15 Final Bosses With The Dumbest Moves
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02/18/2021
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Final bosses can make or break a game. When the final boss is an epic battle of intense power, they can be spectacular. When they're not, then...well, they're one of these guys.
The following bosses are the dumbest of all, in part because what they do is pretty awkward and clunky...if not just mind-numbingly disappointing.
The following bosses are the dumbest of all, in part because what they do is pretty awkward and clunky...if not just mind-numbingly disappointing.
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Hoyt from Far Cry 3, is a profoundly disappointing final-boss-fight for what is otherwise a great game. After shooting your way throughout the game, you'd expect maybe some intense shoot-out or brawl, but no. Hoyt's entire boss fight is a series of quick-time events. You never really confront Hoyt directly in-game, resulting in a profoundly detached, almost clinical, final battle. -
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Bowser is one of the most iconic bosses in video game history, but Bowser's fight in the otherwise superb Super Mario Bros 3 is a real disappointment. Do you know how you beat Bowser in your epic rematch following the original Super Mario Bros? Just don't let him land on you. Bowser's ground-pounds chip at the blocks under you. Eventually, he'll just fall to his death all on his own. You don't have to hit him once. -
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The Hive Mind from Dead Space is a surprisingly easy and dull battle. The horror game up until this point has pitted you against some of the more bizarre and fascinating villains in horror history, but this guy? He has several weak points. Just duck and shoot. Hide and shoot. If you're caught, just cut his tentacles, and keep hitting his weak points. It's surprisingly basic for an otherwise great game. -
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Batman and the Joker are adversaries not because they can clobber one another to a pulp, but out-think one another. At the end of the otherwise brilliant Batman: Arkham Asylum, rather than engage with the Joker in a clever, complex final level, Joker just becomes a huge hulking monster you get to punch. It's a surprisingly lame interpretation of an iconic villain. -
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The Destroyer from Borderlands is shockingly bland. If you hide behind a rock, you'll basically be immune from the Destroyer's attacks. However, he won't be immune from your targeted attacks. Just wail on his weak points and just keep fighting. The only move that the Destroyer has that should scare you is a glitch where he deletes himself and you never get the loot from the fight. -
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Lucien Fairfax from Fable 2 is a notoriously lame boss. After this guy ruined your life, you can kill him by literally...doing nothing. You meet Lucien on a bridge and he monologues. Sure, you could shoot him and kill him in a single hit while he's babbling, but you don't even need to exert that much energy if you want this guy dead. Your companion, Reaver, will do it for you once Lucien finishes speaking. If you, you know, let him monologue. -
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Yu Yevon from Final Fantasy X is a boss fight you actually cannot lose. Following the otherwise epic fights with Sin, Seymour, and Jecht, this final boss is notoriously disappointing. Most players call Brascha's Final Aeon (Jecht) the real final battle of Fial Fantasy X, in part because Yu Yevon cannot kill the party. His main attack takes out 75% of everyone's health -- even his own. Also, all of the party has Auto-Life, meaning they will come back if, somehow, you do get taken down. -
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Kingdom Heart's Ansem -- oh, excuse me, Xehanort's Heartless -- is an otherwise epic final battle that gets progressively easier the longer you go. Sure, when your friends are taken from you, you're left with just your grit and skills against the biggest villain in the game. However, come the end of the fight, you've got all your friends again. You engage in Ansem as a big growth on his ship...a fight you already won on your own before. The final stage of this fight is nothing short of easy. -
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Navarro from Uncharted: Drake's Fortune has the distinction of being a terrible boss. The fight mainly consists of chasing Navarro down while his goons do most of the work. Navarro has a shotgun, sure, but if you knock that shotgun from his hands, he'll just go chasing after it....which means you can shoot an unarmed man. Some fight. His goons are more of a threat than he is. -
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Calamity Ganon is a disappointing endnote to the otherwise superb Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. There are many ways you can make the fight easier for yourself -- most notably, collecting the four pieces of Ganon. That reduces how many stages this boss fight takes. However, it is wholely possible to just run up to Ganon at the start of the game and just end him there. He's a surprisingly easy adversary to overcome. -
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Legend of Zelda: Faces of Evil has a final boss. It's Ganon again. You throw a book at him. Boss fight over. Yeah. -
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Sonic games aren't known for their difficult boss fights, but Finalhazard from Sonic Adventure 2 is particularly easy. You are Super Sonic and Super Shadow. All you have to do is avoid big energy blasts in space -- easy -- and ram straight into the big boils on the lizard creature's body as he brings a satellite down to Earth. The only button you need to push is the directional key. It's...surprisingly basic, but the music is pretty good. -
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Half-Life's final battle with Nihilanth proves that first-person platforming just isn't going to catch on. The final battle for Half-Life is a memorable excursion into another reality, while the cosmic horror Nihilanth oversees your progress. Unfortunately, he's guarded by shields. The only way to destroy the shield is to destroy crystals around the stage. This requires...platforming. Nihilanth's attacks probably won't kill you as much as you failing to jump correctly will. This fight is cinematic...but ultimately frustrating for arguably the wrong reasons. -
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343 Guilty Spark is the one character Halo fans wanted to see die more than any other. However, many players were disappointed to find Guilty Spark, rather than the Gravemind, serve as the final surprise battle for Halo 3. Ultimately, Guilty Spark is a shockingly easy villain. Even in Legendary Mode, it really requires little to no skill to send this little guy packing. -
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The final fight with Sephiroth in Final Fantasy VII is notoriously easy. No, I'm not talking about Safer Sephiroth where he blows up the solar system to hurt you. I'm talking after that fight, when it's just Cloud and Sephiroth engaging in a good old fashion sword fight. Granted, this fight is cinematic and memorable, but you just cannot lose. You'll Omnislash your way to victory without any challenge, carving through this guy with your sword and gusto. It's a memorable moment, but as a fight, it's...lame. But people don't mind it so much because the prior stage of this final battle was just so epic.
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