Bonus point for Jedi: Fallen Order: If you so much as look back at Vader during the chase, he instantly kills you

I love that Alice: Madness Returns one. It stays on your tail for SO long and then that payoff... In a dark, dark game, that was such well-needed relief.

Luke not being able run from whatever is terrorizing Ellen is correct, because of his knees. This what I come to OutsideXtra for… consistent narrative.

Alice: Madness Returns is one of the most underrated games of all time.

How about the entirety of Catherine. Both literally and thematically. Running from killer nightmares in your dreams after running from all your problems in the pub. It's basically this video, the game.

I like how the executioner reacts to big Alice like: "Oh shit."

Ellen: I think I know a guy in Rapture that can help with Songbird's waterproofing. Elizabeth: *Takes Songbird to Rapture* Songbird: *Dies immediately*

I love that Jedi Fallen Order is in this. It really did Vader justice, in that you fight through the whole game and then at the end, you think it's a final boss -- but no, it's Vader, and you are absolutely nothing against him. A nuisance, at best. It was such a great sequence, and the only way they could have done Vader right.

Love the inclusion of the Jedi Fallen Order villain on this list. Throughout Fallen Order, the game has been giving you tips in your menu on dealing with enemies. Reading Vader’s description, it basically says, ‘Escape is the only chance of survival.’ Such a polite way of saying, ‘Runaway!’. (Holy Grail voice)

10:58 Honestly, Luke got off lightly with only being called "scum" for filling a teapot that way, it's basically heresy

RE village baby: you can just stand facing the approaching baby at the elevator door and wait, and hold back on the controller. You'll slide in as the it opens, and quickly hit the button.

“Lace up your escaping shoes!” *looks wistfully at my slippers and accepts my fate

"you speak giant nightmare feotus?" "Yes it was an elective on Asgard"

"Definitely puts me off motherhood." was one of the great quotes of this year's Fear Academy.

A cross between "Glados and a Demogorgon" You guys have some great writers!

It's mostly in my head because of the Ori clips and Songbird from Bioshock, but the ink monster from Gris springs to mind too. A boss fight in a game with no combat mechanics (and no failure states) is always going to be dominated by the "run away!" strategy.

You know what would be a great "sister list" to these? 7 boss fights where the only way to win is to lose. And not even like, first tutorial fights, but proper bosses, maybe even final bosses! I can think of two from the top of my head and I doubt they're the only ones.

Is Luke trying to run away from Jane? I know she is close to finishing the “adjustments”, but Luke’s contract already requires full compliance or the “weapon” will need to be released, again.

And 50 nostalgia points for Ellen with the "Tremors" mention during the Ori section.

Loved the little addition of Tremors by Ellen. That movie doesn't get nearly enough love.

Monster-Ock from the 2000 Spider-Man game didn't make it on either list. Being chased by that guy was nightmare fuel as a kid, especially after managing to defeat both Doc-Ock and Carnage

Ooh, wasn't expecting Songbird in this list. I guess because you never actually fight him and Elizabeth takes care of it for you in the end. That said, I'm delighted to see Songbird because BioShock Infinite is pretty high up on my list of favorite games ever, and the ending from the time the tower is destroyed onward is some of my favorite bits of any game. The music, everything clicking together, being back in Rapture. I love the connection the two cities have and everything. It's so good. I would definitely love a Songbird toy like they have in the game.

"You know when you turn a light off and then you have to run up the stairs or down the corridor and you only feel midly safe once you've slammed your bedroom door shut because there might be something running after you?" Bad roommates, Ellen? Or just especially mean pets?

Ellen calling Luke scum for the tea made me proper laugh, also her jacket ruled. And thank you for including Alice: Madness Returns, that guy did my absolute head in

I'm still traumatized by the SA-X from Metroid: Fusion. ADAM makes itself extremely clear about how out far of your league the Samus/X-parasite hybrid is, and that the only way to survive is to hide when you can, and run when you can't. The first few encounters have you cowering in corners, under floors, in ductwork, anywhere that will keep you safe from the creature. But then, without warning, one sequence drops you into a room DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE THING. Your only option is to leg it, dodging its attacks and doing your level best to stun it for a heartbeat at a time with a well-timed Ice Missile. You do eventually get to destroy it mano e mano, but it's a long time coming.

Man - broken knees, a run-in with the C-Virus, getting into knife fights with skeletons, all in one year - and still carrying on with hardly a flinch. Are we sure Luke isn't secretly a Terminator?

It would be cool to see “Bosses that used your teammates as allies”

Strangely the death of Songbird is one of the most poignant moments of the entire game

In resident evil code veronica when Steve transforms into a boss monster all Claire can do is run from him while he tries to attack her with an axe, make sure to bring some healing items because he probably will a few times.

Have you talked about the World of Warcraft Wrath of the Lich King dungeon: Halls of Reflection? The final boss in that dungeon is you running the hell away from the Lich King himself!

I have another one, from World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King. In the dungeon Halls of Reflection, the last boss is the Light King himself and you have to run away from him while he throws undead minions at you and blocks your way with walls of ice. He walks really slow, (kind of like Darth Vader) but he has a aura of frost around him that will slow you if you get too close, and if you get even closer you just instantly die. The object is to kill all the minions he throws at you while protecting an NPC (Sylvanas for Horde, Jaina for Alliance) while they try to break down each ice wall that blocks your path until you reach the outside and a ship comes to save you... barely.

If you're going to make another one of these videos or maybe a "commenter edition", I'd love to see the Dahaka from Prince of Persia Warrior Within. It was absolutely terrifying parkouring away from that relentless tentacle time minotaur thing. You Can technically fight it, but it's only at the very end of the game, in an alternate ending, and not something most players will find during their first playthrough, so I think it counts!

How did I know we'd be revisiting Ellen's latest Fear Academy challenge with this video? Oh, Andy...

I have never actually been caught by the nightmare fetus at the end waiting for the lift by just standing by the door looking at him and just holding the button to walk into the lift when the door opens

"E.M.M.I. - Enemy from the Metroid series that looks like Glados (Portal series) and Demogorgon (Stranger Things) - What would you like to nick-name this character?" "...the Gladosgorgon!"

Ellen says “walking through a secret passageway lined with glassy-eyes dolls” like we haven’t all been there.

The one I will never forget is the Dahaka from Prince of Persia: Warrior Within. Yes, I know he's the secret final boss, but still. I first played the game when I was like 12 or 13 and I shit (shat? shitted?) my pants back then when I encountered him the first time.

In Paper Mario 1, when you initially encounter the Chapter 3 boss Tubba Blubba, you cannot damage him as he is without his heart (which he acquires later on), so whenever you battle him in his castle, you have to run from him.

Fallen Order has got to be the most accurate representation of Vader in any video game to date

I really appreciated that in Jedi: Fallen Order that they made Darth Vader as super powerful as they did. It would have been easy to go down the normal video game route of letting us the hero beat the big bad no matter how powerful he is.

Yup, I love seeing the Executioner, from Alice: Madness Returns, getting wasted by Alice. I know it’s bloody, but I can’t stop fricken laughing, every time I see that scene.😂😂😂

Back in 2019... Wow, good times.. No kidding. God bless video games.

There was the giant Spider Metalhead from Jak 3 that chased Daxter. A combination of things I hate. Being trapped in an enclosed space, having a giant boulder rolling after me indiana jones style, and finding out that the giant boulder in question is actually a massive spider egg.

That bit Ellen did about Thomas the tank engine and Percy and gordon....amazing. I'm old, so that hit me very funny.

“Did I imagine the caterpillar getting high” is a top quality kind

To be fair, ALL of Ori's bosses you need to run from to the point that I am surprised both games didn't fill up the list

The executioner is actually a bit of a breakthrough. It proves that the enemies aren’t brainless killers, just insane citizens who can read a situation

perfect timing! A few hours ago I found myself running away from such a boss: the Leech man in the "The Hive" scenario of Resident Evil Outbreak

After watching Luke’s intro this came to my head- Me in 2019: surely 2020 would be better Me in 2020: Oh! Me in 2021: Surely now. *Omicron Rising* ughh 2022 then. Right?!?

Kikimore Queen from the first Witcher game. I was all ready to fight her, but all she doe sis one-hit kill you so you have to run away and collapse a tunnel on her

I don’t know if this was mentioned before, but one of the first bosses that came to mind was Balrog from Street Fighter x Mega Man. Balrog had a health bar, but he also kept spamming his super move which constantly kept moving him forward. The idea was that you had to outrun him until you got far enough to where he would hurl himself into a bottomless pit.

12:40 that was the funniest part of the game for me, just him dropping his scythe at the realization he was going to die

Vader in fallen order was perfectly used. Powerful, terrifying and not overused.

No Monster Ock from the PS1 Spiderman?! That is basically one definition of a boss you gotta run from after your fight with Carnage the bloody red Symbiote the red alien leaves Cletus Cassidy and attaches to Doc Ock and turns him into Monster Ock and in the final Senario of the game you gotta run(Web Swing) away from him while the Facility you are in begins to meltdown and begin exploding if Monster Ock Catches you then its game over

Loving how the Executioner drops his scythe when Alice gets big, literally saying “GAME OVER” with his reaction there.

"Back in 2019... wow, good times." I know, man. I feel you.

First boss I think of when I hear "can only run from" is the Carnage Doc Ock hybrid from Spiderman Ps1

I "ran" from most bosses in FFXV. In that I performed a warp-strike to a high up place and let Noctis' crew handle things. I will say that doing this gave a funny result. Gladio always continued to fight, even if Noctis wasn't there. Prompto often died early, too busy shooting rather slow and his AI trying to run back to Noctis. And Ignis was much the same, but Ignis would run after Noctis the most. Ignis' entire role was to serve the prince so I found it interesting that even in the heat of battle, his actions are to stick close to Noctis. Most of the bosses have an attack that knock you down from the wall, so you can't stay there too long without at least moving around for a moment, and the moment you're back on ground, Gladio stays fighting, Prompto will continue to shoot but he's tripping over himself and stuff, but Ignis instantly goes to Noctis' side. How precious :)

The one boss you could only run away from that I remember the most is Smaug in the level, Greatest Kingdom of Middle Earth in LEGO The Hobbit because as you are playing the small dwarves of the Lonely Mountain, you see two yellow eyes in smoke chasing you and breaking down doors.

I play a game called Fire Emblem Heroes, and there aren’t exactly bosses, but units in certain maps that have a skill that makes it so you can’t damage them at all, no matter how strong you are. You just have to run around the map defeating the other enemies and hope at least one of you survives the required turns to advance in the story

Fallen Order: Everybody gangsta until the fog started having asthma

I know you can only have one Metroid game per list, but a better example would’ve been SA-X from Metroid Fusion. It’s literally you, but evil.

"Big horrible beaky worm-thing." Well said.😂 👍

Honestly, one of these bosses that gave me palpitations as a child was the Dahaka from Prince of Persia: Warrior Within. He was relentless in trying to catch you. To be fair, he's meant to because you're deliberately screwing around with the pre-determined timeline, so it's just his job to fix it...and you.

That's such an awesome moment in the Alice game when it gawps at your new stature and how cool is that thing's design as well.

The Dahaka in Prince of Persia: Warrior within. That dude had me panicking. It was the first enemy of that sort that I ever had to face, and it was a very memorable experience

Gris is an excellent beautiful game and basically you're running from all the bosses!! But the big chase scene is the giant eel during the water level.

The Giant Troll from Castle Crashers. First time, you're forced to run from him on the back of a deer, second time, you're on the back of a carriage, and can fight back.

In Final Fantasy 4: The After Year, you can't kill the main antagonist. After running from the initial fight with him, you will randomly encounter him throughout your escape from his spaceship. All you can do is damage him enough that you have a chance to run away again. Fortunately, he does most of the work for you with highly self-destructive attacks. In the end, his spaceship exploding is what actually kills him.

How have you not mentioned the Ultimate Being from classic Squaresoft game Parasite Eve? You initially fight the Being on the deck of a US Navy Destroyer as it goes through all the stages of life from infant to middle aged adult, before Aya realizes that even with the special Plot Ammunition you get at the end of the fight, she still isn't going to be able to kill it. What follows is a chase through the bowels of the ship to find the boiler room where she sets the pressure to overload in order to finally kill it. This chase is especially harrowing because even though it doesn't move terribly quickly _it doesn't stop while you are in a menu._ If you wish to pause to collect your thoughts or your nerves... game over. Bonus entry: if you stop to use the save point that you find in the room immediately after the fight and when the actual chase starts... it _will_ catch you before you can finish saving your game and you have to progress through the fight all over again. This boss ticks the "times you had to fight a nightmare baby", "bosses you can only run away from", and "times a save point tried to kill you" boxes all at once.

The fetus is a manifestation of Ethan's fear of fatherhood, and a vibe that screams PT makes me feel like RE:VIllage was trying to pull a Silent Hill

"Back in 2019...wow, good times..." With each passing year, this intro joke gets better and better.

I think Goose from Nier Replicant also counts... kind of. You can't kill it yourself and the only option is to run, but it has no instakill mechanics other than in the staircase sequence. It does get killed eventually, just... not by you or your party members.

Does Mr Oshiro from Celeste count as a boss? Because damn, hot damn, did that chase sequence kill me multiple times.

Who the F makes tea with less than hotter than the core of the sun, T-1000 ending, One Ring destroying, water? What an absolute monster!

Again, not sure if this one counts, but Bendy from Bendy and the Ink Machine. He's unkillable in Chapters 1 through 4, and chases you relentlessly in chapters 2 and 3. Your only option? Run until you find a Little Miracle Station to hid in, because there's no fancy animation, no warning, no death screen if Bendy catches you. If he touches you, you die.

"A giant nightmare foetus screaming a wet goodbye through the shutter doors" is maybe the weirdest sentence to ever come from this channel, and there've been some corkers. It could also be the title of a standalone game in the vein of "I have no mouth and i must scream", or an extremely unpleasant avant garde film.

How could you leave out Beetlejuice on a list of giant sand worms?

Another good one is The Monster of the Gate from Nameless Cat, or the "Red Thing." Out of the three bosses you fight in the game, this is the only one that you have no way to fight back against. You just have to hope you can time the jumps right with your kitty's lil stubby legs before this giant red beast catches up to you. There's no way you can hide, either, since the thing destroys everything in its path to get to you. Even if you do manage to avoid its huge, chomping jaw as it misses you, you'll be insta-killed the second the creatures jaw passes you in the chase. If you meet with its jaws, same story. You get respawned back at the beginning of the chase. Brutal. You only find safety when you can spirit your way into a cross using your special ability.

gotta love how luke calmly goes "shut up" in the video. gotta love that. 3:42

The Executioner from Alice: Madness Returns is the number one for me .. the sheer anxiety attack inducing desperate flight was so well done, especially because of the camera position it still gives me cold shivers to this day. :) It was very cathartic to stomp it into bloody paté. Afterwards it took more than twenty minutes before I could convince my poor heart to crawl back into its proper position. :) That game is awesome.

There was an amazing Spiderman game on the Sega Genesis that for some unknown reason had a giant gorilla that you had to run from for most of the level

The werewolf in Vampire The masquerade: Bloodlines. Sure, you can trap him in the observatory window, but honestly, you have no way of knowing you can do that unless you read it online. And then it's a bunch of flailing around, trying to survive until the clock runs out, which is surprisingly hard.

You should give a mention to Arthus from the Halls of Reflections back in WoW's glory days. If he caught up to you in the last part of the dungeon you straight died.

Spider-Man 2000 N64 The final boss is Carnage attached to Doctor Octopus and all you can do is try to escape it. Which is weird considering the rest of the game has you overcoming really difficult bosses by defeating them in combat.

Just watched the original version six hours ago. Are you stalking me like one of these bosses?

Good to see that Luke survived Show of the Weekend.

I love Ellen and that “standard??” was great

How's about Zorn from Remember Me? A hulking robot that chases after you once you break free from prison, without any skills or weapons from having your memories wiped all you can do is hightail it out of there. At least you get your sweet revenge on your early game tormentor later on by shooting it's power core while it is immobilized for repairs.

Since the original video on this topic came out 2 years ago. Does that mean Ellen and Luke have been running from their bosses for 2 YEARS!🤔

The RE baby chase you actually have enough time to get in the door if you wait at the door. It’s incredibly terrifying but you can do it.

6:23 Ellen forgot that there are also sand worms in Beetlejuice.

What about Goose from Nier:Replicant ver. 1.22. At first it seems like a pretty normal and straightforward boss but get its health low enough and it develops iron armor and a pension for endlessly regenerate itself.

there's also giant sandworms in the final fantasies.... everyone has dune tributes it's almost mandatory.

Ellen vs big worm: iM gONna ruN FRom tHe BIg sAnDY wORm, *FROM THE BIG SANDY WORM*

Skies of Arcadia - the first encounter with Galcian. If he catches you on top of the train, he's functionally invincible. And even if you are able to beat him (usually via hax), you still get a Game Over.

Thank you so much for talking about _Alice: Madness Returns_ . I love the Alice series and am looking forward to the third game.

How about the first boss in the first Dark Souls. You know, the asylum demon? The first time you try to fight it, you need to run away because you're only armed with a sword hilt. Second time around, however, you gotta kill it.

That pause on the intro was absolutely perfect.

I can name 2 more. 1. In max and the curse of brotherhood, at the start of the game, the first monster you see, you end up running from it most of the game. 2. In crash bandicoot 4: it's about time In the second level, you run from a mask guardian until he drops a bunch of boulders separating you from the guardian.