Favourite end of level boss?

Sir Sirius · Post by **Sir Sirius** » 2003-02-10 09:33am

So who or what, from which game, is your favourite end of level boss?

I'd have to go with The Cyberdemon from Doom (the original) for being a though bastard to kill with the minigun

or Ugh-Zan III the vicious warlock from Serious Sam for being just simply HUGE

. Also Jerec's Sith followers from Darkforces 2 were nice, the same goes for the darkJedi in Jediknight 2.
+ some oldies that I can't remember right now.

Oh, just remembered, the final boss from The Chaos Engine was extra neat.
You know this game, man I loved that game...got to go find it now, I should still have in tucked away in some dark corner...

Keevan_Colton · Post by **Keevan_Colton** » 2003-02-10 09:39am

Hmm....can you count the death star as an end boss?
If so I nominate it from the X-Wing games (not the rogue squadron ones....ugh).

Post by **Lagmonster** » 2003-02-10 10:23am

The final boss in Serious Sam. If you haven't played that final level where this 300-foot-tall monster comes stomping up the Egyptian fairway, you ain't seen SHIT.

CNS Sarajevo · Post by **CNS Sarajevo** » 2003-02-10 10:26am

Orcus in Smash TV. He just would not die. A friend of mine still has nightmares about one called Esteroth Paingiver, I forget the game.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-02-10 10:27am

Magus. The fight in his castle in Chrono Trigger was so damn cool. It took me forever to win that one.

Coaan · Post by **Coaan** » 2003-02-10 10:28am

Would a massive battle in Shogun: total war count?.....

To set the scene: My last battle (which I won by the by)

I was outnumbered by nearly 4000 samurai

Enemy: 9000
Me: 4490

Heads taken: 2102
Units lost: 500

That was one motherfucker of a battle, let me tell you...and lasted for ages...the screen had a 1500 troop limit on each side so as troops were killed....more came onscreen...ambush anyone?

Majin Gojira · Post by **Majin Gojira** » 2003-02-10 10:37am

Sephiroth. I've only seen him once, while a freind of mine was playing "Kingdom Hearts". HO-LY SHIT.

Bowser will always hold a special place with me, as will Master Hand.

Kelly Antilles · Post by **Kelly Antilles** » 2003-02-10 10:54am

THe Queen in Willow. Man, we'd stand there and pour countless quarters into that machine trying to figure out how to beat her.

Bowser... yeah, there was a classic. And Gannon in Zelda (THE ORIGINAL NINTENDO VERSION). I always got frustrated with end bosses, though.

Dillon · Post by **Dillon** » 2003-02-10 10:59am

Would have to be Ganon at the end of Ocarina of Time. He was rather easy, but the scenery and his attacks were really cool looking.

Post by **Kuja** » 2003-02-10 11:57am

Majin Gojira wrote:Sephiroth. I've only seen him once, while a freind of mine was playing "Kingdom Hearts". HO-LY SHIT.

SHIT YEAH! Sephiroth is totally badass, both in FF7 and KH.

Ansem, the final boss of KH is really awesome too.

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-02-10 12:00pm

Lavos.

That was a totally badass boss, with totally badass music. You really felt like you were saving the world.

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2003-02-10 12:10pm

Lavos.

A huge ass frekly battle and if you lost you saw the world destroyed before you had a chance to reload

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2003-02-10 12:14pm

I had a lot of trouble with some of the bosses in Deus Ex. 1st time i played the way through i never bothered getting the kill codes for the old mechs and Gunther wiped the floor with me, That other one in the sub base was a killer too, !st he blinded ya with a Plasma Gun or what ever it was then the bastard had a cloak.

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-02-10 12:22pm

I don't know if I'd consider him the best, but Half-Life's endgame boss was probably the most damned annoying of any I'd seen. First time around, it took me a while to realize that you have shoot out the power crystals... and in the meantime, I kept getting teleported into a chamber with a Garg...

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-02-10 01:36pm

Stormbringer wrote:Magus. The fight in his castle in Chrono Trigger was so damn cool. It took me forever to win that one.

I remember fighting Magus the first time. The music absolutely blew me out of this world.

I love it. Mysterious, ominous, "holy-shit, he's coming" style opening, followed by a charged bacchanale. Awesome.

And you can't beat Magus as far as coolness. Turns his back to you, puts on his gloves, and gets ready to kick your ass.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-02-10 01:38pm

My favorite boss would have to be Kefka. A bizarre tower, followed by a gigantic, wicked angel. That guy was insane.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-02-10 01:38pm

Metal Gear REX, that was a funky fight and had meaning.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-02-10 01:46pm

Lavos or Kefka.

Nice big I can obliterate the world type boss you have to whup...though with some creative weaponry choices, Kefka, sadly...was a yawn.

Exonerate · Post by **Exonerate** » 2003-02-10 01:53pm

The Dark Matter from Kirby64.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-02-10 01:59pm

The dragon at the end of Tomb Raider II was nasty as well.

Captain tycho · Post by **Captain tycho** » 2003-02-10 02:01pm

The Chozo Spirit King from Metroid Prime.
Just plain cool....
Also the Death Star from the X-Wing games.

Xenophobe3691 · Post by **Xenophobe3691** » 2003-02-10 02:04pm

The Death Star at the end of all the mission in the Star Wars Arcade game.

That, and Innoruuk...

Thunderfire · Post by **Thunderfire** » 2003-02-10 02:18pm

Durran Korr wrote:My favorite boss would have to be Kefka. A bizarre tower, followed by a gigantic, wicked angel. That guy was insane.

Kefka is to wimpy for my taste. I take Shodan from System Shock.

SAMAS · Post by **SAMAS** » 2003-02-10 02:29pm

Galcian and Ramirez from Skies of Arcadia.

They had some of the nastiest looking supers in any RPG I've ever seen.

Galcian has one where he rides a cyclone up into the air, high above the sky fortress you're invading. You can even see the massive airship battle still raging around between the Air Pirates and Yafutoma against the Valuan Armada. He raises his sword, coming down in a steaking comet, destroying ships on his way down on both sides, right on top of a single character.

Ramirez has this nasty attack called Silver Eclipse that has to be seen to describe it. And in his final form, he has an attack where he picks up one character, impales them with several tentacles from all sides, then hits them with a massive energy blast. He can also temporarily gain control of one character, and have them perform one of their supers on his/her teammates.

Cal Wright · Post by **Cal Wright** » 2003-02-10 02:55pm

There's...too many of em!!!

Man. The early ones back in the 8 bit days were some cheap shits.

Kirby's Dreamland-From King Didi to the Nightmare. That was one hell of a battle that bruised the thumbs.

Sonic The Hedghog-Any of the Robotnik battles. Watching that damn Meglo Robotnik rise up in 2 though was some shit.

Sonic Adventures-That was Robotnik was some shit. Now,now. For Sonic it was the end boss. Chaos was Super Sonic's end boss.

Better than all of those is the form of Gannon in The Legend of Zelda. Woo, getting to him was hell. Fighthing him was more than that.
Over that, Shadow Link from Zelda II The Adventures of Link. Fighting yourself, the evil self. ooooh.

More than that. Better than that. Okay, maybe not harder, but it was hell to highwater by this point. Gannondorf. From The Legend of Zelda Ocharina of Time. Bitchin. Just when you thought they were going against it all, he turned into a damn PIG! Sooye!!!