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« Reply #60 on: October 29, 2009, 10:16:20 AM » |
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First, if the Spelunky final boss had been easier/pussier, I'd have felt cheated. "So I went through that hell for THIS? You gotta be kidding me.". And he's not even that hard once you get a good strategy going.
And Spelunky is pretty refined with tight controls. It's just very fucking hard, but mostly for people (like me) that are impatient. I forget how many times I died to arrow traps because I just kept running without looking. With skill and practice (and patience) You can reach the final boss consistently.
I do hate the dark levels though.
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« Reply #61 on: October 29, 2009, 11:30:01 AM » |
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Yeah I was pretty disappointed with Spelunky's boss--I mean, I already beat SMB3 years ago.
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« Reply #62 on: October 29, 2009, 11:31:27 AM » |
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I think Fusion's great, but the boss are terrible in terms of challenge, and that is a fact.
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« Reply #63 on: October 29, 2009, 12:53:34 PM » |
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I think Fusion's great, but the boss are terrible in terms of challenge, and that is a fact.
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« Reply #64 on: October 29, 2009, 01:34:08 PM » |
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Metroid Fusion definitely had a disappointing final boss, IMO.
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The boss battle against SA-X was good, the second form was cool too. The escape was a nostalgia effect that would led to an epic boss battle, but instead we got a battle against a Big Metroid Lizard. Not to mention it's simple attack patterns and repetitiveness.
All the bosses in Fusion were quite boring! But indeed, all the three last bosses were kinda tedious, and they really went from hard to easier! I must disagree.The SA-X fight was way too epic. |
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« Reply #65 on: October 30, 2009, 08:37:40 AM » |
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Yeah, the Spelunky boss could be a bit harder, but it was a good challenge, especially with summoning those damn critters. FUCK YOU FROGS!
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« Reply #66 on: October 30, 2009, 08:42:46 AM » |
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Metroid Fusion definitely had a disappointing final boss, IMO.
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The boss battle against SA-X was good, the second form was cool too. The escape was a nostalgia effect that would led to an epic boss battle, but instead we got a battle against a Big Metroid Lizard. Not to mention it's simple attack patterns and repetitiveness.
All the bosses in Fusion were quite boring! But indeed, all the three last bosses were kinda tedious, and they really went from hard to easier! I must disagree.The SA-X fight was way too epic. Imo SA-X could've been a whole lot harder; now you just had to jump over it and shoot + repeat. Also I was highly disappointed from his "real" form. Enough spoiling, the bosses weren't very good, period!  |
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« Reply #67 on: October 30, 2009, 10:47:00 AM » |
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Difficulty wise, Super Metroid's final boss disappointed the hell outta me. I mean, it's a great boss and all (Tying the storyline to the battle for dramatic effect was ingenious) but I didn't found it to be as climactic as it could have been. They should have ramped up the difficulty in the first stage, would have made the second (easy) stage more of a reward than a continuation of the boss fight.
It was a great boss, just lacking in the difficulty department, IMO.
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« Reply #68 on: October 31, 2009, 12:39:54 AM » |
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Speaking of Metroid... Metroid Prime 3's final boss sucked. Basically just spam hyperbeam until victory.
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« Reply #69 on: October 31, 2009, 07:29:57 PM » |
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I think Fusion's great, but the boss are terrible in terms of challenge, and that is a fact.
I enjoyed all of them, although I agree that the game essentially climaxed at Ridley and the rest was weaker. FINAL FANTASY TEN. Jesus christ. I don't think I've ever felt so cheated. If the game had just stopped at Yunalesca, it would have been significantly better. That boss was actually interesting. Halo 3 also had a stupid final boss. The boss in Halo 2 was fun, so I was expecting, you know, something. |
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« Reply #70 on: November 01, 2009, 11:13:38 AM » |
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Perfect Dark's entire last few levels were lame, including the boss. ALIENS!
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« Reply #71 on: November 01, 2009, 02:18:32 PM » |
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This reminds me... Super Mario 64. Basically EVERY BOWSER FIGHT WAS THE SAME THING. Including the final one.
Plus, Super Mario Galaxy. The final boss was basically just the three Bowser Fights meshed together.
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« Reply #72 on: November 01, 2009, 05:04:42 PM » |
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I'm going to make it so that the final boss in my game will be the final villain. Before the great fight, the main character and villain talk and settle their differences. When you gain control, you have to high-five the boss. Then the game is won.
Inspired by JaJitsu.
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« Reply #73 on: November 01, 2009, 07:09:16 PM » |
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Kingdom Hearts(2) and Fable 2 were serious let-downs for me on boss battles in general. Especially the final ones.
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« Reply #74 on: November 01, 2009, 07:21:03 PM » |
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I'm going to make it so that the final boss in my game will be the final villain. Before the great fight, the main character and villain talk and settle their differences. When you gain control, you have to high-five the boss. Then the game is won.
Inspired by JaJitsu.
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« Reply #75 on: November 01, 2009, 08:13:54 PM » |
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Seconding Fable 2. That shit was a huge let-down.
Kind of related I guess,
Are there some games with final battles rather than final bosses (like against alot of enemies rather than one powerful one), and do people find them as satisfying?
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« Reply #76 on: November 02, 2009, 03:00:25 AM » |
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I'm going to make it so that the final boss in my game will be the final villain.
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« Reply #77 on: November 02, 2009, 07:34:19 AM » |
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Yeah I know. I don't proofread my posts. Too cool for that.
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« Reply #78 on: November 03, 2009, 01:36:09 PM » |
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After recently finishing Torchlight, I must say it's got a not too bad a final boss, as he looks pretty threatening and has some interesting attacks at least, but apparently the devs think 'TAKES A FUCKTON OF TIME TO END' equals epic. Which is not really true unless your boss does something different as you chip away at him for around 10-15 minutes.
Same thing on the final dungeon levels. They're huge and swarming with the same high-level enemies, quickly making getting through them a chore, so much that I found myself running right through chugging health potions.
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« Reply #79 on: November 07, 2009, 01:14:52 PM » |
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Someone brought up a Mario game, and I've always had mixed feelings toward the Mario bosses.
It seems like every Mario boss ever is ridiculously easy, with a couple minor exceptions, and maybe the idea is that the bosses are more reward than challenge in Mario games. But at the same time a lot are just too easy (the fortress mini-bosses in Mario Bros. 3, the koopa kids in Mario World). If I could change one thing in Super Mario World, it would be to make the koopa kids harder.
My favorite Mario bosses have to be those in Yoshi's Island - they seem to be an exception to the rule and are challenging but not frustrating, and always unique. The final boss even changed the way a core mechanic worked, was a lot of fun, and was pretty epic to boot.
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