Category: Best Boss Battles
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Best Boss Battles: Korsica (Hi-Fi Rush)
Hi-Fi Rush has got some incredible boss fights. The first boss alone is amazing! Yet compared to all the ones that came later, even that one is small potatoes! Picking just one of these guys for a BBB (remind me not to use that abbreviation ever again) is a Herculean task! At least, it was.…
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The Rebel Flagship: The Final Hurdle of FTL (Best Boss Battles)
FTL: Faster Than Light is one of my favorite indie games of all time. Whereas other roguelike games I find more frustrating than entertaining, when I play FTL, I often find myself doing four or five consecutive runs, regardless of the success of any given one. It’s challenging, it’s satisfying, and it’s freakishly addictive. The…
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Zenos (FFXIV Endwalker): Best Boss Battles
*This article will be a mostly spoiler-free zone. Nevertheless, proceed with caution. If you haven’t finished the main story of Endwalker, or the rest of Final Fantasy XIV for that matter, then I advise you read with caution.* I’m not addicted to Final Fantasy XIV, why do you ask? Shut up! As an MMO, Final…
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King Dice: Cuphead’s Ten-in-One Gauntlet (Best Boss Battles)
Cuphead has some of the greatest boss battles in video game history. Choosing one to cover on Best Boss Battles was a challenge in it of itself. Who to start with? Hilda Berg? Cagney Carnation? Grim Matchstick? Cala Maria? The Phantom Express? The Devil? Then I remembered him. The boss battle that gave me more…
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Best Boss Battles: Vergil (Devil May Cry 3)
It’s really tempting to do the DMC5 version, but I’ve got too much nostalgia for the DMC3 version. Action games have one simple goal: empower the player. Make them feel as badass as possible. You shouldn’t just defeat your enemies, you should whoop their asses! Regular shmucks, bosses, no one should be safe from your…
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