Hi /v/, I have a bit of a weird request for you.
Simply put, I want to play a game where the main villain is present throughout the entire story, in almost every stage. Too many times I'll get involved in a game only to have one or two teasing interactions with the big baddie before the final boss fight.
I want an adversary that's waiting for the protagonist behind almost every load screen, one that you have to fight constantly and can look forward to finally vanquishing. I want a genuinely engaging villain that takes up the story, not just a face to slap onto the finale.
Got anything for me?
Allies that turn out to be the villain in some plot twist don't count.
>>319976954
Classic Sonic games
>>319976954
Banjo Kazooie has Grunty chime in every so often mocking you. You don't "meet" her until the end though.
Does this count?
>>319976954
Okami does a pretty good job at it. You fight the final boss at least 3 times.
RE3.
Also, Majora's Mask in a sense.
>>319976954
Baten Kaitos
>>319976954
The first Golden Sun game does this pretty well
Resident Evil 3 pretty much fits your description perfectly
And I guess DMC 3 has you fight Vergil several times
Oh and Prince of Persia Warrior Within is great for it too. While not exactly recurring bossfights, you periodically get chased by a cool demon motherfucker
What if he's there for most of the story, but doesn't become a baddie until the end? That count?
>>319976954Not FFVII
>>319976954
pokemon
>>319978729
>Allies that turn out to be the villain in some plot twist don't count.
Sorry, buddy
Final Fantasy V, VI and IX.
another world has the singular, driven focus of escaping and surviving on an alien world.
>>319978729
Now that you mention it, AC4 kind of counts
Good topic, OP. Best I can think of is Nitros from Bomberman Hero, but he's more of a recurring miniboss that gets stronger each world.
The Tales games do this a lot. I know off the top of my head that Symphonia, Abyss, Xillia and Xillia 2 do it.
>>319979006
FFX would be one two wouldn't it? I mean Sin is everywhere.
>>319976954
Kid Icarus Uprising or Banjo & Kazooie
>>319976954
Super Mario Bros.
>>319979410
All "Bowsers" in the castles before the last castle are transformed grunts, so you don't actually meet bowser until the final castle.
>>319979161
Recurring boss that gets stronger and stronger until the final battle is pretty much exactly what I'm looking for anon, thanks for the recs so far guys.
>>319976954
Are there any LoZ games that do this?
>>319979930
Veran shows up a fair bit in Oracle of Ages.
>>319979930
Ghirahim is in a lot of places in Skyward Sword, and you fight him a few times.
>>319976954
Alien: Isolation.
>>319976954
Kid Icarus Uprising
can't really say how unless you play it but you become VERY well acquainted with the final boss over the course of the game
and no it's not Palutena
>>319979930
Phantom Hourglass...technically
>>319977439
Same with Borderlands 2. Jack CONSTANTLY talks throughout the game to you.
Pokemon Black & White, sort of
>>319976954
FFTactics?
Bayonetta, maybe?
MGS3, maybe?
Fatal Frame 2
>>319976954
Batman : Arkham Asylum
Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep and 3D
In Akiba's Trip you fight the boss 3 or 4 times before the final fight.
>>319978591
>Majora's Mask in a senseDeep
Not the final boss but Metal Face in Xenoblade gets a shitload of buildup (including him flying in just to fuck with you) and finally getting to fight him for real feels amazing
>>319976954
Metroid Fusion
>>319976954
Mario Kart
Bravely Default.
>>319981340
Fusion's pretty interesting in that despite the SA-X being a threat there's no real antagonist besides the Feds being retarded and the Hivemind trying to kill you at every opportunity.And I guess the Babby Metroid DNA trying to maul you at the end
Nemesis, DMC3 and the Yakuza remake coming out soon.
I'm not certain about this, but maybe Alium Isolation?
