Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-23790511-20150117181514

Last week, I made a thread about our favorite boss battles and what made them special. Now this week we'll discuss the complete other end of the spectrum. So let's return to some bad memories and talk about the bossfights that were just awful. Now there's no real criteria here as this could be the boss that was just annoying, too hard to be enjoyable, super pathetically easy, or was just dull and uninspired.

Before I start things off I have some dishonorable mentions, but none of them compared to the dissapointment of the boss I'll mainly be talking about: Mass Effect 2: Human Reaper Dragon Age Origins: The Harvester Prototype 2: Koenig Dark Souls 2: Prowling Magus and Congregation

Now that I got them out of my system I have to say the worst boss I've ever faced was the final "boss" of Batman Arkham Asylum: Titan Joker.

OK, I fucking LOVE these games. Arkham Asylum and City are phenomenal games that changed everything I thought about licensed games. I even got a kick out of Arkham Origins despite it being a repeat of City. And you bet your ass I already have Arkham Knight collectors edition pre-ordered. So yes, I'm a huge fan.

With that said, the decision to make the Joker the final boss of Arkham Asylum was downright executed poorly. Joker is known for his intelligence and phsycological manipulation, not for being a brute. I understand why he injected himself with Titan from a story point of view, but gameplay-wise it was bland and disappointing.

There's no real strenuous strategy for taking him out. You run from his claws a bit, he leaves to gloat for bit, generic goons are tossed into the mix because screw a legit one-on-one fight, you bring him down using a grapple punch him the face... REPEAT for 3 times exactly.

You win. You're winner. A winner is you.

Why doesn't this fight work? Well, it's a disappointing end to an otherwise brilliant game. But what really brings it down is how you don't even really fight Joker, you just fight more of his goons most of the battle and I hate it when games do that for bosses. The only real nice things I can say about the fight is that the set-up is good, and Mark Hammils Joker has plenty of nicey timed quips but that doesn't change the fact that this fight wasn't all that satisfying.

I'm thankful that they learned their lesson at least and made the final boss and ending of Arkham City far better. I'm sure there's worst bosses though that you've faced, so by all means tell us. 