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Bosses with overexaggerated difficulty
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I'll echo the Flamelurker pick, from Demon's Souls. Never died to him once in any playthrough. It even became a thing I look forward to each time, "will I finally die to Flamelurker this time?"
It's weird because I die even at the gimmick bosses every now and then, so it's not a matter of being good at the game in general, it's just specifically Flamelurker that is a comple joke and was always hyped to be the hardest thing in the game.
The entirety of 4-2 is the real boss of Demon's Souls. Now that level is really hard to me.
It's weird because I die even at the gimmick bosses every now and then, so it's not a matter of being good at the game in general, it's just specifically Flamelurker that is a comple joke and was always hyped to be the hardest thing in the game.
The entirety of 4-2 is the real boss of Demon's Souls. Now that level is really hard to me.
I managed to beat the first boss in Ninja Gaiden Sigma in relatively few tries despite being godawful at character action games, did they nerf him for the Sigma release or did I just get lucky (e.g. having my mash timing sync up with whatever the game expected)?
I dont recall the boss being nerfed but it also wouldn't surprise me. But Murai definitely would fall under the banner of "boss with over exaggerated difficulty". Its not a particularly challenging or complex fight. You just gotta not be stupid when fighting him - dodge his attacks then follow up with your own, get a hit in here and there when he's wide open. Don't do longer attack combos unless you know all hits will hit etc. Basically combat 101.
One personal observation from the Yakuza series based from responses elsewhere:
The final boss of Yakuza 5. Its not a short fight (he gets lots of health bars) but its not a hard fight at all like some would like you to believe. Yet I see people complain like its a badly designed fight (which is so far from the truth its laughable). Just a matter of learning and unlocking all the combat moves as you go (and not like the game doesnt gently push you toward this as you then become hilariously overpowered pretty quick. Still my join favourite final boss in the entire series (alongside Ishins)
It's possible to overthink BSB. My first encounter was an absolute nightmare roadblock, and the more I fought her the worse I got. I read up on the wiki and tried to internalise all the strategies - but it was info overload.
So I'd go into the fight thinking do I have antidote selected? And then as it went on, am I poisoned? Am I taking damage from poison? Do I have the pungent cocktails ready? Do I have fire paper lined up for the punish? My brain would short-circuit, worrying about what was coming next, trying to juggle menus and items and I'd just flail and die rather than just, you know, actually hitting her.
The best I ever did was just standing in front of her, parry & visceral over and over - totally ignoring the poison altogether.
Salamander boss fight from FF3. About 70% into the fight, that fucker does a flamethrower attack that deletes like 80% of your health. 2 turns and everyone is dead even with legit protection.
If you don't overlevel by like 5 levels (which would take a while at that point) or use double shields on physical characters just to survive, you have to specifically use a method where you save the 1 artic wind/4-6 antarctic winds (basically blizzaga and blizzara respectively in item form) you find at that time and specifically have your high intelligence mage in the back row use that item plus another 2 at around the exact moment you get that monster down 4000HP, so you can kill it in 1 round.
It'd ridiculous because it's way stronger than what you are fighting at that moment. By far one of the hardest fights in that game and it's not even near the end lol
If you don't overlevel by like 5 levels (which would take a while at that point) or use double shields on physical characters just to survive, you have to specifically use a method where you save the 1 artic wind/4-6 antarctic winds (basically blizzaga and blizzara respectively in item form) you find at that time and specifically have your high intelligence mage in the back row use that item plus another 2 at around the exact moment you get that monster down 4000HP, so you can kill it in 1 round.
It'd ridiculous because it's way stronger than what you are fighting at that moment. By far one of the hardest fights in that game and it's not even near the end lol
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This. People say Nameless King is hard.. what the F ever lol. Midir shits on him.
Sekiro's bosses are very easy which are choreographed having 3-4 moves.
Stop asking for an easy mode and just look at the screen.
Stop asking for an easy mode and just look at the screen.
The second Tommasi fight. Out of nowhere it's the hardest encounter in the game.
How is the difficulty over-exaggerated if no one knows about the boss and it's actually difficult, lol.
I've seen Vicar Amelia and Rom referred to as super difficult before. While I certainly struggled I got through both without sweating too much (and found Rom to be fairly fun to fight).
Was kinda hoping to see someone mention Father Gascogine here with some super easy trick to kill him but I don't think anyone has.
Was kinda hoping to see someone mention Father Gascogine here with some super easy trick to kill him but I don't think anyone has.
Alma - Ninja Gaiden
Was told by my friend that it was the hardest fight he had encountered so far and that he stopped playing the game because of it. I beat it on my first try and he was annoyed by my smugness.
Nightmare - Metroid Fusion
In high school, another friend had been stuck on the Nightmare boss in Metroid Fusion. I had never played any Metroid games at that point but I asked if I could try, messed around with the controls to figure out how to play, and then beat Nightmare on my first attempt. I wasn't smug this time but he was just like, "...I've been trying to beat this for days...I can't believe this..."
It sounds like I'm bragging but I'm not, these bosses aren't even super hard compared to other games with hard bosses. Nothing else really comes to mind, I think most of these moments happened when I was a teenager. I don't think they'll happen as often as I get older.
Was told by my friend that it was the hardest fight he had encountered so far and that he stopped playing the game because of it. I beat it on my first try and he was annoyed by my smugness.
Nightmare - Metroid Fusion
In high school, another friend had been stuck on the Nightmare boss in Metroid Fusion. I had never played any Metroid games at that point but I asked if I could try, messed around with the controls to figure out how to play, and then beat Nightmare on my first attempt. I wasn't smug this time but he was just like, "...I've been trying to beat this for days...I can't believe this..."
It sounds like I'm bragging but I'm not, these bosses aren't even super hard compared to other games with hard bosses. Nothing else really comes to mind, I think most of these moments happened when I was a teenager. I don't think they'll happen as often as I get older.
I took forever to beat Senator Armstrong in Metal Gear Rising. I don't know if he really is that difficult or if I suck in this game, but God knows that I almost gave up and watched the ending on youtube.
I always thought Bloodstarved Beast in Bloodborne was overhyped. It's incredibly easy to parry that thing to death in like 1-2 minutes.
I'll also toss out Flamelurker from Demon's Souls. But I'll caveat with the fact it wasn't my first Souls game and Lurker felt like something straight out of Bloodborne. The second he started moving I knew exactly how to fight him.
I'll also toss out Flamelurker from Demon's Souls. But I'll caveat with the fact it wasn't my first Souls game and Lurker felt like something straight out of Bloodborne. The second he started moving I knew exactly how to fight him.
I didn't find any Hollow Knight bosses overly tough, always surprised when I see people mention bosses from that game as being extremely challenging. There were definitely times where I got completely owned, but I would either go explore somewhere else for a bit or I would change what charms I had equipped. It always felt like I had options to make the fights easier, so I used my options. The game was well designed in that you're rarely stuck just trying to bash your head against a tough boss. There's always something else to do.
Frankly most of the bosses I have fought in the souls games. This isn't a brag because I am pretty shit at the games compared to most of their fans and don't really have much interest in them anymore anyway. My friends though went on an on about how hard the bosses were and like people keep saying once I figured out their little tricks most of them weren't too bad. Tedious and boring fighting them a few times, sure. Soul crushingly difficult, not really.
Though they stuck with them while I got bored and bounced so they are now much better at them than I ever was.
Though they stuck with them while I got bored and bounced so they are now much better at them than I ever was.
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None. Literally none. I have found a lot of bosses easier than what the average person says, but my opinion does not change anything. The bosses are the same difficulty for other people no matter has easy or difficult I think they are. The entire premise of this thread is insulting unnamed people for being "bad" at video games while praising yourself.
A whole lot of From bosses tbh. I was terrified of getting to a lot of the later Bloodborne bosses after what I had read about them (especially the DLC ones), but nobody killed me more than Gascoigne!
He kinda forced me into a playstyle that let me get through the rest of the game.
Edit: Meanwhile hollow knight just destroys me at every boss encounter :( it's my greatest shame as a gamer. Hoping to give it another go before silksong.
He kinda forced me into a playstyle that let me get through the rest of the game.
Edit: Meanwhile hollow knight just destroys me at every boss encounter :( it's my greatest shame as a gamer. Hoping to give it another go before silksong.
Spiderball guardian from Metroid Prime 2, even the non-nerfed gamecube version. They give you plenty of health throughout the fight. I could see it being difficult for people who suck at the morph ball sections though, as you have to maneuver through some tight areas with timed efficiency. But health should never be an issue.
The boost ball guardian, on the other hand is a complete asshole (though not THAT bad on normal difficulty), and they totally nerfed him in the trilogy version.
The boost ball guardian, on the other hand is a complete asshole (though not THAT bad on normal difficulty), and they totally nerfed him in the trilogy version.
I was afraid of Alma in Ninja Gaiden, I'd heard so much about how difficult she was, but I got her locked into a simple combo about twenty second into the fight and beat her my first try without taking damage. IIRC it was just x x x roll x and repeat. Maybe it was a glitch or something but that locked her into a cycle where she'd take a few hits, try to dodge, I'd roll to where she ended up, and that was that.
Wow reading this thread I realize I'm terrible at games for even dying once against a Sekiro or BB boss.
Props to all you badasses who did no damage runs your first try.
"I don't understand how anyone could even die against x boss in Sekiro"
Yeah ok.
Props to all you badasses who did no damage runs your first try.
"I don't understand how anyone could even die against x boss in Sekiro"
Yeah ok.
Fire Paper melts him too. Honestly Fire Paper absolutely wrecks the early game in BB.
