7 Best Boss Battles That Rocked Us the Hardest

[@outsidextra]

There are so many great boss battles in games, but which ones really blew our minds?! Outside Xbox join us as we share the boss battles that rocked us the hardest! 🤘🎮

[@GigaChadIsHere]

its sannnnnnssssss

[@jasondobbin3297]

Hey Andy, Fun Fact. Geisha were traditionaly male and served a role similar to a court jester and adviser to their Fudal Lord. It wasn't untill 1751 that the first female Geisha appeared

[@richieriversiii354]

The nier automata fight really ? Wow I really didn't dig that one .

[@TheOneTrueEfrate]

Three stick out, Lavos in Chrono Trigger, especially new game plus if you face him solo right at the start of the game. Colossus from God of war 2. And the final fight in Final Fantasy 6, not because of difficulty but because it's so much over the top references to things like Dantes inferno.

[@IamaPERSON]

The Hunhow boss fight in Warframe! Unlike the other bosses where you fight with your weapons, you have to recreate Octavia's Anthem to beat him!

[@PhoenixofEclipse]

Most bosses in games : “You’ve dealt enough damage , onto to the next phase! Bosses need multiple phases!” Bayonetta, only half listening : “Yeah, of course. Bosses need more than one face.”

[@jasonsorin1021]

God is dead! And our hair killed her!

[@haouleo]

-We said PHASES not FACES -Ooooooh

[@andoryuubushido7191]

@@haouleo Oh, phases. . . eh too late I'm too invested in the face thing now

[@instantnoodleskun9336]

@@jasonsorin1021 hmmm wait... I just noticed that its a japanese pun 😂 kami in japanese can be hair or god. So kami killed kami??? 😂😂😂😂

[@AmadisLFE]

The fucks a Kami? Piccolo: "It means God, now bow." Bayonetta: "It means Hair God, now bow."

[@l0stndamned]

Jane trying to explain the final boss of Bayonetta is a joy to behold.

[@andoryuubushido7191]

I wonder if listening to her describe a Joy would be the final boss to behold. :3

[@XescoPicas]

Andoryuu Bushido Jane: “Okay, so there’s this clone of Bayonetta, and the clone turns into an angel stripper, and she duplicates herself, and you kill her with BDSM...”

[@nanamin24]

She sounds like she hasn't play the game just saying

[@andoryuubushido7191]

@@XescoPicas Perfect

[@XescoPicas]

Andoryuu Bushido I forgot to mention the part when Bayonetta challenges her clone to a dance off before the proper battle begins. That game is truly a masterpiece.

[@hafezali860]

“And when you go stabby stabby in the backy backy, he moves his hand like ouch!” Now I want a full game where all the boss fights are narrated by Ellen. Another amazing video as always. 38 mins and still I wanted more. Interesting choices by all the team. I personally loved Jane’s entry and Luke’s choice of the Guardian Ape. Much love to all of you people.

[@ferd617]

It's like wonderful beat poetry. I need her in a prison-striped shirt and a (raspberry?) beret, when she does it.

[@fischaventine8313]

🎵”And when you go stabby stabby in the backy backy he moves his hand like ouch!”🎵

[@robertpetrovich1923]

I don't like narrated playthrough videos, but I'd watch her narrating a silent hill or fatal frame game.

[@KaladinVegapunk]

i wish theyd comment on how awesome Baldurs dialogue is when he meets Kratos before the fight 'i thought youd be bigger, youre a long way from home, i thought your kind was supposed to be peaceful/intelligent etc' it all applies to kratos as a greek when you first play it and assume he means him but he thinks youre the last jotun, kratos' dead wife laufey so hes saying i thought you (a frost giant) would be bigger, long way from home (jotunheim), etc, he didnt have a clue who Kratos was or the greek pantheon its incredibly cool on your second playthrough

[@mr.mimikyu2342]

Same I'd love her to just narrate gow ragnarok and Gotham knights

[@Mostlyharmless1985]

I just realized how insane you sound describing any Bayonetta Boss fight. “Oh, well you fight the personification of justice, which is this ball of faces with tentacles and tongues, and you destroy it by feeding it to a demon made of your hair.” “No, I’m the GOOD guy!

[@glitched_aura6653]

Or "A double-headed dragon-esq angel that destroys an entire city. You have to rip off both of its heads while using hourglasses to turn back time to delay being blown up by the volcano beneath you and repairing the arena. THEN you're launched into the air and you have to deal with the BODY of the heads you gruesomely ripped off. Then you let a giant hair bird EAT the thing while it's rambling about a prophecy."

[@AndorRadnai]

All while glamorous anime-ish remixes of the classics from Frank Sinatra and his contemporaries play in the background…

[@Mostlyharmless1985]

“Okay, so, you punch God in the face with a personification of B’aal using a combination of your hair and your friends hair, but you have to be careful because it will turn you into a helpless child, and teleport you around to fight other Angels.”

[@theraque1]

Bayonetta's actually quite accurate on how they portray Angels. Eyes and lots of faces are a staple in Heaven. Demons are quite beautiful in comparison. It's in the Bible.

[@ghazghkullthraka6306]

I find it funny that bayonetta has actually biblically accurate angels

[@arturpulkkinen9181]

"Dodge dodge dodge shooty shooty shooty" "And than there´s more scoopy scoopy things" "you´re just being dug to death" "And when you go stabby stabby in the backy backy, he moves his hand like ouch!" Ellen 2019

[@Albatross0913]

Ellen's the best member of this cast and you can't change my mind

[@lawsonkrii3665]

@@Albatross0913 i disagree but ellen is still amazingly funny

[@patheticplague9359]

“If you fall your gonna break all your legs”

[@johnsharplin]

These freeform-type videos with the whole crew are always my favorites from you guys, so fun!

[@sharifbitar3875]

Agreed! They should be marked in the title in some way. They're by far my favorite but impossible to search for.

[@agiuggio1]

dude for real, you can tell they genuinely enjoy it too

[@RijaMo]

Aye

[@tommythecat7752]

Yeah! I've always thought they're funniest and just generally better off-script (not that I don't love the scripted videos).

[@larryxiong1470]

Agreeed!

[@PatrickLongblkwhtrbbt]

"You'll definitely break ALL your legs" "All" has definitely different connotations than "both". How many legs have you got Ellen

[@JanStenholt71]

That depends on which shape she's in.

[@theatagamer90]

@@JanStenholt71 This causes a mild amount of painic. As it implies she might have more than one form suggesting that the form we see might not be her true form.

[@Rosmarus_Odobenus]

@@theatagamer90 She's actually a cat and sometimes even a bear. Didn't you know?

[@blainy-o93]

"You missed my legs." "ALL OF THEM?!"

[@Legendary_Detective-Wobbuffet]

Both of them.

[@sonicassassin1]

That was THE best description of the Jubileus boss fight EVER. Can we have Jane describe more boss fights?

[@JTGallant]

seriously. that's exactly how it felt to fight that boss.

[@-arlene-]

Yes please! Jane's so funny, it would be hilarious to see her talk about other Boss fights. Agreed!

[@aaronyandell2929]

I can appreciate a KZbin channel that is willing to explain a boss fight as "You fight and kill God. Basically."

[@parrottarot995]

“God is dead, and we killed him” -Nietchze “Hell yeah I did!” -Bayonetta

[@neolexiousneolexian6079]

"And that's a good thing!" -Douglas

[@zacharyjoy8724]

Joker from Persona 5 politely coughs and waves.

[@SorowFame]

@@zacharyjoy8724 Yaldaboath and Adam Kadmon aren’t really gods in the same way. And he’s a JRPG protagonist, it’d be more impressive if he didn’t end up killing at least one god.

[@6zwbob]

Everything that lives is designed to end. We are perpetually trapped in a never ending spiral of life and death. Is this a curse? Or some kind of punishment? I often think about the god who blessed us with this cryptic puzzle… and wonder if we’ll ever get the chance to kill him. -2B at the start of the game before Engels fight

[@ObeyCamp]

Woah, the animations on that headless Guardian Ape are actually super disturbing and the lore is fascinating. That's honestly one of the coolest bosses I've ever seen.

[@wouldiwasshookspeared4087]

My favorite reaction videos, too.

[@KaladinVegapunk]

It's still the best From game by far, Miyazaki master class. Best bosses, best combat, elden was solid but a big step down going back to the old souls mechanics They've always got the most polished hitboxes and animations

[@yastaav]

One of my favourite boss fights was the fight against Rodrigo Borgia in Assassin's Creed 2. Mainly because of how absurd it was to fist fight the pope.

[@jgn]

Gameplay-wise the AC2 final boss sucks dick. I prefer MGR:R's Jetstream Sam in Very Hard because the *ost*

[@augustwest5356]

Why is that absurd? I get fist fights with famous world leaders both secular and religious everyday. It's a busy life but someone has to do it. Especially because of that jack ass getting his orange spray tan all over the White House. I forget his name. I think its Fucktard McLiesAlot. Hes DUUUUUUUUUUUMB.

[@madhatt3r93]

What do you mean by absurd? This game is based on real events and its made by people of many faiths and believes, they wouldnt just make stuff up, right? Right?

[@uu8709]

That’s not an absurd boss fight, that’s Tuesday

[@MidwestArtMan]

And he’s a corrupt pope so even Catholics can enjoy it!

[@Manticore_Gaming98]

"You become a two skyscrapers tall Lady Gaga made of hair" Accurate af

[@zacharyjoy8724]

ItsLeoYo And if you don’t know the game lore, that Giant Hairy Lady Gaga is actually The Devil. Yep. God’s a giant babe, and so’s Satan. Thanks Nintendo. 😊

[@FromBeyondTheGrave1]

@@zacharyjoy8724 Platinum not Nintendo

[@zacharyjoy8724]

FromBeyondTheGrave1 Oh yeah, that’s right. The SECOND game was Nintendo, not the first. Thanks for reminding me.

[@FromBeyondTheGrave1]

@@zacharyjoy8724 No both were developed by Platinum, the rights themselves are a messy as fuck case.

[@deathbykonami5487]

@@zacharyjoy8724 similar to Persona 5, how do you kill an evil Goddess? You bring in an even more powerful Demon Queen Side note: Bayonetta 2 explains that Loki's evil side Loptr possesses Baldur, Bayonetta's father not the norse God of life, and compels him to bring about the end of life as we know it for reasons that I'm not sure I fully understand

[@edfs94]

Two skyscrapers tall Lady Gaga made of hair is the perfect description for anything in Bayonetta. Thank you Jane

[@JShyGirl]

The look on Luke's face when Jane asked "What did this boss fight teach you about life?" O_O

[@humannomore7759]

I really liked the Guardian Ape as well. It chains the two fight styles you can have in Sekiro, which is fighting beasts or fighting humanoids. The first phase, being a beast, you can say goodbye to trying to kill it through posture and you're trying to dodge, but in the second phase, when its fight style becomes more humanoid, you pop out the deflect game and show that Ape how wrong he was to pick up that sword

[@Jacen436987]

Ellen. We both know your ultimate boss battle would be against whoever didn't greenlight Kingdoms of Amalur 2

[@thomasallen9974]

Its still a possibility though

[@kadosho02]

The dream will never die

[@climber6420]

We come to the half life boat keep dreaming and eventually the company will leak story elements so modders can do it for them

[@Maniacman2030]

It's madness, I tell you. It sucks that the studio OVERSPENT so horribly and poorly managed everything. I mean, we could always crowdfund to buy the Rights from Rhode Island. We are in an era now where crowdfunding is more prevalent than it was when the game originally came out.

[@zerooskil7161]

This is news I assumed it never got denied

[@scorpix96]

Imagine you turn away when the yakuza ask you to. it must be extremely awkward for those who went through the trouble of getting dressed like geishas for the ambush...

[@-arlene-]

Imagine explaining that one to the boss. 😂

[@scorpix96]

@@-arlene- Boss: "Nani ?" Yakuza: "It was for an ambush. at the time it seemed like a good idea" Boss: "well, we're low on geisha right now so..." Yakuza: "Nani ?"

[@CantankerousDave]

Just think about the ones holding their breath in that koi pond.

[@Safersephiroth777]

In one Yakuza game there is a Family Head that demands from his subordinates to dress up in diapers. Yeah. Because he dresses up like that too and he likes it. And they ask you to beat him because obviously they don't want to be dressed in diapers but he is the Family Head so they have to obey him!

[@scorpix96]

@@Safersephiroth777 Maybe I should play these games ^^

[@madalice5134]

Lady Gaga made of hair is the best description of anything ever.

[@Fanimati0n]

Definitely an *accurate* description of Sheba

[@imc0nfused248]

Yes

[@HorusDeathtouch]

It definitely beats Lady Gaga made of meat.

[@danmusashi]

"Dodge dodge dodge, shooty shooty with your robot gun..." Never change, Ellen. Never change!

[@polarstriker3854]

I really loved the final boss fight in Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword against Demise. It's a massive swordfight against this imposing demon lord. This fight was insane, between the traded blows and the back and forth parrying of each other's attacks. And that was just the first phase. In the second, Demise decides to empower his blade with unholy lightning, making his attacks stronger and unblockable. However, you can steal this lightning and use it to stun him until you've done enough damage for the killing blow. And it's all on the Wii with it's motion controls, so you have to make each attack physically in your attempt to fell this god of evil. All in all, it's an incredibly rewarding boss fight that just felt astonishingly epic.

[@michaelbaker3868]

I am ignoring most of your comment but I had to say something because I am currently playing Skyward Sword HD for the first time ever and I'm so excited for the final parts of the game. Seeing your comment helped create even more excitement.

[@nuru666]

I only ever played TP on the Wii but God I loved the sword fighting, I got soo good

[@alexanderackerman3807]

Skyward Sword has some truly amazing boss foghts

[@OrangeDog20]

@@alexanderackerman3807 and also a giant avocado

[@maxlittlewood]

Mr. Freeze from Batman Arkham City is an amazing boss fight especially on harder difficulties.

[@IamaPERSON]

Yeah, it's pretty cool!

[@maxvel0city906]

@@IamaPERSON I see what you did there. 😂

[@IamaPERSON]

@@maxvel0city906 should I CHILL with the puns?

[@deathbykonami5487]

Definitely, mostly because it's one of the rare boss fights that make the player stop, think and plas their actions accordingly instead of plowing through like you do with 90% of the enemies in all of the Arkham games

[@Sophie_the_Sapphic]

@@IamaPERSON no keep going, I know some people get annoyed at it. But I at the very least won't give you the COLD SHOULDER.

[@AJTheGeek]

"You'll break all your legs..." Does Ellen have this waking nightmare where we're all spiders?

[@zacharyjoy8724]

ajnspencer Chitter, chitter. Wave my eight limbs. Blink my eight eyes. Creep into her room and just watch her. You know, typical homo sapien-arachnid stuff.

[@fischaventine8313]

Do I get the fangs and stay my human size? If so then I would love being a spider

[@juliannemccloskey1961]

I thought of that to

[@drewpamon]

Wait you're not a spider?

[@jount4195]

Lol its only got 2 eyes as well shes like all those glowing colousus eyes

[@rikdawson9165]

"You have to scarf down a lot of handmade lollipops if you want to punch god into the sun." Like...do I have that right? Did I hallucinate this part of the video? haha

[@cptteacosy6158]

Nope you didn't and she's not wrong either 😂😂

[@fangboy1319]

Andy: "Breakdancing is effective on people." Well, it is called *break*dancing...

[@kalikar2able]

Andy: Breakdancing is extremely effective on people. Me: So THAT'S why I got banned from my school dances

[@andyhighroller8217]

It’s 1000% the reason!

[@huntclanhunt9697]

Can we get some fan art up of a tiny Ellen doing a stabby stab to a giant Luke?

[@mitchellneu]

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater - Naked Snake(later Big Boss) vs The Boss. I mean COME ON. The setting in that field, the heartbreaking circumstances that pitted you against each other, the reality of what's at stake, the music and the absolutely tear-jerking finale....just....WOW. A perfect end to a perfect game.

[@CaitlinRC]

Yami from Okami genuinely stunned me when I was facing him. After running the boss gauntlet, I didn't think anything could surprise me then they strip you of your abilities and you fight through several stages, retrieving your abilities and struggling against a boss who is always changing up his attack pattern. Then when you think you've won, he renders you weak and dives for the killing blow. I genuinely thought I'd failed or missed something before Issun restores the worlds faith in her and she can take him down in his final form once and for all. Its an honestly beautiful fight pulling together everything you've learnt and also managing to flip it all on its head.

[@LazzyVamples]

My personal choice as well. Not sure anything in a game has hyped me more than Amaterasu howling followed by The Sun Rises starting to play.

[@Razuki5]

My favorite bit in that fight is when you get the moon powers back and can summon a giant nagi to do a move that I like to call “ the moon cleaver “. So satisfying.

[@CaitlinRC]

@@Razuki5 Oh the first time I did that, I was so happy. Just like: YES SUCK IT

[@Pharthrax]

18:14 "The boss battle that rocked *me* the hardest was Jubileus, the final bossfight from _Bayonetta,_ because it finally delivered on the power fantasy, uh, for which we all come to video games, which is to meet god in space, punch her soul out of her body, and into the Sun." Jane's delivery was so good

[@Fanimati0n]

"A two skyscrapers tall Lady Gaga made of hair" is the most accurate description of Sheba that I've ever heard.

[@voltzoen6262]

In Mass Effect 3 you take on a reaper head-on on Rannoch and with the help of EDI and an entire fleet you manage to destroy it. It's not that the boss battle is hard(pretty easy). it's the epic scale of it and also a reflection of just how much of a badass your Commander Shepard is.

[@thembill8246]

Jubileus had to be stopped because she was going to reboot the universe after destroying the correct one. The sages wanted this to happen originally, so did the witches, but the sages decided to make it reboot without the balance.

[@Floymin]

"Reboot in THEIR image" said every power-mad supervillain ever.

[@amberlink6807]

Reboot, total control, total chaos, total destruction. Yep, those are the common themes of the actions of madmen

[@Ixbran]

The Witches and Sages wanted to keep the balance, but then the Angels whom the Sages served corrupted everything, ironically. With the Eyes of Creation they were going to reset reality in their image. And then Jeanne managed to Bayonetta and taking her out of the statue. This would have ended up causing the leader of angels to constantly be redirected in a cycle of creation, no ending, since it only had the lumen sages holy powers and not the witches power of destruction.

[@morningstar2180]

Once saw Bayonetta described as a game that "turns the action up to 11 from the start, and then spends the rest of the game seeing if there are any other numbers after that" :D Also: farting ape! And Eastern philosophy...?! Feel like I need some Sekiro in my life...

[@highonheroin5352]

Morningstar sounds like something ACG would say during a review

[@morningstar2180]

@@highonheroin5352 could well have been - think it was in an article on reasons to get a Wii U (talking about the sequel). Still find it mind boggling they haven't released them across the other consoles!

[@lnsflare1]

@@morningstar2180 Bayonetta 1 is on the XBox 360, PS3, and PC, while it and Bayonetta 2 were ported to the Switch, too. IIRC, Bayonetta 2 and onwards are Nintendo exclusives (though still Sega's IP) because Nintendo was willing to fund its production when no one else would.

[@morningstar2180]

@@lnsflare1 ok cheers - shame no one else would support such an awesome franchise

[@lnsflare1]

@@morningstar2180 Yeah, I'm betting that Microsoft is especially kicking itself, considering their comparative lack of exclusives this generation when compared to Sony and Nintendo, to say nothing of the backlash to their cancelling their own planned Platinum Games exclusive, Scalebound.

[@josjawillems3708]

The battle that rocked my world was in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, against Taron Malicos. In that battle, all the motion is so fluid and you have to respond properly fast to counter his moves that I really started to feel as if I was force-sensitive myself. That, and you could really feel that the voice actor was completely into his role. It really sucked me into the battle completely. That... was... awesome!

[@attika3145]

“If Revelations was written by a sexy witch.” “Who’s to say it wasn’t.” *Christianity Disliked That.”

[@attika3145]

Chris M ?

[@millennialking8409]

As a Christian myself, I'm aware of it, and I thought it was pretty good

[@theveryloosegoose]

Please don't tell me I'm the only one that thought of that as an Assassins Creed reference.

[@doggygirl3187]

@@theveryloosegoose your not the only one

[@jupitermelichios392]

Interestingly (or at least interestingly to me, who chose to do a four year degree on this stuff, lol) Revelations is one of the few books of the bible that we do know who wrote it. Sort of. We know he was called John, and he was in prison when he wrote it. I guess he /could/ have also been a sexy witch, but somehow I can't imagine a sexy hair witch chosing the name John. The Book of John on the other hand was almost certainly not written by someone called John, and may have been written by a sexy witch for all we know about the author.

[@RuneRaged]

These types of videos make me smile when an entire group of people are together for a topic that they all really really enjoy Also you can see how genuine and happy they all are If I could, I'd love to meet the team

[@Reality_Evans]

Red from pokemon Gold/Silver. When i was a kid that moment meeting him blew my mind.

[@SinTense643]

I really liked Ultra necrozma's fight as well! The max affection in my Pokémon saved me in that battle, but I know how much of a struggle it was for others.

[@calebleslie8328]

@@SinTense643 I just happened to have a zoroark when I fought ultra necrozma. I just got lucky and he kept trying to spam psychic type moves

[@SinTense643]

@@calebleslie8328 yeah that too, the zoroarks that saved so many parties and nuzelockes

[@cleowhite646]

@@calebleslie8328 that's more so just a standard exploit with Ultra Necrozma.

[@mitchellenderson7194]

Me: “There’s gonna be at least one Metal Gear Rising boss in this.” Video: *Has bosses from both Nier Automata and Bayonetta, but not MGR* Me: “Well, I guess you can say ‘it has to be this way’.”

[@yorick2260]

sad i was waiting for that to

[@thechevyferrari9559]

Who’s your fav? I love Jetsream Sam, but I’ll never argue with Armstrong.

[@Geheimnis-c2e]

In terms of the fun and challenge factor, your match against Sam. I had fun parrying his attacks. (is this adrenaline the reason why people love Souls games so much? Cuz I think it is.) In terms of being visibly more powerful than the boss, that puppet-ish thing where you have to go ripper mode and shred him.

[@Gurbatron]

I thought gwyn lord of cinder was gonna be on here tbh

[@deathbykonami5487]

@@thechevyferrari9559 Jetstream Sam's fight was the best IMO Armstrong's had a kickass soundtrack but it was a massive difficulty spike if you weren't good with manual blade mode

[@neolithiumproduction]

Jane's attempts to describe a Bayonetta fight. Me: Yeah, that's about pretty accurate. xD

[@rexioco]

I DIDN'T KNOW YOU COULD THE THING WITH THE SPEAR ON THE GUARDIAN APE! Thanks, that's pretty awesome!

[@tonimi137]

Kefka from Final Fantasy VI. You go into the fight like "Alright, I've got this." Then four boss battles full of allegory and thirty minutes later, you FINALLY get to Kefka himself and it's still another ten minutes before he's dead for good. There IS a trick to going through the fights quickly, a spell you can use to deal massive damage quickly, but even with the spell these are long fights with epic music playing throughout. Beautiful.

[@jakethemasterjester1547]

KH2 final boss. It was just so much fun with both quick times, level transitions, and of course the huge ending attack that was just wild.

[@fullelement4886]

100% agreement, one of, if not my favorite boss fight of all time. It was a little difficult, but it was a major power fantasy moment with both Sora and Riku showing way more power than they have through the rest of the game and the final form fight was pretty damn glorious. Then again maybe I have some rose tinted goggles for it, since I played it back in the PS2 days.

[@joelsasmad]

Never gonna forget slicing through buildings thrown at you before battling a mechanical dragon.

[@OXhuls]

metal gear rising revengeance. the first fight with ray...oh wait i mean the one with monsoon...wait i wrote jetstreamsam wrong. i loved the lyrics from that fight. "standing here i realize you were just like me trying to make history.." wait thats armstrongs theme ah to hell with it. the whole gama was a epic boos fight

[@TicTac-vk3li]

Don't forget Metal Gear Excelsus. Sure most of the fight was a pain (at least for me) but the music was just on par with the rest of the game and then you tear it to pieces with its own blade-arm-thing but with everyone else you tear it to pieces with your own sword which is great

[@kiagh8123]

And mistral, who had one of my favourite pieces of music for her fight

[@OXhuls]

@@TicTac-vk3li yeah that ost was hella awesome. i still know the lyrics to this day and very much agree with it :). actually every track is awesome

[@OXhuls]

@@kiagh8123 it was good but her story kinda felt forced for me. they tried to make it like the stories from the 4th entry so i kinda didnt like the fight that much. there was not enough character development for the lyrics to kick in. but the music on its own is really nice

[@XescoPicas]

I like Metal Gear Revengeance, but I hate its bosses. A lot of the are just frustrating. I still don’t fully understand how to beat Moonsoon, AND I’VE BEATEN HIM A LOT OF TIMES! And I cannot beat Armstrong in hard no matter how many times I try. He’s like “Oh, you damaged me a little? F*ck you, if you can’t complete the hardest QTE you’ve faced in your life, I’m gonna insta-kill you!” I’ve played both Bayonetta games many times, so I like to think I’m not precisely bad at hack and slash.

[@JeweledNebula]

"You'll definitely break all your legs if you fall." - Ellen 2k19. Ah yes, because humans definitely have more than two legs. XD

[@noerartnoe]

I mean...Two is a multiple so "all" is technically correct.

[@Ashi8No8Yubi]

Ridley on hard mode in Metroid Other M. He was SO HARD but so satisfying to beat. Also Ganon from Ocarina of Time because that was the first time I'd ever seen a video game on a console in 3d and somehow convinced my parents to buy an N64 after my uncle showed me that boss fight.

[@thefwinaught]

The sniper fight with Quiet in Metal Gear Solid 5. Sets the character up so well! Bonus points (literally) if you pull it off at S rank by dropping those sweet sweet supply boxes on top of her while she's singing.

[@elllllllllliot]

Aside from the fact that you can beat it with supply crates lol

[@Zoso14892]

Eh, I dunno. Felt like a poor recreation of sniper wolf to me.

[@plazinga]

On extreme difficulty I stayed behind the initial cover the entire time, then after getting her to quarter health, she showed up on a ledge behind me and killed me in one shot

[@kadosho02]

@@plazinga definitely have to be on your toes with "Extreme" version of the mission. But the reward is worth it

[@shadow6097]

Luke merging with background as he swings his arms, part chameleon maybe?

[@Nytemare2all]

Senator Armstrong from Metal Rising Revengeance! The final fight with him has awesome music and insane action that keeps you on the edge of your seat!

[@theodorepinnock1517]

Nanomachines, son.

[@BGrimoire]

As much as I love Armstrong the fight with RAY is just... Incredible! It's that moment you know you're in for a great ride.

[@KimiTheV]

I loved almost all the bosses and music from that game!

[@legoboxertk]

memes

[@TicTac-vk3li]

Just like the good ol' days after 9/11!

[@AmaranthOriginal]

I love how casually Jane talks about punching a deputy’s soul into the sun!

[@wolfofsummerbreeze]

Doom Dragon, Golden Sun: The Lost Age. Not only was it a great tie in from the boss from the previous game, but it was both tragic and epic. Cruel Ruin will wreck your day though. Try yeeting it into the sun? Or the sun into it? Oh wait, that dragon is made of...

[@-arlene-]

I LOVED King Dice's boss fight from Cuphead. I mean, it's like 9 different bosses in one? Package deal!

[@peterbrown3781]

Kind of surprised we didn't get Luke yelling "Presh Mems!" during Ellen's outro when she talks about new memories...

[@aaroncorcoran5103]

“...Umbrian climax...” “...mash the button...” Were these INTENTIONAL double entendres?

[@Theseekerofinfinite]

Yes.

[@DiZtheJedi]

*VERY* intentional. Having played through Bayonetta myself, I promise you that. I also love how that final punch on Jubileus is measured in *Infinitons*

[@Mostlyharmless1985]

Bayonetta the game is exactly as batshit as described. Oh by the way your hair is also your clothes. Because witches.

[@KingdomKey-ik4xk]

Yes and no. A climax in literary terms is the turning point of the story where the protagonist(s) faces a dilemma or gets involved in a major struggle with an antagonist. The fight with Father Balder, then Jubileus is, ultimately, the climax of Bayonetta. Just... lookin' at it realistically.

[@zeerae630]

The whole damn game is full of them. Its glorious.

[@weneedaladder8384]

I like how anyone who knows a little of Norse mythology would hear "I feel nothing" and go "oh, that's Baldur. Guess Loki hasn't killed him yet." And anyone who isn't familiar would likely go "this guy is weird, I bet he's Loki."

[@kierstenchaney4197]

I've never played Borderlands myself, but Handsome Jack's boss fight is one of my favorites, just because of his whole 'AND I AM THE GOD D*MN HERO!' speech.

[@Icam_here]

I love lists like these. its cool when we get to see the things you all like in games

[@johnnychopsocky]

One of the best things about the Engels fight is when you realise that, moments ago, you were running around on the body of the boss. Meaning that your goal is to literally fight and beat the level.

[@perfectlyhopeless]

The auto captions misheard "Kratos" as "praise awesomeness" and I think they're onto something

[@GaryJohnston89]

The stages of the Lavos fight in Chrono Trigger is my stand out moment. I remember being in awe as a kid at each stage and thinking... phew its done..... nope! Not to mention the boss theme "world revolution" is undeniably one of the greatest boss themes of all time.

[@FullmetalC5]

My favorite: the 16th Colossus (Malus) in Shadow of the Colossus. OMG as I was typing that Ellen's part came on. I literally gasped. Omg Ellen is incredible

[@MsNatalie132]

I don't love Skyward Sword as a whole, but the final gauntlet was absolutely stunning. The mob rush down to Ghirahim, then knocking him off of floating platforms to stab him in the chest-diamond, then the final battle against Demise. Demise felt like a real culmination of the motion-controlled sword and shield, and the visuals of the water, the thunderstorm, and the flaming hair all looked fantastic

[@ShadowProject01]

Ludwig The Accursed- Bloodborne. That epic and bloody battle accompanied by that soundtrack. And that sad yet honorable (if you have enough insight) dialogue when he at last falls. EPIC

[@jamessandusky3623]

The final boss gauntlet from final fantasy vi. Fighting your way up that tower of despair to get to kefka, with each boss section having its own distinct theme song is pure perfection

[@imagem9361]

One of my all time favorite boss battles is weirdly enough the Eagle thing from Shadow of the Colossus. I thought it felt really cool to wait for to to swoop down to jump on its back, but it was also pretty sad that I had to kill it 😞 I just wanted to ride on it forever.

[@SWIFTY_WINS]

28:29!!! No way he chose this hahah, this exact boss from this Contra game was the first thing that popped into my mind when thinking about hard bosses too hahah... I was telling myself there's no way they would every select the skull boss from Contra too. Awesome choice my man, played waaay too much of this game when I was younger but don't regret a second of it.

[@Captaingroggyfroggy]

My time has come. Monk Maz Koshia from Breath of the Wild: Champion’s Ballad. The DLC uses major aspects from the base game and expands on them in a new way, however when it’s time for the final boss fight, the DLC politely asks the player to hold its beer. The monk that usually congratulates you stands up and says “I offer this final trial” and kickass music starts playing. The guy has all the powers: teleportation, super speed, electricity, cloning, and he even grows gigantic at one point! The fight isn’t particularly hard if you have learned how to utilize the game’s combat system, but it is so much fun! I was left completely baffled and I couldn’t stop laughing and smiling the entire fight! It was completely different from any other fight and it taught me the boss fights can be more than just intimidation and power, and can be insanely fun and enjoyable! Also the fight music kicks ass.

[@blakecurry3880]

Fun fact. It took me ages to get on top of that Colossus, and as soon as I finally got onto his head and was charging up my sword attack, the battery died on the controller and I fell alllllll the way down and just died.

[@Gujicaro]

"Hey, chicks dig scars" 😂

[@andremerrick4925]

Me with a huge scar across my cheek: I can say that is partially true most either wonder how I got it or are scared of me for some unknown reason but then there’s the odd one that does dig it

[@ssblue8832]

For sheer awesomeness, it's hard to top your fight in _Metal Gear Solid 3_ with The End. I remember it took me three hours to beat the first time, but it wasn't boring. It was tense, my brain whirring as I tried to outsmart this guy. Even now, it can take half an hour, easy. I really love the final fight between Old Snake and Liquid Ocelot in _Metal Gear Solid 4_ including the cutscene leading up to it. Gameplay-wise, it wasn't earth-shattering, but the meaning behind it hit me in the feels.

[@sphericaltime]

This was just a really fun video to listen to you that I wish you would do more of. They're not explicitly scripted, so you can really feel the emotion that each of these bosses brought to you, and the others are in the back talking with you, so you hear their reactions and the face of the speaker as they answer. This is a long, long video and yet it's probably my favorite of yours. Cheers, keep being great.

[@tearsofposidon8341]

You guys are awesome! You have showed me some of my most favorite games.

[@axeldornelles5292]

Yeah, the first battle against "The Stranger" in God Of War was amazing and all, but the final fight against Baldur was just way more epic.

[@worthlesstrash3704]

The Reaper embryo in Mass Effect 2 was to me the dopest boss fight in the series. Well one of anyway.

[@spacejesus6581]

IkaFang yeah, if we’re talking difficulty though then I think Thorian on Nightmare takes the cake

[@SuMaSLo]

I stored all the charges for the nuke throughout the game because 'you gonna need them eventually'. When I faced the obvious last boss, I saw my last chance to actually use them. It was a short fight.

[@spacejesus6581]

SuMaSLo you do realize Heavy ammo transfers depending on your heavy weapon? Collector Beam is better

[@src248]

Thought of that as well but then I remembered how anticlimactic the Cain makes it.

[@nmartinez18]

@@spacejesus6581 Actually I originally had the Collecter Beam as my heavy weapon of choice, so the first time i did that boss fight that's what I used. But the next time i did it and everyone after I brought the Cain. I can't think of a better place to use a portable nuke than on an unfinished machine god fetus :)

[@pierreescargot6488]

Nameless king from dark souls 3, all that hype about about Gwyns first born. Not to mention he rides a dragon and shoots lightning!

[@dinodan5367]

I absolutely adore Darkeater Midir in ds3. It was my favorite fight in the game by far. I still remember my two buddies and me, all noobs dropping down for the first time into the water and then completely panicking at the sight of a massive dragon. It took us many tries to beat him but that sweet sweet victory is still my favorite out of any boss fight.

[@zanzibarwhite-]

Now you should do a list of the most dissapointing boss battles. The type that are really hyped up, but turn out to be either too simplified, like the Tower from Shadow of Mordor, or just boring.

[@Khroniclas]

... Mysterio gets another appearance then.

[@zjoee]

Alice Madness Returns was one boss fight tease after another right up until the end haha. Entire game, only one boss fight!

[@DurtyDan]

A personal favorite boss fight of mine would have to be the the one against Roxas in Kingdom Hearts 2. Because very very quickly you realize that it's not an ordinary boss fight cuz of the music it's just so emotional and challenging and all that good stuff.

[@soldier1stclass640]

Anytime you fight Roxas in the series is a good fight,really

[@deathbykonami5487]

Kratos needs mistletoe, that's the only thing that can kill Baldr Fun fact: Baldr was actually the more chill out of the Norse Pantheon of Gods, so Baldr demanding a punch up with a godslayer like Kratos is out of character for him, unlike Thor and Tir

[@gremlin4304]

It's a pretty cool re-imagining though, changing up the invulnerability to mean he can't feel anything and is undying. Makes for an understandably unstable and angry individual with an interesting relationship with his mother

[@johnyshadow]

@@gremlin4304 I mean, yeah, but he acts so... Loki-like, in the beginning.

[@t-wrecksthenerdasaur7468]

What's especially funny about their re-imagining of Norse myth is that both of Thor's son's die, where as in the original lore they are the only gods to survive Ragnarök. Whops. Also, the Midgar Serpent is suppose to be one of Loki's kids, so I guess Atreus has been busy for a 10 year old :P

[@Khroniclas]

Welcome to the god of war series, known for its brutal combat but first and foremost for its creative butchering of every mythology it touches.

[@HazeEmry]

@@Khroniclas But to it's credit, I think GoW got a LOT of people into reading about the actual mythology after they first finished a playthrough. I know that it happened to me and I've been hooked on myths from different cultures since

[@idraigirtm]

Oh my god, I literally never got the last weakspot with the bow on malus! But you can make the jump to its collar from the hand, so I always thought, that's how you're supposed to do it. You saved me a lot of tears for my next playthrough, cause making the jump over to the collar is really, REALLY hard to do and the time window where it's even possible to pull it off is ridiculously short

[@wuhoh5277]

Some of my picks: The Conductor (A hat in time): A plot twist that everyone saw coming followed by the best boss in the game? This fight may start simple, throwing out basic easy to dodge attacks, but it ramps up VERY quickly! Throwing new things at you left and right, oh you got used to the spotlight's falling? How about a few CARS then? Used to that? Let's completely change the moveset of the boss out of nowhere! That not enough for you? Well we just added a time limit! STILL not satisfied? Well NOW there are owls with KNIFES chasing you like a game of snake! Add on top of that the excellent soundtrack and great personality and this is still one of my favs! Augus from Asura's rath is another one! Bro said "You knew this was coming" and then threw out some crazy shit nobody could have possibly known was coming. Although I don't really like the game that much, this remains one of my favorite boss fights. And what about 3/4 bosses in sonic frontiers? Those guys were crazy! Special mention to the spider mini-boss though--best mini-boss in the game no doubt

[@NastyLittleBagginses]

One of my favorites is from Secret of Mana, because you fight Santa Claus. As a boss. In a video game. Santa Claus.

[@jdawgH]

Santa claus is a deity beyond our comprehension. You "won" that fight cause he let you

[@anlize3422]

Yami from Okami. The battle, the de powered scene, the re powering scene, the battle again. AND THE MUSIC!

[@Crystalmystria]

I Love Okami :3 and Okamiden. The fight against Kurow in Okamiden was awesome and sad at the same time. and Yami in Okami was super difficult the first time i played it. I can't even count the number of times i died -_-

[@austinknight5881]

Seems about right. 100% for "hug" at the moment. We all know what it's like to be Mysterio, I think.

[@nicholasfarrell5981]

I bet MCU Spider-Man wishes his Mysterio was that easy to beat.

[@austinknight5881]

@@nicholasfarrell5981 We are but reflections of our fears.

[@mscard214]

37:40 Kratos after fighting the stranger: Son, don’t bother me, I must take a record-breaking long shower

[@Fire-Manz]

Splatoon with DJ Octavio! Like I my expectations of a boss fight was low for this game and blew me away with some bosses but the final one just blew me away with it's spicy wasabi beats. One of the few games I tune everything out and was part of the game!

[@ManticoreSigma]

The Viper bossfight in Titanfall 2 was awesome! You're fighting a flying mech on board of a spaceship racing across a planet towards a bigger spaceship. What's not to like?

[@itsjustmenova]

I saw the title and said to myself “If a boss from Shadow of The Colossus isn’t here...” But luckily it was! There was literally no chance anyone from that game *wasn’t* here

[@Jamboliar88]

Grey fox from the first metal gear solid, loved that fight.

[@maxvel0city906]

Agree, Sniper Wolf was also an excellent Boss Battle.

[@Jamboliar88]

Haha yeah you could take diazapam to steady your hands for a better shot.

[@Zoso14892]

Ooh I forgot about grey fox. I always think of sniper wolf, I loved that battle but grey fox was so unique. Metal gear solid was very good with the bosses though.

[@ginebraman]

I made the Stranger fight even more epic beating him just with fists. SO EPIC

[@accountoftheultraimaginato4012]

@ I looked it up, and he's apparently the god Baldur.

[@LET4M4RU]

The fight with the stranger is such a wonderful piece, like you know nothing about him yet he seems to know about a past you've been hiding. You're a god and yet he's holding up to you even to ghe point of greatly injuring you and leaving you limping for a while. And everything is just so over the top, with the earth shattering and the ramming with trees and all that, the music is intense, the difficulty is right there, nothing bad really

[@Psy_Ro]

The best boss I ever played against was, of course, The boss in metal gear solid 3 OHHHH BOY The feels. The music The emotion The fight Just EVERYTHING

[@Fanimati0n]

The Boss was such a heavy fight.

[@archonaelar8972]

Dark Souls 3 Slave Knight Gael. Epic music and an unrelenting boss. Or Halflight, Spear of the Church. Other players can take the bosses place completely altering the flow of battle. Also fun to be that boss for others.

[@messey12]

Slave Knight Gael is such a great boss. I didn't find him to necessarily to be the toughest fight, but it felt like the most honest fight cause when he killed me, it felt wholly justified. Nameless King can go piss up a rope.

[@Reshiram793]

This video inspired me to get into the yakuza series about a year ago and I’ve never owed so much to video in my life

[@IcyLucario]

Mine: #1: Slave Knight Gael from Dark Souls 3. Not the hardest fight in the series, but good god is it the most cinematic. The AMAZING score that plays, how at the end Gael is doing aerial attacks and lightning is crashing down. The series ends with a beautiful and poetic final power struggle between Fire, and Dark. That quote from Fromsoft rings true here too. Gael doomed himself to ruin chasing the blood of the dark soul so a new painted world could be created. He knew what had to be done and led you to him to finish the job. Hell, the entire WORLD is showing that quote true during this fight as you fight at the end of time for a world that constantly was in a slow self-prolonged decent into ruin. The best part? Dark Souls is a cryptic game where plenty (if not most) people will play through, understand nothing, make few connections, and have a *great time*. I am no exception that's pretty much my initial playthrough. Plenty of people affectionately joke this fight is "two nobodies, fighting over nothing, in the middle of nowhere". While plenty just say it as a joke, and it's maybe philosophically true, it's definitely false. It's a boss fight with a lot of deeper meaning that can easily be easily passed over, without much understanding, or connections made, and certainly while having a great time. ...It's the Dark Souls of Dark Souls bosses. #2: Far less dramatic than the first, Second Dark Matter Battle from Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon. I can't explain the greatness of the fight because I can't explain the entire context and the emotions it brings with it.. (Rather I don't want to because I'm typing an essay here).. But I can praise the score by the same name as my favorite music from all of gaming. Incredible song, wonderfully mixed with your partner's theme which has story significance. The fight itself is not incredible to *watch*, but it is incredible to *play*. Play the Pokemon spin-offs, people!

[@SergioBonfiglio]

"Breakdancing" actually seems to be Ditangquan, a Chinese martial art that literally means "ground tumbling boxing"

[@-arlene-]

Wow! That's crazy! 😅🤪

[@thesuccessfulone]

I remember watching in hushed silence when my friend took on Bayonetta's final boss for the last time. He had been at it for at least a week and then he started farming lollipops and finally beat her. I asked if the boss fight was over when it was only just beginning.

[@mnemophage]

Persona 5, Yaldabaoth, because once you look it up after the fact, you find there's Gnostic philosophy! And then you shot that philosophy! In the face!

[@pandarmygeneral1439]

The only issue with them showing this one (if luke or who ever it was playing it and dropped it.) Would be that it's the final boss of a super popular game. So that would be a major spoiler.

[@t-wrecksthenerdasaur7468]

This is one of my favorites too. The finale of the fight is just perfect. It's like something out of Dragon Ball Z when Goku charges a Spirit Bomb. Plus, you get to shoot god in the face, which is always fun in a JRPG ;)

[@myrmidon9045]

That girl's laugh and giggle is adorable ❤️. I watched her part over and over again . Shootie shootie things ,scoopie scoopie things , 😂

[@koencagurangan3256]

The one who did the Nier Automata entry? Her name’s Ellen

[@azzrinickthegamingangel9121]

I loved the god of norse final boss how it just seemlessly transfered between you and your son. And I knew who the stranger was that first encounter. He's like I can feel anything any of this and its like I know you