Game bosses are cool, epic. Huge, charismatic and strong.Today I have prepared a list for youthe most difficult bosses in the games that made you tense up and go over all the mats during the battle with them. Absolutely all coincidences and absences of your favorite games are accidental.
General Draug from The Witcher 2: Assassin's of Kings
Let's start with General Friend from The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings. Incredibly thick-skinned, healthy and armored brute. As an arch-ghost, Draug does nothing by himself. The servants do everything. Servants are always ghosts and cursed spirits who refuse to rest in peace.
“The general never admitted defeat. He continued to fight even after death. ”- Description of Draug's Map in Gwent
What is the difficulty in the battle with him? Due to his power, witcher signs and bombs do not affect him. Therefore, in the battle with him, only the old witcher-grandfather's method remains - the silver sword. Of all the cgbcrf, this is the weakest boss, but nevertheless, it will be difficult to pass it the first time.
Albert Wesker from Resident Evil 5
Albert Wesker from Resident Evil 5. I'm sure everyone knows this dude. By the way, he was far from always so bad, his villainous plans did not begin from early childhood. He was quite unusual, gifted from birth with inhuman intelligence. Therefore, he passed the selection and got into the Wesker Children project. The project is an old dream of the Umbrella corporation to create a superman using a virus. Albert became thus superman. For a time he was considered a long-liver of the series. Resident evil, so many times to circle the main characters around the finger and very few people managed to die. But he did not manage to survive the fight with Chris Redfield and Sheva Alomar. The fight was long, a sea of ammunition, grenade launchers and a mountain of QTE.
Virgil from Devil May Cry 3
In Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening Special Edition, the main character Dante will have to fight his brother Virgil 3 times. Each fight with him is more difficult and exhausting than the previous one. hits your magic swords using the power of your mind, one wrong move - and you are a corpse.No tricks, only improving your skill will help you.
Dahaka from Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
Next comes Dahaka from Prince of Persia: Warrior Within. When the Prince of Persia opened the hourglass and decided to play with the sands of time, he could not imagine that this would wake up the ancient demon, whose goal would be to kill the one who opened that very clock. In fact, it is not very difficult to defeat him, it is much more difficult to achieve a battle with him. After all, you cannot kill him both during the game and at the end, if you have not received a water sword. And in order to get it, you need to collect all the caches with lives, which is not as easy to do as it seems. Go scour all the locations in search of them.
Dark Samus from Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Dark Samus from Metroid Prime 3: Corruption will quickly reset your entire health bar if you are not prepared to face her. She is fast, she has good weapons in her arsenal, and the skills are the same as yours. When the leader decides that you have spent enough of her health, he immediately begins to heal himself. Yes, she is restoring her health. But that's not all. It can multiply by budding. So after a while you will have to fight two of them at once.
Cannibal from Demon 's Souls
Place in the list won the most dangerous rival in Demon's Souls. His ability to fly and, so to speak, "multiply" makes him strong enough, do not forget what mechanics this game uses. Add to this that the place where you will fight is from a narrow path along the edges of the abyss, which greatly constrains your movements.It is incredibly difficult to dodge his attacks, I advise you to immediately run to the island with a spark, there is more space.
The Nameless King from Dark Souls 3
The unnamed king from Dark Souls 3 is a real devil. Trying to defeat this brute from a secret location in a fair fight, you will probably rip more than one kilogram of hair from your head and break more than one gamepad or keyboard. Many of the unnamed king passed for several months, in general, we wish him a happy New Year and the same torment that he brought us.
Frank Horrigan from Fallout 2
The second place was taken by the main negative character of Fallout 2, Frank Horrigan. A cyborg mutant with a huge and extremely durable body. He participated in excavations at the military base of Mariposa, where he mutated and subsequently became a test subject in the experiments of the Enclave, which did not have the most positive effect on his intelligence. Leads nearly all of the Enclave's combat operations. He meets the Chosen One in scripted scenes, and also confronts him in the final battle. Strong, cunning, vicious, tenacious and just a bastard with 1000 lives.
Shao Kahn from Mortal Kombat
Emperor Shao Kahn sits on the throne of the most difficult boss. And he won this place in a fair fight. Actually, not really. In Mortal Kombat (2011), he non-stop throws spears and strikes with a giant hammer. He cannot be stunned, and special X-ray tricks take a meager amount of health from him. And if you die too much, then the game itself will lower the difficulty level. And believe me, the way he fights in part 9 cannot be compared to the real nightmare in Mortal Kombat II and Mortal Kombat III. In the second part, he took a quarter of his health with one blow, and he also blocks your every attack, immediately moving to the point where he will smear you in 3 turns. In the third part, he ate health with incredible speed with the help of a hammer and his fucking knee. It was very difficult to kill him, but in the end, after going over all the mats, you still kill him. And how nice it is to sit with a gamepad turned into a mess and realize that you have defeated it.
Yes, there are many more difficult bosses than presented in this list, but you can't list them all. Leave in the comments which bosses made you tense, show your middle finger at the screen and go over all the mats.
We present to your attention the May issue of our traditional TOP-10 rating. In April, we tried to identify the most unusual bosses in gaming history. We remind you that the entire rating was compiled exclusively by the users of our site, that is, by you. We are just summing up. Spoilers hide textual descriptions of the winners. If you prefer to watch rather than read, look for the player below. Start parsing!
The End from Metal Gear Solid 3 is a very charismatic grandfather and also a colorful boss who managed to get only seventy votes. The End is a born sniper who was over a hundred years old at the time of the events of the third Metal Gear. He is a veteran of numerous wars who could be in ambush for weeks, waiting for his victim. In this he was helped by the unusual features of his body. For example, The End's Body could use photosynthesis to replenish energy. He also had an eerie eye that was disgustingly tossing and turning in its socket. The old sniper took a long time to save his strength for the last fight with Snake, but, of course, it did not help him. After a long duel, Snake emerged victorious. In general, as always.
Prince Chan is one of the most unusual bosses in Serious Sam 2. He is a hefty fat Asian who terrorizes an entire planet. Prince Ch'an also loved to sing, with just a disgusting, piercing voice. This, in fact, is one of the main attacking techniques of the prince. To defeat this bastard, you had to shoot a huge bronze gong. The gong began to ring, causing Chang to become infuriated and slowly lose his health. Not a very difficult fight, but quite original. The boss is really quite unconventional. This can be said for many other bosses in Serious Sam though, so no surprise.
Psycho Mantis from (156 votes)
In eighth place we have Psycho Mantis - another famous boss from Metal Gear Solid. Psycho Mantis has the ability to read other people's minds. In addition, Psycho Mantis has telekinesis skills. A former KGB agent, he immigrated to the United States, where he collaborated with the FBI for some time. His task was not easy. Psycho Mantis interrogated serial killers, penetrating their minds and trying to find places where they hid their victims. Of course, such work had a very negative impact on his psyche. Psycho Mantis has developed a hatred for all of humanity. The encounter with this boss was especially noteworthy due to a couple of funny moments. Psycho Mantis could analyze the console's memory stick saves and guess what you recently played. Or make your controller vibrate, explaining this vibration by your power. Or pretend to change channels on the TV. If not for these funny moments, Psycho Mantis would have looked absolutely creepy.
In seventh place is a goldfish named Bob from the Earthworm Jim series. We are willing to bet that many did not realize that this fish is the real boss. Bob comes from the planet Arriba, where many other goldfish live. But Bob differs from them in his rage and cunning. In short, he is a simple villain, thinking of taking over the whole world. Mostly unsuccessful. In all parts of Earthworm Jim, battles with this goldfish are the simplest moments in the entire game. In the first part, Jim overturns the aquarium and moves on, in the second, he simply swallows Bob. In other games in the series, battles with him were just as easy. A kind of, so to speak, feature.
The Pyramid Head from the second part of Silent Hill is one of the most creepy and memorable bosses in the history of games. How unusual it is is another question. Silent Hill fans are still building theories about who this Pyramid Head really is and what he needs. In the case of the second part of the game, there is a certain consensus. Its essence is that Pyramid Head is such a reflection of the guilt of the protagonist before his dead wife. The image of this monster has changed slightly several times, and he himself has become a mandatory character in every game from the Silent Hill series. We think that in vain: they began to use it too often, putting it in places where it does not belong at all.
The Shadow Broker is an important figure in the Mass Effect universe. This is a cunning information trader who knows a lot of secrets and sells them for money. For many decades, no one really knew who this Gray Broker was or if he even existed. Even the agents of his organization did not know about it. In the Lair of the Shadow Broker add-on for Mass Effect 2, the Shadow Broker was shown to us. We will not talk about who he is, so as not to spoil the impression for those who have not yet played this DLC. Personally, it seems to us that the fight with the Gray Broker is quite common, and the boss is quite ordinary. But it's up to you!
Dahak's demon from Prince of Persia: Warrior Within hits our TOP-10 for the second time. A few months ago, we compiled a rating of the most memorable chases, in which the races with the participation of the demon took far from the last place. Dahaka is a time keeper who constantly haunts the main character due to the fact that he once managed to change his fate. The prince has no choice but to run away, because he cannot oppose the immortal Dahak with absolutely nothing. However, at the end of the game, the demon can still be defeated. This ending is considered the most favorable.
The first three are opened by Scarecrow or Jonathan Crane from Batman: Arkham Asylum. He is one of the most charismatic villains in the DC Comics universe. In Batman: Arkham Asylum, he was the real highlight of the game. Jonathan Crane is a crazy psychiatrist whose main creation is a special gas that terrifies people. In Arkham Asylum, he was going to poison the entire population of Gotham with this substance. Scarecrow uses his gas several times against Batman. As a result, the hero goes through several intricate psychedelic scenes, which are run by a huge creepy figure of the villain. Needless to say, Batman would not be a superhero if he had not been able to cope with the effects of the toxin and defeat the Scarecrow. Well, a rather curious boss. SaintsFlow (Floor) from (841 votes)
Here comes the winner! Let's say right away - we could not predict the first place unambiguously. There were too many options. But the first place was really unusual. Our winner is Paul, a huge can of energy drink from Saints Row 4. Paul strides wide between tall skyscrapers and tries to kill you, releasing deadly rays from his eyes. This fight becomes even more wild after the hero takes control of a hefty statue in order to fight Paul on an equal footing. Here we completely agree with our users. Of all the dozens you have proposed, Paul really can claim the first place. Congratulations to all those who voted for him with a victory.
The topic of the next TOP-10 is "The best dystopian games". Each of you can offer your options in our forum until May 15. After that, we will select the most popular proposals and start voting, which will last for ten days. The results will be announced in early June.
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Two talented video game reviewers on the popular English-language portal, Karl Smallwood and Dustin Koski, have agreed to have a verbal duel to decide which bosses are the most difficult. Each writer gave his list of the five coolest bosses, and another commented on it. See if they can convince you that they are the best at the best of the worst villains in games.
TOP KARL: 5 HARDEST BOSSES
5. Death, "The Sims"
Charles: What is a video game boss? It is a person, being, or thing that stands between you and your goal. V The sims your goal is mainly survival, so I think Death the final boss. She never ceases to be a threat. The boss only needs one burnt lunch or a malfunctioning fire alarm to defeat you. The situation is even worse in later games, where the concept of "old age" was introduced to complicate matters. Now, no matter how well you play, Death will always get you in the end.
Dustin: I don't agree to accept abstract concepts as bosses. In that case, the "boss" who defeated me most often was a gaping abyss that I could not jump over. And in the games of my childhood, it's time to go to bed.
4. Shao Kahn, Mortal Kombat
Charles: In the newest games in the series Mortal kombat there are ways to defeat Shao Kahn, the emperor of Outworld. It is enough to repeat the same move over and over again. But in Mortal kombat ii Shao Kahn blocks every attack you make on him, slowly moving towards the point where he will destroy you in three turns. It was terribly difficult to punish him for this habit, let alone win.
Dustin: Dude, no one told you to defeat Shao Kahn, you just need to keep your distance until he starts approaching you, and then hit him with a combo or ranged attack. I have tried this method myself and I can vouch for it.
3. Through Fire and Flame, "Guitar Hero 3"
Charles: One of the biggest controversies around the entire series Guitar Hero- which song is harder to play in it. Some argue that this is "Jordan" - because it is supposed to be performed with a bucket on your head. According to others, the song "Raining Blood", which requires fast and precise finger work, is the first.
And in my opinion, the most difficult song is the one that is played after defeating the final boss, Through Fire and Flame. She is my favorite, and it kills me that I cannot perform her at an above average level. So I will never be a guitar hero.
Dustin: Undoubtedly, many of the songs in "Guitar Hero" are very difficult, but only if you are a beginner. Many professional guitarists find it much more difficult to use a real guitar than Guitar Hero 1.
2. The guy at the end of Mile High Club on Veteran difficulty - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Charles: Although the nameless terrorist in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare cannot do much harm, I consider him one of the most difficult bosses. Because it's terribly difficult to get a chance to fire a bullet in his head.
V Mile high club you have exactly one minute to get to the second floor of the hijacked plane and rescue the kidnapped hostage. Enemies are between you and the hostage. Their firepower is enough to raze a small country to the ground. The only real way to win is to throw a grenade and charge forward, hoping you don't die. To top it off, if you make it to the end and don't kill the final boss with a headshot, you will instantly lose.
Dustin: Having only a minute to get to a guy isn't too bad. This means that not too much time is wasted and you have a chance to reach your goal.
1. Virgil. "Devil may Cry 3"
Charles: V Devil may cry 3 your character, Dante, fights his brother Virgil three times. In the first meeting, Vergil beats you completely. He hits your magic swords using the power of his mind. In the second, you are both roughly equal, and in the third, you surpass him.
Since the plot states that I must win the final battle against Virgil, I refused to let him hit me even once. If during the battle Vergil had stabbed me, I would have started all over again.
Dustin: If you set yourself super difficult tasks, you can make any boss difficult. For example, if you play with your eyes closed.
TOP DASTINA: 5 HARDEST BOSSES
5. Kulex from "Super Mario RPG"
Dustin: Kulex does not have to be defeated. This game is not too cool. Little damage is done, and even the fiercest of enemies looks pretty cute. But Kulex is clearly destined to be cooler than the rest. He has a higher hit score and more powerful attacks. Worst of all, he's got those damn living crystals. When one of them hits you with a spell, any of your characters becomes useless. They just turn into mushrooms! When I first played this game as a child, I thought Culex was supposed to be invincible.
Charles: Yes, it's not good to put such a difficult boss in a game for kids. But since he is the boss of choice, you can simply bypass him and win.
4. Lady Comstock of Bioshock Infinite
Dustin: Lady Comstock is a ghost who constantly revives her followers. You have to fight it several times in different places. She and her minions killed me over and over again until I devised some strategy to get to her. To put it simply, I went for Youtube, found those who defeated her, and borrowed their method.
Charles: All first person shooters boil down to "Shoot an object until it dies or transforms"... It is the same with Lady Comstock. You shoot the ghost or punch it until it explodes. There is no puzzle solution, no weak point to target, you just pound it. The only difficulty is the other enemies that you have to fight at the same time.
3. Paula from Shadows of the Damned
Dustin: Paula is a pretty amazing villain, because the main character, Garcia Hotspur trying to save her from hell. In the end, she temporarily loses her mind, grows six angelic red wings and makes us chase her down some kind of winding tunnel.
How difficult is this enemy? Well, we have to shoot her wings as she flies through the air, which are pretty small and fast moving targets. We must go through the tunnel, or the "darkness" will catch up with us. Darkness means that we are standing in that part of the room that reduces our health. She also periodically attacks us, like her demonic minions. If you allow minions to fall into dark zones, they become invincible.
Charles: As in the previous case, the boss fight is difficult here only because of the smaller enemies you have to fight with. This does not make the struggle difficult, but only makes it annoying.
2. Sigma from "Mega Man X"
Dustin: Mega man Is my favorite episode, but I hate Sigma, her final boss. First, you have to fight his dog. This is a pretty fast opponent that does a lot of damage. Then you must fight Sigma himself, and if he knocks you off your feet, then you are finished. He can only be defeated by climbing the wall and firing a full clip of shots at him.
Charles: As difficult as Sigma is, each of its forms has only one way to attack. If you manage to dodge these attacks, he will not be able to touch you. But as a result, the struggle drags on. Basically, you are taking an endurance test, not a skill test.
1. Mike Tyson from "Punch Out"
Dustin: The hardest boss is Mike Tyson, the world boxing champion. Defeating him is almost impossible. Throughout the match, he gives you so many uppercuts that he will knock you down with one blow.
Charles: You will get kicked in the ass by Iron Mike until you realize that you are fighting an old man with a very specific fighting style. Once you learn to recognize its pattern, which has not changed in two decades, you will beat the old man who knows nothing better.
We present the first part of our top of the coolest bosses in video games. All positions are listed by the date of release of projects, starting from 2000. In the top, we tried to collect the most memorable opponents, the battles with which really impressed with the mechanics, history or strange and unusual surroundings.
- Majora's Mask - The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
- Nintendo 64/2000 / Nintendo
The Legend of Zelda Majora "s Mask makes the player gasp in the tight confines of time and space. Dark chamber locations, constant changing places and a three-day cycle pump up a frantic pace of the action, at the same time creating a sticky feeling of claustrophobia.
Time after time rewinding back time and returning to the starting point, the player tries to stop the fall of the moon. The confrontation between the ancient mystical force, enclosed in a mask, and the main character ultimately leads the latter to a strange place, as if on the surface or inside the satellite of the Earth.
In the finale, the authors of Majora "s Mask masterly play on contrasts: a spacious location flooded with blinding light, a glade whose borders are not visible, a hill somewhere in the distance and a huge beautiful tree on a dais. Time stands still and space is open.
Children run on the hill in the same white robes and masks of previously defeated demons, creating a completely psychedelic feeling. In the form of a "game", a child in a Majora mask, abandoned by the very tree, offers a battle with the boss. Fighting evil as fighting loneliness - one of the main themes of Majora's Mask - leads the player to the last, purple room, where the hero is confronted by all demonic masks at once.
A weird ending for the weirdest game in the series.
- Penance - Final Fantasy X
- PlayStation 2/2001 / Square Soft
Final Fantasy X was one of the first truly entertaining games on PlayStation 2. The RPG project from Square Soft boasted not only breakthrough 3D graphics, deep combat system, soulful story and incredible music, but also challenging bosses that put your tactics to the test. strength.
The most powerful of these was Penance, a secret superboss with 12 million health points, a battle with which could drag on for an hour in real time. In order to have at least some chance of winning, it was necessary to fully pump the characters and open an ultimate weapon that could bypass impenetrable defense and inflict physical damage.
Or as an option to get and use Yojimbo summon and his superpower Zanmato, which kills with one hit. However, in this case, you must pay an incredibly large amount of money. The hardcore players suffered, but they did everything honestly. Moreover, it was necessary to act as quickly as possible, since in the event that you destroyed your hands, but delayed the murder, the boss subsequently grew both limbs again, which led to inevitable death.
- Metroid Prime - Metroid Prime
- GameCube / 2002 / Nintendo
While exploring the distant planet Tallon IV, the main heroine of the cult Metroid series, Samus Aran, discovers the remains of the destroyed civilization of the Kozo race. Studying ancient writings, she comes to the conclusion that the planet was destroyed by the fall of a phason meteorite, inside which there was a certain creature. Phazon poisoned the environment, which is why the fauna began to mutate. The Kozo tried to stop the contamination of the planet and surrounded the crater with a protective barrier, but it was too late ...
After finding twelve artifacts, Samus deactivates the barrier and finds herself in a crater full of mutated metroids. There she finds the source of infection, Metroid Prime, the battle with which becomes not only the most difficult in the game, but also a turning point for the entire series.
Protected by a strong chitinous shell, Prime requires not only maximum concentration, precise actions, but also knowledge of tactics, because it is vulnerable only to certain damage for a limited time. At the same time, the enemy does not stop and constantly presses with all kinds of shells, ram attacks and laser beams. Using your wits, you can punch through his shell, exposing the core, which will still have to tinker with. But even after the formal victory, Metroid Prime continues to fight and absorbs radiation from Samus's equipment, reborn inside her phason suit. This is how Dark Samus is born, who will pursue the heroine in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption ...
- Anubis - Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner
- PlayStation 2/2003 / Konami
Following the experimental Zone of the Enders and the highly anticipated MGS2, Hideo Kojima's team released Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner, which was better than the original in every way. The developers have surpassed themselves by offering an incredible combat system with interesting bosses, stunning stylistics, a lot of special effects and an epic storyline with adult characters.
And most importantly, it was in ZOE2 that the collision of the huge flying mechs of Dzhehuti and Anubis finally happened, for which we were so prepared in the first part. The final scene, accompanied by crazy female vocals, will be remembered for us forever.
- The Boss - Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
- PlayStation 2/2004 / Konami
The very next year after “The 2nd Runner”, the studio released, perhaps, its best game - Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater for PlayStation 2. We especially remember the Boss - the central character of the project. She had many names, including Joy, Voivode, Mother of Special Forces ... She was the mentor of the protagonist, Naked Snake, who would later take the name Big Boss.
The heroine, skillfully voiced by Lori Alan and drawn by the series artist Yoji Shinkawa, will forever remain in our memory as an example of a multi-layered character with a difficult fate. Until the very end, her actions and motivation are not clear. She is both the mother of the protagonist and the worst enemy. Her incredible charisma is attractive, but at the same time, she is deadly. The boss is waiting for Snake on the flower field - it is there that the final battle of life and death will take place. And when the heroine dies, you only experience sadness. Then the finale follows - you will find out the true motivation of the Boss ... and it is impossible to hold back the tears ...
- Vergil - Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening
- PlayStation 2/2005 / Capcom
In 2005, Capcom pleased fans with two of its top games at once. The groundbreaking Resident Evil 4 changed the gaming industry forever, while Devil May Cry 3 offered an updated combat system with different styles and challenging bosses. We especially remember the battles with the participation of Virgil, who skillfully wielded the sword and could change shape on the fly. The battles with him were unforgettable, and I still want to revisit the stylish intros to the explosive soundtrack.
- Avion - Shadow of the Colossus
- PlayStation 2/2006 / Sony
Shadow of the Colossus is one of the most unusual and atmospheric games that offers to explore the forbidden valley in search of huge critters. The developers approached the creation of each creature individually, delighting us with the design and unusual mechanics. So, Avion, a giant 40-meter bird, lives near a misty lake. She is peaceful and does not attack the character, but only as long as you do not try to hit her with sharp arrows.
Attracting attention, the hero has to jump on the wings. The angry bird flies into the sky and tries in every possible way to throw you down. Powerful currents of air knock you down, and the character will have to hold on with all his might, grabbing at the wool and chitinous shell. Constant movement and sharp turns are exhausting, but after the defeat of three luminous points on the body, an unusual bird dies, falling from a height directly into the water, and you feel bitterness for the crime you have committed.
- Colossus of Rhodes - God of War II
- PlayStation 2/2007 / Sony Santa Monica
Despite the fact that God of War 2 appeared a year after the release of the PS3 and two years after the Xbox 360, the artists from Sony Santa Monica on the legacy PlayStation 2 hardware were able to create one of the most beautiful games of 2007. At the very beginning, we fought the Colossus of Rhodes, the battle with which was remembered for its incredible spectacle, brutality and scale. And most importantly, it has become a template for many other projects of the genre.
The use of the environment, interactive scenes and the competent integration of the boss into the structure of the level, where the enemy sent Kratos on a long flight and destroyed bridges - all this really looked fresh and unusual. In the end, we even got inside a giant enemy in order to finish off the creature from the inside.
- Evil Genshin - Ninja Gaiden II
- Xbox 360/2008 / Team Ninja
Ninja Gaiden has always been known for its difficulty and brutal bosses. In the second part, Team Tomonobu Itagaki raised the bar of hardcore even higher by speeding up the combat system and updating the artificial intelligence of opponents. In this regard, Genshin turned out to be especially indicative - the charismatic leader of the ninja of the enemy clan, a very skillful warrior who fought Ryu Hayabusa several times in the story. Any fight with him turned into a dynamic and full of adrenaline duel, where a second delay could be the last.
In addition, the character had a truly tragic fate - for the sake of the future of his clan, he entered into an agreement with the priestess of the Blood Elizabeth, for which he was cursed and turned into a demon.
To be continued...