Suikoden II's Luca Blight No silly transformations, just as well set up, exciting boss battle with one of, if not the most evil character in gaming history. He is also a very powerful warrior who can take on hundreds, as he is the bearer of the Beast Rune. He is the toughest boss battle in the game as well, although he is not the main antagonist or the final boss in the end. He is easier if you prepare, but a rude shock if you don't. A great boss battle starts with a great villian and Luca is a great one. He is no redeemable villian, he is the personification of pure evil. He rallies the populace of his kingdom for war by having his own men dress like a rival nation's and ATTACKS HIS OWN YOUTH BRIGADE. In the first five minutes you know how evil he is. He then goes on to slaughtering entire villages, doing most of the killing personally. He kills children, including Pohl, while laughing. He sacrifices the entire populace of the rival nations capital to his rune, making Kefka's massacre of Doma pale in comparision, and before he does this, he and his men cut down fleeing refugees seeking the border to an untaken kingdom. He has Jowy kill his own father (and king) at his half sisters wedding and becomes king and constantly abuses his half sister. He is so vile and evil, the other antagonist turn on him and help you get rid of him. And their betrayal of Luca Blight sets the boss fight up. The other antagonists tip off the protagonist side of an impending attack by Luca on their home base, allowing the Jowston Army to set the ambush. The battle comes to you instead of you coming to him. His entire column is killed by arrows, him struck multiple times...the first party lead by Flik attacks, he either beats them or he runs off, he is then attacked by Viktor's party, again he either fights them off or flees. Then its Riou's, the protagonist turn, in which his team has to win. In the boss battles, he gets THREE turns a round and has three moves, a column hit, a row hit, and a single triple hit on a character, add to the fact he is very good at counter attacking your party members and he is one tough cookie. After losing to Riou, he flees, and Riou has to kill some of his surviving troops while chasing after him. He then comes across an amulet full of fireflies, a trap to reveal his postion for archers. He then gest shot up, and still he is not done, and attacks Riou for a deadly and intense one of one duel. Only then does he finally fall, but not after laughing in telling Riou how evil he is and that it took hundreds to kill him while he killed thousands. And the game doesn't end, his legacy continues and so does the war. Incredibly well done boss battle that fits the story extremely well...proves you do not need to be an angelic figure with a five minute supernova attack to be great. Boss battle here.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H045qTJyds0&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUtArRUJyDM&feature=related Best RPG boss battles in history....(open spoilers, of course)
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Suikoden II's Luca Blight No silly transformations, just as well set up, exciting boss battle with one of, if not the most evil character in gaming history. He is also a very powerful warrior who can take on hundreds, as he is the bearer of the Beast Rune. He is the toughest boss battle in the game as well, although he is not the main antagonist or the final boss in the end. He is easier if you prepare, but a rude shock if you don't. A great boss battle starts with a great villian and Luca is a great one. He is no redeemable villian, he is the personification of pure evil. He rallies the populace of his kingdom for war by having his own men dress like a rival nation's and ATTACKS HIS OWN YOUTH BRIGADE. In the first five minutes you know how evil he is. He then goes on to slaughtering entire villages, doing most of the killing personally. He kills children, including Pohl, while laughing. He sacrifices the entire populace of the rival nations capital to his rune, making Kefka's massacre of Doma pale in comparision, and before he does this, he and his men cut down fleeing refugees seeking the border to an untaken kingdom. He has Jowy kill his own father (and king) at his half sisters wedding and becomes king and constantly abuses his half sister. He is so vile and evil, the other antagonist turn on him and help you get rid of him. And their betrayal of Luca Blight sets the boss fight up. The other antagonists tip off the protagonist side of an impending attack by Luca on their home base, allowing the Jowston Army to set the ambush. The battle comes to you instead of you coming to him. His entire column is killed by arrows, him struck multiple times...the first party lead by Flik attacks, he either beats them or he runs off, he is then attacked by Viktor's party, again he either fights them off or flees. Then its Riou's, the protagonist turn, in which his team has to win. In the boss battles, he gets THREE turns a round and has three moves, a column hit, a row hit, and a single triple hit on a character, add to the fact he is very good at counter attacking your party members and he is one tough cookie. After losing to Riou, he flees, and Riou has to kill some of his surviving troops while chasing after him. He then comes across an amulet full of fireflies, a trap to reveal his postion for archers. He then gest shot up, and still he is not done, and attacks Riou for a deadly and intense one of one duel. Only then does he finally fall, but not after laughing in telling Riou how evil he is and that it took hundreds to kill him while he killed thousands. And the game doesn't end, his legacy continues and so does the war. Incredibly well done boss battle that fits the story extremely well...proves you do not need to be an angelic figure with a five minute supernova attack to be great. Boss battle here.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H045qTJyds0&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUtArRUJyDM&feature=related 
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