>boss summons another boss
It happened in demon souls but what else?
>>336706747
>kill one boss
>the other boss revives it
>>336706971
dark souls 2 sunken king dlc
>>336706974
Ally betrays you mid-battle, joins boss
>>336707034
Oh yeah, forgot about that one
>>336707179
>third boss is a wildcard
Final boss is just a repeat of every single boss that came before it
>>336706747
boss makes all enemies around it invincible but can be killed itself
>boss has a duplicate and they can teleport to you from any range
>Boss summons a copy of yourself that dies in 3 seconds and those seconds make 30% of the whole boss fight
>Diablo 3 sucks
>you have to fight all of the bosses you've fought thus far
>they even team up with each other
>>336706747
>the final boss has three completely different forms
>no health pickups or anything to help you
>he is hard as balls
>you're supposed to lose
>>336706971
bayonetta
>>336706747
>boss summons an even tougher boss
>>336706971
FF 12
>>336706971
Waltz #1 in FFIX.
>boss draws weapons and approaches you
>larger boss drops down killing first boss
>now fighting SUPRISE bigger boss
>>336714816
Not literally, but Castle Crashers?
>>336706971
bloodborne
>>336712956
i originally used dual blades but i gave up and started training with a hammer because that fucker would not die with just dual blades, i finally killed it with my frozen core which i updated into thew pykrete punisher later
![ganon_art.0[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/Rsa2NzT.jpg "ganon_art.0[1].jpg")
>>336707481
>Boss isn't hard, just has stupidly high attack damagepic semi-related to this post, and more related to the other post
>>336714965
Infinity blade 2
>>336715261
>mobile shit
>>336712960
>boss fight is horribly hard, getting decimated in the first few turns
>"oh right, it must be one of those fights where you are supposed to lose"
>you aren't>that glorious feel if you end up winning anyway
>boss summons another player
>>336706747
>Boss summons a player to aid him against you
Awesome mechanic, but seriously fuck you!
>about to kill boss
>he summons minions and jumps away to an area you can't reach
>>336715725
is that squirrel ded?
>>336715867
No, it's just raspberry jam
>>336715867
yes, he missed a a tree he was jumping to and fell of the cliff, and hit the road.
It was horrible and funny at the same time.
>>336715801
Fuck you, Noth
>>336714816
>Big bad has some sort of prisoner/experimental animal
>you beat the big bad
>experiment escapes and kills/eats big bad
>the experiment is the true final boss
>>336713461
>Use the Astora UGS
>Kill the clone while it's being spawned
>double boss fight
>the bosses attack you from two sides of the screen at once
>if you kill one, the other revives them immediately
>to win, you need to kill them both at the same time
>when they appear again during the boss rush, there's three of them
>You are summoned as the boss
>Boss is actually a council of 2-3 bosses
>The order you kill them affects your loot
Why don't more games do this?
>videogame has a "final boss"
Too videogamey for me and follows conventional tropes.
>>336706971
Spider-Man: The Arcade Game.
>Fighting Scorpion in the first stage
>SUDDENLY VENOM
>>336717395
Every game with at least one boss has a final boss
>>336717395
Fuck off Casey Hudson
>difficulty settings give the bosses new attacks and patterns, just not health/armor.
>>336717392
Are you talking about Ulduar? Or Ornstein and Smough?
Because that's really annoying. The fight changing based on which you kill first is cool, but the loot changing is a huge hassle.
>>336706974
>kill one boss
>they both merge into a superboss
>which is back at full HP
>Final battle is actually a mexican standoff
>The two bosses fight each other while they fight you
>>336706747
>Boss' minions don't disappear after you kill them.
>The minions end up killing you.
Fuck you Hemwick
>>336717032
Fuck Gunvolt.
>>336719239
>dying to the Witches of HemwickI actually got cornered by the enemies my first time fighting them.
>>336719438
I thought they would disappear....
>more than 1 boss
>each have their own health bar
>get down to have 1 boss left
>boss transforms
>boss regains all or heals their hp
>>336706747
>boss summon all the dead bosses with higher level than you
>all the resurrected bosses have some kind of cool gimmick that make them harder to kill
>kill boss
>another boss fight immediately after it
>second boss revives himself back to full health after you defeat him so you have to fight him again
![3rdGen-Qurupeco_Render_001[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/l0PubgO.png "3rdGen-Qurupeco_Render_001[1].png")
>>336706747
>>336711902
>Boss can summon copies of your entire party
>These copies can be more troublesome than the originals
>>336722115
>final area has clones of the bosses you fought before spread around
>they're statistically the same
>at this level they're much easier
Quick /v/, Post your favorite vidya boss!
>>336707434
>wildcard
>the final boss is you
>yes man, throw general oliver off the dam
>>336723774
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lphAh-kfKVg
>>336706971
Magissa, Final Fantasy 5. This is more common than you realize.
>>336724185
>embedding disabled
Shill your shit elsewhere, cuntboy.
>Boss can only be hurt with critical hits
>>336712847
Ninja Gaiden?
>Kill boss
>But the victory theme doesn't play
>>336706974
>"Arise, my champion!"
>"At your side, milady!"
>at half heath, the boss gets instakilled by another, bigger boss who then rampages towards you
>>336706747
>two bosses
>they start fighting each other mid-battle
>>336728621
>The victory theme does play
>But it's slightly different
>>336728621
>Kill boss
>Game Over theme plays
>>336728950
>>336729391
>The victory theme starts to play
>The credits start to roll
>Boss interrupts the credits
>>336706747
>boss summons another boss
>is vulnerable while in summoning animation
>Temple of Elemental Evil
>Boss summons a Balrog
>Fuck this shit
>you literally have to die after/during the final boss fight
>>336706971
Spyro 3
>3rd boss drops an egg
>Egg spawns Boss #1 who inmediately charges at you
>have to defeat him again to keep beating boss #3
>>336730014
Memelands: the meme island of Dr. Meme
>>336730427
>boss kills you
>you enter phase 2
>you are severely over-levelled and the final boss goes down in one hit
>>336706971
Deadpool. Mr. Sinister spawns in 3 bosses.
>>336719843
They do, there's just a delay between the boss dying and the minions despawning.
>kill the boss
>he comes back with a full healthbar and new attacks
I actually believed I had beaten the Soul of Cinder on my first try
>final boss is an unexpected quick time event
>last save spot was forever ago
>Boss can teleport behind you
>boss opens a ride in time, pulls himself from it
>you now have to fight both bosses
>>336714816
Monster hunter does this alot. Remember the first deviljho i hunted in tri. Freaked me the fuck out.
>>336707179
Fucking Girahim in Hyrule Warriors. Anytime that asshole is your ally in adventure mode expect him to betray you
>>336706747
>fighting boss
>absolutely wrecking his shit
>boss only has a sliver of health left
>deliver the final blow
>cutscene plays and the boss somehow defeated me
The middle section of Tales of the Abyss is the worst.
>boss negates all the previous strategies that had carried you through the game
>>336717968
Do any games actually do this?
>>336714816
Kind of happens in Brayfox's Longstop in FFXIV.
>>336706747
>you're killing a gigantic worm
>a bigger, higher leveled one is summoned at half health
>>336731436
>boss breaks the rules of his own game in order to defeat you
>>336706971
It's Green Buzzsaw time!
>boss can turn back time to undo damage done to him
>boss can turn back time to undo healing done to you or your party
>boss can turn back time and undo any revives done in your party
>boss move in real time
>the game is turn based
>>336731482
Yes, in No More Heroes there are bosses that drasticly change their patterns depending on their difficulty
>>336706971
>>336731737
Forgot Pic
>>336716039
god i wanna fuck that rabbit
>>336731138
>Boss was just a hologram
>it's a QTE
>The last save spot was forever ago
>>336731749
What game does this? Sounds cool. My guess is final fantasy.
>boss can act 3 times per turn
>if the game particulary hates you he can spam his AoE attack on you 3 times in a row
>>336731975
Bravely Second
It's actually really good
>Boss can give himself extra turns
>boss is just a shit load of jumpscares
>boss has move that takes away half your hp
>boss can use move twice in a row
>Boss will insta nuke you if you just so happen to absorb/nullify one of their attacks
>>336732003
>Golden Sun
>Doom Dragon
>Boss turn
>Cruel Ruin
>Cruel Ruin
>Cruel Ruin
>you can be stun-locked
>boss can remove your buffs
FUCKING...
>>336732525
>boss has minions that can knock your HP down to one in a single turn
>he can have three of them active at once and can summon them an unlimited number of times
>>336733000
>boss can steal your buffs
>boss doesn't do anything on his turn in an attempt to stall the game and make you quit out of boredom
any other games besides undertale do this?
>>336733000
>boss alternates between removing your buffs and removing his debuffs every turn
>>336733240
>Every turn is boss's turn
>>336726954
Not him, but how is Ninja Gaiden?
How does it compare to DMC or God of War?
What platforms are the good games on?
I own a really good PC, a PS3 and a PS4. Which ones do I play and on what?
>Rival helps you fight the boss
>"I'm going to be the one to kill you! Nobody else!"
>takes several hours to whittle down boss's health
>boss casts reflect on your party members to try to catch a full heal when it gets down to 10% health
>if it succeeds, start the fuck over
>>336733452
man i just beat mot and he was a little bitch
beezelbub was kind of a little bitch too for that matter, but the dekunda dekaja cycle was irritating, just forced you to waste time
>>336733236
>Boredom
Pretty much sums up that entire game for me, the whole reason I stopped playing was because it was boring as fuck.
>>336726954
first thing i thought of, too
still haven't beaten the game because of that giant bat-headed bitch
>Kill boss with help from your future self
>Go back in time to help your past self
And yet you can still die
>boss can fully heal whenever he feels like it
>can also auto kill you whenever he feels like it
>>336706974
Fuck this faggot
>boss can revive itself
>>336723774
>tfw it gets cuhrazy
>boss before the final boss
>he returns as the final boss of the post-game with new attacks
>>336732718
Good times.
>>336734813
>liking the glowing pompadour
>long boss fight
>drain it's HP
>it has a 1HKO attack on death
>>336734676
>boss gets motivated
>boss gives birth during fight
>Boss summons four other bosses
>Beat them all
>By their power combined.....another boss
>Beat him
>"This isn't even my final form!"
>>336714816
Always a bigger fish
>>336731482
Vergil uses summoned swords on higher difficulties in DMC3
And in DMC4 after you beat the game the Dante boss will have all the weapons you got when you played as him
>>336728950
>Boss is supposed to beat you
>Waste all your best items trying to beat boss
>>336706971
The House Of The Dead 2
>>336730014
fucking hades
>>336730014
Fucking Donkey Kong Country...
>>336735607
So not only do you have shit taste, but you're deaf too.
>boss forces you to impregnate her
>bosses gives birth during fight
>baby uses your equipment and spells
>baby teleports inside of your uterus and does a critical hit
>boss revives all the bosses you killed
>just before the fight your former party member, that betrayed you, stole the end game weapon and toss it to you.
>that party member immediately gets killed
>>336736876
>"am i funny yet guys?"
>>336706971
>>336706971
Binding of Issac
>>336714816
Fucking No More Heroes.
>>336737428
fuck off
>>336736876
What in fuck?
What game is this?
>>336738498
>fuck off
He's right though, that post he replied to is literally just trying to "fit in." No game does that, not even Cunt by Edmund McMillen, which is about the reproductive cycle.
>fight trio of bosses
>they fight you separately
>fight trio later on in the game
>all 3 fight you at the same time
>>336706747
>about to face the final boss
>your allies' resolve is tested
>that one evil guy you know is gonna turn on you
>instead, he just says "fuck it, I'm not dying here" and leaves
>he ends up dying anyway
>>336714816
FFXIII went to shit when that happened. Good boss fight and tbeme, but God Damn that was poorly done and shat on the arcs of 2-3 characters
>>336706747
>boss summons previous bosses
i fucking love this ecspecially when the bosses gimmicks or mechanics remain the same when theyre resummoned and theyre not just hp sponges that look the same
>>336706971
Happens with Liches in Dragons Dogma. Also random times when 2 or 3 bosses show up while you are fighting one.
>fighting the fire drake
>Chimera shows up mid fight
>Hobgoblins start to swarm
>dead hobgoblins attract a griffin
>>336740052
What games do this anyway? I know there's a few, but I can't remember them.
>Now picturing that in DS3
>Fucking Dancer and Vordt of the Boreal Valley at the same time while the boss takes a break
That sounds painful.
>>336728621
>victory theme plays
>everyone gets into victory poses
>suddenly shaking, theme cuts out, party knocked around
>boss music starts up again
>>336740181
>Death ambushes you in Bloodless Stockade
>carrion attracts an Elder Ogre
>>336706747
>encounter apparent badass final boss
>starts his big bad guy monologue
>massive two storey tall demon drops from the ceiling killing him
>final boss
>main theme/remix of main theme plays
>The final boss becomes a joke among the community because of a cheese strategy that trivializes the actual difficulty of the boss
You probably know whom I speak of.
>>336741096
>final boss
>combat theme is a remix of the normal combat theme of one of the previous games
>>336741096
>final boss
>medley of the special move themes plays
>>336741096
I'm drawing a blank, what are some good final boss main theme reprises?
>>336740669
Lots of extra bosses can gang rape you in the DLC. The worst is the pack of 3 hellhounds when you are in the room with the two gorecyclops
>>336741676
Yeah, but inside a completely optional room that is created as an arena of sorts
Also, holy shit that room
>finally manage to facehug one of the hounds
>one of the pawns somehow looses off one of the gorecyclops
>then goes straight for the other one
>>336741441
A good one off of the top of my head is Bravely Default, it turns into a medley of the main theme / character themes about halfway in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLBTIUzPpEQ
>>336706747
Dunno if this counts but
>Struggle through Bloodborne except for Cathedral Beast
>Get to the Hemwick witches
>thisfightistooeasy.jpg
>Think Im about to win
>TWO WITCHES FULL HEALTH
The Souls games just love teabagging my ego
>>336741441
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LbnMiO59cY
Classic Final Fantasy common battle theme that was unused since FF6 kicks in after the intro. I loved that first time I ever heard it, still my favourite final battle theme for a FF ever
>>336741239
>YES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1WAbkRohSg
>>336742016
The witch of Hemwick fight is laughably easy though.
>>336706747
>Abstract formless sphere boss
>It grows a face
>>336741441
Some other ones I thought of are Banjo Kazooie, most 3D Sonic games, and Skies of Arcadia.
>>336741441
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMiNzhfgb6o around 33 seconds in.
>>336715710
Sounds interesting, what game does that?
>The Looking Glass Knight in Dark Souls 2
>>336742632
Looking Glass Knight.
>>336707434
>boss cuts the brakes
>>336742632
The Old Monk in DeS. The Looking Glass Knight is a gay.
>>336743126
>the party knew this ahead of time and had them fixed
>>336742254
Not him, but a newbie could easily run out of vials if they fail to grasp the gimmick and waste time fighting the nigger-shades that the witches summon.
>>336706974
Rise, if you would.. For that is our curse.
>>336734329
hey thats pretty cool everybody else liked it
>>336743136
Old monk doesn't summon a player, old monk IS the player, anon
>>336742930
>>336742963
>making a full looking glass knight cosplay build with ring of the living to invade the boss with
>>336741441
FE fates
>>336728621
>Kill boss
>Sad music begins to play instead of the normal victory theme
https://youtu.be/zAbUZmC_yIk?list=PL6akIKaXBeU0ts1JuN19Ra938wdqPBRli
>>336706971
Monster Hunter
>>336713461
>small health bar
>not a second boss
>>336741096
>Start playing game
>First stage uses a part of the previous game final boss theme
>>336744329
Why did they need to make that shit feel so heavey
>boss one-shots you while his health bar is still growing to full size
>100% the game
>final boss gets upgraded
>an even further upgraded version of the final boss can appear as a random encounter
>>336706974
Brotherly love is so underrated
>boss randomly locks up your commands through the fight, having to fight with no standard attack, or no abilities, or no items
>>336706974
>>336707179
I´m looking STRAIGHT to you, Divinity Original Sim.
Bairdortr the bear-woman MY ASS. The only decent archer companion, i had to threw out all the 98173 special arrows the game keeps giving you.
The strategy? NOT ENGAGE THE DIALOGUE? fuck that.
>>336706747
>Superboss summons clone of itself
>The clone can also summon a clone
>Defeating the original doesn't end the fight
>>336746893
>The one and only time I encountered this was in a porn game
>one of the most challenging fights I've ever had in a game
>I just wanna fap dammit
>>336746893
>both the boss and the clone can charm party members
>>336723774
he's terribly easy and cheeseable in his original form but in SORR he becomes an actual threat on Mania difficulty
>>336741239
Fucking Demifiend.
>>336714816
Artorias
>>336722671
That was a fun fight
>>336731749
>Boss can turn back time to start the entire battle all over again
>>336716039
HNNNNNNNG
>>336746893
>The Boss summons minions that summons other minions
>The Boss can be resurrected and enslaved as a fighting pet
GOOD LUCK I´M BEHIND 7000 SKELETONS
>Final boss is your pet
>>336746893
Fuck you, Atelier Iris 3.
Almost nothing about the gameplay was thought through, and you dump this bullshit on us.
>you already fought the final boss once before, but you had amnesia and forgot about it and that was how the game began
>>336748526
>Kill the boss
>A loose Necromancer you missed walks up and raises him as a pet
>The fight begins again, but the Boss doesn't get an HP bar this time cause he's a basic minion (with a fuckton of HP and abilities)
>boss literally takes an hour+ to beat unless you minmaxed like a motherfucker
>even then it still takes a minimum of 30 minutes
games really need to stop doing this unless said boss has multiple forms. It just gets really fucking tedious and repetitive hitting the same boss with same combo, hoping your brain doesn't shut off due to sheer repetition and you fuck up once, and get one shotted to start the boss all over again.
>>336746752
You can convince her not to join the guy
>>336750015
Every MMO raid boss ever.png
>>336706747
>fighting final boss
>earlier boss in the game that was evil decides to help you because she's tired of being revived by the final boss to kill you
>boss has a fuckton of HP and has super high defenses
>finally kill it when your mana's about to run out
>...
>"Boss endured the hit!"
>Boss gets back up, recovers 50% of its HP
>>336714816
naruto counts right?
fuckin madara man, they had the perfect villain right there
>>336746893
Not exact to your statement
But Kamek in DreamTeam summons 3 clones of himself, and all 4 of them have their own attacks and HP, and killing tne original Kamek does nothing
>>336740928
WHen this happened in Dino Crisis 2, I shit bricks.
>>336739249
Oh well, he wanted to die anyway. Now, the Wall of the Faithless? Dick move Obsidian.
>the actual song that plays during the boss fight sucks dick
>listen to Duel of the Fates instead
Errytiem
> Your party absolute max HP caps out at 999 HP.
> Bonus Boss opens the battle by casting an AOE attack that does 2000+ damage to everyone
>Entire game is based upon not letting a single unit die even once
>Get through whole game without losing anyone
>Face final boss
>Everyone dies
>Bosses can move around the map while fighting other bosses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB_PVPyn6n8
>>336716039
I want to bully that rabbit.
>>336723774
>boss gets continues
>empty boss health bar
>there's another health bar underneath it
>>336753028
I need this picture withCelestefrom Danganronpa 1
>You're wrecking a boss to the point of their submission
>Cinematic plays mid-fight
>Your character is getting their ass handed to them on a silver platter
>>336754418
Forgot Pic, tired as hell today.
>>336749363
No More Heroes?
>>336753807
>bosses have had multiple health bars before
>new boss has different color
>get through new health bar
>there's another unknown color under it
>>336754961
>damage to the boss
>their health bar doesn't go down
>you're still dealing damagebut it's to their invisible health bar
>>336741441
Dragon Quest IX
Literally any and all of the mainline Pokemon games
>>336706747
>Boss has the same/nearly the same moves as you do
>You fight this boss multiple times, each time getting stronger and harder to fight
>Defeat boss
>"You Win!"
>You and your party leave but the camera doesn't follow them, only focuses on the boss you defeated
>At some point in the fight you and the boss switched bodies/minds
>>336757321
Fucking Doo liss.
>>336731749
Why were all the asterisk holders soANNOYING
>>336735384
>Finally beat the final form for real this time I swear I don't have anymore
>Just for it to end with one hit
>
>>336716251
DQ1 noice
>>336757982They're awful in hard modeAll I know is that I loved every minute of their fightsIt's so satisfying to kick their shit in
>>336722857
Super Mario RPG is awesome
>>336741441
Bravely Default, serpent eating the ground.
Although, I think Wicked flight is better honestly.
>>336758520I played hard mode and cheesed my way through with shitty strategies and friend summons
>>336750492
Best Friend?
>Boss has a status ailment move that can affect the entire party
>Turn based rpg game so boss goes first next turn because they're faster
>Instantly kill anyone on your team with a status ailment.
Fuck you, Airy.
>boss's waifu is present for the fight
>she just runs away whenever you get close
>boss is immortal, you have to kill his waifu to win
>attacking his waifu causes him to get a free hit on you
>attacking him causes him to drop healing items
>at half health his waifu starts fighting back
>she does twice his damage and can shield herself
>>336706971
Etrian Odyssey does this, FOEs can waltz right over to you during some boss fights
>every character that you've rescued joins you in the fight against the final boss
>every character that you failed to save or killed yourself will join the final boss as a ghost against you
![CfIzPA7WQAAVuY0[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/O1b76Nx.jpg "CfIzPA7WQAAVuY0[1].jpg")
>final boss is a gauntlet
>there is a plot twist cutscene somewhere inbetween the phases.
>fuck up once and you start all over again, cutscenes and all.
>everyone acts like the scene didn't happen yet.
>but for whatever reason you're missing something that was destroyed in the battle, somehow before you even start the final battle again.
>>336712956
fucking qurupeco
>>336714816
Demon souls 1-3 boss
>>336730782
Fucking Fallout 2, I grinded way too hard in that thing
