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I honestly haven't faced many bosses that have felt unique or really that interesting. It's mostly the same ol' formula in any game that isn't niche.
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Mr. Freeze in Arkham City

He's part puzzle, part boss. He can only be attacked in certain ways, but he'll learn those attacks and will stop you from doing it. For instance, if you sneak up behind him and clock him, he'll open up vents on the back of his suit which damage you if you get close.
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so you're basically looking for gimmicky boss fights?
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pegusus123456 posted...

Mr. Freeze in Arkham City

He's part puzzle, part boss. He can only be attacked in certain ways, but he'll learn those attacks and will stop you from doing it. For instance, if you sneak up behind him and clock him, he'll open up vents on the back of his suit which damage you if you get close.

That's what I thought of coming into this topic. Only one in recent memory that has stood out to me. I really enjoyed it, and on harder difficulties it posed a challenge.
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I liked a few of the bosses in Persona 5
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Most bosses from Borderlands 2 Tiny Tina's DLC. Lots of references, dry humor and even a tear jerker.
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Souls series had a bunch of them.

Demon's Souls definitely had the most "gimmicky" bosses. Old Monk (summons another player), Fool's Idol (had to kill hidden NPC), Storm King (had to use Storm Ruler), and more.

Dark Souls III tried to recreate some of those ideas, but they just came off as frustrating homages rather than fun or entertaining fights (especially the Old Monk copycat).

SoundNetwork posted...

so you're basically looking for gimmicky boss fights?

No. I'm looking at what which bosses YOU find entertaining.

I will agree that Borderlands had entertaining bosses. They just skipped my mind because I haven't played in a while. The Souls games have pretty atmospheric bosses too. Almost completely forgot about some of the gimmick bosses in Demon's Souls. They weren't that fun.

I was just saying that bosses aren't really that interesting typically.
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In terms of bosses specifically, I loved Furi.

And more recently, even though they didn't always work, the bosses in Sonic Mania were pretty varied and interesting.
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Nazanir posted...

Most bosses from Borderlands 2 Tiny Tina's DLC. Lots of references, dry humor and even a tear jerker.

Um, this is the DLC with the absolutely horrendous Handsome Dragon. I hope you're not counting that one. I mean, it's not as bad as Jackenstein or the Badassasaurus, but it's still pretttttty awful.

How recent is recent? Rabi-Ribi's free Halloween DLC boss, the new bosses from the DLC that released yesterday, and the standard game's first endgame boss and all postgame bosses are some of the most fun and interesting bosses I've seen in 2D game. Some of them took me six or more hours to beat, too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXSDa8aGOe0

Not many other games I've played with noteworthy bosses in the last year. Most bosses nowadays are just setpieces or have too small an attack pool to be interesting.
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