[General Discussion] Favorite Boss Fights

There's too many to list, but the ones that come to mind at the moment:

Metal Gear Solid 2 - Rays

Unless you play on the higher difficulties, it's not really a hard battle, but it is quite fun. When you first see it you can't help but think "wtf" fighting that many at the same time. There's so many good MGS fights to mention, but I really loved this one. Phycho Mantis and The End are close seconds.

Suikoden 2 - Luca Blight

I was kinda disappointed he wasn't the last boss, but he was definately the hardest in the game. For starters you need to made 3 balanced groups to ambush him, and that's a problem right there. I for one only leveled up 8 characters, so making 3 decent groups was hard enough, and even if they are balanced, they can still die easily because he is insanely overpowered.

Homeworld - Last Stage

Technically not a boss fight, but I found it really fun and worth a mention. In the last map, you are close to your original homeworld, but what awaits is a massive fleet that is going to greet you. As soon as you enter the area that fleet drops what it was doing and goes straight to your mothership at full speed, ignoring everything else. They come in several waves, but you don't get as much as a breather. Your only objective is to prevent your mothership from being destroyed. It can be really challenging if you did not prepare probably before getting here.

Ace Combat Zero - Solo Wing Pixy

You saw it coming, and this was one hell of a epic fight. What made this fight so hard is that you have to hit him head-on, or the missiles will bounce off. The timer makes it even better.

Valkyrie Profile - Hel Servants

I love these guys, because they have one ability that makes them hard, and that is that they can revive ANYONE with full health at the end of the round, so the only way to beat them is to kill them both in the same round. Normally, this is where you use great magicks to kill them, but these have such high magic resist that it will do 1 damage, so physical attacks is the only way to go. Later on in the game you'll encounter them as normal monsters, and sometimes in packs of 4, that's where it gets REALLY hard.

I'll try and think of a few more.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Logan

Unlimited Indalecio from Star Ocean 2. Not only is this boss one of the hardest bosses in video game history, it's also one of the most frantic and exciting. On the easiest game difficulty he was hard enough. You needed 4 characters all at or close to level 255. Also, Opera was an ideal character for Healing star at 999 proficiency and @ on One just to HIT the boss long enough for others to catch up.

Bunny shoes or any speed-enhancing items was mandatory since he was as fast (or faster) than your characters with the Bunny shoes. He could also cast spells while moving at this speed and most of his spells, without proper resistance, could kill you in a single shot. He also had powerful normal attacks that were multi-hitting and extended 360 degrees around him. He had the most HP of any boss in the game and takes a good 30+ minutes to kill with a balanced party.

Keep in mind, this is on the easiest game mode. There are 2 more harder modes, each raising all enemies' HP, MP, and stats more than the previous difficulty. So on the hardest mode, this boss isn't only stronger than before, he's near impossible and is hardly ever beaten without the use of the 50% instant-death items or the Bloody Armor invincibility trick. Otherwise, you need to have the MAX amount of every healing item you can find, still use Opera for Healing Star (in fact, control her yourself and spam it), and have at least 2 other fighters just to pin Indalecio down.

Hard as hell but my god so fun!

Level 255 didn't even help. His attacks can still kill you in one hit. Even with bunny shoes equiped he is still faster, and my god casting spells while walking is so cheap. I don't even want to think about how insane he is at universe difficulty.

Iseria Queen is probably harder then him as well, but unlike Indalecio I can actually corner her and beat her up that way. Indalecio is never in one place for long.

There's nowhere I can't reach.