Last night i was playing Jeanne D’Arc on my PSP. I finally reached the big boss and after 30-45mins i managed to defeat him. Or so i thought. There is a second stage for defeating this boss. I got really mad!!!!!
I have to say that I am extremely opinionated on this subject as I really hate bosses in general and especially the final boss in a game. I find bosses to just be time consuming and I don’t think there is a great skill involved. You just need to die a few or many times and figure out the pattern that will help you defeat the boss.
I remember playing PSI-OPS with a friend and whenever we got to a boss I would gladly hand over the controller for him to take over. It was just boring for me. As simple as that.
Okami, one of my all time favourite games, is a great boss offender as you had to fight the same main boss again and again and again and again! Literally! And if that wasn’t enough you also had to fight all the other bosses again at the final stage of the game. I could hear my controller cracking before each boss fight. I just wanted to break it in half.
The only time I loved a boss was in God of War. Not the whole final boss fight mind you. Only the second part where you had to defend and give health to your family against an onslaught of other Kratosses (is that the right way to say it?). Maybe it was because it wasn’t your typical boss fight and also because of the deeper meaning of that particular fight.
There you have it. I really hate final boss fights. I long for more non boss fight games like Halo or even Ico (just one final boss). I can dream can’t i?
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