7 Suspiciously Easy Boss Fights That Weren’t What They Seemed

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  • Finding a boss encounter easier than expected? Keep your wits about you - there's every chance that easy boss is a ruse designed to trick you into something much deadlier. See for yourself with these seven suspiciously easy boss fights that weren’t what they seemed and subscribe for a video like this every week!
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  • @butter_scotch
    @butter_scotch Před rokem +797

    "I don't know what that lesson is, but I feel like there's one in there somewhere" is a mood I live in everyday. Thanks Jane, I feel heard

  • @knightchef
    @knightchef Před rokem +323

    My favorite ploy is when a boss appears and is immediately killed by an even worse boss.

    • @CursedGuard00
      @CursedGuard00 Před rokem +44

      Pretty sure they did a video about that already

    • @Zeidoktor
      @Zeidoktor Před rokem +19

      @@CursedGuard00 Yep, they did two videos recently titled "7 Bosses That Were Immediately Killed by a Much Scarier Boss". The 2nd is a commenter edition.

    • @kralik394
      @kralik394 Před rokem +4

      Fury in FF12. This giant ogre thing gets oneshotted by a bunny. Who proceeds to kick your ass.

    • @kiritokirigaya7139
      @kiritokirigaya7139 Před 8 měsíci +1

      Guardians of the galaxy did this although you don’t fight the even worse boss until the end of the game.

    • @chrisd5564
      @chrisd5564 Před měsícem

      Jedi survivor with the rancor on koboh

  • @thalandor46
    @thalandor46 Před rokem +442

    "The only thing deadlier than a hedgehog is a hedgehog made of metal. Having understood this fundamental axiom, the designers of Sonic 3 & Knuckles made the final boss you must defeat as Knuckles a sinister metallic robot version of Sonic."
    I cannot get over how perfectly written and delivered this line is!

    • @aerthreepwood8021
      @aerthreepwood8021 Před rokem +18

      The hedgehog is the English's only known natural predator, so it tracks.

    • @nathanabel8169
      @nathanabel8169 Před rokem +6

      I read this comment just as Jane said it in video. That was beautifully narrated lol

    • @Shlonzs
      @Shlonzs Před rokem +2

      And knuckles 🤣

    • @rprealist4869
      @rprealist4869 Před rokem +1

      Yes, but pretty sure even the official walkthrough guide listed this boss as METAL Sonic/ Metal Super Sonic(Yes it had separate entries for both phases). I guess given how it looks different from Metal Sonic's usual look, it's not that surprising they went with a different name.

    • @joels5150
      @joels5150 Před rokem +1

      Even better IMO is the line, “this metal hedgehog is playing metal possum” 😂

  • @DStrong1080
    @DStrong1080 Před rokem +530

    Really, at 7:28, more power to Jane for being able to say "That's where they put the cockpit" with a stone straight face.....

    • @sourcererseven3858
      @sourcererseven3858 Před rokem +38

      Absolutely! Wonder how many takes that took.

    • @MarkDeSade100
      @MarkDeSade100 Před rokem +21

      I laughed too hard at that one.

    • @rpgcraftsman520
      @rpgcraftsman520 Před rokem +34

      I can't help but think that the game's character/mecha designers were making a pun there.

    • @ArcTemplar
      @ArcTemplar Před rokem +10

      I will never unsee The cockpit pun from now on 🥴

    • @xzzlonezzwolfzzx
      @xzzlonezzwolfzzx Před rokem

      They put the cockpit in his cocks pit!

  • @mysticmagicsmurfdarklord6844

    What if there was a boss that no one knew was a boss at first and they just thought they were fighting a normal enemy, but suddenly it turns out to be the main villain

    • @kippwilliam2424
      @kippwilliam2424 Před rokem +55

      Isn't that kind of the idea behind the two worlds boss?

    • @noddler217
      @noddler217 Před rokem +86

      That rat git from Hades, you mean? 'Aw, lookit, it's a rat! I've slaughtered a couple hundred things all worse than you just to get here, you think I'm scared of you?' *Ten seconds later* 'HOLY SHIT IT'S A GIANT EVIL RAT AND IT WANTS TO EAT MEEEEEEEEE!'

    • @jtrevor99
      @jtrevor99 Před rokem +74

      I'm a fan of the inverse: you think they're the main villain, the game spends hours building up to it with no hint to the contrary, and then suddenly once the fight's over, you find out...nope, not so much. Chrono Trigger was a master at this.

    • @kelik7523
      @kelik7523 Před rokem +55

      This happens in Elden Ring some what. Ran up on a very common and weak enemy on atlas plateau as soon as I hit him it turns into a boss and almost beat my ass lol

    • @DetectiveLance
      @DetectiveLance Před rokem +4

      @@jtrevor99 Ozzy?

  • @leonardquirm
    @leonardquirm Před rokem +117

    Jane's brief pause in "that's where they put the...cockpit" is perfect comic timing.
    Also, "You're going to find the encounter with Anubis curiously low-key"...no, he's from an entirely different pantehon.

  • @WizzyMcWizzyton
    @WizzyMcWizzyton Před rokem +43

    “An accent I would describe as Scott-ish”
    Brilliant.

  • @erichowell8770
    @erichowell8770 Před rokem +150

    You guys will take any excuse to play that Dracula quip in a video, and I love you for it. Never change.

    • @ryanwilson2454
      @ryanwilson2454 Před rokem +18

      WHAT IS A MAN

    • @armelior4610
      @armelior4610 Před rokem +12

      I think we need a "a miserable pile of secrets... in spaaaaace !" mashup

    • @erichowell8770
      @erichowell8770 Před rokem +9

      @@armelior4610 I think that will never not be my favorite Tim Curry role/line.

    • @GuukanKitsune
      @GuukanKitsune Před rokem +2

      @@erichowell8770 Mine is still 'Talking..... parrots?' From Muppet Treasure Island.

    • @alexanderlloydmendoza979
      @alexanderlloydmendoza979 Před rokem +1

      @@GuukanKitsune mine is "I will be escaping to the one place that hasn't been corrupted by capitalism... SPACE!"

  • @michaelsouslin891
    @michaelsouslin891 Před rokem +48

    The "At least we've seen the last of him" then "My mistake" is a feeling any gamer understands completely 😆

  • @logansrevenge1214
    @logansrevenge1214 Před rokem +52

    Engineer: "Where's the pilot go?"
    Scientist: "In the cockpit."
    Engineer: "Ok...No problem."
    Scientist:"They took cockpit literally."

  • @Jonathon_Hennessey
    @Jonathon_Hennessey Před rokem +139

    In Sekiro shadows die twice in three of the game's three endings you fight Genichiro Ashina again armed with a mortal blade of his own, and while defeating Genichiro is pretty easy he realizes that he can't defeat you on his own and uses his own life force to summon his grandfather Isshin Ashina in his physical prime to fight you who is a much more challenging opponent.

    • @MrIcePho3nix
      @MrIcePho3nix Před rokem +33

      And also he has a gun.

    • @mikemiles2241
      @mikemiles2241 Před rokem +25

      Glock saint Isshin

    • @revvv3889
      @revvv3889 Před rokem +2

      3rd phase ain't as hard as the other phase tho

    • @mosiarmstrong
      @mosiarmstrong Před rokem +1

      I feel like I've seen this in another one of their videos.

    • @NameThatIsJust
      @NameThatIsJust Před rokem +1

      @@revvv3889 I don’t know bro, I’ve been fighting him for a while and I just can’t get lighting reversal down

  • @Chris_Sizemore
    @Chris_Sizemore Před rokem +132

    Borderlands 2 has a good example. After a long and emotional slog through the game you finally confront Handsome Jack in a fairly decent boss battle. And instead of rolling the credits, a battered and bloodied Jack manages to activate The Warrior and you get the real final battle. After defeating the Warrior, then you get to kill Jack... or let Lilith do it. Honestly, let the lady do the honors. She deserves it.

    • @Aenorial
      @Aenorial Před rokem +14

      I'd argue the Warrior is not really a surprise as it is established pretty clearly that it's Jack's objective to awaken it. You also have to remember that the first Borderlands game had a vault monster as it's final boss, so players wouldn't have expected to finish this game without an alien monster boss fight.

    • @johannesbragelmann6629
      @johannesbragelmann6629 Před rokem +4

      Honestly, within Borderlands are better examples :D First there is Wilhelm, poisoned by Jack, so you kill him and pick up the power core. Also you could argue that the Bunker somewhat passes for this list 🤔

    • @Ghalion666
      @Ghalion666 Před rokem +3

      Jack was pretty easy but the warrior was even easier. it would go 'rawr', I'd shoot it, it would go 'rawr' and hide, then pop up somewhere else, go 'rawr', get shot, then it would hide... I don't think it attacked a single time. I don't think I was overgeared or leveled or anything either. I still had sidequests that were like 2 levels higher than me, and my main gun was 2 levels lower than me, and not even a unique.

    • @weneedaladder8384
      @weneedaladder8384 Před rokem +3

      @@johannesbragelmann6629 there's also doctor... Ned? I wanna say? Zed? Whichever, who you fight in a very easy boss fight, then the credits roll, and then a juiced up version of him interrupts the credits and starts the fight for real.

    • @AznOmega
      @AznOmega Před rokem +2

      @@weneedaladder8384 yep, Dr. Ned was the one who was easy at first, before tearing the credits screen.

  • @thehulkster9434
    @thehulkster9434 Před rokem +48

    “Joker” in Arkham City. You fight him one on one and almost certainly own him, then he cries on the ground before calling in every thug, mook, and henchman in Arkham to fight you with him.

    • @jellyjohn7881
      @jellyjohn7881 Před rokem +4

      I completely gave up on the game at that fight when it first came out. I didnt realize I could upgrade my health

  • @LrdVnm
    @LrdVnm Před rokem +56

    Concerning names: you may be interested to know that Jehuty is an alternative spelling of the Egyptian god Thoth, fitting neatly in the line along with Neith, Ardjet (Wadjet), Nephtis (Nephtys) and of course Anubis.

    • @gryphonosiris2577
      @gryphonosiris2577 Před rokem +3

      Glad I not the only one who bothered to look that up back when ZOE came out, :-P

    • @NoPrefect
      @NoPrefect Před rokem +6

      @@gryphonosiris2577 With Osiris in your name? You should be embarrassed you didn't spot it.
      Ed: /s

  • @michaelwalsh6276
    @michaelwalsh6276 Před rokem +17

    "Seven suspiciously easy boss fights"
    Or, with more alliteration;
    "Seven suspiciously simple supervisor scraps"

  • @lavenderwalrus9875
    @lavenderwalrus9875 Před rokem +84

    Don't worry andy you should be able to find that rat in no time, he can't of got more than 6ft away

  • @yeowzahgaming7415
    @yeowzahgaming7415 Před rokem +77

    The Tinker Knight from Shovel Knight. He’s trivially easy to beat the first time around, and then he gets into his giant mech suit.

    • @jonahgarcia8840
      @jonahgarcia8840 Před rokem +1

      Came here to mention Tinker Knight, glad someone got here first though. He deserves a mention

    • @Zeidoktor
      @Zeidoktor Před rokem +2

      @@jonahgarcia8840 TInker Knight's initial encounter is so easy he's one-shottable with the very weapon you find in Tinker Knight's stage.

  • @mediarare2386
    @mediarare2386 Před rokem +27

    Btw this is also my tactic as the player when FIGHTING a video game boss. They defeat me and think: "Huh that was easy." Only then I come back again (safepoint) stronger than ever and the real fight begins! Or the next one. Or the one after that...Everything as planned

  • @thelonelygamer820
    @thelonelygamer820 Před rokem +59

    How many takes did it take for Jane to say cockpit without laughing?

  • @vincelaw8079
    @vincelaw8079 Před rokem +11

    Thank you for including that bit from Dracula's speech. No clip showing SOTN would be complete without it.

  • @frodobaggins7710
    @frodobaggins7710 Před rokem +31

    Mother Brain at the end of Super Metroid. At first you might think it's just a repeat of the fight from the original Metroid game, but upon "defeating" her, she suddenly has a cyborg body and much stronger attacks. And you can't even kill her until the baby metroid gives you the Hyper Beam

    • @cearnicus
      @cearnicus Před rokem +4

      Kraid too in a way. In Metroid 1, he was about your height and pretty damn hard. In Super Metroid, you mean a similar creature, but he's dead before you even realize that that looked an awful lot like M1's Kraid. And then in the next room, the _real_ 2-storey-tall Kraid stands up.

  • @KillerBlaze
    @KillerBlaze Před rokem +58

    In the Renala fight, you don’t even have to kill the students. Just punch them once and they stop

    • @ddjsoyenby
      @ddjsoyenby Před rokem +2

      but k1ll1ng is better.

    • @TuIdiota
      @TuIdiota Před rokem +9

      It’s actually usually better to avoid killing the center ones, since if you kill the ones in the center, then the ones towards the fringes start glowing, and they can be much harder to find

    • @Loctorak
      @Loctorak Před 9 měsíci +1

      Fun fact: the punching strategy works on most real life students as well

  • @strawdeath263
    @strawdeath263 Před rokem +16

    One that comes to mind for me is Hyness from Kirby Star Allies. Not only does he have a fake-out first phase where he is notably weak, but even his main fight just ends up leading into the true final boss, Void Termina, after he sacrifices himself and the three mage-sisters to summon it.

  • @WhiteFangofWar
    @WhiteFangofWar Před rokem +14

    Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow later introduces Paranoia, a cackling boss who lives inside of mirrors, periodically emerging to strike at Soma. Except that the mirror is only about 6 feet, resulting in a Paranoia who is only Soma's own size. Then you kill it and arrive in the room next door with a twenty-foot mirror. Ruh-roh.

  • @gruggerduggerhoose
    @gruggerduggerhoose Před rokem +174

    Miyazaki needs to get Andy on as a consultant for the next from game as boss namer. The Xylophonic Bone (hehe) Collosus is just too good to not be a thing lol
    Edit: 7:30 Jane saw that low hanging fruit and grabbed with both hands lmao

    • @arjunsatheesh7609
      @arjunsatheesh7609 Před rokem +31

      All low and hanging fruits must be grabbed with all the hands at ones disposal - Pun Tzu (Probably)
      By the way the creators of that game knew what they were doing... they put DINGO in the literal and figurative cock-pit

    • @ddjsoyenby
      @ddjsoyenby Před rokem +1

      truth.

    • @Crunchles
      @Crunchles Před rokem

      It's been s month but I haven't seen anyone mention it. The Xylophonic Bone Colossus name, I'm fairly certain, comes from Brian David Gilbert's "What's your dark souls boss name?" chart. If you look up "Dark Souls Unraveled" you should get to it.

  • @RadishDoctor
    @RadishDoctor Před rokem +33

    A double whammy: The first Slash and Flea boss fights from Chrono Trigger.
    Flea uses an imposter common enemy (Flea???) which saps your MP before the real fight starts.
    Slash is an impressive physical boss with great speed, and after a brief pause in the fight picks up the sword on the wall to really do damage to the party.

    • @intestinalhorror000
      @intestinalhorror000 Před rokem +1

      oh yeah that is an excellent example, I remember the first time I fought that one I did not see that coming on either one of them.
      (in a world of remasters and remakes I really wish theyd do Chrono Trigger.
      one year my friend and I got to pick out one game, we coordinated and he picked Chrono Trigger and I picked FF6 and then everyone so often we would switch them
      now even decades later I have both on my phone and try to ply through each at least once a year.

  • @MrTubeStuck
    @MrTubeStuck Před rokem +4

    God Bless OX for using the cheesy SOTN conversation between dracula and richter instead of the updated version!

  • @reaperofthings
    @reaperofthings Před rokem +43

    I’d have put Shantae Half Genie Hero: Hypno Baron/Squid Baron fight on the list. First you’re fighting Squid Baron, who’s a pretty easy fight over all. He jumps around, makes some shockwaves, you hit him and he explodes. But then Hypno Baron decides that you can’t leave just yet, you need to fight a powered up Squid Baron AND himself, making the fight go from pretty easy to “Dear God I’m sorry can you PLEASE NOT” difficulty.

  • @JReaLBiz86
    @JReaLBiz86 Před rokem +18

    I laughed maybe a little too hard at Jane's "cockpit" line.

  • @adammyers7383
    @adammyers7383 Před rokem +3

    That cockpit joke was gold

  • @Lobomaru02
    @Lobomaru02 Před rokem +6

    Emperor Doel from Legend of Dragoon. For a guy that's been built up so much, he seems suspiciously weak as a fighter. Maybe it's because your party is mostly Dragoons, but then surprise! Doel is also a Dragoon, and is now kicking the shit out of your unprepared ass.

  • @nickbender9233
    @nickbender9233 Před rokem +50

    Dr. Lugae from FFIV comes to mind. His original form is just a support for Belnab (Barnabas), and he goes down quite easily. However, the second fight with him (immediately after the first) is quite a bit more difficult.

    • @myboatforacar
      @myboatforacar Před rokem +1

      Or Scarmiglione from earlier in the same game, who has a fakeout easy fight on a bridge, and then his true, much scarier form rises and attacks you from behind as soon as you cross.

    • @firstswordcorvus7368
      @firstswordcorvus7368 Před rokem

      Defeating the Dr first when fighting both him and Barnabas makes Barnabas harder to beat. But using reflect to cause Barnabas to kill the Dr makes Barnabas mostly just stand there, at least that's what happened when I played the remake for the DS. The second fight with the Dr is much harder, but in FFIV I don't think any boss is harder than defeating Bahamut so Rydia can have him as a summon. If protect and shell isn't always up he can easily 1 shot the party

    • @myboatforacar
      @myboatforacar Před rokem

      @@firstswordcorvus7368 I had a hell of a time with Asura, had ro call the Nintendo Power hotline to learn the Reflect trick :)

    • @personontheinternet6525
      @personontheinternet6525 Před rokem +2

      hmmmm i don't remember this... thankyou ya have given me a reason to play through 4 again

  • @riksweeney
    @riksweeney Před rokem +4

    Jane's poker face when she says cockpit. Chef's kiss.

  • @Khorganor
    @Khorganor Před rokem +33

    Reminds me of a similar boss fight experience...just that it actually was that easy.
    Using the "LS-66 Sabre Direct Energy Rifle" against the final boss of Deus Ex Human Revolution.
    Expected something like a second phase after completing the boss fight in about 5 seconds, but nothing happened and there was the end of the game.
    Was just seriously lucky, because I used the one exact weapon, that fires through her shield, bypassing the actual boss fight. XD

    • @noticeme6412
      @noticeme6412 Před rokem +2

      interesting way to instantly kill a hard boss by complete accident

    • @Khorganor
      @Khorganor Před rokem +1

      @@noticeme6412 I watched a video after the fact and was like "Oh...that's how it should have been...". XD

  • @EchoTheSpaceGoblin
    @EchoTheSpaceGoblin Před rokem +3

    That cockpit bit really got me 😅

  • @megaultrasuperdood
    @megaultrasuperdood Před rokem +2

    Penguin in Arkham city. A little sneaking around and not getting shot with a freeze gun, then you run up behind him and punch him off a table. It looks like you've won but now the floor is gone and you have to heart punch a zombie a lot

  • @10.ikadekanandadwipayadnya83

    Funny how they mentioned Mecha Sonic who still put up a fight in the first fase but not mention silver Sonic in Sonic 2 who only use 3 moves, AND is a small obstacle compare to the following boss, the death egg robo

  • @TheLiamster
    @TheLiamster Před rokem +18

    Jedi Fallen Order had a really easy boss at the end where there was just one quick time event. The boss didn’t even die and the protagonist just escapes

    • @nathendrake3927
      @nathendrake3927 Před rokem +12

      I wouldn’t even call it a boss. You only actually try to fight him for like, a minute. Then it’s an escape sequence.
      Still a really cool moment, though.

  • @broccoli896
    @broccoli896 Před rokem +5

    I literally just finished watching the oxboxtra video on annoying boss fights when I got the notification for this one

  • @goonerOZZ
    @goonerOZZ Před rokem +3

    Wait.... That Elden Ring boss looks suspiciously look like Dark Magician from Yu Gi Oh 🤔🤔🤔

  • @robertwilsonjr.1384
    @robertwilsonjr.1384 Před rokem +2

    If there's a commentor edition, my pick is Meteo Crusher Pilot from Star Fox 64. I still remember how he'd "admit defeat" before flipping his mech around and start giving you bullet hell.

  • @dax1234564
    @dax1234564 Před rokem +5

    I remember getting cocky an exclaiming its Deacons of the Deep when fighting Rennala then getting completely stomped by the second phase.

    • @jacthing1
      @jacthing1 Před rokem

      Let me guess. You immediately got hit by the laser?...took me a few tries to dodge it cause of how long the windup is

  • @timothyoswald8618
    @timothyoswald8618 Před rokem +10

    A Zone of the Enders mention? I love this channel.

  • @Nyarlarthotep9
    @Nyarlarthotep9 Před rokem +8

    Shout out to the witches of Hemwick who just were in fact......that easy.

    • @SolaScientia
      @SolaScientia Před rokem +3

      Second shout out to the Celestial Emissary. Commiserations to Luke who somehow died once to each of those bosses.

  • @dicknosemcqueen8943
    @dicknosemcqueen8943 Před rokem +3

    “Work-shy author” Finish that book already George

    • @TheBlackSeraph
      @TheBlackSeraph Před rokem

      Never gonna happen. Frankly the series went downhill after book 3.

  • @jonathandavies1716
    @jonathandavies1716 Před rokem +4

    I was going to mention Zone of the Enders for the annoying boss fights video. It had a boss that could only be beaten by using some fiddly grab attack. This was an attack I'd never bothered using because it was hard to do and less effective than just hitting things, and that I never used after this boss ever again.

  • @take-you-bi-surprise
    @take-you-bi-surprise Před rokem +16

    You don’t have to take the idea, but what about the opposite? Bosses that seemed way harder until you realized the easy solution? One option is the first battle with Bowser Jr. in Paper Mario Sticker Star. Until you realize you can use the scissors on him, you’ll wail on him over and over while he continuously heals. It frustrated me to no end the first time, no matter how stupid I sound

    • @SolaScientia
      @SolaScientia Před rokem +1

      I second this! Ancient Wyvern springs to mind. You can chip away at his health by hitting his feet and wherever else you can reach but it's not how the game wants you to kill him; it also takes 10 or so minutes of constant attacking and dodging to do it. It wants you to go run through a bunch of enemies to do a drop attack (that you can screw up) to kill him with one hit.

    • @Jonathon_Hennessey
      @Jonathon_Hennessey Před rokem +2

      Plant 42 from Resident Evil, you could fight this thing the old fashioned way by shooting it with plenty of bullets, or you could just mix various chemicals together to make a poison strong enough to kill it. While Jill can do this on her own, Chris needs to rely on Rebecca to do it for him.

    • @katbercar
      @katbercar Před rokem

      Krauser from Resident Evil 4. Just stab him a few times with your knife. Nevermind how many bullets I emptied into him to no avail.

    • @jacobdeweil3553
      @jacobdeweil3553 Před rokem +2

      Endeavor and a priority move on Ultra Necromza in USUM. Use a grovyle with endeavor and quick attack and Necromza is defeated

    • @MrRedstoner
      @MrRedstoner Před rokem +2

      @@jacobdeweil3553 Ah the good old FEAR strat.

  • @drunkenclam91
    @drunkenclam91 Před rokem +3

    King K Rool tho, what a rage-inducing moment the first time.

  • @erakfishfishfish
    @erakfishfishfish Před rokem +1

    Kraid in Super Metroid. When the game first came out, people were only familiar with Kraid from the NES game, where he was the same height as Samus. In Super Metroid, as you’re heading to Kraid’s lair, you encounter “False Kraid”, who is the same height as Samus, but goes down pretty easily. Just a few rooms later, you encounter the real Kraid who is now several stories tall.

  • @galghoul3042
    @galghoul3042 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Zone of the Enders: The Second Runner. A game that takes "cockpit" to another, literal level

  • @captainwolfos
    @captainwolfos Před rokem +1

    "They're not [Rick Astley], they're definitely not" Sure, I trust him.

  • @JoshuaEisenbart
    @JoshuaEisenbart Před rokem +5

    The Behemoth Juggernaut from Warframe. This boss comes at the end of the quest called "The Jordas Precept". The first hints that something is amiss actually comes as soon as you enter the mission, well before you even see the Behemoth Juggernaut, as Jordas, the Cephalon(basically a human conscience trapped in a computer) you have been trying to help thus far begins ridiculing you needlessly, despite being as prepared as he asked you to be for the fight with the golem. I actually took out the Behemoth Juggernaut in one hit, which is surprising. Then the whole ship is torn apart as your personal Cephalon tells you that he is "detecting a larger Infested lifeform. Much, MUCH larger!", and the fight moves into the void of space around the spaceship, with the help of your Archwing (think a jetpack, but much, much cooler).

  • @NigelWatersFWA
    @NigelWatersFWA Před rokem +8

    I always wondered where Shredder got his electric powers from? He's not a mutant, he doesn't have any kind of weapon that emits lightning or whatever. How can he do that?

    • @Javi210582
      @Javi210582 Před rokem +4

      Dimension x powers, is the same reason he doesnt get older (comic explanation)

    • @seracila432
      @seracila432 Před rokem +3

      Or, in the cartoon series, Shredder was also one of those brain-aliens in an android suit

    • @jamesbrice3267
      @jamesbrice3267 Před rokem +4

      @@seracila432 That was for TMNT, this game is based on the original series.

  • @Tokenlad
    @Tokenlad Před rokem +4

    Tinker knight in shovel knight. Round 1 can be 1 shot, then BAM! 30ft tall mech.

  • @phinsgive
    @phinsgive Před rokem +1

    Tinker Knight from Shovel Knight is so tiny and adorable, and has an awesome mecha armor that he waits to get a full beating befor summoning

  • @Yiazmat361
    @Yiazmat361 Před rokem +1

    Dr. Zed's evil "brother" Dr. Ned from borderlands was a good one. Beat him in a few shots and the credits start rolling only for a crazy monster version of him to tear through them to tell you that you are not done yet.

  • @bethanypuleo
    @bethanypuleo Před rokem +1

    That has to be the funniest thing I have heard from a British person in a long time. " OK everyone tuck their trousers into their socks." 🤣🤣🤣

  • @davemckinney6555
    @davemckinney6555 Před rokem +2

    You called it; work-shy George R.R. Martin. Still waiting for the "Winds of Winter" to blow in...
    Maybe it's in some DLC for Elden Ring..?

  • @kilyaded7332
    @kilyaded7332 Před rokem +1

    Dingo being the top baby name of '22?
    Dingo's got your Dingo!

  • @yuvi3000
    @yuvi3000 Před rokem +2

    In The Binding of Isaac, I think the Satan and Hush boss battles should count for this list.

  • @SuperChaos002
    @SuperChaos002 Před rokem

    Andy's rat in backpack bit had me howling with laughter. 😂😂😂
    I love this channel so much.

  • @devonmcdaniel1176
    @devonmcdaniel1176 Před rokem +5

    Oh my gosh, Bard's Tale was a freaking classic for me. Still never finished it, stupid village ambush murdered me every single time

    • @certifiablescribe9023
      @certifiablescribe9023 Před rokem

      I've played it through about a dozen times. Your best bet is not to go to the farm and kill the horse until you are heavily leveled up, or play on easy. The story is well worth it.

    • @devonmcdaniel1176
      @devonmcdaniel1176 Před rokem

      @@certifiablescribe9023 I'm talking about the village that ambushes you with cannons, and stuff. Fairly early on

    • @VulpisFoxfire
      @VulpisFoxfire Před rokem

      Ah, Cary Ewles and Tony Jay...

    • @rema0126
      @rema0126 Před rokem +1

      ​@@devonmcdaniel1176 If youre talking about the one where you go and get your "reward" only to be showered with arrows, yeah, that one could wait a bit, theres tons of enemies there, up until you get the fire bow, before you unlock the first tower, you shouldnt really go there

  • @berr21able
    @berr21able Před rokem +2

    In Dynamite Headdy, at the start of world 7 is a peaceful field without any real threats, with the boss being a robot that's fairly easy. Once it seems you've beat it, though, the screen crumbles to reveal a firey castle instead, and the robot returns, takes your girlfriend hostage, and begins a much tougher fight.

    • @DJAB87
      @DJAB87 Před rokem

      Love the music that plays during that fight.

  • @dorksanddragons
    @dorksanddragons Před rokem +10

    I'm just happy that Zone of the Enders got some love. The real Anubis took hours for me and my brother to beat.

    • @Misterkazle
      @Misterkazle Před rokem

      Buy the demo for MGS2 and get a free game

    • @jamesbrice3267
      @jamesbrice3267 Před rokem

      @@Misterkazle Wrong way around, you bought Zone of the Enders for a free MGS2 demo, then you discovered what a good game it was.

  • @Justin_L_Smith_
    @Justin_L_Smith_ Před rokem +2

    In UN Squadron on the SNES, on the final level you face off against an Osprey. The game has no mini-bosses. Just a single boss at the end of each of level. So when you see this massive Osprey & thr music changes, you assume it's the final boss. It's super easy. You just equip the Falcon special weapon to shoot the missle launchers it shoots on the ground. It's main gun doesn't even shoot at you. It's main gun is angled towards the ground & it flies so low you are never in range. It shoots missles out the top. Just stay to the left & never fly over it & you won't be hit. Then as you think the game is ending the music changes again as you face off against the Heavy Bomber
    Project 4 Airship. A "plane" that makes the Spruce Goose look like an old time Bi-Plane. It's so big you can't see it all at once. It spans 3 screens. And in the game you'll find yourself in bullet hells for a minute, but if your quick enough & we'll armed enough you can take out everything shooting at you pretty quickly. The Heavy Bomber Project 4 Airship has some weapons that can't be destroyed so you have to keep dodging. It also has planes that fly out of it. Worst of all, you can only defeat it by bombing or napalming the center of the to expose it's core, which you can only do damage to if it doesn't retract. So unless you have enough special weapons left that can be dropped, shot upwards, or the Thunder Laser which is the only weapon that can shoot through the front of the ship to hit the core, you are in for an extremely long boss battle.
    Also, when game music is stressful just mute your TV. The music is designed to rattle you to make the game play harder.

  • @RidireOiche
    @RidireOiche Před rokem +6

    Funny story about Rennala's boss fight. This was before the nerf so casting still took time and battlebird-achu was still a viable fighting option. When I first fought Rennala I spent more time on the first phase than the second. I hadn't realised the trick to the "kill the right child" mechanic and because from my perspective Rennala was just randomly falling every now and then when I killed a seemingly arbitrary number of cherub pupils, I was mowing through those albinauric undergraduates like nobody's business until I finally reached the second phase. After the cutscene, we swooped in and between pre-nerfed battlebird and my heavy highland axe we interupted all her attack animations stunlocking Rennala to death without ever seeing one spell or summon.

  • @metarcee2483
    @metarcee2483 Před rokem +1

    Tinker Knight from Shovel Knight has a hilarious first phase, and an extremely punishing second phase.

  • @iateitguy903
    @iateitguy903 Před rokem +1

    I appreciate that Andy resisted the urge to make all of the recommended videos into Rick Astley.

  • @kattnap92
    @kattnap92 Před rokem

    The rat bit was hilarious. Can imagine the OX crew precariously walking around with trousers tucked into their shoes in the studio.

  • @burningwings6788
    @burningwings6788 Před rokem +5

    As a player who plays Elden Ring on the first days. Renalla is easy for a reason that it is a matter of finding out how to beat her. And as the game is popular, most people saw how to beat her on the internet even before meeting her. The feeling of fighting her without knowing how to break her shield beforehand is more like the feeling of solving a puzzle than beating a hard boss.
    I would say that beating her 2nd, 3rd or so-on times is kinda repetitive but the first time is fun and unique.
    I would say that she is a remarkable boss.

    • @Loctorak
      @Loctorak Před 9 měsíci

      First time i fought her, she absolutely OBLITERATED me with that thicc laser as soon as 2nd phase began

  • @patrickkundegraber3343
    @patrickkundegraber3343 Před rokem +1

    "Work-shy author George R.R. Martin..." love it.

  • @tenebrousoul9368
    @tenebrousoul9368 Před rokem +2

    You had me at Bard's Tale. You had me at Bard's Tale..

  • @godsangryhands4499
    @godsangryhands4499 Před rokem

    Love that classic Jazz Man! Always love to hear it!

  • @markgallagher1790
    @markgallagher1790 Před rokem +1

    I still remember that bowser fight. Got one hell of a fright when he came back

  • @vladb8616
    @vladb8616 Před rokem +3

    Love you guys

  • @Zoso14892
    @Zoso14892 Před rokem +3

    I'm Scottish, and will now refer to all attempts at the accent as "Scott-ish" thank you Andy. I'll also be disappointed if those videos don't lead to Rick Astley! I've seen both the videos though so I'll just leave it and pretend that they do.

  • @TheTwilighthawke
    @TheTwilighthawke Před rokem

    Quickly moving past the cockpit joke is one of the stand out moments in this video

  • @Michael_Lindell
    @Michael_Lindell Před rokem +6

    I thought this boss would be easy...
    Turns out it was SUPER easy!

  • @angelitabecerra
    @angelitabecerra Před rokem +1

    7:23 🤣 that's fucking epic.
    Mecha Sonic went Super Saiyan

  • @HewieSux
    @HewieSux Před rokem

    the rat-troll reminded me when Hades pulled the same troll with one of the two vermin bosses in Temple of Styx
    Zagreus even saying something like - " oh it's just a tiny vermin " and laughts...well not for long he doesn't :D

  • @tristanrouse6150
    @tristanrouse6150 Před rokem +2

    Ceadeus, from MH3U. It just swims gracefully towards its hideout....until you, puny thing you are, annoy it enough. Then you get the boss music and the whole "beam of death" thing

    • @oKApplejack
      @oKApplejack Před rokem

      That was such a pain to grind haha. I’m glad that Goldbeard started in the final chamber.

  • @TheBlank49
    @TheBlank49 Před rokem +3

    The first fight with Biggs and Wedge in FFVIII. They are slightly (emphasis on slightly) stronger versions of the same enemies you've been fighting in the area, but suddenly a wind sweeps them away and the actual boss fight starts with Elvoret (not a particularly difficult boss, but miles above the first part of the fight).

    • @DarkestFiction
      @DarkestFiction Před rokem

      Elvoret SUCKED the first time I played FFVIII. He just rinsed the shit out of me, and I wasn't allowed to use the memory card, so I had to deal with him ANY time I wanted to play. Then I learned about Disc 1 Lionheart, and he didn't cause trouble. Then you get to Disc 3 in Lunatic Pandora, and Elvoret is just a common enemy there, and you feel dumb about him beating you up on Disc 1.

    • @TheBlank49
      @TheBlank49 Před rokem

      To be fair, Elvoret did stomp on me the first time I fought him (I unfortunately had thunder junctioned to my elemental attack which he is strong against, so I was reliant on underleveled summons and magic which I hadn't drawn nearly enough of).

  • @Jolis_Parsec
    @Jolis_Parsec Před rokem +1

    Still like the boss fight with President Deling during the train sequence of FF8’s Disc One, as you’re wondering why he seems so eager to run up and bite your party members for a measly amount of damage until you attack him enough only to reveal it had been an undead monster filling in via its own vile abilities as his body double and the fight gets considerably harder as a result due it having access to all its abilities in its true form.

    • @Loctorak
      @Loctorak Před 9 měsíci

      "...yoUnG.. LADY...."

  • @elijahramirez2017
    @elijahramirez2017 Před rokem

    Describing George R.R. Martin as "work shy" is the sneakiest diss I've ever heard. Nicely done, Andy.

  • @LadyTarasque
    @LadyTarasque Před rokem +2

    Been a while since I played.. but Sloth Demon from DAO? First form was easy, then it just got painful..
    Could just be me with bad plans lol

  • @cs82271
    @cs82271 Před rokem +1

    I never saw TMNT as a kid so seeing the voice acting in that game is quite humorous

  • @Sunprism
    @Sunprism Před rokem

    "You're a man named Dingo"
    *Unexpected uproariously laughter for a solid five minutes* Thanks guys, seriously

  • @BogeyTheBear
    @BogeyTheBear Před rokem +2

    The final boss fight in Fable 2 was actually the one against the Spire Shard on the beach. Everything after that was purely performative epilogue until the ultimate revelation of the true baddie behind it all: _Therese!_

  • @philtkaswahl2124
    @philtkaswahl2124 Před rokem +1

    "At least the groin area is still intact."
    ---Jane Douglas, 2022

  • @KyletheScott
    @KyletheScott Před rokem +1

    "an accent I would describe as Scott-ish" amazing.

  • @guillermoperez25
    @guillermoperez25 Před rokem

    Honorable mention for Hyness from Kirby Star Allies. His Hooded form is pretty easy, but then his hood falls and the true madness begins.

  • @joshhasnogame
    @joshhasnogame Před rokem +2

    Yes. Someone finally said it about the weirdly off theme song 😂

  • @J4CKH0110W
    @J4CKH0110W Před rokem +2

    So did you guys ever find the rat? Or is there now an office pet in the walls and chewing on recording equipment?

    • @nicholascross3557
      @nicholascross3557 Před rokem

      The panther in the airducts probably got it. That or the Frost Troll in the kitchen. The alligators in the moat mostly stay in there but the crows, well it's not a 'murder' of crows for nothing.

  • @TimEd.o7o7
    @TimEd.o7o7 Před rokem

    Hehehe, that cockpit joke got a genuine laugh out of me.

  • @I-sparkydash-I
    @I-sparkydash-I Před rokem +1

    I really should start to play Elden Ring soon. I don't like to skip the ER sections to avoid major spoilers.

  • @Ryu_D
    @Ryu_D Před rokem

    Thank you for the video.

  • @fylimar
    @fylimar Před rokem

    Andrei, the Tzimisce from Vampire teh Masquerade Bloodlines. When you encounetr him first in Kings Way, he doesn't really fight back, just send some of his little minions after you. When you encounter him later at the Hollowbrook Hotel, he is a total nightmare.

  • @soraos21
    @soraos21 Před rokem

    "Ya killed it? Ya killed it?! The Fire-Breathing Rat in the Cellar was the best practical joke we 'ad! Now what are we s'posed to do to entertain ourselves?!?!"

  • @sandsand5483
    @sandsand5483 Před rokem +1

    I like how if you read the chapter titles it would lead you to believe that one of the bosses is "Mike Channell" and another is "Jane Douglas".

  • @rooster2703
    @rooster2703 Před rokem

    ..."cockpit..." Wonderful play on words, Jane