10 Best Final Bosses Of All Time

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@qthequick 4 ай бұрын

Isshin the Sword Saint had entered the chat….

@kevinburke1325 Ай бұрын

Ninja gaiden on master Ninja mode is harder than sword saint isshin

@stonetimekeeper 4 ай бұрын

It is criminal that Slave Knight Gael is not included on this list. He is the ultimate final boss of the Dark Souls trilogy and widely considered to be one of the best fights Fromsoftware has ever made.

@eonwe5885 4 ай бұрын

Not a final boss. Sword Saint Isshin, however.

@proboz 4 ай бұрын

@@eonwe5885He's the final boss of the series. Stop.

@Aeneiden 4 ай бұрын

@@eonwe5885 you mean Glock saint Isshin.

@godly_potatoe69xd19 4 ай бұрын

@@eonwe5885he basically is, he ends off the series, it’s similar to how ppl call fatalis the final boss of monster hunter world even tho he’s from iceborne, which is the dlc, cuz he ends off the game

@deandrehoward1261 4 ай бұрын

Souls games are stupid.

@ianchilders4889 4 ай бұрын

I'll die on the hill that sword Saint Isshin deserves to be here

@robdurfee6861 4 ай бұрын

How can you have this list and not have Isshin The Sword Saint anywhere on it?

@pedrozimon 4 ай бұрын

We all know he's the only correct answer

@yuritarted9890 4 ай бұрын

This list has recency bias

@Ultimagicarus 4 ай бұрын

Because they never reached Isshin. Chain Ogre stopped them.

@deandrehoward1261 4 ай бұрын

Souls games are stupid.

@legitimatefbr9714 3 ай бұрын

@@yuritarted9890Metal Gear Rising is 11 years old

@harshitrakhiani8833 4 ай бұрын

Where is sekiros last boss? Isshin the sword Saint

@aanthoine 4 ай бұрын

I came to comment that

@harshitrakhiani8833 4 ай бұрын

@@aanthoine exactly my point bro...that boss itself is revision to full game sekiro

@n8doggy733 4 ай бұрын

bro, you think they made it that far?? they didnt even make it past Genichiro 😂😂😂❤

@harshitrakhiani8833 4 ай бұрын

@@n8doggy733 😂😂😂😂 true

@kraken5003 4 ай бұрын

in the trash where it belongs

@yoshi425 4 ай бұрын

Lets not forget how AWESOME the music for the Asriel fight is! Makes you feel as invincible as you are.

@LadyKattrina84 4 ай бұрын

We joked that when Ganondorf's health bar got longer and longer he was going to grab it off the screen and beat Link to death with it XD

@zoltire6478 4 ай бұрын

I want a meme of that

@FelisImpurrator 3 ай бұрын

MvC Deadpool moment

@pacobatracio 4 ай бұрын

I can’t believe Sephiroth was not in the list. From Jenova, to all of the Sephiroth transformations, the to 1v1 Cloud vs. Sephiroth…. That fight was one of the best fights in gaming history. And the music stands to this day as one of the most memorable OST in gaming.

@badman357 4 ай бұрын

That's the easiest fight in the game

@michaeljohnson6905 4 ай бұрын

Kefka did it better

@Ultimagicarus 4 ай бұрын

If GOAT boss such as Isshin and Gael is not in the list then zero chance for Sepiroth.

@jaythomas468 4 ай бұрын

Really, Odin? As much as I LIKED Odin, I thought Zeus was FAR MORE EPIC (especially when you consider he kills you in GOWII, you make it back to face him only to have the conclusion of your fight POSTPONED until GOWIII, and then his fight at the end of GOWIII goes through NOT ONE OR TWO but SEVERAL DIFFERENT PHASES).

@matthewapril3119 4 ай бұрын

It's had good thematic satisfaction, but gameplay wise, it was decent. It did allow you to use 2 companions at once which was nice but yeah, nearly every boss in GOW3 surpassed in spectacle and complexity and Thors fight just had more narrative weight really

@jaythomas468 4 ай бұрын

@@matthewapril3119 For real. Despite Odin being the “master manipulator” behind everything, the fight against Thor shortly beforehand actually felt WAY MORE CATHARTIC.

@kenshelle1 4 ай бұрын

Odin isn't a top two boss in the series let alone of all time😅

@josephalonzo1059 4 ай бұрын

Yeah he is... Top 10 WORST God of War bosses across the entire series😂😂😂

@kenshelle1 4 ай бұрын

@@josephalonzo1059 I stand corrected.

@krvgames9258 4 ай бұрын

I’ve never played God of War Ragnarok, but Jess is just wrong. I can tell that there are better final bosses in the God of War series, though I haven’t played any of the God of War games. Odin, is not a best final boss. But this is coming from Jess, the same person who got the entire backstory of Kirby and the Forgotten Land wrong and also said that all Zelda fans are stupid for being confused about the Zelda franchise having 3 timelines all thanks to Hyrule Historia when Hyrule Historia actually helped Zelda fans better understand the Zelda franchise’s 3 timelines. And considering that Jess claims she does her own research and doesn’t read off of a list made by someone else, that excuse is getting really old fast.

@SirStoneyOfBow 4 ай бұрын

It’s the least memorable boss fight in the entire game.

@kenshelle1 4 ай бұрын

@@SirStoneyOfBow If that's the best Odin can do Zeus is going to kick his ass.

@necrogenesis1981 4 ай бұрын

Giygas is one of my favorites, I still remember the goosebumps and disorientation from fighting him for the first time. I’m surprised Kefka and Lavos aren’t on the list.

@jgm111796 4 ай бұрын

Tears of the kingdom finale was awesome, the entire plunge into the depths was masterfully done

@wr5488 4 ай бұрын

Without doing the dungeons it’s one of my favorite bosses ever. 21 phases overall. (4 army, 2 Colgera, 2 Gohma, 2 Shark, 2 Bug, 2 machine, 2 Ganonfort spirit, 3 Ganondorf physical, 1 dragon Ganon) I especially love doing the dungeon bosses there with vehicles and other constructed parts. It’s like 2 hours long on a successful victory but DAMN it’s fun. Like water race cars to fight the shark, tanks for Gohma, flying machines with lasers for Colgera, giant bug zappers for the bugs, etc. Feels like a perfect final fight that wraps up the game.

@murilomarques5440 Ай бұрын

Zelda is boring AF. Tears of Kindgom is just a copy of the first one

@Kujakuseki01 4 ай бұрын

This is an okay list if you have only been gaming for the last 20 years. Where’s Kefka? Sephiroth? A ton of other bosses easily beat out many on this list. Mother Brain from Super Metroid is really the only one that makes sense to be here.

@bryanroldan9724 4 ай бұрын

The lack of Sephiroth - One Winged Angel is repulsive

@jorgeivanatencio6708 4 ай бұрын

Senator armstrong is the peak of random awesome bossfights

@NinetyOne999 2 ай бұрын

shouldve been top 3 10th is too harsh

@BraydenTM 4 ай бұрын

Finalhazard from Sonic Adventure 2 could be on this list, if only for the soundtrack.

@darshura8429 4 ай бұрын

The Mole in Judgment. That fight was just amazing, dark, challenging, and didn't "nerf" the character from how he is portrayed in cutscenes.

@DigiTism 4 ай бұрын

DMC3 is a prequel to DMC. The end of DMC3 shows basically how Virgil became Nelo Angelo. You got the timeline a bit mixed up in your description of DMC3 being right before 4 and then 5. DMC1 already confirmed Virgil was alive after DMC3.

@echsIncognito 4 ай бұрын

I love that Malus made this list, but..... How do you not have Sephiroth or Kefka?! 😱

@rafaelpozo9962 4 ай бұрын

Odin wasn't that great, baldur's was better

@felipeborges106 4 ай бұрын

great list!!! But i did miss The Boss in MGS3

@VictorStave 4 ай бұрын

Personally, I would put Lavos from Chrono Trigger on my list…but admittedly, a portion of that may be due to my all around nostalgia for that game; It was a huge part of my life for a good long while, so I always look back on it with rose glasses

@DonkThikkness 4 ай бұрын

Bayo 1 & 2 are my personal favorites. Great over the top boss fights.

@TidanLikida 4 ай бұрын

When it came to final bosses in video games, the first two that came to mind were Sephiroth from FFVII and The Boss from MGS3, but neither of them are here...

@smtrop 4 ай бұрын

Just started the vid. Senator Armstrong better be on here Edit: Why the hell isn't he higher on the list?!

@BornDepressed 4 ай бұрын

Getting the Wude ending in Sifu is a real trip... Because if you fail, it's all over. You can't use your abilities on him either, so you have to be pure kung fu bad assery to beat him.

@shaiglatshtein7093 4 ай бұрын

Fun anecdote: Adam Kadmon is hebrew for "Ancient man", representing usually the precursors to Homo Sapiens :)

@x.kalibre 4 ай бұрын

Well, to be perfectly honest, we already knew Virgil survived, since 3 is a prequel to 1, which revealed Nelo Angelo to be Virgil after all ^^ Great list, makes me wanna play all of these games!

@Historicutuber 4 ай бұрын

Senator Arm strong was tough. Didn’t realize he was an all time great final boss

@copper-dragons 5 күн бұрын

I feel like a lot of RPG bosses that allow you move around instead of being turn based are great, look at the White Witch from the first "Ni No Kuni" game, she was built up perfectly and handled with severe maturity when executed

@jamesianhutchison1165 4 ай бұрын

The Forgotten One, the end of DLC Boss from Castlevania: Lord of Shadows. Absolute nightmare that I'm still not actually sure how I beat. And I've never felt the need to face him again. 😅 Honourable mention, whilst not *technically* a "boss", Emil is the last fight you unlock in Neir Automata.... and what a fight it is. Visually epic and VERY challenging.

@noble536 4 ай бұрын

How can you have this list and not have Sephiroth? The coolest video game boss of all time!

@highlightergamble7279 3 ай бұрын

Malus watched you kill all of his friends before you made it to him

@thechknnuggetgod1709 4 ай бұрын

The Xemnas fight in 5th grade was maybe the most hype of all time when they start deflecting all the light beams

@alexisaviles484 4 ай бұрын

Video suggestion: 10 best anime game bosses

@aldotrioksidi 4 ай бұрын

Top 10 anime betrayals

@cjdowns5748 4 ай бұрын

I would say going for the good ending of sifu. That boss battle made me realize the game is a masterpiece.

@justexist841 Ай бұрын

I would love to see a video from someone who is the best 10 boss fights from 2020to 2024 anyone has that one yet?

@Frost4Real 4 ай бұрын

Final boss in Metroid Dread was pretty good, 3 phases and a lot to learn

@PaJammies1025 4 ай бұрын

The Baldur boss fight was much better. Especially after he gets his senses back.

@Historicutuber 4 ай бұрын

The Odin fight was really hard

@benjaminfleshman3948 4 ай бұрын

Ravenbeak from Metroid Dread is one of my absolute favorite final bosses ever. Very well balanced to be challenging without getting frustrating.

@badman357 4 ай бұрын

Odin got that drip

@lilshokan 4 ай бұрын

the best part about the giygas figjht is that this is the second time he was beaten by prayer and song. he has never been defeated by the classic whoop his ass

@WAB-wf3ek 4 ай бұрын

I I find your lack of Fromsoft disturbing

@moriconvallaria1279 4 ай бұрын

Kefka should've been on this list.

@proboz 4 ай бұрын

Best FF villain of all time. No MO, just equal parts hateful and insane. True chaotic evil.

@INsanityDesign 4 ай бұрын

Come on… Armstrong 10? We wish for such a Senator 😅

@chadflanaganCFC 4 ай бұрын

Nothing against Vergil, but I think Dante makes a better fit, don't get me wrong absolutely loved thrashing Vergil as Dante, and Nero. But nothing compares to that last fight against Dante all the while Vergil's music is blaring off in epic fashion more so with how it starts, and with Dante going at it with his Sin devil trigger makes you feel powerful to survive the form you've used so often before.

@wr5488 4 ай бұрын

Dante was a freaking menace. I thought Vergil was the hardest boss by a mile then Dante was like 10x harder. Amazing boss.

@chadflanaganCFC 4 ай бұрын

@@wr5488 I didn't have trouble with either, but after playing as Dante, and dishing all that stuff out the role reversal was so satisfying it was like a revamped version of the Dante fights in DMC 4 loved every second of it.

@parkerdolson2157 4 ай бұрын

100 percent agree with #1. That ending as a whole is why its the best game ever in my mind. I remember just full breaking down crying multiple times just at the end alone. If i count the whole pacifist run its just ridiculous lol

@jomar1999jm 4 ай бұрын

Odin was one of the most forgetful easiest and boring bosses in all of gow

@angeldillemuthactor 4 ай бұрын

Odin was a really trash boss.

@jamalvargas6146 4 ай бұрын

Phase 4 Dead Or Alive 5 Last Round

@arztje 4 ай бұрын

There are a lot of best final bosses that can be mentioned, but a lot on this list aren't that great. Odin wasn't that great. He was just okay - but he wasn't hard. Multiple Final Fantasy games could have been here - especially Kefka from FF6, and Sephiroth from the original FF7, Isshin the Sword Saint from Sekiro (many have mentioned this) should definitely be here, Satan from Castlevania Lords of Shadow, etc. This list is always going to be subjective but it needed a lot more consideration than what was here.

@makasete30 4 ай бұрын

Yes, definitely FF6 stands out with the final boss being incredibly memorable - how the music, dancing mad, shifts as you get higher and higher seeing the monstrosity Kefka has made. Lavos could also be on this last.

@TheZerbinos 4 ай бұрын

Odin isn't even the best GOW final boss, let alone of all time. Really snubbing Zeus/Baldur like this?...

@galaga2x808 4 ай бұрын

its criminal that sekiro isnt on this list theres no chesting or grinding in sekiro you either master the mechanics or youre not finishing this boss isshin is the pinnacle of boss fights

@gfg758 4 ай бұрын

You do know Vergil was in Devil May Cry 4 DLC right so of course people know he wasn't dead he is the Father of Nero after all

@gam3rtim352 4 ай бұрын

Nah. GoW:R didn’t have a good final boss. Odin was just, jump him. Mixed with a qte finisher you couldn’t fail. As a fan from the start of the franchise, that was weak. The Thor fights were way better.

@robdurfee6861 4 ай бұрын

Hard agree with this

@toadlord8594 4 ай бұрын

Definitely Agree with this. Honestly even the Berserkers were better fight and they were just Valkyries with extra steps lol.

@calebadair7240 4 ай бұрын

Forget What Culture Gaming. Gameranx is far better.

@krvgames9258 4 ай бұрын

I’ve never played God of War Ragnarok, but I can say that what Jess is saying is all entirely lies mixed with a side of not caring about other gamers. Like I’m playing The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom, and while I know that Ganondorf is the final boss, I haven’t fought him yet so she spoiled that Ganondorf would transform into a dragon. And this is coming from a KZfaq Channel who NEVER issues a spoiler warning in their videos, and when they do issue a spoiler warning, it is rare. But this is miss says Zelda fans are stupid for being confused about Hyrule Historia showing the Zelda franchise has 3 timelines. Plus, What Culture Gaming are just trying to be rip-offs of OutsideXbox and OutsideXtra.

@alunlloyd9812 4 ай бұрын

Dude I literally clicked on the thumbnail to say the same thing lol

@trojansasori3526 4 ай бұрын

"Odin great final boss".... Dislike

@carlosfigueredo5682 4 ай бұрын

Kefka not being here is an insult

@plague223 2 ай бұрын

Isshin and slave knight Gael left the chat..

@moviefreakdavid666 4 ай бұрын

Forgetting MK9 Shao Kahn that dude was a peak menace for fighting game final bosses

@cfields8507 4 ай бұрын

That fuckface had some darksouls level fuckery on his side.

@BerylliumGold 4 ай бұрын

I think she's focusing on final boss battles that are actually fun lol

@moviefreakdavid666 4 ай бұрын

@@BerylliumGold well Odin doesn’t fit that plus Shao Kahn is fun, but in the Dark Souls kind of way

@michaelcamp4990 4 ай бұрын

Zera Valmar (Grandia II), Ramirez (Skies of Arcadia), Zanza (Xenoblade Chronicles), Hades (Hades), Dracula and Death (Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin)

@TFM57 3 ай бұрын

I give to you for putting metal gear rising there

@narsagok 4 ай бұрын

Wow no Liquid Ocelot from Guns of the Patriots... just wow

@valetboy21 4 ай бұрын

A few that would have made my list Hades: Hades / Furi: The Star / Cuphead: The Devil or Chef Saltbaker / Fromsoft games: Ishin, Moon Presence or Elden Beast / SWJ Fallen Order: Trilla

@Historicutuber 4 ай бұрын

Yeah the shadow of the colossus final boss is epic!!

@jpaul0523 4 ай бұрын

You should do a top ten of the top ten top tens. What do you think top ten? Top ten

@connorborchert9684 4 ай бұрын

All 3 final bosses of undertale are epic, but the other 2 are the true tests of your patience meanwhile, azgore, you can just keep progressing, meanwhile, the other two it takes a hot minute to get their patterns down, especially a pun skeleton man

@zoltire6478 4 ай бұрын

honestly Chakravartin The Creator from Asura's Wrath is my best final boss of all time, even if it is DLC

@thekid92sho 4 ай бұрын

Xemnas was great

@jamietipton375 3 ай бұрын

Sorry, you misspelled Odin, I'll correct it for you: S-E-P-H-I-R-O-T-H

@AkaManah45 4 ай бұрын

Nice

@tomfurlong3491 4 ай бұрын

Does the last level of halo 3 count as a boss ?

@wr5488 4 ай бұрын

Guilty Spark would be the boss there lol And he’s uh… not the best fight lol.

@tomfurlong3491 4 ай бұрын

@@wr5488 I meant the actual level, when you have the count down and the whole map is falling apartt

@mxp1837 4 ай бұрын

I'd say Odin from Jotun!

@aif1992 4 ай бұрын

Sekiro?!??

@midnight4669 4 ай бұрын

I thought Skies of Arcadia back on Dreamcast had an awesome last boss.

@crow3370 4 ай бұрын

For me it's Dracula from castlevania and Handsome Jack from borderlands 2

@k.f.z.318 4 ай бұрын

Dr Wily and Handsome Jack my no 1 and 2

@cheeseandhat 3 ай бұрын

Not even a single Kirby final boss?

@archangel2015 4 ай бұрын

Persona 5 royal’s boss Dr Mario is simple just use an almighty attack which the boss won’t block, second phase attack first round then block until futaba your navigator tells how to beat him fight over.

@matheuspimentel5828 4 ай бұрын

Where is Isshin and Fatalis?

@donutcookie2609 3 ай бұрын

Jubileus from bayonetta should have been on the list!

@conordoyle1801 4 ай бұрын

Splinter cell coop was a great final boss

@matthewmoore5698 4 ай бұрын

Was swee B invoke with any of these I only play game with smoking in so MGS remake and the brew alone in the dark ( and it’s the chick smoking I like the really could smoke in the 1920s)

@tkf28 4 ай бұрын

Virgil from devil may cry Akuma from streetfighter Vesari from.killzone

@raymundolovera8796 4 ай бұрын

Truth be told, Odin, Thor, Heimdall... These bosses were weak and anticlimactic for the hype that engulfed them, Tyr was far more challenging, and of course Sigrun in Gow 2018, but those 3in ragnarok... I had such high expectations :/

@proboz 4 ай бұрын

Ragnarok was kinda bunk, honestly.

@lotrfan4237 2 ай бұрын

No way they put the stupid dragon boss from Totk over Gael or Isshin

@klitschkos508 3 ай бұрын

lao gui?

@jazzifizzleno16 4 ай бұрын

Isshin should’ve been number 1 ngl

@michaelt.lancaster9776 4 ай бұрын

Where's The Boss (Yes that's her name] from Metal Gear Solid 3.

@johnnydripp 4 ай бұрын

Ragnarok is such a masterpiece

@BaxterAndLunala 4 ай бұрын

Devil May Cry 3 was actually a prequel to Devil May Cry 1.

@patrickowens89 4 ай бұрын

WHERE IS GLOCK SAINT

@neon-qh7vs 4 ай бұрын

Ngl malus should be way lower and sephiroth isshin and soul of cinder should’ve been added to the list

@alunlloyd9812 4 ай бұрын

Guys... Odin? Come on. Not even a good boss fight. No melenia, ishin, final boss in dark souls 3? Come on

@wr5488 4 ай бұрын

I thought Malenia was a pretty trash fight tbh. Plus she’s not final boss. But Gael and Isshin I LOVED. Odin sucked too, he wasn’t anything special. There were way better bosses in GoWR. And way more games with better final nosses