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Why Are Final Boss Fights So Terrible?

Added: 08.10.2014 20:12 | 5 views | 0 comments

EGMR writes: "Its often a flaw of us humans that we see the past better than it actually was and the present worse than it honestly is. However if theres one thing in our games that I feel is an exception to that, it would have to be boss fights. I can say that because my favourite game of all time is the Metal Gear Solid series, which contained some of the greatest boss fights ever to be put in games. However over the course of the last generation boss fights more and more seemed to be fizzling out of games, and today its pretty much safe to say that boss fights as we know them by tradition arent really a thing anymore. Sure we had Devil May Cry 4 and God of War III and some little rays of sunshine here and there with things like the Mr Freeze fight in Batman: Arkham City and DmC: Devil May Crys attempts at doing stuff, but largely boss fights have taken a back seat to new trends like cinematic set pieces and the like. And its absolutely not something I feel is a good thing f...