Controversial: games should have some gimmicky and some non gimmicky bosses
I feel somewhat ungrateful for experiencing enough Souls fatigue to not even bother to play DS3’s DLC.
Dark Souls was with no hyperbole my favourite game like ever, even though I was 25 when I played (everyone’s best game ever is supposed to be the big one they played when they were 12)
Orphan of Kos is another final duel boss that’s an extension of the environment. And “epic” isn’t the first word that comes to mind for a battle against a newborn
New DkS3 DLC is particularly poor at this. What do demons have to do with anything. And the last guy charges up with lightning as the music swells
alonne and fume knight are so tightly choreographed. the devs get you to dance just so
like a puppet.
i can understand not wanting to be their puppet! i can also understand not wanting to learn a dance if every time you miss a step they cut you right in the face
My favorite Souls bosses are the ones in Shrine of Storms. They’re all very easy, conceptually compelling and have cool/unusual arena design.
Seriously no amount of Artorias dodging has ever been as exciting to me as creeping around the Old Hero as he swings blindly and screams in rage, or as exhilarating as knocking flying manta monsters out of the sky with the Storm Ruler
I’m talking about the series as a whole, they always shove one of those bosses in (bloodborne has like five bosses that I only beat by playing perfectly because I didn’t feel like pumping up vitality in exclusion to all else)
I mean this is definitely a huge part of why they exhaust me too
Gael progressing from weirdo hunchback to SSJ2 Guts is :braces self against dust cloud speckled with lightning bolts: :hnng!!!: :this guy – !!!: :to have achieved such power – !!!: fucking dumb
You go through a loopy desaturated stone maze, through a fog gate, and suddenly you’re face to face with a lone swordsman in a simple room and the music is fucking screaming ‘DIES IRAE!!!’ Nothing has built up to this, this guy is not important at all to the game’s narrative, the music just has to be Most Epic Epic Ever because if it’s not how else will Pro Gammer feel the thrill of the hunt and Prepare to Cry. Everything is the most important fight ever
No exaggeration, literally the worst part of Dark Souls 3 is having to hear three seconds of its main menu theme before pressing start and having the saved volume settings kick in
My favorite boss is False King though, who is the epitome of the epic duel boss. Contrast is a thing. The impression I was left with after playing Dark 2 for the first and only time was, holy shit, that was a lot of bosses.