I'd like more examples this is just off the top of my head ATM
No actual spoilers in my post expect for videos, but majority of these games are old.
I mean when I say this,lately some games final battle has been letting me down. They don't have that same "oh shit hes still alive!?!?" bullshit like older games.
FF was a pro at last bosses,you never knew when they were dead.
A few of games could have had better ending battles/scenes off the top of my head:
Halo 3 - last level is just fight the oracle and a ****ing car ride :| Fable 2 - good game but nothing epic to fight, just the same troll over and over Fallout 3 - to good for such a boring ending Assassins creed 1-2 - I know you cant do much for a boss but I expect more Oblivion - can't remember exactly just remember it lacked.
In the middle: Boarder lands - fun but easy DOA4 - fun but cheated hard as **** but made you play so hard to win. GTA4 - meh........ Tales of Vesperia - to predictable
Good endings: Mass effect 1 - just barely made this Mass effect 2 - It was easy but soooooooooo fun/cool Call of duty MW:2 - This here be some fast paced action, well for me atleast.
I'd argue that SPOILERbeing able to see ancient Rome, and assassinate the Pope just as he says the "amen" on the Nicene Creed (see what they did there?) makes up for the rest of the ending of Assassin's creed II.
Most older games have a hard difficulty. And I mean games from around 20 years ago.
You know those games where you get hit once you die and when you die you start all over. They may be generous by giving you a few lifes but you use them up too quickly.
Seems like over the years games have been dumbed down in difficulty except for some games which offer the insane difficulty mode.
I remember how pitiful the FFX last boss was when you could kill him in 2-3 hits.
I agree. I actually hadn't had much in the way of amazing boss fights. Bayonetta was probably the most recent. The last two are completely manageable, but the very first time you face them, you're wtf'ing so hard.
best boss for cheesing was definately the egg dragon in Lufia 2 (SNES). Throw one healing item on it then damage it for that healing item's restored hp - 1 and he died. The HP would roll over from max possible to whatever your healing item healed for, it definately made that super-boss much easier.