Boss fights are such a massively iconic part of video games.

You’ll find them in most games, and they’ve have been around since the very beginning.

Tutorials and the bosses around them can present in many different ways.

The First colossus, Valus, Daisaku Kuze from Yakuza 0, and Darkside staring down Sora from Kingdom Hearts, left to right

Maybe you’re not supposed to win, just feel out the controls for a little bit.

It’s massive, a juggernaut of fame, and a genuinely great gamedeveloped under dire conditions.

The opening sequence is one of the reasons it’s so famed.

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It’s a truly magnificent game with deep characters, meaningful themes, and dazzling, smooth combat.

Almost immediately you come face-to-face with the Buzzsaws of the Goliath, with various smaller encounters throughout the factory.

Playing off the yakuza movies that inspired it with full confidence, Yakuza 0 is a tremendous tale.

Fighting Engels in Nier Automata

7Toriel: Undertale

Where do we even start when talking aboutUndertale?

But the game really does have some fascinating features, even as its tutorial.

She guides you through the underground, teaching you about the nature of the world.

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It evokes a certain feeling from its blend of narrative and gameplay that few can match.

There are 16 colossi to defeat, for a purpose never made explicit.

The first is a relatively simple one, where you stab the leg to drive them to their knees.

Toriel In Battle Sequence

Development switched to PlatinumGames, and it only got worse.

However, it’s now viewed as one of the greatest Metal Gear games around.

It was a big shift, by all means.

The first colossus, Valus, staring down at the player

Metal Gear Rising opens in Africa with Raiden acting as security for the Prime Minister.

As expected, everything goes sideways, and suddenly multiple Metal Gear RAYs are on the loose.

The game itself isn’t shy about that.

Raiden vs Metal Gear RAY

In fact, it opens with Dante killing the Pope, and Nero facing off against him.

Like any such mission, things go slightly awry with the arrival of the Guard Scorpion.

This is where something fun happens inFF7.

A screenshot showing Nero face to face with Dante in Devil May Cry 4

This is an issue solved inRemake, on top of a bombastic fight against the artillery-clad Scorpion.

Kingdom Hearts has also always hadits more eccentric moments too, like the initial Dive To The Heart.

Visions of island life flash past, until you eventually brandish the keyblade and end Darkside.

Final Fantasy VII Remake, Cloud and Barret face off against the Guard Scorpion.

It’s an opening that sums up the game pretty well.

With the first game in the series, they orientated what they had misaligned with Demon’s Souls.

Its first boss certainly adds to the feeling of something wholly new.

Sora looking at at the Heartless Darkside

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