What is the first video game boss you ever faced and went like "holy shit I made it" while sweating?
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I think you nail it here, no need for a remake. Sifu is literally its modern day reincarnation, minus saving the female fatale.
Nostalgia for real! Shit made me smile when I heard the music.
Honestly, not a boss but probably beating some of the tougher levels in SMW. Fucking Cheese Bridge, no small task for a 7-8 year old. Then, hmmm, bosses... Culex in SMRPG (for those who don't know, he was the secret, comparatively hard, "Final Fantasy-styled" extra boss in that game.) There was that "Wrong Side of the Tracks" mission in GTA SA, far harder than the "boss" battles in that game. Yeah, I dunno, I don't really gravitate to games with hard "Souls-like" boss fights.
Oh, you know what, the Wiz Pig car race in Diddy Kong Racing, or the second race against the octopus where he dropped bubbles instead of bombs and touching even one of them meant you had to restart.
Oh, you know what, the Wiz Pig car race in Diddy Kong Racing, or the second race against the octopus where he dropped bubbles instead of bombs and touching even one of them meant you had to restart.
Lmao that game was too hard for me, never made it past like level 2 or 3
Out of my original Nes games I had at first as a kid, Kung Fu was easier along with Mario.
Batman and TMNT was pure evil lol
Nah batman was kinda easy, ninja gaiden and battletoads tho.. fuck me i sucked at them.
After the 3rd boss, I struggled in Batman. Nes had some hard games lol
I remember the hardest part of that game was the platforming. Goddamn wall jumps, and then the slightest thing would knock you off and you'd fall all the way down again. But I remember specifically i made it through that game bc the enemies respawned and you could kind of keep them respawning, so if you kept killing them over and over you could get the health drops and recover
I think I might go revisit it with those tactics lol. I still have my copy and the same Nes. The spring for the cartridge slot is broke tho
Ghouls and Ghosts was another vividly hard and annoying game. It was just a staple of alot of games back then (being difficult and no save points).
I gave up on the first boss, not only is it hard to get to him due to maze like structure of levels but also the RNG you get from upgrades.
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Demon's Souls on PS3 - the Tower Knight. I'd never played a game like that before and went in a straight line in the first world. After repeatedly getting stomped by the Tower Knight, I took a long break. After doing some research, I realized I could explore the other worlds and get stronger before facing him. When I finally beat him, I was shaking but so happy.
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Great mention. Yes the first time you go in you're not sure what you should be supposed to be doing given the size of the thing and the punishes.
That sense of accomplishment in Souls games is unparralled. Also the sense of reward.
I wasn't really a fan of challenging games for the longest time. I still played some like DMC3 and Ninja Gaiden but they never felt that difficult to me and I didn't playing the hardest modes
Demons Souls was the first time I just had to confront that and it wasn't so much the boss but getting through 1-1 and the boss
In recent years the Valkyries in GOW, the 3 Berserkers in Ragnarok, Martyr Logius in Bloodborne (randomly one of the few I actually found frustratingly challenging) and Radagon in Elden Ring
Demons Souls was the first time I just had to confront that and it wasn't so much the boss but getting through 1-1 and the boss
In recent years the Valkyries in GOW, the 3 Berserkers in Ragnarok, Martyr Logius in Bloodborne (randomly one of the few I actually found frustratingly challenging) and Radagon in Elden Ring