Isshin the Sword Saint was sooooo satisfying to beat, I’ve never had such a satisfying gaming experience than in Sekiro

For me Nightmare Grimm in Hollow Knight was pure torture and I jumped up and felt like a king when I finally beat him..

Vergil in DMC 3 on DMD difficulty was this for me.. I finally jumped when I beat him (when I was like 14) now in my adult life beating Vergil again on DMD in DMC 5 was another thrill, it took so many tries but once I did I felt so so satisfied

What I also love about Sigrun’s fight is the gradual buildup to it with each Valkyrie you defeat, specifically via Mimir’s stories regarding them. If you listen to them, like I did, then the cutscene after defeating Sigrun would make your victory feel even more satisfying.

After weeks of dying over and over against Malenia, I finally could beat her solo and without summons. I started jumping around. Now I enter the fog with a smile on my face, even if sometimes lose

God I love DMC 5, and DMC as a series. Such a satisfying ending to a story

I think Malenia deserves an honorable mention in this list too... my God the torture you experience fighting her. I mean there's a guy that's FAMOUS for beating her consistently, and hard carrying others.

13:58 Inner Isshin is the main reason why I keep going back to Sekiro, just starting the fight and try to find new and cooler ways to beat him is just fantastic

As someone who’s first souls-like game was Elden Ring, Margit felt like such a great achievement and no other boss fight in the game felt as rewarding as taking that guy down for me

My very first "I did it! I did it!" moment in gaming was then I finally beat Star Fox in the SNES. I remember throwing my hands up and shouting as a 10 year old, like I had just conquered the world. What a feeling it was that I remember it 30 years later.

Gonna have to go with the Valkyrie Queen, brilliant design, training you for all of her attacks by having you battle each valkyrie. Difficulty was only just bordering on frustration, but still gave you the feeling that you could beat her. Came so close so many times. A boss that really made you learn the skills. Definitely let out a cry when I beat her!

Sephiroth (kingdom hearts 2) was and still is my favorite optional boss to fight. Hard af on ALL difficulties, awesome music the whole way through, crazy looking attacks and the more skills you have the more fun the fight is. Extra fun if you have all the drive form movement abilities

Isshin is 100% this for me. The only boss in my whole life that had that kind of impact. When I beat him I literally jumped out of my chair like I was shocked and yelled, scared the shit out of my wife too.

Never had a louder victory cry then when I finally beat the Orphan of Kos in Bloodborne, four hours of those horrible screams paid off

Tell you what, playing DMC 3 Dante's Awakening and having to fight Virgil 3 times, each time getting stronger and then the third time his difficulty becoming basically a vertical slope due to his speed (and the camera), DMC 5 did not let me down.

God, Armstrong was such a fantastic boss fight. Frustrating as hell and almost made me give up on finishing the game, but beating him was the most satisfying experience of my life! Now everytime I hear "It Has To Be This Way", I see the game's loading screen and the first few frames of the fight in my head and my fingers start twitching from muscle memory.

Lu Bu was one of my most satisfying boss battles in recent games, my favorite boss in Wo Long.

Falcon: Vergil is a difficult boss Dante: rOyaL gUarD!

Roxas in Kingdom Hearts 2 on hard mode. Man that hard of a boss comes out of NOWHERE

Fatalis from Monster Hunter World: Iceborne expansion is my personal favourite jumping out of the chair moment. He was added as the final monster in an update, and he is no joke. Straight up rinses players in flames over and over and over again. Me and my brother had to plan the hunt, use the environment, make dedicated sets that balance offense & defense, and still we would keep on struggling, so when it went down, the quets completion music blared, we jumped out of our seats and shouted. It is so rewarding to see the thing go down.

The best part about Isshin and Sekiro's combat in general is that while he'll wall you the first time, you can slowly learn to beat him hitless on future playthroughs without too much difficulty.

The most elation I have ever felt for beating a boss was when I beat Gehrman in Bloodborne. It was my first ever souls game and the rush I felt when I beat it/him was so intense. That was my first playthrough then I found out about Moon Presence and beat that but that first playthrough was just so much more for me

The first boss I was ever stoked to beat was Dark Link way back in Legend of Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link. It's been decades but still can recall it like yesterday. Such a great feeling.

Isshin is the epitome of boss fights. Sekiro is the first game to truly give me that feeling of having started at a nothing nobody vagrant riff raff who over the course of the game slowly honed his skills and became a MASTER Shinobi. Even after progressing through the entire rest of the game, there were no tricks or gimmicks that were gonna get me through Isshin quickly and easily. After five days of countless hour sessions at a time, it was only once I stopped trying so hard and conveniently reached a sort of, “zen state” that I realized mid battle how close I was to beating him that attempt… and inevitably did! I came home from Christmas dinner in a food daze ready to just chill and have a million more goes at him just for shiggles. Little did I know, it was fated to only be about 2-3 goes that night. My first fromsoft experience was completed with the most memorable of battles and journeys to ever grace my tv screen and more importantly… my mind. Sekiro and it’s combat will be carved into the ether as one the all time greats!

Where was Yozora from KH3 lol one of the most difficult, well-presented bosses I've ever beaten. Super satisfying.

The Hellguard bosses in Doom 2016 were ones that had me crying then cheering once I'd beaten them. You think it's fairly easy when you beat the first one only for 2 more to spawn.

Ishin is one of my fav boss fights of all time. So satisfying. its tough but never unfair. Its perfect test of all the skills youve learned in the game

Icon of Sin in Doom Eternal was definitely one that I almost threw my controller to the TV once or twice while fighting him!

I will remember defeating Isshin, The Sword Saint until the day I die. AMAZING and SUPER HARD but so rewarding. I stood up and cheered when I finally beat him. Freaked out my whole family, cats and dogs included, lol. Great video. You guys are awesome!!

I felt so satisfied after defeating Malenia in Elden Ring. 😅

Isshin is absolutely my top victory in any title honestly. I don’t think I’ll ever get the same thrill from a video game again.

3 souls mentions, but your videos have been so good lately Falcon that I ain’t even mad

It has to be this way. Was a soundtrack that has stuck with me

Demon of hatred form sekiro is also made me jump in joy when I defeated hime

Honestly Owl Father (the optional one in Hirata Estate) gave me this. I was on that fight for days! Haha. After going through him and Demon of Hatred, Ishinn wasn't too bad. Hype as hell though! Man Sekiro is the best. Love your channel by the way. I love how ya'll just know your stuff, are super chill, and have one of the least toxic comment sections of a channel of this size. Been watching a while!

Blood Starved Beast - BloodBorne The Giant - Dead Cells Tilda - Horizon Forbidden West Elden Beast - Elden Ring Dragonic Tree Sentinel (Bridge) - Elden Ring Melania - Elden Ring Queen Valkyrie - GoW Lord of Doors - Death's Door The Eagle - GoT DLC Broken Vessel - Hollow Knight - my list (in no particular order)

Yozora from KH3 Remind DLC. Managing to finish him and the other bosses of the DLC felt really rewarding.

I recently picked up Hades for the first time… and I definitely went through this after beating him the first time lol

Two major boss fights I'd say that gave me this finishing feeling was fighting radahn in Elden ring...that fight was like an all out war. It felt so good seeing him fade away when he's one hit away from finishing the fight but also you're one hit away from dying. I can never forget this fight. Also the fight with vergil yea...almost broke my controller ._. And was upset that my friend told me how easy this fight was! This was not an easy fight what so ever....though if I were to go back through it again I'm sure it wouldn't be as bad as I thought now.

I am always watching your videos these are just the best thank you and please never stop.

Absolute madness that the cuphead tutorial isn't here

Pretty much every boss in Revengence made me feel like an absolute badass! Thanks for the awesome videos!!!

beating emerald weapon in FF7 back in the day was the most satisfying for me, and I jumped up and yelled like nothing else.

Malekith was a big bad guy for me as a samurai who uses two katanas, just 7 days to finish him. Now I am in Godfrey.

Sword saint Isshin fight has incredible tempo. The way the guy moves is just sublime, that makes it all the more satisfying to parry and counter him. The boss is a joke if you use ninja tools. But fight him using only the sword, and it becomes a dance.

Fun fact about Lu Bu: One legend says that he knew how to use just about every traditional war weapon at the time. In the Fate series, this is referenced by his supposed ability to be summoned as any battle class except Caster.

I want there to be some love for Aether from Astral Chain. It’s another platinum game. When I finally beat her for the first time, I was cheering. She is so difficult and so hard hitting. She really is the best challenge in that game. You really have to use all your legions to beat her, like the game is constantly getting you to do.

Fatalis in world was one for me

Not even a main boss, but when I finally beat the Tree Sentinel in Elden Ring, I cheered to myself alone for a good 2 minutes. That mf gave me so much trouble lol

DMC 5 is so good. Everytime I see it on one of these lists I just want to pick it up again.

man, when I beat the first valkyrie in God of War, I almost cried, it took me almost 8 hours... And I'd do it again in a heartbeat. Like you said, the presentation, the energy, it all culminated to make a frantic, extremely challenging and exciting encounter. But honestly most of the bosses in GoW were like that, just a phenomenal game

My first game victory cries were on the SNES doing the Roadrunner and Wile E Coyote bosses. Man I LOVED that game !

Nightmare King Grimm (Hollow Knight) and Nameless King (DarkSouls3) was actual Hype+Torture for me.. the satisfaction after defeating them is like nothing else!

KOS!!! First time I ever felt I can never defeat a Bloodborne boss. After a hundred tries I managed to defeat him. Loudest "YEAAHH!!!" I shouted in my life.

Literally any boss in” Prinny can I really be the hero?” Last one is insane but the secret one is the toughest I’ve ever played. Awesome underrated game too.

Honorable Mention: Terramorphous from Borderlands 2. Yeah he's a raid boss, but everybody gets to a point where they want to take him one on one. That solo victory over him is definitely satisfying.

The greatest victory cry after a boss for me is not my own. I was progging on Lady Vashj And when we finally got her after hours and hours of attempts, one guildie yelled out with vent open," MOM! VICTORY SANDWICH!" Great times.

I'm not a big fan of boss fights, but the ones in Metroid Dread rly took me on a journey. I got angry when I died to the first half of them, but i learned and appreciated the second half of them, getting pumped when i beat them. It rly changed my perspective on boss fights.

I’m pretty sure I remember my friend and I getting stuck on Lu Bu in Dynasty Warriors 3 or 5 (I know it wasn’t 4 because I never played that one). He was a baaaad man lol.

The only one on this list I've faced is Zed in Xenoblade Chronicles 3, and yeah, it absolutely does an amazing job of hammering home the stakes and making it feel like the fight of your lives.

I like your channel because you guys introduce me to games and genres and also contextualize them - helping me see how everything fits into the larger gaming landscape.

Gameranx team… I love your videos, especially your top tens! Just want to make one tiny suggestion. You know that meme of someone’s monitor blasting their face with a flash bang in CSGO? That’s what your title cards are doing to me 😂. At each countdown while laying in bed, my wife wakes up and gives me an earful. If you were to get darker title cards, I’m sure many of us dudes watching your vids in bed will thank you for it! Keep up the great stuff!

Definitely a good example of a hard boss is the Pure Vessel from Hollow Knight, more specifically, the Pantheon of the Knight. If you don’t know what it is, it’s the boss rush that is filled with incredibly hard bosses in the game. The boss by itself is incredibly tricky to learn how to beat. Just beating it in practice mode felt really good. I heard that Absolute Radiance in the Pantheon of Hollownest was harder but I felt done with the game after I had my last victory.

I think there's two bosses that really stick with me overall. First one, I'd say Red in GSC and HGSS. For me, I hate grinding, so most of the gyms and the Pokemon League I ended up at with pokemon at a similar level to theirs (usually). But with Red, I was severely underleveled after making my way towards him almost as soon as I was able to. And while his team isn't "perfect counter to everything" kind of thing, it still poses a good challenge and was difficult for me and my lower leveled 'mons to break through. The second one, I wouldn't necessarily call "hard" (at least not on the normal difficulty), but beating Heimdall's ass in God of War Ragnarok felt incredibly satisfying. That dude was the most narcissistic, egotistical, self-centered sonovatog I've ever encountered, and seeing him react to actually get hurt before taking him out just felt so damn good. Sucker got what he deserved, and I think even that was too kind for him.

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Theseus in God of War 2 Titan Mode. Biggest challenge ever and the way you slam his face to the door even makes it more satisfying after defeating him

I feel more proud of my self if i defeat one of these kindnof bosses then when i pass an exam

Sigrun, Isshin the Sword Saint, & Soloing Malenia, Gael and Darkeater Midir have to be tops for me. Also beating Contra 3 with my brother back in the day was a joyous occasion for us both

I submit Bloodborne's Ludwig, the Accursed for your consideration. Such a fun boss, but oh so complicated. Highly satisfying starting to get the rythm and then you get him to half his health, phase 2 begins and baw god it's like starting over. Such a good fight

My favourite Bosses are Theseus and the Minotaur from HADES. Brilliant gameplay and a chef’s kiss soundtrack. Always a pleasure to fight these guys 🤘🏻

Malenia or Mohg in ER for me. Took about 4 hours each before I finally beat them without any summons. I wanted to claw my keyboard keys out at multiple points throughout both struggles.

Funny thing is I'm still stuck on the devil and senator armstrong

Thumbnail aside which I totally agree with, the first one that came to mind was Isshin Ashina. Granted, I used a guide or two to help beat him but even with guidance, it was so damn tough. Especially with the guilt of dragonrot.

That Zed fight was fun! Glad to see xc3 get love

For me it's a close battle between Malenia in Elden Ring and Isshin in Sekiro. I'd put the edge on Malenia because even with all the help the game gives you, it is still the most difficult boss in Souls history. Honorable mention to Ornstein and Smough in DS1, too.

Not seeing a single ninja gaiden boss on this list is considered a crime in some countries

It took me 8 hours to beat Sigrun. The most sadistic and insane gaming boss ever!

I remember beating Lu Bu in Dynasty Warriors 3 on Hard in the Hu Lao Gate level. That was a proud moment haha

Icon of Sin in Eternal was so chaotic and fun. The portals are your friend

Z is just soooo cool, it really feels like the end of the xenoblade series (or at least those 3 games)

Immediately started typing my Isshin comment lol. Such an awesome end to a fantastic game. When I finally beat him I had no resurrections left and you couldn't even see a sliver of my HP bar. Best believe I let out that victory screech.

THE END from metal gear snake eater was one of the hardest and most satisfying because it relied on your hearing and vision to engage in a sniper duel with an OG

I still haven’t beaten Isshin. I have to take a few days to just practice his fight and beat him. Easily the most insane boss in From history, and I’ve finished all other boss fights in their catalogue of villains

A fight that isn't hard but it was satisfying for me was hollow knight when you fight that council of grasshoppers, when they both jump off their thrones and attack you simultaneously the way you attack and evade felt real satisfying especially after the first few fights where they beat me down

First off top o the dome is Sephiroth from KH2. Such an epic fight with so many awesome skills to showcase and was just hard enough that it capped off the game perfectly. I love Kingdom Hearts

Crawmerax from the OG Borderlands was one of, if not the hardest, boss I ever beat. It took me over a month or more to beat it. When I did, I remember the sheer euphoria and it was incredible! I still remember it to this day going on 15 years later

Don't remember his name, but FF12 had a boss that would take a few hours to beat. Oh, and the FF11 mmo also had some REALLY long boss fights. Finishing those were a major sigh of relief.

I reckon statistically Margit, The Fell Omen has the most victory cries.

After I beat the elden beast I stood up and started screaming 😂😂such a epic feeling after you beat elden ring for the first time and it was my first souls game so it made it even more hyped.

Falcon you're my guy man 👌👌 you make this channel what it is❤️

For the Metroid series I’d place just about any of the bosses from Dread over the Omega Pirate, but especially Raven Beak

Isaac frost from fnc made me do a victory run. Beating him was more then a challenge bc m

Gael, Isshin and Armstrong are such good fights. I expected to see the Orphan of Kos in the list, definitely my fav boss. I haven't seen many people saying it, but I had such a hard time defeating Roxas from KH2, definitely screamed after defeating him. Also Ishidora (I think it was) from Blasphemous and a lot of bosses from Hollow knight

I'm super amazed how difficult the bosses listed must be since I've encountered difficult bosses but never played these games, they must be on another level entirely.

Hi Mr Falcon, here be folks. 🦅

Man is it just me but I think Ishin is super easy at least for me

The boss fight against Inner Agent 3 in the Octo Expansion DLC for Splatoon 2 made me cry tears of joy when I finally beat them. It took me months to beat Inner Agent 3 and I did it, it's even harder than the secret level in the Splatoon 3 story mode because at least with that one in only took me weeks to complete as oppose to months.

I just finished DMC5 for the first time on the veteran difficulty and I'm going in again with Son of Sparda difficulty now. Story wise, DMC3 is better, but the gameplay and the Vergil's fight, thrice as superior in DMC5. Can't wait for another round!!!

10 Victory Shouts that Made our Boss Hard

Literally every FromSoft boss ever: