Nothing is more groan worthy than getting to the end of a really enjoyable game and
coming head to head with a final boss who goes down quicker than a Mario Kart on a banana
peel.
It’s oh so painful.
So today we’re recounting the disappointment with our list of the top 10 final video game
bosses that were ridiculously easy to beat.
Most of the games on this list are critically acclaimed, and some are flat out iconic, which
perhaps makes these final boss battles even worse.
10 Joker – Arkham Asylum Arkham Asylum is a fantastic game.
It spawned a franchise of Rocksteady Batman video games that were almost all critically
acclaimed.
But the game has one major flaw that many fans didn’t enjoy; the final boss battle
with the Joker, where the penultimate villain jacks himself up on toxins.
For starters, that kind of tactic is a bit out of character for the clown prince of crime.
Second, the battle felt a little forced; jacked up Joker jumps up and sends his minions after
you, then occasionally jumps down so you can dish out some damage to him.
And it wasn’t all that challenging; it didn’t offer up anything new in the game, either.
Luckily, Rocksteady made up for it with Arkham City and the final boss battle there, but
there’s still a few gamers out there who are sore over Asylum.
9 Ganon Ganon is not a foe to be taken lightly as
far as The Legend of Zelda is concerned.
Unless you’re playing Ocarina of Time, that is.
Despite his terrifying aesthetic, the final battle against Ganon is actually fairly simple,
once you get the swing of it.
It’s repetitive, and as long as you make sure to roll between his legs and slash his
tail, as long as you keep the pace, the battle is incredibly straight forward and manageable.
Not so threatening now, are you Ganon?
Ganon’s lack of diversity in his attacks is what makes this possible, which is a bit
of a shame considering the rest of the game is considering to be one of the best titles
of all time, despite its severely aged graphics these days.
8 Natla - Tomb Raider Jacqueline Natla is similar to our last number
in the sense that all you really have to do is repeat the same move over and over and
you’ll knock her out.
It’s a bit of a shame; for a character that means so much to Lara’s story, she’s defeated
fairly simply.
Essentially, all you have to do is non-stop fire your uzis while doing somersaults as
a means of dodging her attacks, which is pretty lame considering she transforms into A WINGED
BEAST WITH FIRE BALL POWERS.
You don’t even really need to aim well, either!
It’s also worth noting that her attacks are strong, but the pillars scattered around
act as a significant amount of cover, and if you have any medi packs, you’re sure
to withstand her attacks.
7 Jacknife – Mirror’s Edge The 2009 EA Dice Mirror’s Edge was arguably
a really well done game, but it’s final confrontation with Jacknife, a former runner,
is incredibly anti-climatic.
All you have to do after he boards the helicopter is run and jump, causing him to fall to his
death.
While the gameplay immediately after is tense (you need to help Kate safely escape the now
falling helicopter which apparently gets so severely damaged from your jump and Jacknife’s
firing that that it starts going down) it still feels like quite a letdown.
6 Saddler – Resident Evil 4 Saddler gets a lot of hype in Resident Evil
4, but when it finally comes down to facing it, it’s not all that difficult to get the
upper hand on the terribly deformed monstrosity.
Once you determine where his weak spots are, it doesn’t take long to fire away and deal
some serious damage to him.
The area in which you fight him gives you a lot of advantages; there’s a lot of traps
and areas you can sneak into when trying to avoid him.
Plus, after you’ve gotten his health down significantly, Ada just shows up and gives
you a one hit kill rocket launcher, which kind of makes the whole battle redundant to
begin with.
5 Black Hand – Shadow of Mordor The Black Hand of Sauron final boss battle
is essentially a game of cat and mouse, which is then followed by a quick time event.
While it may do the narrative justice, in terms of actual skill it didn’t really challenge
players all that much, despite the Talons of the Black Hand you fight off prior being
much more interesting.
There is a timer though, so for some, that may add some level of intrigue, but still.
4 Lambent Brumak – Gears of War 2 For something so terrifying to look at, this
final boss is a piece of cake.
Just hold down the trigger down for the Hammer of Dawn to fire.
Keep that up and it’ll eventually die.
Which is pretty funny considering everything else leading up to this final boss in the
game is hard as balls.
Moving on.
3 Fontaine (BioShock) Fontaine is quite the physically imposing
boss, but unfortunately, was more of a letdown than a challenge.
Despite BioShock being a wonderfully crafted game, players quickly found out that there
was an easy tactic you could use to finish the baddie in no time; you can blast Fontaine
with the chemical thrower weapon, with the electric gel leaving the boss pretty much
paralyzed.
From there, you just shoot, without having to fear for any real repercussions.
Plus, if your weapons were upgraded fully by the end of the game, the damage you deal
is pretty superior, meaning the battle will be over in no time.
2 343 Guilty Spark Aside from typically being considered one
of the most annoying video game characters in history, Guilty Spark is also a pretty
crappy boss.
It’s incredibly easy to take out, and its own attacks towards you are really predictable
and easy to dodge.
Despite being able to fly around, it lingers A LOT, and it doesn’t even bother to use
its small size to its advantage.
It feels as if it was just an afterthought to the game, a boss battle slapped on the
ending of a story otherwise jam packed with other memorable and compelling moments.
1 Lucien – Fable 2 Nothing is more anti-climatic than not getting
to brutally destroy a villain that has driven you absolutely mental the entire game.
Fable 2 features one of those moments.
The final encounter with Lucien, a character who has antagonized you right from the start
of the game, is nowhere near the kind of justice that players wanted.
Dude kills your sister at the start of the story, and all you get is hop and a skip and
a short cut scene.
While there is some satisfaction in shooting him after his shield was down, if you listened
to his last words and waited too long, someone else would shoot him.
There we have it friends!
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