7 Most Annoying Boss Fights We Will Curse With Our Dying Breath 

I let out a delighted noise when I realised this was going to be in the more personal format! My favourite kind of videos ❤️

[Mike]: "One of my favorite games was Tenchu Stealth Assassins." [Me]: "Okay where has Mike gone?" [Mike]: "I came up with a foolproof solution, which was just to use the grenades in the game." [Me]: "Nevermind, there he is."

“An MRI of the Locheness monster” is the best description of the Elden Beast and that is all I’ll ever see it as from now on. Thank you Andy.

"The Loch Ness Monster - now that's a monster that worked hard to establish their legacy. Didn't just turn up at the end of...Scotland." I am in awe of Andy's riffing abilities!

I like Jane's assertion that there's an "if" about whether she dies. Her lab is probably full of life-extension experiments.

Andy's impression of the Elden Beast is exactly what I needed today.

I like how everything Luke loves about the Elden Beast fight is what annoys Andy. "It's got that big sword attack." "Oh yeah, it's got a sword! Did I not mention?"

31:15 "you can finally discuss the ending of Kena with all the other *person* who played it" I love mike so much

The side commentary from the others was one of my favorite things about this video. It was nice to hear you all supporting and justifying and teasing each other over your frustrations and just generally having a good time despite having to talk about less than pleasant gaming moments.

I love Mike's origin story for using grenades in stealth games xD

I really like this unscripted format - I feel like with a different crew, it could be a risky choice, but because you are all genuinely witty and get along so well, it's so nice to see you interacting with each other in these videos! I'd love to see more in this style in the future :)

I absolutely adore this more casual format, the banter between you all is just delightful and makes these videos feel like you're sitting in a room with friends talking about games

I am in absolute hysterics over Andy’s description of the Elden Beast

Aaah, Malak. I remember him well. The first time I fought him, I too didn't have an optimized build, so he killed me again and again and again. Eventually I figured out that you could kill the captured Jedi, which helped, but he still killed me again and again. In the end, I had to resort to something I am not proud of : I pumped my Jedi full of all the stimms I had picked up over the course of the entire game but never used, and killed Darth Malak through the power of drugs. It was not my proudest moment.

"Doom Eternal is like a Bob Ross painting" greatest quote ever you just have to be calm and move around like a tornado of death painting a beautiful picture with blood 😂

Andy's bit about the Elden Beast "walking 20 minutes to run to it, then it teleports and you run again" gave me Rom Vacuous Spider flashbacks xD

Jane: " if I die" Jane does indeed have a second stage. It's a bit unexpected as the party who defeats her gains experience, cash and Jane drops rare loot After that though she jumps to her feet, lightning strikes her and Jane's second form now looks like three gods duct taped together and her banger of a soundtrack kicks in. This is really frustrating though since there is no checkpoint and she runs around draining health from OutsideXbox staff

"an MRI of the Loch Ness Monster" is such a fantastic way of putting it 😂

"An MRI of the Loch Ness Monster" made me laugh hysterically. It's so true.

It seems pretty obvious that the Elden Beast fight was going to be on the back of your steed at some point in development (same thing with the mystic deer too) but for whatever reason they couldn't get it to work or not at acceptable frame rates or something and then didn't tune it for being on foot. Because if you could ride Torrent throughout that fight, the biggest issue with it - the trudge from point A to B when the beast teleports away from you to launch magic at you - disappears rather quickly.

“Looking like an MRI of the Loch Ness monster” absolutely took me out lmao

Andy: if there is one thing you should have learnt from Jane and Mike you should have just ran away from the Elden Beast and lobbed grenades at it LIKE A HERO

@Ellen thanks for mentioning Kena, I never would have realized that it exists without this video. As a person that likes assembling a horde of cute forest friends and as a person that loves Darksouls I'm having a blast with that game.

I remember using the "running in circles and tossing grenades over my shoulder while crying" in every fight in KotOR up until you become a Jedi during my second playthrough, because I wanted to put all those levels into the Jedi class.

I've never played Elden Ring, but knowing the penultimate boss is Rattigan is a huge selling point. I mean, look how much that guy messed up Basil the Great Mouse Detective.

I love these longer, less scripted, more personal videos! It's really a enjoyable format, and way, way funny! I wish they'd do more videos like these. I know it's more taxing, but still...

The BOTW boss fight was a good mention. I got him, but he was one of the few that really burned through my fairies.

I love how Mike said he was out for Andy's story but was back and asking questions at the end lol

In our household, we became so accustomed to entering battles in KOTOR and then subsequently leading the enemies on a merry chase so that you have time to throw grenade/throw lightsaber/force heal, that anytime we did it in other games, we called it "the Bioware method".

Pretty sure 'throw a grenade while crying' is the pro strat to defeat Malak actually. Love you Malak

I remember going "seriously?" when a Marauder somehow tanked a BFG shot. They were just so determined that you fight them in this ONE way, with no exceptions or thinking outside the box. What was even worse, however, was when the final DLC boss was not only modelled after them, but had something like four phases and if you miss the "attack now" cues, he'll hit you and get half his health back. Such a missed opportunity.

Andy has no business being this funny. His comedic timing and storytelling are Impeccable 🤣☝🏾

Jane also could have used the cheat, which turns Darth Malak to a Twi'lek dancing girl, and then your character and Malak dance a bit and you win. The best ending, in my opinion.

Fun fact, the first time I played through elden ring I played as a holy damage dealing prophet, only to find out that it is literally impossible to win using holy damage because it heals the elden beast, I fought him for a madness inducing 2 hours before googling why I couldn’t kill him

Actually the funny thing is that ninjas were heavy gunpowder users especially during the mid to late 1500s. The Yga pioneered grenades, mines, and firecrackers as well as pocket cannons and fire starters. Read the Bansenshikai for more details

This is a really nice natural format. I'd love to see more of this type. Good list, especially Malak!

As a fan of long-form videos, I'm really excited for this one. These videos really let your personalities shine through. Now I'm excited about the prospect of an OX podcast (other than Oxventure, of course). Edit: We're starting off with THAT fight. You haven't felt pain if you haven't played through that section on the hardest difficulty and died towards the end of the fight(s).

Elden Beast REALLY feels like it was intended to be fought on Torrent, because yeah, the constant moving around in such a large arena makes fighting it an actual chore

This format is SO AWESOME!! Give us more unscripted videos where you guys just talk about the games, it's so cool

The intro to Nier:Automata was the most frustrating for me. The boss fight itself isn't that bad (although having an intense, multi-stage boss fight in the intro was really something) but iirc there are NO checkpoints. Not just for the boss fight, for the entire intro. I tried five times to beat it on normal before I decided to drop the difficulty to easy cause I wanted to get to the rest of the damn game already. I did put it back up to normal once I cleared it though.

Oh God... got to Luke talking about BOTW and immediately got flashbacks to that livestream where you fought the broken boss battle and a bunch of people yelled crap about bananas. That was a feat of endurance. I loved that series though. Edit to add, it wasn't a bad time for viewers Luke. (Not to me at least) I'm sorry it was frustrating for you to deal with but I have nothing but respect for you as a player. That fight was truly broken.

Totally with Jane on this one. There's a character in KOTOR II who says she wishes she could have seen the final lightsaber battle between Revan and Malak because her society believes combat is the truest form of expression. I always wished there was a dialogue option to tell her that Revan stuck Malak to the floor with glue grenades, then pelted him with the pile of thermal detonators he'd bought after selling off all his friends' equipment. Sorry, Brianna, my Exile was a cheating git. And he preferred Visas Marr as well.

As pretty as FFVIIR is, so many of the bosses felt like they were made into damage sponges just to extend the game length.

this was a lovely format, i really really enjoyed everyones little tidbits to each others segments!

Has the Frost Troll from Skyrim ever featured in 1 of these annoying boss lists? Sorry Luke.

Me: You call throwing dynamite around a martial art? Mike: Hey, as long as it works.

Just found this channel recently. This kind of video is just such a joy. A couple of friends chatting, gently ribbing each other, having fun. ❤

8:35 As soon as I hear this guy speaking, I remembered the infections in his line; and this must have flooded back memories of me hearing this line over and over and over and...

luke describing Doom as "like a Bob Ross painting" is 100% accurate

If you thought the Harbinger was annoying, I actually thought the fight against Sephiroth was a lot more annoying. Gotta love "I have a special move that sets everyone's HP to 1. Hope you're quick on the draw with those healing items". Oof, yeah, any boss fight where you have to do something notably out of the ordinary too progress can be hugely hit or miss. On the one hand, mixing up the formula so that the entire game isn't all the same is great and can give boss fights a little extra flair to really separate them from standard combat, but on the other hand if it's not clear that the pattern's been altered, you get those frustrations of "trial and error" trying to figure out what you're supposed to do, because it's also a fine line between using a glaring neon sign that people tend to dislike and so unintuitive that you get a large portion of the player base that doesn't understand what it is they're actually supposed to be doing.

The fun part of malak was getting the electric immunity belt from Kashyyk. Completely knocked out his weird double lightning chest attack and halved the damage of life drain if I remember correctly. It makes him way more manageable, then it's just a lightsaber fight. (Also, don't forget the weird mechanic of pausing and using healing supplies to not have it count as an action in combat)

I think most people had largely the same experience with Darth Malak in KOTOR, although I already had the life drain power by the time of the boss fight so it wasn't quite as difficult, just very tedious. I definitely remember using mines on bosses a lot though, those things were an absolute godsend.

I really like these group chat lists, especially when everyone comments on the person in the chair. It seems like you guys have so much fun with these ones.

Jane talking about the Malak fight reminded me of fighting the Arishok in DAII as a mage. Kiting him around the room, having your dog do most of the damage, all while the city's nobles and your friends & love interest are watching. Yay.

I love these vids when we get to see you all laughing together and just overall being friends 💜

The Elden Beast is mentioned in the Elden Stars incantation, though it's pretty hidden so most people may have missed it. It says that a beast came with the Erdtree to the Lands Between inside a star, sent by the Greater Will, and is one of the many connections the game has to aliens, aliens seem to be big part of the Elden Ring lore, like in Bloodborne. If there is a sequel or DLC it's probably going to be explored further

When I saw this was one of the 44 minute long, whole team talks together and gets real personal I got so FLIPPIN excited

I love that we get this long segment with Ellen where it's these beautifully rendered characters, with fantastic graphics...and then we go straight to a game of those glorious PS1 graphics 🤣

18:25 I love that Ellen was being very encouraging and supportive towards Luke and I equally love Andy's quick wit roast! 😄

I know Jane's feelings about RPGs. One of the first I ever played was Star Ocean: Till the End of Time and I sucked at RPGs so I was basically skipping as many fights as I could to get through the game. Suddenly, a twist happens a good chunk of the way through and very very difficult enemies show up and I was completely steamrolled.

So glad to see an unscripted list feature! It feels like it's been a while since the last one. And the fact that this video is extra long makes me love it even more! Thank you for this gift!

Major respect for Jane for even getting that far in KotOR without optimising, every time I tried to make a character that just seemed fun rather than building towards something specific I could never make it to the star forge

I love the personal format of the presenters! It’s so much more enjoyable then the scripted presentations

Loved this kind of video. Super fun to see you interact with each other. Shout out to Mason of The Weeklyplanet for talking about your videos.

Scanning my childhood memories, Nightmare from "Link's Awakening" is the one who classifies as an actual nightmare. It took me months just to understand what I had to do to damage its thousands forms. And there was no Google to ask to. The day Nightmare died (unlocking one of the most depressing endings of videogame history) was the day I became a man.

I feel Jane’s pain. I played Neverwinter Nights way back when and only defeated the final boss when I discovered that there was a spot you could stand behind her throne where she would stand next to you and neither her nor her minions would attack you. I’m not proud of that victory, but it was a victory.

I totally get Jane about the Malak fight. My first run through I was new to rpg's in general. I was playing a paragon with only light side and neutral powers. Malak had high enough resistance to make the neutral powers basically useless so I had to just keep spamming force heal, having a slug fest that I came out of worse for wear while running around the arena waiting for my force points to come back so I could spam a few more heals and get back into the slug fest.

Had that same issue with Malik as a kid! After dying for days!!! Decided putting up all the mines I’ve collected & having him run through them was the only way to win. Felt so unearned yet cheeky.

Even though Andy doesn't care about the story of Elden Ring, here's a very short lore recap for the last bossfight: Radagon was in fact the one who tried to repair the Elden Ring which his literal other half/personality Marika destroyed out of grief for the loss of her son Godwyn. That's why their hair turns from a brown shade to red in the opening cutscene. The Elden Beast is then the embodiment of the Golden Order (aka The Greater Will) to protect the Elden Ring which is stored inside of Markia's/Radagon's body.

Me: "Oh a list video just dropped, I'll use the last 20 mins of my lunch break to watch it." *taps on notification* "44 mins! I'm going to be late back to work!"

Felt the same way as Andy..I said why am I fighting a transparent eggplant now... even if they added a second phase to radagon I would have been ok because at least it makes sense and is on brand for fromsoft bosses to keep getting more health bars.

Thank you so much for including Tenchu

Oh my, this is Mike: Origins Finally the backstory is out

The most annoying boss I've ever faced was Demyx from Kingdom Hearts 2. When we first encounter him in the underworld where we don't really fight him, because all we have to do is get rid of his water clones with in a time limit, but later on we encounter him in Hollow Bastion where he comes back with his little sitar. HOWEVER this time not only do you have to fight him but he has a timer whenever he summons his water clones in greater numbers and if you miss one the entire fight restarts. You can't stop him from summoning his clones and if you are in a drive form if I remember correctly because you wanted to beat him faster you can't even destroy his clones for whatever reason. And I repeat if you miss a single one and the timer reaches zero it doesn't matter if he has practically no health left you restart the fight. He will make you almost break your controller whenever you hear the line "dance water, dance". And if you want to 100 percent let's say the ps3 version of kh2 you have to defeat all members of organization XIII as data battles including the blond little shit

"Get out of the way, Radagon." was exactly how it felt 😂💀

Love this format. Also I definitely did the same thing as Jane at the end of KOTOR 2. Those lightsabers where crazy tough

I will never tire of Luke explaining that DOOM Eternal is a zen experience

I totally agree about the Marauder from Doom. That fight works as a boss because it forces you into a carefully timed duel that requires your full attention rather than moving from one enemy to another as fast as possible. But as soon as you put it among other enemies you can no longer keep your attention on it for fear of dying to everything else which makes it much more difficult than it should be because every time you die your frustration with it increases because it doesn't feel fair like the boss fight did.

I remember in KOTOR that there's a piece of equipment that makes you immune to force lightning. Once I found that, Malak was a cake walk. I also killed the captured Jedi, still kited Malak.

I just binged like 4 of your videos lmao. What a golden channel.

I wish I could have told young Jane about the 'Stun Droid' light side power. At Level 3, it destroys those jedi pods. Makes the fight against Malak much easier once he can no longer heal himself. Of course, I don't think anything will ever beat the '&^!* ton of mines' big brain strategy.

That’s an issue I have with both KOTOR games. The entire game is built around your party dynamic, and balancing said party to handle each encounter. Then you get to the end of the game and you are suddenly isolated from your party and forced to handle the scary boss battle(s) solo, and if you haven’t optimised yourself for combat then you are going to have a bad time.

Some of the best personalities on the internet. Funny and genuine. Where can I find friends like them?

I loved his live stream when he was defeating the monk, everyone on the stream was making suggestions and honestly having a good time

nothing fills me with more joy than hearing Ellen's laugh

Most shocking thing for me here is learning that Young Jane played Light Side in KOTOR. I suppose that was before she properly discovered evil and her true calling. I do remember having similar issues with the Malak fight, and recall employing a similar 'run away and toss grenades at him' strategy. On subsequent playthroughs I discovered the joys of Force Storm and Death Field (and to a lesser and light sided extent, Destroy Droid), which killed those jedi healing flasks in a hurry. Of course, my favorite way of playing KOTOR was to ignore the glowing pool noodles and build as a gunslinger. Nothing beats stunning enemies and shooting them with blasters, like a hero.

For me it's always Jasper Batt Jr's second stage in No More Heroes 2 Teleport spam almost impossible to block or dodge, random chance if him punching you out the window for an instant kill, and a weird red mist that stuns you and leaves you open for both of those in succession.

Fun fact, shinobi were well known for there pyrotechnics, everything from bombs snd firecrackers to rocket and flame arrows.

"A calm tornado of death" - never expected to see these words in this order, and yet they kinda do make sense as a description of Doom Eternal. Mystery.

Ellen is extremely valid in her criticism of FF7 remake battle system. It’s very fast paced and the learning curve with every boss is almost soul crushing. You have to lose and try again over and over until it finally works. I played on normal. I can’t imagine how hard it is on HARD mode.

This young ladies laugh is contagious, it made the video that much more entertaining :)

I definitely agree with the Zelda entry. For me Maz Koshia was the most fun fight in the game, but doing it on Maszer Mode was an absolute nightmare.

Was waiting for an "old man yells at cloud" Simpsons reference when Luke was talking about cloud. Maybe next time FF7 remake is in a list video.🤞

This is exactly how my brother beat Malak. He also discovered how good stims were at this point, luckily his inventory was full of them.

The Malak fight can also be beaten by using any of the force powers from the "disable droid" tree on the dead jedi if you wanted to stick to the light side powers. But good work on your brute force option

That was the BEST description of the Elden Beast that i ever heard xD

A friend of mine had the best description for Doom Eternal. It's a rhythm game with a Doom skin on it. The music is more memorable not just because it's awesome and heavy and brutal, but because in managing your cooldowns for getting your health/ammo/armor back constantly it becomes a metronome to your dance of death.

On the flip side I always wondered what bosses think of the hero's abilities. What hero abilities do we take for granted that we would consider unfair if bosses used them?

Bro same for the Malak fight 🤣I ran out of grenades for the fight and switched to throwing the lightsaber and running around with force enhanced speed and healing to keep me safe 🤣

Tenchu! This is one of the games that defined my youth! I never see it mentioned anywhere! Also I cant remember even losing to Onikage lmao. The block button is kust holding back on the dpad.