Video game bosses are some of my inayopendelewa parts of games. The build up to them, knowing that a boss waits at the end of the level, standing in the way between wewe and the rest of the game, testing your strength and everything wewe learned up to that point. Bosses are some of the best parts of games… Most of the time. Then there are the bosses that are so annoying, so infuriating, and so dull and boring, that they may just make worst and not fun to play. For every great video game, there always has to be that one boss that’s gotta ruin it for everyone and just make people have a sour, wamekula taste in their mouth. So, today, I want to discuss some of the worst bosses that were ever put into a video game. Now, before I start the list, we have to get the usual rules out of the way first. First off, only one game per franchise and only from games that I have played, so Silver from Sonic 06 will not be on the list, thank god. But don’t worry, these other ten will surely just make up for that. So, let us get underway.
~#10~
Tony Hawk Underground is a game that is not your typical extreme sports game, filled with addictive gameplay, an interesting story, and some decent missions. As a person who isn’t the biggest shabiki of sports games, or, hell, sports in general, Tony Hawk Underground really did amaze me. But it’s not a perfect game, sadly. Case in point, Eric Sparrow.
#10: Eric Sparrow from Tony Hawk Underground
This Joseph Joestar voice acted motherfucker is one of the most hated characters in video games, and that is for good reason. Backstabbing wewe again and again, stealing your video to become a pro and leaving wewe in Russia after crashing a military tank, Sparrow challenges wewe to one last skate-off around the neighborhood of New Jersey. Simple enough, really? Just beat his score- No! Instead, it’s a game of Follow-the-Leader, and a crap one at that. wewe need to hit each mark perfectly in order to best him, as Eric Sparrow, while being a cheating sack of shit, does manage to have some skating skills. But that doesn’t stop him from cheating, as he will set the ground underneath him on fire, so if wewe are right behind him, he will trip wewe up and cause wewe to crash, causing wewe to lose precious time. Oh, I forgot to mention, this boss is on a time limit. If wewe aren’t fast enough, he will beat you, and kwa beat you, I mean he will wait for the timer to reach zero while wewe are trying to skate on the damn electric wire. wewe could argue that this isn’t a boss battle, since there isn’t much fighting, but he is the one final person standing in your way, he is a threat to you, and beating him is required to finish the game. And plus, does anyone want to refuse zaidi reasons to hate a character like Eric? It’s not all bad, I guess. If wewe play through the story again, wewe can completely avoid this boss kwa simply punching Eric in his face and just taking the tape. Now that is the true reward.
~#9~
Skyrim is a game that, despite Bethesda’s poor choices of trying to maziwa it dry, is a game I still upendo so much. The expansive overworld, the multitude of quests, and the chance to fight off dragons. Fighting the dragoni was one of my inayopendelewa parts of Skyrim. It really made wewe feel like a real champ when wewe kill them, and are rewarded with them. But sadly, not all the dragoni are great. Sometimes, wewe get Alduin.
#9: Alduin from Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
I had to replay Skyrim again to hakikisha if Alduin was bad. Now first, that should be a problem of itself. Alduin was so forgettable that I couldn’t remember how his boss fight was. And yeah, it’s bad. Nowhere near as annoying as later bosses on this list, but bad because of the sheer amount of disappointment. Alduin is in Sovngarde, this game's version of the afterlife, and wewe need the help of the Heroes that fought Alduin in the past. That sounds like it could be a cool idea. And then wewe face Alduin and- What is this? Why is he like the other dragons? Why is my health barely being chipped away? Are wewe goddamn kidding me? It’s just the same AI. Alduin, this fierce dragon, this enemy seen as a god amongst other dragons, is just as strong as any other dragon. Shit, I think Alduin may be weaker than some dragons. The Dragon wewe fight underground put up zaidi of a fight than him. Why is Alduin so pathetic? I alisema Skyrim made me appreciate exploring worlds more, and that is true. But Skyrim also taught me what it’s like to feel disappointment in a game's ending… Alduin is the one reason for that disappointment. I wouldn’t mind so much if I hadn’t been able to kill him with ease kwa using some bila mpangilio gear I had, because I don’t do side quests until the main quest is over, but it’s still baffling. Alduin had all this to live up to, and he didn’t even try. Hell, Dagon was a better villain, and wewe don’t even get to fight him.
~#8~
I’m gonna say it right now. I hate Devil May Cry 2. I don’t think I’m alone on that, and how could I be. The game is so damn easy if wewe just keep firing your guns, the story is all over the place, and Dante is at his worse… Okay, he’s not as bad as DMC Dante, but he’s up there. So, naturally, boring gameplay must mean a boring boss fight, right? That is the best way to describe the Infested Tanks.
#8: Infested Tanks from Devil May Cry 2
This is probably one of the easier bosses on this list, but that doesn’t stop it from being a complete and utter bore. The Infested Tank only has one attack. Rotate the kanuni, cannon at wewe and moto away. That is as deep as the combat with this boss gets. But once wewe get up to this thing and attack it with your sword, then there wewe go. wewe have pretty much won. Just slash at the Tank until wewe have depleted its health and wewe have beaten it. Though, it’s like they knew that this boss was pathetic on it’s own, so as a way to make up for it, they added three in the same area for wewe to fight, that way it’s zaidi fun… It’s not. Same strategy, run over to the others and attack when wewe are close. This entire boss fight is just so mundane. It’s almost as if this boss had zaidi ideas for it but was left unfinished and in this… dull state. It feels like a filler boss, almost, for how empty and lifeless this boss fight is. Just run over, use sword, kill Tank, run to the other two. Repeat the following and wewe will pretty much have them killed. The enemy and name are stupid as well. It’s just a tank with some demon gunk all over it. And Infested Tank? That’s the best name wewe could come up with? I know that Devil May Cry is zaidi about gameplay than anything else, but that is seriously the dumbest name I’ve heard for an enemy. But hey, at least this boss’s dull and uninspired… everything fits well with Devil May Cry 2 as a whole.
~#7~
As much as I hate Final ndoto XIII and its plethora of horrible bosses, at the least, it didn’t have it’s terrible traits based on poor translation. So, sadly, I’ll have to turn to the better game, Final ndoto VII. I upendo Final ndoto VII so much, and I am really saddened that I never got to beat it, either due to damages au misplacement. I know, I’m irresponsible. Leave me alone! But, I can safely say that the Guard nge is one of the worst first bosses ever conceived.
#7: Guard nge from Final ndoto VII
Back on my old (And very dated) worst bosses article, I alisema that I hated the Guard nge because I was new to the game. While that may be true, when I replayed Final ndoto VII a couple months ago, having been zaidi adapt to the turn-based RPG genre, I can safely say that I now hate the Guard nge even more. That’s right, this boss got even worse, the zaidi I looked into it. Sure, it can be a problem if this is your first time play JRPGs, but what really makes me hate this boss is the fact that, when it raises it’s tail, wingu will tell Barrett to attack. And that is in the English translation. In the original Japanese version, wingu tells Barrett ‘npt’ to attack. This is because when wewe do attack when it’s tail is up, it will hit wewe with it’s strongest attack. It’s not too much trouble, since this is the first boss of the game, but a waste of Potions, and maybe even a Phoenix Down if you’re really unlucky. This boss killed so many uninformed gamers because of pisspoor spell checking. Not that it would make the boss any better, since it will keep it’s tail up for a long time, so unless wewe need to heal au want to waste a potion, wewe are forced to attack this boss, as waiting may not be an option. All I can say is, Final ndoto XIII got real lucky this time.
~#6~
(WARNING: SOME SPOILERS FOR PERSONA 4)
Persona 4 is a game that has, while challenging, very few terrible bosses. I was tempted to put some of the bosses in Tartarus from Persona 3, but if wewe know what wewe are doing, it won’t be that bad. Sure, their annoying, but at least they don’t regenerate, have large health, and keep the fight going for an eternity… Shadow Mitsuo does, however.
#6: Shadow Mitsuo from Persona 4
After wewe make your way through The Void, wewe will find Mitsuo under attack kwa his shadow, and then, the fight starts. And kwa god, if wewe aren’t prepared, wewe are gonna be here for… quite some time. Shadow Mitsuo will start out inside the 8-Bit Hero, where wewe will need to break its shell. Be careful, however, as Shadow Mitsuo is able to use Bomb, which causes Exhaustion, which depletes SP, which is necessary to summon your Persona and give wewe zaidi powerful attacks. But thankfully, the 8-Bit Hero isn’t so bad, despite having two turns inside of one. But once wewe defeat it, it will reveal the true Shadow Mitsuo, the core. At this point, it is weak and open to attacks, but be careful, as it will begin to recreate the 8-Bit Hero, and if wewe fail to destroy it before it is recreated, wewe will have to fight the 8-Bit Hero again. But it gets worse, as Shadow Mitsuo is capable of casting any elemental spell, so it will no doubt knock down at least one party member eventually, and thus, get one extra turn. If you’re real unlucky, he could knock down half of your party. But what’s worse is that it is able to cast Fear, immobilizing party members, and those who are under Fear better be cured of it, otherwise they will be hit with Shadow Mitsuo’s Ghastly Wail and be killed immediately. This is a fight that just drags on and on, and never stops. It makes wewe just want the fight to end, but Shadow Mitsuo just keeps it going, and you’ll be sick of it before the end.
~#5~
Number five is QTE bosses. Which one? All of them. They all suck.
#5: QTE Bosses from Various Games
I know it’s kind of a cheap shot, but if I ended up putting them on here as their own individual person, we’d be here all day, so I just want to put all the QTE bosses in their own little spot of terrible. QTE bosses are just bad because they require no effort, no work, nothing, and yet, they get made all the time, and I don’t know why. They are not fun, they are not interesting, and they sure as shit aren’t clever. Their mindless, cliched, and pretty annoying. It gets even worse when wewe are forced to hit the buttons perfectly, au face death and are forced to do the fight all over again. Cutscenes that were once skippable now force wewe to watch as wewe have to do hit these buttons. Villains that were once threatening au even perfect are now destroyed when they are defeated in some simple way. Resident Evil, Order 1886, and Far Cry have boss fights based around QTE. But what’s worse is when games make their final boss a QTE, and especially when there were no QTE’s prior to this moment. So tell me why so many games make the final boss a QTE? Shadow of Mordor, Dying Light, and Halo 4, especially Halo 4, being the worst offenders. I have no problem with bosses having little moments of QTEs in them. I upendo No zaidi Heroes and many Platinum games, and they always make wewe finish bosses au dodge attacks with a QTE, but they give wewe enough time to react, and are frequent enough to where wewe expect them. But when your entire boss is a QTE, then there is a problem. These bosses are the problem.
~#4~
Fighting game bosses aren’t always fair. Hell, most fighting games are known for having the cheapest bosses imaginable. Skullgirls as Marie constantly throwing attacks at wewe and keeping wewe away. Marvel Vs. Capcom has Galactus hitting wewe with his size and never missing a hit because of it, and I don’t even wanna talk about mitaani, mtaa Fighter III’s Gill for healing himself and getting back up. But, I mentioned fighting games, and I mentioned cheap bosses, so wewe all know who it is.
#4: Shao Kahn from Mortal Kombat 9
Never in my life have I ever felt better to cheat at a game… And that is a big problem. If wewe are so upset with a boss that wewe feel that the only way to win is to cheat, than that should be a problem on it’s own. But it’s justified, because Shao Kahn is the biggest cheater ever. He always manages to hit wewe like a truck, while you’re attacks just barely chip away at his health. Each time wewe hit him, it feels like wewe are barely weeding his health down. But when he hits you, he is able to combo wewe before wewe can even get a chance to react. And don’t even bother trying to get some distance between wewe two, because that just makes things worse. He will constantly throw weapons at you, like spears and hammers, and if wewe aren’t timing it perfectly, he will hit wewe with them, stun you, and then make a beeline for wewe and combo your punda before wewe can chuck your controller at the scream in frustration. There have been video of people beating Shao Kahn, either kwa using some sort of cheap move, au kwa hanging back and just waiting the timer out. The only way to beat Shao Kahn, at least from what I have seen, is to just wuss it out as best as wewe can. Hell, even I had to cheat to win, but I don’t care, because I don’t have fun when fighting Shao Kahn. And this isn’t just me sucking at fighting games, even though I do. Everyone says he sucks, and wewe know what, at least the world can agree on something.
~#3~
Madworld is such an underrated game. Few people know it, and even fewer have played it. It has some of the most fun gameplay, the best art style, and the craziest bosses I’ve ever seen. From a German soldier that creates tornados to a shogun in a burning dojo. But sadly, not every boss in this game is perfect. And what better place to look for the worst boss in the game than in the worst level in the game?
#3: The Shamans from Madworld
The Shamans may not look to bad, but let me explain. Throughout the level they are in, Mad Castle, the game seems to have this strange glitch where sometimes, your Wiimote won’t read your controller movements, usually when wewe are in a QTE (Oh, here we go again with QTEs). This is shown when Deathblade, a grim reaper that can kill wewe in one hit, shows up when wewe are grabbed. This is foreshadowing for the bad fight with The Shamans. Not only can wewe not hit them directly when wewe are in a QTE unless wewe get real lucky, but they are able to swarm wewe before wewe can react, and they are also able to hit wewe with attacks when wewe clearly avoid them. It’s like they are so strong, that the force of their attacks are enough to harm you… au maybe they just didn’t test this level properly. Yeah, that sounds about right. wewe thought the Guard nge wasn’t properly looked at. At least it functions, in gameplay. It works, on a technical level. The Shamans do not. They are a completely broken part of the game. They aren’t too annoying in strength of cheap tactics, that would be the other awful Madworld boss, Frank, but for how unpolished, and poorly tested this level was, and how the same is for The Shamans, it clearly proves to be worse than any other boss. At least those bosses function. The Shamans barely function at all.
~#2~
(WARNING: SPOILERS FOR DEAD RISING 2)
Dead Rising is a series I will always love, from it’s gameplay, to its protagonists, to it’s bosses… Most of the time. I was originally going to put the boss, Cletus, from the first game, on this list, but he is optional. Hell, he isn’t even in your Case File, so he’s easy to miss, especially for first timers. So I went with the (Depending on your choices) final boss of Dead Rising 2, Sullivan.
#2: Sullivan from Dead Rising 2
Yeah, the guy who was in the shelter with wewe from the start. He is an agent for the ones who started the outbreak and is planning on escaping the city, taking the truth with him, and wewe need to stop him. And it is awful! He is on juu of a scaffolding, and while wewe are on bottom ground, he will either take potshots at wewe with his gun, au call his plane to send missiles at you, which will create holes in the floor, and if wewe fall down, wewe will be dropped into a horde of zombies, and will have to climb back up to the boss. But it gets worse when wewe are on the scaffolding with him. Here, he will beat wewe down before wewe know it. If wewe shoot him with a gun, he will jump at wewe and knock wewe down. If wewe try to hit him with a melee weapon, he will counter and make wewe drop the weapon. And there is a chance he can knock wewe off the incredibly small platform. Good luck getting back up, as there is a chance he’ll just knock your punda off again. And yeah, zombies are everywhere in this fight. And if wewe thought it couldn’t get any worse, he then uppercuts you, which will bring wewe down to one hit left. What the fuck!? This bullshit uppercut is the thing that pisses me off the most about this entire boss fight, and makes it a zaidi painful version of the fight with Brock in the first game. What made the Brock fight work was that, I don’t know, not bullshit tactics like this and didn’t give wewe a false sense of security since DR2 gives wewe weapons. Plus, at least it made sense from his perspective. Sullivan just kinda became the villain out of the blue and is now one of the most annoying bosses in the game. And he isn’t like Cletus, where he is optional. He is a mandatory boss that wewe have to fight. And god, he is just the worst ever. I’ll take the fight with Borck any day.
~#1~
This is the boss that inspired this entire list. This is the boss that made me want to put it here just so I can talk about it. I talked about it before on the Dark Souls list. I alisema before that the Capra Demon was the worst boss in Dark Souls, but that was because I was very upset at the time due to how dumb it was to have mbwa in a small room. While it’s still not a good boss, I also mentioned the kitanda of Chaos as a worst boss, and just second… I went way too easy on the kitanda of Chaos before.
#1: The kitanda of Chaos from Dark Souls
The kitanda of Chaos is far from the worst boss I’ve fought in Dark Souls. It’s the worst boss I’ve ever faced period. It fails in every single category. Some bosses were boring like the Infested Tanks, some were disappointing like Alduin, some were long like Shadow Mitsuo, some had cheap deaths like Shao Kahn, and some had unavoidable attacks like Sullivan. kitanda of Chaos is all five of those things. Let’s start with long. The fight seems to be appealing, at first. It’s a giant mti that is alive. wewe run over to one of the domes on the left au the right. That is when the fight starts to get very irritating. At this point, the kitanda of Chaos will begin to attack, kwa trying to stab wewe with it’s sword, au swipe at wewe with it’s long arms, which will hit wewe if wewe are too close. Problem: wewe have to be too close, because the platforms under your feet will begin to collapse and leave holes that will never go away, and will kill wewe instantly if wewe fall into them. Once wewe do manage to destroy the sekunde dome kwa some miracle, then the fight will get worse from here on out. But, before that, let’s add onto the long part kwa adding annoying and boring. The kitanda of Chaos is also able to use moto magic to blow wewe up, no matter where wewe are in the stage. And should wewe die in anyway from this fight, wewe will go back, not outside the boss door, not inside Lost Izalith, where the kitanda of Chaos lies, and is also the worst area in Dark Souls, no. wewe will go back right outside of Lost Izalith. wewe will have to trek all the way back. Through the lava, through the rubble, up the mti limb, through the stone corridor, up the stairs, through the fog gate, and down the slide just to get another try. This happens every time wewe die to the kitanda of Chaos. Sure, others had long runs back, but it was never this bad, and other bosses weren’t the kitanda of Chaos. And running through Lost Izalith, a place filled with molten lava, is so bright, I actually had to strain my eyes every time I got through. I am not kidding, this level actually physically harmed me. It was that bad. Few games physically harm people, but when they do, wewe know that there is something wrong. So, with long, boring, and annoying out of the way, as well as cheap kills from those bottomless pits and unavoidable attacks from the magic and hand swipes, how does the rest of the fight fare? Well, after wewe destroy the two domes, wewe are forced to fall down a hole, a specific hole, and onto a mti limb, and climb through, only to be met with… a worm. A worm that wewe can kill in one hit. I know that the story of the Witch of Izalith was that she failed in her spell to keep the flame alive, thus turning into the kitanda of Chaos, a monster that created the demons wewe see in the Demon Ruins, but it still doesn’t help how stupid this looks. In fact, that makes it worse. A backstory like that doesn’t help me enjoy the boss anymore. It’s just a waste of good backstory, and it’s wasted on a trash boss like the kitanda of Chaos. The only good thing about this boss is that it saves your progress, because restarting would be a nightmare. But wewe still have to go through Lost Izalith when wewe die, so fuck it, it still sucks! Capra Demon, I owe wewe an apology. While wewe are far from great, wewe at least didn’t have all the qualities of kitanda of Chaos. Hell, at least the bosses on this orodha didn’t have the awful qualities of the kitanda of Chaos. Not the Infested Tanks, not Alduin, not Shao Kahn, not Shadow Mitsuo, not Sullivan, not any of them. I have never fought a boss worse than the kitanda of Chaos… And I pray to any deity that will listen that I never find one worse.
~#10~
Tony Hawk Underground is a game that is not your typical extreme sports game, filled with addictive gameplay, an interesting story, and some decent missions. As a person who isn’t the biggest shabiki of sports games, or, hell, sports in general, Tony Hawk Underground really did amaze me. But it’s not a perfect game, sadly. Case in point, Eric Sparrow.
#10: Eric Sparrow from Tony Hawk Underground
This Joseph Joestar voice acted motherfucker is one of the most hated characters in video games, and that is for good reason. Backstabbing wewe again and again, stealing your video to become a pro and leaving wewe in Russia after crashing a military tank, Sparrow challenges wewe to one last skate-off around the neighborhood of New Jersey. Simple enough, really? Just beat his score- No! Instead, it’s a game of Follow-the-Leader, and a crap one at that. wewe need to hit each mark perfectly in order to best him, as Eric Sparrow, while being a cheating sack of shit, does manage to have some skating skills. But that doesn’t stop him from cheating, as he will set the ground underneath him on fire, so if wewe are right behind him, he will trip wewe up and cause wewe to crash, causing wewe to lose precious time. Oh, I forgot to mention, this boss is on a time limit. If wewe aren’t fast enough, he will beat you, and kwa beat you, I mean he will wait for the timer to reach zero while wewe are trying to skate on the damn electric wire. wewe could argue that this isn’t a boss battle, since there isn’t much fighting, but he is the one final person standing in your way, he is a threat to you, and beating him is required to finish the game. And plus, does anyone want to refuse zaidi reasons to hate a character like Eric? It’s not all bad, I guess. If wewe play through the story again, wewe can completely avoid this boss kwa simply punching Eric in his face and just taking the tape. Now that is the true reward.
~#9~
Skyrim is a game that, despite Bethesda’s poor choices of trying to maziwa it dry, is a game I still upendo so much. The expansive overworld, the multitude of quests, and the chance to fight off dragons. Fighting the dragoni was one of my inayopendelewa parts of Skyrim. It really made wewe feel like a real champ when wewe kill them, and are rewarded with them. But sadly, not all the dragoni are great. Sometimes, wewe get Alduin.
#9: Alduin from Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
I had to replay Skyrim again to hakikisha if Alduin was bad. Now first, that should be a problem of itself. Alduin was so forgettable that I couldn’t remember how his boss fight was. And yeah, it’s bad. Nowhere near as annoying as later bosses on this list, but bad because of the sheer amount of disappointment. Alduin is in Sovngarde, this game's version of the afterlife, and wewe need the help of the Heroes that fought Alduin in the past. That sounds like it could be a cool idea. And then wewe face Alduin and- What is this? Why is he like the other dragons? Why is my health barely being chipped away? Are wewe goddamn kidding me? It’s just the same AI. Alduin, this fierce dragon, this enemy seen as a god amongst other dragons, is just as strong as any other dragon. Shit, I think Alduin may be weaker than some dragons. The Dragon wewe fight underground put up zaidi of a fight than him. Why is Alduin so pathetic? I alisema Skyrim made me appreciate exploring worlds more, and that is true. But Skyrim also taught me what it’s like to feel disappointment in a game's ending… Alduin is the one reason for that disappointment. I wouldn’t mind so much if I hadn’t been able to kill him with ease kwa using some bila mpangilio gear I had, because I don’t do side quests until the main quest is over, but it’s still baffling. Alduin had all this to live up to, and he didn’t even try. Hell, Dagon was a better villain, and wewe don’t even get to fight him.
~#8~
I’m gonna say it right now. I hate Devil May Cry 2. I don’t think I’m alone on that, and how could I be. The game is so damn easy if wewe just keep firing your guns, the story is all over the place, and Dante is at his worse… Okay, he’s not as bad as DMC Dante, but he’s up there. So, naturally, boring gameplay must mean a boring boss fight, right? That is the best way to describe the Infested Tanks.
#8: Infested Tanks from Devil May Cry 2
This is probably one of the easier bosses on this list, but that doesn’t stop it from being a complete and utter bore. The Infested Tank only has one attack. Rotate the kanuni, cannon at wewe and moto away. That is as deep as the combat with this boss gets. But once wewe get up to this thing and attack it with your sword, then there wewe go. wewe have pretty much won. Just slash at the Tank until wewe have depleted its health and wewe have beaten it. Though, it’s like they knew that this boss was pathetic on it’s own, so as a way to make up for it, they added three in the same area for wewe to fight, that way it’s zaidi fun… It’s not. Same strategy, run over to the others and attack when wewe are close. This entire boss fight is just so mundane. It’s almost as if this boss had zaidi ideas for it but was left unfinished and in this… dull state. It feels like a filler boss, almost, for how empty and lifeless this boss fight is. Just run over, use sword, kill Tank, run to the other two. Repeat the following and wewe will pretty much have them killed. The enemy and name are stupid as well. It’s just a tank with some demon gunk all over it. And Infested Tank? That’s the best name wewe could come up with? I know that Devil May Cry is zaidi about gameplay than anything else, but that is seriously the dumbest name I’ve heard for an enemy. But hey, at least this boss’s dull and uninspired… everything fits well with Devil May Cry 2 as a whole.
~#7~
As much as I hate Final ndoto XIII and its plethora of horrible bosses, at the least, it didn’t have it’s terrible traits based on poor translation. So, sadly, I’ll have to turn to the better game, Final ndoto VII. I upendo Final ndoto VII so much, and I am really saddened that I never got to beat it, either due to damages au misplacement. I know, I’m irresponsible. Leave me alone! But, I can safely say that the Guard nge is one of the worst first bosses ever conceived.
#7: Guard nge from Final ndoto VII
Back on my old (And very dated) worst bosses article, I alisema that I hated the Guard nge because I was new to the game. While that may be true, when I replayed Final ndoto VII a couple months ago, having been zaidi adapt to the turn-based RPG genre, I can safely say that I now hate the Guard nge even more. That’s right, this boss got even worse, the zaidi I looked into it. Sure, it can be a problem if this is your first time play JRPGs, but what really makes me hate this boss is the fact that, when it raises it’s tail, wingu will tell Barrett to attack. And that is in the English translation. In the original Japanese version, wingu tells Barrett ‘npt’ to attack. This is because when wewe do attack when it’s tail is up, it will hit wewe with it’s strongest attack. It’s not too much trouble, since this is the first boss of the game, but a waste of Potions, and maybe even a Phoenix Down if you’re really unlucky. This boss killed so many uninformed gamers because of pisspoor spell checking. Not that it would make the boss any better, since it will keep it’s tail up for a long time, so unless wewe need to heal au want to waste a potion, wewe are forced to attack this boss, as waiting may not be an option. All I can say is, Final ndoto XIII got real lucky this time.
~#6~
(WARNING: SOME SPOILERS FOR PERSONA 4)
Persona 4 is a game that has, while challenging, very few terrible bosses. I was tempted to put some of the bosses in Tartarus from Persona 3, but if wewe know what wewe are doing, it won’t be that bad. Sure, their annoying, but at least they don’t regenerate, have large health, and keep the fight going for an eternity… Shadow Mitsuo does, however.
#6: Shadow Mitsuo from Persona 4
After wewe make your way through The Void, wewe will find Mitsuo under attack kwa his shadow, and then, the fight starts. And kwa god, if wewe aren’t prepared, wewe are gonna be here for… quite some time. Shadow Mitsuo will start out inside the 8-Bit Hero, where wewe will need to break its shell. Be careful, however, as Shadow Mitsuo is able to use Bomb, which causes Exhaustion, which depletes SP, which is necessary to summon your Persona and give wewe zaidi powerful attacks. But thankfully, the 8-Bit Hero isn’t so bad, despite having two turns inside of one. But once wewe defeat it, it will reveal the true Shadow Mitsuo, the core. At this point, it is weak and open to attacks, but be careful, as it will begin to recreate the 8-Bit Hero, and if wewe fail to destroy it before it is recreated, wewe will have to fight the 8-Bit Hero again. But it gets worse, as Shadow Mitsuo is capable of casting any elemental spell, so it will no doubt knock down at least one party member eventually, and thus, get one extra turn. If you’re real unlucky, he could knock down half of your party. But what’s worse is that it is able to cast Fear, immobilizing party members, and those who are under Fear better be cured of it, otherwise they will be hit with Shadow Mitsuo’s Ghastly Wail and be killed immediately. This is a fight that just drags on and on, and never stops. It makes wewe just want the fight to end, but Shadow Mitsuo just keeps it going, and you’ll be sick of it before the end.
~#5~
Number five is QTE bosses. Which one? All of them. They all suck.
#5: QTE Bosses from Various Games
I know it’s kind of a cheap shot, but if I ended up putting them on here as their own individual person, we’d be here all day, so I just want to put all the QTE bosses in their own little spot of terrible. QTE bosses are just bad because they require no effort, no work, nothing, and yet, they get made all the time, and I don’t know why. They are not fun, they are not interesting, and they sure as shit aren’t clever. Their mindless, cliched, and pretty annoying. It gets even worse when wewe are forced to hit the buttons perfectly, au face death and are forced to do the fight all over again. Cutscenes that were once skippable now force wewe to watch as wewe have to do hit these buttons. Villains that were once threatening au even perfect are now destroyed when they are defeated in some simple way. Resident Evil, Order 1886, and Far Cry have boss fights based around QTE. But what’s worse is when games make their final boss a QTE, and especially when there were no QTE’s prior to this moment. So tell me why so many games make the final boss a QTE? Shadow of Mordor, Dying Light, and Halo 4, especially Halo 4, being the worst offenders. I have no problem with bosses having little moments of QTEs in them. I upendo No zaidi Heroes and many Platinum games, and they always make wewe finish bosses au dodge attacks with a QTE, but they give wewe enough time to react, and are frequent enough to where wewe expect them. But when your entire boss is a QTE, then there is a problem. These bosses are the problem.
~#4~
Fighting game bosses aren’t always fair. Hell, most fighting games are known for having the cheapest bosses imaginable. Skullgirls as Marie constantly throwing attacks at wewe and keeping wewe away. Marvel Vs. Capcom has Galactus hitting wewe with his size and never missing a hit because of it, and I don’t even wanna talk about mitaani, mtaa Fighter III’s Gill for healing himself and getting back up. But, I mentioned fighting games, and I mentioned cheap bosses, so wewe all know who it is.
#4: Shao Kahn from Mortal Kombat 9
Never in my life have I ever felt better to cheat at a game… And that is a big problem. If wewe are so upset with a boss that wewe feel that the only way to win is to cheat, than that should be a problem on it’s own. But it’s justified, because Shao Kahn is the biggest cheater ever. He always manages to hit wewe like a truck, while you’re attacks just barely chip away at his health. Each time wewe hit him, it feels like wewe are barely weeding his health down. But when he hits you, he is able to combo wewe before wewe can even get a chance to react. And don’t even bother trying to get some distance between wewe two, because that just makes things worse. He will constantly throw weapons at you, like spears and hammers, and if wewe aren’t timing it perfectly, he will hit wewe with them, stun you, and then make a beeline for wewe and combo your punda before wewe can chuck your controller at the scream in frustration. There have been video of people beating Shao Kahn, either kwa using some sort of cheap move, au kwa hanging back and just waiting the timer out. The only way to beat Shao Kahn, at least from what I have seen, is to just wuss it out as best as wewe can. Hell, even I had to cheat to win, but I don’t care, because I don’t have fun when fighting Shao Kahn. And this isn’t just me sucking at fighting games, even though I do. Everyone says he sucks, and wewe know what, at least the world can agree on something.
~#3~
Madworld is such an underrated game. Few people know it, and even fewer have played it. It has some of the most fun gameplay, the best art style, and the craziest bosses I’ve ever seen. From a German soldier that creates tornados to a shogun in a burning dojo. But sadly, not every boss in this game is perfect. And what better place to look for the worst boss in the game than in the worst level in the game?
#3: The Shamans from Madworld
The Shamans may not look to bad, but let me explain. Throughout the level they are in, Mad Castle, the game seems to have this strange glitch where sometimes, your Wiimote won’t read your controller movements, usually when wewe are in a QTE (Oh, here we go again with QTEs). This is shown when Deathblade, a grim reaper that can kill wewe in one hit, shows up when wewe are grabbed. This is foreshadowing for the bad fight with The Shamans. Not only can wewe not hit them directly when wewe are in a QTE unless wewe get real lucky, but they are able to swarm wewe before wewe can react, and they are also able to hit wewe with attacks when wewe clearly avoid them. It’s like they are so strong, that the force of their attacks are enough to harm you… au maybe they just didn’t test this level properly. Yeah, that sounds about right. wewe thought the Guard nge wasn’t properly looked at. At least it functions, in gameplay. It works, on a technical level. The Shamans do not. They are a completely broken part of the game. They aren’t too annoying in strength of cheap tactics, that would be the other awful Madworld boss, Frank, but for how unpolished, and poorly tested this level was, and how the same is for The Shamans, it clearly proves to be worse than any other boss. At least those bosses function. The Shamans barely function at all.
~#2~
(WARNING: SPOILERS FOR DEAD RISING 2)
Dead Rising is a series I will always love, from it’s gameplay, to its protagonists, to it’s bosses… Most of the time. I was originally going to put the boss, Cletus, from the first game, on this list, but he is optional. Hell, he isn’t even in your Case File, so he’s easy to miss, especially for first timers. So I went with the (Depending on your choices) final boss of Dead Rising 2, Sullivan.
#2: Sullivan from Dead Rising 2
Yeah, the guy who was in the shelter with wewe from the start. He is an agent for the ones who started the outbreak and is planning on escaping the city, taking the truth with him, and wewe need to stop him. And it is awful! He is on juu of a scaffolding, and while wewe are on bottom ground, he will either take potshots at wewe with his gun, au call his plane to send missiles at you, which will create holes in the floor, and if wewe fall down, wewe will be dropped into a horde of zombies, and will have to climb back up to the boss. But it gets worse when wewe are on the scaffolding with him. Here, he will beat wewe down before wewe know it. If wewe shoot him with a gun, he will jump at wewe and knock wewe down. If wewe try to hit him with a melee weapon, he will counter and make wewe drop the weapon. And there is a chance he can knock wewe off the incredibly small platform. Good luck getting back up, as there is a chance he’ll just knock your punda off again. And yeah, zombies are everywhere in this fight. And if wewe thought it couldn’t get any worse, he then uppercuts you, which will bring wewe down to one hit left. What the fuck!? This bullshit uppercut is the thing that pisses me off the most about this entire boss fight, and makes it a zaidi painful version of the fight with Brock in the first game. What made the Brock fight work was that, I don’t know, not bullshit tactics like this and didn’t give wewe a false sense of security since DR2 gives wewe weapons. Plus, at least it made sense from his perspective. Sullivan just kinda became the villain out of the blue and is now one of the most annoying bosses in the game. And he isn’t like Cletus, where he is optional. He is a mandatory boss that wewe have to fight. And god, he is just the worst ever. I’ll take the fight with Borck any day.
~#1~
This is the boss that inspired this entire list. This is the boss that made me want to put it here just so I can talk about it. I talked about it before on the Dark Souls list. I alisema before that the Capra Demon was the worst boss in Dark Souls, but that was because I was very upset at the time due to how dumb it was to have mbwa in a small room. While it’s still not a good boss, I also mentioned the kitanda of Chaos as a worst boss, and just second… I went way too easy on the kitanda of Chaos before.
#1: The kitanda of Chaos from Dark Souls
The kitanda of Chaos is far from the worst boss I’ve fought in Dark Souls. It’s the worst boss I’ve ever faced period. It fails in every single category. Some bosses were boring like the Infested Tanks, some were disappointing like Alduin, some were long like Shadow Mitsuo, some had cheap deaths like Shao Kahn, and some had unavoidable attacks like Sullivan. kitanda of Chaos is all five of those things. Let’s start with long. The fight seems to be appealing, at first. It’s a giant mti that is alive. wewe run over to one of the domes on the left au the right. That is when the fight starts to get very irritating. At this point, the kitanda of Chaos will begin to attack, kwa trying to stab wewe with it’s sword, au swipe at wewe with it’s long arms, which will hit wewe if wewe are too close. Problem: wewe have to be too close, because the platforms under your feet will begin to collapse and leave holes that will never go away, and will kill wewe instantly if wewe fall into them. Once wewe do manage to destroy the sekunde dome kwa some miracle, then the fight will get worse from here on out. But, before that, let’s add onto the long part kwa adding annoying and boring. The kitanda of Chaos is also able to use moto magic to blow wewe up, no matter where wewe are in the stage. And should wewe die in anyway from this fight, wewe will go back, not outside the boss door, not inside Lost Izalith, where the kitanda of Chaos lies, and is also the worst area in Dark Souls, no. wewe will go back right outside of Lost Izalith. wewe will have to trek all the way back. Through the lava, through the rubble, up the mti limb, through the stone corridor, up the stairs, through the fog gate, and down the slide just to get another try. This happens every time wewe die to the kitanda of Chaos. Sure, others had long runs back, but it was never this bad, and other bosses weren’t the kitanda of Chaos. And running through Lost Izalith, a place filled with molten lava, is so bright, I actually had to strain my eyes every time I got through. I am not kidding, this level actually physically harmed me. It was that bad. Few games physically harm people, but when they do, wewe know that there is something wrong. So, with long, boring, and annoying out of the way, as well as cheap kills from those bottomless pits and unavoidable attacks from the magic and hand swipes, how does the rest of the fight fare? Well, after wewe destroy the two domes, wewe are forced to fall down a hole, a specific hole, and onto a mti limb, and climb through, only to be met with… a worm. A worm that wewe can kill in one hit. I know that the story of the Witch of Izalith was that she failed in her spell to keep the flame alive, thus turning into the kitanda of Chaos, a monster that created the demons wewe see in the Demon Ruins, but it still doesn’t help how stupid this looks. In fact, that makes it worse. A backstory like that doesn’t help me enjoy the boss anymore. It’s just a waste of good backstory, and it’s wasted on a trash boss like the kitanda of Chaos. The only good thing about this boss is that it saves your progress, because restarting would be a nightmare. But wewe still have to go through Lost Izalith when wewe die, so fuck it, it still sucks! Capra Demon, I owe wewe an apology. While wewe are far from great, wewe at least didn’t have all the qualities of kitanda of Chaos. Hell, at least the bosses on this orodha didn’t have the awful qualities of the kitanda of Chaos. Not the Infested Tanks, not Alduin, not Shao Kahn, not Shadow Mitsuo, not Sullivan, not any of them. I have never fought a boss worse than the kitanda of Chaos… And I pray to any deity that will listen that I never find one worse.
