Best&Worst Boss Fights! (Final and others!)

[Vinen]

Demi-Fiend in Digital Devil Saga 1.. not the final fight but it is the hardest fight in any game of recent memory.

[Marcicus]

Yu Yevon was so lame. I don't even think it's possible to lose against him even if you tried. I never beat Kurt Zisa from KH1; Riku in Hollow Bastion and Sephiroth when he goes into Meteor/Omnislash mode were absolute bitches too.

I never got the Ultima Weapon either. ;[

[Ddz]

maybe I'm really lame but the boss that always pissed me off the most was Dr. Robotnik in Sonic 2 >:O the one with the shooting spiky arm things

[z3r0c00l]

Phantom at the Clock Tower in KH1.

QFMFT

[DeadLegend]

The phantom was easier than curt zisa, which was a fucking bloodfest. If I remember correctly Phantom had a system and a rhythm that was easy to counter once you knew what was coming, but it was one of those fights like Nemesis in FFX where if you screwed your rhythm you were dead.

[Toralyn]

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Isn't that the final boss in Crono Cross? What a pain in the ass to cast magic in the correct order for the "good" ending.

[Stilgar]

It's been forever since I played FFII (us), like 12 years, but couldn't you just insta-kill Zeromus by throwing the Spoon?

Velius, at the end of Chapter 3 in FFT, is a tough fight. Anyone ever play Crystalis on the NES? Rosencrantz at the end of Vagrant Story. The Boss in MGS3...

I positively fucking despise any boss on any level of any Tenchu game. The combat engine is such shit in those games, and why can I Grand Master through an entire level but not stealth-kill the boss? WHY?????

[Po]

Phantom at the Clock Tower in KH1.

QFMFT

Meh I never even bothered with the Phantom, I remember it didn't have any worthwhile reward and I had seen the fight before and it just looked like a huge pain in the ass, so I didn't bother.
Kurt Zisa on the other hand, I kicked his ass, well, it took me a while, but I did, .
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[Eternus]

The Alma fight in Ninja Gaiden (Xbox) was pretty badass. She has plenty of moves that can hurt so you have to keep your distance and pick your moments. The Doku fight was also badass in a different way, his throw move heals him and does massive damage to you. Ninja Gaiden had some great boss encounters, all of them were memorable and fairly difficult.

[SamanosukeShiva]

Worst: Final Boss fight @ Xenogears, way too easy, I mean ridiculously easy.

[Aodh]

Sephiroth in KH2 was fun. Ports around and has a 2 stage move, the first takes you down to 1HP (throat stab style) then a flying power attack which you need to take a potion and then block or you die. You can be strong enough to beat the game but not stand a chance on Sephiroth.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR9MGzHNYgI

[theo]

Worst: Final Boss fight @ Xenogears, way too easy, I mean ridiculously easy.

Yeah, not to mention that it made absolutely no sense >_>;

I don't know why so many RPGs feel the need to do that. Hey, lets make the player fight some mysterious all-powerful being that they have never even heard of, yet in some way (which we won't ever explain) it was behind the entire plot of the game!

[Ryany]

...Yeah i really love Parasite Eve 1.

Parasite Eve could have been one of the best games ever released by square if they wouldn't have made it "shareware length" to beat the game. It had possibly the best cutscenes I have ever seen and the whole modern day RPG setting was a nice change of pace.

[Jeryhn]

Sephiroth in KH2 was fun. Ports around and has a 2 stage move, the first takes you down to 1HP (throat stab style) then a flying power attack which you need to take a potion and then block or you die. You can be strong enough to beat the game but not stand a chance on Sephiroth.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR9MGzHNYgI

Needs more Trinity Limit.

[shinobi_tabi]

Contra for nes
not only is it amazingly impossible to get to the final boss without using extra lives cheat but the boss is a fucking bitch too

[Po]

Sephiroth in KH2 was fun. Ports around and has a 2 stage move, the first takes you down to 1HP (throat stab style) then a flying power attack which you need to take a potion and then block or you die. You can be strong enough to beat the game but not stand a chance on Sephiroth.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR9MGzHNYgI

Needs more Trinity Limit.

qft, and I thought the KH1 Seph battle was harder

[Jeryhn]

Sephiroth in KH2 was fun. Ports around and has a 2 stage move, the first takes you down to 1HP (throat stab style) then a flying power attack which you need to take a potion and then block or you die. You can be strong enough to beat the game but not stand a chance on Sephiroth.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR9MGzHNYgI

Needs more Trinity Limit.

qft, and I thought the KH1 Seph battle was harder

KH1 Seph was definitely harder. Sora's solo Trinity Limit turns KH2 Seph into a serious pussy.

[DeadLegend]

KH1 seph might be harder just because you have less control of sora in the first KH. In KH2 the fight with Sephiroth (as I did it) was a straight up sword fight. Most of that fight took place in the air where you'd end up juggling each other higher and higher with deflections and his teleporting >_> it was awesome. I didn't use any trinity limit and only cure magic.

[Epincus]

Worst: Final Boss fight @ Xenogears, way too easy, I mean ridiculously easy.

Yeah, not to mention that it made absolutely no sense >_>;

I don't know why so many RPGs feel the need to do that. Hey, lets make the player fight some mysterious all-powerful being that they have never even heard of, yet in some way (which we won't ever explain) it was behind the entire plot of the game!

It wasn't the WORST one. It makes *some* sense if you analyze the story more than should be necessary for any RPG, but still.

My award goes to FF9's last (worst) boss. It's the only one where you can list it, describe what it is, and why it's there, and it's still not a spoiler.

Shame there isn't a thread for stupid plot developments. I could put half of FF8 in there.

[Epincus]

Contra for nes
not only is it amazingly impossible to get to the final boss without using extra lives cheat but the boss is a fucking bitch too

Final Boss is easy. I've beaten the game without dying once, hardest stage/boss is probably the 5th stage (surviving) and the 6th boss.