10 Overhyped Bosses That Were Actually DUMB

[@ArataShizunai]

I really laughed for 1 hour after seeing Prof. Nakayama tripping and falling off the stairs before dying on the ground. This is by far the weirdest and funniest dead i’ve experienced in Borderlands.

[@gameranxTV]

😅

[@goosefootjones7196]

1 hour? U have no life lol

[@TheWOLF1201]

Did ya. Did ya really.

[@PearlDrumsHead]

@@TheWOLF1201 he “really” did

[@medicusofthedamned]

@@TheWOLF1201 1 hour.

[@dwiin]

Alduin needs to be on this list. He is literally the same as other dragons if not easier.

[@based_seb]

i remember infinite shield bashing him being so disappointed 💀

[@migzy4704]

Yes exactly! And yet he's called the world eater.💀 Somehow Karstaag and the ebony warrior are stronger than him?🤦

[@toxarii]

yeah, right? I was surprised he's not on the list

[@darudesandstrom1067]

I’d done so many side quests by the time I had reached Alduin, I must have taken him down inside 30 seconds. Very underwhelming haha

[@johanzuk1]

Mod for harder Alduin fight would be nice. AOE attacks etc.

[@enigmatic7665]

Nothing worse than a boss that doesn’t put up a fight!

[@gameranxTV]

👆🏻

[@Ghalion666]

It's probably done intentionally for bad game journos (that's nearly all of them) to not dunk on the game for its 'frustrating' boss fights. I've even seen them make articles about how boss fights are a bad concept that shouldn't exist in games. *facedesk*.

[@CrimsonFIame]

I absolutely love Infamous 2 but yes the bosses within that game were the most disappointing parts of it.

[@gameranxTV]

👍🏼👆🏻

[@eyesore21]

Not nearly as disappointing as second son tho

[@raidengoodman8754]

@@eyesore21 i at least liked that one boss in the video game realm

[@retrodefault7913]

Infamous 1 was pretty good though. I loved the battles against Sasha, Alden, and especially Kessler. And then the reveal of Kessler after the battle, *chefs kiss*, still get goosebumps whenever I play through. I've always preferred Kessler as the main villain over the Beast, although the reveal of who the Beast really is was still pretty surprising at the time

[@syre1518]

respect bertrand

[@bearcataquatic]

The thing with the mist noble is that I was so surprised with how easy the fight was i almost didn’t notice how killing him breaks the illusion on the house revealing it’s actually ruined. It’s genuinely brilliant

[@TrueXiarno]

Same. I recently finished Sekiro and this happens to me too ahah

[@beckhampang191]

The thing with Mist Noble is that the "boss fight" is the mist and traveling around it than the fight with him. Which is fine? I guess?

[@thewhitewolf58]

I much prefer the bosses where you have to do something to weaken them. Just giving a boss a near infinite health bar makes me feel less like im challenged and more like im just fighting someone 15 levels higher in a looter shooter.

[@unlimited9171]

true

[@deathdynasty1628]

You definitely need to stay away from soulslike games

[@yuri_cobaia]

So you prefer bosses that the game defeats it for you Bosses like that are just stupid, "pull/push that switch over there, press that button, hit him with special sword" Just lame

[@thewhitewolf58]

@@zacharyhoy1933 nah i just dont like the japanese style games that think a boss battle is "hard" because he has 10 different health bars.

[@jamesconlin5099]

@@thewhitewolf58 more like games that are to hard for you

[@TheLeetCasualGamer]

I'm never going to get over Calamity Ganon. Not even by the game, but during the release of BotW, he was advertised as the massive goal. Just has similar attacks you've seen from the other bosses and no need for a weak point you can just mindlessly slash him. The other 3d Zelda bosses did impose a challenge, even if it was kind of mild.

[@sotruem8]

lynel is the hardest enemy

[@FreedomAndPeaceOnly]

The Lynels are the toughest enemies. 😎 *'Ganon'* as a final boss makes sense, for he is supposed to be only stoppable by the powers of Zelda & Link and not by any other kind of army or well prepared, _"worldly force"._ But he really was not an entertaining boss-fight. The Lynels were cooler. But this happens in many forms and in many games too. 🥱 Same how the first Yiga we encounter was a cooler fight than _"the strongest Yiga",_ Koga, or the Yiga Generals. The powergap just kept widening way too much.

[@alexanderammerl2404]

Overrated game, not only this Boss.

[@OhNoTheFace]

I mean, Calamaty Ganon being easier if you are properly ready makes some sense. That was kind of the original plans, but the other guys never got their beasts to fire

[@arturoskicks6188]

Even the lynels are harder

[@SammaclauseGamgee]

​@@arturoskicks6188 can't stand lynels. There's something about fighting them that just doesn't click with me.

[@totozhu4543]

For Ganon, it's not that he couldn't be beat by the Four Divine Beasts. He could, he just sent four pieces of himself designed to kill each champion specifically in order to hijack the beasts.

[@BlueKnightV20]

While maybe not the most overhyped boss in history. But in Spider-Man 2 on the PS2, for a certain chunk of the game, the game hypes up a big encounter with Mysterio. One of Spidey's more iconic villains. He has a house of illusions, robot minions that are kind of pushovers, and changed the appearance of the statue of liberty! All of which leads up to a "boss fight" in a convenience store, his health bar fills up 3-times before the fight starts. AAAND he goes down in one hit! Effectively making him one of the most hilarious pushover bosses of all time, and I don't think it'll ever stop being funny anytime soon!😅

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Don't get me started on evil spidermen Coming after you from the mirrors.

[@otb_javede]

I can only vaguely remember this game at the very edges of my memories, but I definitely remember Mysterio popping up and having to web swing across these giant balloon orb things to get to him. Unfortunately 8 year old me didn't have the motor skills required so I never made it past Mysterio.

[@Zarkaithnia]

Good memory lol. It's been years since I've played that game...let alone that fight. Yeah that fight should have been here.

[@njmfff]

Wasn't this how Spider-man vs Mysterio fight in comics usually goes? He does all of his shenanigans and then Spidey smacks him like once and he's out cold.

[@prestonsingersoll]

On Dracula calling himself “The Dragon” the name Dracul (where dracula got his name) means “the dragon.” Technically he was the son of the dragon as his father was a member of the order of dragons. A sect of knights from the Holy Roman Empire

[@Juggtacula]

@Falcon Ima let you finish, but "Dracul"(the family last name) is based on the Latin word "Draco" which means Dragon. Vlad the Impaler/Dracula is actually named Vlad the 3rd after his dad Vlad the 2nd. And his dad was called Dragon because he joined the Order of the Dragon to fight the Ottomans for the Christian Church. So Dracula is called The Dragon or Son of the Dragon.

[@TheLyricalWrdsmth]

They missed a really cool opportunity with Calamity Ganon too. It would have been sufficiently difficult if it was actively trying to go on a rampage at the end. The more he destroys, the stronger he gets, make it a race to exploit his weaknesses before he can power up and destroy Hyrule completely. Then once you've beaten him the devastation from your fight leaves a giant scar on the land.

[@darknesswave100]

Yeah with a name like Calamity Ganon he went out like a fart in the wind

[@Xoulrath_]

Absalom was somewhat challenging on Nightmare, but even then he was easier than he should have been. Darksiders II suffered from what so many loot-based games do in that you end up outleveling the content. By the time I got to the endgame, I had a lifesteal build that was healing me for thousands of points of health per hit.

[@blackmanwithcomputer]

Still could've had a better moveset like Samael.

[@justinlast2lastharder749]

​@@blackmanwithcomputerNah. It's biblical bruh. Absalom was David's third son and rebelled. He was caught fleeing the final battle because his Hair got tangled in tree branches. He was executed shortly after. Darksiders' entire premise is Bible Stories. They are the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse and all

[@VongolaXZax]

Wow, I never thought the finale with the beast was dumb, I thought it was pretty epic and cool, especially when Cole went out with a overkill.

[@PsychoRavager]

That's why Senator Armstrong really took my heart and soul as a gamer by storm! Man, when I finally finished him off... what a breath of fresh air! Took nearly 4 hours for me to study and figure him out.

[@sabe2147]

Mist Moble fight was probably the most intense boss battle I ever encountered. Truly one of the bosses ever..

[@TheRealBOBlibob]

I remember collecting all the best gear in Dying Light, just to find out the final boss was a quick time event

[@reddragoncollectables6836]

In defense of inFAMOUS2, you spent the end of the game powering up like crazy in addition to charging up your powers with the RFI, which puts your lightning on god levels of power. Like Kessler said, there was a point he would have been strong enough to stop the beast, but was unable to and the RFI drastically and rapidly increased your strength by amplifying Cole's power, but at a great cost. This insane power boost is why the battle is so short, since you have now reached near peak power. Kinda liked it tbh because for 1 short battle you got to see what really going all out would look like and that was pretty cool!

[@Aussie_Tom]

Colonel Autumn from Fallout 3. For someone who was commander of one of the most technologically advanced factions in the Wasteland, a couple of sentences or a few bullets were all you needed to take him out. I mean, sure, you could talk The Master from the first game into blowing himself up, but that was still a lot more involved then talking Autumn down

[@lordmolag45000]

Where's Alduin from Skyrim? For a dragon known as the world-eater, and granted, a villain I like, his final boss battle was pathetically easy.

[@thecatfather857]

I'll do you one better: Mannimarco in Oblivion.

[@SkillJoy.]

I've fought random dragons that were more of a pain than Alduin himself, which is kinda sad

[@oubregang2x926]

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[@gameranxTV]

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[@Fluffy_production]

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[@MrJomalley123]

Gaunter o Dimm: A literal god incarnate Eredin: An edgy emo elf man

[@joshuasmaug1137]

Gameranx vids are always so comforting for some reason 😂

[@gameranxTV]

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[@youarebait9609]

It's the Pizza.

[@hydranationn]

I was expecting a fight with the strength and intelligence of Albert Einstein, but instead got a boss with the intelligence of a potato.

[@jscott4reel]

Cyberpunk’s Adam Smasher even more so after seeing him in the anime Edgerunners

[@I_am_the_NoX]

In my opinion Alcina Dimitrescu (Resident Evil 8 Village) should be on the list... even before the game got released, everyone was hyped for her beeing the next "Mr.X" or "Nemesis". She got such a huge fanbase and when the game released she died in the first 4 hours of the game with a way to easy boss fight. You literally just had to shoot anything in her and walk backwards when she attacks. I love the game but damn... she was so irrelevant in the end😂

[@shinzero0271]

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within did something similar with a character seeming like she would be an important villain because of all the marketing. Then she gets killed off like 2 hours in.

[@weshouldchill5694]

Her daughters put up more of a fight cause you actually had to put a very tiny bit of thought into how to damage them lol but for Alcina like you said just back up and shoot.

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Capcom trolling.

[@legionarybooks13]

One of the Capcom devs admitted they screwed up, because they didn't realise how popular she would be. Um, you only slapped her on all the press releases, including full-size cutouts at Gamestop! It was kind of refreshing to see a female antagonist who looked to be in her forties, with curves like a woman is supposed to have (albeit a bit oversized, to be fair) instead of anorexic girls who look like they should still be in high school. The way Lady D was voiced and her character written, she was so diabolically evil, yet at the same time insanely charismatic, even without the gigantic curves. While the final boss fight isn't bad mechanically, there's no buildup and it's just "there". Story-wise, it was completely flat. Lady D should have been haranguing us the entire game, not necessarily like Nemesis (though that would be awesome), but building on her character, which had so much potential, until the final confrontation. I'd vainly hoped she would somehow make a resurrected appearance in the Shadow of Rose DLC, but sadly, no. SoR was still excellent, though a Lady D cameo would have been epic.

[@tjcthulhu]

her fight wasn’t insanely hard or anything, but it wasn’t that easy. it was a pretty normal boss fight. it was just dumb that they used the first boss to advertise the game

[@perfectpats]

In Resident Evil 4 every single boss can be killed in one hit by buying the rocket launcher continually from the merchant.

[@AlexOlinkiewicz]

Kind of surprise Frank Fontaine from BioShock 1 wasn't on the list. With him having full control of the city of rapture and has so much Adam in him as possible. Yet he is pretty much to beat, heck you can beat the first phase the moment its starts by laying a few land mines in the spot Frank jumps to the moment the phase starts.

[@cenciende9401]

The final boss is literally the only negative of the first Bioshock, and I will NEVER get over it lol

[@darknesswave100]

​@Cen Ciende same honestly. Game was freaking incredible and this is coming from somebody who before that game couldn't stand 1st person games. If the final boss would have been way better then it would be up there as one of the best games I've ever played but that final boss knocked it down a lot

[@AlexOlinkiewicz]

​@@darknesswave100 Yeah, BioShock is my favorite game of all-time, hard to say if I would have become an indie dev if I haven't played BioShock.

[@ZeldaSam1]

Let's just forget he happened, would you kindly.

[@JRR62323]

Mysterio from Spider Man 2 on the PS2.. I’ll never forget that boss fight when I was a teenager hahaha, felt like One Punch Man lol.

[@thetabo8648]

I think one of themost underwhelming bosses ever is the Bed of Chaos in Dark Souls 1. Honestly such cool lore, so much hype and the most of the run-up is just repeated enemies and the boss itself is so obnoxious

[@Squidnarqs]

I may be a history nerd but I laughed at the dragon/Dracula thing. Dracula is son of Dracul, which is dragon in Romanian, so not only does it fit, the dragon is actually more badass than son of the dragon

[@ZGtx]

Yeah, I was like “yeah but Dracula means dragon”

[@SamuraiPizzaCat6604]

I laughed as well lol. I was kinda surprised he didn't know that

[@petrumare]

No it's not, the word dragon is the same in both languages. Dracul means the demon/devil.

[@doublesalopetoimcre]

@@SamuraiPizzaCat6604 nobody knows romanian come on... only romanias, and even them barely know the language.

[@KDB349]

@@ZGtxconsidering the name 'Dracula' is associated with vampires most people ain't gonna think of a dragon

[@5amuraix309]

Adam Smasher from Cyberpunk. They really hyped him up and made him seem intimidating. Then you fight him and he's nothing special. Just another Animal built Cyberpyscho. Even after edgerunners you would think he'd be scary. Another one is Alex Mercer from Prototype 2. You're pretty much a God at the end of the game, and fighting him was a cakewalk

[@EpikCarp]

Virtually every Skyrim boss is like this. The only real boss in Skyrim is the Dragonborn

[@philithegamer8265]

Skyrim is the most overrated game of all-time.

[@EpikCarp]

@@philithegamer8265 have you played it?

[@Case_]

I just want to make sure that the fact "Dracula" means "son of a dragon" doesn't go unnoticed. Just in case the first two thousand people commenting about it get missed.

[@warstark21]

Honestly, the final boss of the blood and wine dlc for witcher 3 was a much more satisfying boss to fight 👌

[@gumle2003]

Excactly! Detlaff was a real struggle. I remember using several hours before finally beating him. Wasn’t even on deathmarch the first time

[@wisesalamander125]

Hey Gameranx, I won't bore you with the details but your guys' videos got me through some nasty stuff I my life, just hoping I'm early enough for you to see me say thanks 😊

[@gameranxTV]

Stay strong

[@BooBuggedy]

05:45 "Dracula" quite literally means "Dragon". Or actually, "Son of the Dragon", since dragon is "Dracul" in Romanian. His father was known as "Vlad the Dragon", so he got the nickname after him.

[@ericcarlton87]

As always, great vid Falcon. But…is it number 3 or is it number 5? 🤔 yes, I was paying attention. Lol

[@gameranxTV]

Whoops

[@ericcarlton87]

@@gameranxTV s*** happens. Just appreciate the content.

[@Efyhxsl59m]

To be fair in infamous 2 you have to sacrifice yourself and all conduits to beat the final boss and the fight happens over several smaller battles not even counting where you nuke him. Or the fight at the start of the game.

[@lenavablack3632]

🤔 pretty sure that the bad ending is canon considering that conduits still exist in First Light/Second Son

[@Efyhxsl59m]

@LenavaBlack Actually the good ending is cannon as stated by the developers and that is why Cole is dead and you play as delsin in second son. There are conduits in second son because new ones were born and/or some of them somehow survived. They don't clearly explain that part as far as I'm aware. They chose the good ending to infamous 2 as cannon because far more people finished the game with that ending than with the evil one based on trophy stats.

[@lenavablack3632]

@@Efyhxsl59m Damn Developers that makes no sense, the bad ending would make so much more sense considering the fact that Augustine got her powers from a Conduit that could make conduits which in the bad ending was Cole.😧

[@Efyhxsl59m]

@LenavaBlack Or it couldve just been the beast that made Augustine idk. Maybe there's another conduit that could do it. All I know is what the developers said. Also delsin talks to zeke (coles bf from the first two games) and he basically confirms the good guy ending.

[@lenavablack3632]

@@Efyhxsl59m Okay Second son has an update/DLC that I was unaware of Nevermind then

[@gauravlall747]

I love the Witcher 3 but "you cast a shield and roll around" is literally the entire combat system. It's such a shame that the combat boiled down to that

[@alexissmith5589]

Champion Leon from Pokemon Sword and Shield. Hyped up through the entire game as: The strongest trainer" yet you can easily sweep his team.

[@jaredcrabb]

I did it with Flareon.

[@beezyj3227]

To me it has become apparent a long time ago that the elite four is the hardest part of any pokemon game. If you beat them, anything that comes after, whether it be a final trainer, or the legendary pokemon of the game it's pretty much a guaranteed clean sweep. Usually a final trainer has some cheeky low ball tactics, like somehow being able to attack twice, swap Pokemon, then attack one more time before giving you a turn regardless of how high your speed is, but it ultimately doesn't matter because that winds up being the only moves they get in before you wipe them with your party's starter.

[@himynameis2739]

As for Dracula being called "The Dragon" that isn't silly. That is actually his name. "Dracul" or "Dracula" is literally a name that means "The Dragon".

[@tylergil7322]

I always enjoyed the beast fight in infamous 2 as a kid. Gotta remember how op cole is canonically as well, at the point where he fights the beast he’s super powerful

[@RaphBlade7]

Dracula is the Slavonic genitive form of Dracul, meaning "[the son] of Dracul (or the Dragon)". That's why he's called The Dragon in Castlevania!

[@ndamulelotshikwela881]

its remarkable how you guys keep on bringing up new interesting content everytime.....Falcon thee hero

[@gameranxTV]

🦅🤝

[@508Cole508]

The beast (John White) from inFAMOUS 2 maybe the "omega" big bad (in terms of raw power and abilities) but his end boss fight was a drawn out version of the opening mission. Even the Evil (inFAMOUS; the original Dev planned ending) path when he's your ally he's such a pushover. He constantly complains for you to help him.Wish the series got a PS5/PS4 remaster with all the four games with their respective DLCs and Add-ons in one bundle ($20-$30 for a series that hasn't been touched in almost 10 years).

[@idunknowat63]

The Mist Noble might be a pushover, but it’s pretty impressive how he’s able to make sweet music while “strumming on its instrument”. Maybe I’ve been playing my flute wrong, maybe stroking was the wrong strategy

[@tonyspro]

That first number 3 was dumb, but the second number 3 was just plain stupid

[@cherrybombstudios1671]

6:01 This is most likely a nickname based in historical context. ‘Dracula’ roughly translates to ‘Son of Dracul,’ as Vlad the Impaler’s father was ‘Vlad Dracul’ AKA ‘Vlad the Dragon.’ This actually ties in to the history of the Order of the Dragon, which is its own fascinating thing.

[@thexclusive3744]

I think dragon god from demon souls should be on here, maybe in part2

[@musizlover2008]

Those bosses were fun to casual gamers. But hardcore games just want Dark Souls hard bosses.

[@haarisajmeri9811]

Didn't imagine Darksiders 2 in the list that's pretty good

[@JamesSamson487]

I think the main problem with Infamous 2 was that the dev team weren't really considering the Beast to be the final boss. I've read that the "Evil" ending was supposed to be the canon ending until people only really played through the "Good" story then quit. As a result, I think the dev team really set it up so that the Evil Ending, were you take on Nix, was the final boss. It's a tough fight with a good emotional payoff. As such, they thought of the Beast as more of a Mid-Boss fight and adjusted accordingly (which to me feels accurate).

[@randomname1076]

The Ganondorf fight at the end of Windwaker is painfully easy too, and I get it's right after puppet Ganon, which is pretty hard, but still..

[@michaelsheridan3633]

The name Dracula means “son of Dracul.” In the Romanian language today, dracul means “the devil”-drac is “devil,” ul is “the”-but it is derived from the Latin dracō, “dragon.”

[@ruaridhmacg4701]

Never get tired of punching the fish bowl off Mysterio in Spiderman 2

[@jerrywong9379]

I still remember when I was stacking myself up with lynel gear and hearty food, even figured out how to convert some of my stamina to health. then before my prep was done my brother played on my save for a bit and just walked through ganon with the gears I thought was not enough

[@Werneurr]

So is Doom number 3 or number 5? Great video as always!

[@buttonzthecat8945]

So I worked on Shadows of Mordor at Monolith Studios, and the reason why Act 3 is so short (and the final fight being the shortest thing ever) was because WarnerBrothers cut our release date 6 months earlier than planned. So we had to scrap Act 3 and rush the game out the door.

[@rometherevenant8749]

Everytime I see Infamous in a Gameranx video, it just reminds me how much I want the series to come back. Also was there a mistake with Falcon saying "at number 3" but it was really number 5?

[@shinzero0271]

Infamous 1 and 2 were games I could never complete because of how repetitive they were. I did manage to finish Second Son though.

[@garbagegames5578]

yeah he makes at least one oops per video lol

[@metarcee2483]

In the Mario Galaxy games, the final confrontation with Bowser is underwhelming. In the first Galaxy, the fight is just a longer version of the previous fights. In Galaxy two, however, the final fight has only 3 attacks from Bowser, and one allows you to injure him. At least in the first game, you tricked Bowser into hurting himself, then taking ad of his injury.

[@DimitriosThomadakis]

You forgot about Lucien from Fable 2... You spend the entire game trying to recruit a dream team to take him down, and it turns out all it took was a single regular bullet !!!

[@PANTYEATR1]

I like that Gameranx mentioned such an older game like Castlevania 2. I wish they would feature more games from older systems.

[@gameranxTV]

Thanks for your feedback

[@Rebecca_The_Dragon]

How did you not put Mysterio on this list from Spiderman 2 the game? You fight through his bots and traps which are EXTREMELY ANNOYING, and finally find him holding up a convenience store, he gets 4 health bars, and 1 punch depletes them all at once.

[@legoobi-wankenobi3080]

The beast isn't really a fight. The entire time, yiu are slowing him down and buying time to charge the rfi.

[@manhada3269]

These games don't have that balance when you unlock all your abilities and powers before reaching the final boss then it represents no challenge that's why they need to find a balance 👀

[@mr.battle20]

Um, the name Dracula literally comes from the word "Dracul" or dragon. So no, "The Dragon" isn't a lame name, thought up by the developers. It's his LITERAL FREAKING NAME.

[@kdmag8858]

In BOTW I played for forever, did about all I could do and never battled Gannon because I figured he'd be too hard. I mean thunderblight Gannon kicked my ass so badly, Calaminty Gannon had to be like 10x harder than that, right? When I did finally battle him I could not believe how easy he was! I fought Lynels that were harder.

[@SilverSpectre266]

With inFamous, this may very well be a reach in me trying to find a reason, but I always felt one of three things happened. A. Kessler was building you up to be able to take on the Beast to prevent his exact future from happening again, so maybe during the final fight with him Cole secretly unlocked a type of lighting that was specifically able to harm the Beast. B. One of Kessler and Coles listed powers is Matter Manipulation, in that they are able to transmute energy at the atomic level into lightning. So Cole/Kesslers lightning arent normal lightning and so thats why they are able to harm the Beast. C. I always figured the Beasts powers energy absorption and dispersal. Just live the Ray Sphere he gets his powers from he is able to absorb energy and radiation from things around him, but as well able to activate the power of Conduits around him. So he is able to absorb the energy/radiation of the nuclear missile, but unable to do so when it comes to other Conduits. Kinda like how in some stories dragon fire is useless against other dragons, but regular fire is still good against them. Again, just some thoughts, and will never really know since the devs never said anything or confirmed beyond the comics.

[@cheesepull555]

These guys somehow manages to increase their quantity and quality at the same time Hats off🙌

[@gameranxTV]

All thanks to your support

[@Kogan0000]

I didnt mind the intro for the cyberdemon as much when I played doom 3 all those years ago... but the puzzle aspect.. oh man, it confused me at first then disappointed the hell out of me.

[@arefrigerator396]

For real, I've fought harder NPCs in Assassin's Creed Origins than the Wild Hunt boss in Witcher 3 😒

[@foxmind2490]

Dracula being called “The Dragon” is a reference to the real life Dracula. Vald Dracula the II had many titles such as “Valid the Impaler” and “The Dragon”, the latter being a monicker that Vlad’s father also went by. The real life “The Dragon” was terrifying for the amount of people he massacred to include his methods which served as a foundation for mythical Dracula the Vampire.

[@TheKindredblades]

The final boss of Immortal: Fenix rising was the worst weakling I have ever seen. I kicked his ass in seconds and the guy had no shot at killing me.

[@gavinziozios1431]

I do want to argue about Absalom a little bit. He's not so hard on normal difficulties, but when fighting him on deathinitive difficulty like I did (with experience of the game already under my belt, third playthrough), he hits like a truck and can take a hit. He ended up being every bit of a challenge he was hyped up to be. Of course, my favorite boss is still probably either the Guardian or the Archon

[@darknesswave100]

You know it's a bad final boss when the buildup is insane and you go into the final boss and it takes no effort. That's not how any game deserves to end

[@omegawolf2589]

First thought was Kai Lang from Mass Effect. Everyone and even the cutscenes make him sound tough and everything. And yet by the end he’s a big pushover.

[@RadiantNova159]

The only thing saving him throughout the game is plot armour

[@zJoriz]

I... don't even remember him for some reason.

[@phantasydragon696]

5:48 In historical aspect, The Dragon makes sense. Vlad Dracul, the real person Dracula is based on, has a family symbol that is a dragon.

[@NoNo-qt4ov]

So glad Witcher 3 was on here. The last boss was such a dissapointment for how big of a character he was

[@blackcrow9231]

The seneschal from dragons dogma was a pushover of a final boss. It represented how underdeveloped fights against humans were.

[@Ivotas]

Agreed. I love the game to bits and the surprise reveal of the character really worked well for me. But it would have been a lot more epic if this boss battle was actually good.

[@maximilian2843]

True, but i think the seneschal wasn't built up like the dragon for example. So it wasn't painful to clap him in the end, just another scratch.

[@blackcrow9231]

@@maximilian2843 he wasn’t built up but there were hints of him such as the endless cycle with arisen and dragons. So his sudden appearance I think was ok, he was the god figure that you were challenging to defy faith.

[@jaredcrabb]

Thats cause Grigori was the final boss.

[@greybushgames1]

Ganon gets built up like he’s some monster that nobody can stop and is a pushover in every Zelda game

[@PandaGamingPodcast]

Biggest paper tiger last boss ever, the end boss of Fable 2. I literally force pushed him off the edge first move, boom end of game. So sad, Fable 2 was a huge letdown and not even on par with the OG Fable.

[@briandanay2487]

The Dragon? Vlad Dracula is a Romanian myth; from the name of the real guy Vlad Dracul. That means "dragon". So Symphony of the Night wasn't making anything up, his name/clan IS that of "The Dragon".

[@meph1570]

the real challenge is not beating Ingrid, but beating her within Gold Medal time record.

[@ChawleeMcNailin]

As for The Dragon in Castlevania 2, "Dracul" is Romanian for "The Dragon" (or "The Devil"). And "Dracula" supposedly means "Son of the Dragon". So Castlevania calling Dracula "The Dragon" is actually a reference to the origin of the name, "Dracula". I believe Vlad the Impaler was actually called "Dracula", his father was "Dracul", as people referred to them as "the Dragon" and "Son of the Dragon". So yeah, kind of a fun fact there for ya! PS don't quote me on what people may have called Vlad the Impaler, hahaha. Although I'm fairly certain there were these Romanian historical figures, a father-son duo, which were actually referred to as Dracul and Dracula, serving as the inspiration for the Master of the Demon Castle's better-known title.

[@jaredcrabb]

He called himself son of the dragon actually. Others called him the impaler.

[@meh2510]

Translated: Dracula actually means son of dragon, so that's where the whole dragon thing comes from. I guess untranslated names do sound cooler when you think about it.

[@Shadows_Inc]

Fun facts about Dracula, the reason "The Dragon" is used as a nickname, is because that's essentially his name. Dracula comes from the old Dracco/Draco or Drago, each meaning "Dragon", and more particularly, based off the Romanian "Dracul", which means, you guessed it, "Dragon." Here's a little culture today for anyone reading! Have a good one~

[@fireboy1996]

I was shaking my head when he said it like what does that dummy think "Dracul" means.

[@Shadows_Inc]

@@fireboy1996 He likely thought it was just a name, and didn't mean anything, like how most people think about names.

[@fistovuzi]

@@fireboy1996 i like Falcon but if you watch him enough you realize he's kinda a dumbass.

[@Ieatpaste23]

Also making fun of a guy who was said to take his lunch in a forest impaled bodies isn't the best idea. But, yeah, Vlad is totally a Will Ferral character.🤡

[@jeandaniel44]

"I am magneto, master of magnet!" "X-men... welcome, to DIE ! "

[@waldojordaan6764]

At number 5 it states number 3

[@gameranxTV]

Apologies

[@waldojordaan6764]

@@gameranxTV np 😀

[@jordansutherland8582]

I played Skyrim for months completing side quests and dlcs to get ready for alduin. He died in 2 shots

[@rafaelmehret5952]

Quick Time Event battles and Puzzle Battles for the final boss are really anti-climatic. It is fun to have those kinds of mechanics thoughout the game, but not in the battle that is supposed to be the epic confrontation that the entire game built up for. However, there was a time in the game industry like ten years ago when a lot of companies felt like this was "the thing" they had to put in their games

[@clovisursa497]

Doesn't Dracula mean Son of The Dragon or some shit? Kinda makes sense he is called The Dragon in one of the Castlevania games

[@mightylink65]

Kinda hated the final boss in Crysis 1, I was shooting at it for 10 minutes, avoiding all it's attacks, thinking I was using lots of strategy to damage it, turns out nothing does damage to it except the nearby rocket launcher then it just felt pointless.

[@versal12]

I mean... technically Dracula means son of Dracu... or son of Dragon. His name is literally just dragons son

[@SilverSpectre266]

Honestly I remember playing Darksiders 2 when it first came out and beating Absolom in the 1st go, but I dont recall if I found him challenging or not. I remember taking the fight seriously, but I dont remember if I felt the fight was too easy. Maybe cause I just turned off my brain and enjoyed the moment.

[@Alloveck]

I don't have any particular memories of Absolom's challenge either. Not him being difficult, or being easy. I'd assume he was easy because I definitely had the best gear by the end, but I just don't remember either way either. Weird.

[@ReKtOFFICIAL]

He 2-3 taps you on deathinitive difficulty. Very easy on lower difficulties where getting hit is part of the game..

[@toxicmustardwasabi]

Somewhat related to this, please do a video on the 10 best boss intros or entrances in video games! Love your content!

[@ryanmills892]

the fact that a boos fight with SAURON! is nothing more than a QTE is the one thing stopping me from playing Shadow of Mordor.

[@dragonlordjonerc]

First off, Dracula is referred to as "the Dragon" because that's essentially what Dracula means. I believe it actually means "Son of the Dragon," but still, the dragon moniker does come from somewhere. Secondly, while the final phase of the Calamity Ganon fight is horribly underwhelming, the first phase is actually pretty good. It requires you to master the parry mechanic, it rewards for beating the divine beasts, and is reasonably fun while it lasts.

[@oblivion715]

"The Dragon" was something Vlad's enemies called him. Historically, I mean.