Favorite/most epic boss battles

[wolflet7]

Wow, where to begin...

I loved the boss fight on Buck Bumble (N64 shooter) where you have to face the praying mantis, but I never got past her.  The last guy on Unreal Tournament 1 was pretty intense.  Absolutely loved the emperor boss battle on Project Snowblind for the PS2.  WOW was that a blast!  Shadow of the Colossus was all about boss battles (16 in all), but some of them felt kind of cheap.  Nevertheless, I still loved those boss battles since they really do feel like bosses and have puzzles to them, unlike the boss battles these days that just consist of hitting or shooting them dozens of times.  The Goliath on Resistance Fall of Man gave me a challenge the first time. 

That's about all I can think of right now.  What about you guys?

[mandalee65]

The dragon/serpent thing at the end of Fable: The Lost Chapters - wicked cool graphics, and tough to beat.

[fanuvmxpx]

The cyber dinosaur in Doom 3 was fun/scary. Jecht fight at the end of final fantasy X. Ganondorf from Zelda:Ocarina of time.

Probably my 3 most favorite single boss battles. If you count a boss sequence...I loved destroying Mars in X-Com UFO Defense.

[wolflet7]

The first and second boss on Folklore for the PS3 put up a challenge for me.  If you absolutely love boss battles then I highly recommend Okami for the PS2 or Wii.  Probably the funnest boss battles I've fought were in Okami, even though some of the boss battles aren't major boss battles, but still.

[Huscarl]

Defeating Ganon in any of the Legend of Zelda games is always a dear favorite of mine.  Ocarina of Time and Twilight Princess I think had the most epic feel to them, when I was a few hearts away from dying my first time fighting him TP and I finally plunged the sword through his chest I got chills and was breathing heavily! haha

Resident Evil 4 had some great/epic boss battles, all of them were top tier

Ninja Gaiden for the xbox had some seriously difficult bosses.  Defeating Alma (after dying 10 times), complete with some of the most beautiful and artistic cuts scenes the xbox ever had, was a joy to behold

[sinful1]

rengoku 2 on psp, you gotta fight like a hundred robots before you get to deucalion. I wasnt expecting that and that was fun.  and ofcourse jinpachi in tekken 5.....it was easy   but jinpachi is just too cool.ooooh and my favorite is darth vader and darth sidious ib force unleashed.

[Cally]

The battle with the Hydra at the Beginning of God of War is one of my favorite boss fights ever.

With boss battles, though, the Metal Gear Solid series can't be beat.

Hm, RPG bosses, though . . . Ruby and Emerald weapon in Final Fantasy VII! <passes out>

[Jethro Tull]

The end battle on almost every Sonic the Hedgehog game, but most notably Sonic 2.

[Cally]

The end battle on almost every Sonic the Hedgehog game, but most notably Sonic 2.

AAAAAAH!

Those were nasty! Especially Sonic 2.

I was just playing Metroid Prime, and the final boss of that one is just incredible. Mostly because of the buildup throughout the whole game: research notes about experiments on the metroid with Phazon radiation, and how it was growing and had all kinds of defenses and how they were penetrated (basically clues about what it could do, and how it could be killed). By the time you're about to reach it you know you're in for one formidable, scary beast. And the fight was spectacular, clever, and Metroid Prime (the boss) itself was as freaky-AWESOME as they get!

[Basherbelding]

Sephiroth. FF7. EPIC! ;)

[Cally]

Sephiroth. FF7. EPIC! ;)

Besides the fact that he was a bit too easy, prolly . . .

YES! A deformed angelic form (pseudo-God) who summons a supernova (!) accompanied by the greatest boss theme (performed by orchestras all over the world) in game history.

[Basherbelding]

Sephiroth. FF7. EPIC! ;)

Besides the fact that he was a bit too easy, prolly . . .

YES! A deformed angelic form (pseudo-God) who summons a supernova (!) accompanied by the greatest boss theme (performed by orchestras all over the world) in game history.

Lol, cool i did not know it was performed by orchestras all over the world. :D

[Charles Sloan]

Sephiroth. FF7. EPIC! ;)

Emerald Weapon and Ruby Weapon FF7, truly epic!

[Cally]

Sephiroth. FF7. EPIC! ;)

Besides the fact that he was a bit too easy, prolly . . .

YES! A deformed angelic form (pseudo-God) who summons a supernova (!) accompanied by the greatest boss theme (performed by orchestras all over the world) in game history.

Lol, cool i did not know it was performed by orchestras all over the world. :D

Here's one of them. Not the cleanest but I kind of like this performance. It's the same arrangement as the remix on the Reunion disc.

[k-pappy]

The dragon/serpent thing at the end of Fable: The Lost Chapters - wicked cool graphics, and tough to beat.

Please don't get upset with me, but I found it too easy...there was a pattern to do things and once you got the pattern it was a cinch...at least for me.

As for the OP, my favorite is not so much a particular boss, but a battle...the final mission in the original X-Com game.  It took a long time (two stages) and the setting was dark, kind of eerie.  I had chills the whole time...and it was difficult...for those familiar with the game, the aliens kept taking over my guys.

The first time I played it I started with 18 soldiers and finished with 3...

In Christ,
KP

[Basherbelding]

Thanks Cally. :D

[Cally]

Sephiroth. FF7. EPIC! ;)

Emerald Weapon and Ruby Weapon FF7, truly epic!

. . . not to mention humbling. Man that was tough. There was a special fight in FF8 that was also pretty tough but not as bad as Emerald/Ruby. The last such special-boss fight I remember doing in an RPG was in Dragon Quest VIII, and just before that, Xenosaga 2.

[Basherbelding]

Sephiroth. FF7. EPIC! ;)

Emerald Weapon and Ruby Weapon FF7, truly epic!

. . . not to mention humbling. Man that was tough. There was a special fight in FF8 that was also pretty tough but not as bad as Emerald/Ruby. The last such special-boss fight I remember doing in an RPG was in Dragon Quest VIII, and just before that, Xenosaga 2.

Ive got Dragon Quest : Journey Of The Cursed King (VIII). Though i did not complete it though my step-dad did though. :)

[GrayJedi_Lightshade]

Boss battles, eh?

Any Legend of Zelda game's bosses was awesome.

Sonic games, for the person who mentioned them earlier, made my life a living hell. lol. They...were...HARD!

I'm sure people hardly ever think of these as boss battles, but they make you feel the sameway nonetheless - but I loved the superweapons you had to destroy in Ace Combat. Especially the ones where you have to fly INTO superstructures and take out targets at just the right angles. I've always loved jets, and it made me feel awesome doing it. So stuff it! :P

Bosses in Final Fantasy X were pretty good.

Shadow of the Colossus, definitely.

Here's one that most people either don't know about, or don't think of. Zone of the Enders: 2nd Runner. Using 0-shift just to get two hits on the final boss, just so that he can teleport away for you to do it again was pretty nerve wracking for me, especially when my health was down to maybe four more hits until my efforts would have been in vain. ...That was crazy.

Darth Maul in Jedi Power Battles was retarded hard, but satisfying when I finally beat him. (and then playing as him after you beat the game with Qui-Gon was the icing on the cake)

Sephiroth in Final Fantasy VII was actually cake..especially if you had Omnislash. The last stage you see Sephiroth in..if you have Omnislash, you end the game in one move. in the bag.

Just for the sake of contrast, I HATED the fact that in Final Fantasy X, you COULDN'T die at the last fight. You automatically have Auto-Life on your whole party. How cheap is that?

so yeah, there's my...five cents for you. lol