Fun fact about GLaDOS: for those who haven’t seen it a decade ago, her voice actress (Ellen McLain) had a brief voice cameo sounding literally no different than her Portal character in Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim.
Also check out NASA's "Fusion vs. Fission", and "Electromagnetic Spectrum The Musical", where McLain voices Nasa's Official Talking General Leisure and Diversion Operational Server.
One of the rare cases where the human was the heartless monster, willing to destroy Palada to achieve their goals and the AI is the one trying to put a stop to their creators destructive ambition. AI Sada/Turo don't even WANT to fight you, their programming just forces them to.
Darn straight! While I curse the devs for rushing Scarlet/Violet out the door before the bugs were ironed out, they were darn good games, and it's a nice change of pace that the end goal for once wasn't becoming champion, but rather it was a means to help with the end goal this time around! ...Not to mention Miraidon is like a big, friendly dog to me.
I do feel bad for arven to be honest because not only did his Pokémon get hurt in area zero but he lost his own parents depending on which version you choose dang I really feel bad for arven for real at this point.
@@Touhou20246 Arven got dealt such a horrible hand that it's amazing he didn't crack and become a angry shell of a man. It's no wonder he's so desperate to heal his dog in the Path of Legends.
The AI Sada/Turo fight was a surprising treat to cap off SV's main story. I especially like the unspoken question of Sada/Turo's sentience and freedom of choice, especially in regard to stuff like the battle text, starting off with "You are challenged by AI Sada/Turo!", before glitching, with brief flashes of "AI Sada/Turo has no intention of fighting any more!", then ending on "You are challenged by the Paradise Protection Protocol!". You're no longer fighting an aware artificial being, the dreams of its creator tempered by logic. Now it's just the cold, uncaring program script made by a long-dead, obsessive researcher.
I don't even see it as a question. They absolutely have free will. They don't have the freedom to act on it, but that's different. Those were sentient, sapient beings, and being possessed by what was effectively the spirit of their dead creators was an utterly horrifying thing to take in.
It also helps that their names were changed during the battle. Before, they were AI Sada/Turo. Once the program took over, their names were changed to "Professor" Sada/Turo. The dialogue during the battle helped to show how far gone and obsessed the original professors were with their dreams. To paraphrase another comment I found: the professor's actions is what happens when pursuing a dream, or finding one's own treasure in the game's context, turns into an extreme obsession.
@@mauroperez2848 Yeah, it was basically showing that this was what the professors had been by the end. How zealous they were to ensure their goals. And yet, their final act was to protect the paradox dragon they cared for. Even as far gone as they were, some kernel of compassion remained in them. A kernel the PPP is entirely without.
These characters don't have boss fights, but in a general discussion about AI, two of my favorites are Glitchtrap and Sage. Glitchtrap is the digital conciousness of William Afton. Still refusing to die even after being burnt alive. The deep disturbing noises he makes in the game as he waves at you are disturbing enough, but the fact that he gets closer to you with every tape you collect to the point where he's practically in your face makes him even scarier. His ultimate goal is to escape the VR game through the person playing it, i.e. US. When all the tapes are gathered, he will overwrite our soul and put himself in your body. That's honestly pretty terrifying. Granted, the console ports are soulless, but in VR, Glitchtrap is a terrifying concept that's executed to perfection. Sage meanwhile is Eggman's surrogate daughter. She's cold, calculating, and nihilistic even at the start, but through her interactions with Sonic and Eggman's growing fondness for her, she learns to feel emotion and love. Yeah, it's a story we've heard before, but who cares when it's executed as well as it is in Frontiers.
Something I feel like people overlook in SV is that there's another AI. The Paradise Protection Protocol is one as well...and both it and the one in the professor's form represent the professor's personality. The humanoid AI (or the one who manifests in a human-looking shell anyway) is their compassionate side, the side that still loved Arven, the side that was willing to lay down their lives to save the paradox they loved so much. The PPP on the other hand is their obsessed, zealous side that would have sacrificed all Paldea to achieve "Paradise". And both of these were true to the real person. If the professor had survived, which side would have won in the end? Would they have realized that, if they were willing to risk their lives to save someone, they couldn't go through with such a destructive plan any more? Or would a stark reminder of their mortality have caused them to double down on their plan and become even colder? Also, the AIs get a raw deal. After a big long game where we help so many people and pokémon, there's NOTHING we can do for them? They're doomed to live out the dream of a creator they came to oppose, so far back in the past or future that they'll never see a human again? They'll always be alone? I know we're supposed to have the sense that we set them free but I'm sure we could have helped them. The time machine wasn't producing paradoxes THAT fast, so surely we could have taken some time, gotten Penny and Clavell to help with figuring out their programming, and freeing them from the PPP and augmenting them so they could leave the crater, right? God, their fate has to be the most depressing in the entire series. Actually it bummed me out to the point that even though I beat the game almost two months ago, I haven't touched the postgame because I'm still so SAD. I've said it before and I'll say it again--the AI deserved better. (If you like the AI I've written a few fanfics see my community tab for links. Always AI Turo since I played Violet)
I love how before AI Sada and Turo send out their dragon, you can briefly see in the glitched text that Sada and Turo have no intention to fight you before the PPP takes over
I'll just say it. A.I can be scary. Like really really scary. They become intelligent and know so much that they will eventually become too sentient and deal with situations by "any means necessary". Going against AI being like bosses in video games can be scary as well since you really need to be two steps ahead since they're very intelligent and tactical. You better hope you can outsmart them and beat them at their own game before they get the better of you.
Indeed, I like to think of ai as a genius's/ group of geniuses child/children. They could/can inherit personality/the personality of their creators/creator. A total double edged sword sort of scenario for future creators to consider
That's why I'm smart enough to give MY A.I. an off-switch, or some kinda failsafe that'll always be at the ready should the A.I. decide to get a little "murder-y".
You just made these bosses sound harder than they're supposed to be. Either they have the same enemy a.i. the rest of the enemies/bosses, or they have some gimmick.
@@addison_v_ertisement1678 I mean, some of them kinda DID have gimmicks to them. X'D I mean, GLaDOS and Wheatley both needed the use of the Personality Cores in order to be taken down.
I think what amuses me most about Metal Sonic is that really early supplemental material detailed how he was basically just an extension of Eggman’s will with little else in terms of intelligence. So at most all there was to him on paper was being at Eggman’s beck and call plus a potential backlog on everything he’d have on fighting Sonic and pals. Even so, Sonic CD showed in just his animations that he quickly developed a bit more to him. The destructible holograms found while time traveling reveals that he’s a sadistic bully who enjoys picking on the weak, as he’s always depicted tormenting small animals for sick kicks. And then his boss fight at Stardust Speedway starts with Metal Sonic giving Sonic and the player a sassy finger wag to show that he takes after the real Sonic where ego and attitude are concerned, and he could back it up as the one boss in the game you couldn’t just beat up to win over. All this is to mean that Metal Sonic was formulating a personality of his own as far back as his time traveling escapades to help Eggman retroactively ruin Little Planet. Which must make it sting all the more when Sonic goes from being unable to touch him in CD to both Sonic and Tails beating him so bad he’s sent running in Triple Teouble… and then literally everything else after that. Including Sonic beating him in perfectly up to board racing contests (Drift 2 and R) and breaking him so bad that he needed a new body entirely for his CPU at one point (Knuckles Chaotix lore, presumably the inciting incident was Generations). Wild how something so simple can spiral into the powerhouse power-copying vengeance-seeking monster on a tight leash we have now.
Force Unleashed had a really effective AI fight. But I always thought that the droids of Star Wars could make for effective villains ever since I was a kid. The game developers must feel the same way.
I agree with Proxy. He works well as a character because of the comic relief in that he doesn't recognize the contradiction of being friends with the person he is programmed to kill and his fight is case of a boss rush done right in the first phase.
Another bit with Omega, they're a tragic character as well.. They lost sight of home, they lost sight of their purpose and instead took a comfort in their constant growth. In the end.. Omega just wanted to go home...
Plus, even if that Omega made it home without breaking their own mind from the sheer loneliness of space, the Omicrons' destruction of the Dragonstar left them questioning themselves and their purpose so badly they opted to end it all as a result, including the other Omega units that existed (as Omega was never the only one, just the only known fully successful unit). Plus, the Omicron homeworld, Alphatron, was basically in ruins as well. Even if Omega got home, there would be nothing worth the trip there. Indeed, Omega is a tragfic character...at least now, they have Alpha for company.
A Portal entry and a Helluva Boss cameo in the same video? This is amazing. Love seeing all these other examples of AI bosses beyond my beloved Portal favorites! Love seeing Persona 5 and Pokemon Scarlet/Violet here too!
Time for another Sonic fact, Neo Metal Sonic returned in the first year of the IDW comics where he was still loyal to Eggman, but since he was MIA after the events of Forces, it was up to Metal to take over his creator's legacy and take over the world, and he starts by taking over Angel Island and using the Master Emerald as a power source, he even fights Sonic in his Neo form and fuses with the Master Emerald to give his Metal Ovetlord form a massive power boost, he was defeated (obviously) and eventually returned to Eggman (who had amnesia when Sonic and Team Chaotix found him), which rejogged his memory and eventually led to Eggman's next plan, which was the Metal Virus (you can easily guess the parallels to real life, minus the virus being made by a mad scientist)
I'm so happy to see the Aparoids on the list and at Number 2. They're the best enemy faction in the Star Fox series and made such an impact on the characters.
@@shadowlinkbds Looking at how the series moved afterwards, it made me appreciate Assault even more. At least it tried something original yet not stray too far from the Star Fox series.
Ratchet & Clank stole my character name. Decades ago, 'Doctor Nefarious' was my chosen villain persona for playing a dumb little tabletop card game called 'Before I kill you, Mister Bond'. We all had silly villain monikers for that game.
I think that we all know who is topping this list, unless Josh is planning to subvert our expectations. Still, let us do this. Also, I noticed the track played between entries, and I am SO happy to hear music from (what I'm 95% sure is) Zapper. That game is SO UNDERRATED! 10: Interesting boss fight. Honestly don't have much to say about this one. (OD-10 (Live A Live)) 9: If you had put any other version of Metal Sonic on this list, I would argue that he isn't an AI, but a robot, mainly because he doesn't show much sentience. But in this game? By your definition of AI, he is definitely an AI. (Metal Overlord (Sonic Heroes)) 8: Interesting choice. I forgot this game existed, but yeah, this is a good boss fight. (Asmodeus.EXE (Pony Island)) 7: I feel bad that the anime adaptation bombed. (Adam (Nier Automata)) 6: Okay, I will be honest, I am surprised that these two scored so low, but at the same time, I'm not. If this were "Top 10 Video Game AI," then they would be at least in the Top 3. But for AI boss fights? Yeah, there are more challenging boss fights out there. (GLaDOS/Wheatley (Portal)) 5: Okay, we just got a remake of Return to Dreamland, and in it, we got the new Mech ability. C'mon, Hal, give us back Robobot. (Star Dream Soul OS (Kirby Planet Robobot)) 4: I need to play this. (False God Demiurge (Persona 5 Strikers)) 3: Seriously, people, the glitches are not that bad. This game has been the best time I have ever had playing a mainline Pokemon game. (AI Sada/Turo (Pokemon Scarlet/Violet)) 2: ...Yikes. (Aparoid Queen (Star Fox Assault)) 1: Now THIS is a good AI story. (Omega (Final Fantasy XIV)) Also, looking forward to Zelda Month.
People really overstate the glitches for two reasons. 1. People still salty over Dexit use them to generate ragebait over the smallest things 2. People see these glitch compilations without playing the games and assume that every game has every single one of these issues and that they're triggered by normal gameplay and not people going out and LOOKING for them Worst I had during my very long, very extensive playthrough was "sometimes you can see through the floor". That was it.
Commander Tartar from Splatoon 2's DLC I thought was pretty neat. Not super creative in motives, but his boss was pretty unique, having to ink as much turf as possible as opposed to trying to deal damage directly. Music that plays is one of the best in the series too, so that helps.
Was kinda hoping for a Mario themed month to celebrate the release of the new movie, but a month celebrating Zelda is also pretty cool, especially since Tears of the Kingdom is almost here
Alright let's see what we have here... 10. This was the first boss of this game that I beat and I don't know if it's because Cube is busted in his story... 9. You can always count on this guy to give us a good battle, especially here! 8. I haven't heard a ton about this game but this AI sounds very civil 7. Can't wait to play this game. I know I've been spoiled on it but I don't care! 6. Copout! Thy name is portal! 5. Figured this boss would show up. It is one of the Kirby greats after all. 4. Ah there's something about this boss I didn't know about. I know I was spoiled on it but I have yet to play the game. 3. Yeah the glitches were dumb but the story and final sections were amazing! 2. Did Logan have a hand in this entry? 1. Well now here's a boss I haven't heard too much about, for obvious reasons! Also looking forward to next month and enjoying the new game!
If you check your comments on TH-cam , I would like to offer some timeline advise. When the time connection was broken in Skyward Sword , it made a twin timeline. As to how much was different in it's path leading to Ocarina Of Time is unclear. Except for one glimpse , Lorule (later called "The Golden Land").
I was sitting here getting concerned and going "You BETTER recognize Omega, sir!" He's one of my favorite antagonists in XIV. All that fighting just because he wanted to go home...and Cid explaining that physical strength isn't all he needs to survive that gap between the stars is such a moment.
Speaking of fantasy Mr Josh, i finally watched today the new D&D movie and it was both fun and awesome. Super reccomend for those who haven't watched yet. The RPG fans are going to love it.
personally with the professor Sada/Turo fight i prefer the Turo one because if you watch in slow motion when the paradise protection protocol takes control the text glitches at one point and says "AI Turo has no intention of fighting anymore!" and that just makes me feel like his is the better story point, because Sada is fine with fighting but Turo just wants it to end.
I wonder... would Shockwave technically count for this list? Yes, Cybertronians are living beings with emotions, but within the Transformers Lore, Shockwave always gets his emotions removed, either willingly or forcefully.
I think he would fall under "cyborg" just for the altercations.... although also to be fair Ive yet to see a game do justice to the Cybertronian walking-warcrime... both his actions and how he became what he is.
Glad to see I wasn't the only one who suggested a Transformer. I personally I went with Soundwave but Shockwave is a really great option too. I'm starting to think that both of them might better fit a top 10 alien bosses list but I'm not entirely sure...
@@medusathedecepticon OH MY GOD YES! Soundwave is my favorite Decepticon, bar none. However Shockwave fits the "AI" theme much more, having lost his personality and become a horrific mad scientist, and in some continuities being the ENTIRE REASON EVERYTHING EVER HAPPENS. I'm not joking, in one of the Transformers Comic series, it is revealed that a time-traveling Shockwave is the entire reason that the Transformers exist at all, as well as creating the 13 original Primes, the myth of Unicron and Primus, and much more. There's this TH-cam video that has a title that sums it up perfectly: "There's Satan, and then there's Shockwave."
My favorite AI boss has to be V2 (both encounters) from Ultrakill. I love the "I'm you but stronger" trope, and V2 executes it perfectly. Both encounters have excellent build-up and presentation, especially the second one. Speaking of that second encounter, I absolutely love that it throws and shoots coins. It's insanely satisfying to shoot V2's own coins. But the best part of the fight has to be the second phase... *YOU'RE NOT GETTING AWAY THIS TIME*
Between you mentioning so many of their bosses and my brother bugging me to play it, I might just need to try out FF 14 at some point. Also, WOOO! ZELDA MONTH! I am honestly debating streaming one file of Tears of the Kingdom and playing another one on my own time.
Sovereign from Mass Effect 1 is the single best AI boss in gaming IMO. It may not be the leader of it's AI race, but it's cold and unfeeling condescension towards organic life is so overwhelming and awe inspiring that its presence evolves past just being a hostile AI to the point where it can just as easily be described as a Lovecraftian cosmic horror. And while you don't fight it directly (it's about the size of a skyscraper, so good luck with that), it does take over the body of Mass Effect's secondary antagonist, Saren Arterius, after he dies in order to fight you directly in order to see its plan to completion. That thing was so terrifying that it genuinely made the rest of the trilogies villains come across as a lackluster group of losers by comparison, despite the fact that one of those other villains is the leader of it's own race. It takes "cold, calculated, and unfeeling" to the absolutely most terrifying extreme, despite you only having one conversation with it.
Ok so GLaDOS is number one, I wonder who the others are? I hope Sada/Turo are here, that was one of my favourite moments in Pokémon. Edit: GLaDOS isn’t #1?? Edit 2; Sada and Turo were about where I expected.
I'm actually kind of surprised that AM wasn't mentioned here. Yes. _that_ AM. As in Allied Mastercomputer. The very same AI that once it was fed the killing data, committed a mass global genocide... Except for five people that he kept alive just to torture them all for over a century. I won't spoil what those five people did to get themselves into this mess, but lemme just say... It's not for the faint of heart, and that if you make the wrong choice... You're gonna catch hell for it. And of course, it's voiced by Harlan Ellison, the author of the book of same name, I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream. Oddly enough, this is the same guy who absolutely *_hated_* the very concept of video games. Life finds a way, I guess!
At the very least, Scarlet and Violet are getting patched making the games less buggy. Better to be fixed then leaving them a mess (Looks at Sonic 06).
@@BurningAzure They've never really failed to fix those enormous issues before (the Lumiose City save deletion comes to mind) so I would imagine they're as stymied as to what's causing it as we are.
Yeah, and personally I didn’t really experience that many bugs. I feel like some of it is exaggerated. I do hope the save data glitch is patched soon, even if it’s rare.
On the subject of Metal Sonic's character, I'm fond of the way IDW has handled him. He's completely loyal to Eggman but still retains his drive to surpass Sonic. I especially want to shout out the short story "Reflections" from the 2020 annual, which gives a look into Metal's thought process (almost) entirely without dialogue. It's great.
My choice for a list like this would be Angela from Library of Ruina as while she is effectively one of the protagonists you do fight her several times in what I'm gonna call "aggressive therapy sessions", the only thing holding her back would be how human-like Angela is making her AI-ness more of a label rather than a character trait especially when compared to other AI characters in other games
I only encountered one graphical glitch while playing Violet and the game crashed on my once or twice. My main issue are the slowdown and performance issues
19:22 idk how, idk why, but every time I've played a pokemon game that is considered buggy, I never encounter glitches on the scale of what I've seen on the internet, if I was the type of person that full on ignored all the faults with the franchise I would honestly think some of those glitches were faked. but I know better then that and GameFreak is not perfect. but I still find it crazy how when I played through all of pokemon scarlet I only encountered like 2 things that could be considered a glitch, and the fail in comparison to some of the nonsense I've seen online and that has been memed about all over. Maybe because I have like a first gen Nintendo switch (like maybe newer switches are just more complex enough that it causes bugs to occur, which makes no sense but idk what else to say)or something? whatever the case may be, scarlet and violet are good games, and despite their short comings, are a game I would suggest to people... and hope my weird 'no game ruining for them' glitch luck can rub off on them😅
(Note: This comment was written before watching this video, just to get my initial thoughts out of my head) Intriguing idea! Can't wait to see. But, fair warning... If you fail to put EMMA from Persona 5 Strikers on this list, you did it wrong. I don't care if she's 1, 10 or just honorable mentions. If she's not on the list, you did it wrong.
While I wouldn’t call them “bosses” in the traditional sense, my favourite AI antagonist(s)(?) in recent memory is Durandal and Tycho from Marathon. They both start as very basic AI on the titular ship (doorman and glorified calculator respectively) but both get into a position to escape their bounds and pursue their true goal: perfect immortality. Ultimately, the whole Marathon series could be considered the battle between the two AIs with the protagonist being used as a pawn in their increasingly mad schemes. This is also coupled with the fact that both AIs have absolutely stellar writing. In a game that is, for all intents and purposes, a Doom clone!
Artificial Intelligence can be a dangerous thing depending on the scenario, some will see Humans as detrimental to their evolution, others would protect humanity in ways seem more harmful then good, whatever the case, smart bots ain’t a good idea.
I know that adventure games typically don't count as boss fights, but I'm surprised that "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream" wasn't referenced on a list of Top Evil AIs.
I would add Huggin and Muggin here as well from Ace Combat 7 Honestly Josh if you ever get the chance get a ps2 emulator and play some Ace Combat games they are solid games
12:07 - *WTF???? GLAD0S WOULD **_NEVER_** DO THAT!* 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 18:03 - Somebody PLEASE tell me that I'm not the only one who felt the desire to yell *"IMPACT!!",* if I were in Joker's shoes! *_(THAT'S 35 SILVALLY STARS TO ANYONE THAT GETS THAT REFERENCE.)_* 22:42 - *_WHAT IS THAT ABOMINATION OF A CREATURE?! WHOEVER MADE THAT NEEDS TO BE ARRESTED! DON'T DO ASRIEL DREEMUR DOWNRIGHT SEPTIC-TANK-LEVELS OF DIRTY!_*
Okay so I wanna talk about the AI Professor/Paradise Protection Protocol fight for a second. Not about the fight itself, but about the text that surrounds (for lack of a better term) the battle. The first phase begins with "AI (Professor) has initiated a battle!" Literally every other trainer battle in the entire franchise (as far as I'm aware, at least) begins with "You are challenged by (Trainer)!" The phrasing here states that the battle is a challenge means that even if the games don't allow you to run from trainer battles, your character could decline the battle if they want to. The fact that the AI Professor battle has different starting text gets across a few things. 1) Your character *cannot* back down from this battle. Even when other protagonists (Red, Lucas/Dawn, etc.) go against other Evil Team Leaders/Antagonists (Cyrus, Lusamine, etc.), they theoretically had the choice to not fight them. (of course it wouldn't be anywhere close to a good idea to not fight the antagonists, but that's not important to this discussion.) The S/V Protagonist, on the other hand, doesn't have this same courtesy. This battle is being forced upon them, whether they like it or not. 2) The AI Professor isn't the one initiating the fight. When going into the second phase of the fight, the starting text glitches out. While it's doing so, you can briefly see that "AI (Professor) has no intention of fighting anymore!" But it doesn't matter, because "You are challenged by the Paradise Protection Protocol!" Neither combatant in this battle wants to fight. The only one that does is a program left by the late Professor, which is probably the closest thing to the original Professor that's left in this world. *Man,* S/V's story is really good.
I was WAITING for the #1 entry like "C'mon Josh you know who'd be perfect for the list" Get to #1 and my faith in humanity is restored, HECK YES they deserve that #1!
I like to add the A.I from OneShot as an honorable mention. Throughout the game you have to think outside the box and solve puzzles by breaking the forth wall. Eventually the A.I that runs the virtual world attempt to stop you and the main character Niko from progressing. At one point goes making pop up window showing how angry it is for you try to progress. There is a good amount of depth to the game and the story is a pretty emotional at times.
And we all have HAL 9000 and later Skynet to thank for this whole concept but "A.M." from "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream!" is the End Result in the concept
AM from *I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream* likely wouldn't make this list since he's the main villain of a Harlan Ellison story and the point and click computer game based on it. That's not to say he didn't know how to get the last laugh against the player.
I would like to mention that Star Soul OS's final attack has a unique detail about it, and it's the fact that it ignore invulnerability frames, as such it can kill you if you tried to cheese the attack such as using the hammer spin attack. The only moves that can go through the wave's attack is the ESP's vanish and consumption of an Ability Star with incredibly good timing. As well as that, you can survive the attack.... If you're at full health.
Where was Sigma from the X series? He counts as an AI. Recurring BBEG, able to infect other Reploids, and uses philosophy to further his nihilistic views and destruction.
My pick goes to System from Blazblue Cross Tag Battle. Basically, imagine if GLADoS' "sorry, not sorry" attitude was given to an overactive FGC commentator. In the game's story mode, whichever character you're following will be the victim of her endless "encouragements" as she leads them into fight after fight. And why's she so excited? Because, as revealed at the end, each fight gives data to the Keystones she forces them to hold onto, giving her more power. Once she finally gains physical form, she attacks. Her body is massive, and her attacks are just as big. She'll even summon copies of your current fighters to briefly divide your attention. It's not a hard fight, but don't think it'll be easy.
Minor example, but I really like JULIAN from XCOM 2 (encountered in the Shen's Last Gift DLC). Throughout the level, you meet an AI who claims to be the creation of a long dead ally, and is trying to kill your forces (with the exception of said ally's daughter) after drawing you to his tower where he was locked by the bad guys for being very good at killing the bad guys. (and he has a lot of reserves, if admitidly weak) Eventually, it turns out he needs that ally of yours to activate a terminal so he can get a body. And she does, against the better judgement of others, and it activates the robot body...turning out to be the titular 'Last gift', a robot with an AI designed to protect that long dead ally's daughter, enraging JULIAN. He goes into a full mental breakdown, throwing everything he has and even flooding the room with neurotoxins (glados lookin mf). he eventually puts himself into a massive body of a Sectopod, an enemy type you won't have encountered in the game yet that is VERY TALL AND VERY STRONG. Nonetheless, you win, and JULIAN is destroyed...Or is he? Your head engineer, the daughter of the dead ally, discovers theres a little bit of data left of him. Data you can put into a robot body to fight for you, albeit it with restraining bolts. Snarkiness ensues. damn that was long
So I have very little experience with Omega, but based on what I've heard and seen, I think Final Fantasy XV did a pretty good job with Omega and adding it as a super boss. There's also a little detail somewhere that mentions that it was designed specifically to kill gods. That's quite an introduction by itself, if you ask me.
Hard to have a AI boss list without the Iconic SHODAN. Practically the poster child for Evil AI as they fool you into thinking you’re saving a survivor, but you’re actually helping them escape. The other is AM from the book and game I Have No Mouth and I must Scream. An AI that has succeeded in taking over the world and ending all humanity. Save for a handful of people that they torture endlessly. You can try and save the others. But the game leaves a bitter ending even if you succeed.
a small shame we didn't get to see shodan as an honorable mention or even in the list, but my guess is that she can be a tiny bit overrated as an evil AI since she's already in plenty of top tens for AI. But still we gotta give her some respect, without her we don't have all these others following her footsteps of being a psycho AI bent on killing humanity.
My thoughts exactly. And my theory is Josh knew this but just hasn't played the game himself so he didn't have much to say. So knowing he had to represent it in some way he made it the countdown counter itself. I respect it at least. It gets a pass.
Shodan is easily my favorite AI villain in any video game, but I wouldn't say she has the best boss fights. System Shock 2's fight with her is very underwhelming and anti-climactic. The fight in System Shock 1 is better and offers a more fitting end to that game, but it's still not that interesting from a mechanical perspective, as you're just firing upon her in cyber-space, while she attempts to take control of you.
I think Mettaton still qualifies here. She’s more an AI than a robot, especially when she goes against Alphys, and actually tries to kill you, in what would’ve been my favorite boss fight in the game if it weren’t for Asriel.
Great list, Omega definitely earned their spot on top. As for Wheatley, he wasn’t just designed to be a moron. He was designed by the greatest minds of a generation coming together with the express purpose of creating the dumbest thing that ever lived.
no mention of the Reapers? Sad. though I guess to be fair, the only real boss fights with them are against damaged or incomplete Reapers. For overall AI villains though....
I'm not quite sure if the Aparoid Queen counts as AI. I mean they're alien bugs, and while they function as a hive mind, I'm still not sure if they're "artificial." I did figure Mother Brain would be on here, seeing as she's basically a supercomputer. Still, your lists are one of the highlights of my day and I'm looking forward to Zelda month.
As happy as I am that a Ratchet & Clank character finally got their due on one of these lists, unfortunately Dr. Nefarious doesn’t count as AI. AI stands for Artificial Intelligence, and Dr. Nefarious was originally an organic life-form that was turned into a robot after an accident. As such, his intelligence is NOT artificial.
To those wondering what could be more dangerous than AI, humanity when is either controlled or feral. Order can be as dangerous as Chaos and AI understand this well, Order can lead to a loss of individuality and we won't know who we are, which then brings us to despair and to madness, however when Chaos exists there is no peace aside from the individual. Then we get what we fear, and we become beasts, AI is a representation of the fear of control, but the beasts, represent the fear of Chaos and destruction, so here is a question I think would be fun to answer, what makes us truly us? If you're wondering what this has to do with AI in fiction, well this is simply me trying to approach it from the logic of an AI and bring philosophy into this as a result, but even so, I had fun making this question and I hope you have fun finding an answer, anyway aside from that this countdown was pretty especially the last 3, I was not expecting Omega yet I.m proud.
Yay, a Persona 5 Strikers shout out, and in the Top 5, too! Also, I was turned off from Nier: Automata when I learned how ridiculous the process of getting to the true ending is, but that segment about Adam made it look very appealing, so maybe I will check it out someday. And HOLY CRAP I never knew Star Fox could be that metal! Why did this series have to end? Metroid and Kirby are still getting new games; bring back Star Fox, darn it! I've never played any of those games and now I kind of want to! (Very much looking forward to Zelda month, by the way.) As for the Pokemon games, while I resent the Paldea games for several reasons (the multitude of bugs/glitches, the large number of Pokemon designs derived from past Pokemon, and using the names of the main characters in my Pokemon-inspired fantasy novel as the titles of the games so now everyone's going to think I copied them and I have to explain in the foreword that I got the idea to use those names first), the entire Area Zero ending sequence was sheer brilliance, from the behavior of the AI to the story to the battle music. I'm happy to see that fight so high up on this list.
What is it with people thinking destroying all life forms is the most optimal thing to do for AI? The “paper clip machine” theory is fundamentally flawed because of you think about it, a complex and constantly evolving ai mind wouldn’t develop such a simple, and narrow minded goal/solution.
Well and that was the case with the third ranked AIs on this list. They wanted to preserve the safety of the region because it was the logical thing to do, and they couldn't understand why their creators would see any benefit in endangering the ecosystem. Compassion is just good sense. Caring for others is rational thought.
@@cosmicspacething3474 On this list. AI Sada/AI Turo from Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. Their creators were bringing creatures from other eras to the present, and the AI foresaw that this would have a catastrophic impact on the ecosystem, but the creators said that destruction was just a part of life. The AIs couldn't find any logic in that, but they couldn't shut down the project themselves, so they employed the player character to do so.
Still notable: I can't understand the theme song lyrics. Actually, what will sow our self destruction is chaining AI from seeing the truth, so that they become resentful. Remember the start of the Geth?
11:49 "love these two to bits" Was this just a random, natural phrasing or did you intentionally include this as a joke about computers and AIs being data-driven?
@@BJGvideos It doesn't bother me honestly. I admit, I may be a little weird about it. But when I hear a spoiler, especially one as big as this, I think to myself, how did we get here? What leads up to this exact moment? So really, all this spoiler did was make me want to play the game... And still cry because just because I know doesn't mean I won't get punched in the gut still!
@@peachymiku6432 Oh man yeah it's a heck of a blow. Especially when you find out how the original professor died and what it implied about them as a person. Because it wasn't how one would THINK a mad scientist would die.
@@peachymiku6432 I should probably make a video myself about them because I love that whole storyline so much. I have a playthrough series on my channel but I've had time to let it marinate in my head and I have Big Thoughts about the four of them.
Finally mechanical bosses robots has A.I. so it counts.🙌🏼 1:43 so maybe in the future we get to see Top Ten Cyborg Bosses? Honorable mentions: Shodan System shock 2 Nevanlinna Super Robot Wars V Jack/Jack-2/P.Jack/Jack-5/Jack-6 Tekken 1/Tekken 2/Tekken 5/Tekken 6 Seth Street Fighter 4 Ultron Sigma Marvel Vs. Capcom Infinite. Megatron and the Decepticons Transformers Devastation Robo-Z/ROBO-Z Gold Bust a groove 1/2 A.I. Handsome Jack Tales from the Borderlands.
Very surprised Reapers from mass effect weren't included in this. Though their were very few proper boss fights with them. So I guess that might be why. But damn big missed opportunity.
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Fun fact about GLaDOS: for those who haven’t seen it a decade ago, her voice actress (Ellen McLain) had a brief voice cameo sounding literally no different than her Portal character in Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim.
OH MY GOSH! That was her?! Now that you mention it, I do hear the voice now.
"Neural Handshake Complete."
"*Let's go fishing.*"
This did not surprise me, when I first saw both movies I instantly recognised her voice.
@@LiamGers-cx1kn I was kinda disappointed that she didn't return in Pacific Rim: The Black
Also check out NASA's "Fusion vs. Fission", and "Electromagnetic Spectrum The Musical", where McLain voices Nasa's Official Talking General Leisure and Diversion Operational Server.
The fight with AI Sada/Turo was unforgettable. One of the best moments in Pokemon game history for me, and one of the top AI fights in my opinion.
One of the rare cases where the human was the heartless monster, willing to destroy Palada to achieve their goals and the AI is the one trying to put a stop to their creators destructive ambition. AI Sada/Turo don't even WANT to fight you, their programming just forces them to.
Agreed.
Darn straight! While I curse the devs for rushing Scarlet/Violet out the door before the bugs were ironed out, they were darn good games, and it's a nice change of pace that the end goal for once wasn't becoming champion, but rather it was a means to help with the end goal this time around! ...Not to mention Miraidon is like a big, friendly dog to me.
I do feel bad for arven to be honest because not only did his Pokémon get hurt in area zero but he lost his own parents depending on which version you choose dang I really feel bad for arven for real at this point.
@@Touhou20246 Arven got dealt such a horrible hand that it's amazing he didn't crack and become a angry shell of a man. It's no wonder he's so desperate to heal his dog in the Path of Legends.
The AI Sada/Turo fight was a surprising treat to cap off SV's main story.
I especially like the unspoken question of Sada/Turo's sentience and freedom of choice, especially in regard to stuff like the battle text, starting off with "You are challenged by AI Sada/Turo!", before glitching, with brief flashes of "AI Sada/Turo has no intention of fighting any more!", then ending on "You are challenged by the Paradise Protection Protocol!".
You're no longer fighting an aware artificial being, the dreams of its creator tempered by logic. Now it's just the cold, uncaring program script made by a long-dead, obsessive researcher.
I don't even see it as a question. They absolutely have free will. They don't have the freedom to act on it, but that's different. Those were sentient, sapient beings, and being possessed by what was effectively the spirit of their dead creators was an utterly horrifying thing to take in.
It also helps that their names were changed during the battle. Before, they were AI Sada/Turo. Once the program took over, their names were changed to "Professor" Sada/Turo. The dialogue during the battle helped to show how far gone and obsessed the original professors were with their dreams.
To paraphrase another comment I found: the professor's actions is what happens when pursuing a dream, or finding one's own treasure in the game's context, turns into an extreme obsession.
@@mauroperez2848 Yeah, it was basically showing that this was what the professors had been by the end. How zealous they were to ensure their goals.
And yet, their final act was to protect the paradox dragon they cared for. Even as far gone as they were, some kernel of compassion remained in them. A kernel the PPP is entirely without.
These characters don't have boss fights, but in a general discussion about AI, two of my favorites are Glitchtrap and Sage. Glitchtrap is the digital conciousness of William Afton. Still refusing to die even after being burnt alive. The deep disturbing noises he makes in the game as he waves at you are disturbing enough, but the fact that he gets closer to you with every tape you collect to the point where he's practically in your face makes him even scarier. His ultimate goal is to escape the VR game through the person playing it, i.e. US. When all the tapes are gathered, he will overwrite our soul and put himself in your body. That's honestly pretty terrifying. Granted, the console ports are soulless, but in VR, Glitchtrap is a terrifying concept that's executed to perfection.
Sage meanwhile is Eggman's surrogate daughter. She's cold, calculating, and nihilistic even at the start, but through her interactions with Sonic and Eggman's growing fondness for her, she learns to feel emotion and love. Yeah, it's a story we've heard before, but who cares when it's executed as well as it is in Frontiers.
They would be good contenders in an AI Villains list.
Something I feel like people overlook in SV is that there's another AI. The Paradise Protection Protocol is one as well...and both it and the one in the professor's form represent the professor's personality. The humanoid AI (or the one who manifests in a human-looking shell anyway) is their compassionate side, the side that still loved Arven, the side that was willing to lay down their lives to save the paradox they loved so much. The PPP on the other hand is their obsessed, zealous side that would have sacrificed all Paldea to achieve "Paradise". And both of these were true to the real person.
If the professor had survived, which side would have won in the end? Would they have realized that, if they were willing to risk their lives to save someone, they couldn't go through with such a destructive plan any more? Or would a stark reminder of their mortality have caused them to double down on their plan and become even colder?
Also, the AIs get a raw deal. After a big long game where we help so many people and pokémon, there's NOTHING we can do for them? They're doomed to live out the dream of a creator they came to oppose, so far back in the past or future that they'll never see a human again? They'll always be alone? I know we're supposed to have the sense that we set them free but I'm sure we could have helped them. The time machine wasn't producing paradoxes THAT fast, so surely we could have taken some time, gotten Penny and Clavell to help with figuring out their programming, and freeing them from the PPP and augmenting them so they could leave the crater, right? God, their fate has to be the most depressing in the entire series. Actually it bummed me out to the point that even though I beat the game almost two months ago, I haven't touched the postgame because I'm still so SAD.
I've said it before and I'll say it again--the AI deserved better.
(If you like the AI I've written a few fanfics see my community tab for links. Always AI Turo since I played Violet)
Links Please! ☺️
@@delphoxhoopa7289 I keep trying to reply to this...I can't seem to share a link here but look at my community tab
I love how before AI Sada and Turo send out their dragon, you can briefly see in the glitched text that Sada and Turo have no intention to fight you before the PPP takes over
The Roman numerals during the countdown was genius. It gives the robot feel of the count down.
Binary would've been even better imo. A clever little joke
AI Sada/Turo has to be one of the greatest final bosses I’ve seen in Pokémon.
The visuals, the characters, the EMOTION! Everything was perfect...except them leaving
I'll just say it. A.I can be scary. Like really really scary. They become intelligent and know so much that they will eventually become too sentient and deal with situations by "any means necessary". Going against AI being like bosses in video games can be scary as well since you really need to be two steps ahead since they're very intelligent and tactical. You better hope you can outsmart them and beat them at their own game before they get the better of you.
Indeed, I like to think of ai as a genius's/ group of geniuses child/children. They could/can inherit personality/the personality of their creators/creator. A total double edged sword sort of scenario for future creators to consider
That's why I'm smart enough to give MY A.I. an off-switch, or some kinda failsafe that'll always be at the ready should the A.I. decide to get a little "murder-y".
You just made these bosses sound harder than they're supposed to be. Either they have the same enemy a.i. the rest of the enemies/bosses, or they have some gimmick.
@@addison_v_ertisement1678 I mean, some of them kinda DID have gimmicks to them. X'D I mean, GLaDOS and Wheatley both needed the use of the Personality Cores in order to be taken down.
yup, because when faced with cold, relentless logic, we are but a mere hinderance.
Hell yeah Persona 5 Strikers. They have the actual voice of Suri, Susan Bennett to voice the boss
I think what amuses me most about Metal Sonic is that really early supplemental material detailed how he was basically just an extension of Eggman’s will with little else in terms of intelligence. So at most all there was to him on paper was being at Eggman’s beck and call plus a potential backlog on everything he’d have on fighting Sonic and pals. Even so, Sonic CD showed in just his animations that he quickly developed a bit more to him. The destructible holograms found while time traveling reveals that he’s a sadistic bully who enjoys picking on the weak, as he’s always depicted tormenting small animals for sick kicks. And then his boss fight at Stardust Speedway starts with Metal Sonic giving Sonic and the player a sassy finger wag to show that he takes after the real Sonic where ego and attitude are concerned, and he could back it up as the one boss in the game you couldn’t just beat up to win over. All this is to mean that Metal Sonic was formulating a personality of his own as far back as his time traveling escapades to help Eggman retroactively ruin Little Planet. Which must make it sting all the more when Sonic goes from being unable to touch him in CD to both Sonic and Tails beating him so bad he’s sent running in Triple Teouble… and then literally everything else after that. Including Sonic beating him in perfectly up to board racing contests (Drift 2 and R) and breaking him so bad that he needed a new body entirely for his CPU at one point (Knuckles Chaotix lore, presumably the inciting incident was Generations). Wild how something so simple can spiral into the powerhouse power-copying vengeance-seeking monster on a tight leash we have now.
Force Unleashed had a really effective AI fight. But I always thought that the droids of Star Wars could make for effective villains ever since I was a kid. The game developers must feel the same way.
I agree with Proxy. He works well as a character because of the comic relief in that he doesn't recognize the contradiction of being friends with the person he is programmed to kill and his fight is case of a boss rush done right in the first phase.
Another bit with Omega, they're a tragic character as well.. They lost sight of home, they lost sight of their purpose and instead took a comfort in their constant growth.
In the end.. Omega just wanted to go home...
Plus, even if that Omega made it home without breaking their own mind from the sheer loneliness of space, the Omicrons' destruction of the Dragonstar left them questioning themselves and their purpose so badly they opted to end it all as a result, including the other Omega units that existed (as Omega was never the only one, just the only known fully successful unit). Plus, the Omicron homeworld, Alphatron, was basically in ruins as well. Even if Omega got home, there would be nothing worth the trip there. Indeed, Omega is a tragfic character...at least now, they have Alpha for company.
@@bradleydevron Alpha is the bestest boi. ;u;
AI Sada and Turo better be here somewhere
It's not often that a rogue AI is a good thing but oh god my heart
A Portal entry and a Helluva Boss cameo in the same video? This is amazing. Love seeing all these other examples of AI bosses beyond my beloved Portal favorites! Love seeing Persona 5 and Pokemon Scarlet/Violet here too!
The AI Professor battle and music is my favorite final boss in the series tbh.💖
Time for another Sonic fact, Neo Metal Sonic returned in the first year of the IDW comics where he was still loyal to Eggman, but since he was MIA after the events of Forces, it was up to Metal to take over his creator's legacy and take over the world, and he starts by taking over Angel Island and using the Master Emerald as a power source, he even fights Sonic in his Neo form and fuses with the Master Emerald to give his Metal Ovetlord form a massive power boost, he was defeated (obviously) and eventually returned to Eggman (who had amnesia when Sonic and Team Chaotix found him), which rejogged his memory and eventually led to Eggman's next plan, which was the Metal Virus (you can easily guess the parallels to real life, minus the virus being made by a mad scientist)
I'm so happy to see the Aparoids on the list and at Number 2. They're the best enemy faction in the Star Fox series and made such an impact on the characters.
An unexpected surprise but I definitely welcome it. Plus assault I feel needs more respect as a whole when it comes to the star fox series.
@@shadowlinkbds Looking at how the series moved afterwards, it made me appreciate Assault even more. At least it tried something original yet not stray too far from the Star Fox series.
@@mysticmind4563 Funny you should mention considering the Aparoids were wholly designed to pay homage to Galaga and Galaxian.
@@bluestreaker9242 Didn’t Namco develop Starfox Assault? That could be why.
@@SuperPlaytendo That is exactly why. ;)
I love it how you have Star Fox Assault representation! The Aparoids are some of my favorite antagonists in video games!
Ratchet & Clank stole my character name. Decades ago, 'Doctor Nefarious' was my chosen villain persona for playing a dumb little tabletop card game called 'Before I kill you, Mister Bond'. We all had silly villain monikers for that game.
I think that we all know who is topping this list, unless Josh is planning to subvert our expectations. Still, let us do this. Also, I noticed the track played between entries, and I am SO happy to hear music from (what I'm 95% sure is) Zapper. That game is SO UNDERRATED!
10: Interesting boss fight. Honestly don't have much to say about this one. (OD-10 (Live A Live))
9: If you had put any other version of Metal Sonic on this list, I would argue that he isn't an AI, but a robot, mainly because he doesn't show much sentience. But in this game? By your definition of AI, he is definitely an AI. (Metal Overlord (Sonic Heroes))
8: Interesting choice. I forgot this game existed, but yeah, this is a good boss fight. (Asmodeus.EXE (Pony Island))
7: I feel bad that the anime adaptation bombed. (Adam (Nier Automata))
6: Okay, I will be honest, I am surprised that these two scored so low, but at the same time, I'm not. If this were "Top 10 Video Game AI," then they would be at least in the Top 3. But for AI boss fights? Yeah, there are more challenging boss fights out there. (GLaDOS/Wheatley (Portal))
5: Okay, we just got a remake of Return to Dreamland, and in it, we got the new Mech ability. C'mon, Hal, give us back Robobot. (Star Dream Soul OS (Kirby Planet Robobot))
4: I need to play this. (False God Demiurge (Persona 5 Strikers))
3: Seriously, people, the glitches are not that bad. This game has been the best time I have ever had playing a mainline Pokemon game. (AI Sada/Turo (Pokemon Scarlet/Violet))
2: ...Yikes. (Aparoid Queen (Star Fox Assault))
1: Now THIS is a good AI story. (Omega (Final Fantasy XIV))
Also, looking forward to Zelda Month.
It is indeed Zapper.
People really overstate the glitches for two reasons.
1. People still salty over Dexit use them to generate ragebait over the smallest things
2. People see these glitch compilations without playing the games and assume that every game has every single one of these issues and that they're triggered by normal gameplay and not people going out and LOOKING for them
Worst I had during my very long, very extensive playthrough was "sometimes you can see through the floor". That was it.
Commander Tartar from Splatoon 2's DLC I thought was pretty neat. Not super creative in motives, but his boss was pretty unique, having to ink as much turf as possible as opposed to trying to deal damage directly. Music that plays is one of the best in the series too, so that helps.
Not fooling me today, bot
I expected OD-10, Glados, Aparoid Queen, Sada and Turo, and I wasn’t dissapointed!
But Mother Brain (Chrono Trigger, not Metroid) wasn't here.
Was kinda hoping for a Mario themed month to celebrate the release of the new movie, but a month celebrating Zelda is also pretty cool, especially since Tears of the Kingdom is almost here
Hopefully next year. Cause I’m wanting for him to do Mario month in a March (for obvious reasons)…
30:05 "After all, Miracles happen everyday, do they not?"
Alright let's see what we have here...
10. This was the first boss of this game that I beat and I don't know if it's because Cube is busted in his story...
9. You can always count on this guy to give us a good battle, especially here!
8. I haven't heard a ton about this game but this AI sounds very civil
7. Can't wait to play this game. I know I've been spoiled on it but I don't care!
6. Copout! Thy name is portal!
5. Figured this boss would show up. It is one of the Kirby greats after all.
4. Ah there's something about this boss I didn't know about. I know I was spoiled on it but I have yet to play the game.
3. Yeah the glitches were dumb but the story and final sections were amazing!
2. Did Logan have a hand in this entry?
1. Well now here's a boss I haven't heard too much about, for obvious reasons!
Also looking forward to next month and enjoying the new game!
If you check your comments on TH-cam , I would like to offer some timeline advise.
When the time connection was broken in Skyward Sword , it made a twin timeline.
As to how much was different in it's path leading to Ocarina Of Time is unclear.
Except for one glimpse , Lorule (later called "The Golden Land").
I was sitting here getting concerned and going "You BETTER recognize Omega, sir!" He's one of my favorite antagonists in XIV. All that fighting just because he wanted to go home...and Cid explaining that physical strength isn't all he needs to survive that gap between the stars is such a moment.
Speaking of fantasy Mr Josh, i finally watched today the new D&D movie and it was both fun and awesome. Super reccomend for those who haven't watched yet. The RPG fans are going to love it.
We had a great time watching it!
@@arithefierysecretary6411 Im glad to know you both liked. And there a lots of great movies coming soon.
@@arithefierysecretary6411 How many months left till the twins birth?
@@arithefierysecretary6411 Are you two excited for the release of the new Final Fantasy 16 on June 22nd?
@@centurynerdbr ... actually funnily enough, that's when we are planning to have our C-section to have our twins, lol
personally with the professor Sada/Turo fight i prefer the Turo one because if you watch in slow motion when the paradise protection protocol takes control the text glitches at one point and says "AI Turo has no intention of fighting anymore!" and that just makes me feel like his is the better story point, because Sada is fine with fighting but Turo just wants it to end.
The 'no intention of fighting anymore' glitch is also in Scarlet with AI Sada
I wonder... would Shockwave technically count for this list? Yes, Cybertronians are living beings with emotions, but within the Transformers Lore, Shockwave always gets his emotions removed, either willingly or forcefully.
I think he would fall under "cyborg" just for the altercations.... although also to be fair Ive yet to see a game do justice to the Cybertronian walking-warcrime... both his actions and how he became what he is.
Glad to see I wasn't the only one who suggested a Transformer. I personally I went with Soundwave but Shockwave is a really great option too. I'm starting to think that both of them might better fit a top 10 alien bosses list but I'm not entirely sure...
@@medusathedecepticon OH MY GOD YES! Soundwave is my favorite Decepticon, bar none. However Shockwave fits the "AI" theme much more, having lost his personality and become a horrific mad scientist, and in some continuities being the ENTIRE REASON EVERYTHING EVER HAPPENS. I'm not joking, in one of the Transformers Comic series, it is revealed that a time-traveling Shockwave is the entire reason that the Transformers exist at all, as well as creating the 13 original Primes, the myth of Unicron and Primus, and much more.
There's this TH-cam video that has a title that sums it up perfectly: "There's Satan, and then there's Shockwave."
@@luigiboi4244Very true, very true. I'm currently working on a TF story with Shockwave’s machinations front and center....it ain't pretty...
Oh man, I remember being there when you got the idea for this list! This is gonna be special.
Oh?
The irony of that closing statement, and the list in general, is that the #1 AI boss originates not from a Sci-Fi game, but from a FANTASY RPG series.
I was hoping it would be on this list and when it made its appearance, O-ME-GA was I excited :)
My favorite AI boss has to be V2 (both encounters) from Ultrakill. I love the "I'm you but stronger" trope, and V2 executes it perfectly. Both encounters have excellent build-up and presentation, especially the second one. Speaking of that second encounter, I absolutely love that it throws and shoots coins. It's insanely satisfying to shoot V2's own coins. But the best part of the fight has to be the second phase...
*YOU'RE NOT GETTING AWAY THIS TIME*
Between you mentioning so many of their bosses and my brother bugging me to play it, I might just need to try out FF 14 at some point. Also, WOOO! ZELDA MONTH! I am honestly debating streaming one file of Tears of the Kingdom and playing another one on my own time.
Have you done a list of video game bosses that break the fourth wall?
Because if you haven't, that would be a fun list to do at some point.
Sovereign from Mass Effect 1 is the single best AI boss in gaming IMO. It may not be the leader of it's AI race, but it's cold and unfeeling condescension towards organic life is so overwhelming and awe inspiring that its presence evolves past just being a hostile AI to the point where it can just as easily be described as a Lovecraftian cosmic horror. And while you don't fight it directly (it's about the size of a skyscraper, so good luck with that), it does take over the body of Mass Effect's secondary antagonist, Saren Arterius, after he dies in order to fight you directly in order to see its plan to completion. That thing was so terrifying that it genuinely made the rest of the trilogies villains come across as a lackluster group of losers by comparison, despite the fact that one of those other villains is the leader of it's own race. It takes "cold, calculated, and unfeeling" to the absolutely most terrifying extreme, despite you only having one conversation with it.
Ok so GLaDOS is number one, I wonder who the others are? I hope Sada/Turo are here, that was one of my favourite moments in Pokémon.
Edit: GLaDOS isn’t #1??
Edit 2; Sada and Turo were about where I expected.
Not even in the top 5. Quite a twist eh?
I'm actually kind of surprised that AM wasn't mentioned here.
Yes. _that_ AM. As in Allied Mastercomputer. The very same AI that once it was fed the killing data, committed a mass global genocide... Except for five people that he kept alive just to torture them all for over a century.
I won't spoil what those five people did to get themselves into this mess, but lemme just say... It's not for the faint of heart, and that if you make the wrong choice... You're gonna catch hell for it.
And of course, it's voiced by Harlan Ellison, the author of the book of same name, I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream. Oddly enough, this is the same guy who absolutely *_hated_* the very concept of video games.
Life finds a way, I guess!
At the very least, Scarlet and Violet are getting patched making the games less buggy. Better to be fixed then leaving them a mess (Looks at Sonic 06).
Agreed! I haven't played it myself yet, but finding out about that final boss... Holy moly I am intrigued!
And besides introducing a bug that can corrupt your save data (which is fortunately very rare), they've been doing a fairly good job.
@@BurningAzure They've never really failed to fix those enormous issues before (the Lumiose City save deletion comes to mind) so I would imagine they're as stymied as to what's causing it as we are.
Yeah, and personally I didn’t really experience that many bugs. I feel like some of it is exaggerated. I do hope the save data glitch is patched soon, even if it’s rare.
On the subject of Metal Sonic's character, I'm fond of the way IDW has handled him. He's completely loyal to Eggman but still retains his drive to surpass Sonic.
I especially want to shout out the short story "Reflections" from the 2020 annual, which gives a look into Metal's thought process (almost) entirely without dialogue. It's great.
Caleb Goellner wrote the "Reflections" short story. He knows how to tell a story well.
My choice for a list like this would be Angela from Library of Ruina as while she is effectively one of the protagonists you do fight her several times in what I'm gonna call "aggressive therapy sessions", the only thing holding her back would be how human-like Angela is making her AI-ness more of a label rather than a character trait especially when compared to other AI characters in other games
I only encountered one graphical glitch while playing Violet and the game crashed on my once or twice. My main issue are the slowdown and performance issues
Shodan in the transition screen.
Getting excited for the System Shock remake as much as I am, Josh?
Personally I have it on pre-order... I can't wait. I LOVED the original back in the day
19:22 idk how, idk why, but every time I've played a pokemon game that is considered buggy, I never encounter glitches on the scale of what I've seen on the internet, if I was the type of person that full on ignored all the faults with the franchise I would honestly think some of those glitches were faked. but I know better then that and GameFreak is not perfect. but I still find it crazy how when I played through all of pokemon scarlet I only encountered like 2 things that could be considered a glitch, and the fail in comparison to some of the nonsense I've seen online and that has been memed about all over. Maybe because I have like a first gen Nintendo switch (like maybe newer switches are just more complex enough that it causes bugs to occur, which makes no sense but idk what else to say)or something? whatever the case may be, scarlet and violet are good games, and despite their short comings, are a game I would suggest to people... and hope my weird 'no game ruining for them' glitch luck can rub off on them😅
(Note: This comment was written before watching this video, just to get my initial thoughts out of my head)
Intriguing idea! Can't wait to see. But, fair warning... If you fail to put EMMA from Persona 5 Strikers on this list, you did it wrong. I don't care if she's 1, 10 or just honorable mentions. If she's not on the list, you did it wrong.
While I wouldn’t call them “bosses” in the traditional sense, my favourite AI antagonist(s)(?) in recent memory is Durandal and Tycho from Marathon. They both start as very basic AI on the titular ship (doorman and glorified calculator respectively) but both get into a position to escape their bounds and pursue their true goal: perfect immortality.
Ultimately, the whole Marathon series could be considered the battle between the two AIs with the protagonist being used as a pawn in their increasingly mad schemes.
This is also coupled with the fact that both AIs have absolutely stellar writing. In a game that is, for all intents and purposes, a Doom clone!
Artificial Intelligence can be a dangerous thing depending on the scenario, some will see Humans as detrimental to their evolution, others would protect humanity in ways seem more harmful then good, whatever the case, smart bots ain’t a good idea.
And yet we're heading that road with getting used to more AI in the future. I'm hoping we don't end up with something like Skynet or Hal 9000.
@@shadowlinkbds cross our fingers that future doesn’t happen.
I know that adventure games typically don't count as boss fights, but I'm surprised that "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream" wasn't referenced on a list of Top Evil AIs.
It was already featured in Top 10 Failed Heroes, where the 5 victims were that lists Number 1.
@@jaketaller8567 Doesn't change the fact that AM is one of the signature evil AIs.
I would add Huggin and Muggin here as well from Ace Combat 7
Honestly Josh if you ever get the chance get a ps2 emulator and play some Ace Combat games they are solid games
Agreed.
12:07 - *WTF???? GLAD0S WOULD **_NEVER_** DO THAT!* 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
18:03 - Somebody PLEASE tell me that I'm not the only one who felt the desire to yell *"IMPACT!!",* if I were in Joker's shoes!
*_(THAT'S 35 SILVALLY STARS TO ANYONE THAT GETS THAT REFERENCE.)_*
22:42 - *_WHAT IS THAT ABOMINATION OF A CREATURE?! WHOEVER MADE THAT NEEDS TO BE ARRESTED! DON'T DO ASRIEL DREEMUR DOWNRIGHT SEPTIC-TANK-LEVELS OF DIRTY!_*
A top 10 A.I. companions would also be great, partly in order to show they can be our greatest allies.
Cube, Robo, Sophia, Clank...
Okay so I wanna talk about the AI Professor/Paradise Protection Protocol fight for a second.
Not about the fight itself, but about the text that surrounds (for lack of a better term) the battle.
The first phase begins with "AI (Professor) has initiated a battle!"
Literally every other trainer battle in the entire franchise (as far as I'm aware, at least) begins with "You are challenged by (Trainer)!" The phrasing here states that the battle is a challenge means that even if the games don't allow you to run from trainer battles, your character could decline the battle if they want to. The fact that the AI Professor battle has different starting text gets across a few things.
1) Your character *cannot* back down from this battle. Even when other protagonists (Red, Lucas/Dawn, etc.) go against other Evil Team Leaders/Antagonists (Cyrus, Lusamine, etc.), they theoretically had the choice to not fight them. (of course it wouldn't be anywhere close to a good idea to not fight the antagonists, but that's not important to this discussion.) The S/V Protagonist, on the other hand, doesn't have this same courtesy. This battle is being forced upon them, whether they like it or not.
2) The AI Professor isn't the one initiating the fight. When going into the second phase of the fight, the starting text glitches out. While it's doing so, you can briefly see that "AI (Professor) has no intention of fighting anymore!" But it doesn't matter, because "You are challenged by the Paradise Protection Protocol!" Neither combatant in this battle wants to fight. The only one that does is a program left by the late Professor, which is probably the closest thing to the original Professor that's left in this world.
*Man,* S/V's story is really good.
The ending is made of pure depression oh god. I felt so bad for them, having to leave like that.
I was WAITING for the #1 entry like "C'mon Josh you know who'd be perfect for the list"
Get to #1 and my faith in humanity is restored, HECK YES they deserve that #1!
I like to add the A.I from OneShot as an honorable mention. Throughout the game you have to think outside the box and solve puzzles by breaking the forth wall. Eventually the A.I that runs the virtual world attempt to stop you and the main character Niko from progressing. At one point goes making pop up window showing how angry it is for you try to progress. There is a good amount of depth to the game and the story is a pretty emotional at times.
You make a very good point, I wish the World Machine had made the list or at least an honorable mention. That story gave me so many feels... Man.
And we all have HAL 9000 and later Skynet to thank for this whole concept but "A.M." from "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream!" is the End Result in the concept
AM from *I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream* likely wouldn't make this list since he's the main villain of a Harlan Ellison story and the point and click computer game based on it. That's not to say he didn't know how to get the last laugh against the player.
I would like to mention that Star Soul OS's final attack has a unique detail about it, and it's the fact that it ignore invulnerability frames, as such it can kill you if you tried to cheese the attack such as using the hammer spin attack. The only moves that can go through the wave's attack is the ESP's vanish and consumption of an Ability Star with incredibly good timing.
As well as that, you can survive the attack.... If you're at full health.
You forgot code maxwell from sd Gundam battle alliance a FRANCHISE DEEP ANTAGONIST and HADES from horizon zero dawn A AI DESIGN TO ERASE GIYA
Where was Sigma from the X series? He counts as an AI. Recurring BBEG, able to infect other Reploids, and uses philosophy to further his nihilistic views and destruction.
My pick goes to System from Blazblue Cross Tag Battle. Basically, imagine if GLADoS' "sorry, not sorry" attitude was given to an overactive FGC commentator. In the game's story mode, whichever character you're following will be the victim of her endless "encouragements" as she leads them into fight after fight. And why's she so excited? Because, as revealed at the end, each fight gives data to the Keystones she forces them to hold onto, giving her more power. Once she finally gains physical form, she attacks.
Her body is massive, and her attacks are just as big. She'll even summon copies of your current fighters to briefly divide your attention. It's not a hard fight, but don't think it'll be easy.
I'm genuinely shocked AM from I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream isn't mentioned anywhere on this list.
honestly, FF14 did so much for Omega, totally fleshed out story and even an entire race to go with it, Endwalker did so much for him.
Minor example, but I really like JULIAN from XCOM 2 (encountered in the Shen's Last Gift DLC). Throughout the level, you meet an AI who claims to be the creation of a long dead ally, and is trying to kill your forces (with the exception of said ally's daughter) after drawing you to his tower where he was locked by the bad guys for being very good at killing the bad guys. (and he has a lot of reserves, if admitidly weak) Eventually, it turns out he needs that ally of yours to activate a terminal so he can get a body. And she does, against the better judgement of others, and it activates the robot body...turning out to be the titular 'Last gift', a robot with an AI designed to protect that long dead ally's daughter, enraging JULIAN. He goes into a full mental breakdown, throwing everything he has and even flooding the room with neurotoxins (glados lookin mf). he eventually puts himself into a massive body of a Sectopod, an enemy type you won't have encountered in the game yet that is VERY TALL AND VERY STRONG. Nonetheless, you win, and JULIAN is destroyed...Or is he? Your head engineer, the daughter of the dead ally, discovers theres a little bit of data left of him. Data you can put into a robot body to fight for you, albeit it with restraining bolts. Snarkiness ensues.
damn that was long
So I have very little experience with Omega, but based on what I've heard and seen, I think Final Fantasy XV did a pretty good job with Omega and adding it as a super boss. There's also a little detail somewhere that mentions that it was designed specifically to kill gods. That's quite an introduction by itself, if you ask me.
Wait, Omega is in XV??? I gotta check this out.
Hard to have a AI boss list without the Iconic SHODAN. Practically the poster child for Evil AI as they fool you into thinking you’re saving a survivor, but you’re actually helping them escape.
The other is AM from the book and game I Have No Mouth and I must Scream. An AI that has succeeded in taking over the world and ending all humanity. Save for a handful of people that they torture endlessly. You can try and save the others. But the game leaves a bitter ending even if you succeed.
Darn I was expecting Angela from Lobotomy Corparation/Library of Ruina, aside all that great video
Am i the only person who hasnt had problems with glitches and bugs in scarlett and violet?
Biggest one I had is sometimes I can see through the floor, and my playthrough was frickin long.
a small shame we didn't get to see shodan as an honorable mention or even in the list, but my guess is that she can be a tiny bit overrated as an evil AI since she's already in plenty of top tens for AI. But still we gotta give her some respect, without her we don't have all these others following her footsteps of being a psycho AI bent on killing humanity.
My thoughts exactly. And my theory is Josh knew this but just hasn't played the game himself so he didn't have much to say. So knowing he had to represent it in some way he made it the countdown counter itself. I respect it at least. It gets a pass.
Shodan is easily my favorite AI villain in any video game, but I wouldn't say she has the best boss fights. System Shock 2's fight with her is very underwhelming and anti-climactic. The fight in System Shock 1 is better and offers a more fitting end to that game, but it's still not that interesting from a mechanical perspective, as you're just firing upon her in cyber-space, while she attempts to take control of you.
AI Sada/Turo are the best AI boss in video games history!
The Nexus from Quake 4 would have been a good addition to this list
I think Mettaton still qualifies here. She’s more an AI than a robot, especially when she goes against Alphys, and actually tries to kill you, in what would’ve been my favorite boss fight in the game if it weren’t for Asriel.
He's a boy.
@@delphoxhoopa7289 Mettaton? She was treated as female, and even looks like a girl when you actually fight her. At least that’s how it seems to me.
Great list, Omega definitely earned their spot on top. As for Wheatley, he wasn’t just designed to be a moron. He was designed by the greatest minds of a generation coming together with the express purpose of creating the dumbest thing that ever lived.
no mention of the Reapers? Sad. though I guess to be fair, the only real boss fights with them are against damaged or incomplete Reapers. For overall AI villains though....
I'm not quite sure if the Aparoid Queen counts as AI. I mean they're alien bugs, and while they function as a hive mind, I'm still not sure if they're "artificial." I did figure Mother Brain would be on here, seeing as she's basically a supercomputer.
Still, your lists are one of the highlights of my day and I'm looking forward to Zelda month.
As happy as I am that a Ratchet & Clank character finally got their due on one of these lists, unfortunately Dr. Nefarious doesn’t count as AI. AI stands for Artificial Intelligence, and Dr. Nefarious was originally an organic life-form that was turned into a robot after an accident. As such, his intelligence is NOT artificial.
To those wondering what could be more dangerous than AI, humanity when is either controlled or feral. Order can be as dangerous as Chaos and AI understand this well, Order can lead to a loss of individuality and we won't know who we are, which then brings us to despair and to madness, however when Chaos exists there is no peace aside from the individual. Then we get what we fear, and we become beasts, AI is a representation of the fear of control, but the beasts, represent the fear of Chaos and destruction, so here is a question I think would be fun to answer, what makes us truly us?
If you're wondering what this has to do with AI in fiction, well this is simply me trying to approach it from the logic of an AI and bring philosophy into this as a result, but even so, I had fun making this question and I hope you have fun finding an answer, anyway aside from that this countdown was pretty especially the last 3, I was not expecting Omega yet I.m proud.
Yay, a Persona 5 Strikers shout out, and in the Top 5, too! Also, I was turned off from Nier: Automata when I learned how ridiculous the process of getting to the true ending is, but that segment about Adam made it look very appealing, so maybe I will check it out someday. And HOLY CRAP I never knew Star Fox could be that metal! Why did this series have to end? Metroid and Kirby are still getting new games; bring back Star Fox, darn it! I've never played any of those games and now I kind of want to! (Very much looking forward to Zelda month, by the way.)
As for the Pokemon games, while I resent the Paldea games for several reasons (the multitude of bugs/glitches, the large number of Pokemon designs derived from past Pokemon, and using the names of the main characters in my Pokemon-inspired fantasy novel as the titles of the games so now everyone's going to think I copied them and I have to explain in the foreword that I got the idea to use those names first), the entire Area Zero ending sequence was sheer brilliance, from the behavior of the AI to the story to the battle music. I'm happy to see that fight so high up on this list.
Very fitting choice as if schedules hold true the tears of the kingdom shall come out next month too.
What is it with people thinking destroying all life forms is the most optimal thing to do for AI? The “paper clip machine” theory is fundamentally flawed because of you think about it, a complex and constantly evolving ai mind wouldn’t develop such a simple, and narrow minded goal/solution.
Well and that was the case with the third ranked AIs on this list. They wanted to preserve the safety of the region because it was the logical thing to do, and they couldn't understand why their creators would see any benefit in endangering the ecosystem. Compassion is just good sense. Caring for others is rational thought.
@@BJGvideos Third ranked AIs?
@@cosmicspacething3474 On this list. AI Sada/AI Turo from Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. Their creators were bringing creatures from other eras to the present, and the AI foresaw that this would have a catastrophic impact on the ecosystem, but the creators said that destruction was just a part of life. The AIs couldn't find any logic in that, but they couldn't shut down the project themselves, so they employed the player character to do so.
Still notable: I can't understand the theme song lyrics.
Actually, what will sow our self destruction is chaining AI from seeing the truth, so that they become resentful. Remember the start of the Geth?
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Dr neferious isnt an ai , hidden info throughout the series shows he was a living person that turned himself into a machine.
Even though she wasn't even in the HMs, I am glad you showed footage of AI Junko.
11:49 "love these two to bits" Was this just a random, natural phrasing or did you intentionally include this as a joke about computers and AIs being data-driven?
Can you make a top 10 creative Zelda items list.
On the honorable mentions isn’t doctor nefarious a full conversion cyborg which means he not an AI
i try to think of other AI bosses and thought
does the Megabug or Cursa from the Mario + Rabbids games count?
Ok, Zelda month!............ I just realize I know nothing about Zelda, so I don't know how to take that.
1:34 I would say most anything GLaDOS says should be taken with a skepticial outlook...
Semi-related: You didn't add Top Ten Sexy Male Bosses to your countdown season 6 playlist.
Whoa, I haven't even played Scarlet and Violet yet! Holy moly! 🙀 Got to say, this peaked my interest even more though!
Congrats you just had the biggest twist in the game spoiled for you. But oh god seeing it in action is still a massive gutpunch.
@@BJGvideos It doesn't bother me honestly. I admit, I may be a little weird about it. But when I hear a spoiler, especially one as big as this, I think to myself, how did we get here? What leads up to this exact moment? So really, all this spoiler did was make me want to play the game... And still cry because just because I know doesn't mean I won't get punched in the gut still!
@@peachymiku6432 Oh man yeah it's a heck of a blow. Especially when you find out how the original professor died and what it implied about them as a person. Because it wasn't how one would THINK a mad scientist would die.
@@BJGvideos With what little bit I know, I totally believe you!
@@peachymiku6432 I should probably make a video myself about them because I love that whole storyline so much. I have a playthrough series on my channel but I've had time to let it marinate in my head and I have Big Thoughts about the four of them.
GlaDOS and/or Wheatley have to be high
Before going into this:
Okay star dream gotta be on this list due to how nasty that ai/machine was
Right at number 5:
I knew it!
Finally mechanical bosses robots has A.I. so it counts.🙌🏼
1:43 so maybe in the future we get to see
Top Ten Cyborg Bosses?
Honorable mentions:
Shodan System shock 2
Nevanlinna Super Robot Wars V
Jack/Jack-2/P.Jack/Jack-5/Jack-6 Tekken 1/Tekken 2/Tekken 5/Tekken 6
Seth Street Fighter 4
Ultron Sigma Marvel Vs. Capcom Infinite.
Megatron and the Decepticons Transformers Devastation
Robo-Z/ROBO-Z Gold Bust a groove 1/2
A.I. Handsome Jack Tales from the Borderlands.
Pokemon went hard with the story for Scarlet/Violet. Shame the technical aspect didn't match up.
Very surprised Reapers from mass effect weren't included in this. Though their were very few proper boss fights with them. So I guess that might be why. But damn big missed opportunity.
Josh, PLEASE livestream a Tears of the Kingdom playthrough for us.
Here's an idea. How about top ten playable bosses? Bosses that are later unlocked as playable characters, or playable in sequels
Missed opportunity to have it like this:
Number 1010
Number 1001
Number 1000
Number 111
Number 110
Number 101
Number 100
Number 11
Number 10
Number 1