's not the final boss
>>730952879Wouldve been better if the game wasnt piss easy. The atmosphere was completely ruined by Maelle two shotting him. And thats with no grinding, i just did a few optional dungeons because i felt like exploring the open map
>>730962906>QTEInstantly ruined if it was ever good
Dont hear a lot about Drill Dozer, but having to do a fist fight at the end is a fun final twist compared to the rest of the game.
>>730963127Putting the postgame right with the endgame was a weird decision I only did Reacher and was still overtuned as hell
>>730950075I just started playing this on stream, despite having it on Wii U almost day 1. I could not fucking stand having to use the gamepad. The remaster is so much more fun with a regular controller in my hand, this game is so peak.
>>730962943For me it's S3&K
>>730962578it's because he's not just a literal clone of samus and is also an actual living chozo which have a lot of history in the serieshe actually feels like a precursor to samus herself and his boss fight is both mechanically interesting and actually difficultif only dread didn't have terrible music
Remember when God of War was cool?
>>730963536No lol
>>730963536I was there and it was beautiful
Both versions
>>730962906is that shadow of war?
>>730963987Shadow of Mordor
>>730963536No, because I've become a better man.
>>730958423>The area wide explosion screamOh shi-
I love that he's level 100 and the level cap is 99. I wish more JRPGs made it so the final boss is designed around you being max level instead of having it be around 60-70 like they often feel.
>>730965234This fucker is the only time I had to actually pull out shiva and not feel like it's an overkill.
>>730949471Nah, Crimson 1 felt so fucking forced. Despite having some of the required story beats, he was barely built up at all (and if anything, Diplomat properly pointed out he was just a dramatic goober), and him getting his hands on Project Wingman and some fucking cordium warheads was so incredibly contrived. Mechanically, the fight with dodging the orbs n' shit is great, but narratively it sucks ass. I'd take Frost coming back a third time over Crimson 1
>>730945808Senator Armstrong was such a major difficulty spike I had to review the controls and see what the dodge button was (I didn't have to use it before then)
>>730961481They buffed him a couple of times since release, though I haven't played it since.Is he still as much of a pushover?
>>730952264https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsoBNs_mNsM
>>730951661this is Furi but I have no recollection of this dude? what?
>>730966124He's one of the two extra bosses, the other being The Flame. They're much harder than the base game bosses, I think they were DLC? This guy is the longest fight in the game since he literally cycles through all the other base game bosses' attacks.
HorrorVale stuck its landing pretty well. 80% of it is just the music, but all the party members you got coming in to help, and it being one of the two animated enemies in the game, cements it as a memorable ending.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb8RCXJxCrc
>>730960706The Hollow Knight in Hollow KnightLost Lace in silksongboth massive shitters
>>730965862You can't one hit him anymore since he has phases now, but his health still melts like ice in the summer sun.
>>730953472The game was so fucking corny but I found myself genuinely enthralled by the story
>Boss fight against literally Mr. Final Fantasy himself>Pre-fight cutscene references FF1 boxart, midfight cutscene references FF14's>Uses your own limit breaks against you from level 1 to level 3>Breaks through the limit gauge and uses a level 4 limit break on you that doesn't actually exist in the game>Midway through the fight summons an entire party and turns it into an 8v8 royal rumble>If you try to limit break him he'll pop an invuln at the last second to nosell it just like a player tank would>Masterpiece BGM with lyrics about accepting death which the composer literally wrote on his deathbed to deal with his feelings and intended to be his magnum opus before his eventual miraculous recoveryThe game's quality dropped like a stone after this. It was the peak.
Wesker in RE5 kinda counts? I mean the actual fight was confusing and sucked. But at least setting it in a fucking volcano you knew this was the absolute climax. Plus the double RPGs to finally end him were the right kind of cheese.
>>730965234Could you try posting one? Because SMT4F doesn't expect you to be max level.
>multiple phases>franchise jingle plays>forces you to use all of your abilities acquired>not a pushover but not ball-breakingly difficulthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV8fTBZ9iP4
>>730966814All of that wasted on the most cancerous, parasitic, uninspired piece of garbage game known to mankind. Thank god SE is dying.
>>730968087How doesn't it? YHVH himself is level 100, right before that you fight level 99 Satan and there's Metatrons in the 90s throughout YHVH's Universe. You're set to be level 99 by the time you reach him and then he's an even higher level than that afterwards.
>play shitty gacha for 10 years just for the story>main writer hates how dogshit the game is>metanarrative of the second half is basically that gacha games are bad an you should feel bad for playing them>the game's universe is a non-canon fabrication and must be destroyed>you've come this far>now you must kill this fucking kusoge with your own hands>final boss asks you not to click the final boss node so that you can keep playing the game forever>unfortunately for her, she's the highest production value fight in the game and it's not even closeI didn't believe Nasu still had it in him.https://youtu.be/kvBTsZzeneg?list=RDkvBTsZzeneg
>>730968498GET TO YOUR DESK JOB, BITCH
>>730968498>>main writer hates how dogshit the game isAbsolutely this, FGO was 100% intended to just be shovelware made to die in a year or two at best. It's insane that people kept throwing money at that dumpster fire
>>730968681mhmmmmyes I will go to my desk in the Clock Tower lecture hall, thank you very much
>>730968498>>730968767>>730968832>undoes the entire message because the game just keeps going on after that with more adventureslollmao
>>730968420He's easily beatable before then and you aren't making it to the level cap without grinding your ass off or using the gay P2W DLC. The difference between level 90 and 99 is insignificant.
>>730968895Sony would literally have them assassinated if they actually ended the game there. Nasu has also said continuing after the ending would be like the genocide route in Undertale.Even still, the postgame has a huge asterisk statement that this is just a goofy cleanup thing. The true ending of FGO is uninstalling it and moving on with your life. I think that is beautiful.
>>730953472
>>730969028You can easily make it to the level cap in YHVH's dungeon without the DLC or excessive grinding.
>literally gets introduced with his boss fight>but somehow still manages to be insanely memorable due to how amazing the fight itself is
>>730965234>level cap is 99???
>>730969601There was free DLC that bumped the level cap past 99 but in the base game it was 99.
>>730948643It's an spectacular boss, like most in the game, but the final boss remains one of the craziest in all video games, where else will you fight a copy of Earth?
>>730969460Is that the fucking guy whose attack makes an elevator appear for no reason just so you can hit him?
>>730953448came here to post this
>>730945808https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjmU93_oE7E
>>730969723If it's free that's a patch by any other name.
Mister Saltman and Azure Arbitrator goes to the top of my list when it comes to Final bosses
>>730969738He may be an ancient evil but he at least wants to have a fair fight, that's why we play ping pong in the final phase since that's the true test of power
>>730970069>gay fanfic line written by a dead retardlol
>>730960706Gwyn
>>730969137See you in part 3 and OC5, fag
With the music from ROTJ in the background and it being a rematch from early in the game when you had no saber or powersAs long as you don't take the coward's way out and cheese it with Force speed and strong style
>>730965704I'm still not even sure if the dodge button in that game has i frames or not
>>730945808https://youtu.be/anv1LZzX-Qw?t=122skip to minute 2 if it doesn'tevery kid should shit these bricks at least once lmao>suddenly rock music >gotta master a new game mechanic yoshi island on the snes was such a kino game
>>730945808https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbmK0ojiwp0
>>730960706Niddy was the real final boss for the dragonsong saga and he had to be nerfed in normal mode because he was too brutal. Shame that all the patches turned these fights into a joke, back in the day you had to work for your win.
The eternal final boss of rhythm games. I'll beat it someday.
>>730964201>mindbroken by a literally who youtuber years later
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6UgxJtHIVY
>>730945808a rare one
>>730972289Based. the final Nibelung Valesti was pretty nice.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47i1EzyRs1UI also really enjoyed Lezard's dub.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTfRJkMNiPE
>>730960706Darth Baras and the Emperor fights from SWTOR, ever since they nerfed single player content and made it piss easy
posting Star Rail because every expansion is like an entire game unto itself and one thing it REALLY does well are the big final battles of each parthttps://youtu.be/ZlouJhFr9f8https://youtu.be/jqXnFmgXGaghttps://youtu.be/al_Bzg1gwSE + https://youtu.be/Eqz_hrF_YJQhttps://youtu.be/KDSYd9flEnIhttps://youtu.be/06A8ifrJXvkit's just 4 niggas in a row (and it does some neat things gameplaywise for these fights) but the real treat is the music and spectacle
>>730951743last attack pattern makes me sad, it looks like the stone like is giving xiga arrhythmia, doesn't help that the whole finale feels pretty depressing since everyone is fucking dead/about to die
>>730950075This boss was the only time in a game where I felt like an excitable kid again.
>>730951013>ill isn't any extra downtimeYes it isHis ranged attacks are meaningless since they won't hit.And regardless, a boss that just keeps running away is boring.
>>730961820Abyssfucker. Suck my dick captainfags.
>>730948829>Ikaruga final boss. Yes>Soiface moment the first time you play itNo. That's just you.
>>730950196>>730952108I like Megaman, but I never paid much attention to the story. Is getting into the lore worth it?
>>730976676No.
>>730976676No
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9jQAbsJ9vY&t=260s
>>730962943>sky goes dark>he drops below the platform>music starts>can also damage super sonicPure kino
>>730962467If you were a kid who had played all the other Zeldas to that point and were wondering when blue pig guy Ganon was going to show up it hit like a ton of bricks.
>>730962601Koji Kondo has said Deep Purple is one of his favorite bands and for once you really hear it here.
Grima in awakening is honestly Kino
>>730978132Rikkkuuuuuu....are you sure you don't want to sexually experiment with Soooora?
>>730963284Only thing in the sequels that comes close to this is when you throw the entire space colony from Vanquish at the final boss in Bayo 2.
>>730966850Should've been Chris and Jill finishing him off. Nothing wrong with Sheva, but Jill had the right.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ_rIiC30ro
Wild Arms 2https://youtube.com/watch?v=4vNwgosYoW0
>>730949471Temu Pixy
>>730978780https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A7F3TQLozcUNDERSTAND
>>730950075the wonderful 101 is the gurren lagann of video games
>>730979002i thought it was the shirogane comet, but considering how w101 likes to reference past platinum's games i wouldn't be surprised that it was on purpose
>>730952790That literally happens, watch the cutscene
Few games I think manage to craft a final boss experience as perfect as Darkest Dungeon's Heart of Darkness. Everything about it is perfect. The fact that its arguably one of the hardest fights in the game, the fact that it comes after the buildup of the first 3 darkest dungeon missions, the fact that its the fucking ancestor, the cunt we've been listening to since the first line of the game who we thought was just the narrator but turns out to be the actual literal ghost whispering in your ear the whole time, his twisted vile words taking new meaning with that horrifying realization, the fucking insane aesthetics and music of the fight, and not to mention of course Come Onto Your Maker and the heroes' responses And then once you do beat it and realize that the entire game is forever doomed and the heart cant be defeated because the earth itself is its cosmic eldritch egg and humanity is just the parasites living on its surface, with the perfect words to tie it back to the first line when you open the game: Ruin has come to our family.
>>730974305Objective: Survive was kino. It's fine, we loop again. Endless suffering until you kill it for real in Ikaruga, you rike?
>>730951603What does an alien from the moon care about tarot?I think I liked the Hanging Man one the best>In the face of disaster lies opportunity for renewal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ya3yxTbkh5s
>>730950196Man, that felt like the end of not just the game, not just the Zero series but of Megaman as a whole.
The fact that the map theme plays when you fight really jist settles how big it actually.
>>730962341>music intensifies as you slaughter round after round of monsters >big motherfucker pops up and is pushing you towards the final hoard>get to the pyramid door>alarm buzzes off and you run inside>get an incredibly atmospheric cutscene>then a janky ass fight capped off by another one-liner as if it was all nothing to samAnd I'll never forget the juxtaposition.
>>730945808The Aurora Unit phase isn't as cool, but Dark Samus's fights are my favorite throughout the trilogy, and you're essentially fighting her at her peak here.
>>730968158KEKBASED, fuck Faggot Trantasy and fuck Shart Peenix
https://youtu.be/R8I1Hku8GQk?si=3Gp7VUsdeo4dm5LKhttps://youtu.be/SWMcIB7XIi0?si=CdtAYL-t-WraE4pgHow did no one put these 2 yet?
>>730963536I was losing my fucking mind during GOW3 and that bit where Kratos drives the blade into both Zeus and Gaia got me fucking amped. Most of the QTEs get the job done but how the developers fucking prolonged that final stabbing was so ridiculous and over-the-top, even when Kratos finally gets the jab you still have to push that bitch just a little more. Fucking perfect.And then it didn't do shit to solve Kratos' mental insanity and the real final boss is the metaphor turned literal.
>>730980084You having to stop the final QTE to continue was almost as genius as forcing you to pull the trigger at the end of MGS3.
Remember when Shantae took a page out of Kirby?
>>730945808ITS SUPPOSED TO BE HARD IF IT WASN'T HARD EVERYONE IN THE WORLD DO IT THE HARD IS WHAT MAKES IT GREAT MAKING MISTAKES IS PROOF THAT YOUR CHALLENGED THE WORLD IS YOURS
>>730953678Safer Sephiroth in VII actually gets buffed stats depending on how many characters you have at level 99, and another boost if you used knights of the round on jenova. You'll still buttfuck him if you use all the broken shit the game gives you but they at least gave it some small manner of thought.
>>730945808He's not the hardest fight but I love final bosses that feel like they're backed into a corner throwing everything they have at you in one last stand.Yaksha best girl.
>>730981025You were supposed to let him wallow in stupidity bro.
>>730980173Oh yeah it’s great. pure savagery, letting the player be Kratos and deciding for him when is the rage enough is supremeI’ll never forget that shit man. The whole Greek saga is a part of me now, that’s how much it hyped me up.
Are you taller than the male servants, /v/?>Lancer6'0">Archer6'1">Golden Boy6'0">Kojiro5'9">Basaka8'3">Hassan7'1"
>>730981631Whoops, wrong thread.
Area X feels mostly like a glimpse into what Rez would've been like if the tech was there in the 90s, but I genuinely prefer its final boss to the original game's.>>730945808>>730945897>>730948739>>730950075>>730950574>>730952396>>730981196Damn this thread actually delivered on posting some good fucking final bosses (though Banglar is kind of fucking annoying to deal with as Raiden but that's a skill issue on my part).
>>730957434>>730957470Jubileus has the best buildup and defeat in the trilogy but her actual fight is liquid dogshit and pulled me right out of it. By comparison the framing of 3's final boss (I can't even remember his name) by both the overall plot and the awful pacing of his fight with all the stops and starts is terrible but he's leaps and bounds beyond Jubileus & Loptr in terms of gameplay which is way more evident when you face him in Witch Trials. Loptr is the weird middle ground where his fight is gimmicky and you don't really care about him as a villain either so everything memorable comes from how Cereza & Balder work together to beat him.None of that matters though when the best final boss Platinum ever did wasn't in Bayo (nor W101 as amazing a moment Wonder-Jergingha was): it's Megatron.
>>730981973It looks nice, but it's not even close to the original area 5 and end boss. Also, visually it's just "cool particles" when Rez has that perpetually futuristic cyberspace look. https://youtu.be/WMMWwqwRggQ
>>730982504Area 5 itself is untouchable, but specifically in terms of the final boss fights I prefer Area X's, mostly because the main game's final boss becomes monotonous gameplay-wise especially compared to prior bosses. My favorite boss in the game is easily the running man.
>>730958057WHAT THE FUCK, YOU'RE AN ALIEN
>>730945808Here's my idea for one>You play two characters throughout the course of the game>Different story arcs same world>The final boss is left to you to decide as they clash in the finale, the one you choose not to play in the final encounter will be the boss from your perspective
>>730981973Everything is kind of fucking annoying to deal with as Raiden, don't beat yourself up too much. He's almost a joke character, but he's the best kind of joke character.
>>730982912That's almost Blaster Master Zero 3.
>>730949189Radagon was a weak bitch and nothing more than a nuisance to take down before going for another round of chasing around the Elden Beast (beat it before the game updated to allow Torrent)Godfrey was a better fight and would've made a better final boss.
Oh, did you think the game was over and that easy? Not!
>>730950468>Goes from "WHAT AM I FIGHTING FOOOOOORR" to "I know what I'm fighting for"It can't be topped.
>>730979023I love the dev story behind why this fucker was created
I love bosses that take insane amounts of punishment through multiple phases, and they just keep getting back in the fight.
>>730982912transformers fall of cybertron did exactly this
>>730983147this was so fucking kinoI was rused until I saw jason at the very end and nearly shit myself
>>730946549It's nice that people still remember the 3-13 Archer all these years later.
>>730979392MAKE SOME NOISE! LOUDER!!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iASeo5MiW8&pp=ygUScnVnYWwga29mIDk4IHRoZW1l
>>730981513>Greek sagaMan the Nugow is so fucking gay.
>>730983147>Fucking my daughter?! BURASTA MASTAAAAAA!!!
>>730985435Same, I thought>oh cool, he's just borrowing his dad's tank because his own got blow'd up and there's gonna be a big reveal with his new look at the endand then THAT happened
>>730950924Fuck that noise
>>730945808with the best boss theme to go along with himhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyX6HnZW8Kc&angra doesn't count shut up
Fucking love this fight with Live and Learn coming on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWMN91gMD_4&this kicking in during final dracula phase is one of the most kino moments in all of video games
>>730951239Elden Beast is a spectacle fight meant for you to REALLY understand the GW is an otherworldly ethereal Entity and that Radagon /Marika is just a puppet first or a tool later. It's not a victory lap because EB can actually fuck your shit up, unlike say Gwyn or True King Allant
>>730951603Yet, the Arcana is the mean by which all is revealed.. Upon the beaten path lies the absolute end. It matters not who you are, Death awaits you.Fucking metal. Persona 3 hits hard man
>>730951224took me 49 tries to finally kill himthe fight is almost 30 minutes too and he can kart you in less than 5 seconds if he combos his bullshit abilities
>>730949189>dude I one shot with comet azur
>>730957237Replaying Asuras Wrath on the ps3 with my 10 year old Nephew rn (just watching him play, and helping him if he gets stuck).He's having a blast.Unc, why didn't they make a Naruto game like this one?Unc, that chick is hot (Olga).Wait they kidnapped your daughter? And killed your wife? They are killing everyone for their souls? They are gonna pay.He's pissed about Yasha because he killed Asura again. He doesn't know he's a total bro.My other nephew is playing god of war 2. And having a blast. So it's not nostalgia.
>>730971709>destroy the equilibrium of the world >steal the power of the gods>become god>actually fucking win against the heroes will always love they managed to pull this on a fucking snes game
>>730961820top to bottom
>>730984746I find it fascinating that Hades is such a goofy motherfucker, like guy is quipping next to palutena and jabbing at pit. But then you fight him and he really is the monster and threat the story builds him up to be. God uprising is such a good game, man. Here fucking praying for the remaster.
>>730979902Rent-free, schizo.
>>730988049Based. We didn't know how good we had it.Hopefully your nephews will grow up with actual taste instead of getting fucked by the sanitized brainrot that 90% of videogames are today.
I'll just leave it herehttps://youtu.be/2Fv1BvuOlCs?si=fkM1vJupawzCVRXc
breaks what you know about the game using meta save knowledge that the boss also apparently has access to.
The series ended with him as far as I’m concerned.
>>730982912That's very close to Breath of Fire 4.
Odin Sphere
>>730957889i know a lot of people hate this fight bc was gonna post thisthe bullet patterns are “boring” or whatever, but i really do think in terms of hype moments/atmosphere junko is the best final boss in any touhou game
>>730990189fucked up the formatting i’m drunk and on mobile rn
>>730961993>Ctrl+F>IjiMy nigga.
>>730950196Peak final battle of all time. Don't think any game can beat this
>>730982912That's just Nier Automata
>>730949471The Chinese bootleg version of Ace Combat Zero's final boss
>>730945808Phantasy star online 2.God I miss that game, all the end bosses were very grandoise.
>>730945808Is it really a final boss if it doesn't have >5 phases including one where the boss turns into a boat for no reason?
>>730978496just realized bigarm here is basically just a miniature version of death egg from S&K
>>730949471Definition of trying too hardCrimson guys should appear more often or maybe picked one by one each missionIn the end I legit liked the DLC crew and villain (General Faust? I think, crazy lady) more
>>730958754>entire game was in 4:3 aspect ratio>final boss pushes black bars to widescreen mimicking acceleration of suguri>main theme from first game starts playingactual kino
>>730950075God thats cool.
i was not expecting this level of kino in my silly goblin rape h-game
>>730948829I think playing that fight with unlimited continues just permanently cemented for me that I will forever be bad at shmups
>>730966526Glad someone posted this one. Fucking amazing fight that builds on Peppino being scared shitless for most of the game and finally snapping
>>730979282this shit fucking sucked ass bro, the fuck are you talking about
>>730982279seeing shit like this really makes me wanna play devastation again, good thing I still have it
>>730984746>>730989301I really should take some time to play the game again, it's been years, and I fucking loved it
>>730968498i just wanted to save olgamarie
>>730962296AFAIK, the ONLY time barefoot 3D Sonic appears in a game.
>>730957889>>730990189Bitch, please
>>730986881Sorry to everyone ITT, but gaming PEAKED here, a month after this 9/11 happened and mutt media became insufferable for the next 15 years, brown and bloom shit ruled the landscape.Basically this battle is when the 90's officially ended.
I have a world ending last boss fatigue
>>730945808specifically in the DS remake
Bought Rabi Ribi not expecting much since I'm not particularly fond of overly cutesy anime games and I don't really like bullet hells. Ended up being one of my favorite games.
>>730960706This dino sith jobber, funny part too is in the intro he beats Kyle Katarn in a fight to look like a threat but of course that was when Kyle had himself cut off from the force and didn't have his lightsaber on him.
>>730996349I remember that I never figured out how the fuck the duels are supposed to work so I just flailed my lightsaber until I randomly hit him for a oneshot
>you cannot win against the boss
>>730983506Radagon is so much cooler to fight with all his moves countering yours and your moves countering his, and he fits the visual motif of the game more. Godfrey is meanwhile a boring boss that just spams AoEs and command grabs. He looks cool but there's nothing to him.
>>730951603Don't forget incorporating the velvet room theme into the boss themeShit was fucking awesome
>>730990264I'm more surprised you bothered to try
>>730997464Godfrey has 0 grabs. You didn't play the game
>>730951603>>730997508Yeah it's awesome until Mitsuru gets confused and casts Marin fucking Karin on the boss, restoring it to full health and nullifying 20 minutes of damage sponging.
>>730950075What game?
>>730969028>and you aren't making it to the level cap without grinding your ass offMost of the enemies in his realm are in the 90s range. I mean sure, you could just skip all of them if you wanted to, but I easily reached 99 by just fighting everything I've encountered the first time I've entered a particular zone. It's nowhere close to other games where you'd only get there if you do optional superbosses and shit first.
>>730984746>>730989301Can you actually emulate this? Didn't this have a very esoteric control scheme?
>>730951603>NIGHT QUEEN
>>730980290Damn finally a good answer in this threadSir Richard Rose was one perfect bossfight.>>730951661He should have been the final boss. The last 3 bosses of Furi fucking suck
>>730999607>8 wasn’t enough, so you going to manage 100 characters throughout the battle.I wanted to escape from my job, not become part of the game mechanics.
bump
>>730990393Lol
>>730948643same music as the final boss, even
>>730998778The Wonderful 101
>>730945808The entire ending sequence of Nier Automata, leading up into the final battle was kino as fuck.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2HrR-sycY0&list=RDa2HrR-sycY0&start_radio=1
>>730999607Wow, easily the best in the thread that I wasn't familiar with. Something so powerful about portraying scale within the game's mechanics like that.
>>730999607that's too many niggas in a row
>>730957434>>730957470I actually forgot she existed
66 SECONDS
Best boss battle in the franchise
>>730950409This was my second choice, after reaver in fable 2
>>730951456The perfect final boss. I shouldn't be surprised how far into the thread this is; nobody beat that game. I platinum'd it and still wanna play it.
>>730990393Why I hated KH3. Where was the giant Xehanort ship you and to slowly take parts of before a kino 1 v 1?
>>730953109Never thought I'd see the razor queen in one of these threads.Never enough impossible, you've got to be a parry GOD.
>>730983147If you didn't pick to fight as Kane you a bitch
>>730945808https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0C0fkb75nU
>>730983796Why? To keep the game from going on forever?
>>730999607>It's been over 24 hours>still trying to push that ANY rpg fight is excitinglmao
>>731011642it was pretty poggers, sister
ORENO BUMP
>>731011723There is not a single fight in any rpg that is gunna get your heart pounding. In fact, I'm certain the people making those posts have sadly never even once experienced this.
>>731011934I can get your heart pounding with just 3 inches
>>730996349He can kill you rapidly unless you cheese it with Force speed.
>>731012013I doubt you're even capable of getting off your mobility scooter without assistance.
Stellar Blade
>>731012913I should replay this game to get this bossfight, i only beat the Providence.
>>731013005Providence was also cool for feeling like a real fight for your life against a death machine, with the pounding music and nonstop attacks, but the Elder Naytiba definitely feels like the FINAL challenge.
>>731006690AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
>>730952320game? I want to try this
>>730945808does this count?
>>730948643Speaking of Treasure games, Xiga is another one
>>730999607Game?
>>731013424Of course it does. Series ended there.
>>730999607what gaem
>>730999607Someone pls give sauce, that looks kickass
>>731013650>>731014219>>731014424Octopath 0
>>731014424>>731014219One of the titles in the Suikoden series, I would assume (haven't played them). Probably the one that just got a remake, you can buy it on Steam.
>>731014718>>731014574Oh nevermind, it's Octopath, because of the HUD.
>>731012552Torres isn’t the final boss, anon.
>>730950574Took too long for someone to post him. Should have been the first post.
>>730962943Sonic 2Sonic & KnucklesSonic Adventure 1 & 2 really nailed it.
>>731015008He was the last thing i fought in Ace Combat 7 so for me, he is
Most Kirby final bosses.
>>730945808>Final boss is actually a test of your platforming skills.
>>730945808He even has a unique theme in a game with practically no music.
>>730945808This one, also any boss in Astlibra can be considered a final boss.
>>731015807Star Dream is an incredible setpiece but feels like it needed an extra phase which you only get via the Arena. Sectonia's a better paced-out multi-phase fight, Void Termina balances the shooting section and regular boss combat better (even if the shooting is worse), and Elfilis has a great fight with a great setpiece to cap it off; all of them have more tucked into the Arenas for a greater challenge but Star Dream OS feels like it should've been in the campaign.
>>730962143THIS. Best boss fight ever.
>>730952396Nah, World was the first time Fatalis actually felt as world ending as he's supposed to be. Preveiously, the only fatalis who was ever actually fun to fight was the red lightning one, regular and crimson were more like chores in old monhun. I think regular fatalis had 3 or 4 moves in FU? THe entire fight was just one guy baiting the explosion breath while the rest of the party tries not to get oneshot by a bullshit tail hitbox. I don't even like world, I think it's worse than Rise AND Wilds but it's the only game that did Fatalis justice.
>>730950196This was what I thought of as soon as I read the topic. Zero's speech is fucking kino
>>731016060>Run through him>get behind>drop him into the pitHeh... nothing personnel... old man...
>>731014574thanks king
>>731016301>World worse than WildsWilds has my favorite version of my main weapon but I still can't say it's not the weakest HR game in a long, long time.
>>731013374SacrificeIt's a great game
>>730970498That was thematically appropriate, he's the Lord of Cinder now.
>play a shit game>play its mid sequel>suddenly, immaculate kino final bossMany such cases.https://youtu.be/EB8Rxe7a5TY?list=RDEB8Rxe7a5TY
>>730960706For me it's Endsinger. Nothing will peak quite like Endsinger for a very very very very very long time.
>>731018138Yeah but Demon's Souls did the same thing essentially and still had the decency to put a final boss from a gameplay perspective right before it, so I'm not so forgiving
>>731018405>play a shit gameExtra is kino and good, you philisitine.
>There's nothing anyone can do...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKv7V9DgG4Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGVoehiWngY>literal minutes of buildup>mission opening>more mission start buildup before the music even starts>chatter the whole mission from enemies, allies, ground team, and air team
>>730950574Good enemies are ones you sympathise, empathise with and understand their motivations. I liked Armstrong because if the game allowed it, I would have helped him, joined his side and not Raidens.
Not technically the final boss of the game because the game is endless but it's the final boss of Shadowbringers expansion so it counts (for me at least) and I think the game peaked at this moment and never reached that high again.
>>730952396you wouldnt say that to his face
>>730961820>>730988138Top to bottom is literally Endwalker. You fight a massive huge monster thing and then a solo fight against pic related.
I quite enjoyed the labyrinth of Galleria endboss
In terms of scale, I dont think it ever got better than this. RPGS with their 4-5 niggas in a row are great, but somehow they managed to make this feel more restrictive. It's a cake walk these days for most players, but the first time I saw this dude....hope was lost.
