What is your favorite one-on-one duel in vidya?
>"You know what? Fuck this war! I just want you dead!"
>>336499376
>>336499376
>its a mirror match
>>336499376
dat music
this or orphan of kos
Ludwig in Bloodborne
If strictly against human opponents, Gehrman from Bloodborne
sure it was after he got hit by the entire army and covered in arrows, but it was a one on one at the end
Jedi Academy
Any and all of them where you fight the guy with the same powers as you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76euOHOxNfY
>>336499376
I'm glad Luke got Natalia and that faggot Ashh.
Azel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V8l_jY0edo
>Tfw the last time you fight him the music changes at 50%
>It's not as good as the previous song
>>336500112
>Ocelot woke up just in time to die
Dante vs. Vergil in DMC3 is also really fucking good.
>>336499376
the motivated nigga.
I remember fighting this guy was cool. He surprisingly just took out the guy you anticipated to be the final boss (or at least the level's boss) and challenges you to a duel.
>disks only, program!
diamonds
[spoilers]the mighty Kernel from Tron 2.0 - play it faggot[/spoilers]
>>336500421
im a faggot, forgot pic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpYqFJxVuBc
>>336500490
Does the Sam DLC even explain why he fights Raiden? I remember thinking how stupid this fight was and then being too lazy to play the DLC.
>>336500497
You also don't know how tospoiler.
in Zelda 2
>>336499376
>one-on-one
More like one hundred-on-one hundred, but I feel it still counts.
>>336500551
DUOL WIELD
>>336500309
Isn't that what he wanted? To die at the hands of the world's greatest soldier?
Tales games have some great one on ones in general
>>336500598
>crouch stab in the corner
>>336500592
Might makes right. Same reason why he joined Armstrong when he got fucked by him.
You were always a brother, never an enemy
>>336500882
What a spectacle.
>>336499557
>Not you vs Luca
>>336500112
this
one can hate mgs4 for excessive fanservice but sweet jesus this game was just perfect in this department, and i can't think of a way to make this final fight anyhow better. Hell, entire ending.
>Snake had a hard life. He needs some time to rest.
>>336500592
This
>>336500812
You should play the DLC, it's pretty good. They rehashed a lot of shit, but Sam has different playstyle altogether, which makes it fresh.
>>336500152
This.
>That ominous feeling entering and noticing your shadows gone
>Turn around to see him just standing there
>He fucking jumps on your sword
Of course this fight is a joke with Din's fire but, I always liked the shadow doppelgänger type fights.
>>336500694
I don't remember.
I always assumed "Liquid Ocelot" was actually Liquid being accidentally(?) channeled by Ocelot. So Liquid "dies" and then Ocelot wakes up and dies for nothing.
That's how I saw it, anyway. I mean, why write a guy as the son of a spirit channeler only to make a sequel where the son mysteriously channels some guy through "hypnotherapy"?
The fight itself wasn't that great since the gameplay falls apart with only one character but it happened at the right moment when shit was getting crazy.
If it had used Meyneth's voice instead of Fiora's it would have been a 10/10
>>336500783
only if you're a scrub who doesn't enjoy a challenge
it was some pretty hype shit
>>336500623
>>336500490
These two
Axel vs Roxas at the beginning of two was great because of the intensity of the music and arena.
>>336500853
Kuuga still has the best final fight.
>>336500112
Ahhh perfect
>>336500481
My nigga
>mfw forze del male
>>336501121
> Those sword clashes
> He jumps on your sword when you try to stab him
> He slowly becomes more and more aggressive towards you
> When he jumps on your sword he counters by attacking you while still standing on your sword
> He becomes more and more agile as the fight goes on
I can suck up the entirety of the Water temple just for the thrill of this duel.
The absolute best, homegirls.
>>336500152
Seriously? That boss was complete shit.
>>336501801
Pity the final boss blows.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh55DQM5iZ0
The Gradius homage, then finding out it's Leo, fuck, i love this series.
>>336501970
>faggot viper
Easily the most drawn out, annoying and fucking boring boss in the entire game. And it has a lot of those.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLDYPFfnm3g
>>336499557
>Attacking
What the fuck are you doing?
>>336502115
After the first time, yeah, it's a shitty boss fight, but hearing the "option", "shield", etc, the first time while fighting was hype, for me.
>>336499376
I fucking love the english voice actor there. Yuri Lowenthal fucking delivers.
Pic related was pretty intense without the lightning attack in a forgetable game.
>>336501910
True, but it felt good to punch the bejesus out of a 10 story tall monster.
PIT!
>>336500497
That part was really cool. Fuck I loved that game, it's a shame I can't install it on this computer.
>>336499376
>>336499376
>>336500168
Sources?
The CHAMP of course
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyOG8LUx46Y
>>336502361HADES
>>336499617
Boss battles in Souls games have never felt like duels to me. Even the more humanoid enemies wielding weapons like yours are still like 6 heads taller than you, aside from Gehrman and Lady Maria. It still feels like you're fighting a monster, even when it stands on two legs.
Like the difference between fighting Cerberus and Vergil in DMC3. I wouldn't called Cerberus a duel, despite it being a one on one fight.
>>336500112
>as they stab each other the health bars appear on screen
>they read SNAKE and LIQUID SNAKE
>they use the fucking MGS1 HUD
that one moment I felt when I realised what the fuck was happening made up for every other shit moment in that game
>>336502431
I think I would place it just behind Abyss' 1v1.
Yuri vs Estelle was pretty feelsy too, but not really intense. Yuri vs Flynn would need a few more minutes of banter.
It's basically the ending of MGS4 with way more budget behind it.
Instead of just the music changing you actually go back to fight every big fight throughout their history with all their skills at the time over the course of the fight.
>>336499887
my nigga that game was the best for actually making me feel like a jedi
>>336500112
My favorite boss fight/duel ever. Their mecha fight was also amazing. Nag on MGS4 all you want but it was completely redeemed in my eyes by the time it ended.
>>336499376
Also pic related.
This fight was pretty good.
>>336499481
>ARRRRMMMMMMMSTRONG!
>>336501257
This fucking one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34_lDmS9lKs
the only right answer
>I'm SO gonna kick your ass!
>No, no, no! I'M gonna kick YOUR ass.
BEST.
FIGHT.
EVER.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZRILUDgcHA
This one always stuck out for me
>>336503481
My nigger.
>>336503570
>Raiden is built to be the fastest a cyborg can possibly be, and is basically a brain in a robot jar at this point.
>Sam still keeps up with him like it's no big deal with just one cybernetic arm.
He let you win.
>>336502483
This was the only fight in any soul game that felt like a duel, I knew it was on the first time he kicked me in the face for getting around to his back.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b-7tP7IW5Q
>>336501801
Tbh i thought the swordmaster was harder.
The game needed an earlier battle against the devilhand to build up the hype.
I was more invested in The multiple elvis fights because i loved that fat fuck.
But anyway, almost every Godhand boss is a 10/10
>>336504261
Except Sharon. Fuck Sharon.
>>336501476
TWO!?
>>336502602
It is kinda strange how some of the humanoid enemies are hyuge. I get kinda jealous, I wanna have gains like that but I'm stuck being a manlet.
>>336504813
You can always be a cute little fucktoy.
It was somehow a better duel than the final boss fight. Mostly because of the music and setting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j09-10VUmDM
>>336503782
One cyborg arm and a suit of Nanomachines.
>>336500782
GRRRRRRRR, HUBERT!!!!!
>>336503306
I really liked this fight since it wasn't a duel to determine the fate of the world or to prove one's self. Its just an intense duel between two bros.
It's already been posted, but it's so good that it deserves a second mention.
>>336500782
Similarly, taking down the entire swordian team as Leon (or whoever) or the entire playable party as Ludger feels pretty damn good.
YOOOOOOOOOOO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Opr11jHiJ5o
Say what you will about the game, but this was a great fight.
Not as good as the Flynn duel, but still fun.
>>336499376
Who gets to go first?
How about
[spolier]Me[/spolier]
>>336505559
God, that fight was such a letdown.
Anything would've been better than a generic shoot out.
>>336501476
>The music
>The ring of fire
>DOOL WIELD
>Those animations
KHII holds a special place in my heart because of this.
>>336499376
>>336499569
All of this. If Abyss has anything going for it, it had one hell of a main theme song.
>>336505490
It wanted to be the second coming of the fight between Ratonhnhaké:ton and Haytham, but failed to realize that level of emotional impact cannot be reached when the player hasn't yet fully bonded with the characters since it's only about 1/3 of the way through the game.
>ctrl+f X vs Zero
>0 results
seriously?
>>336505552
>boss you are supposed to lose to
>you get good loot from beating him
>>336505839
>Ratonhnhaké:ton
Just say Connor, you dingus. No one calls him by his injun name.
That fight was completely satisfying on so many levels. Great way to end the game.
>>336505559
I was so bad at that game I ran around in circles around that rectangle partition and dropped a mine so that when Benny Hilled me I could just detonate it and blow him to kingdom come.
They made this fight to easy but holy shit.
>>336500882
Nothing else really compares. The proper use of quick-time events is to make everything a quick-time event.
>>336506526
Wasn't a great game but that fight with Smith before the Mega Smith was just great.
I really hope someone makes another good Matrix game in the future
>>336505324
>Snow intensifies
I'm partial to this one, not because it was terribly hard or anything, but the whole thing was so feels for me that ill never forget it
>>336502476
Tales of the Abyss.
Not sure what the second one is though.
Too bad the fucking adds ruin it
>>336507107
I refuse to delete my save file. RIP you and your dick.
>>336506207
"Connor" was his adopted "white identity" which he took on in order to blend in. His actual name is Ratonhnhaké:ton.
>>336499989
>>336500340
>>336500359
>>336500490
>>336500623
>>336503020
Absolutely all of these. Idgaf if they're typical answers, these were all the best rival fights in video games, definitely.
I only left out the guy from God Hand because I haven't played that yet.
>>336501125
Did you not watch the post credits scene?
Ocelot just hypnotized himself to make him believe he was really Liquid.
>>336499561
he sort of died like a bitch if i remember correctly
>>336500598
>dat nigga in the corner
>>336507493
>Hasn't played God Hand
What's stopping you? It's one of the easiest games to emulate on pcsx2.
>>336505769
I got chills from his delivery of that line. Amazing boss fight.
>>336499376
God Hand vs Devil Hand
Hard to say, but in recent memory
>>336499481
Was definitely up there. It was an excellent one-on-one that blended similarities and differences between the characters beautifully.
>>336507269
Were there adds in Ingkell's fight? I don't remember.Keaghan was cooler by the way
>>336499376
You posted it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa7CO1ILUjY
>>336499887
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/specksunreal
>>336506856
>The Slow-time event
>>336507759
Once you reach x7 he opens the gates, which spawn adds infinitely.
You probably didn't notice the adds because you didn't fight him at launch and everyone just burst him down now. But it was nightmare-tier to solo back then.
>>336507631
I'll get to it, jesus.
>>336503020
No more heroes in general
Basically this thread for the whole series
>>336499376
>>336508072
This too. All the bosses are almost nothing BUT one-on-one duels.
>>336502310
The final boss was definitely the best part of the game.
>skyward strike doesn't work in the first phase
>tfw realizing what to do in the second phase
>tfw that ending blow
Ghriahim and Demise.
>>336507765
>Using fang blade
>That mirrored clashing of swords
>Raging Blast at the same time
Sure it wasn't anywhere near Dante/Vergil levels of Cuhrayzee or intensity but the build up and characterization of Luke and Asch made it fucking amazing to experience
>>336507970
>Pre-buff spears on Ingkell
Fucking Raidhunter
I wish I could be anywhere near this good at vindictus. I can't even fucking solo a raid as Vella and she's suppose to be babby tier easy mode isn't she?
>>336507970
I want to play this shit but the lag is killing it. Especially because it's action focused. Blade and Soul too. Fuck my life and this uncharted shithole.
>>336499376
This one's easy. The perfect closure for the franchise was this fight.
Runner ups would be You vs Lou in Guitar Hero 3 and Dante vs Vergil in DMC3.
Hand-to-hand, it is the basis of all combat. Only a fool trusts his life to a weapon.
>>336503570
>the part where he loses his sword is the hardest
>can catch you out of the fucking air and slam your head to the ground
>is being smug the whole time
>>336508215
>Pre-buff
Nigga that's pre-ignition, back when everyone had 2k health and spear dodge cost 25 or smth stamina.
As for Vella recently she lost the only thing that made her hard to use, which was having to face the attack to x-cut, now she has omnidirectional x-cuts, so she's easy, just watch your stamina.
I know no one likes this game, but this was epic.
>>336508332
My nigga.
>>336508202
Ghirahim was great. I was so happy that Zelda finally decided to do a recurring one-on-one duel that kept on escalating.
Though there's this long period in the big middle chunk of the game where you don't fight him at all.
>>336508215
Shame you can't let Asch win. He sucks but Luke sucks more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpYqFJxVuBc
post yfw
If it's not the best duel, then it wins for the best duel music:
https://youtu.be/uZWpYGuqsHI
>>336500112
I'm torn up between this and REX vs RAY.
This game is so fucking rad, man.
Ragna vs Hazama in Continuum Shift Arcade mode was fun, memorable and hard as fuck.
Also these: >>336499481
>>336503570
>>336500490
How can one man be so fucking BASED?
>>336508528
I just realized that the big red circle isn't his eye, but there are slits to the side.
What the fuck?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kwtT3H9eOQ
Every fight with this smarmy bitch.
Stop eating my goddamn friends.
Yunica vs Kishgal rematch.
>""""""""""duels""""""""""
>not using all you can to not make it a fair fight
Duels are fucking shit.
>>336508767
Unlimited bosses were fun in general.
Fuck Unlimited Mars with a spiked bat though.
>>336508596
Shame you couldn't have better taste
WARE WA MESSIAH NARIHA HA HA HA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFI6lPGgnBs
>>336500340
The battle with the Black Baron was pretty fucking sweey, more because his theme is pretty ballin', and it even switches when he goes cray cray.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkJxufgRHj4
This whole game had great duels.
>>336508879
Probably the best example from a Western game. I was so mad that you only fought her once in MP3.
I really hope Metroid returns to that idea again in the future, it really should imo.
The story buildup to this made it so fucking satisfying.
>>336509019
Hey, if you like shit characters that's your prerogative. Don't expect others to sink to your level.
>>336505769
Was hoping someone posted this.
I was caught unfucking prepared.
>character action game
>instead of 1v1 dramatic duels for bosses its a 2+ twin/buddies attacking you
Fuck you Dark Souls.
The only answer.
not my favorite, but this was such a fun fight and the music made it even better
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9dNrmGD7mU
>>336509198
God of War 3 had some good duels. Hades and the final fights with Zeus were really good.
Why is Platinum so good with rival fights?
>>336509441
I liked the Hercules battle, too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80XAJKqRU9k
>>336509452
All they ever do is re-release the same game with different cutscenes so they damn well better be good at it by now.
>>336509279
I want more games to experiment with the idea. Just throwing out some ideas here.
>game has multiple rivals that you encounter at different parts
>you fight two different rivals at the same time, with them fighting each other as well in a 1v1v1 fight
>a character joins you as another joins your rival, making it a 2v2 fight
>rival attacks you during a boss fight against a huge enemy, meaning you have to fight them at the same time as fighting some big, huge GoW-style boss (it's no longer a duel at that point, but it'd be really cool and challenging imo)
>>336509452
Because rivals and duels are a matter of style and style is the most important thing to Platinum.
>>336509402
>Uses the same sword as a sword, staff, spear, greatsword, etc.
Reminds me of how we used to do this as kids with sticks.
>>336509302
>mfw I don't take his fucking sword
>>336508992
Hazama was great though
>that storymode ass raping and trolling of the entire cast
>anally annihilating ragna and humiliating him
>that music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=029w-cXgXH0
>>336509608
Especially that.
>>336499376
arthas illidan famalam
warcraft 4 when desu
>>336506856
>Nothing else really compares
uhm
>>336508163
The level of jealousy seemed absurd!
"Our beloved monsters... Enjoy yourselves."
>inb4 Zelda is there too
>>336510002
I was looking at Asura's Wrath in general. That fight is GOAT.
This fucking fight, nigga...
>that power clash
>that music
No matter what route you picked, you'd always get a butt-clenching fight. One of the scarce good things of X5.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T11EffLzrfg
>>336509241
>Some of the best-written, realistic JRPG characters of all time are "shit".
Again, shame you couldn't have better taste
>>336510280
>press A to win
Yawn
Honestly one of the worst final bosses in the series
OoT, TP fight was better
>>336510383
Which ones are you talking about? Since Abyss' cast are the weakest in the franchise, you clearly aren't talking about them. Unless, of course, you like shit characters, which is again your prerogative.
>>336501257
Fucking hell, man...
I like a lot of encounters from the Konami Prince of Persia
Based Omega.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3STVMZWhlAA
>>336510002
>he gets his own QTE's to counter your's
>he starts to fuck up the inputs as you beat him down
>>336510603
>mfw
Tales of the Abyss was a one-hit wonder and it's frankly kind of baffling how every other game in the Tales series has such mediocre writing and characters (but usually good gameplay decent music which saves them from being outright bad).
The lore is initially confusing but interesting and VERY consistent. The political intrigue is fantastic. The characters are the most realistic I've seen in a game. The party dynamic by the end of the game feels so real because it's earned, you truly feel like they all fostered a true sense of camaraderie in the fires of hell. The story is great, the villains are great (the Six God Generals and Van are fantastic), the English translation is of pretty high quality. The game even touches upon some deep themes pretty nicely without feeling hamfisted and in-your-face like most JRPGs do.
There's not a single thing the characters do that doesn't feel like a real person in their shoes wouldn't do. People like to talk about things like 'why didn't Jade just stop it' but he very deliberately touches upon this near the end of the game and regrets his actions, a scene that most detractors of the game seem to have blocked from their memory, among other scenes.
The only real 'flaw' of the game is that it puts so much effort into its world-building that the pacing of the game suffers in the last leg. In Abyss the world is cohesive and each town is important to the plot. There is no village you visit once and never again like in most games. As the world faces different crises (Auldrant sinking, the start of the first war after Natalia is presumed dead, the miasma returning, the appearance of mass replicas) the player generally visits the same towns multiple times and can see how the citizens and world are reacting to the ongoing issues. While great for world-building, fast-traveling back to the same areas constantly can be grating for people who're not sufficiently invested in the game; it'll only piss them off more.
This theme brings me back memories of an awesome fight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK329NBj55M
The game was an utter disappointment but this fight was pretty cool.Could have done without Victor going full Antman at the end.
>>336507765
That song always makes me diamonds. What a great game.
Lightning vs Caius in LR. Getting payback for what happened, he even mentions it.
https://youtu.be/m9WQ2jZTpjc
>>336501365
this
>>336507765
>>336499376
>REPLICAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxA_FX0Im38
>>336499376
Probably Snake vs. Ocelot at the end of IV, or maybe Decius at the end of Shadow of Rome.
This little moment right here was fucking great
I absolutely love when the big monster shows glimpses of intelligence and respect
>>336512364
Talking about duels that makes you diamonds:
https://youtu.be/LhHUZUMx02M?t=867
That shit was anime-tier.
>>336502525PIT.
>>336506667
Would have loved for the actual fight to use zeros appearance from the x series. Woulda been so hype
A moment that still give me chills
>>336499557
Came to post this.
>>336510352
My nigga
I'll never forget getting to this fight with the first time
This one, or Megaman ZX's Omega. MMZ3's is too easy, which is a shame since it's a great fight, at least ZX redeemed it.
>>336508596
He would never let Luke lose, because he THOUGHT he was going to die due to the fonon separation shit.
>>336499376
>>336507765
>I love Abyss
>Keep trying to urge my brother to finish it
>He always stops because he hates how much of an asshole Luke is at the beginning
>Its the same issue with some of my other friends
WHY?!?
WHY CAN NOBODY PUT UP WITH IT TO GET TO THE GOLD?!?
>>336510712
10 YEARS IN THE JOINT MADE YOU A FUCKING PUSSY
Joshua stepping out and challenging him to a 1 on 1 made my dick so hard.
>>336514295
Woah
>>336511163
>someone reposted my copypasta
Thanks anon
>>336515737
Pretty common issue with Tales, as it spends a good time building up things before shit goes down.
I personally like long-hair asshole Luke, though.
>>336515737
I'd love to play it but the 3ds port is ass and I can't get the ps2 undub version to emulate in widescreen
Otherwise I'd be on it
>whole thread
>nobody puts up the original WTF battle.
Ya'll slippin, /v/
>>336503782
He didn't let Raiden win, he just nearly won anyway despite a ridiculous disadvantage.
>>336503917
As a kid i used to do the duel against Riku over and over again. I used to implement different rules on myself, such as only parrying and such. That was my favorite part of the game.
>>336500598
>shadow link is left handed
>modern link is left handed
T H I C K E S T
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>>336501365
>tfw no X games sprite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VRUBV7ccsw&ab_channel=ultimatemaverickx
This part of the game was amazing in entirety, to be honest.
I beat Gravity Rush the other day and the funnest episodes of the game were the fights against Raven and Sea Wasp. They were fun as fuck.
>>336517880
>Tfw having so much fun with GR I dont want to finish the last few levels
I might buy some of the DLC, Meido Kat is too cute to pass up
>>336499481
STANDING HERE
>>336517375
It's not even a smooth transition and it's still badass.
>>336517246
Nigga, if MGR 2 ever happens it will be clear that he left Raiden win.
Sam winks at Wolf, Wolf refuses to bury him.
>>336516908
>pokemon
>1 on 1
>>336504804
mein neger
>>336509614
How do I into Ace Combat?
>>336516908
Was about to post this, actually never completed this battle but it still blows my mind that they did this.
>>336518139
I saved just before the final two episodes because I thought I couldn't return to the Rift planes post game for whatever reason. I know know it was the smart thing to do because those last two episodes are fucking H Y P E.
>>336517440
And so is the Link on that picture, what is your point?
Yo
>>336500340
>>336500359
The definition to how 1v1 fights should be done. It actually feels like a duel with an equally skilled opponent.
>>336500490
Same with this. That "SHOW ME A GOOD TIME JACK" part was a nice touch.
>>336517859
>tfw he can one hit kill you with pk flash
Only had it happen once but I was pretty pissed.
>>336517880
>Sea Wasp has to constantly power up her tech and Kat just doesn't give a damn
GR2 fucking when?
>>336502710
Even on normal this guy was brutal. I had such a hard time with OiF, it seemed so much harder that Origins.
>>336518139
The DLC is pretty fun. I hope GR2 focuses more on sidequests like the ones in the DLC than on the challenge sides.
>>336500112
literally perfection
