7 Final Bosses You Got to Play As

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  • Опубликовано: 28 июн 2024
  • How can we say videogame bosses are bad without having walked a mile in their shoes? Because of all the bad stuff they do, obviously. But we still want to stomp around in their shoes, so we're thankful for these games that let you take their big boss for a playable spin. Here are seven times we took them up on that offer. Enjoy and subscribe for a video like this every Thursday from Outside Xbox.
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  • @LtBasil
    @LtBasil 4 года назад +1428

    Jane: "Sauron is the most powerful evil entity in Middle-Earth."
    Me: "No he's not, that's Morgo-"
    Jane: "Unless we go into the Silmarillion, which we won't, because life is too short."
    Me: "Fair enough."

    • @kayagorzan
      @kayagorzan 4 года назад +41

      Fair enough

    • @wisewolftony
      @wisewolftony 4 года назад +27

      I also wouldn't compare him to be the Darth Vader of fantasy seeing how other then the fact they were both once good men. But other then that I just find him to be a utterly meh villain. Never read the books so maybe he's more fleshed out in them. But in the films we only see him what in some flashbacks and that is it. Other then that he's just the generic evil force. Who never gets fleshed out. It works for Lord of the Rings as you have other villains and things that can carry the plot. Compared to the end game being coming face to face with him and beating him in some duel like with Vader.

    • @samuellowndes
      @samuellowndes 4 года назад +48

      @@wisewolftony sauron is too powerful to be defeated in a duel though, the way Frodo defeated him was the only way

    • @wisewolftony
      @wisewolftony 4 года назад +23

      @@samuellowndes Yea I know that was why I said he works for Lord of the Rings. As the films aren't about going head to head against the big baddie. It's about the Journey and them facing his army.

    • @Icarus_Qwq
      @Icarus_Qwq 3 года назад +7

      Nah we all know that Talion is the most powerful entity in Middle Earth

  • @MrWebby93
    @MrWebby93 4 года назад +380

    The first entry makes me want a " __ times we broke canon" list

    • @BJGvideos
      @BJGvideos 4 года назад +19

      I mean Han still got killed in the same way so it's...close...?

    • @joshuarenner9703
      @joshuarenner9703 4 года назад +1

      I played both force unleashed games on the Wii and it's not even similar to that

    • @dewaynestallworth8851
      @dewaynestallworth8851 4 года назад +2

      @@joshuarenner9703 and playing TFU on wii is like saying you played Black ops 1 on the Wii. Its not relevant

    • @zapdragon5942
      @zapdragon5942 3 года назад

      Isn't that called a spin-off?

  • @dudescrawny5859
    @dudescrawny5859 4 года назад +346

    Vergil in Devil May Cry 3 Special Edition. After beating him in the last mission, you can play the entire game as him, and his moveset is badass too.

    • @jfk7249
      @jfk7249 3 года назад +22

      I wonder if they ever played any dmc game other than the dmc 5

    • @freezingwolf
      @freezingwolf 3 года назад +2

      But hes still the final boss in 5

    • @dudescrawny5859
      @dudescrawny5859 3 года назад

      @@freezingwolf you didn't get to play as him until 2 months ago though.

    • @Exeternal_Beyonder_Of_Doomsday
      @Exeternal_Beyonder_Of_Doomsday 3 года назад

      @@freezingwolf you play him there too

    • @hwoarangdvoguetthe
      @hwoarangdvoguetthe 2 года назад +15

      Basically, every DMC after DMC3 lets you play as Vergil-dono daddy...
      And after you play as the legenadary Darkslayer Vergil Son of Sparda, you realize that whacky woo hoo pizza man still lives, because daddy Verge doesn't want him deaded. Also, Uncle Dante is the best uncle in the world.

  • @gabeschugardt5710
    @gabeschugardt5710 3 года назад +61

    Hyrule Warriors (the first one) does this three times! After you complete the basic campaign you unlock two additional campaigns, one playing as the game's new villain Cia, the other playing as Ganondorf. Beat the Ganondorf campaign to unlock the true ending of the good guys campaign then beat that and you unlock a bunch of challenge maps that let you play as Ganon, the screen-filling boar monster from the final mission.

    • @sparkyandredd4061
      @sparkyandredd4061 2 года назад +4

      And it’s AWESOME! I think that’s the first time you actually get to play as Ganon himself! Not Ganondorf, the human, but Ganon, the Demon King!

  • @dorksanddragons
    @dorksanddragons 4 года назад +318

    Hearing a British game journalist say the sentence “Bowser is back on his BS” was the most delightful thing of my day.

  • @steelfist3956
    @steelfist3956 4 года назад +443

    Mike: "That leaves Bowser with a bare head and you know what happens to things with bare heads around here."
    Me: "Bowsette?"

    • @parker0216
      @parker0216 4 года назад +13

      we don't talk about that

    • @AlmightyPolarBear
      @AlmightyPolarBear 4 года назад +4

      It doesn't work for him. So disappointment/relief will be what is there.

    • @Toxin_Glitch
      @Toxin_Glitch 4 года назад +11

      Wait which head?

    • @gameman3981
      @gameman3981 3 года назад +1

      That's what i thought about too.

    • @thermonuclearexplosive
      @thermonuclearexplosive 3 года назад +7

      bowsette should actually be called peachowser

  • @VoiceofKane3
    @VoiceofKane3 4 года назад +88

    My most vivid memories of Lord of the Rings: Conquest are always finally getting to play as Sauron in the campaign... before immediately getting killed by an eagle when I tried to cross the bridge.

  • @staeslait2343
    @staeslait2343 4 года назад +372

    Pyramid Head cutting Pendleton's cake is the most terriftingly wholesome thing I've ever seen.

    • @shinobifujin
      @shinobifujin 3 года назад +4

      Do you have a link

    • @ProVoiceActor1Dubs
      @ProVoiceActor1Dubs 3 года назад +12

      @@shinobifujin watch till end of two 5:43

    • @TheElino
      @TheElino 2 года назад +1

      @@shinobifujin It's in this vid wtf just watch it

  • @lucaslevesque6007
    @lucaslevesque6007 4 года назад +401

    I’m a bit surprised that they didn’t mention master hand when you get to play as him in super smash bros ultimate.

    • @senatorarmstrong7071
      @senatorarmstrong7071 4 года назад +11

      Lucas Levesque In technicality Master Hand isn’t the final boss of Ultimate.

    • @ladylunaginaofgames40
      @ladylunaginaofgames40 4 года назад +22

      Well, you fight him in almost every game. It's expected. I say this is valid because of how awesome it felt to smash all in my way

    • @joshrose8753
      @joshrose8753 4 года назад +1

      I just commented the same thing.

    • @Stratelier
      @Stratelier 4 года назад +13

      @@senatorarmstrong7071 Master hand was always the final boss of each game's Classic Mode, and for a majority of SSBU's roster still is.

    • @foxbird123
      @foxbird123 4 года назад +2

      I had the same thought.

  • @facundofuentesyarballo2870
    @facundofuentesyarballo2870 4 года назад +387

    *At birthday party
    "guys I'm sorry I forgot the knife"
    Piramid head:"say no more"

    • @veronicafomenko4600
      @veronicafomenko4600 4 года назад +7

      Hahahahah

    • @TheDiplomancer
      @TheDiplomancer 4 года назад +16

      In his defense, that is one great knife.

    • @marhawkman303
      @marhawkman303 4 года назад +17

      @@TheDiplomancer Yeah despite being 8 feet long the game calls his weapon a "knife"

    • @patrickd8654
      @patrickd8654 4 года назад +9

      @@marhawkman303
      "That's not a noife. This is a noife!"
      -- Crocodile Dundee

    • @patrickmccurry1563
      @patrickmccurry1563 4 года назад +9

      Sweet! I wanted a slice of table.

  • @what_homework
    @what_homework 2 года назад +27

    I really thought Shadow of the Colossus was gonna be on this list. It blows your mind getting to play as the Dormin's final form and getting to see what being a colossus would be like.

    • @smokagaming
      @smokagaming 9 месяцев назад +1

      absolutely. nice callback man!

  • @Akirex5000
    @Akirex5000 4 года назад +125

    8:40
    “You’re literally shattering concrete blocks with your bare hands!”
    Ummmm... Mario can do that as well...

    • @senatorarmstrong7071
      @senatorarmstrong7071 4 года назад +30

      Akirex 5000 Yeah but he’s using gloves like the bloody cheater he is.

    • @DamienDarksideBlog
      @DamienDarksideBlog 4 года назад +9

      Also if you play the Super Star Saga, Bowser punches Mario for 1 damage.

    • @Akirex5000
      @Akirex5000 4 года назад +4

      Senator Armstrong Oh yeah, you’re right. I bet those gloves are made of steel and Mario just doesn’t tell us

    • @williammagan2756
      @williammagan2756 3 года назад +1

      DamienDarksideBlog unbeatable legendary 1 damage

    • @Painfulldarksoul
      @Painfulldarksoul 3 года назад +7

      Wait, didn't Mario shatter red clay bricks, instead of concrete? Or did that change since my time, since everything was pixely and blocky?

  • @gerjanm7648
    @gerjanm7648 4 года назад +153

    Dragon Age: Origins has a DLC where you play as darkspawn going through the final battle of Denerim, essentially giving the player insight into what would have happened had the protagonist never appeared

    • @arndnaj
      @arndnaj 4 года назад +1

      That's what I was saying!!!

    • @ryanmarr5243
      @ryanmarr5243 4 года назад +1

      Always wanted to play that but never got around to it

    • @elelwhy
      @elelwhy 4 года назад +12

      As a bonus, you also get to kill all your best friends... and who doesn't want that?

    • @Ravenite456
      @Ravenite456 4 года назад +9

      On the other hand it implies that without the Grey Warden around, Alister got to bang Leiliana so, you know, good for him.

    • @AlmightyPolarBear
      @AlmightyPolarBear 4 года назад

      I think that appears in one of their videos.

  • @kylier404
    @kylier404 4 года назад +2399

    "then when you do judge them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes. The perfect crime." Is my favorite thing you've ever said 😂😂😂

    • @ex-holdenlindsay840
      @ex-holdenlindsay840 4 года назад +28

      Very Corazon.

    • @definepoetic
      @definepoetic 4 года назад +62

      It's a Billy Connolly quote

    • @umbranival
      @umbranival 4 года назад +8

      I was cry laughing at that part for some unknown reason.

    • @norablanche
      @norablanche 4 года назад +4

      I cackled

    • @hereslookingatyoukid
      @hereslookingatyoukid 4 года назад +4

      Ikr lol I think I've heard him say it once before but it was awhile ago

  • @mr.shadowcat7594
    @mr.shadowcat7594 4 года назад +96

    Hey what about "transformers fall of cybertron"? you got to play as megatron twice and it was badass!

  • @Druath
    @Druath 3 года назад +31

    I'm so glad Star wars the force unleashed Was on here....IT WAS SUCH A GOOD GAME

    • @ossiehalvorson7702
      @ossiehalvorson7702 2 года назад +1

      Loved it as a teen, but I tried playing it again not terribly long ago and it.. well, it didn't hold up to time very well.

  • @vindicare9915
    @vindicare9915 4 года назад +254

    Would you say that to be a more powerful dark lord than Sauron, you would have to be “More Goth”?

    • @ianrose6218
      @ianrose6218 4 года назад +11

      Fair play, you got a chuckle out of me.

    • @Vampiero101
      @Vampiero101 4 года назад +2

      Hahaha, alright, nice one.

    • @jnewby9347
      @jnewby9347 4 года назад +1

      Hahaha nice one

    • @BattyButtercup
      @BattyButtercup 4 года назад +7

      please accept your prize of three hairs from Galadriel for this wondrous wordsmithing.

    • @danmanx4804
      @danmanx4804 4 года назад +2

      A+, well done

  • @steelfist3956
    @steelfist3956 4 года назад +125

    Jane: "Lord of the Rings Conquest is a game of two halves, much like football or Monopoly when I lose in Monopoly and I rip the board in half"
    Note to self: Don't play Monopoly with Jane.

    • @Kartissa
      @Kartissa 4 года назад +8

      Or just let her win. That's a good strategy for any game you play with Jane, really....

    • @Torthrodhel
      @Torthrodhel 4 года назад +10

      Sounds like an ideal game of Monopoly to me! Short AND conclusive.

    • @Adahn99
      @Adahn99 4 года назад +8

      @@Torthrodhel We can add Action game and Psychological horror to Monopoly's genres

    • @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley
      @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley 4 года назад +4

      @@Adahn99 LOL!

    • @p0tat024
      @p0tat024 4 года назад +2

      @@Adahn99 it already is

  • @legendaryrobb5903
    @legendaryrobb5903 3 года назад +22

    Metal Arms: Glitch in the System, an obscure game, has the main villain, General Corrosive, as a playable boss where he is invincible and shoots missiles and stomps on enemies in the 2nd to last mission. Of course there is a time limit as a space station is sent hurtling towards your home planet. It is fun to kill the toughest foes with ease.

  • @juusstis3664
    @juusstis3664 3 года назад +21

    Transformers: Fall of Cybertron’s decepticon Bruticus. You actually get to play as him first but he does become a boss battle in the final level of the campaign where you play as autobot Jazz.

    • @greenbean325
      @greenbean325 9 месяцев назад

      Megatron will also fall into this category since the final battle is a pvp battle involving Optimus and Megatron

  • @thelytz9806
    @thelytz9806 4 года назад +437

    When you realise this list could have been filled with LEGO games exclusively

    • @Sayyar615
      @Sayyar615 3 года назад +7

      Yep

    • @theweirdalex12
      @theweirdalex12 3 года назад +5

      I was just gonna comment that

    • @MrMikeregester
      @MrMikeregester 3 года назад +2

      Yeah

    • @gameman3981
      @gameman3981 3 года назад +8

      That would literally have been cheating so it's understandable that they didn't put any Lego game on the list.

    • @Canyoufeelthesunshine
      @Canyoufeelthesunshine 3 года назад +8

      Exactly I remember beating galactus and he was small as heck when I got him

  • @JevinJohnson-CloudShift
    @JevinJohnson-CloudShift 4 года назад +77

    18:35 "7 No-Pressure objectives" is a video I'd like to see. It also reminds me of the "Destroy Ganan" objective you get in BotW as soon as the tutorial is over.

    • @faceless58
      @faceless58 4 года назад +4

      Thats a good video idea. Reach's "Current objective: Survive" comes to mind immediately. Id guess theres a bunch of jrpgs with ridiculous ones too

    • @Cunnysmythe
      @Cunnysmythe 4 года назад +1

      Great idea

    • @JevinJohnson-CloudShift
      @JevinJohnson-CloudShift 4 года назад +1

      @@faceless58 haha Definitely

    • @chadpeterson5698
      @chadpeterson5698 2 года назад

      It's Ganon not Ganan

  • @KaladinVegapunk
    @KaladinVegapunk 3 года назад +31

    Oh man, i still remember the chills I got piloting REX
    Beating it on the boss extreme difficulty going for the no deaths/kills/rations run was monumental

  • @eagle219406
    @eagle219406 4 года назад +13

    I know of at least one other final boss you get to play as, General Raam from Gears of War. There is a DLC called Raam's Shadow, where there are 3 times where you play as him. I also find it kind of Ironic how one would make fun of Hawkeye for not having any powers, and yet love Batman for the same reason.

  • @thajocoth
    @thajocoth 4 года назад +295

    When Mario possesses Bowser, Princess Peach sounds the happiest I can recall her sounding, like, ever. This is an interesting choice.

    • @AlmightyPolarBear
      @AlmightyPolarBear 4 года назад +97

      She wants a heroic moustached gentleman with a beefy lizard body.

    • @King_Dragmire
      @King_Dragmire 4 года назад +45

      @@AlmightyPolarBear dont we all?

    • @AlmightyPolarBear
      @AlmightyPolarBear 4 года назад +30

      @@King_Dragmire I will like that, or even if it's a heroic beefy lizard lady. That's good too.

    • @kireckjefferson9316
      @kireckjefferson9316 4 года назад +6

      @@AlmightyPolarBear you mean browers daughter?

    • @eliasfarias842
      @eliasfarias842 3 года назад +3

      reptilian Mario Koopa

  • @PanAndScanBuddy
    @PanAndScanBuddy 4 года назад +78

    You can also play as Sauron in Lego LOTR, and the Eye of Sauron in LOTR: The Third Age. One is adorable and one is weird.

    • @Stratelier
      @Stratelier 4 года назад +14

      Basically all the licensed LEGO games are like this, you can unlock the villains and then play as them.

    • @williamsmith6921
      @williamsmith6921 4 года назад +11

      If they decided to include Lego games they would have to include every Lego game in existence since that's just how they work

    • @sovietspycrab718
      @sovietspycrab718 4 года назад +3

      I didn't know that people knew that LotR: The Third Age existed, I thought I was alone.

    • @funghity6961
      @funghity6961 4 года назад

      @@sovietspycrab718 right there with you. Ngl that game was pretty good

  • @jackcullen69
    @jackcullen69 3 года назад +35

    "Darth Vader Rampage Sim" is the game we didn't know we wanted, but now we do know that we w a n t

  • @bonesmalone6532
    @bonesmalone6532 3 года назад +16

    Though it might not be "playing" as the final boss or the "final" boss (11:01) but in a hat in time, you can get a costume that makes you look like one of the games bosses, Snatcher.

    • @Drsmiley603
      @Drsmiley603 2 года назад +3

      You can play as mustache girl for a bit in a hat in time before everything turns into deep shit on that planet hat kid explores. Mustache girls move set is literally the exact same as hat kids moveset but without the hats. Ya mustache girls is even worse than in boss form she is pathetic.

  • @chreoticus
    @chreoticus 4 года назад +95

    "Make this game EA, you COWARDS!"
    I laughed at this WAY too long

    • @michaelandreipalon359
      @michaelandreipalon359 4 года назад +1

      Yeah, make this an unlockable (and NOT A FREAKING DLC!!!) mode in Jedi: Fallen Order 2 (or whatever it's going to be called in 2022-2025).

  • @pixelkatten
    @pixelkatten 4 года назад +105

    Lotr: the third age also had a vs mode where you fought as Mordors forces, including the Balrog, the Witchking, and Sauron himself!

    • @HavocHounds1988
      @HavocHounds1988 3 года назад +8

      Yep. I think it was just simply called evil mode.

  • @brandynicole7410
    @brandynicole7410 4 года назад +11

    In the last DLC for Final Fantasy XV you play as Ardyn Izunia, the villain from the main game as you tear up Insomnia while also learning about his backstory. It's one of the few times a game really made me feel sorry for the bad guy.

    • @cyanimation1605
      @cyanimation1605 7 месяцев назад

      Ardyn's honestly one of my favorite villains ever, besides just swagdaddy 9000 vibes. Part of him is still in there deep down, helping the protagonists overthrow him. Part of him helps his great great great great great great great great great great great grandnephew accomplish his goals. History should've remembered his sacrifice. Ifrit is the real villain of that game.

  • @rebeccaliar9873
    @rebeccaliar9873 Год назад +18

    Jack the Ripper's brutal takedown was so brutal it actually made my power flicker. The power outage somehow took less time than the actual takedown.

  • @DeuxLeftHands
    @DeuxLeftHands 4 года назад +57

    Ganon mode from Hyrule Warriors was fun, sprinting around the battlefield in an oversized porcine monster who uses all the other bosses' attacks like it's no biggie!
    Side suggestion, remember the "under the Red Hood" segment in Arkham Origins where you play the Joker as he becomes the Joker?
    The Arkham series in general through its DLC maps and characters, Joker in the PlayStation version of Asylum and the eponymous Arkham Knight in the last installment.

    • @ransfordflentjar5694
      @ransfordflentjar5694 Год назад

      You do realise Joker was also in the Xbox versions of all the Arkham games right?

  • @TeeDubbleDee
    @TeeDubbleDee 4 года назад +149

    "Punch him with your actual hands!"
    Has *NOBODY* from outsidexbox played Bowser's Inside Story??

  • @mrchickinman9984
    @mrchickinman9984 4 года назад +36

    That one skylanders game where you can play as all the past villains in previous games: Am i a joke to you?

  • @familyaccountgilbert7781
    @familyaccountgilbert7781 3 года назад +4

    The wedding outfit is just saying:
    " I'm gonna kick your ass, but this time in _style_ "

  • @yootscute4769
    @yootscute4769 4 года назад +75

    I always knew Andy was a shoe thief at heart

    • @sagethestoned2017
      @sagethestoned2017 4 года назад +7

      Corazon de shoe thief!

    • @Natwail
      @Natwail 4 года назад +6

      Jacques Darkfall agrees.

    • @dizzyheads
      @dizzyheads 4 года назад

      That actually got me really good

  • @zulubunsen9067
    @zulubunsen9067 4 года назад +27

    The Legacy of Kain series sees your bets and raises it with a load of time travel shenanigans as both main protagonists act as bosses over the games.
    - In Blood Omen you play as Kain and one of the later semi-bosses you face is an illusion of yourself from the future.
    - Then in Soul Reaver Kain is the last (and also the second) boss for Raziel to fight.
    - In Soul Reaver 2 Raziel doesn't fight Kain, but the final enemy he faces is himself from the past (although future Raziel is more of a boss being invulnerable at this point).
    - Then in Defiance you can play as Kain again as well as Raziel and one of the last "boss fights" is the two clashing, first from Kain's, then from Raziel's perspective.

  • @chukwudisimere8463
    @chukwudisimere8463 4 года назад +9

    I watch your videos more for the commentary than the actual list. You guys are gold

  • @GODOFAWSOMENESS1
    @GODOFAWSOMENESS1 4 года назад +5

    You can also fight Sauron in another LotR game where you control a party of people that are just behind Frodo and the gang. You can also fight alongside Gandalf against the Balrog. It is called the third age. It is only after you beat Sauron in the main game then you can play as him to wreck the party.

  • @alexkaen1701
    @alexkaen1701 4 года назад +59

    Imagine a Sauron the size of Godzilla, that's the boss of the Silmarillion

  • @daleketchup7434
    @daleketchup7434 4 года назад +34

    In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, you get to play as Master Hand. Granted it was a one time thing unless you restart the story mode but you just get the sense of happiness playing as a hand!

    • @MissJenca
      @MissJenca 4 года назад +2

      I know I consider him a final boss after all the smash games and classic modes.

    • @daleketchup7434
      @daleketchup7434 2 года назад +1

      @@MissJenca not to mention how a good chunk of SSBU final classic mode match is against him and sometimes Crazy Hand

    • @watermelongaming3698
      @watermelongaming3698 Год назад

      @@daleketchup7434 I don't play final fantasy, but wouldn't the Sephiroth DLC fighter count as playing as a final boss? Or is he not the final boss of his game?

  • @thedonggolad9669
    @thedonggolad9669 3 года назад +7

    "punch him with your actual hands"
    smg 1 and 2: am i a joke to you

  • @chrisrios8972
    @chrisrios8972 3 года назад +7

    “Moonsmasher and spacessassin” are my next dog names lol

    • @Emil_Stoltz
      @Emil_Stoltz 2 года назад +1

      Mine are starkiller and hellwalker. The latter being a reference to doom.

  • @Kazuma11290
    @Kazuma11290 4 года назад +44

    [Prototype2] Alex Mercer
    Brutal Legend: Doviculus
    Devil May Cry: Virgil.
    Soul Calibur: Nightmare
    Mortal Kombat: Shang Tsung & Shao Kahn
    Nier Automata: 9S/A2
    Every Dragon Ball game: Freeza, Cell, Buu, etc.

    • @ronnoccraddock6547
      @ronnoccraddock6547 4 года назад +3

      Bioshock 2,
      Am I a joke to you?

    • @lazyer0511
      @lazyer0511 4 года назад +2

      Twisted Metal - Head On: Tower Tooth

    • @ChargeJN
      @ChargeJN 4 года назад +1

      Smash Ultimate: Master Hand

    • @xtiandg0914
      @xtiandg0914 4 года назад +1

      Mir from Ar Tonelico, main villain of the first game, playable character of the second game who can even be romance. How often does the final boss of a previous game be a love interest and has some evidence that it's canon,

    • @senatorarmstrong7071
      @senatorarmstrong7071 4 года назад

      JNathan Master Hand isn’t the final boss of Ultimate, that goes to Galeem and Dharkon. If you want to go more technical, Master Hand hasn’t been a final boss since the OG game. Melee had Giga Bowser, Brawl had Tabuu, 4 had Master Core and Ultimate had the already mentioned Galeem and Dharkon.

  • @thesaffronsimmer427
    @thesaffronsimmer427 4 года назад +38

    Vergil from Devil May Cry is always going to be my first pick for this list. It only happens in the third game, but I'll never stop loving it.

    • @KaitouKaiju
      @KaitouKaiju 3 года назад +6

      You play as him in 5SE too

    • @linus5597
      @linus5597 2 года назад +1

      @@KaitouKaiju not until recently tho

    • @FewNewReasonss
      @FewNewReasonss Год назад

      ​@KaitouKaiju Not until they worked him in as DLC. Not even the same thing what's so ever

  • @jainaproudgurl7489
    @jainaproudgurl7489 4 года назад +6

    I'm a little sad that Illidan from World of Warcraft didn't show up in this list for the quest that you got to play when learning his backstory where you wipe out your the stereotypical raid group.

  • @celestialcephalopod4331
    @celestialcephalopod4331 4 года назад +7

    Technically, you do get to play as splatoon 2's Octo expansion's true final boss, (Or if that doesn't count, just a normal boss), but you play as them in the first game.

  • @beepboprobotsnot3748
    @beepboprobotsnot3748 4 года назад +22

    2:00 I was really hoping she was going to say "In which the sad orphan becomes the mad orphan."

  • @thurkelofwarwick926
    @thurkelofwarwick926 4 года назад +26

    Playing with Sephiroth in FF7 gave you such a feeling foreboding that you'd have to try and fight him in the end.

    • @Stratelier
      @Stratelier 4 года назад +1

      Though he still wasn't technically playable, picking his actions on his own during battle...

  • @paulheath8711
    @paulheath8711 3 года назад +7

    "Wizard of was" GOLD

  • @garpogods8323
    @garpogods8323 4 года назад +5

    Smash Ultimate allowing you to play as Master Hand as the second to last thing of story mode was a pretty sweet moment.

    • @chadpeterson5698
      @chadpeterson5698 2 года назад

      Too bad that
      1. Master Hand isn't the final boss
      2. It's a one time deal
      3. It's a small silver lining to a terrible story mode.

  • @cadetaps
    @cadetaps 4 года назад +21

    I rally like the way Infamous one did the whole “oh wow, you were the boss the entire time? Cool.” When you fight future Cole.

    • @froginatub
      @froginatub 3 года назад +1

      Seriously a final twist that made me actually like the game, which I fully Didn't until the final boss fight

  • @MrFutago87
    @MrFutago87 4 года назад +33

    Vergil in Devil May Cry 3 Special edition, once you beat the game once yu can play as him. With his own playstyle, weapons and everything.

    • @ryanmarr5243
      @ryanmarr5243 4 года назад +4

      They could have done so much more with the vergil mode, so much more.

    • @cameronmorgan2347
      @cameronmorgan2347 4 года назад

      Didn't they do that in the reboot too?

    • @OtakuUnitedStudio
      @OtakuUnitedStudio 4 года назад +1

      You get one new cutscene at the end of the playthrough, and a rehash of one from Dante's story at the beginning. No other cutscenes. And then, when you should have been fighting Dante, you instead fight a red recolor of Vergil CALLED Dante. And shadow Dante doesn't get to be shadow Vergil. Only thing more disappointing than that in the franchise is DMC: Devil May Cry.

    • @michaelandreipalon359
      @michaelandreipalon359 4 года назад +1

      Well, better having a simple Vergil mode than no Vergil mode AT ALL.

    • @MrFutago87
      @MrFutago87 4 года назад

      @@michaelandreipalon359 That would be DMC6 I'd guess.

  • @George27572
    @George27572 3 года назад +3

    That shoes not really cracked me up. I love how nonchalantly Andy says it.

  • @callumdavis6178
    @callumdavis6178 4 года назад +2

    Mainly because I just finished it. Kai Chisaki’s beaked rock monster form was playable in ones justice 2. Even if it was kind of awkward to use.

  • @300IQPrower
    @300IQPrower 4 года назад +85

    I got one even better. You’ve heard of playable bosses? Well how about a playable *SUPERBOSS* in Final Fantasy Dissidia 012, Feral Chaos.
    Fun fact: if you claim to be a “Dissisia Expert” in the tutorial, the game throws your level 1 butt at the most powerful version of Feral Chaos where he’s level 130.

    • @DarthWall275
      @DarthWall275 4 года назад +3

      .. And yet the "weaker" normal version of Chaos was not.
      Dude's voiced by *Keith David* and he's not playable, so sad.

    • @Superluigi881
      @Superluigi881 4 года назад +1

      They heavily nerf him though. You need to spend points to unlock his assist and EX gauges. The fuck is that shit? And his skills cost more than everyone else already.
      Sure he'll eventually get there but you have to go though so many hoops to get him (that I still haven't managed to do.) including fighting him twice, just so he can start out really crap.

    • @LadyBrightcynder
      @LadyBrightcynder 4 года назад +2

      I loved that gag in the tutorial XD I was shocked and then I laughed out loud. Couldn't lay a finger on him even with my level 100 Tidus.

    • @300IQPrower
      @300IQPrower 4 года назад

      @@Superluigi881 yeah but IMO its worth it for his EX Burst alone

  • @luketsimmons1982
    @luketsimmons1982 4 года назад +83

    Did Ellen and Luke get to play as Jane during their first weeks at OxBox towers? Imagine wielding such unfathomable power even for a day! 😈

  • @ericyang1401
    @ericyang1401 3 года назад +7

    Calamity Ganon go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr(Hyrule warriors age of calamity)

  • @Stangahoongas
    @Stangahoongas 3 года назад +25

    When you get to play as them theyre always 100x more trash then when you fought them

  • @CleaverMama
    @CleaverMama 4 года назад +68

    You know, I always really wanted a game that only allowed me to act like a self absorbed villain. Someone who repeatedly made stupid decisions that just made everything worse and then had the audacity to blame everyone else for their problems.
    Imagine how thrilled I was when Life is Strange: Before the Storm came out and finally let me play as Chloe.

    • @PandaSoupGaming
      @PandaSoupGaming 2 года назад +1

      Literally the first prototype game hah

    • @lonewanderer1328
      @lonewanderer1328 2 года назад

      PandaSoup Gaming alex mercer that we play as, which is the black light virus that took mercer’s form, isn’t the villain. If you think that you didn’t watch enough of the web of intrigue

    • @matteoar
      @matteoar 2 года назад +1

      @@lonewanderer1328 oh, no, Alex's definitely the villain. Thing is his opponents are as well.

    • @lonewanderer1328
      @lonewanderer1328 2 года назад +1

      Matteo A. It’s as villianous as you play it. The dead Alex Mercer that got gunned downed at penn station? Yes. In prototype 2, he is villainous outright, he did have a good plan that worked though.

    • @matteoar
      @matteoar 2 года назад +1

      @@lonewanderer1328 So you're saying you never absorbed a civilian in your playthrough, not even once? Nor used them to slide, or ran over them while sprinting. Those are all villainous acts, mind that.
      To try and make Alex act as a "good guy" is like playing GTA while respecting all laws. You can do it, but it's so obvious that you're not supposed to.

  • @lettiejohnson2283
    @lettiejohnson2283 4 года назад +32

    The Legend of Dark Witch-You first play as a literal god of magic and then when you finish her campaign you play as the final boss Riva, princess of Razil. Not sure if that's better, but she has fire hands and can rain swords, so maybe?

    • @ShadowyKatz
      @ShadowyKatz 4 года назад

      I honestly can't stand the sword rain. It's too imprecise.

  • @timw92
    @timw92 4 года назад +3

    That intro had me in absolute stitches! Best thing ever

  • @Crunchatize_Me_Senpai
    @Crunchatize_Me_Senpai 7 месяцев назад +1

    Surprised playing as Master Hand in Super Smash Bros Melee wasn’t on here, but then again it was a huge secret and no one I ever showed knew beforehand.

  • @odysyr
    @odysyr 4 года назад +19

    "Lord of the rings conquest is a game of 2 halves, much like football or monopoly when I lose at monopoly and rip the board in half."
    There is no way in heck that wasn't Prudence.

  • @w.dgaster2532
    @w.dgaster2532 4 года назад +45

    This technically isn't a final boss, but The keeper from Evil Within one from the DLC "The Executioner." A boss that JUST. DOESN'T. STAY. DEAD. I think in the first game you "kill" him about 5-6 times. But reappears at the end of both EW 1 and 2 when you re-fight all of the previous bosses.

    • @JohnDoe-xx8yw
      @JohnDoe-xx8yw 4 года назад +2

      That could be a good video idea, if they haven't done it already: Top (x) Bosses That JUST. WON'T. STAY. DEAD.

    • @rimurutempest4945
      @rimurutempest4945 4 года назад

      John Doe Baldur from God of War

    • @Olter_
      @Olter_ 4 года назад

      That one dumbass from Halo

    • @encycl07pedia-
      @encycl07pedia- 4 года назад

      Darth Vader isn't the final boss of TFU, either, canonically.

  • @tripleskeet2575
    @tripleskeet2575 3 года назад +1

    I love that Mike shames Hawkeye when rocket raccoon is a literal raccoon

    • @jamesherb4384
      @jamesherb4384 3 года назад

      Mike just giving hawkeye shit, is hilarious

  • @franzicoy
    @franzicoy Год назад +1

    Magolor & Marx
    Both are Dream Friends in Kirby Star Allies
    Magolor has a whole gamemode dedicated to him in KRtDLDX called "Magolor Epilogue"

  • @ItsariMS
    @ItsariMS 4 года назад +79

    "In fact, here it is." Jane gonna Jane.

  • @jameshays947
    @jameshays947 4 года назад +20

    Mario Odyssey isn’t the first time you can play as Bowser. He’s my favorite Character in Super Mario RPG! Awesome game!

    • @BJGvideos
      @BJGvideos 4 года назад +5

      "Like the moon over the day,
      my genius and brawn
      are lost on these fools"
      --Bowser, Mario RPG

    • @dinoshotgun
      @dinoshotgun 3 года назад +1

      To be fair you don’t play as him you just have him on your team, the real first time you play as him is in Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story for the Nintendo DS

    • @jumpmadmadness1222
      @jumpmadmadness1222 3 года назад

      If we want to be exact, Mario kart would be the first time

  • @ondrejandydlohos
    @ondrejandydlohos 4 года назад +3

    What about AC 3, you spend the whole prolog playing as a templar to find out in the end in the horror in your eyes because you just realise what you did!

  • @RandomPerson-ty7lw
    @RandomPerson-ty7lw 4 года назад +1

    I know that The Last Of Us Part 2 wasn’t out when this video was made but It does have a moment when you play as a boss.

  • @chiangedison8080
    @chiangedison8080 4 года назад +11

    5:48 I COMPLETELY LOST IT WHEN THAT HAPPENED HOLY SHITE

  • @SigrunAeterna
    @SigrunAeterna 4 года назад +10

    I'm a bit disappointed that Dragon's Dogma wasn't mentioned as you play as the actual twist final boss in the tutorial.
    Taken a step even further in subsequent playthroughs where the final boss can be your playable character from a previous playthrough.

    • @moonraven6145
      @moonraven6145 4 года назад +2

      Also you were the Red Dragon's reincarnation if you fail to kill the final boss.. that game was pretty trippy at the end

    • @dudescrawny5859
      @dudescrawny5859 4 года назад

      Even Devil May Cry 3 Special Edition did this, I'm surprised they didn't mention that either.

  • @wizardlizard3641
    @wizardlizard3641 Год назад +1

    Fou Lu from Breath of Fire 4. Interspersed through the main party's journey you play cutscenes as Fou Lu, who till the last quarter or so of the game you may not have assumed was going to be the bad guy (unless you watched the intro cutscene). A wonderful piece of perspective that makes him a tragic and understandable character, resulting in one of my favorite videogame antagonists.

  • @Dmobley9901
    @Dmobley9901 3 года назад +1

    Ultimate Spider-Man, the game.
    You play as both as Spider-Man and an incomplete version of Venom throughout the game, at the finale you fight Venom at his full power, where he's able to ragdoll you if you end up earning his full attention, afterwards, when you beat him, you unlock the ability to play as him in the open world, and go on rampages through New York, or do his own set of side missions to upgrade him and make him feel even more ridiculously powerful.

  • @SithBunny1
    @SithBunny1 4 года назад +11

    But you could have played as Bowser years earlier in the Mario and Luigi series of games. Bowser's Inside Story, specifically, but you had to be eaten by him first.

  • @sagethestoned2017
    @sagethestoned2017 4 года назад +65

    Before the video: Haythem? They're gonna mention Haythem.
    10 seconds in: well, nevermind
    Second comment:
    "Do you know what it's like to be garbage since the day you were born" is a mood

    • @IamaPERSON
      @IamaPERSON 4 года назад

      I'm more surprised they didn't mention Shao Khan from Mortal Kombat. And Armageddon doesn't count, since he was playable before that.

    • @sagethestoned2017
      @sagethestoned2017 4 года назад +4

      @@IamaPERSON that's also a good mention, but considering the amount of assassin's Creed and the opportunity to bag on Conner some more, I'd have thought ACIII would've been a shoe in.

    • @z3c70r5
      @z3c70r5 4 года назад

      But don't you kill him relatively early in comparison to the game's ending?
      My memory might be failing me so it's an honest question

    • @edgytaco4275
      @edgytaco4275 4 года назад

      @@z3c70r5 No you kill him then there is the epilogue

    • @z3c70r5
      @z3c70r5 4 года назад

      @Mr Mystery Thanks for clarifying

  • @Vexsrusedits
    @Vexsrusedits 4 года назад

    I remember seeing someone in my family play as the boogeyman and for years never knew the game so finally I’ve figured it out thx for your help

  • @MrEvilbyte
    @MrEvilbyte 2 года назад

    The Warriors Orochi series typically unlocks the main antagonist (or antagonists) when you beat the game. In almost all cases, they kick some serious tail when you level them up.
    Warriors Orochi 2 also had an official story mode for Orochi himself (as well as some of his lackeys). Where you basically scatter the game's human casts (and even a few gods) aside like ants.
    Even in later gamers where Orochi (and his upgraded, more evil version Orochi X) aren't quite the final boss anymore, they still manage to be overpowered.

  • @monsterbeastiary9068
    @monsterbeastiary9068 4 года назад +20

    Nefarious, you literally play through the game as the bad guy, and when you get to the end, if you’ve chosen the evil ending, you engage in an epic boss battle with the hero Mack. But the twist is, your the one in the world ending metal death machine. Eat your heart out eggman!

    • @flamingrubys11
      @flamingrubys11 4 года назад

      EXCUSE ME WHAT

    • @electrospaghetti8388
      @electrospaghetti8388 4 года назад

      Yaaassss this game 100% needs more attention. Thank you good sir for trying to bring it into the spotlight!

  • @DavidCowie2022
    @DavidCowie2022 4 года назад +45

    Jane: "Life's too short to read the Silmarillion."
    Speaking as someone who has failed to finish it on two separate occasions, I can agree with that.

    • @rewritable_
      @rewritable_ 4 года назад +4

      I've been reading the first three pages of Ulysses for 10 years now...

    • @coyoteartist
      @coyoteartist 4 года назад

      I'm tempted to tell Rob from PA but I don't know what he'd do about it except maybe set Delson on you.

    • @ryanmarr5243
      @ryanmarr5243 4 года назад +3

      Stick it out, put the time in and it becomes something you'll struggle to put down again

    • @cacs2201
      @cacs2201 4 года назад +1

      I respect Tolkien to death, and I know he is one of the best writers ever
      But he is soooooo repetitive

    • @gakk8658
      @gakk8658 4 года назад

      If you think the oral history style of the Silmarillion is hard, try reading Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Both are totally worth it, though.

  • @Godzmin
    @Godzmin 4 года назад +2

    That's stealing the shoes bit had me dying

  • @tomodaphne
    @tomodaphne 2 года назад +1

    The Dark Lord from Miitopia joins as a guest for the Sky Scraper, but he’s not possessed anymore, so all he can do is throw rocks and give infinite HP bananas.
    Also, similar to Mario Odyssey, the final boss fight in Crash: Mind Over Mutant involves possessing Dr. Cortex.

  • @maz3746
    @maz3746 4 года назад +26

    The Vader intro to Star Wars was the best intro of all time.

    • @JargonMadjin
      @JargonMadjin 4 года назад

      It's like the devs going: "Did you find that fun? Because that's the rest of the game but including force lightning."

  • @unicornginny7132
    @unicornginny7132 4 года назад +39

    So you guys did mention Mario, but not Bowser's Inside Story? Not only do you get to play as Bowser, you get to play as giant bowser

    • @tyresefinney1985
      @tyresefinney1985 3 года назад +1

      UnicornGinny it’s final bosses. Bowser isn’t a final boss in that game.

    • @abhishekmajumder742
      @abhishekmajumder742 3 года назад +1

      Er wrong, Bowser is the final boss, we’ll Dark Bowser, which is Bowser but tougher.

    • @tyresefinney1985
      @tyresefinney1985 3 года назад +1

      Abhishek Majumder do you play as dark bowser?

    • @kevinrianto862
      @kevinrianto862 3 года назад

      @@tyresefinney1985
      No, but considering that they count metal gear REX as an example, Bowser in Bowser's inside story should count as well, since Bowser have been a final boss in many other Mario games.

  • @vexeddarklight
    @vexeddarklight 3 года назад +1

    I know this is kind of a late comment, but there is the part of Gears of War 2 where you get to control a Brumak, which is the technical final boss since you kill it after Scorke. The metal gear rex section of the list reminded me of that. There is also the section of Hyrule Warriors on the Wii U where in Ganon's Fury challenge mode where you play as Ganon, as opposed to the Ganondorf character you can use in other parts of the game.

  • @gatereaper
    @gatereaper 4 года назад +1

    I know this is mostly Xbox games but being able to play as Ganon in Hyrule Warriors' "Ganon's Fury" mode was amazing

  • @moonraven6145
    @moonraven6145 4 года назад +7

    You technically played as the final boss of Bayonetta when you guiding her into the sun avoiding planets.. it err makes alot more sense in context.

  • @ashf4200
    @ashf4200 4 года назад +5

    Andy advocating shoe theft is the constant reminder that Corazon really does put the petty in petty criminal.

  • @hoodedhedgehog6178
    @hoodedhedgehog6178 4 года назад +1

    I’m surprised master hand from super smash bros ultimate was not here. When you play as him in the end of the game in world of light it made all my dreams come true

  • @brentmowbray9536
    @brentmowbray9536 3 года назад +1

    smash ultimate being able to play master hand after having to battle him as the boss in so many smash games, you finally play the hand that has caused either so much trouble for you or play the hand that started the whole series (Cannonictly)

  • @Drakenlot
    @Drakenlot 4 года назад +7

    Breath of Fire 4 had large portions of the game where you play a recently awakened main baddie. So while you follow Ryu and gang, you also learn what drives Fou-Lu

  • @kylegregory46
    @kylegregory46 4 года назад +25

    The British stereo typing in the metal gear part 😂😂

    • @Alizudo
      @Alizudo 4 года назад +3

      Which is weird, because Andy and all of Oxbox is British

    • @dallydaydream
      @dallydaydream 4 года назад +1

      British people are allowed to make stereotypical jokes about ourselves. Self-deprecation is one of our few good exports.

  • @jbridge4249
    @jbridge4249 3 года назад +1

    Saw the title of the vid and immediately thought, “Gee, I wonder which LEGO game they’ll include!” Come on, OX, pretty much all of them let you play as the final boss. Take your pick!

  • @doctorwars2
    @doctorwars2 2 года назад +6

    i actually remembered playing as darth vader in unleashed (i had it on ps3) even though he was only playable in the first level (is it called level?) it was fun while it lasted (almost as fun as force lifting people high up)

  • @Legendary_Detective-Wobbuffet
    @Legendary_Detective-Wobbuffet 4 года назад +25

    Liquid Snake doesn't sound British to me. He sounds like a Niles Crane.

  • @michaelryan1767
    @michaelryan1767 4 года назад +10

    "Can you understand what it's like to know that you're garbage since the day you were born!?"
    Why yes, Liquid, yes I can.

  • @KingdomKey-ik4xk
    @KingdomKey-ik4xk 3 года назад +1

    Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Towards the end of World of Light, you get to play as the juggernaut Master Hand as you face off against Galeem and Dharkon's evil clones. Admittedly, that's my favorite part of this 100-some hour journey!

  • @TheDrakirikard
    @TheDrakirikard 3 года назад +1

    I was thinking you might have mentioned Albert Wesker. He was so fun to play! Even though like most villains you get to play as, he was about a 10th of his actual power -.-