Okay...I suppose I should make this request now that I have my laptop back. If you're here commenting on my blogs regularly, you can safely assume that I value your life a bit as well as any sort of friendships we may have with each other. With that said, I humbly request that we don't take jabs at my other friends if at all possible. This includes anything that may even remotely be taken as a jab. "With that said", let's get on to Symphony's top 5 list. Starting with numbers 5 and 4.
To make life interesting for everyone, not only will I make sure I don't let the same game win more than one place at the top, but I'll also explain why it's at the top over the generic bosses we all love so much. Needless to say, to make my list, not only did you have to be uber cool, but you had to do something not many games can just brag about...or even do. Note: If you see the game's title, and you don't want any spoilers, stop reading right away and move on from the given information. If you don't like the game, try and at least understand why I chose the given game/boss.
Assassin's Creed ~Sibrand
I bet you all my pennies that Hazelnuntman didn't expect Assassin's Creed to ever make it on my list. As I said before, I can bash a game that happens to have a few of my favorite moments. Or at least one moment. We all have played games where the boss will hit you and then run a few feet away from you and try to repeat his actions. We also are aware that Assassin's Creed is about stealthy killings after the questionably redundant nonsense. Sibrand makes it to number 5 because he happens to be a paranoid mad man. Mess up your chance to assassinate him, and he'll give you the most thrilling chase throughout the city, screaming at you to stay away from him all the more. He made his point throughout his entire block that he suspected that you were already there to kill him...with no clues other than his fellow friends were killed beforehand. I mean, the whole stage was practically there so you wouldn't get to him...and the fact that he's a fast little demon that you have to out maneuver made the kill all the more worth it. It's a crying shame the actual game wasn't full of these moments.
Metal Gear Solid 3~ The Boss
Do you remember in MGS3 where we were all laughing how the enemies couldn't see us hiding in plain sight? How the environment were our friends...especially tall grass and flowers? Well...I bet none of you were thinking they were your friends now! Fighting your mentor in a field of beautiful PS2 flowers was a brilliant idea...even if all the flowers were white...and The Boss just so happened to be wearing all white so even if she was running right at you, you may not see her until she grabs you and breaks a bone or two. The final game of cat and mouse was pretty nifty, and the fact that you had to pull the trigger during the cutscene to end her life (Some were late to figure that out), made the entire thing emotional as well as a good challenge.
As a self-rule, I won't list a boss from the same game twice, so don't expect MGS3 or Assassin's Creed to make it back on the Boss Fight list ever again. The next few blogs will fly by quickly, so brace yourselves. ![]()
Comments
Which one was Sibrand? The archer dude?
Sorry for the short comment, but I've got kung-fu to go to. Later.
I would of expect to see The End's sniping battle instead of The Boss but, cinematically, The Boss boss fight is more dramatic. And I must admit, when The End blew up after the fight, I couldn't help to laughed out but only once whereas for the end of the fight with The Boss (boy, Mr Kojima, did you have to picked those name for the boss to make my sentence read confusingly), no laughing matters there.
Already, the standard of the top five is to such height in quality, I can't help to wonder the rest which, what I am doing at the moment. Now, let me think (wonder): Why feet smell and noses run? Wait... I mean, would the ICO final boss fight be there? Surely, anyone of SoTC's huge boss will be in you later of related blogs to this one. lol.
With The Boss on here though, I'm quite anxious to see the next fights. I'm expecting at least one from Persona 3, and one Colossi.
@Thomas-Crown: See, with The End, I couldn't feel all that Sniper tension because I got grounded during that time, so I had to save while fighting him and then...well.......you know....after I loaded my file up from being freed from punishment....
@raven_squad: Hehe. I don't blame ya. To be honest, it's not worth the save file either. Apparently, even if you save RIGHT on the event, the load screen still takes you to the lecture before you can leave to town...you still have to gather clues....and then you have to hear all the talking that goes between that BEFORE you can fight Sibrand anyways....which is no good considering I ALREADY BEAT THE GAME!!
@Flame_Blade88: Yeah. Big ones for sure. All of them come with great reasons no less. lol
Sadly, I did not play MGS3 or MGS2. I've been meaning to get them, but I was told to get the Substance and Subsistance versions of them for the bonus content. Non of the Gamestop's around me have them in stock so I guess out of luck.
I can't comment on number 4. Haven't played MGS3 yet. It's currently sitting in my pile of shame. Well, you got 3 more chances to interest me in this whole boss battle blog thingy. Use them wisely.
As for "The Boss" from MGS3 - you really can't go wrong, you will find me perhaps little crazy but to this point, in all of Metal Gear Solid franchise I find "The Boss" to be my personal favorite character. I wish one day we could actually play as her, see her story and her mentoring the Naked Snake (Big Boss).
That would made a phenomenal game.
About The Boss, YEAH ! This is an epic battle ! BUT !
To bad The Boss didn't explode in a fury of hornets, arrows, or fire.
I SEE AN ASSASSIN'S CREED BOSS THAR!
That thrill you mentioned in that section - I just happened to experience it a lot of times, thus making it incredibly fun for me
Very good choice with The Boss, but I couldn't take advantage of the wonderfully lain out battlefield because I was camo-whoring on my first playthrough, which resulted in my using a heat goggle with a Mosin Nagant and spamming it at her from a distance just so I could grab that camo.
Looking forward to more!
Which is contradictory to what I just write....
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