I did beat Isshin, but only after using the dragon mask to upgrade attack power twice. Before that I did die a lot, but with that extra power it gives a lot more room for error.
Same for me. If I could have an electronic Nemesis, a villain to give me a hard time and force me to rise to the challenge, that'd be him. 👌🏻👌🏻 Great fight
Vergil in DMC 3 on DMD difficulty was this for me.. I finally jumped when I beat him (when I was like 14) now in my adult life beating Vergil again on DMD in DMC 5 was another thrill, it took so many tries but once I did I felt so so satisfied
Have beaten all but dmc5 on the hardest difficulties. For me, DMC for the 360 (the one everyone hated) felt the hardest. Taking out Virgil felt like the greatest achievement I'll ever get in my life lol
What I also love about Sigrun’s fight is the gradual buildup to it with each Valkyrie you defeat, specifically via Mimir’s stories regarding them. If you listen to them, like I did, then the cutscene after defeating Sigrun would make your victory feel even more satisfying.
After weeks of dying over and over against Malenia, I finally could beat her solo and without summons. I started jumping around. Now I enter the fog with a smile on my face, even if sometimes lose
I love souls game for that, even if you die when they have a sliver of health left and you die it’s like “fuck, ok you deserved that one, I’ll get you eventually!”. It doesn’t stop you playing but makes you want you carry on
Agreed. I just played and beat HK for the first time and NKG was a whole different animal. Once you the hang of it, it's a dance, much like Malenia was for me in Elden Ring. But it took me hours to get the hang of and when I finally beat him, I would have shouted but everyone in my house was sleeping 😂.
Part of me feels like Salazar from RE4 remake should be on this list. The fact that he could move alone was enough to make him very difficult. It took me sooooooo many tries, whereas the Verdugo fight (which is HARD if you don't have the upgraded Broken Butterfly, which I did not) only took 1.
As someone who’s first souls-like game was Elden Ring, Margit felt like such a great achievement and no other boss fight in the game felt as rewarding as taking that guy down for me
as someone who has 1000s of hours in Souls games, I got my ass kicked by Margit too. He is just so different from any other boss from software has ever created. He gives u no window between combos if u stick close and dodge around. The delay attacks make Nameless King look like a kid. From Soft is the best in the business and they keep proving it time to time.
I think Malenia deserves an honorable mention in this list too... my God the torture you experience fighting her. I mean there's a guy that's FAMOUS for beating her consistently, and hard carrying others.
i beat her and i dont think she's THAT difficult, for example i find godrey horah loux a bit harder, the thing is she has waterfowl dance and that can be random (no set up to dodge) and her second phase is just cheap on half her attacks i still think she's one of the best bosses ever period (still behind radagon), but again, i think her difficulty is being a bit blown out of proportion. at least in my opinion. i had a blast fighting her
It's not more of satisfying as it is a "thank God this is finally over, now I can continue because I hyperfixated and did nothing but torture myself for hours on end and then just grinded until I had a chance".
@@yurilopes420 So you probably had a cheese build like Rivers of Blood? :) Or maybe different players' playstyles, I don't know. I on the other hand didn't have much problems with Godfrey Horah Loux, but Malenia gave me tons of pain and suffering. Then I cheese'd her with Rivers of Blood and it turned out to be overly easy. I felt bad. But on my second playthrough I did her fair play (after a loooooong while with so many attempts)
Isshin is 100% this for me. The only boss in my whole life that had that kind of impact. When I beat him I literally jumped out of my chair like I was shocked and yelled, scared the shit out of my wife too.
Same. The skill you gain building up to him, then learning his fight, then finally pulling off a perfect fight beating him...unparalleled experience that solidifies sekiro as my favorite game ever. Then starting a new game like neo after becoming the one... just so good
Same, I literally fought him for about 3-4 hours and when I beat him I got up and took a victory stroll around my house basically cheering the whole time. Now I fight him again once in a while to prove I still got it lol probably my all time favorite boss fight personally
13:58 Inner Isshin is the main reason why I keep going back to Sekiro, just starting the fight and try to find new and cooler ways to beat him is just fantastic
My very first "I did it! I did it!" moment in gaming was then I finally beat Star Fox in the SNES. I remember throwing my hands up and shouting as a 10 year old, like I had just conquered the world. What a feeling it was that I remember it 30 years later.
I had this moment the first time I completed Sonic 1 with all the chaos emeralds. Nobody believed me at school hahaha. I remember when Star Fox released, it looked amazing and really pushed the SNES to its limit.
I think mine was ganondorf in windwaker and twilight princess. Or beating paper mario, I honestly don’t remember what boss really did it for me and I wish I did. I have to resort to guessing
Sephiroth (kingdom hearts 2) was and still is my favorite optional boss to fight. Hard af on ALL difficulties, awesome music the whole way through, crazy looking attacks and the more skills you have the more fun the fight is. Extra fun if you have all the drive form movement abilities
hell yeah, Berserker Charge and Trinity Limit make that fight just out right fun! I remember playing for like an hour to beat him on proud mode and was SO happy and well, proud of my accomplishment.
I'm glad I didn't have to scroll far to find this. Sephiroth's fight (KH1 fight though, not 2) is probably my all time favorite moment in all the Kingdom Hearts games. FFVII has always been my favorite Final Fantasy game, and I remember the first time I got into the KH Sephiroth fight, I had this strange mix of excitement and trepidation that morphed into elation when I finally beat him. I actually found him easier to beat in the second game, but I loved that fight also.
Gonna have to go with the Valkyrie Queen, brilliant design, training you for all of her attacks by having you battle each valkyrie. Difficulty was only just bordering on frustration, but still gave you the feeling that you could beat her. Came so close so many times. A boss that really made you learn the skills. Definitely let out a cry when I beat her!
Is Gna harder than her? I just beat the main story yesterday. And I’m trying to beat the berserker king next(only attempted him once so far), but I’ll eventually get to her.
Tell you what, playing DMC 3 Dante's Awakening and having to fight Virgil 3 times, each time getting stronger and then the third time his difficulty becoming basically a vertical slope due to his speed (and the camera), DMC 5 did not let me down.
Fatalis from Monster Hunter World: Iceborne expansion is my personal favourite jumping out of the chair moment. He was added as the final monster in an update, and he is no joke. Straight up rinses players in flames over and over and over again. Me and my brother had to plan the hunt, use the environment, make dedicated sets that balance offense & defense, and still we would keep on struggling, so when it went down, the quets completion music blared, we jumped out of our seats and shouted. It is so rewarding to see the thing go down.
Finally someone mentioned Monster Hunter, there are actually a lot hard monsters in that franchise that could fit into the list. My personal favorite is Arch Tempered Nergigante along with Extreme Behemoth back before Iceborne came out and White Fatalis from Monster Hunter Generations. They are really damn tough and challenging..
@@irvancrocs1753IKR, Behemoth is like the best mon design ever in MH series, It’s the first mon that needs dedicated tanks / healers in a party when it first came out
The best part about Isshin and Sekiro's combat in general is that while he'll wall you the first time, you can slowly learn to beat him hitless on future playthroughs without too much difficulty.
God, Armstrong was such a fantastic boss fight. Frustrating as hell and almost made me give up on finishing the game, but beating him was the most satisfying experience of my life! Now everytime I hear "It Has To Be This Way", I see the game's loading screen and the first few frames of the fight in my head and my fingers start twitching from muscle memory.
Isshin is the epitome of boss fights. Sekiro is the first game to truly give me that feeling of having started at a nothing nobody vagrant riff raff who over the course of the game slowly honed his skills and became a MASTER Shinobi. Even after progressing through the entire rest of the game, there were no tricks or gimmicks that were gonna get me through Isshin quickly and easily. After five days of countless hour sessions at a time, it was only once I stopped trying so hard and conveniently reached a sort of, “zen state” that I realized mid battle how close I was to beating him that attempt… and inevitably did! I came home from Christmas dinner in a food daze ready to just chill and have a million more goes at him just for shiggles. Little did I know, it was fated to only be about 2-3 goes that night. My first fromsoft experience was completed with the most memorable of battles and journeys to ever grace my tv screen and more importantly… my mind. Sekiro and it’s combat will be carved into the ether as one the all time greats!
In the first fight with genichiro , look back at the cutscene and you’ll notice wolf hit his hilt before unsheathing his sword, showing he isn’t a polished swordsman. Then in the last cutscene with genichiro he unsheathes his sword perfectly. Everyone who played this game was learning along side wolf 💪🏽
The most elation I have ever felt for beating a boss was when I beat Gehrman in Bloodborne. It was my first ever souls game and the rush I felt when I beat it/him was so intense. That was my first playthrough then I found out about Moon Presence and beat that but that first playthrough was just so much more for me
The first boss I was ever stoked to beat was Dark Link way back in Legend of Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link. It's been decades but still can recall it like yesterday. Such a great feeling.
The Hellguard bosses in Doom 2016 were ones that had me crying then cheering once I'd beaten them. You think it's fairly easy when you beat the first one only for 2 more to spawn.
Blood Starved Beast - BloodBorne The Giant - Dead Cells Tilda - Horizon Forbidden West Elden Beast - Elden Ring Dragonic Tree Sentinel (Bridge) - Elden Ring Melania - Elden Ring Queen Valkyrie - GoW Lord of Doors - Death's Door The Eagle - GoT DLC Broken Vessel - Hollow Knight - my list (in no particular order)
Ishin is one of my fav boss fights of all time. So satisfying. its tough but never unfair. Its perfect test of all the skills youve learned in the game
@@TheREALHugo4 roguelikes always intimidated me, but I beat elden ring earlier this year and gave me courage to try some of the more… demanding games. Agree 100%, phenomenal game.
Fun fact about Lu Bu: One legend says that he knew how to use just about every traditional war weapon at the time. In the Fate series, this is referenced by his supposed ability to be summoned as any battle class except Caster.
I will remember defeating Isshin, The Sword Saint until the day I die. AMAZING and SUPER HARD but so rewarding. I stood up and cheered when I finally beat him. Freaked out my whole family, cats and dogs included, lol. Great video. You guys are awesome!!
Two major boss fights I'd say that gave me this finishing feeling was fighting radahn in Elden ring...that fight was like an all out war. It felt so good seeing him fade away when he's one hit away from finishing the fight but also you're one hit away from dying. I can never forget this fight. Also the fight with vergil yea...almost broke my controller ._. And was upset that my friend told me how easy this fight was! This was not an easy fight what so ever....though if I were to go back through it again I'm sure it wouldn't be as bad as I thought now.
Not even a main boss, but when I finally beat the Tree Sentinel in Elden Ring, I cheered to myself alone for a good 2 minutes. That mf gave me so much trouble lol
Same here! I've played a few Soulsbornes before, and still got surprised by the fact they put a tough boss right infront of where you start. I completely gave up on the main questline to get gear and level to take it on. Very much a out-my-seat moment when they went down!
Yozora from Kingdom Hearts Is definitely a character that should have been in this list. Hits like a truck he is very fast uses unblockable attacks steals your weapon and healing items.
Sword saint Isshin fight has incredible tempo. The way the guy moves is just sublime, that makes it all the more satisfying to parry and counter him. The boss is a joke if you use ninja tools. But fight him using only the sword, and it becomes a dance.
Exactly. Exactly. That is how I defeated him in 8 tries. But I did use the feather ninja tool, to dodge his lighting. In my excitement I just couldn't time it properly.
KOS!!! First time I ever felt I can never defeat a Bloodborne boss. After a hundred tries I managed to defeat him. Loudest "YEAAHH!!!" I shouted in my life.
man, when I beat the first valkyrie in God of War, I almost cried, it took me almost 8 hours... And I'd do it again in a heartbeat. Like you said, the presentation, the energy, it all culminated to make a frantic, extremely challenging and exciting encounter. But honestly most of the bosses in GoW were like that, just a phenomenal game
Nightmare King Grimm (Hollow Knight) and Nameless King (DarkSouls3) was actual Hype+Torture for me.. the satisfaction after defeating them is like nothing else!
@@floodgaming1846 the only way is to memorize the attack pattern.. I played Hollow Knigth back in 2020, and as I remember, it took me around 3hours to finally beat him... 😅 the battle and the music is super fun, so 3 hours is not that bad.. Path of Pain is way worse~ and even after all that, I only manage to beat Pantheon of the Knight.. Can't beat Pantheon Of Hollownest, real life stuff don't allow me to commit fully for the game, so I stoped there.. no shame at all~
Honorable Mention: Terramorphous from Borderlands 2. Yeah he's a raid boss, but everybody gets to a point where they want to take him one on one. That solo victory over him is definitely satisfying.
I want there to be some love for Aether from Astral Chain. It’s another platinum game. When I finally beat her for the first time, I was cheering. She is so difficult and so hard hitting. She really is the best challenge in that game. You really have to use all your legions to beat her, like the game is constantly getting you to do.
Sigrun, Isshin the Sword Saint, & Soloing Malenia, Gael and Darkeater Midir have to be tops for me. Also beating Contra 3 with my brother back in the day was a joyous occasion for us both
Literally any boss in” Prinny can I really be the hero?” Last one is insane but the secret one is the toughest I’ve ever played. Awesome underrated game too.
I like your channel because you guys introduce me to games and genres and also contextualize them - helping me see how everything fits into the larger gaming landscape.
I think there's two bosses that really stick with me overall. First one, I'd say Red in GSC and HGSS. For me, I hate grinding, so most of the gyms and the Pokemon League I ended up at with pokemon at a similar level to theirs (usually). But with Red, I was severely underleveled after making my way towards him almost as soon as I was able to. And while his team isn't "perfect counter to everything" kind of thing, it still poses a good challenge and was difficult for me and my lower leveled 'mons to break through. The second one, I wouldn't necessarily call "hard" (at least not on the normal difficulty), but beating Heimdall's ass in God of War Ragnarok felt incredibly satisfying. That dude was the most narcissistic, egotistical, self-centered sonovatog I've ever encountered, and seeing him react to actually get hurt before taking him out just felt so damn good. Sucker got what he deserved, and I think even that was too kind for him.
For me it's a close battle between Malenia in Elden Ring and Isshin in Sekiro. I'd put the edge on Malenia because even with all the help the game gives you, it is still the most difficult boss in Souls history. Honorable mention to Ornstein and Smough in DS1, too.
Honestly Owl Father (the optional one in Hirata Estate) gave me this. I was on that fight for days! Haha. After going through him and Demon of Hatred, Ishinn wasn't too bad. Hype as hell though! Man Sekiro is the best. Love your channel by the way. I love how ya'll just know your stuff, are super chill, and have one of the least toxic comment sections of a channel of this size. Been watching a while!
I submit Bloodborne's Ludwig, the Accursed for your consideration. Such a fun boss, but oh so complicated. Highly satisfying starting to get the rythm and then you get him to half his health, phase 2 begins and baw god it's like starting over. Such a good fight
I just finished DMC5 for the first time on the veteran difficulty and I'm going in again with Son of Sparda difficulty now. Story wise, DMC3 is better, but the gameplay and the Vergil's fight, thrice as superior in DMC5. Can't wait for another round!!!
A fight that isn't hard but it was satisfying for me was hollow knight when you fight that council of grasshoppers, when they both jump off their thrones and attack you simultaneously the way you attack and evade felt real satisfying especially after the first few fights where they beat me down
Omega Weapon from FF8. My palms have never sweat so much fighting him legit. Without Holy War or remaster cheats. I literally jumped for joy when I finally beat him and looked around just to see I was alone. Still probably my proudest moment in gaming.
I still haven’t beaten Isshin. I have to take a few days to just practice his fight and beat him. Easily the most insane boss in From history, and I’ve finished all other boss fights in their catalogue of villains
I know it’s an extremely old game, but Gruntilda from Banjo-Kazooie was EXTREMELY difficult! Especially as a kid, but even as an adult it’s extremely hard.
Definitely a good example of a hard boss is the Pure Vessel from Hollow Knight, more specifically, the Pantheon of the Knight. If you don’t know what it is, it’s the boss rush that is filled with incredibly hard bosses in the game. The boss by itself is incredibly tricky to learn how to beat. Just beating it in practice mode felt really good. I heard that Absolute Radiance in the Pantheon of Hollownest was harder but I felt done with the game after I had my last victory.
Beating Hell House on the hardest difficulty of FF7 Remake was such a challenge, I breezed through every boss after, thinking they couldn't possibly match Hell House. That said, Sephiroth was amazing. Just struggling to push forward in the fight, until I could have my team back, and then surviving his field nuke attack by the skin of my teeth and beating him, was so satisfying.
The only one on this list I've faced is Zed in Xenoblade Chronicles 3, and yeah, it absolutely does an amazing job of hammering home the stakes and making it feel like the fight of your lives.
Don't remember his name, but FF12 had a boss that would take a few hours to beat. Oh, and the FF11 mmo also had some REALLY long boss fights. Finishing those were a major sigh of relief.
First off top o the dome is Sephiroth from KH2. Such an epic fight with so many awesome skills to showcase and was just hard enough that it capped off the game perfectly. I love Kingdom Hearts
I can think of 2 examples that really had me. The first was beating the final boss of Pandora's Tower - if anyone here has a Wii and was lucky enough to get their hands on a copy, you know the absolute Hell of which I speak. The second was beating Sephiroth in FF7 Remake on Hard Mode. He's a joke on normal, but oh boy he does not fuck around on Hard. And the real kick in the teeth was having to redo all the previous boss fights before him if I failed, while also taking care to ensure I had my party members jump in to help in the proper order (in my case Aerith first then Tifa).
SIGRUN...DAMN YOU SIGRUN!! In all my years I've never been so hassled in trying to beat an enemy. I have Trigger Finger on my left ring and little fingers from gripping the controller so strong. Was so pumped up when I beat her and tearing off her wings I did a small impromptu victory dance that day. Probably one of my most memorable gaming victories.
My greatest "Shout a victory cry" moment was when I defeated the final boss of *Nightshade/Kunoichi (PS2)* game (aka *Kurohagane)* on "Hard difficulty". (My hands *melted* during that final boss fight and the moment I finally beat him I threw the controller on the ground and let out a BIG "YEEEEEEEES!!!" victory cry! 😂)
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I got my ass handed to me soooo many times fighting Gna. I came across a video of someone showing how to do it in 30 seconds, and even though it still took me a few more tries, following their exact build was almost like finding a cheat code. It was crazy how bad my build was before that lol
Thumbnail aside which I totally agree with, the first one that came to mind was Isshin Ashina. Granted, I used a guide or two to help beat him but even with guidance, it was so damn tough. Especially with the guilt of dragonrot.
The boss fight against Inner Agent 3 in the Octo Expansion DLC for Splatoon 2 made me cry tears of joy when I finally beat them. It took me months to beat Inner Agent 3 and I did it, it's even harder than the secret level in the Splatoon 3 story mode because at least with that one in only took me weeks to complete as oppose to months.
Nah, even as one who's dropped countless of hours in all Soulsborne games, Ukanlos from MH4U had me screaming in the library upon its defeat. A reaction I haven't had since.
When I was playing Ragnarök I probably died 30 times in a row, I was exhausted and said you know what im done for tonight, im gonna play first thing tomorrow morning and I know i'll beat it in the first few attempts. Sure enough on my second attempt I beat it and only managing to get hit once.
Isshin the Sword Saint was sooooo satisfying to beat, I’ve never had such a satisfying gaming experience than in Sekiro
Sekrio and Bloodborne the two best FromSoftware games..
Sekiro imo is fromsofts masterpiece theyll never top it
I did beat Isshin, but only after using the dragon mask to upgrade attack power twice. Before that I did die a lot, but with that extra power it gives a lot more room for error.
You should try inner isshin
Same for me. If I could have an electronic Nemesis, a villain to give me a hard time and force me to rise to the challenge, that'd be him. 👌🏻👌🏻 Great fight
Vergil in DMC 3 on DMD difficulty was this for me.. I finally jumped when I beat him (when I was like 14) now in my adult life beating Vergil again on DMD in DMC 5 was another thrill, it took so many tries but once I did I felt so so satisfied
Have beaten all but dmc5 on the hardest difficulties. For me, DMC for the 360 (the one everyone hated) felt the hardest. Taking out Virgil felt like the greatest achievement I'll ever get in my life lol
Nah for real DMC 3 Virgil was a meance
Greatest boss battle of all time
@@snowtsukasa6662DmC Harder then dmc 3-5 on dmd? No way!!!!!
dmc 3 vergil is way above dmc 5 vergil especially with how insane royal guard in this game
What I also love about Sigrun’s fight is the gradual buildup to it with each Valkyrie you defeat, specifically via Mimir’s stories regarding them. If you listen to them, like I did, then the cutscene after defeating Sigrun would make your victory feel even more satisfying.
After weeks of dying over and over against Malenia, I finally could beat her solo and without summons. I started jumping around. Now I enter the fog with a smile on my face, even if sometimes lose
I love souls game for that, even if you die when they have a sliver of health left and you die it’s like “fuck, ok you deserved that one, I’ll get you eventually!”. It doesn’t stop you playing but makes you want you carry on
For me Nightmare Grimm in Hollow Knight was pure torture and I jumped up and felt like a king when I finally beat him..
That fight is so well scripted and coreographed you feel like a musician nailing a piece when you succeed at it. I can totally relate
@@necrobooder exactly it’s still my favorite fight in the game actually my favorite fight over a lot of games
This is so true I was waiting for NKG due to the music also during the fight! I think I got carpal tunnel beating that guy
Agreed. I just played and beat HK for the first time and NKG was a whole different animal. Once you the hang of it, it's a dance, much like Malenia was for me in Elden Ring. But it took me hours to get the hang of and when I finally beat him, I would have shouted but everyone in my house was sleeping 😂.
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God I love DMC 5, and DMC as a series. Such a satisfying ending to a story
DMC is the best third person hack and slash series of all time, no debate
DMC 3 is personally my favorite DMC game and favorite PS2 game too
Part of me feels like Salazar from RE4 remake should be on this list. The fact that he could move alone was enough to make him very difficult. It took me sooooooo many tries, whereas the Verdugo fight (which is HARD if you don't have the upgraded Broken Butterfly, which I did not) only took 1.
@@DieFourSwagalso Metal Gear rising is good Like DMC
@@OdysseySarma bro im actually tryna get into that frrrr
As someone who’s first souls-like game was Elden Ring, Margit felt like such a great achievement and no other boss fight in the game felt as rewarding as taking that guy down for me
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as someone who has 1000s of hours in Souls games, I got my ass kicked by Margit too. He is just so different from any other boss from software has ever created. He gives u no window between combos if u stick close and dodge around. The delay attacks make Nameless King look like a kid. From Soft is the best in the business and they keep proving it time to time.
I don't understand this sentiment. I crushed Margit on my first attempt and I don't think I was overleveled either. He's just easy.
I think Malenia deserves an honorable mention in this list too... my God the torture you experience fighting her. I mean there's a guy that's FAMOUS for beating her consistently, and hard carrying others.
I think malenia was way harder than Vergil thats for sure.
i beat her and i dont think she's THAT difficult, for example i find godrey horah loux a bit harder, the thing is she has waterfowl dance and that can be random (no set up to dodge) and her second phase is just cheap on half her attacks
i still think she's one of the best bosses ever period (still behind radagon), but again, i think her difficulty is being a bit blown out of proportion. at least in my opinion. i had a blast fighting her
It's not more of satisfying as it is a "thank God this is finally over, now I can continue because I hyperfixated and did nothing but torture myself for hours on end and then just grinded until I had a chance".
@@yurilopes420 So you probably had a cheese build like Rivers of Blood? :) Or maybe different players' playstyles, I don't know. I on the other hand didn't have much problems with Godfrey Horah Loux, but Malenia gave me tons of pain and suffering. Then I cheese'd her with Rivers of Blood and it turned out to be overly easy. I felt bad. But on my second playthrough I did her fair play (after a loooooong while with so many attempts)
Even Radahn prenerf at least
Isshin is 100% this for me. The only boss in my whole life that had that kind of impact. When I beat him I literally jumped out of my chair like I was shocked and yelled, scared the shit out of my wife too.
I honestly thought a kid wrote that, then you mentioned wife at the end 😅
Same. The skill you gain building up to him, then learning his fight, then finally pulling off a perfect fight beating him...unparalleled experience that solidifies sekiro as my favorite game ever. Then starting a new game like neo after becoming the one... just so good
@@PhaRoaH87 just curious what he said that made you think he was a kid
Is that Isshin bad ending or best ending? Because both are great however one of them doesn't require you to learn 4 different fights with no break.
Same, I literally fought him for about 3-4 hours and when I beat him I got up and took a victory stroll around my house basically cheering the whole time. Now I fight him again once in a while to prove I still got it lol probably my all time favorite boss fight personally
13:58 Inner Isshin is the main reason why I keep going back to Sekiro, just starting the fight and try to find new and cooler ways to beat him is just fantastic
My very first "I did it! I did it!" moment in gaming was then I finally beat Star Fox in the SNES. I remember throwing my hands up and shouting as a 10 year old, like I had just conquered the world. What a feeling it was that I remember it 30 years later.
I had this moment the first time I completed Sonic 1 with all the chaos emeralds. Nobody believed me at school hahaha.
I remember when Star Fox released, it looked amazing and really pushed the SNES to its limit.
I think mine was ganondorf in windwaker and twilight princess. Or beating paper mario, I honestly don’t remember what boss really did it for me and I wish I did. I have to resort to guessing
Sephiroth (kingdom hearts 2) was and still is my favorite optional boss to fight. Hard af on ALL difficulties, awesome music the whole way through, crazy looking attacks and the more skills you have the more fun the fight is. Extra fun if you have all the drive form movement abilities
hell yeah, Berserker Charge and Trinity Limit make that fight just out right fun! I remember playing for like an hour to beat him on proud mode and was SO happy and well, proud of my accomplishment.
I never beat him as a kid because I didn't know how to, but as an adult beating him was beyond satisfying
totally came here to write this and you beat me too it nice!!!!!!!!
I'm glad I didn't have to scroll far to find this. Sephiroth's fight (KH1 fight though, not 2) is probably my all time favorite moment in all the Kingdom Hearts games. FFVII has always been my favorite Final Fantasy game, and I remember the first time I got into the KH Sephiroth fight, I had this strange mix of excitement and trepidation that morphed into elation when I finally beat him. I actually found him easier to beat in the second game, but I loved that fight also.
Yeah he's a good fight, but Lingering Will man, that one drove me insane.
Falcon: Vergil is a difficult boss
Dante: rOyaL gUarD!
Gonna have to go with the Valkyrie Queen, brilliant design, training you for all of her attacks by having you battle each valkyrie. Difficulty was only just bordering on frustration, but still gave you the feeling that you could beat her. Came so close so many times. A boss that really made you learn the skills. Definitely let out a cry when I beat her!
Is Gna harder than her? I just beat the main story yesterday. And I’m trying to beat the berserker king next(only attempted him once so far), but I’ll eventually get to her.
I agree. I personally think sigrun is harder than gna. I best gna on my third attempt… sigrun took about 5 days 😂😂
Couldn't agree more. Took me 6 days in take her down.
@@10640404 It took me many many tries to beat the Vakryrie Queen over a couple days, I managed Gna on my first try.
best optional boss for me as well, so well designed both in the build up and her mechanics
Never had a louder victory cry then when I finally beat the Orphan of Kos in Bloodborne, four hours of those horrible screams paid off
We've got Orphan of Kos on the phone right now. what would you like to say?...
"Ahhhhhyaa"
your screams or the Orphans ?? lol
@@proffessorX 😂
@@proffessorX yes
Tell you what, playing DMC 3 Dante's Awakening and having to fight Virgil 3 times, each time getting stronger and then the third time his difficulty becoming basically a vertical slope due to his speed (and the camera), DMC 5 did not let me down.
Lu Bu was one of my most satisfying boss battles in recent games, my favorite boss in Wo Long.
I'm gonna try and beat him a little later today
Roxas in Kingdom Hearts 2 on hard mode. Man that hard of a boss comes out of NOWHERE
I felt so satisfied after defeating Malenia in Elden Ring. 😅
@@TheREALHugo4 - cringe
@@sheldonjplanktonn Nope. Elden Ring is really garbage. Anything from fromsoftware is a SKIP.
Game of the year and it’s garbage? 😂
This guy got stuck tree sentinel and deleted the game 😂
@@TheREALHugo4 L take + Ratio + you fell off
Fatalis from Monster Hunter World: Iceborne expansion is my personal favourite jumping out of the chair moment. He was added as the final monster in an update, and he is no joke. Straight up rinses players in flames over and over and over again. Me and my brother had to plan the hunt, use the environment, make dedicated sets that balance offense & defense, and still we would keep on struggling, so when it went down, the quets completion music blared, we jumped out of our seats and shouted. It is so rewarding to see the thing go down.
Finally someone mentioned Monster Hunter, there are actually a lot hard monsters in that franchise that could fit into the list.
My personal favorite is Arch Tempered Nergigante along with Extreme Behemoth back before Iceborne came out and White Fatalis from Monster Hunter Generations.
They are really damn tough and challenging..
@@irvancrocs1753IKR, Behemoth is like the best mon design ever in MH series, It’s the first mon that needs dedicated tanks / healers in a party when it first came out
The best part about Isshin and Sekiro's combat in general is that while he'll wall you the first time, you can slowly learn to beat him hitless on future playthroughs without too much difficulty.
That is why Sekiro is a hard but a fair game. One of my favourite games.
the second best thing about defeating Isshin is that you really want to fight him once again.
God, Armstrong was such a fantastic boss fight. Frustrating as hell and almost made me give up on finishing the game, but beating him was the most satisfying experience of my life! Now everytime I hear "It Has To Be This Way", I see the game's loading screen and the first few frames of the fight in my head and my fingers start twitching from muscle memory.
Literally every FromSoft boss ever:
FromSoft kind of uped the scale for other games in term of boss battles.
fr a list for soulslike, hack and slash, rougelite, action adventure, and arpg titles. and fromsoft had most of the genre aspects 👏
Ornstein and Smough is definitely the one for me.
Pinwheel
All? Not at all. A few? Absolutely.
Isshin is the epitome of boss fights. Sekiro is the first game to truly give me that feeling of having started at a nothing nobody vagrant riff raff who over the course of the game slowly honed his skills and became a MASTER Shinobi. Even after progressing through the entire rest of the game, there were no tricks or gimmicks that were gonna get me through Isshin quickly and easily. After five days of countless hour sessions at a time, it was only once I stopped trying so hard and conveniently reached a sort of, “zen state” that I realized mid battle how close I was to beating him that attempt… and inevitably did! I came home from Christmas dinner in a food daze ready to just chill and have a million more goes at him just for shiggles. Little did I know, it was fated to only be about 2-3 goes that night. My first fromsoft experience was completed with the most memorable of battles and journeys to ever grace my tv screen and more importantly… my mind. Sekiro and it’s combat will be carved into the ether as one the all time greats!
In the first fight with genichiro , look back at the cutscene and you’ll notice wolf hit his hilt before unsheathing his sword, showing he isn’t a polished swordsman. Then in the last cutscene with genichiro he unsheathes his sword perfectly. Everyone who played this game was learning along side wolf 💪🏽
Yep. This. That game forces you to git gud more than any other From Soft game, imo.
The most elation I have ever felt for beating a boss was when I beat Gehrman in Bloodborne. It was my first ever souls game and the rush I felt when I beat it/him was so intense. That was my first playthrough then I found out about Moon Presence and beat that but that first playthrough was just so much more for me
The first boss I was ever stoked to beat was Dark Link way back in Legend of Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link. It's been decades but still can recall it like yesterday. Such a great feeling.
Where was Yozora from KH3 lol one of the most difficult, well-presented bosses I've ever beaten. Super satisfying.
Icon of Sin in Doom Eternal was definitely one that I almost threw my controller to the TV once or twice while fighting him!
Same bro
Demon of hatred form sekiro is also made me jump in joy when I defeated hime
That was the only boss that almost made me cry🤣🤣 the toughest of them all
More bs than Ishin. Can beat Ishin easily in my 1st or 2nd try, but not demon of hatred
Isshin is absolutely my top victory in any title honestly. I don’t think I’ll ever get the same thrill from a video game again.
The Hellguard bosses in Doom 2016 were ones that had me crying then cheering once I'd beaten them. You think it's fairly easy when you beat the first one only for 2 more to spawn.
Blood Starved Beast - BloodBorne
The Giant - Dead Cells
Tilda - Horizon Forbidden West
Elden Beast - Elden Ring
Dragonic Tree Sentinel (Bridge) - Elden Ring
Melania - Elden Ring
Queen Valkyrie - GoW
Lord of Doors - Death's Door
The Eagle - GoT DLC
Broken Vessel - Hollow Knight
- my list (in no particular order)
It has to be this way. Was a soundtrack that has stuck with me
Ishin is one of my fav boss fights of all time. So satisfying. its tough but never unfair. Its perfect test of all the skills youve learned in the game
Yozora from KH3 Remind DLC. Managing to finish him and the other bosses of the DLC felt really rewarding.
SO satisfying, beating them all on Critical difficulty is still one of my favorite gaming accomplishments, that TESTED me
@@YerbaMateo Wow man, I couldn't even imagine trying those bosses in that difficulty. That's one hell of achievement.
And lingering will from kh2
DMC 5 is so good. Everytime I see it on one of these lists I just want to pick it up again.
I recently picked up Hades for the first time… and I definitely went through this after beating him the first time lol
Hades is a must. Glad you play it
@@TheREALHugo4 roguelikes always intimidated me, but I beat elden ring earlier this year and gave me courage to try some of the more… demanding games. Agree 100%, phenomenal game.
Fun fact about Lu Bu: One legend says that he knew how to use just about every traditional war weapon at the time. In the Fate series, this is referenced by his supposed ability to be summoned as any battle class except Caster.
i think it's supposed to be Lv Bu, not Lu Bu. lol
I will remember defeating Isshin, The Sword Saint until the day I die. AMAZING and SUPER HARD but so rewarding. I stood up and cheered when I finally beat him. Freaked out my whole family, cats and dogs included, lol. Great video. You guys are awesome!!
beating emerald weapon in FF7 back in the day was the most satisfying for me, and I jumped up and yelled like nothing else.
Malekith was a big bad guy for me as a samurai who uses two katanas, just 7 days to finish him. Now I am in Godfrey.
Two major boss fights I'd say that gave me this finishing feeling was fighting radahn in Elden ring...that fight was like an all out war. It felt so good seeing him fade away when he's one hit away from finishing the fight but also you're one hit away from dying. I can never forget this fight. Also the fight with vergil yea...almost broke my controller ._. And was upset that my friend told me how easy this fight was! This was not an easy fight what so ever....though if I were to go back through it again I'm sure it wouldn't be as bad as I thought now.
Not even a main boss, but when I finally beat the Tree Sentinel in Elden Ring, I cheered to myself alone for a good 2 minutes. That mf gave me so much trouble lol
Same here! I've played a few Soulsbornes before, and still got surprised by the fact they put a tough boss right infront of where you start. I completely gave up on the main questline to get gear and level to take it on.
Very much a out-my-seat moment when they went down!
Yozora from Kingdom Hearts Is definitely a character that should have been in this list. Hits like a truck he is very fast uses unblockable attacks steals your weapon and healing items.
Sword saint Isshin fight has incredible tempo. The way the guy moves is just sublime, that makes it all the more satisfying to parry and counter him. The boss is a joke if you use ninja tools. But fight him using only the sword, and it becomes a dance.
Exactly. Exactly. That is how I defeated him in 8 tries. But I did use the feather ninja tool, to dodge his lighting. In my excitement I just couldn't time it properly.
@@ordenax same bro
KOS!!!
First time I ever felt I can never defeat a Bloodborne boss. After a hundred tries I managed to defeat him. Loudest "YEAAHH!!!" I shouted in my life.
Fatalis in world was one for me
That mf is harder than any souls boss I've fought lmao. Alatreon has it's fair share of bs. What about extreme behemoth with hunter rank amour smh?
man, when I beat the first valkyrie in God of War, I almost cried, it took me almost 8 hours... And I'd do it again in a heartbeat. Like you said, the presentation, the energy, it all culminated to make a frantic, extremely challenging and exciting encounter. But honestly most of the bosses in GoW were like that, just a phenomenal game
Nightmare King Grimm (Hollow Knight) and Nameless King (DarkSouls3) was actual Hype+Torture for me.. the satisfaction after defeating them is like nothing else!
Advice on beating NKG? I'm trying to get a % and Level 4 Grimmchild
@@floodgaming1846 the only way is to memorize the attack pattern.. I played Hollow Knigth back in 2020, and as I remember, it took me around 3hours to finally beat him... 😅
the battle and the music is super fun, so 3 hours is not that bad.. Path of Pain is way worse~ and even after all that, I only manage to beat Pantheon of the Knight.. Can't beat Pantheon Of Hollownest, real life stuff don't allow me to commit fully for the game, so I stoped there.. no shame at all~
Honorable Mention: Terramorphous from Borderlands 2. Yeah he's a raid boss, but everybody gets to a point where they want to take him one on one. That solo victory over him is definitely satisfying.
Yunalesca in FFX was crazy. It took me a while to figure out.
Still trying to beat Yozora
Not seeing a single ninja gaiden boss on this list is considered a crime in some countries
It took me 8 hours to beat Sigrun. The most sadistic and insane gaming boss ever!
Funny thing is I'm still stuck on the devil and senator armstrong
I want there to be some love for Aether from Astral Chain. It’s another platinum game. When I finally beat her for the first time, I was cheering. She is so difficult and so hard hitting. She really is the best challenge in that game. You really have to use all your legions to beat her, like the game is constantly getting you to do.
Sigrun, Isshin the Sword Saint, & Soloing Malenia, Gael and Darkeater Midir have to be tops for me. Also beating Contra 3 with my brother back in the day was a joyous occasion for us both
Oh yes Midir, almost forgot about him! That fight is so cool, just as difficult and amazing as every dragon fight should be.
Literally any boss in” Prinny can I really be the hero?” Last one is insane but the secret one is the toughest I’ve ever played. Awesome underrated game too.
My first game victory cries were on the SNES doing the Roadrunner and Wile E Coyote bosses. Man I LOVED that game !
What game was that?
Yooooo, a man of culture I see! 😆😆
I remember those! That game was sooooo frikkin fun!
@@YupImNegus hehehe
“I stood up, shouted, and disturbed everyone else in the house” so accurate 😂
I like your channel because you guys introduce me to games and genres and also contextualize them - helping me see how everything fits into the larger gaming landscape.
I think there's two bosses that really stick with me overall. First one, I'd say Red in GSC and HGSS. For me, I hate grinding, so most of the gyms and the Pokemon League I ended up at with pokemon at a similar level to theirs (usually). But with Red, I was severely underleveled after making my way towards him almost as soon as I was able to. And while his team isn't "perfect counter to everything" kind of thing, it still poses a good challenge and was difficult for me and my lower leveled 'mons to break through.
The second one, I wouldn't necessarily call "hard" (at least not on the normal difficulty), but beating Heimdall's ass in God of War Ragnarok felt incredibly satisfying. That dude was the most narcissistic, egotistical, self-centered sonovatog I've ever encountered, and seeing him react to actually get hurt before taking him out just felt so damn good. Sucker got what he deserved, and I think even that was too kind for him.
For me it's a close battle between Malenia in Elden Ring and Isshin in Sekiro. I'd put the edge on Malenia because even with all the help the game gives you, it is still the most difficult boss in Souls history. Honorable mention to Ornstein and Smough in DS1, too.
with Rivers of blood and mimic ... it's a cake walk
Malenia is really easy if you have a good build and +10 mimic. She is also weak to frost iirc.
Malenia is really easy if you have a good build and +10 mimic. She is also weak to frost iirc.
Honestly Owl Father (the optional one in Hirata Estate) gave me this. I was on that fight for days! Haha. After going through him and Demon of Hatred, Ishinn wasn't too bad. Hype as hell though! Man Sekiro is the best.
Love your channel by the way. I love how ya'll just know your stuff, are super chill, and have one of the least toxic comment sections of a channel of this size. Been watching a while!
I am always watching your videos these are just the best thank you and please never stop.
I submit Bloodborne's Ludwig, the Accursed for your consideration. Such a fun boss, but oh so complicated. Highly satisfying starting to get the rythm and then you get him to half his health, phase 2 begins and baw god it's like starting over. Such a good fight
For the Metroid series I’d place just about any of the bosses from Dread over the Omega Pirate, but especially Raven Beak
Truth! Metroid Dread itself is a tough game!
I just finished DMC5 for the first time on the veteran difficulty and I'm going in again with Son of Sparda difficulty now. Story wise, DMC3 is better, but the gameplay and the Vergil's fight, thrice as superior in DMC5. Can't wait for another round!!!
A fight that isn't hard but it was satisfying for me was hollow knight when you fight that council of grasshoppers, when they both jump off their thrones and attack you simultaneously the way you attack and evade felt real satisfying especially after the first few fights where they beat me down
you mean mantis lords?
you should try sisters of battle
Omega Weapon from FF8. My palms have never sweat so much fighting him legit. Without Holy War or remaster cheats. I literally jumped for joy when I finally beat him and looked around just to see I was alone. Still probably my proudest moment in gaming.
Z is just soooo cool, it really feels like the end of the xenoblade series (or at least those 3 games)
3 souls mentions, but your videos have been so good lately Falcon that I ain’t even mad
I still haven’t beaten Isshin. I have to take a few days to just practice his fight and beat him. Easily the most insane boss in From history, and I’ve finished all other boss fights in their catalogue of villains
I know it’s an extremely old game, but Gruntilda from Banjo-Kazooie was EXTREMELY difficult! Especially as a kid, but even as an adult it’s extremely hard.
Definitely a good example of a hard boss is the Pure Vessel from Hollow Knight, more specifically, the Pantheon of the Knight. If you don’t know what it is, it’s the boss rush that is filled with incredibly hard bosses in the game. The boss by itself is incredibly tricky to learn how to beat. Just beating it in practice mode felt really good. I heard that Absolute Radiance in the Pantheon of Hollownest was harder but I felt done with the game after I had my last victory.
Beating Hell House on the hardest difficulty of FF7 Remake was such a challenge, I breezed through every boss after, thinking they couldn't possibly match Hell House.
That said, Sephiroth was amazing. Just struggling to push forward in the fight, until I could have my team back, and then surviving his field nuke attack by the skin of my teeth and beating him, was so satisfying.
The only one on this list I've faced is Zed in Xenoblade Chronicles 3, and yeah, it absolutely does an amazing job of hammering home the stakes and making it feel like the fight of your lives.
I just beat Sigrun a few days ago. What an epic battle! I know I’m late to the party, and now I’m about 12 hours into Ragnarok.
Don't remember his name, but FF12 had a boss that would take a few hours to beat. Oh, and the FF11 mmo also had some REALLY long boss fights. Finishing those were a major sigh of relief.
First off top o the dome is Sephiroth from KH2. Such an epic fight with so many awesome skills to showcase and was just hard enough that it capped off the game perfectly. I love Kingdom Hearts
Isaac frost from fnc made me do a victory run. Beating him was more then a challenge bc m
I can think of 2 examples that really had me.
The first was beating the final boss of Pandora's Tower - if anyone here has a Wii and was lucky enough to get their hands on a copy, you know the absolute Hell of which I speak.
The second was beating Sephiroth in FF7 Remake on Hard Mode. He's a joke on normal, but oh boy he does not fuck around on Hard.
And the real kick in the teeth was having to redo all the previous boss fights before him if I failed, while also taking care to ensure I had my party members jump in to help in the proper order (in my case Aerith first then Tifa).
No Malenia of Elden Ring?
SIGRUN...DAMN YOU SIGRUN!! In all my years I've never been so hassled in trying to beat an enemy. I have Trigger Finger on my left ring and little fingers from gripping the controller so strong. Was so pumped up when I beat her and tearing off her wings I did a small impromptu victory dance that day. Probably one of my most memorable gaming victories.
Yeah, I killed the worst boss ever. I instantly got fired
It’s Sigrun and DMC5 for me. Sigrun was perfect and Vergil was fighting yourself, but a much better version.
Completing The Phantom Challenge in GOW Ragnarok Made me scream "VALHALLA!!!!"
Theseus in God of War 2 Titan Mode. Biggest challenge ever and the way you slam his face to the door even makes it more satisfying after defeating him
My greatest "Shout a victory cry" moment was when I defeated the final boss of *Nightshade/Kunoichi (PS2)* game (aka *Kurohagane)* on "Hard difficulty".
(My hands *melted* during that final boss fight and the moment I finally beat him I threw the controller on the ground and let out a BIG "YEEEEEEEES!!!" victory cry! 😂)
Gameranx team… I love your videos, especially your top tens! Just want to make one tiny suggestion. You know that meme of someone’s monitor blasting their face with a flash bang in CSGO? That’s what your title cards are doing to me 😂. At each countdown while laying in bed, my wife wakes up and gives me an earful. If you were to get darker title cards, I’m sure many of us dudes watching your vids in bed will thank you for it! Keep up the great stuff!
I got my ass handed to me soooo many times fighting Gna. I came across a video of someone showing how to do it in 30 seconds, and even though it still took me a few more tries, following their exact build was almost like finding a cheat code. It was crazy how bad my build was before that lol
Sooooooo glad they got Virgil's original voice actor to play him. He had such a great way to bring forth his character.
so proud to see my boy Vergil making this list.... so difficult but so satisfying to defeat 🩵 long live the Dark Slayer 😌👌💯💯💯
Thumbnail aside which I totally agree with, the first one that came to mind was Isshin Ashina. Granted, I used a guide or two to help beat him but even with guidance, it was so damn tough. Especially with the guilt of dragonrot.
So many Kingdom Hearts bosses to choose from, shocked none were on here. Yozora definitely should be on this list
I remember beating Lu Bu in Dynasty Warriors 3 on Hard in the Hu Lao Gate level. That was a proud moment haha
The boss fight against Inner Agent 3 in the Octo Expansion DLC for Splatoon 2 made me cry tears of joy when I finally beat them. It took me months to beat Inner Agent 3 and I did it, it's even harder than the secret level in the Splatoon 3 story mode because at least with that one in only took me weeks to complete as oppose to months.
Nah, even as one who's dropped countless of hours in all Soulsborne games, Ukanlos from MH4U had me screaming in the library upon its defeat. A reaction I haven't had since.
Armstrong was smacking the absolute shit outta me with those boulders man
As to not spoil anything for those that havent finished it yet im just gonna say the final boss of Jedi Survivor. Was definitely satisfying.
That was a good one.
Hell yeah the last 3, especially on jedi knight
When I was playing Ragnarök I probably died 30 times in a row, I was exhausted and said you know what im done for tonight, im gonna play first thing tomorrow morning and I know i'll beat it in the first few attempts. Sure enough on my second attempt I beat it and only managing to get hit once.