When it comes to video games, there are always first bosses, which come near the beginning of the game to be a starting challenge for the player to help them see how the game is going to play out. Usually, they are very easy and can be forgotten about within a few hours of gameplay. But, once in awhile, anda get that first boss that is one of the best bosses in the entire game. These first bosses offer lebih of a challenge to the player and feel like a later boss than the first boss. So, today, I wish to share with anda all the ten first bosses that I found to be the most fun. First, the rules. Only one game per franchise, and only games that I have played. With that out of the way, let’s start with the list.
#10: Tiny Tiger from Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped
For a platforming game, a first boss shouldn’t be all that important. Just look at King Bob-Omb from Super Mario 64 (Hell, look at EVERY boss from Super Mario 64). However, Tiny was a different story. In Crash Bandicoot 3, anda start the fight with Tiny oleh having him jump around the arena to crush Crash. Once he gets tired, hit him once, and he will then jump to the puncak, atas of the stadium and send waves of lions to attack Crash. After this, just rinse and repeat the process until you’ve hit him three times and the fight is over. When I put it that way, it may not seem all that special. But, it’s a platforming game, what do anda expect. Still, the fight has a pretty cool level in it, and this was a lot better from the Tiny fight in the original game. That’s for damn sure.
#9: Classic Metal Sonic from Sonic Generations
Another platforming game and another first boss that is manages to be better than anything you’d expect. The fight already puts anda on edge when Metal Sonic starts destroying the bridge behind anda and tries to ram into Sonic with an electricity attack, so anda need to run meneruskan, ke depan while dodging his attack at the same time. Once Metal Sonic is in front of you, just jump into him and knock him meneruskan, ke depan to damage him. After this, he will use a shockwave to do massive damage to you, so be very careful with that attack. After anda hit him again, he will begin throwing objects at you. anda will then have to hit him again, sending him back behind you. This will cause him to rush towards Sonic very fast and again, try to ram you. Just hit him one lebih time and the fights done. It’s nice to see a first boss have a variety of attacks instead of trying to be a tutorial fight for the player.
#8: Petey Piranha from Super Smash Bros Brawl
This is a boss that actually interests me. When the fight starts, Petey Piranha traps both Zelda and persik inside two cages and will use the cages as weapons. He will ayunan them both at anda and will also try to crush anda after it jumps into the air. Once anda get the boss down to half health, it will then start to attack quicker and lebih aggressively. It’s neat to see that nintendo is turning a boss that was pretty weak in games like Super Mario Sunshine and Super Mario Galaxy and making it lebih threatening. However, what interests me about this boss is that the boss itself doesn’t have a health bar. Instead, the cages that hold Zelda and persik have a health bar. The one that gets depleted first will have both princess free, but the one whose life bar was still full would be turned into a statue oleh Wario. So, if anda deplete the health of the cage that had Zelda in it, than persik would be turned into a statue. Wow, sadly this boss is a lot lebih interesting and fun than the final boss itself…. (I still hate Tabuu very much)
#7: Great Jaggi from Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
Okay, so I didn’t actually play the full game of Monster Hunter 4. I only played a demo of it. But from what I played in that Demo, it was the most awesome first boss I had ever fought. It’s not cheating… IT’S NOT! So anda start in this open field and anda just head to the location. Nothing too bad, at first. Then a cutscene starts. And in that cutscene, anda meet this monster that looks like the velociraptors from Jurassic Park on steroids. The Great Jaggi will attack anda oleh ramming into anda with its side, swinging its tail at you, atau will try to do a double bite attack. It will also call in minions to help it. Yes, I do hate bosses that use minions, but this can be easily avoided if anda hit the Great Jaggi with a well timed strike. Once you’ve damaged it enough, it will retreat to a cave, where anda must finish it off. For a first boss, it’s pretty complex. Then again, we’re talking about a game where anda hunt down giant monsters for better equipment.
#6: Skelter Helter from No lebih heroes 2: Desperate Struggle
In the first No lebih Heroes, Travis was tasked with killing the Rank 11 assassin named Helter Skelter, but anda only saw him get killed in a cutscene. So, in the sequel, Travis had to fight his brother, Skelter Helter, which is the closest we got to fighting Helter Skelter from the first game. The fight starts, literally, right when the game starts, and anda are thrown right into the boss fight to start the game off. Skelter Helter will use a large buster sword, kinda like Travis’s, and will also use a revolver with multiple chambers to attack from a distance. This fight can range from being easy on Sweet Mode, fair on Normal Mode, atau difficult as hell on pahit Mode. And this entire boss is just a tutorial. Who says tutorials can’t be fun? Also, this guy got his head cut off, but can still talk. How does that work? Then again, why am I questioning a Suda51 game? That never goes over well.
#5: Ocelot from Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Of course the best Metal Gear Solid game should have the best first boss in the series, and why not make it the main antagonist of the game? The fight has Snake and Ocelot separated oleh a cliff, and the two must fight with pistols. For a fight that involves two men with pistols, a lot can happen in this fight. Ocelot’s men can attack from the back and shoot at Snake, atau anda could shoot down a beehive to temporarily distract Ocelot, atau Ocelot can api his bullets to ricochet off of rocks and trees to hit Snake if he is taking cover. Also, as the fight goes on, bees from The Pain can be seen to appear lebih and more, tampilkan that the fight is almost over. Some see this as the least interesting fight in the game. Well, that just shows how impressive the bosses in this game are.
#4: Gohma from Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
Hey, remember Gohma from Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time? Remember how anda could destroy that boss in under thirty seconds? Well, Gohma from Wind Waker is a whole lot lebih powerful. When the fight starts, Gohma will already tampil anda how threatening he… she…. It is. anda will need to use the Grappling Hook and latch it onto Valoo’s tail, and ayunan across the stage. After that, anda will jump off of it, and the ceiling will fall onto Gohma, damaging it and chipping it’s armor. Just repeat this process two lebih times, and anda will completely destroy Gohma’s armor. This will make Gohma attack lebih quickly, swinging it’s claws at anda and breathing api at you. anda will then need to stun it with your Grappling Hook, and once it it is on the ground, slash at it with your sword until anda win. This is a major step up from Ocarina of Time’s Gohma. Good work, Nintendo.
#3: Poseidon from God of War 3
Okay, I only played this game at a friend’s house, but that doesn’t mean that I haven’t played it, right? The fight starts with Kratos climbing along the arm of a giant, only to be attacked oleh a giant horse made of water. Soon, you’ll need to climb up the arm to avoid falling while still fighting the water horse. After defeating the water horse, anda will need to start climbing up Mount Olympus, defeating enemies. Once that’s done, anda finally get to fight Poseidon himself. anda must start oleh attacking the legs as he strikes at anda with his trident. Once the legs are removed, anda must attack Poseidon’s upper body while he still tries to attack you. After you’ve weakened him, climb to the puncak, atas of the area and attack the head. After that, attack his six legs again, and then use his conveniently placed body parts to grapple your way to his weak spot and knock the real Poseidon out of his larger form to beat the boss. This was the first boss, people.
#2: Valus from Shadow of the Colossus
Sure, all of the Colossus in this game are amazing, actually (Except Celosia. He sucks). But Valus is the first one anda run into that just shows anda how this game is going to go. Once anda reach the location that anda were pointed to, anda will hear loud booming and the ground will start to shake. anda will then see THIS! A large Colossus with a club walking along the landscape. However, if anda stay still and try not to Leeroy Jenkins everything, anda will see that this boss is actually not trying to attack you. It is just walking, minding its own business. And then anda attack it. That is when the fight starts. It will try to crush anda with it’s club, allowing anda to climb onto its legs and stab him, making Valus fall to the ground, and allowing anda to climb to it’s head and strike it. This boss is the first piece of what you’re going to see in a game like Shadow of the Colossus and when there are even lebih Colossi waiting for you, then anda know that this first Colossus is something truly special
#1: Iudex Gundyr from Dark Souls III
Yeah, anda try pronouncing that name. Anyway, Iudex Gundyr is the best first boss in video games ever. anda start oleh finding the corpse of the boss, sitting in the middle of the area with a sword stuck in its body. Just pull that out and the boss fight will start. At first, he just looks like a giant knight with a large axe, but we’ll touch on that later. This boss will attack anda oleh swinging it’s giant axe at you, so you’d better have learned dodging oleh this point. He will also try leaping at anda to smash anda against it’s weight, so just make sure that Estus Flask is full oleh this point. Once anda manage to get Iudex down to half health, anda will soon notice a black substance coming from his armor. This is the part where anda run away. Iudexs upper body will turn into this black serpent like creature with red eyes, have one tree-like arm and will carry it all under his legs that still remain the same. anda will need to dodge his large arm, which can now reach a much larger area. This transformation shocked me so much, that I knew that Dark Souls III was going to blow all expectations, and this first boss is what started that. This boss manages to be a perfect challenge and surprise anda at the same time. I told anda that I can respect the perfect first boss, and Dark Souls always manages to have the perfect boss, and Iudex Gundyr proves that.
Well, there anda have it. Did anda enjoy the list? Tell me what anda thought of it. With that said, I will see anda all selanjutnya time.
#10: Tiny Tiger from Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped
For a platforming game, a first boss shouldn’t be all that important. Just look at King Bob-Omb from Super Mario 64 (Hell, look at EVERY boss from Super Mario 64). However, Tiny was a different story. In Crash Bandicoot 3, anda start the fight with Tiny oleh having him jump around the arena to crush Crash. Once he gets tired, hit him once, and he will then jump to the puncak, atas of the stadium and send waves of lions to attack Crash. After this, just rinse and repeat the process until you’ve hit him three times and the fight is over. When I put it that way, it may not seem all that special. But, it’s a platforming game, what do anda expect. Still, the fight has a pretty cool level in it, and this was a lot better from the Tiny fight in the original game. That’s for damn sure.
#9: Classic Metal Sonic from Sonic Generations
Another platforming game and another first boss that is manages to be better than anything you’d expect. The fight already puts anda on edge when Metal Sonic starts destroying the bridge behind anda and tries to ram into Sonic with an electricity attack, so anda need to run meneruskan, ke depan while dodging his attack at the same time. Once Metal Sonic is in front of you, just jump into him and knock him meneruskan, ke depan to damage him. After this, he will use a shockwave to do massive damage to you, so be very careful with that attack. After anda hit him again, he will begin throwing objects at you. anda will then have to hit him again, sending him back behind you. This will cause him to rush towards Sonic very fast and again, try to ram you. Just hit him one lebih time and the fights done. It’s nice to see a first boss have a variety of attacks instead of trying to be a tutorial fight for the player.
#8: Petey Piranha from Super Smash Bros Brawl
This is a boss that actually interests me. When the fight starts, Petey Piranha traps both Zelda and persik inside two cages and will use the cages as weapons. He will ayunan them both at anda and will also try to crush anda after it jumps into the air. Once anda get the boss down to half health, it will then start to attack quicker and lebih aggressively. It’s neat to see that nintendo is turning a boss that was pretty weak in games like Super Mario Sunshine and Super Mario Galaxy and making it lebih threatening. However, what interests me about this boss is that the boss itself doesn’t have a health bar. Instead, the cages that hold Zelda and persik have a health bar. The one that gets depleted first will have both princess free, but the one whose life bar was still full would be turned into a statue oleh Wario. So, if anda deplete the health of the cage that had Zelda in it, than persik would be turned into a statue. Wow, sadly this boss is a lot lebih interesting and fun than the final boss itself…. (I still hate Tabuu very much)
#7: Great Jaggi from Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
Okay, so I didn’t actually play the full game of Monster Hunter 4. I only played a demo of it. But from what I played in that Demo, it was the most awesome first boss I had ever fought. It’s not cheating… IT’S NOT! So anda start in this open field and anda just head to the location. Nothing too bad, at first. Then a cutscene starts. And in that cutscene, anda meet this monster that looks like the velociraptors from Jurassic Park on steroids. The Great Jaggi will attack anda oleh ramming into anda with its side, swinging its tail at you, atau will try to do a double bite attack. It will also call in minions to help it. Yes, I do hate bosses that use minions, but this can be easily avoided if anda hit the Great Jaggi with a well timed strike. Once you’ve damaged it enough, it will retreat to a cave, where anda must finish it off. For a first boss, it’s pretty complex. Then again, we’re talking about a game where anda hunt down giant monsters for better equipment.
#6: Skelter Helter from No lebih heroes 2: Desperate Struggle
In the first No lebih Heroes, Travis was tasked with killing the Rank 11 assassin named Helter Skelter, but anda only saw him get killed in a cutscene. So, in the sequel, Travis had to fight his brother, Skelter Helter, which is the closest we got to fighting Helter Skelter from the first game. The fight starts, literally, right when the game starts, and anda are thrown right into the boss fight to start the game off. Skelter Helter will use a large buster sword, kinda like Travis’s, and will also use a revolver with multiple chambers to attack from a distance. This fight can range from being easy on Sweet Mode, fair on Normal Mode, atau difficult as hell on pahit Mode. And this entire boss is just a tutorial. Who says tutorials can’t be fun? Also, this guy got his head cut off, but can still talk. How does that work? Then again, why am I questioning a Suda51 game? That never goes over well.
#5: Ocelot from Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Of course the best Metal Gear Solid game should have the best first boss in the series, and why not make it the main antagonist of the game? The fight has Snake and Ocelot separated oleh a cliff, and the two must fight with pistols. For a fight that involves two men with pistols, a lot can happen in this fight. Ocelot’s men can attack from the back and shoot at Snake, atau anda could shoot down a beehive to temporarily distract Ocelot, atau Ocelot can api his bullets to ricochet off of rocks and trees to hit Snake if he is taking cover. Also, as the fight goes on, bees from The Pain can be seen to appear lebih and more, tampilkan that the fight is almost over. Some see this as the least interesting fight in the game. Well, that just shows how impressive the bosses in this game are.
#4: Gohma from Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
Hey, remember Gohma from Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time? Remember how anda could destroy that boss in under thirty seconds? Well, Gohma from Wind Waker is a whole lot lebih powerful. When the fight starts, Gohma will already tampil anda how threatening he… she…. It is. anda will need to use the Grappling Hook and latch it onto Valoo’s tail, and ayunan across the stage. After that, anda will jump off of it, and the ceiling will fall onto Gohma, damaging it and chipping it’s armor. Just repeat this process two lebih times, and anda will completely destroy Gohma’s armor. This will make Gohma attack lebih quickly, swinging it’s claws at anda and breathing api at you. anda will then need to stun it with your Grappling Hook, and once it it is on the ground, slash at it with your sword until anda win. This is a major step up from Ocarina of Time’s Gohma. Good work, Nintendo.
#3: Poseidon from God of War 3
Okay, I only played this game at a friend’s house, but that doesn’t mean that I haven’t played it, right? The fight starts with Kratos climbing along the arm of a giant, only to be attacked oleh a giant horse made of water. Soon, you’ll need to climb up the arm to avoid falling while still fighting the water horse. After defeating the water horse, anda will need to start climbing up Mount Olympus, defeating enemies. Once that’s done, anda finally get to fight Poseidon himself. anda must start oleh attacking the legs as he strikes at anda with his trident. Once the legs are removed, anda must attack Poseidon’s upper body while he still tries to attack you. After you’ve weakened him, climb to the puncak, atas of the area and attack the head. After that, attack his six legs again, and then use his conveniently placed body parts to grapple your way to his weak spot and knock the real Poseidon out of his larger form to beat the boss. This was the first boss, people.
#2: Valus from Shadow of the Colossus
Sure, all of the Colossus in this game are amazing, actually (Except Celosia. He sucks). But Valus is the first one anda run into that just shows anda how this game is going to go. Once anda reach the location that anda were pointed to, anda will hear loud booming and the ground will start to shake. anda will then see THIS! A large Colossus with a club walking along the landscape. However, if anda stay still and try not to Leeroy Jenkins everything, anda will see that this boss is actually not trying to attack you. It is just walking, minding its own business. And then anda attack it. That is when the fight starts. It will try to crush anda with it’s club, allowing anda to climb onto its legs and stab him, making Valus fall to the ground, and allowing anda to climb to it’s head and strike it. This boss is the first piece of what you’re going to see in a game like Shadow of the Colossus and when there are even lebih Colossi waiting for you, then anda know that this first Colossus is something truly special
#1: Iudex Gundyr from Dark Souls III
Yeah, anda try pronouncing that name. Anyway, Iudex Gundyr is the best first boss in video games ever. anda start oleh finding the corpse of the boss, sitting in the middle of the area with a sword stuck in its body. Just pull that out and the boss fight will start. At first, he just looks like a giant knight with a large axe, but we’ll touch on that later. This boss will attack anda oleh swinging it’s giant axe at you, so you’d better have learned dodging oleh this point. He will also try leaping at anda to smash anda against it’s weight, so just make sure that Estus Flask is full oleh this point. Once anda manage to get Iudex down to half health, anda will soon notice a black substance coming from his armor. This is the part where anda run away. Iudexs upper body will turn into this black serpent like creature with red eyes, have one tree-like arm and will carry it all under his legs that still remain the same. anda will need to dodge his large arm, which can now reach a much larger area. This transformation shocked me so much, that I knew that Dark Souls III was going to blow all expectations, and this first boss is what started that. This boss manages to be a perfect challenge and surprise anda at the same time. I told anda that I can respect the perfect first boss, and Dark Souls always manages to have the perfect boss, and Iudex Gundyr proves that.
Well, there anda have it. Did anda enjoy the list? Tell me what anda thought of it. With that said, I will see anda all selanjutnya time.