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7 Heartbreaking Boss Fights Against Your Best Friend

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  • Nothing stings more than when the final boss of a game is someone you thought was your friend, necessitating a heartbreaking boss battle that no one is coming out of unscathed. Just consider these seven times the final boss was your best friend. Enjoy, and subscribe for more videos like this from Outside Xbox, why not?
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  • @SuperLlama42
    @SuperLlama42 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1002

    Oh, the fish tattoo Nishiki has was absolutely deliberate on the devs' part. In Japanese mythology, a koi slowly climbing a waterfall eventually reached the top and turned into a dragon.

    • @MoostachedSaiyanPrince
      @MoostachedSaiyanPrince 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +123

      Yeah, and this connection becomes even more apparent because Kiryu's successor in the Yakuza/Like A Dragon franchise is a guy who has a tattoo of a dragonfish and is even voiced by Nishiki's voice actor (in the Japanese dub at least). He even has a similar best friend to final boss story arc in his first outing as the protagonist.

    • @RandyRivers2
      @RandyRivers2 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +83

      Just about to say that. But to expand on this, it's a metaphor for Nishiki's desire to be like Kiryuu. To be "Like a Dragon".
      Because while Kiryuu does not have the kanji for Dragon in his name, one of the kanji has the same reading. Also Kiryuu is the Dragon of Dojima.

    • @AZ-rl7pg
      @AZ-rl7pg 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +102

      One might say it's a... magic carp.

    • @doomedbringer
      @doomedbringer 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      @@RandyRivers2so much get lost in localization

    • @VonBlade
      @VonBlade 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      @@AZ-rl7pg Boooooooo.

  • @Seraphim_1172
    @Seraphim_1172 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +168

    I'm sad that A Way Out wasn't on this list. That ending fight literally made me cry at the end, especially cause I played that whole game with my IRL best friend and he beat me, so it felt like my real best friend was shooting me. Damn, the feels 😂

    • @midnights2631
      @midnights2631 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I thought it was going to be on here

    • @cathatdress7393
      @cathatdress7393 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Thank God, somebody said this. Like some of these are horrible but aware was just downright heartbreaking 💔
      Straight up, almost didn’t finish the game because of the betrayal. And what’s worse about it is you have to choose it doesn’t allow you to go at the same time.

  • @enderhx
    @enderhx 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +445

    I never suspected Jane would actually admit to being THE final boss!😂

    • @nina9565
      @nina9565 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

      I feel like she's always been pretty transparent about her World domination plans. I'm happy to know she's my best friend though, I think I'll just join her conquest.

    • @enderhx
      @enderhx 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      @@nina9565 Same!

    • @nina9565
      @nina9565 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      @@enderhx I'll see you at minion training. Hope she let's us customize our uniforms.

    • @billyalarie929
      @billyalarie929 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It’s like you’ve never seen one of these vids or something.

    • @enderhx
      @enderhx 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@billyalarie929 that openly? Unprovoked? 😜

  • @Haysey_Draws
    @Haysey_Draws 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +131

    I'm less shocked Jane was the final boss and more shocked she was my best friend. I had NO idea!

    • @samtaholo
      @samtaholo 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Hey, back off. She's _my_ best friend; she said it herself!

    • @raptorroundyourfinger6360
      @raptorroundyourfinger6360 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      Actually, I think you’ll find Jane is MY best friend

  • @sharif47
    @sharif47 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +173

    For the record, Nishiki wasn't asked by his family to kill him. He was worried that if the family found him, his fate would be even worse.

    • @shawnamiller191
      @shawnamiller191 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      Yeah he knew the Tojo wouldn't just kill him they'd make him suffer first

  • @davidsamet6969
    @davidsamet6969 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +76

    The most tragic part of Jedi survivor wasn’t Cere’s death, it wasn’t Bode’s betrayal, it was the sigh that Kata gives when she understands what must be done.

    • @Cuiasodo
      @Cuiasodo 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      Yeah. Kata clearly has a lot of emotional scars that need addressing. One can only hope that happens, though this is Star Wars, the galaxy where an entire army of magic warrior monks didn't have the sense to conjure up one therapist to counsel their combat veterans.

  • @joelvelez78
    @joelvelez78 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +152

    I'm surprised Insomniac's Spider Man wasn't on this list. Peter looked up to Dr. Octavius and considered him a close friend. You could feel the heartbreak and anguish when Spider Man had to fight Doc Oc.

    • @theinspiredgamer1949
      @theinspiredgamer1949 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      I still get chills from the dialogue in that fight.
      "You should be on my side!"
      "I was!"

    • @tycol322
      @tycol322 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      For me it's the "you knew? You knew!" You could feel the anguish and fury but what made it hurt worse was the juxtaposition of the heartbreaking "you knew?" That followed with May

    • @joelvelez78
      @joelvelez78 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @@theinspiredgamer1949 also chilling lines from Peter during the fight:
      "I looked up to you!"
      "I hate that you're making me do this!"

    • @joelvelez78
      @joelvelez78 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@tycol322 Yes! Beautifully delivered. Same line but very different emotions you could feel from the tone.

    • @noxprobxrob3877
      @noxprobxrob3877 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Aw, I can't believe I forgot about that! Spidey 2 prediction, we know Pete's got the black suit, I think Miles is gonna beat it out of him.

  • @Becktastic01
    @Becktastic01 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    "I knew it", say all the viewers, "Jane finally admits that we're best friends"

  • @pandamonium2001
    @pandamonium2001 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +166

    Infamous 2 was brutal for me. Though not THE final boss, you were forced to kill your best friend on the evil route. Zeke, the one that’s been with you through it all and had your back, finally sees you for the monster you really are and even though you have superpowers and he just has a gun, he tries to stop you anyway. *sobs*

    • @perrycoffey5410
      @perrycoffey5410 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yea that was tough i payed a $1 for that at a game store called g2k games

    • @Faye_K_Lias
      @Faye_K_Lias 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

      That was heartbreaking. Him acknowledging he can't win but has to try. Then trying to get back up after you shock him so you have to keep hitting up until he stays down.

    • @xaviercrabtree4030
      @xaviercrabtree4030 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      Came here just to say thi - that Zeke fight on the evil path is absolutely crushing

    • @TheTriforceDragon
      @TheTriforceDragon 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      "Half as long..."
      "Twice as bright..."

    • @PsychoSavager289
      @PsychoSavager289 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I was going to type this, but you beat me to it.

  • @michaelmanherz7918
    @michaelmanherz7918 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +179

    Does Ghost of Tsushima count? I mean sure, he’s your uncle but Jin’s respect and admiration towards Shimura is akin to a best friendship.

    • @goldengamer7242
      @goldengamer7242 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      Not the only boss in that game that would qualify

    • @WarpStarK1rby
      @WarpStarK1rby 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      ​@@goldengamer7242right. I was thinking of the straw hat guy.

    • @goldengamer7242
      @goldengamer7242 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@WarpStarK1rby my thought too

    • @aliteralmoth2243
      @aliteralmoth2243 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Well you also fought your former best friend/rival too

    • @ksa7621
      @ksa7621 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@aliteralmoth2243ryuzo was an asshole who is bitching about a lose from years aho

  • @tkdkid32
    @tkdkid32 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +51

    Jane is such a polite best friend/final boss. Those usually end with yelling monolouges and then a brutal death.

    • @GailyFix
      @GailyFix 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I can't picture Jane yelling or monologuing, but the brutal death seems on par.

  • @severedghost
    @severedghost 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +43

    The Nishiki one stung for me.

  • @frodobaggins7710
    @frodobaggins7710 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +151

    Wait, Jane's the final boss?! Welp, it was nice knowing you all, but I don't think we're getting out of this one

    • @chefbreccia2642
      @chefbreccia2642 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Gentlemen, it's been an honor. (plays violin)

    • @domihase8148
      @domihase8148 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Even the whole squat is no match to her unlimited power!

  • @Jessie_Helms
    @Jessie_Helms 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    I’ll never forget the first time playing Dishonored when it felt like the game was ending way too early after beating the Lord Regent.
    As soon as I was offered a drink I started thinking “oh no oh dang uh oh!”
    Admiral Havlock and Co betraying you and the rest of the loyalists was a bit of a shock the first time playing, and the High Chaos ending is really terrible seeing all of them tearing at you and each other.

  • @twngemn-zv4xo
    @twngemn-zv4xo 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +142

    In Nishikis defense he was also trying to earn enough money to save his sister, cause a doctor started scamming him for backally surgeries

    • @Gakulon
      @Gakulon 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +49

      Yeah, Nishiki's story in Kiwami is incredibally tragic and fucked up. He was essentially a broken man who realised that the only way he could rise up was through guile and brutality, transforming from a great man into a total bastard. No justification for his actions, he became a true villain, but one we hoped would, and did, achieve redemption

    • @gerjanm7648
      @gerjanm7648 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      Also everyone kept telling him at every step that he's worthless and Kiryu is the only one worth anything (despite Nishiki showing he has better understanding of strategy)

  • @helpthemage6939
    @helpthemage6939 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +63

    She wasn't the final boss but was one of the last bosses - Jill Valentine in Resident Evil 5, Chris' partner/best friend. Hard to fight her having previously played her in RE1 and RE3 😭

    • @tasiashiraori
      @tasiashiraori 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I didn't think about it too much because Wesker keeps on Matrix-Punch me

    • @r3dr4te963
      @r3dr4te963 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nah, that fight is more on saving her than beat her. She's not betraying us or having different ideology, she's being brainwashed against her will.

  • @aubreymhill
    @aubreymhill 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

    You don't understand, I've been messed up about Nishiki for YEARS. He is what happens when your Yakuza not-Dad sets you up for failure over and over again by treating you like your fellow orphan sworn brother rather than nurturing your actual talents and recognizing when you need support. Nishki was done dirty by everyone but Kiryu and I think about it to this day. 😭😭😭😭😭😭

  • @austinspencer5490
    @austinspencer5490 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    This happens ALL THE TIME in Kingdom Hearts but the one that gets me every time is Xion in Kingdom Hearts 365/2 Days. The clock tower hang out scenes, the sea-salt ice cream, the crystal tears. I end up bawling every time

    • @midnights2631
      @midnights2631 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      😭😭😭😭 Don't remind me

  • @Rudykawa
    @Rudykawa 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    I remember in Final Fantasy X when you had at the end to summon every single summon that were with you during the entire game and kill them one by one before facing yevon. It even has tiny bits of scenes of yuna suffering before and after summoning them knowing she has to defeat them.

  • @thematiasmadness7010
    @thematiasmadness7010 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    And that’s why I don’t have best friends in case something dramatic happens and suddenly he swears revenge on me and then we have to fight a brutal but tearful fight on top of a tower

  • @coldfusion1679
    @coldfusion1679 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +70

    How do you guys not have a way out on here? The final boss is literally your real life best friend that you played through the game with.

    • @nina9565
      @nina9565 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      And that one is canon, not just you best friend making the game more difficult on purpose.

    • @JamesTM
      @JamesTM 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I think just having that one on the list at all is more spoiler than is really acceptable, given the co-op nature of the game.

    • @coldfusion1679
      @coldfusion1679 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@JamesTM maybe, but how many people who haven’t played that game in the past 5 years since it released still plan to and are worried for spoilers?

    • @consolescrub4031
      @consolescrub4031 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      They've done that list already ages ago with all the games where the final mission is to fight the other player like Splinter Cell and a Way Out.

    • @Chris_Sizemore
      @Chris_Sizemore 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Was trying to find the name of the game to post it here.

  • @Minsc1989
    @Minsc1989 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    The first game that came to my mind is A Way Out. Never have I seen so many streamers not wanting to complete a game. And then get really competitive

    • @JaneXemylixa
      @JaneXemylixa 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Seconded! I can't believe it's not there

  • @Leith_Crowther
    @Leith_Crowther 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Dead Island doesn’t count. In the DLC it’s revealed Colonel Ryder was NOT the person on the radio. Ryder never interacted with them until he took the antidote near the end of the game. He also never intended to nuke the island, and, indeed, the island was never nuked.

  • @awrawrwar
    @awrawrwar 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    I have a lot of feelings about Bode's betrayal, and the story of Jedi Survivor in general. Good feelings, mind you. When Bode first pulled out that saber, and did that Force Push, I was legitimately in shock. After that whole scene, I had to turn off the game and lie down for a while to process the whole betrayal.

  • @finnover9781
    @finnover9781 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +49

    Please don't kill any of *your* friends at the end of this video, Andy.

  • @sekritagentsam
    @sekritagentsam 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Also Bode hits BD-1, so he's basically unforgivable

    • @Casual_guy1234
      @Casual_guy1234 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes, he can't ever get redemtion

  • @matthewhutton8275
    @matthewhutton8275 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I like how they not only put a spoiler before the warning with Princess Kenny, but also didn't censor the guy next to him.

  • @ethanchenoweth
    @ethanchenoweth 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    PORTAL 2!! Cmon guys!
    Also Aragami. Literally your only companion throughout the game turns out to be evil and you have to fight them.

    • @michaelandreipalon359
      @michaelandreipalon359 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wheatley was admittedly made to be dumb.
      The ends justify the means, and even then, she's already won in her objectives.

  • @Brexcon.mp4
    @Brexcon.mp4 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    What about the many times in the kingdom hearts series where you have to fight your best friend in the finale of the game?

  • @Jonathon_Hennessey
    @Jonathon_Hennessey 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    In the game Sekiro Shadows Die Twice, one of the characters that Wolf befriends is Isshin Ashina the patriarch of the Ashina clan. Throughout the game, Isshin helps Wolf in rescuing Kuro and later telling him where to find both the mortal blade and the ingredients he needs to enter the fountainhead palace. Isshin will also give Wolf a scroll containing Ashina style sword techniques in exchange for completing a sidequest for him. Isshin also serves as the final boss for all four of the game's endings. In the Shura ending, he fights Wolf to stop him from turning into a monster while in the other three, he fights Wolf in order to see his grandson Genichiro's final wish realized which is to see Ashina restored to it's former glory.

    • @TheMysteriouswatcher
      @TheMysteriouswatcher 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ...He's the final boss in the Shura ending too though?

  • @Mangaka_Library
    @Mangaka_Library 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Ayyy Thanks for putting me on here guys!

  • @dobbinb76
    @dobbinb76 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Infamous 2 , admittedly you only get to fight Zeke if you're going Evil, but even so when he just valiantly stands there trying to stop you and looks worse and worse after each lighting bolt. Does really make you feel bad for going evil

  • @DarkestNova556
    @DarkestNova556 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    The first OutsideXbox video that has a spoiler that ACTUALLY applies to me lol. I haven’t played Jedi Survivor yet.

    • @barrylennon3037
      @barrylennon3037 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It's great, you're going to love it.

  • @OrpheusSpyros5
    @OrpheusSpyros5 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Fontaine's betrayal doesn't really come out of nowhere, as it's hinted at as soon as first level(if you actually pay attention). It's just so subtle you don't even realize it until the end, it's just THAT well written....

    • @Chris_Sizemore
      @Chris_Sizemore 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      The writing is consistent and the writers did a good job of foreshadowing. Once you know, lots of the conversation makes sense in a different fashion all of a sudden. Playing Bioshock a second time hammers in just how much of a bastard Fontaine really is.

  • @aradiamegido0u0
    @aradiamegido0u0 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    I saw nishiki and prepared myself emotionally(I'm not ready)

  • @michaelsouslin891
    @michaelsouslin891 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    They should of had Snake Eater on the list, even tho they weren't best friends they had a close relationship something like being friends as a mentor and a student

    • @thepopeofatheism
      @thepopeofatheism 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They's fuckin'

    • @Xadov
      @Xadov 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Only she betrayed Snake in the beginning of the game, only to be revealed as secretly acting as a baddy in a complicated Cold War shell game

  • @InfernotheFox
    @InfernotheFox 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Ratchet and Clank: A Crack in Time. Alister Azimuth, exiled Lombax turned substitute father figure turned final boss... which leads to Ratchet becoming one of 2 known Lombaxes left in the universe (at that point in the continuity)

  • @nicholasfarrell5981
    @nicholasfarrell5981 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    Morrowind has two of these.
    1) In the base game, Dagoth Ur was one of your closest allies (and possibly more than that, it's not made clear thanks to the game leaving the history murky to let the player draw their own conclusions) during your life as Indoril Nerevar.
    2) In the _Tribunal_ expansion, Almalexia was your wife when you were Nerevar.
    In both cases they've gone mad thanks to the immortality and power they'd gotten from the Heart of Lorkhan, and you have to put them down for the good of all Tamriel.

    • @jorvach9874
      @jorvach9874 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Assuming, of course, that the Nerevarine Prophecy was true. The player character may alternatively have been just Azura's pawn for revenge instead of being the Nerevarine. Or just some rando who stopped Dagoth Ur for their own reasons.
      I both love and hate that about Elder Scrolls: that we never quite know what is the "truth". Like with Tiber Septim. Was he Hjalti Early-Beard of High Rock, or Talos of Atmora? Was a noble, just emperor who conquered Tamriel to save it, or was he a power-hungry bastard who stole the throne out of greed? All of the above? We just don't know!

    • @nicholasfarrell5981
      @nicholasfarrell5981 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@jorvach9874 fair points, and I do enjoy the ambiguity. Just not the Dragon Breaks, those were stupid.

  • @Benophobia
    @Benophobia 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Just in case we ever get a commentors edition I'm just saying that it is a crime that The boss from snake eater isn't here, Snake has to put down his best friend and the only person who will ever understand him, his pretty much mother. Heartbreaking and then that final salute after he realises that it was pretty much all for nothing.

  • @DigidesteinedSayian
    @DigidesteinedSayian 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Murdering your friends is a Shin Megami Tensei tradition. While they're the final bosses in only two mainline games (4 and technically 5 on one route), I think I felt the worst about killing the party on 4a; in most cases, it's character splitting from you over ideals, but in 4a, you're the one explicitly murdering them.

  • @Nine_Crows_Down
    @Nine_Crows_Down 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    In Nier Automata, 9S becoming one of the final bosses in quite heartbreaking, though so is Emil as a secret boss

  • @SilverSpectre266
    @SilverSpectre266 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    One thing I cant stress enough that I love about the OX crew that they do different from most is including the spoiler names at the beginning of the video in list order so you can quickly skip before it happens so you dont spoil yourself. Really underrated

  • @zachtaylor7940
    @zachtaylor7940 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    How do you not have "A Way Out" on here, the final boss being your best friend is the entire point of the game! Such a heart breaking final fight, as not only are you fighting your best friend in game but also fighting them in real life through the game! Your killing your friends character!

  • @kingtaco258
    @kingtaco258 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    For a second there, I thought the name of this video meant that the boss sides with you at the end of the game against an even greater evil.

  • @KingRichard157
    @KingRichard157 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I was going to ask about Xion from Kingdom Hearts 356/2 Days, but Riku is technically the final boss.

  • @pman7588
    @pman7588 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Yakuza Like a Dragon's Nanba fight was legitimately soul crushing

  • @Jessie_Helms
    @Jessie_Helms 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It’s not exactly a boss _fight,_ but in the great little game Thief Simulator you’re working for Vinny the whole game when he “rewards” you with a bomb going off. You spend the last third of the game collecting evidence and implicating him in a way that gets him killed by the Gambino crime family.
    Pretty poetic as he’d used them to try and kill you.

  • @JamesTM
    @JamesTM 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The censorship in the South Park section was extra funny, because you forgot to censor it in the opening sting. :D

  • @lukas8670
    @lukas8670 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Mike, you do not need to be ashamed of watching Peppa Pig. You have a tiny human at home.

  • @likeawestern335
    @likeawestern335 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Im a simple man, i see Yakuza, i have to watch

  • @Jessie_Helms
    @Jessie_Helms 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    In Dishonored’s Knife of Dunwall DLC Daud’s hideout gets attacked by Overseers in the final mission.
    Turns out your loyal lieutenant who’s supplied and guided you throughout the whole DLC was a turn coat.
    If you played low chaos she feels remorse and offers the choice to kill or spare her.
    But if you’ve been an unrepentant murdering jerk, she feels justified in her actions and is a pretty tough boss.

  • @SecretOfMonkeyIsland784
    @SecretOfMonkeyIsland784 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Like the nod to 'Poltergeist' on Janes T-Shirt, and Andy's T-Shirt is equally amazing

  • @AceKILLALasers
    @AceKILLALasers 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    Yakuza is easily one of the most underrated and amazing set of games ever created. i wish more people got into them.

  • @tomhibbert6486
    @tomhibbert6486 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    What about Otto octavius from Insomniac's Spider-Man he was Peter Parker's friend and mentor in the game and considering he's the final boss of the game I think it should count

    • @Calekoflight
      @Calekoflight 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That one hurt...through about half the game I somehow mind tricked myself into forgetting the obvious about Otto. Most of the time, I'm just hearing these audio logs being sad and scared listening to Otto just become angrier and angrier and even after I remembered, I kinda hoped he would do his heel turn in a post credit scene or something. The final fight hurt.

    • @daviddaugherty2816
      @daviddaugherty2816 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Some very good dramatic irony there. I know who Otto Octavius becomes and so do you, but that didn't make it any less heartbreaking to see it happen.

    • @Calekoflight
      @Calekoflight 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@daviddaugherty2816 It was done so well...Like, first we're doing work on prosthetics to help people. Then he takes on some shady contracts to keep getting funding. Then we see him get angrier and angrier over a decades old grudge (that is probably completely justified).
      Also, they had another big villain cooking in the background with Harry and his stuff so it could have went that way instead.

    • @WarpChaos
      @WarpChaos 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah, but it was a foregone conclusion that he would turn evil.

  • @tomtitherington
    @tomtitherington 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Mike's ride, kindness costs nothing. When I'm being manipulated to do the bidding of others, a please or thanks you for performing monstrous acts goes a long way! 😊

  • @okaosamu
    @okaosamu 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Not fully sure if this would count, but in Mortis Ghost's OFF you have to choose to fight either your puppet (the Batter) or the Judge. In the 'non secret' ending, you'd be pitted against your long time guide who I'd honestly call your best friend throughout the game

  • @bradreed4414
    @bradreed4414 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Nishki being the thumbnail is perfect

  • @totz_the_plaid9625
    @totz_the_plaid9625 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Don't worry, Mike, you're a dad! You can watch any children's show you want and blame it on your kid! (Even if your kid doesn't actually watch it...)

  • @green_dragon_knight
    @green_dragon_knight 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The writing in OX videos is always brilliant- chef’s kiss for the Molotov cocktail joke 😂

  • @emeraldaly7646
    @emeraldaly7646 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    It's not a challenging boss fight -- nor should it be, being a superpowered conduit versus an ordinary human dying of a plague -- but the topic reminds me of inFAMOUS 2's "Infamous" ending, where Zeke feebly raises a gun to Evil Cole saying "I have to try (to stop you)." Cole even mournfully responds "I know" before dispatching him.

    • @TheTriforceDragon
      @TheTriforceDragon 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      "Half as long..."
      "Twice as bright..."

  • @Victorina
    @Victorina 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    He's sort of a miniboss, but I immediately thought of Kain from FF4; he starts out as your Dragoon buddy but gets taken over by Golbez (probably because he's in love with Rosa) and you have to fight him later on

  • @pctech714
    @pctech714 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    A friend of mine and I both went to the same college and at one point it had a Double Dragon cab in the student union. We threw so many quarters at it and finally got to the end only to find out you had to fight each other for the girl (look, it was the 80s).
    Also, the console ports were probably doing everyone a favor by only allowing 2 enemies on screen at a time because, even in the arcade version, if you were facing 4 or 5 enemies it slowed the game to a crawl. Recently played Double Dragon in emulation and it replicated that experience perfectly.

  • @cwac5229
    @cwac5229 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I forget which one it was specifically but I remember that there was a splinter cell title that had a co-op mode where the very last level ended up where you received a message from a mysterious benefactor that told you to kill your co-op partner. Blast level was you two trying to out stealth each other and kill each other.

  • @Skaitania
    @Skaitania 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    An umbrella in a Molotov cocktail! If I wasn't subscribed for years, I'd have done it right here.

  • @antarcts
    @antarcts 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    The fight against Xion in kingdom hearts had me sobbing for hours man

    • @WarpChaos
      @WarpChaos 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Technically, Riku was the final boss in that game, though.

    • @WhiteFangofWar
      @WhiteFangofWar 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@WarpChaos Still a best friend- Sora's.

    • @WarpChaos
      @WarpChaos 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@WhiteFangofWar That would be KH1 then.

  • @jackbassindale4336
    @jackbassindale4336 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Quantum Break should most definitely have been on this list. That’s a heartbreaking final boss fight in my opinion, and I honestly agreed with Paul more than Jack

  • @kathryndunn8052
    @kathryndunn8052 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Would A Way Out count? They become friends through the course of the game rather than start as best friends, but imagine being in a fatal gun/fist fight with the person who you escaped prison with, helped you avenge the wrongs caused by a crime lord, and (depending on who you play as) either helped you reconnect with your hurt son and wife or escorted you and accompanied you for the birth of your first born. I know Leo is far more betrayed than Vincent but the fact that they return to the deceased man's family to give them closure afterwards shows how close they have gotten.

  • @aidynhickmanpartlow5620
    @aidynhickmanpartlow5620 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I think a way out should have made this list because not only do you end up fighting someone you thought was a friend game wise but your also actually fighting your friend who you played with. Although not a traditional boss fight i think it should have been on here

  • @supergamingwarriorgamerult4705
    @supergamingwarriorgamerult4705 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Though not exactly the final boss, it is the boss before the final hidden story, I'd like to put to Honorable mention LiveALive, specifically the Middle Ages chapter with Oersted and Streibough

  • @venomous6593
    @venomous6593 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    What about “a way out”

  • @RajatKumar-xs4tl
    @RajatKumar-xs4tl 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You guys missed “A way out” in this series and I think it hurts the most because you are actually fighting against an actual real life friend.

  • @x7nilestyle13
    @x7nilestyle13 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I love when Yakuza makes it into theae videos, it's such a great franchise and even more people should play it

  • @annc.f.7861
    @annc.f.7861 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Can't believe you guys forgot Suikoden 2 and Star Ocean 4. Suikoden 2 literally sees your best friend become the king of the enemy kingdom. You fight him as the final duel in the secret ending. In Star Ocean 4, it's a long running party member that takes off towards the end of the game and comes back as the ultimate big bad.

    • @Elora445
      @Elora445 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I thought about Suikoden 2 all the time, hoping to see it in this video, but alas...

  • @gregorlangemeier4116
    @gregorlangemeier4116 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    Ghost of Tsushima has you fighting against your uncle who basically raised you as his own son when your father died. He still loves you but cannot abandon his principles, forcing him to duel you to the death. The whole sequence is heartbreaking.

    • @hannahfox5422
      @hannahfox5422 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I think the actual big boss of all three acts is a bit of a gut punch, but none of them hit harder than Lord Shimura.

    • @PINKcup-
      @PINKcup- 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I had to turn the game off after the fight and cry a little bit

  • @DragonAttack515
    @DragonAttack515 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Suggestion for a commenter edition: Oceanhorn, from well Oceanhorn 2. You were literally beating up a giant orb together, when cutscene and bam and you hear his voice say the iconic line: „Death Rad Activated“ and you think: „Yeah let’s smash this stupid orb“ and then you realize he is, in fact going to smash you, and not the orb. Broke my heart in confusion.

  • @ReiAyanami8
    @ReiAyanami8 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Man, you can just tell that Jane drew the short straw due to the way she read the line "fart on Princess Kenny's balls."

  • @kellymartin2603
    @kellymartin2603 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    "He has an Australian accent, I don't trust him" I say, in my Australian accent, from Australia.

  • @juicy102691
    @juicy102691 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    In one of the endings of Tales of Xillia 2, if you choose to save your brother, whose death was necessary for you to reach the BBEG, you will have to fight everyone in your party. You essentially murder your best friends, the people who made this journey with you, to stop them from having to sacrifice your brother, who understood the stakes and was willing to give his life to save the world. It was heart wrenching.

    • @metalatlasful
      @metalatlasful 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      oh god, yeah that was rough especially when some of the people youre straight up killing are childhood friends, a demi god, and a little girl just getting over her ptsd

  • @XDeminox
    @XDeminox 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    What? No Bulletstorm? They telegraphed the best friend BBEG so hard, it was ultra camp just like the whole insane game! Plus you get to remote control a robot dinosaur monster thing at one point, what's not to love?

  • @edicius8445
    @edicius8445 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Lmao the square enix boss and ceo cutscene made me spit my beer out lol

  • @thegloriousyeti7535
    @thegloriousyeti7535 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Given the age of the game I can understand why it wasn't referenced but Ace Combat Zero had a devastating betrayal. Your wingman, Pixy, was with you from the start of the game. Then in the midgame he betrays you when you lost your radar and missiles. So you two are stuck using Machine guns. He then comes back in an advance fighter jet with a massive "f*ck you" laser and you have to kill him before you can get to a nuke.

    • @moss1873
      @moss1873 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Pixy was who I immediately thought of. As a kid, having him suddenly open fire on me was devastating.
      "Yo, buddy. Still alive?"

  • @DeerBonesBaby
    @DeerBonesBaby 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    My list would have Pixy from Ace Combat Zero. Not only is he your best friend, he's your literal wing man for the majority of the game! So at the final fight when you have to duel Pixy in straight air to air combat, literally jousting each other head on to stop him from nuking the entire world, it stings because you, the player, built up the same bond that Cipher (the player character) has.
    I mean, he survives of course but the theme of the final fight adds to the emotions. I still get chills replaying that level to this day

    • @sealcuddl3r
      @sealcuddl3r 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Completely agree. I was going to be very disappointed if no one had mentioned ACZ. Also that music!

    • @DeerBonesBaby
      @DeerBonesBaby 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@sealcuddl3r for sure! Never have I thought I needed a choir to accompany Spanish guitar before.

    • @rorythomas9469
      @rorythomas9469 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Not enough cut scenes for an outside Xbox video but I will re listen to zero

    • @ESLongoria
      @ESLongoria 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Solo Wing Pixy being left off is criminal!

  • @Henna1911
    @Henna1911 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    My first thought for this prompt was Greedfall. While I don't think it comes out of nowhere (the narrative builds up to it beautifully) it is still heartbreaking, regardless of what ending is chosen.

  • @TeissonH
    @TeissonH 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I still can't believe our friendship didn't mean anything to Lance Vance 😢

    • @rodrigocampos1302
      @rodrigocampos1302 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      One of my first game betrayals

  • @Roariken1
    @Roariken1 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Xion from Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days. They spend the whole game building their friendship and endearing us to Xion and Roxas. The fight and the post fight cutscene were heartbreaking.

    • @midnights2631
      @midnights2631 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They did her in a different list but I agree 😭😭😭😭 I sobbed at that part

  • @pmonday
    @pmonday 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Hearing Jane have to explain the plot of The Stick of Truth was absolutely excellent.

  • @mms16
    @mms16 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    from internet mom to best friend to final boss, what a journey!

  • @tetsuv
    @tetsuv 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    a little surprised GTA Vice city isn't on here. Lance Vance is your friend through most of the game, helping several times but turns on you at the very end of the story when he gets paranoid and thinks you are belittling him

  • @angelface925
    @angelface925 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    What about Roxas vs. Xion in Kingston Hearts 365/2?! They shared ICE CREAM!! Not to mention how unsettling it is to see your friend's head deform right in front of you while they say they have to kill you... 😅

    • @WarpChaos
      @WarpChaos 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Riku is the final boss in that game.

    • @angelface925
      @angelface925 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@WarpChaos true, butt Xion's battle really messed me up 😣😅

    • @WarpChaos
      @WarpChaos 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@angelface925 "Who else will I have ice cream with?" 😂🤣

  • @Tabbyclaw
    @Tabbyclaw 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Jane is your best friend, your final boss, and your internet mom, all rolled into one. No wonder she's a millionaire youtuber; she puts in the work!

  • @kingimura2430
    @kingimura2430 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Dead Rising 2: Off the Record was its own game, being created as a reimagination to Dead Rising 2, not as a DLC. Off the Record is its own standalone.

  • @normative
    @normative 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    How does the Insomniac Spider-Man not make the cut? “YOU KNEW.”

  • @Michael_Lindell
    @Michael_Lindell 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    They're our BFFs (Best Fiends Forever).

  • @teddylyon1189
    @teddylyon1189 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    What about RDR2? Dutch is basically Arthur’s adopted dad, but as things get worse for the gang, he slowly starts slipping, constantly putting the gang into danger until Arthur has to stop him and save who he can with the time he has left. I wouldn’t exactly call him a final boss since you don’t really fight him, but still, Arthur is actively siding against him at the end of the game and he is basically the emotional final boss/antagonist

    • @Chris_Sizemore
      @Chris_Sizemore 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      RDR2 is kind of the opposite of this list. You spend the entire game hating Micha more and more for lots of reasons and Micha is the actual final boss of the game. So many game overs because the game doesn't like you skipping to the ending. Common game, you know it ends this way why can't I kill Micha in act 2?

  • @ShiftyApparition
    @ShiftyApparition 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    We need a version of this list for bosses who weren't the final boss. I was not prepared for Dawn of Mana to turn nearly as dark as it did.

  • @motbus3
    @motbus3 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It is a misconception to think the clones where bad at shooting.
    The clones by the way were the best stormtroopers.
    The normal storm troopers were the bad ones and that's exactly why the emperor requested the clones. It wasn't only because they could be modified for controlling

  • @noxprobxrob3877
    @noxprobxrob3877 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    For the first time in OXBOX history, I have been legitimately significantly spoiled by that Jedi Survivor entry. While I am deeply saddened, I recognize this is my own doing. What a shame. Good list though! Xion's boss fight and Axel in KH2 after playing 358 blah blah blah come to mind. Or Terra. Or Aqua. Damn. Maybe just a Kingdom Hearts sad bosses list?

    • @michaelandreipalon359
      @michaelandreipalon359 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      As a Star Wars Legends fan, I didn't mind being spoiled, so to test if the Disney Alt-universe stuff can be worth digesting or whatever.

    • @richardnewns15
      @richardnewns15 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I wish more reviews would be honest about the storytelling in game reviews. I would never want to spend hours on a game only for it to be ruined at the end by a completely stupid and illogical storyline.

  • @Ovetupp
    @Ovetupp 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT SHE (Jane), MY BEST FRIEND, WOULD DO THIS TO ME!

  • @dragour8723
    @dragour8723 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    In Jade Cocoon 2 (yeah, me again) you become close friends with Cure who considers you to be her best friend, and towards the end you are forced to fight Cure.. twice, while she is sobbing and saying she thought you were her friend.. it is for a good reason but it was really heartbreaking

  • @azuredragoon2054
    @azuredragoon2054 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    In Double Dragon Neon, you also have a fight between the Lee brothers for the heart of Marian. Of course, this is only after a co-op victory against Giga Skullmageddon, turning what WAS the final boss into a prelude for ending a love triangle.