Can't believe the intro clip for the lady D segment wasn't when the three of you played the Maiden demo, she enters in a jump scare, you all yell in fear and then 0.1 millisecond later Jane yelled 'Step on me'. There is no more concise intro to the character than that
Star Wars the Force Unleashed has Darth Vader himself as a boss you fight in the game. You also get to control Darth Vader in the game's opening level.
Best part of the game, I spent so long just throwing wookies and stormtroopers for fun before I actually started the game that I'd be embarrassed if it wasn't bc I was playing as Vader 😄
Live-a-Live is basically this list. You have 7 scenarios and after you clear them, you get to replay all the final boss fights from those scenarios as bosses, just to see how much they were holding back against you, gameplay-wise.
I gotta say, I really, REALLY like the format of this channel, starting with the script and also the switching between hosts. Then there's the subject matter, footage presentation alongside commentary so i know what is being described. The playful jazz sets the tone amid the generous spoiler list. The best part is the delivery of commentary. This is art.
That's why even though they've been doing the same 7 things listicle videos in the same format every week for like 10 years, that it's still fun and entertaining. They're really f'ing great at what they do.
No venom from Spider-Man 2!? His gameplay was fun and made you feel like an absolute powerhouse slamming enemies into the ground wiping out squads of oscorp goons and hunters plus you get to fight kraven one last time
Ugh, the recent one? With garbage missions? Add to the fact, people don't realize "new ideas" and "progress" are not synonymous with good. You can have garbage new ideas and progress in the wrong direction.
Yeah the only ridiculous thing about his playable segment is the weird red vergil boss fight. I get whyy they didn’t use green, a little close in tone, but yellow was there too
Absolutely agree. Going from the one having to work hard to even manage a good amount of damage to Absolutely dealing Massive amounts of damage without having to put nearly as much effort was a moment to enjoy. Same goes for playing as Goro, Kintaro and Motaro (Mostly just for the pure enjoyment of ending rounds with no more then 3 or 4 hits)
Hey, Mike, Kevin Smith already had a "crotch-attacking" version of Joker in the movie "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back", appropriately played by Mark Hamill, the voice of Joker. His name was "Cock Knocker".
So fun fact: The PS3 version of Arkham let you play as the Joker as well in his own versions of the challenges, including it's own mini-story as well as chances to fight Cash and Commissioner Gordon in the combat challenges. I also love the fact Vergil matches Dante in multiple games using only ONE style against Dante's 4 (or more in some cases). Dante is so badass that he's a master of none but has no real weakness, Vergil is THE master of one but is so damn good at it he overcomes his weaknesses. The Sparda brothers are terrifying, no wonder Mundus was fearful of them.
I am so glad that the Village devs realized that there was no way they could top Lady D's dresser-hurling and thus made it an official attack of hers. XD I mean, I'm sure it HURTS, but it's also too hilarious to avoid. XD
The one section in Spider-Man 2 where you got to play as Venom for a bit was sick as hell - you got to rampage through Oscorp, and they let Venom fully kill Kraven the Hunter, showing probably the most blood in the 2 games combined.
In Blazblue Calamity Trigger, there was one terrifying force in fighting Nu-13, who also served as the final boss of its arcade mode. Seeing her playable was quite a treat. Shame that she got nerfed in the later games.
I have two: * In WoW: Legion there is a quest where you get to play as Illidan Stormrage and relive the boss battle against him from the Black Temple raid, but from his PoV. * In Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon they added Cynder, the final boss from the first game as a second playable character in addition to Spyro.
In Bendy and the Dark Revival you get to play as the giant monster Bendy in the ending sequence. The game goes from survival horror to a triumphant, destructive race to the finish.
Dragon Age Origin has a whole dlc where you play as darkspawn, the main antagonistic force of the game, in an alternate universe where the warden died in the beginning of the game and you are the force killing their friends.
I wouldn't call Bowser terrifying under his usual circumstances, but he sure is playable in Mario & Luigi Bowser's Inside Story. He is also quite fun to play.
If we're talking non-terrifying but still impressive bosses, you gotta count goro majima if you play the yakuza/like a dragon games in the order in which they were released
The thing Noctus unleashes at 16:49 is the Knights of the Round... one of the most iconic summons of the entirety of Final Fantasy. Just,,, fun facts :D
Though Cynder has a terrifying reputation, she's a pretty easy boss fight when you take her on yourself in a New Beginning, but take control of her two games later in Dawn of the Dragon, and she's so OP that even shield enemies that Spyro can't seem to overcome with his elemental powers on full blast can be surmounted by Cynder in one low-cost stunlocking move. Once she's on our side, she's terrifying enough that we could just let her fight the war all by herself.
Hell, when I played DotD-having never touched the previous two games btw-I just spent all my time as Cynder and only bothered with Spyro when absolutely necessary.
Not sure this counts as a "boss" per se, but being able to play as Sauron or the Balrog in Lord of the Rings Conquest was epic! I had to take a good long look at my choices after I stood in the center of hundreds of dead hobbits 😅
tbf the episode Ardyn dlc was great, i spent so many hours charging around insomnia killing people and buying hats and definitely came out of it more sympathetic towards ardyn in the end since i chose the fight answer (though the 'i am no mortal i'm a monster' line is still so cool)
im surprised Ned Flanders from The Simpsons Wresting never came up since Simpson was referenced, he was usually the last character you fought against and he absolutely destroys you on higher difficulties (the Goro of Simpsons?) and when you unlock him you get to use all the BS moves he used against you with the same devastating effect free second life included.
Well done! I'd like to see 'The 7 Most Satisfying Bosses To Beat.' Some bosses are evil, some are terrifying, and others are just downright annoying. And for their crimes, they must perish.
look, I know botw's dark beast ganon's final beast form is basically an autoscroller. but after the gauntlet of the previous phases? taking down that massive, world-ending monster? so. dang. satisfying.
The Twisted Metal games could be on this list, if unlockable characters count. You can unlock Minion in 2 and 4 (and I think 3 as well), and Super Augur and Super Slamm are unlockable in 4. You could argue Calypso in 4, but you never face him as a boss before you can play *as* him.
Already seen my boy Ganon and i just wanna say that the fact you play as him after the big victory Link and them pull off is just the cherry on top. Plus rocking with Zant and Ghirahim is also great
Venom from Insomniac Spider-Man 2. Letting you play as Venom, including actually killing Kraven after how dangerous he had been established to be, does such a great job establishing how dangerous Venom is before you have to actually face him as the Spider-Men
"Do you know the definition of insanity?" Vaas does, and you get to play as him, as well as Father Joseph Seed, and Pagan Min in the Far Cry 6 DLC 1, 2, and 3 called "Insanity", "Control" and "Collapse", and something tells me you're going to be making extra parts to videos over, and over, AND OVER AGAIN! (say the last bit in Vass' voice for maximum effect).
Wait around Untill You Die Crok is actually Killer Croks uncle. Also, Ardyn certainly was... a Villain... That did Villainous Things... and i honestly cant remember his motivation at all. Weird game, ffXV
honestly Ardyn is probably one of the best FF villains by far, dont think the main game really delves into his backstory though so you dont really get any hint to his motivation unless you play the DLC or watch the short anime they put on RUclips. to sum it up he sacrificed his own health to cure his people of the star scourge and ended up getting screwed over by his own brother and the god and was erased from history and imprisoned for 2 thousand years before being freed from his island prison by the Niflheim Empire, all round a pretty valid reason to want to get revenge
@@axlejones6281 Thank you for sticking up for my boy. Ardyn is my favorite villain, hands down! Also, Bahamut used him as a pawn because, being the god of war, he wanted Ardyn to mess things up for him for laughs. Ardyn wanted to die after his betrayal and Bahamut said "No, I need you for a thing in 2,000 years". His fight at the end not being anything of the spectacular, god-mode caliber that you normally see of a endgame FF boss just shows how tired of it all that he is.
In Breath of Fire 4, not only do you play part of the game as the person you end up facing at the end of the game (who is so much more powerful than you that he can solo most fights without any danger of losing), but one of the choices you make just before that fight has you merge with him and fight your former allies.
DJ Octavio is the final boss of the first 2 Splatoon games and the first boss in Splatoon 3. During the final boss of 3 you get to take control of the mech he pilots in his fights against you in order to take down the final boss of that game. So you get to play as a final boss in order to take down a different final boss.
There was a glitch in the selection menu in Melee where you could play as master hand. My friends and I almost got it to work one day but we were never right on with the button sequence. You had to do something with the B and A buttons in the menu and player 3 would be master hand if you did it right. Ours froze for a few seconds but it failed
Theres also The Evil Within, where in one of the DLC's, you play as Safe Head, the one monster who is probably the mascot for the series, and with good reason too. He is terrifying.
I remember how exciting it was to play as M. Bison in Street Fighter 2 Champion Edition, using his Psycho Crusher endlessly against your opponent, until you found out Capcom had nerfed the move.
I'm actually shocked that no fighting game bosses made the list. The SNK Bosses that were not nerfed until KOF 15 came to my mind, especially because of the famous bans of Omega Rugal in Latin America...
Jack The Ripper in the DLC of Assassin's Creed Syndicate also deserves a mention. You play the opening mission of the expansion as the serial killer himself and get to terrorize the citizens and policemen of London for a short period.
Honestly? Part of me wants to list Yukari Yakumo from the Touhou series on here. She is introduced in the seventh mainline game of the series as enigmatic, a mastermind who'd rather just sleep in all the time, the most powerful youkai in the world (more than Yuuka Kazami, whom is also terrifying and playable in a couple games after fighting her), and able to manipulate any boundary is a way she can think of or desire. Within her gaps she opens to get to and from anywhere is an eldritch horror. So? In TH7, if you choose Reimu as your playable character, Yukari tags along so you can swap to and from her. But it doesn't end there. In a couple fighting games in the series, you can fight against Yukari and her eldritch powers, and have the occasional train thrown at you, or you can play as Yukari with those same powers, train-throwing included. Mind the gaps. Otherwise, yes, I'd also say Yuuka Kazami is a good contender. Eldritch powers and barrier manipulation? No. Raw strength, a house of demons, a seemingly sadistic sense of humor people remember more than her good manners, and a love and defense of flowers that would make even a certain BotW character think is a bit much? Well, Yuuka is playable in TH 5 and 9. Both characters love carrying around parasols, too. It's a fun coincidence, surely.
I can think of a few examples most recently in Spider-Man 2 we can play as Venom near the end. Another example that comes to mind is in the Assassin's Creed Syndicate Jack the Ripper DLC where there are sections of the story where we can play as the Ripper himself
Hyrule Warriors Ganondorf is SUCH a satisfying power trip! Especially compared to his sluggish outings in Smash. I hope an Age of Calamity sequel or expansion let's us play as the TotK version someday. You can't make him a shirtless samurai and NOT let us play as him!
@@lugismansion2400Unfortunately I have to agree. Even if we do, it likely won’t be until the next major title release. The original Hyrule Warriors could’ve had a sequel to bring in even more characters from the other Zelda titles it left out - would’ve been awesome playing as Kotake/Koume/Twinrova or Vaati.
General Avlora from Triangle Strategy perhaps? She's one of the more difficult bosses in the game, having high hp, attack, and defense, and in addition, she fills the Dark Knight archetype, so she just gets nastier as she gets hurt. Plus during chapter 14, if you fight her in the gardens she also gets her ultimate, Bloody Cross. But if you do the Golden Route, she ends up defecting and joining your team, and even though she's been nerfed from how she is as a boss, she still is one of the strongest units in the game. And while Bloody Cross is terrifying when used against you, it feels hecking awesome to use it against enemies.
Power Stone. You can unlock all bosses, even the final boss monster, as playable characters. It can be fun playing as Final Valgas and decimating opponents with his projectile attack.
I mean the AI was made to be somewhat fair and not just endlessly spam Pillar of Wrath over and over. If he did that, literally no one would ever be able to beat him.
What about the Keeper from The Evil Within? U don't just get to play as him but he gets his own DLC in which u get to learn more about him & his quest to save his daughter
Very surprised not to see Spiderman 2 here as one of the most recent high profile examples of this. My brother-in-law literally squealed with excitement when he got control of said boss.
As much as I loved DMC3, the video should have had Devil May Cry 5 Special Edition where Vergil was once again playable in his own campaign. Also in the final battle, you finally fight against Dante, showing how badass this battle between brothers truly is. Vergil also has the best banger of a track in the series too.
Vergil was also playable in 4 with it's Special Edition as well so was Lady and Trish with Lady being the "Nero" sections and Trish being the "Dante" sections
@@lugismansion2400 but they were not bosses in the game. In previous games, yes, but no one can take that crown from Vergil as "the best boss you can play as" in the series.
@@that1jamo yes I know Lady and Trish wasn’t bosses, I was adding them in too because they as far as I remember their first time being playable was in DMC4, I know that wasn’t the main topic of the video but I figured it wouldn’t hurt to put them in
@@lugismansion2400 Trish was playable as an unlockable character in DMC 2, but... it was DMC 2. 4's Special Edition was Lady's first playable appearance, though.
There's a lot of Kirby games that let you play as Meta Knight (Kirby: Nightmare in Dreamland, Super Star Ultra, Planet Robobot, etc) and/or King Dedede (Kirby: Triple Deluxe, Return to Dreamland, etc.) but I'd like to give a special shout to Kirby Star Allies for allowing you to play as a bunch of bosses from throughout the series and Kirby's Return to Dreamland Deluxe for an entire playable Magolor mode. Actually, better put the entire Kirby series. Just to be safe.
SPOILERS In Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, you get to play as Venom. This is before you fight him as a boss, though, which helps establish how much of a powerhouse he is as a threat.
Vergil is the set standards in making playable bosses. And Capcom kept improving him since 3SE. 4SE was a vast improvement from 3SE Vergil while his DLC in DMC5 is a more polished streamline version with some new move sets to accommodate new gameplay mechanics
yeah, 3SE set like, an ever-evolving tradition. and it's beautiful. I can only imagine that mastering Vergil must feel like a god complex, especially in 5SE Edit: forget to add, very appropriate, acknowledging Vergil's terrifying-ness by including him here
Coming in hot with "No Bowser from Super Mario Odyssey"??? I had that part unspoiled for me so when we got to the end and I realized what the game wanted me to do, I was practically squealing with shock and glee. Top ten gaming moment there.
How about the Keeper dlc from the Evil Within? Not only did you get to play as him, but you fought every other boss in the game and used their weapons.
@deathbykonami5487 they have talked about it before when they talked about 2 tropes, but in both cases I've seen they got it wrong. Then there was another video in which they just bashed it
In the DLC for Assassin's Creed Syndicate, you get to play Doctor John Leslie Stevenson: "My name is John, but my friends call me Jack" *ripping* *noise* Yes, that was a Time After Time reference (and not the song that came after the movie) Hey, where's Jane, is she the boss somebody is playing right now 🤔
Shout out to Venom from Spider-Man 2. You spend about ten breathless minutes wrecking house and folding people in half in one of the most unbelievably brutal sections of gameplay I've seen in a while.
In the Wrath of the Lich King expansion for World of Warcraft, I seem to remember that there were lore quests where you got to see climatic battles in the past, and got the chance to play as both Illidan from Burning Crusade and as the newest BBEG Arthas, laying waste to wide swaths of enemies. I also remember doing one where you infiltrate Undercity, and Jaina giga-charges all your skills and stats so that you can single-handedly tear through the normally raid-level armies of opposition in your way like tissue paper.
8:52 - Age of Calamity, Fire Emblem Warriors Three Hopes, and Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate scored higher, and HW tied with Samurai Warriors 4. It was also outscored by Dynasty Tactics 1 and 2, which are DW spinoffs. It was also outscored by Nioh and Nioh 2, which are also technically Dynasty Warriors spinoffs (and by extension, was also outscored by Wo Long). So it's actually tied for tenth place. Twelth place if you include mainline DW, as it's also outscored by DW 3 and 4.
I'm a bit disappointed there's no mention of Kreia, in KOTOR2. She's in your party for most of the game, even mandatory at a few points, before she goes and betrays you at the end. What else would you expect from Darth Treia, though?
I'm not sure she counts though, because the Kreia you have with you throughout the party isn't quite the same Darth Traya you face against in the end. She was a lot weaker when she was still in the party.
@@mar_speedman Eh, not really. You have to face her in her normal form before you 'win' by cutting off her hand... and it's only then that she gets the powerup. Notably, you can effectively cripple her by choosing non-combat abilities for her level-ups and giving her a poor weapon before she leaves. It made my life a lot easier once I figured that one out!
In Hotline Miami there’s a boss fight part way through the game with a a guy clad in biker gear. After completing the main campaign, you unlock a second one where you play as the biker, even playing the same boss fight in reverse and killing the protagonist, Jacket. The surreal nature of the game makes in unclear which version of events was the ‘real’ one, if either
The Xenoblade Chronicles series does this a lot, especially with DLC characters. I nominate Jin from Xenoblade Chronicles 2/Torna :The Golden Country if this list ever gets a commenter´s edition. Not sure the other options qualify as 'terrifying' but Jin definitely does to me.
Can't believe the intro clip for the lady D segment wasn't when the three of you played the Maiden demo, she enters in a jump scare, you all yell in fear and then 0.1 millisecond later Jane yelled 'Step on me'. There is no more concise intro to the character than that
I've never related to Jane more.
I'm with Jane here.
I *HAVE* to see this 😂
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i recommend watching Markplier's playthrough
Playing as Bowser at the end of Mario Odyssey was so cathartic, especially after chasing him across the universe for so long.
It was at that moment that I knew that I wanted a Super King Bowser game sometime in the future.
@@KigaiOkasuMario & Luigi Bowsers inside story
I really hope he got a concussion after smashing through those walls for being my first boss roadblock when I was super new to video games
Star Wars the Force Unleashed has Darth Vader himself as a boss you fight in the game. You also get to control Darth Vader in the game's opening level.
It's such a tease when that opening sequence is over and you have to start with basically no force powers...
Will be honest, figured this was who the video idea was based on.
@@Nezumikniverisn’t that How most of their list video are made
Best part of the game, I spent so long just throwing wookies and stormtroopers for fun before I actually started the game that I'd be embarrassed if it wasn't bc I was playing as Vader 😄
Pretty sure Vader in TFU already was in another of their videos, but I can't remember the topic.
Live-a-Live is basically this list. You have 7 scenarios and after you clear them, you get to replay all the final boss fights from those scenarios as bosses, just to see how much they were holding back against you, gameplay-wise.
No wonder the game's popular enough for a nice rerelease.
I gotta say, I really, REALLY like the format of this channel, starting with the script and also the switching between hosts. Then there's the subject matter, footage presentation alongside commentary so i know what is being described. The playful jazz sets the tone amid the generous spoiler list. The best part is the delivery of commentary. This is art.
That's why even though they've been doing the same 7 things listicle videos in the same format every week for like 10 years, that it's still fun and entertaining. They're really f'ing great at what they do.
@@deadfIag My guy, *they* are the writers and editors, they just have a particular sense of humor. Sounds like a you problem.
I agree, especially when compared to similar channels like Triple Jump (who are awful).
Being able to hurl a dresser as a special attack is definitely a highlight of my gaming experience this year.
No venom from Spider-Man 2!? His gameplay was fun and made you feel like an absolute powerhouse slamming enemies into the ground wiping out squads of oscorp goons and hunters plus you get to fight kraven one last time
I saw this list vid and thought Venom was guaranteed a spot tbh based on the timing, guess not
Ugh, the recent one? With garbage missions?
Add to the fact, people don't realize "new ideas" and "progress" are not synonymous with good. You can have garbage new ideas and progress in the wrong direction.
@@Maniacman2030okay crybaby
@@Maniacman2030 you played it?
@@Maniacman2030you remember Spider-man 2 based on the movie with its amazing “save the child’s balloon” missions? Clearly superior lol
I will always love Capcom going with Vergil "Here's everything he can do as a boss and MORE!" in Devil May Cry.
That’s what happens when a Son of Sparta is truly motivated.
My only disappointment is he still doesn't have hos own game
@@kiriuxeosa8716Capcom will do everything in their power to ensure Vergil will only join a game if it has a special edition 😅
Yeah the only ridiculous thing about his playable segment is the weird red vergil boss fight. I get whyy they didn’t use green, a little close in tone, but yellow was there too
for the Ganondorf entry, you should've also put how you can play as his Boss Form, Ganon, in one of the challenge modes
As much as I hated him, playing as Shao Kahn, especially in early Mortal Kombat games, is always a treat.
It was a TERRIBLE game, but I loved MK on the OG GameBoy because you could use a code after beating it to play as Goro.
Absolutely agree. Going from the one having to work hard to even manage a good amount of damage to Absolutely dealing Massive amounts of damage without having to put nearly as much effort was a moment to enjoy. Same goes for playing as Goro, Kintaro and Motaro (Mostly just for the pure enjoyment of ending rounds with no more then 3 or 4 hits)
The second part of this NEEDS to include The Keeper from The Evil Within. He was as badass and terrifying in his own DLC as he was in the main game.
Yeah, when i saw this video was the first thing that thought.
Hey, Mike, Kevin Smith already had a "crotch-attacking" version of Joker in the movie "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back", appropriately played by Mark Hamill, the voice of Joker. His name was "Cock Knocker".
I miss Mark Hamill Joker. RIP Kevin Conroy since his death sealed Mark never playing him again.
Avenge me hemp knight!
@@Maniacman2030 I can understand that it does make me sad though
So, does this mean that in all other games you have to play as a non-terrifying employee?
Imagine paying money just to get your stupid unfunny comments up to the top
Unfortunately 😔
No, sometimes you're a non-terrifying contract worker. Sometimes you're a non-terrifying temp. Sometimes you're even a non-terrifying customer.
It means that you play as a terrifying boss at all other times, but no other games exist
So fun fact: The PS3 version of Arkham let you play as the Joker as well in his own versions of the challenges, including it's own mini-story as well as chances to fight Cash and Commissioner Gordon in the combat challenges. I also love the fact Vergil matches Dante in multiple games using only ONE style against Dante's 4 (or more in some cases). Dante is so badass that he's a master of none but has no real weakness, Vergil is THE master of one but is so damn good at it he overcomes his weaknesses. The Sparda brothers are terrifying, no wonder Mundus was fearful of them.
what I adore about playing as Vergil... they dont dumb him down. Devs be like... go nuts!! And it's so much fucking fun
I am so glad that the Village devs realized that there was no way they could top Lady D's dresser-hurling and thus made it an official attack of hers. XD I mean, I'm sure it HURTS, but it's also too hilarious to avoid. XD
The one section in Spider-Man 2 where you got to play as Venom for a bit was sick as hell - you got to rampage through Oscorp, and they let Venom fully kill Kraven the Hunter, showing probably the most blood in the 2 games combined.
Magus in Chrono Trigger, after a huge nerf thanks to Lavos, he becomes a playable character if you decide not to kill him.
In Blazblue Calamity Trigger, there was one terrifying force in fighting Nu-13, who also served as the final boss of its arcade mode. Seeing her playable was quite a treat. Shame that she got nerfed in the later games.
I have two:
* In WoW: Legion there is a quest where you get to play as Illidan Stormrage and relive the boss battle against him from the Black Temple raid, but from his PoV.
* In Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon they added Cynder, the final boss from the first game as a second playable character in addition to Spyro.
You could also control Illidan and Arthas in Warcraft 3 and they were both neat hero/villain characters.
In Bendy and the Dark Revival you get to play as the giant monster Bendy in the ending sequence. The game goes from survival horror to a triumphant, destructive race to the finish.
Finally ardyn is getting the recognition he deserves
What about Kirby: Star Allies?! You get to play as multiple final bosses, abusing their insane attacks for your own enjoyment.
Lu Bu in any Dynasty Warriors game should’ve been on this list.
Byleth in Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes should also count.
They have Hyrule Warriors Ganondorf. I think one Dynasty Warriors rep is probably enough.
I think Byleth might be better suited for the list of protagonists you fought against in the next game.
dont forget Orochi The Serpent King
Lu Bu was a beast
In Dystany Warriors, Lu Bu peruse you @@Creativemnds
Dragon Age Origin has a whole dlc where you play as darkspawn, the main antagonistic force of the game, in an alternate universe where the warden died in the beginning of the game and you are the force killing their friends.
I wouldn't call Bowser terrifying under his usual circumstances, but he sure is playable in Mario & Luigi Bowser's Inside Story.
He is also quite fun to play.
To be fair, I wouldn't call most the bosses in this video "terrifying"
If we're talking non-terrifying but still impressive bosses, you gotta count goro majima if you play the yakuza/like a dragon games in the order in which they were released
The thing Noctus unleashes at 16:49 is the Knights of the Round... one of the most iconic summons of the entirety of Final Fantasy. Just,,, fun facts :D
They are 13 previous monarchs in lucis not knights
Playing as the Joker was also really fun in the Arkham Asylum challenge mode.
Though Cynder has a terrifying reputation, she's a pretty easy boss fight when you take her on yourself in a New Beginning, but take control of her two games later in Dawn of the Dragon, and she's so OP that even shield enemies that Spyro can't seem to overcome with his elemental powers on full blast can be surmounted by Cynder in one low-cost stunlocking move. Once she's on our side, she's terrifying enough that we could just let her fight the war all by herself.
Hell, when I played DotD-having never touched the previous two games btw-I just spent all my time as Cynder and only bothered with Spyro when absolutely necessary.
@@isenokami7810 Same story on most of my playthroughs.
Ah Vergil I will never forget the tough Boss battles with him in DMC3
About Vergil's entry: he had like 2-3 cutscenes in his run.
Not sure this counts as a "boss" per se, but being able to play as Sauron or the Balrog in Lord of the Rings Conquest was epic! I had to take a good long look at my choices after I stood in the center of hundreds of dead hobbits 😅
tbf the episode Ardyn dlc was great, i spent so many hours charging around insomnia killing people and buying hats and definitely came out of it more sympathetic towards ardyn in the end since i chose the fight answer (though the 'i am no mortal i'm a monster' line is still so cool)
im surprised Ned Flanders from The Simpsons Wresting never came up since Simpson was referenced, he was usually the last character you fought against and he absolutely destroys you on higher difficulties (the Goro of Simpsons?) and when you unlock him you get to use all the BS moves he used against you with the same devastating effect free second life included.
In Axiom Verge, at one point you get to hallucinate so bad you turn into one of the bosses you've gotten used to killing.
That was pretty cool.
Well done! I'd like to see 'The 7 Most Satisfying Bosses To Beat.' Some bosses are evil, some are terrifying, and others are just downright annoying. And for their crimes, they must perish.
"Dance, water, dance!!"
Wrench + Frank Fontaine = catharsis plus sweet revenge with BioShock Infinite in hindsight.
look, I know botw's dark beast ganon's final beast form is basically an autoscroller. but after the gauntlet of the previous phases? taking down that massive, world-ending monster? so. dang. satisfying.
The Twisted Metal games could be on this list, if unlockable characters count. You can unlock Minion in 2 and 4 (and I think 3 as well), and Super Augur and Super Slamm are unlockable in 4. You could argue Calypso in 4, but you never face him as a boss before you can play *as* him.
Sweet Tooth was also unlockable in 4. And man did he make it easy mode with that super.
Does Jetsream Sam from Metal Gear Rising count, I wouldn’t call him terrifying, but damn is he awesome to play as
"It's...Lu Bu!"
*Terrified Soldiers run away*
- Lu Bu's Character Introduction.
i LOVE killing that chump in every dynasty game. he's such a cheap bastard...
I just said something about that lol
some assclown removed my comment. i can't see it anymore. killing video game characters is against the rules now??
Already seen my boy Ganon and i just wanna say that the fact you play as him after the big victory Link and them pull off is just the cherry on top. Plus rocking with Zant and Ghirahim is also great
Not to mention Skull Kid with Majora’s mask, Yuga, Volga, Wizzro, and Cia. Shame they never added Vaati.
Lol, the little happy dance/clap thing I did when Ardyn showed up. I was hoping he'd be on here. I love him so much
I've never felt more powerful than when The Evil Within 1 let me play as Big Guy With Safe for Head (aka The Keeper)
Venom from Insomniac Spider-Man 2. Letting you play as Venom, including actually killing Kraven after how dangerous he had been established to be, does such a great job establishing how dangerous Venom is before you have to actually face him as the Spider-Men
Gotta love how this is the game people think of playing as Venom even though Ultimate Spider-Man let you do it 18 years before this latest game.
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"Do you know the definition of insanity?" Vaas does, and you get to play as him, as well as Father Joseph Seed, and Pagan Min in the Far Cry 6 DLC 1, 2, and 3 called "Insanity", "Control" and "Collapse", and something tells me you're going to be making extra parts to videos over, and over, AND OVER AGAIN! (say the last bit in Vass' voice for maximum effect).
MGS4, playing as Metal Gear Rex was by far the most impactful for me
Wait around Untill You Die Crok is actually Killer Croks uncle.
Also, Ardyn certainly was... a Villain... That did Villainous Things... and i honestly cant remember his motivation at all. Weird game, ffXV
honestly Ardyn is probably one of the best FF villains by far, dont think the main game really delves into his backstory though so you dont really get any hint to his motivation unless you play the DLC or watch the short anime they put on RUclips. to sum it up he sacrificed his own health to cure his people of the star scourge and ended up getting screwed over by his own brother and the god and was erased from history and imprisoned for 2 thousand years before being freed from his island prison by the Niflheim Empire, all round a pretty valid reason to want to get revenge
@@axlejones6281 Thank you for sticking up for my boy. Ardyn is my favorite villain, hands down! Also, Bahamut used him as a pawn because, being the god of war, he wanted Ardyn to mess things up for him for laughs. Ardyn wanted to die after his betrayal and Bahamut said "No, I need you for a thing in 2,000 years". His fight at the end not being anything of the spectacular, god-mode caliber that you normally see of a endgame FF boss just shows how tired of it all that he is.
In Breath of Fire 4, not only do you play part of the game as the person you end up facing at the end of the game (who is so much more powerful than you that he can solo most fights without any danger of losing), but one of the choices you make just before that fight has you merge with him and fight your former allies.
DJ Octavio is the final boss of the first 2 Splatoon games and the first boss in Splatoon 3. During the final boss of 3 you get to take control of the mech he pilots in his fights against you in order to take down the final boss of that game. So you get to play as a final boss in order to take down a different final boss.
There was a glitch in the selection menu in Melee where you could play as master hand. My friends and I almost got it to work one day but we were never right on with the button sequence. You had to do something with the B and A buttons in the menu and player 3 would be master hand if you did it right. Ours froze for a few seconds but it failed
Theres also The Evil Within, where in one of the DLC's, you play as Safe Head, the one monster who is probably the mascot for the series, and with good reason too. He is terrifying.
I remember how exciting it was to play as M. Bison in Street Fighter 2 Champion Edition, using his Psycho Crusher endlessly against your opponent, until you found out Capcom had nerfed the move.
I'm actually shocked that no fighting game bosses made the list. The SNK Bosses that were not nerfed until KOF 15 came to my mind, especially because of the famous bans of Omega Rugal in Latin America...
You can also play as the Joker in Arkham Asylum, which has the additional benefit of actually being a good game.
Jack The Ripper in the DLC of Assassin's Creed Syndicate also deserves a mention. You play the opening mission of the expansion as the serial killer himself and get to terrorize the citizens and policemen of London for a short period.
Honestly? Part of me wants to list Yukari Yakumo from the Touhou series on here.
She is introduced in the seventh mainline game of the series as enigmatic, a mastermind who'd rather just sleep in all the time, the most powerful youkai in the world (more than Yuuka Kazami, whom is also terrifying and playable in a couple games after fighting her), and able to manipulate any boundary is a way she can think of or desire. Within her gaps she opens to get to and from anywhere is an eldritch horror. So?
In TH7, if you choose Reimu as your playable character, Yukari tags along so you can swap to and from her. But it doesn't end there.
In a couple fighting games in the series, you can fight against Yukari and her eldritch powers, and have the occasional train thrown at you, or you can play as Yukari with those same powers, train-throwing included. Mind the gaps.
Otherwise, yes, I'd also say Yuuka Kazami is a good contender. Eldritch powers and barrier manipulation? No. Raw strength, a house of demons, a seemingly sadistic sense of humor people remember more than her good manners, and a love and defense of flowers that would make even a certain BotW character think is a bit much? Well, Yuuka is playable in TH 5 and 9.
Both characters love carrying around parasols, too. It's a fun coincidence, surely.
I can think of a few examples most recently in Spider-Man 2 we can play as Venom near the end. Another example that comes to mind is in the Assassin's Creed Syndicate Jack the Ripper DLC where there are sections of the story where we can play as the Ripper himself
Hyrule Warriors Ganondorf is SUCH a satisfying power trip! Especially compared to his sluggish outings in Smash. I hope an Age of Calamity sequel or expansion let's us play as the TotK version someday. You can't make him a shirtless samurai and NOT let us play as him!
i doubt we'd be getting another Zelda Warriors type game, not that they didn't do well, but we don't get that much spin off Zelda games
@@lugismansion2400Unfortunately I have to agree. Even if we do, it likely won’t be until the next major title release. The original Hyrule Warriors could’ve had a sequel to bring in even more characters from the other Zelda titles it left out - would’ve been awesome playing as Kotake/Koume/Twinrova or Vaati.
I thought Mike was going to go with "Killer crotch" as the new name for Joker....so close
The worst part is when you play as them, they are never as powerful as when you're fighting them.
Except for Vergil in DMC 5. Disgustingly strong
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General Avlora from Triangle Strategy perhaps? She's one of the more difficult bosses in the game, having high hp, attack, and defense, and in addition, she fills the Dark Knight archetype, so she just gets nastier as she gets hurt. Plus during chapter 14, if you fight her in the gardens she also gets her ultimate, Bloody Cross.
But if you do the Golden Route, she ends up defecting and joining your team, and even though she's been nerfed from how she is as a boss, she still is one of the strongest units in the game. And while Bloody Cross is terrifying when used against you, it feels hecking awesome to use it against enemies.
You gotta have Venom from Ultimate Spider-Man on this list.
Man was the FIRST and FINAL boss of the game, as well as a playable main character.
Power Stone. You can unlock all bosses, even the final boss monster, as playable characters. It can be fun playing as Final Valgas and decimating opponents with his projectile attack.
I remember playing 'The Third Age' on evil mode, and i still dont get how I ever beat the Balrog in the light campaine he was SO Op.
Totally forgot that mode existed.
I mean the AI was made to be somewhat fair and not just endlessly spam Pillar of Wrath over and over. If he did that, literally no one would ever be able to beat him.
"...He just picked the wrong lip."😂😂
Yakuza 0 finally gives you the chance to play as Majima, and he also gets a little side story in Kiwami 2 which has a few callbacks to the events of 0
I don't think anyone needs to tell Andy about the Yakuza games xD
Wow. Majima really is everywhere.
@@FelisImpurrator Including Ichiban Holdings as an applicant!
I gotta say-
"These guys won the genetic lottery and then split the winnings." Has to be one of the best lines I've hear in a while.
What about the Keeper from The Evil Within? U don't just get to play as him but he gets his own DLC in which u get to learn more about him & his quest to save his daughter
Andy really loves that shirt
Id love a version of using Master Hand in Smash Bros that allows motion controls to use him, like smashing you enemies with your own hand.
Magus in Chrono Trigger for the Commenter Edition!
There's also a challenge map pack DLC in Arkham Asylum where you get to play as the Joker.
Very surprised not to see Spiderman 2 here as one of the most recent high profile examples of this. My brother-in-law literally squealed with excitement when he got control of said boss.
As much as I loved DMC3, the video should have had Devil May Cry 5 Special Edition where Vergil was once again playable in his own campaign. Also in the final battle, you finally fight against Dante, showing how badass this battle between brothers truly is. Vergil also has the best banger of a track in the series too.
Vergil was also playable in 4 with it's Special Edition as well so was Lady and Trish with Lady being the "Nero" sections and Trish being the "Dante" sections
@@lugismansion2400 but they were not bosses in the game. In previous games, yes, but no one can take that crown from Vergil as "the best boss you can play as" in the series.
@@that1jamo yes I know Lady and Trish wasn’t bosses, I was adding them in too because they as far as I remember their first time being playable was in DMC4, I know that wasn’t the main topic of the video but I figured it wouldn’t hurt to put them in
@@lugismansion2400 Trish was playable as an unlockable character in DMC 2, but... it was DMC 2.
4's Special Edition was Lady's first playable appearance, though.
Nothing more terrifying than seeing Andy wearing a normal-sized watch.
I remember being able to play as The Keeper from The Evil Within. The Executioner DLC was so fun.
There's a lot of Kirby games that let you play as Meta Knight (Kirby: Nightmare in Dreamland, Super Star Ultra, Planet Robobot, etc) and/or King Dedede (Kirby: Triple Deluxe, Return to Dreamland, etc.) but I'd like to give a special shout to Kirby Star Allies for allowing you to play as a bunch of bosses from throughout the series and Kirby's Return to Dreamland Deluxe for an entire playable Magolor mode.
Actually, better put the entire Kirby series. Just to be safe.
Neo cortex is not someone you could call "Terrifying" but you do get to play as him in both crash twinsanity and it's about time!
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In Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, you get to play as Venom. This is before you fight him as a boss, though, which helps establish how much of a powerhouse he is as a threat.
Vergil is the set standards in making playable bosses. And Capcom kept improving him since 3SE. 4SE was a vast improvement from 3SE Vergil while his DLC in DMC5 is a more polished streamline version with some new move sets to accommodate new gameplay mechanics
yeah, 3SE set like, an ever-evolving tradition. and it's beautiful. I can only imagine that mastering Vergil must feel like a god complex, especially in 5SE
Edit: forget to add, very appropriate, acknowledging Vergil's terrifying-ness by including him here
Coming in hot with "No Bowser from Super Mario Odyssey"??? I had that part unspoiled for me so when we got to the end and I realized what the game wanted me to do, I was practically squealing with shock and glee. Top ten gaming moment there.
How about the Keeper dlc from the Evil Within? Not only did you get to play as him, but you fought every other boss in the game and used their weapons.
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I'm trying to 100% village but my favourite part has just been running around as Lady D ❤
Or how about the Big Daddies in Bioshock. You get to be one in the last hours of the game, and in Bioshock 2, a Big Daddy is the protagonist.
No one talks about BioShock 2 for some reason.
@deathbykonami5487 they have talked about it before when they talked about 2 tropes, but in both cases I've seen they got it wrong. Then there was another video in which they just bashed it
@@deathbykonami5487in one in outside extra about things you couldn't do because glass, the other a video about fates worse than death
In the more recent smash games, you can also play as Sephiroth. So there's that. Sephiroth who enters smash by casually one shotting Galeem.
Ah yes you get to play as the boss from one game in a completely different game franchise. This totally fits the prompt./s
Crazy thing about General Raam is that if you get tired of playing as him in Gears of War 3 you can go play as him in Killer Instinct!
Bowser in Super Mario Oddyssee
In the DLC for Assassin's Creed Syndicate, you get to play Doctor John Leslie Stevenson: "My name is John, but my friends call me Jack" *ripping* *noise*
Yes, that was a Time After Time reference (and not the song that came after the movie)
Hey, where's Jane, is she the boss somebody is playing right now 🤔
Shout out to Venom from Spider-Man 2. You spend about ten breathless minutes wrecking house and folding people in half in one of the most unbelievably brutal sections of gameplay I've seen in a while.
In the Wrath of the Lich King expansion for World of Warcraft, I seem to remember that there were lore quests where you got to see climatic battles in the past, and got the chance to play as both Illidan from Burning Crusade and as the newest BBEG Arthas, laying waste to wide swaths of enemies. I also remember doing one where you infiltrate Undercity, and Jaina giga-charges all your skills and stats so that you can single-handedly tear through the normally raid-level armies of opposition in your way like tissue paper.
‘Not a single neck between them.’ 😂
8:52 - Age of Calamity, Fire Emblem Warriors Three Hopes, and Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate scored higher, and HW tied with Samurai Warriors 4.
It was also outscored by Dynasty Tactics 1 and 2, which are DW spinoffs.
It was also outscored by Nioh and Nioh 2, which are also technically Dynasty Warriors spinoffs (and by extension, was also outscored by Wo Long).
So it's actually tied for tenth place. Twelth place if you include mainline DW, as it's also outscored by DW 3 and 4.
I'm a bit disappointed there's no mention of Kreia, in KOTOR2. She's in your party for most of the game, even mandatory at a few points, before she goes and betrays you at the end.
What else would you expect from Darth Treia, though?
I'm not sure she counts though, because the Kreia you have with you throughout the party isn't quite the same Darth Traya you face against in the end. She was a lot weaker when she was still in the party.
@@mar_speedman Eh, not really. You have to face her in her normal form before you 'win' by cutting off her hand... and it's only then that she gets the powerup.
Notably, you can effectively cripple her by choosing non-combat abilities for her level-ups and giving her a poor weapon before she leaves. It made my life a lot easier once I figured that one out!
In Hotline Miami there’s a boss fight part way through the game with a a guy clad in biker gear. After completing the main campaign, you unlock a second one where you play as the biker, even playing the same boss fight in reverse and killing the protagonist, Jacket. The surreal nature of the game makes in unclear which version of events was the ‘real’ one, if either
Playing as Venom in Spiderman 2 was the best power fantasy level in the game.
You actually got to play as Joker in Arkham Asylum for the predator and fighting games too.
The Xenoblade Chronicles series does this a lot, especially with DLC characters. I nominate Jin from Xenoblade Chronicles 2/Torna :The Golden Country if this list ever gets a commenter´s edition. Not sure the other options qualify as 'terrifying' but Jin definitely does to me.
In DMC5 special edition they do actually replace the Vergil fight with Dante. Neat.
At the end of Arkham City, you play as Joker inside Batman's head. It's a really freaky surreal thriller of a finale.
Hogger of the Triforce of power seems like a particularly apt way to describe Ganondorf, since he can also turn into a hog 😂
Metal Gear Solid 4 let's you pilot Rex, and I feel like that counts