Game bosses are they weaker now?

[William1193]

Game bosses are they weaker now?

you know i remember playing a lot games when i was little where the bosses were some hardcore huge giant killing machines that required some super strategy to beat and made all other levels look like pie and normally you would have to keep retrying and retrying or look up strategies to win! but where have they gone??? my favourites are zelda bosses, now they were cool. but many games have a uncool looking boss that does not require much skill for example Gears of war 2's lambent brumak wtf just fire hammer of dawn and it gone i was expecting a hardcore Ramm style battle like before now that was hard on insane... (World of warcrat bosses do not count cause they always awesome and require complex strategies) Name me a game recently that has got a good boss in it or one that is unbelivebly stupid...

 

[Tsuyu]

Re: Game bosses are they weaker now?

Ironically (since you mentioned the lame end boss of GoW 2) - General RAAM on Insane in the original Gears of War. Pop your head out one second off the correct timing and you didn't have a head anymore. Funny how two end bosses in the same franchise varies sooooo much.

 

[William1193]

Re: Game bosses are they weaker now?

Ironically (since you mentioned the lame end boss of GoW 2) - General RAAM on Insane in the original Gears of War. Pop your head out one second off the correct timing and you didn't have a head anymore. Funny how two end bosses in the same franchise varies sooooo much.

Yeah they should of made skorge have an actual battle not of skill not crap where he dies by falling off his reaver, or at least skorge attacks you before the helecopters come, brumak evolution and stuff so you have some awesome enviorment to have a battle in

 

[Arladerus]

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I don't think so.

 

[seress]

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I don't think so.

OMG Touhou danmaku! Definitely not for the faint-hearted. :lol:

 

[Tsuyu]

Re: Game bosses are they weaker now?

Arcade-style games don't really count, do they? I mean, in they are traditionally supposed to be nigh-impossible to make kids waste more coins!

 

[TheJJMax]

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Tabuu in SSBB was awesome.

But if you want hard bosses that require strategy, play EverQuest.

 

[Arladerus]

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Not exactly, a boss, but I'd say it's hard enough to consider the whole game a giant boss battle.

EDIT: Also, unbelievably stupid boss: *cough* Fable 2 *cough*

 

[William1193]

Re: Game bosses are they weaker now?

arcade bosses dont count there built to be unbeatable and have no fun to it, which is what game designers are trying to do make a fun boss to beat... also as i said with world of warcraft raid stuff does not count so everquest does not count either.... another game which i foudn really challenging but its a big copy of ninja gaiden is Ninja Blade it has like 2-3 boss battles a level and its just annoying and stupid soem are unbelivbly easy some really hard check them out

 

[Arladerus]

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They're not built to be unbeatable, especially Touhou Project. You just have to be good. Those guys who beat it on Lunatic difficulty or Extra mode are crazy, but at least getting Normal Mode down is an achievement.

 

[Tsuyu]

Re: Game bosses are they weaker now?

Nigh-unbeatable. Not unbeatable, but nearly so that you have to waste a bucket of quarters to beat it. But once you do, you'll get major respect down in the arcade!

 

[Arladerus]

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Some Devil May Cry 3...

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[Noctus]

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Well I never did manage to defeat the last boss in Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door... But then again, maybe they are.

Mind you TTYD is kind of old now.

 

[Xeon]

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I don't think bosses are weaker now than there were 10 years ago, but I think boss battles has changed. Boss battles 10 years ago were more fast paced, took a lot of strategy but weren't that damn long.

Boss battles today usually take a long time, they have a lot of health and with the more advanced AI they can do a number of things during the battle. I think that might be the problem, the AI.

 

[Tsuyu]

Re: Game bosses are they weaker now?

You might be on to something there.

The A.I.

In older games they had to resort to allowing the A.I to cheat in the game, like gaining resources faster than the player, to make up for it's lack of intelligence and creativity. This made it very hard to beat, but pretty straightforward.

 

[Xeon]

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I've saved the princess quite a few times

 

[Arladerus]

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The bosses of the N64 TLoZ games were really fun.

 

[William1193]

Re: Game bosses are they weaker now?

You might be on to something there.

The A.I.

In older games they had to resort to allowing the A.I to cheat in the game, like gaining resources faster than the player, to make up for it's lack of intelligence and creativity. This made it very hard to beat, but pretty straightforward.

good point i remember my exact words when i coudnt beat the boss "YOU CHEAT **** YOU" yeah bosses are definetley more creative unlike fable 2....
meh some games have got cool last bosses like this one i woudnt say it was hard to beat but certainly got the cool factor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpkZD9ve7H8 play it sometime i loved it even though it rips off like 100 trillion diffrent games

 

[seress]

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Some Devil May Cry 3...

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*nod* It's one of the toughest battles I've ever seen. I remember the first time I played it, I died TWICE even in normal mode. Orz

Found another one: Same battle but in DMD mode in Special Edition. His future v his past. Enjoy!
Now I'm scared. "Ridiculous!" :lol:

 

[Sephiroxas]

Re: Game bosses are they weaker now?

I think they're about the same. at least that's what I think.