Thread: Most disappointing boss fights in promising games

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The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword and the boss's name is Scaldera. Weakest boss concept of all time. Just a flaming boulder with arms and legs and all it does is it runs up and down a slanted ramp

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I was thinking about Space Marine. The final boss is just a QTE but considering how incredibly simplistic the gameplay is I suppose there really was no way to make it interesting. You could either have a special QTE or a bullet sponge similar to cyberdemon in DOOM where you just shoot it. When you got a game like Metal Gear Rising with all its systems then it is a lot easier to make great boss fights.
 
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Demon's Souls*
Dragon God Boss
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*was really hoping the remake reworked this boss fight as it's essentially a "puzzle boss" and a not very intuitive one at that. But given the amount of work and possible "permission" required from Sony/FromSoft I kinda knew it was just gonna be a carbon copy.
 
Calamity Ganon in Breath of the Wild. Just stands there for the most part. Age of Calamity actually did his fight better
 
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Uncharted 2 was a masterpiece with a really weak final boss fight in regards to how the fight was designed.

Bioshock felt like a letdown too, especially after the twist. It didn't feel like you got proper revenge, it just sort of fell flat.

And I feel that until recently 3D Mario's had really weak fights with Bowser compared to SMB3, SMW 1+2.
 
RAGE

Holy shit was that bad. It was a little dumb combat arena..... and then it was over. You didn't even notice it was the last fight.
 
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RAGE

Holy shit was that bad. It was a little dumb combat arena..... and then it was over. You didn't even notice it was the last fight.

I was so disappointed with this, the tech issues were bad enough, but then I just found the actual gameplay pretty boring. I stopped when I forced to do the races near the start. Is the game worth playing outside of this boss fight?
 
I was so disappointed with this, the tech issues were bad enough, but then I just found the actual gameplay pretty boring. I stopped when I forced to do the races near the start. Is the game worth playing outside of this boss fight?

I liked the gunplay and the action was pretty good later on. But yeah, weird game with issues. Still enjoyed it.
 
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When I played Star Fox Adventures I was so fucking ready to take down General Scales...only for him to be cucked by Andross at the last moment...and to finish the game in the friggin Arwing...

Wtf Nintendo
 
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The Joker in Batman: Arkham Asylum - Such a great performance from Mark Hamill did not deserve such a lame ass boss fight.

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Charles Lee in Assassin's Creed 3 - One of the most poorly designed chases in the series' history and just an example of the many glaring flaws of AC3.


Tarantula in WET - After spending the entire game murdering with bullet time and katana slicing, the final boss is reduced to a GODDAMN QTE.

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The Black Hand of Sauron in Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor - Same as above. I didn't murder and dominate my way through the Orc hierarchy to get this SHIT.

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Kai Leng in Mass Effect 3 - I'm here to save the galaxy from the Reapers, not fight some Space McNinja wannabe edgelord!
 
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The Joker in Batman: Arkham Asylum - Such a great performance from Mark Hamill did not deserve such a lame ass boss fight.

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Charles Lee in Assassin's Creed 3 - One of the most poorly designed chases in the series' history and just an example of the many glaring flaws of AC3.


Tarantula in WET - After spending the entire game murdering with bullet time and katana slicing, the final boss is reduced to a GODDAMN QTE.

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The Black Hand of Sauron in Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor - Same as above. I didn't murder and dominate my way through the Orc hierarchy to get this SHIT.

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Kai Leng in Mass Effect 3 - I'm here to save the galaxy from the Reapers, not fight some Space McNinja wannabe edgelord!


Came to post Arkham Asylum. Shadow of Mordor's must have been so bad I don't even remember i t.
 
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