>final boss's ultimate attack is called apocalypse
>>377968354
>Let me tell you about soul stones.
>Final boss reveals his final form
>boss hits 25% health
>throws 3 new attacks in
>From the final boss' point of view the protagonist is evil
>>377967696
the final boss has your character name
>>377967696
>Final Bosses' attack is the name of the game
>>377970115
>mfw
>>377967696
>final boss hates sand
>I'm having a vision
>Bionis slash X
>final boss is so fucking cool
>music fits
>you don't want it to end, and want to fight him forever
>it ends
>final boss is holding back
>>377970819
Name 37 games and a choose your own adventure novel that do this
>>377971312
>does a cool attack, you counter and he manages to counter back
hi im communist busting genesect
>>377971436
Literally and ironically name 87 games that do this.
>final boss gets surprised killed by the real nigga true big bad final boss
>>377971818
ASSBORE from UndergroundCaveSystem
>final boss killed kids
>final boss was your brother
>>377971818
Final boss of Dragon's Dogma is literally God and not in the normal JRPG sense and shows you that he can erase your existence easily but just doesn't.
>Final boss would be the most legitimately punishing and difficult fight in the game
>if it weren't for that one incredibly easy exploit that can be used with any type of character
>>377972513
hello ff6
>final boss is easy as fuck and a bitch compared to secret/optional bosses
I hate this meme, especially when it's supposed to be some world ending/dominating evil and there's some being nearby that can just BTFO it harder than you can and take over.
>final boss has been injured and only using one arm the entire game
>final form is basically just him using both arms
>>377972652
What exploit?
>>377972513
Gwyn?
>final boss's ultimate attack is called PSI Bitchkill Omega
Earthbound Halloween Hack was weird
>>377972884
cast vanish on anything, and then no spell, including doom or x-zone will ever miss.
Any character can learn and cast vanish on any enemy, as well as doom being super easy to learn with early magicite. There's even an esper that casts vanish on the whole party or all enemies, so that + x-zone clears out any side of the field.
vanish doom will kill kefka before he can attack, though the death cutscene gets a bit jacked up
>final boss is God
>doesn't just blink you out of existence
>>377967696
>expect it to do a ton of damage
>it literally causes an apocalypse
>>377973253
In these instances I imagine God plays the role of the instigator of the universe, rather than its puppeteer
>>377971650
Dark Souls 3 Ringed City DLC
Gael has an atttack where he cries and then literally shoots out Dark Souls at the player.
>>377973595
>attack cannot be stopped
>attack changes the battle field
>>377967696
I like what an arms race this sort of thing has caused in the attack naming industry.
At first you couild name any silly old final boss attack Nuke or Black Hole and it was good enough. Then you had to up that by going biblical, and calling it Apocalypse or Armageddon. Then you had to up THAT by going to other religious works, calling it Ragnarok or something of the sort. Now you have to go Lovecraftian and give it Cthulhu Mythos-inspired names. I wonder what will come next.
>>377973996
They'll have to name it "Donald Trump's presidential term"
>>377973915
>doesnt even shoot Dark Souls 3 Ringed Citys at you
whats the fucking point
>>377973996
>Final Attack: False Vacuum Descent
>Game ends
>Final Attack: Heat Death
>Game fast forwards until all of your characters are frozen and ripped apart
>>377974132
Oh you
whats that fuckin game where the dude stops gods pointy finger from hittin him
the main character is also mad or some shit
>>377974314
You're thinking of Asura's Wrath, Anon
>>377974314
Angry Dad: the Interactive Movie
>>377967696
>Enemy get to make Two Attacks instead of One
>Recurring final boss in the series tends to transform into monstrous second forms.
>In one game he just starts to walk instead.
>And somehow it's more intimidating than any of those second forms could hope to be.
>>377974314
>Final boss fight is just to see who the better man is
>Final boss is easier than the previous boss
Fuck you, Demon's Sperm.
>sidekick kills a boss offscreen
>>377974685
>game is about you teaming up with a partner to beat said recurring final boss
>reach him
>the final boss also teams up with a partner to beat you down
>>377974927
True King Allant over False King? I always saw the pile of mush as a "metaphorical" final boss, not meant to be hard but drive a point home. False King Allant to me was the true final boss.
>>377968354
Rawr ;)
>>377974989
More like
>sidekick is the boss himself and lies to you
>>377975573
Well I was trying not to spoil it too much lad.
>>377967696
>your ultimate attack is an apocalypse
>Final boss is the guy that you used in the prologue/tutorial chapter
>>377974571
>attack names get longer and more elaborate sounding
>final and most powerful attack is one word
>>377974314
i want to be that snek
>>377973975
>not owning your own personal pocket battlefield
>>377976141
>attack names get longer and more elaborate sounding
>>377970115
>final form is a human
>he challenges you to a one on one duel
>boss uses something unique to you or an attack similar to what makes you special
>final bosses ultimate attack is the name of the expansion
>>377967696
>FINAL BOSS' ULTIMATE ATTACK IS THE NAME OF THE GAME
>not telling the world to fuck off and casting Armageddon yourself
>Fight is on a 3x3 grid per side
>Boss attack covers the entire grid
Nigga fuck that
>love interest is the final boss
>final bosses ultimate attack is the name of the main character
>>377973253
>final boss is God
>you can win
>Final boss is your rival
>>377980170
>final boss has you taking the role of your rival to defeat yourself
>>377972842
I like the idea that the final boss was just some uppity faggot who thought he was the most powerful and therefore had the power to upset the world when in reality he was just a small fish in a big pond and there are other powers in the world that are far more powerful than the final boss but have the sense not to fuck with the world right now. If you have the gall to challenge them they show you what power really is.
>You can bang the final boss.
>>377976141
>most bosses are big fuck-off fat asses
>final boss is the same size as you
>>377967696
>Evil route has you become a terrible villain
>Final boss is the hero from a previous game coming to stop YOU
>you knock the final boss out of their final form
>boss runs away
>party members chases them, starts shittalking them and the boss gets so salty he dies
>>377971818
>boss can only be damaged after doing one specific attack
>keeps doing that attack
>final bosses attacks are all the previous bosses/enemies' attacks
>>377972513
Zelda 2?
>boss has move
>boss has another move with the exact same animation except the windup is slightly longer and deals more damage
>>377971841
I actually really hate this "syke I'm the REAL final boss" thing that all game devs seem to think is clever and original.
They spend the entire game getting me hyped up to fight this guy and then they replace him with someone I know next to nothing about at the last minute.
>kicking the final boss's ass
>all the other bosses you've beaten come to him in a vision and power him up with the power of friendship
>>377982524
Holy shit, this will never be a thing.
It'd be fucking funny to be on the other side of friendship's power-up.
>The Final boss has a short and pronounceable name.
> Final boss is war.. and war has changed.
>>377982773
>Kill dark monstrous godbeing with your huge army and save the world
>The actual final battle is just a one-on-one duel with your best friend afterwards
>>377982524
> You fight all the bosses again before the final boss
>>377982334
Fucking Rodin in Bayonetta 2. I can't get used to his timing, because he randomly switches between short wind up, long wind up and no wind up at all before every attack.
>final boss does a 9999 damage AoE spell
>your team barely survives
>boss follows up with a single-target attack that does just enough damage to finish a member off
>then he does another
>and another...
>>377967696
>true final boss is a wheelchaired man
>no way to beat him without being ableist
>final boss that reduces everyone's hp to 1
>he uses this move constantly
>Final Boss HP Bar
>"???"
>>377983501
>Ultimecia's final phase
>Uses that move
>Steals your Curagas
>>377983501
Some FF fucker did this but I forgot
>final boss comes up to you
>he says he wont kill you
> but you don't get to kill him either
>get boss's business card
>get to work for him in MP
>>377971841
Dino Crisis 2
>final boss's ultimate attack is called holocaust
>Genocidal Renegade route.
>The game delivers 5 final bosses, that desperately want to kill you.
So this is what being a final boss feels like.
>generic enemies can cast spammable spells that halve your current HP
>JOIN ME HERO, AND WE SHALL RULE TOGETHER y/n
>y
>GAME OVER
>Going through complex rituals placed in the game by the dev, you can cast Armageddon
>It kills everyone except you and one other person
>>377982474
No More Heroes 1 did it in a pretty hilarious way though.
>>377974571
Fucking Persona 5
>>377970301
>boss hits 25%
>"I AM UNDEFEATABLE!"
>activates extra health bar
>>377974993
>game involves you controlling two characters at once
>you have to synergize your attacks between them to use your ultimate attack
>game features two villains who are always seen together
>near the end of the game, you fight the weaker one on her own first
>fight the stronger one on his own shortly after
>then fight them both at the same time
>they can synergize their attacks and use an ultimate attack just like you
>>377976613
source?
>>377980624
Name 1 (one) game
>>377982334
FUCKING THIS
Stop using that shit in Souls games, Miayazaki you mofo
>>377983623
>boss HP: "99999/99999"
>use your strongest move
>hit for 99999
>boss HP doesn't change
>final boss is a "non-boss" essentially interactive cutscene because "art"
>other boss in the game is said by everyone to be the "real" final boss
>no indication of this at all in game
>if going through blind and trying to do everything in relative order you could kill him early and then accidentally get stuck with two shitty non-bosses in a rowI liked Demon's Souls, but getting to True King right after Astraea was a bigger boner killer than Dark Souls' second half.
>>377982334
>boss has ANOTHER move with original's windup but it has an extra attack afterwards
>>377983932
You walked right into my trap. Stand still so I can cut you down.
>>377984052
>your party members call you crazy and try to kill you
>>377981472
What game?
> final boss is an ancient evil thats never been defeated.
> Dies to 4 spunky teenagers who were chosen to be heroes about a week ago.
>final boss sings along to his final theme music
>>377984627
I get you but I have to admit sometimes this gets me.
Giygas is, looking at it negatively, a big cutscene of a battle but it is done so well in and is executed brilliantly. Still you can die so I would say it still is a battle just not in the tradional jrpg sense.
>>377984825
What game?
>>377984627
>There are people that didn't leave the last stage of Boletaria for last
>>377984794
Name me an actually jrpg that does this.
>>377974571
fuck dhoulmagus
>boss heals back to full and buffs himself after his HP hit 0>he does it twice
>>377984990
RIIIIVERS IN A DRYYYYY LAND
>final boss is a fakeout
>second final boss jobs to yet another final boss
>first final boss joins you
>>377985079
chrono trigger?
>>377974927
Pokemon bw
fucking gechis
>get the ultimate weapon that can kill anyone and anything instantly with a touch of death
>can't use it on the final boss because the greater demon you shoved up the sword's cornhole to make it the ultimate weapon has a sense of fair play
Final boss is your character from the previous new game.
>>377984707
Covenant of the Plume is what I had in mind.
Might be others.
>>377985392
dragon's dogma also fantastic thing to do
>>377984217
>Final boss activates extra health bar for the second time
>Hero auto one-shots him
>>377973253
>FINAL BOSS IS GOD TESTING THE WILL OF MAN
This is the best trope, when god could utterly destroy you but the battle is to test the will and strength of the MC
>Final boss taunts you with big floppy dick flapping in the wind
>The final boss starts off at full powe,his final ultimate form, or whatever
>you progressively beat him down and knock him out of that for.
I love it when games do something like that
>>377985079
>First final boss has more lives than you
>>377982524
>DONT LOSE YOOOUURR WAAAYYY
>boss charges you headfirst
>gets stunned when it misses you and collides with a wall
>>377984281
is this a Portrait of Ruin reference?
and shame you for got mention the Death/Dracula teamup
>Defeat Final Boss
>Credits roll
>True Final Boss appears
>final boss is a mirror boss that fights like you do
>Final boss tries to cheat and set up a loop in which he can always come back
>Hero puts him in an infinite loop that makes him die immediately every time he comes back
>Final boss's final form
>Game's theme song starts playing
It's cheesy but it gets me every fucking time.
>Boss before the final boss has the most underrated music track in the game
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx90TMgFv94
>>377974314
You're thinking of Asura's Wrath I think, but that isn't a video game.
>>377979492
I assume you're talking about Radiant Historia?
>>377985079
Dragon Quest IV on DS, sorta
>last phase of boss
>hes crippled near death unable to fight
>he still trys to kill you
>limps after you and pathetically trys to hit you
>its a mercy to kill them at this point
>final boss has a short name and short, simplistic attack animations and attack names
>rest of the bosses are Name The Title of Country with Latin Adjective attacks
Semi-unrelated, but Mem Aleph attacking you with straight up Earth, Fire, Water, and Air was pretty damn neat
>final boss is killed
>"There must always be a [final boss]."
>final boss
>first form is a normal humanoid
>second form is a giant monster
>third form is an eldritch abomination that looks like it was the spawn of some diseased star trillions of miles away
>>377983731
Hope they make 3 just as good
>>377987773
>final boss is killed
>wow is never as good, and the satisfaction of playing the game to progress toward lore based raid content is forever dulled
>>377982929
Way too many games actually do this.
>>377988358
>"Tell them only that the Lich King is dead..."
>"And that World of Warcraft... died with him."
>>377984698
KOTOR
>>377984374
Rance Quest+Magnum
Mine is "DEVOUR. CONSUME. DESTROY."
>kills the party member it is used on over three turns
>their abilities can then be used by me
>they cannot be revived as they are gone permanently
>except the part where I can summon them in battle
>can be avoided by befriending me in the second or third act of the game, which then allows you to use me as a party member, including the ability "CONSUME. DEVOUR. DESTROY."
>befriending me also grants you access to the best weapons, armor, items, characters and waifus in the game and opens up the true ending and the true final bosses, Jacob Rothschild and the Intergalactic Maitre Caliphate
>the second of which is fought like an RTS battle similar to a intense match of Starcraft except against what are basically SPACE MUSLIMS
>>377988471
>finally prepared to go to war against the continent-shattering dragon hyped up for the entire expansion
>nah, fight his backne and coke-spoon finger nails while Metzen's OC does all the actual work.
>>377970301
>boss hits 25% health
>adds 3 new attacks and starts attacking faster and recklessly
>>377974993
Thought of Castlevania: PoR
Loved that game but those last dialogues felt pretty anticlimactic desu
>>377970819
I am genuinely curious as to what game does this.
>>377974258
I like it
>>377971650
Sorcery! Book 4: Crown of Kings
>final boss
>impossible to fucking kill
>party wiped
>game over screen gets sliced in half
>that weak guy you saved in the first area spent the rest of his life training to help you
>your sidekick reveals himself to be a boss
>>377988081
Titanfall - militia vs. Imc in skirmishes
Titanfall 2 - mercenaries fighting for different factions in a number of environments
where can they go next?
>>377989425
What game? Closest I can think of isDragon's Dogma when the guy you gave a tome of ultimate spellcasting uses it to help you defeat a griffin in the middle of a hurricane.
>>377989425
I am willing to bet that this isn't actually in a game.
>final boss fight is less than 12 hours long
What's even the point then? Might as well have the final boss be a button you press to "win". If you're not going to go big then don't even bother having boss fights.
>>377985563
How amusing...
>>377988581
cringy
>boss hits 0%
>respawns with 100% with new abilites
>when boss reaches 0% again there's a long pause, indicating it's over
>respawns another time with 100% but this time kicks your butt for good
>>377989425
>character from the tutorial mission becomes the big damn hero in your hour of need
>>377988746
Don't know about any attack names, but the best sword in the base game of Dragon's Dogma is named Dragon's Dogma. Of course, once you get into BBI content the sword kind of loses it's luster, but really cool when you first get it.
>final boss of a quest gets dragged out like 4-5 times after you kill him for the first time, twice in one quest
fucking runescape, just let nomad die
>>377982910
Naruto shippuden
>final boss theme makes your heart feel like it's ripping in half
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWeXfiU-rrY
>>377991029
It got a bit silly towards the end, but is such a fucking great game
>I regret naming my character AAA
God dammit I will never forget that memory
>final boss is the final boss
>final boss was your friend
>final boss has multiple health bars
>Final boss can attack multiple times in one turn
>Spams an attack that hits all allies and has a chance to Charm them
>While Charmed, they have a chance to heal the boss back up to full health
You all know what I'm talking about. I haven't got to him yet. What's the strat to beat him?
>>377993316
THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO AKH-AKH-AKH-AKH
>>377981472
>>377984707
Jedi Academy did that.
Best part isif you take that route and "defeat" him, you don't actually kill him, you just distract him and escapeHe's the Chuck Norris of Star Wars, your wussy custom character has no chance of actually taking him down
>>377983984
Fucking Pokemon does this shit.
A wild Pokemon with Super Fang, Confuse Ray, any other status move, and a little bit of luck can be damn near as powerful as one on your team that's triple its level.
Of course, most of the time it doesn't have that luck and you just blast the fucker.
>run around with amnesia
>realize YOU are the final boss
>proceed to assfuck everyone
>The Penultimate Boss is the MC.
>The Final Boss is the MC's lover.
Pure kino.
>final boss has an attack that can force your healing spell to target the boss
>you're the final boss
>>377985969
>defeat true final boss
>credits roll
>TRUER TRUE final boss approaches
>>377968089
Came to thread to see if this was here and it's the first fucking post with no replies smdhtbqh
>>377982474
Dino crisis 2 did that very well
>>377995483
I know right?