7 Final Bosses You Got to Play As

How can we say videogame bosses are bad without having walked a mile in their shoes? Because of all the bad stuff they do, obviously. But we still want to stomp around in their shoes, so we're thankful for these games that let you take their big boss for a playable spin. Here are seven times we took them up on that offer. Enjoy and subscribe for a video like this every Thursday from Outside Xbox.
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[@LtBasil]

Jane: "Sauron is the most powerful evil entity in Middle-Earth." Me: "No he's not, that's Morgo-" Jane: "Unless we go into the Silmarillion, which we won't, because life is too short." Me: "Fair enough."

[@kayagorzan]

Fair enough

[@wisewolftony]

I also wouldn't compare him to be the Darth Vader of fantasy seeing how other then the fact they were both once good men. But other then that I just find him to be a utterly meh villain. Never read the books so maybe he's more fleshed out in them. But in the films we only see him what in some flashbacks and that is it. Other then that he's just the generic evil force. Who never gets fleshed out. It works for Lord of the Rings as you have other villains and things that can carry the plot. Compared to the end game being coming face to face with him and beating him in some duel like with Vader.

[@samuellowndes]

@@wisewolftony sauron is too powerful to be defeated in a duel though, the way Frodo defeated him was the only way

[@wisewolftony]

@@samuellowndes Yea I know that was why I said he works for Lord of the Rings. As the films aren't about going head to head against the big baddie. It's about the Journey and them facing his army.

[@Icarus_Qwq]

Nah we all know that Talion is the most powerful entity in Middle Earth

[@kylier404]

"then when you do judge them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes. The perfect crime." Is my favorite thing you've ever said 😂😂😂

[@ex-holdenlindsay840]

Very Corazon.

[@definepoetic]

It's a Billy Connolly quote

[@umbranival]

I was cry laughing at that part for some unknown reason.

[@norablanche]

I cackled

[@hereslookingatyoukid]

Ikr lol I think I've heard him say it once before but it was awhile ago

[@staeslait2343]

Pyramid Head cutting Pendleton's cake is the most terriftingly wholesome thing I've ever seen.

[@shinobifujin]

Do you have a link

[@ProVoiceActor1Dubs]

@@shinobifujin watch till end of two 5:43

[@TheElino]

@@shinobifujin It's in this vid wtf just watch it

[@dudescrawny5859]

Vergil in Devil May Cry 3 Special Edition. After beating him in the last mission, you can play the entire game as him, and his moveset is badass too.

[@jfk7249]

I wonder if they ever played any dmc game other than the dmc 5

[@freezingwolf]

But hes still the final boss in 5

[@dudescrawny5859]

@@freezingwolf you didn't get to play as him until 2 months ago though.

[@Exeternal_Beyonder_Of_Doomsday]

@@freezingwolf you play him there too

[@hwoarangdvoguetthe]

Basically, every DMC after DMC3 lets you play as Vergil-dono daddy... And after you play as the legenadary Darkslayer Vergil Son of Sparda, you realize that whacky woo hoo pizza man still lives, because daddy Verge doesn't want him deaded. Also, Uncle Dante is the best uncle in the world.

[@steelfist3956]

Mike: "That leaves Bowser with a bare head and you know what happens to things with bare heads around here." Me: "Bowsette?"

[@parker0216]

we don't talk about that

[@AlmightyPolarBear]

It doesn't work for him. So disappointment/relief will be what is there.

[@Toxin_Glitch]

Wait which head?

[@gameman3981]

That's what i thought about too.

[@thermonuclearexplosive]

bowsette should actually be called peachowser

[@MrWebby93]

The first entry makes me want a " __ times we broke canon" list

[@BJGvideos]

I mean Han still got killed in the same way so it's...close...?

[@joshuarenner9703]

I played both force unleashed games on the Wii and it's not even similar to that

[@dewaynestallworth8851]

@@joshuarenner9703 and playing TFU on wii is like saying you played Black ops 1 on the Wii. Its not relevant

[@zapdragon5942]

Isn't that called a spin-off?

[@VoiceofKane3]

My most vivid memories of Lord of the Rings: Conquest are always finally getting to play as Sauron in the campaign... before immediately getting killed by an eagle when I tried to cross the bridge.

[@gabeschugardt5710]

Hyrule Warriors (the first one) does this three times! After you complete the basic campaign you unlock two additional campaigns, one playing as the game's new villain Cia, the other playing as Ganondorf. Beat the Ganondorf campaign to unlock the true ending of the good guys campaign then beat that and you unlock a bunch of challenge maps that let you play as Ganon, the screen-filling boar monster from the final mission.

[@sparkyandredd4061]

And it’s AWESOME! I think that’s the first time you actually get to play as Ganon himself! Not Ganondorf, the human, but Ganon, the Demon King!

[@dorksanddragons]

Hearing a British game journalist say the sentence “Bowser is back on his BS” was the most delightful thing of my day.

[@jerryonlychild7003]

Lol his bowser stuff

[@gerjanm7648]

Dragon Age: Origins has a DLC where you play as darkspawn going through the final battle of Denerim, essentially giving the player insight into what would have happened had the protagonist never appeared

[@arndnaj]

That's what I was saying!!!

[@ryanmarr5243]

Always wanted to play that but never got around to it

[@elelwhy]

As a bonus, you also get to kill all your best friends... and who doesn't want that?

[@Ravenite456]

On the other hand it implies that without the Grey Warden around, Alister got to bang Leiliana so, you know, good for him.

[@AlmightyPolarBear]

I think that appears in one of their videos.

[@Akirex5000]

8:40 “You’re literally shattering concrete blocks with your bare hands!” Ummmm... Mario can do that as well...

[@senatorarmstrong7071]

Akirex 5000 Yeah but he’s using gloves like the bloody cheater he is.

[@DamienDarksideBlog]

Also if you play the Super Star Saga, Bowser punches Mario for 1 damage.

[@Akirex5000]

Senator Armstrong Oh yeah, you’re right. I bet those gloves are made of steel and Mario just doesn’t tell us

[@williammagan2756]

DamienDarksideBlog unbeatable legendary 1 damage

[@Painfulldarksoul]

Wait, didn't Mario shatter red clay bricks, instead of concrete? Or did that change since my time, since everything was pixely and blocky?

[@what_homework]

I really thought Shadow of the Colossus was gonna be on this list. It blows your mind getting to play as the Dormin's final form and getting to see what being a colossus would be like.

[@smokagaming]

absolutely. nice callback man!

[@facundofuentesyarballo2870]

*At birthday party "guys I'm sorry I forgot the knife" Piramid head:"say no more"

[@veronicafomenko4600]

Hahahahah

[@TheDiplomancer]

In his defense, that is one great knife.

[@marhawkman303]

@@TheDiplomancer Yeah despite being 8 feet long the game calls his weapon a "knife"

[@patrickd8654]

@@marhawkman303 "That's not a noife. This is a noife!" -- Crocodile Dundee

[@patrickmccurry1563]

Sweet! I wanted a slice of table.

[@thelytz9806]

When you realise this list could have been filled with LEGO games exclusively

[@Sayyar615]

Yep

[@theweirdalex12]

I was just gonna comment that

[@MrMikeregester]

Yeah

[@gameman3981]

That would literally have been cheating so it's understandable that they didn't put any Lego game on the list.

[@Canyoufeelthesunshine]

Exactly I remember beating galactus and he was small as heck when I got him

[@KaladinVegapunk]

Oh man, i still remember the chills I got piloting REX Beating it on the boss extreme difficulty going for the no deaths/kills/rations run was monumental

[@mr.shadowcat7594]

Hey what about "transformers fall of cybertron"? you got to play as megatron twice and it was badass!

[@not_corin5376]

Oh that one yes

[@chadpeterson5698]

And technically the final boss you can choose who the final boss is

[@didyoueverhearthetragedyof8231]

goated game. loved it

[@lucaslevesque6007]

I’m a bit surprised that they didn’t mention master hand when you get to play as him in super smash bros ultimate.

[@senatorarmstrong7071]

Lucas Levesque In technicality Master Hand isn’t the final boss of Ultimate.

[@ladylunaginaofgames40]

Well, you fight him in almost every game. It's expected. I say this is valid because of how awesome it felt to smash all in my way

[@joshrose8753]

I just commented the same thing.

[@Stratelier]

@@senatorarmstrong7071 Master hand was always the final boss of each game's Classic Mode, and for a majority of SSBU's roster still is.

[@foxbird123]

I had the same thought.

[@thajocoth]

When Mario possesses Bowser, Princess Peach sounds the happiest I can recall her sounding, like, ever. This is an interesting choice.

[@AlmightyPolarBear]

She wants a heroic moustached gentleman with a beefy lizard body.

[@King_Dragmire]

@@AlmightyPolarBear dont we all?

[@AlmightyPolarBear]

@@King_Dragmire I will like that, or even if it's a heroic beefy lizard lady. That's good too.

[@kireckjefferson9316]

@@AlmightyPolarBear you mean browers daughter?

[@eliasfarias842]

reptilian Mario Koopa

[@juusstis3664]

Transformers: Fall of Cybertron’s decepticon Bruticus. You actually get to play as him first but he does become a boss battle in the final level of the campaign where you play as autobot Jazz.

[@greenbean325]

Megatron will also fall into this category since the final battle is a pvp battle involving Optimus and Megatron

[@Druath]

I'm so glad Star wars the force unleashed Was on here....IT WAS SUCH A GOOD GAME

[@ossiehalvorson7702]

Loved it as a teen, but I tried playing it again not terribly long ago and it.. well, it didn't hold up to time very well.

[@steelfist3956]

Jane: "Lord of the Rings Conquest is a game of two halves, much like football or Monopoly when I lose in Monopoly and I rip the board in half" Note to self: Don't play Monopoly with Jane.

[@Kartissa]

Or just let her win. That's a good strategy for any game you play with Jane, really....

[@Torthrodhel]

Sounds like an ideal game of Monopoly to me! Short AND conclusive.

[@Adahn99]

@@Torthrodhel We can add Action game and Psychological horror to Monopoly's genres

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

@@Adahn99 LOL!

[@p0tat024]

@@Adahn99 it already is

[@chreoticus]

"Make this game EA, you COWARDS!" I laughed at this WAY too long

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Yeah, make this an unlockable (and NOT A FREAKING DLC!!!) mode in Jedi: Fallen Order 2 (or whatever it's going to be called in 2022-2025).

[@jackcullen69]

"Darth Vader Rampage Sim" is the game we didn't know we wanted, but now we do know that we w a n t

[@lewismartin3430]

laughs in vader eternal

[@legendaryrobb5903]

Metal Arms: Glitch in the System, an obscure game, has the main villain, General Corrosive, as a playable boss where he is invincible and shoots missiles and stomps on enemies in the 2nd to last mission. Of course there is a time limit as a space station is sent hurtling towards your home planet. It is fun to kill the toughest foes with ease.

[@darthwiizius]

Very fun game.

[@vindicare9915]

Would you say that to be a more powerful dark lord than Sauron, you would have to be “More Goth”?

[@ianrose6218]

Fair play, you got a chuckle out of me.

[@Vampiero101]

Hahaha, alright, nice one.

[@jnewby9347]

Hahaha nice one

[@BattyButtercup]

please accept your prize of three hairs from Galadriel for this wondrous wordsmithing.

[@danmanx4804]

A+, well done

[@PanAndScanBuddy]

You can also play as Sauron in Lego LOTR, and the Eye of Sauron in LOTR: The Third Age. One is adorable and one is weird.

[@Stratelier]

Basically all the licensed LEGO games are like this, you can unlock the villains and then play as them.

[@williamsmith6921]

If they decided to include Lego games they would have to include every Lego game in existence since that's just how they work

[@sovietspycrab718]

I didn't know that people knew that LotR: The Third Age existed, I thought I was alone.

[@funghity6961]

@@sovietspycrab718 right there with you. Ngl that game was pretty good

[@rebeccaliar9873]

Jack the Ripper's brutal takedown was so brutal it actually made my power flicker. The power outage somehow took less time than the actual takedown.

[@eagle219406]

I know of at least one other final boss you get to play as, General Raam from Gears of War. There is a DLC called Raam's Shadow, where there are 3 times where you play as him. I also find it kind of Ironic how one would make fun of Hawkeye for not having any powers, and yet love Batman for the same reason.

[@JevinJohnson-CloudShift]

18:35 "7 No-Pressure objectives" is a video I'd like to see. It also reminds me of the "Destroy Ganan" objective you get in BotW as soon as the tutorial is over.

[@faceless58]

Thats a good video idea. Reach's "Current objective: Survive" comes to mind immediately. Id guess theres a bunch of jrpgs with ridiculous ones too

[@Cunnysmythe]

Great idea

[@JevinJohnson-CloudShift]

@@faceless58 haha Definitely

[@chadpeterson5698]

It's Ganon not Ganan

[@TeeDubbleDee]

"Punch him with your actual hands!" Has *NOBODY* from outsidexbox played Bowser's Inside Story??

[@roomtemperaturebagels8782]

i know

[@helikos1]

Why? what happens?

[@sayuwuifyoudonttalktowomen4891]

Im just starting to play don't spoil it

[@MrPlayerMLP12399]

Great game and I still play back through it to this day, i highly reccomend it.

[@sayuwuifyoudonttalktowomen4891]

@@MrPlayerMLP12399 I was playing it today it's pretty fun

[@mrchickinman9984]

That one skylanders game where you can play as all the past villains in previous games: Am i a joke to you?

[@bonesmalone6532]

Though it might not be "playing" as the final boss or the "final" boss (11:01) but in a hat in time, you can get a costume that makes you look like one of the games bosses, Snatcher.

[@Drsmiley603]

You can play as mustache girl for a bit in a hat in time before everything turns into deep shit on that planet hat kid explores. Mustache girls move set is literally the exact same as hat kids moveset but without the hats. Ya mustache girls is even worse than in boss form she is pathetic.

[@pixelkatten]

Lotr: the third age also had a vs mode where you fought as Mordors forces, including the Balrog, the Witchking, and Sauron himself!

[@HavocHounds1988]

Yep. I think it was just simply called evil mode.

[@DeuxLeftHands]

Ganon mode from Hyrule Warriors was fun, sprinting around the battlefield in an oversized porcine monster who uses all the other bosses' attacks like it's no biggie! Side suggestion, remember the "under the Red Hood" segment in Arkham Origins where you play the Joker as he becomes the Joker? The Arkham series in general through its DLC maps and characters, Joker in the PlayStation version of Asylum and the eponymous Arkham Knight in the last installment.

[@ransfordflentjar5694]

You do realise Joker was also in the Xbox versions of all the Arkham games right?

[@familyaccountgilbert7781]

The wedding outfit is just saying: " I'm gonna kick your ass, but this time in _style_ "

[@chukwudisimere8463]

I watch your videos more for the commentary than the actual list. You guys are gold

[@yootscute4769]

I always knew Andy was a shoe thief at heart

[@sagethestoned2017]

Corazon de shoe thief!

[@Natwail]

Jacques Darkfall agrees.

[@dizzyheads]

That actually got me really good

[@Kazuma11290]

[Prototype2] Alex Mercer Brutal Legend: Doviculus Devil May Cry: Virgil. Soul Calibur: Nightmare Mortal Kombat: Shang Tsung & Shao Kahn Nier Automata: 9S/A2 Every Dragon Ball game: Freeza, Cell, Buu, etc.

[@ronnoccraddock6547]

Bioshock 2, Am I a joke to you?

[@lazyer0511]

Twisted Metal - Head On: Tower Tooth

[@ChargeJN]

Smash Ultimate: Master Hand

[@xtiandg0914]

Mir from Ar Tonelico, main villain of the first game, playable character of the second game who can even be romance. How often does the final boss of a previous game be a love interest and has some evidence that it's canon,

[@senatorarmstrong7071]

JNathan Master Hand isn’t the final boss of Ultimate, that goes to Galeem and Dharkon. If you want to go more technical, Master Hand hasn’t been a final boss since the OG game. Melee had Giga Bowser, Brawl had Tabuu, 4 had Master Core and Ultimate had the already mentioned Galeem and Dharkon.

[@brandynicole7410]

In the last DLC for Final Fantasy XV you play as Ardyn Izunia, the villain from the main game as you tear up Insomnia while also learning about his backstory. It's one of the few times a game really made me feel sorry for the bad guy.

[@cyanimation1605]

Ardyn's honestly one of my favorite villains ever, besides just swagdaddy 9000 vibes. Part of him is still in there deep down, helping the protagonists overthrow him. Part of him helps his great great great great great great great great great great great grandnephew accomplish his goals. History should've remembered his sacrifice. Ifrit is the real villain of that game.

[@thedonggolad9669]

"punch him with your actual hands" smg 1 and 2: am i a joke to you

[@daleketchup7434]

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, you get to play as Master Hand. Granted it was a one time thing unless you restart the story mode but you just get the sense of happiness playing as a hand!

[@MissJenca]

I know I consider him a final boss after all the smash games and classic modes.

[@daleketchup7434]

@@MissJenca not to mention how a good chunk of SSBU final classic mode match is against him and sometimes Crazy Hand

[@watermelongaming3698]

@@daleketchup7434 I don't play final fantasy, but wouldn't the Sephiroth DLC fighter count as playing as a final boss? Or is he not the final boss of his game?

[@CleaverMama]

You know, I always really wanted a game that only allowed me to act like a self absorbed villain. Someone who repeatedly made stupid decisions that just made everything worse and then had the audacity to blame everyone else for their problems. Imagine how thrilled I was when Life is Strange: Before the Storm came out and finally let me play as Chloe.

[@PandaSoupGaming]

Literally the first prototype game hah

[@lonewanderer1328]

PandaSoup Gaming alex mercer that we play as, which is the black light virus that took mercer’s form, isn’t the villain. If you think that you didn’t watch enough of the web of intrigue

[@matteoar]

@@lonewanderer1328 oh, no, Alex's definitely the villain. Thing is his opponents are as well.

[@lonewanderer1328]

Matteo A. It’s as villianous as you play it. The dead Alex Mercer that got gunned downed at penn station? Yes. In prototype 2, he is villainous outright, he did have a good plan that worked though.

[@matteoar]

@@lonewanderer1328 So you're saying you never absorbed a civilian in your playthrough, not even once? Nor used them to slide, or ran over them while sprinting. Those are all villainous acts, mind that. To try and make Alex act as a "good guy" is like playing GTA while respecting all laws. You can do it, but it's so obvious that you're not supposed to.

[@GODOFAWSOMENESS1]

You can also fight Sauron in another LotR game where you control a party of people that are just behind Frodo and the gang. You can also fight alongside Gandalf against the Balrog. It is called the third age. It is only after you beat Sauron in the main game then you can play as him to wreck the party.

[@death5talker45]

That was a good game

[@jainaproudgurl7489]

I'm a little sad that Illidan from World of Warcraft didn't show up in this list for the quest that you got to play when learning his backstory where you wipe out your the stereotypical raid group.

[@zulubunsen9067]

The Legacy of Kain series sees your bets and raises it with a load of time travel shenanigans as both main protagonists act as bosses over the games. - In Blood Omen you play as Kain and one of the later semi-bosses you face is an illusion of yourself from the future. - Then in Soul Reaver Kain is the last (and also the second) boss for Raziel to fight. - In Soul Reaver 2 Raziel doesn't fight Kain, but the final enemy he faces is himself from the past (although future Raziel is more of a boss being invulnerable at this point). - Then in Defiance you can play as Kain again as well as Raziel and one of the last "boss fights" is the two clashing, first from Kain's, then from Raziel's perspective.

[@alexkaen1701]

Imagine a Sauron the size of Godzilla, that's the boss of the Silmarillion

[@paulheath8711]

"Wizard of was" GOLD

[@Stangahoongas]

When you get to play as them theyre always 100x more trash then when you fought them

[@robertpetrovich1923]

Boogeyman was still a tank

[@iorhan9604]

unless if it’s vergil

[@hwoarangdvoguetthe]

@@iorhan9604 that's what i was about to say...

[@beepboprobotsnot3748]

2:00 I was really hoping she was going to say "In which the sad orphan becomes the mad orphan."

[@300IQPrower]

I got one even better. You’ve heard of playable bosses? Well how about a playable *SUPERBOSS* in Final Fantasy Dissidia 012, Feral Chaos. Fun fact: if you claim to be a “Dissisia Expert” in the tutorial, the game throws your level 1 butt at the most powerful version of Feral Chaos where he’s level 130.

[@DarthWall275]

.. And yet the "weaker" normal version of Chaos was not. Dude's voiced by *Keith David* and he's not playable, so sad.

[@Superluigi881]

They heavily nerf him though. You need to spend points to unlock his assist and EX gauges. The fuck is that shit? And his skills cost more than everyone else already. Sure he'll eventually get there but you have to go though so many hoops to get him (that I still haven't managed to do.) including fighting him twice, just so he can start out really crap.

[@LadyBrightcynder]

I loved that gag in the tutorial XD I was shocked and then I laughed out loud. Couldn't lay a finger on him even with my level 100 Tidus.

[@300IQPrower]

@@Superluigi881 yeah but IMO its worth it for his EX Burst alone

[@celestialcephalopod4331]

Technically, you do get to play as splatoon 2's Octo expansion's true final boss, (Or if that doesn't count, just a normal boss), but you play as them in the first game.

[@chrisrios8972]

“Moonsmasher and spacessassin” are my next dog names lol

[@Emil_Stoltz]

Mine are starkiller and hellwalker. The latter being a reference to doom.

[@luketsimmons1982]

Did Ellen and Luke get to play as Jane during their first weeks at OxBox towers? Imagine wielding such unfathomable power even for a day! 😈

[@coyoteartist]

It explains Ellen.

[@thesaffronsimmer427]

Vergil from Devil May Cry is always going to be my first pick for this list. It only happens in the third game, but I'll never stop loving it.

[@KaitouKaiju]

You play as him in 5SE too

[@linus5597]

@@KaitouKaiju not until recently tho

[@FewNewReasonss]

​@KaitouKaiju Not until they worked him in as DLC. Not even the same thing what's so ever

[@George27572]

That shoes not really cracked me up. I love how nonchalantly Andy says it.

[@garpogods8323]

Smash Ultimate allowing you to play as Master Hand as the second to last thing of story mode was a pretty sweet moment.

[@chadpeterson5698]

Too bad that 1. Master Hand isn't the final boss 2. It's a one time deal 3. It's a small silver lining to a terrible story mode.

[@cadetaps]

I rally like the way Infamous one did the whole “oh wow, you were the boss the entire time? Cool.” When you fight future Cole.

[@froginatub]

Seriously a final twist that made me actually like the game, which I fully Didn't until the final boss fight

[@thurkelofwarwick926]

Playing with Sephiroth in FF7 gave you such a feeling foreboding that you'd have to try and fight him in the end.

[@Stratelier]

Though he still wasn't technically playable, picking his actions on his own during battle...

[@timw92]

That intro had me in absolute stitches! Best thing ever

[@wizardlizard3641]

Fou Lu from Breath of Fire 4. Interspersed through the main party's journey you play cutscenes as Fou Lu, who till the last quarter or so of the game you may not have assumed was going to be the bad guy (unless you watched the intro cutscene). A wonderful piece of perspective that makes him a tragic and understandable character, resulting in one of my favorite videogame antagonists.

[@ItsariMS]

"In fact, here it is." Jane gonna Jane.

[@sagethestoned2017]

Before the video: Haythem? They're gonna mention Haythem. 10 seconds in: well, nevermind Second comment: "Do you know what it's like to be garbage since the day you were born" is a mood

[@IamaPERSON]

I'm more surprised they didn't mention Shao Khan from Mortal Kombat. And Armageddon doesn't count, since he was playable before that.

[@sagethestoned2017]

@@IamaPERSON that's also a good mention, but considering the amount of assassin's Creed and the opportunity to bag on Conner some more, I'd have thought ACIII would've been a shoe in.

[@z3c70r5]

But don't you kill him relatively early in comparison to the game's ending? My memory might be failing me so it's an honest question

[@edgytaco4275]

@@z3c70r5 No you kill him then there is the epilogue

[@z3c70r5]

@Mr Mystery Thanks for clarifying

[@callumdavis6178]

Mainly because I just finished it. Kai Chisaki’s beaked rock monster form was playable in ones justice 2. Even if it was kind of awkward to use.

[@ericyang1401]

Calamity Ganon go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr(Hyrule warriors age of calamity)

[@MrFutago87]

Vergil in Devil May Cry 3 Special edition, once you beat the game once yu can play as him. With his own playstyle, weapons and everything.

[@ryanmarr5243]

They could have done so much more with the vergil mode, so much more.

[@cameronmorgan2347]

Didn't they do that in the reboot too?

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

You get one new cutscene at the end of the playthrough, and a rehash of one from Dante's story at the beginning. No other cutscenes. And then, when you should have been fighting Dante, you instead fight a red recolor of Vergil CALLED Dante. And shadow Dante doesn't get to be shadow Vergil. Only thing more disappointing than that in the franchise is DMC: Devil May Cry.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Well, better having a simple Vergil mode than no Vergil mode AT ALL.

[@MrFutago87]

@@michaelandreipalon359 That would be DMC6 I'd guess.

[@DavidCowie2022]

Jane: "Life's too short to read the Silmarillion." Speaking as someone who has failed to finish it on two separate occasions, I can agree with that.

[@rewritable_]

I've been reading the first three pages of Ulysses for 10 years now...

[@coyoteartist]

I'm tempted to tell Rob from PA but I don't know what he'd do about it except maybe set Delson on you.

[@ryanmarr5243]

Stick it out, put the time in and it becomes something you'll struggle to put down again

[@cacs2201]

I respect Tolkien to death, and I know he is one of the best writers ever But he is soooooo repetitive

[@gakk8658]

If you think the oral history style of the Silmarillion is hard, try reading Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Both are totally worth it, though.

[@Crunchatize_Me_Senpai]

Surprised playing as Master Hand in Super Smash Bros Melee wasn’t on here, but then again it was a huge secret and no one I ever showed knew beforehand.

[@MrEvilbyte]

The Warriors Orochi series typically unlocks the main antagonist (or antagonists) when you beat the game. In almost all cases, they kick some serious tail when you level them up. Warriors Orochi 2 also had an official story mode for Orochi himself (as well as some of his lackeys). Where you basically scatter the game's human casts (and even a few gods) aside like ants. Even in later gamers where Orochi (and his upgraded, more evil version Orochi X) aren't quite the final boss anymore, they still manage to be overpowered.

[@odysyr]

"Lord of the rings conquest is a game of 2 halves, much like football or monopoly when I lose at monopoly and rip the board in half." There is no way in heck that wasn't Prudence.

[@lettiejohnson2283]

The Legend of Dark Witch-You first play as a literal god of magic and then when you finish her campaign you play as the final boss Riva, princess of Razil. Not sure if that's better, but she has fire hands and can rain swords, so maybe?

[@ShadowyKatz]

I honestly can't stand the sword rain. It's too imprecise.

[@vexeddarklight]

I know this is kind of a late comment, but there is the part of Gears of War 2 where you get to control a Brumak, which is the technical final boss since you kill it after Scorke. The metal gear rex section of the list reminded me of that. There is also the section of Hyrule Warriors on the Wii U where in Ganon's Fury challenge mode where you play as Ganon, as opposed to the Ganondorf character you can use in other parts of the game.

[@franzicoy]

Magolor & Marx Both are Dream Friends in Kirby Star Allies Magolor has a whole gamemode dedicated to him in KRtDLDX called "Magolor Epilogue"

[@maz3746]

The Vader intro to Star Wars was the best intro of all time.

[@JargonMadjin]

It's like the devs going: "Did you find that fun? Because that's the rest of the game but including force lightning."

[@chiangedison8080]

5:48 I COMPLETELY LOST IT WHEN THAT HAPPENED HOLY SHITE

[@Vexsrusedits]

I remember seeing someone in my family play as the boogeyman and for years never knew the game so finally I’ve figured it out thx for your help

[@tripleskeet2575]

I love that Mike shames Hawkeye when rocket raccoon is a literal raccoon

[@jamesherb4384]

Mike just giving hawkeye shit, is hilarious

[@jameshays947]

Mario Odyssey isn’t the first time you can play as Bowser. He’s my favorite Character in Super Mario RPG! Awesome game!

[@BJGvideos]

"Like the moon over the day, my genius and brawn are lost on these fools" --Bowser, Mario RPG

[@dinoshotgun]

To be fair you don’t play as him you just have him on your team, the real first time you play as him is in Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story for the Nintendo DS

[@jumpmadmadness1222]

If we want to be exact, Mario kart would be the first time

[@monsterbeastiary9068]

Nefarious, you literally play through the game as the bad guy, and when you get to the end, if you’ve chosen the evil ending, you engage in an epic boss battle with the hero Mack. But the twist is, your the one in the world ending metal death machine. Eat your heart out eggman!

[@flamingrubys11]

EXCUSE ME WHAT

[@electrospaghetti8388]

Yaaassss this game 100% needs more attention. Thank you good sir for trying to bring it into the spotlight!

[@Godzmin]

That's stealing the shoes bit had me dying

[@Dmobley9901]

Ultimate Spider-Man, the game. You play as both as Spider-Man and an incomplete version of Venom throughout the game, at the finale you fight Venom at his full power, where he's able to ragdoll you if you end up earning his full attention, afterwards, when you beat him, you unlock the ability to play as him in the open world, and go on rampages through New York, or do his own set of side missions to upgrade him and make him feel even more ridiculously powerful.

[@w.dgaster2532]

This technically isn't a final boss, but The keeper from Evil Within one from the DLC "The Executioner." A boss that JUST. DOESN'T. STAY. DEAD. I think in the first game you "kill" him about 5-6 times. But reappears at the end of both EW 1 and 2 when you re-fight all of the previous bosses.

[@JohnDoe-xx8yw]

That could be a good video idea, if they haven't done it already: Top (x) Bosses That JUST. WON'T. STAY. DEAD.

[@rimurutempest4945]

John Doe Baldur from God of War

[@Olter_]

That one dumbass from Halo

[@encycl07pedia-]

Darth Vader isn't the final boss of TFU, either, canonically.

[@schulyss8540]

Dragon's Dogma, you start the game playing as this knight only to have him be the final boss. Then to put it even further, depending on how you finished the game, your character becomes the final boss of the next playthrough.

[@gameman3981]

I don't know what you're talking about but that seems pretty awesome.

[@mrroboshadow]

@@gameman3981 he Literally says he's talking about Dragon's Dogma

[@CloudsOverDD]

Best game. Dragons dogma 2 needs to be real

[@jaredcrabb]

If I remember correctly its actually your pawn that joins the final boss fight.

[@ossiehalvorson7702]

It's really too bad that game was more or less garbage otherwise, gameplay wise. There were some really cool aspects to it.

[@coltonpalmer8940]

Green goblin from the Toby Maguire spider man movie tie in game. He had flame trails, bombs, and everything. Even had him as harry Osbourne before the third movie came out.

[@TheDrakirikard]

I was thinking you might have mentioned Albert Wesker. He was so fun to play! Even though like most villains you get to play as, he was about a 10th of his actual power -.-

[@SithBunny1]

But you could have played as Bowser years earlier in the Mario and Luigi series of games. Bowser's Inside Story, specifically, but you had to be eaten by him first.

[@askalon4558]

Breath of Fire 4 where the bad ending has you become te final boss and wipe out your party

[@askalon4558]

Come to think of it you also play as Sephiroth in the original FF7

[@zephyrerazortail5478]

OMG Never thought I'd see BoF4 mentioned. Love it.

[@AllenTax]

I say. Yes for this game. Strikeing turn out also for Nina's sister & one character's sacrifice.😢 Wished they all came to Switch. Even Dragon Quarter.

[@Sakanamoto]

Excited to see I’m not the only one thinking of this game! Even if you don’t opt for the bad ending, you still play as Fou-Lu a good portion of the game. Add in if you agree to align with Fou-Lu’s sorrow, and yup, you have the full deal there. Lol

[@askalon4558]

@@Sakanamoto Few RPG back then let you play with super powerful characters early on. Ryu does 80 damage? Look at Fou-lu 2000 damage! Look what you could become! Plus as you said you play him multiple times with his story developing in parallel with yours, unlike let's say Sephiroth that you play only once in the flashback in the original FF7. As a game mechanic, that was awesome.

[@tomodaphne]

The Dark Lord from Miitopia joins as a guest for the Sky Scraper, but he’s not possessed anymore, so all he can do is throw rocks and give infinite HP bananas. Also, similar to Mario Odyssey, the final boss fight in Crash: Mind Over Mutant involves possessing Dr. Cortex.

[@gatereaper]

I know this is mostly Xbox games but being able to play as Ganon in Hyrule Warriors' "Ganon's Fury" mode was amazing

[@SigrunAeterna]

I'm a bit disappointed that Dragon's Dogma wasn't mentioned as you play as the actual twist final boss in the tutorial. Taken a step even further in subsequent playthroughs where the final boss can be your playable character from a previous playthrough.

[@moonraven6145]

Also you were the Red Dragon's reincarnation if you fail to kill the final boss.. that game was pretty trippy at the end

[@dudescrawny5859]

Even Devil May Cry 3 Special Edition did this, I'm surprised they didn't mention that either.

[@shannonstockley351]

Liquid Snake: Can you understand what it's like to know that you're garbage since the day you were born!? Me: Yes Liquid Snake, It's called being a millennial

[@darnit16]

That comment took me a second because I forgot I had a plugin that changed "millennial" to "snake person"

[@savkat1033]

Ok boomer

[@megamanx1291]

*boomer

[@dextertoast764]

@@darnit16 nice.

[@ADAJ342]

The only good response to that is: Idk you tell me

[@ondrejandydlohos]

What about AC 3, you spend the whole prolog playing as a templar to find out in the end in the horror in your eyes because you just realise what you did!

[@doctorwars2]

i actually remembered playing as darth vader in unleashed (i had it on ps3) even though he was only playable in the first level (is it called level?) it was fun while it lasted (almost as fun as force lifting people high up)

[@michaelryan1767]

"Can you understand what it's like to know that you're garbage since the day you were born!?" Why yes, Liquid, yes I can.

[@kylegregory46]

The British stereo typing in the metal gear part 😂😂

[@Alizudo]

Which is weird, because Andy and all of Oxbox is British

[@dallydaydream]

British people are allowed to make stereotypical jokes about ourselves. Self-deprecation is one of our few good exports.

[@Flaconadir]

Marie Korbel (AKA Bloody Marie) from Skullgirls. Sure it was only in the extra challenges of 2nd encore, but you got to play as her and her 300% forms.

[@hoodedhedgehog6178]

I’m surprised master hand from super smash bros ultimate was not here. When you play as him in the end of the game in world of light it made all my dreams come true

[@jonwassing]

“Star killer” was originally going to be Luke’s last name, but they changed it to “Skywalker.” Galen Marik’s name is a reference to that.

[@JargonMadjin]

I recall Starkiller being described as what Luke could have been if he joined Vader

[@unicornginny7132]

So you guys did mention Mario, but not Bowser's Inside Story? Not only do you get to play as Bowser, you get to play as giant bowser

[@tyresefinney1985]

UnicornGinny it’s final bosses. Bowser isn’t a final boss in that game.

[@abhishekmajumder742]

Er wrong, Bowser is the final boss, we’ll Dark Bowser, which is Bowser but tougher.

[@tyresefinney1985]

Abhishek Majumder do you play as dark bowser?

[@kevinrianto862]

@@tyresefinney1985 No, but considering that they count metal gear REX as an example, Bowser in Bowser's inside story should count as well, since Bowser have been a final boss in many other Mario games.

[@wingmoonlight879]

Final Fantasy XV: Episode Ardyn, why was it so fun to run around and daemonify just about every enemy, also the song that plays in the background, Conditioned to Hate, is amazing

[@KingdomKey-ik4xk]

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Towards the end of World of Light, you get to play as the juggernaut Master Hand as you face off against Galeem and Dharkon's evil clones. Admittedly, that's my favorite part of this 100-some hour journey!