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The Castlevania Dungeon Forums => General Castlevania Discussion => Topic started by: DingusBelmondo on March 18, 2010, 09:13:00 PM
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Draculas included, what do you think is the coolest boss ever, in terms of design, or how epic the battle was. The two games with the best roster IMO are Harmony of Dissonance and Dawn of Sorrow.
5. Adremelech (super badass, and hard. Awesome design)
4. *TIE* Beezelbub (just incredibly creepy)/Legion Corpse (the atmosphere, the screaming skeleton with the wiggly head. It's all so awesome)
3. Gergoth (super epic battle. Cool design)
2. Balore *aria* (great buildup. hard. menacing)
1. *TIE* Abbadon (awesome atmosphere, great design)/ Paranoia (Sweet concept. Great battle)
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The fight with Julius in Aria of Sorrow was the best boss experience I've yet to have with the series. Everything about it was amazing- the scenero and buildup, the fight mechanics, the huge spontaneous vacuum-cross cracking off a part of the castle and Julius whipping out the classic subweapons afterwards, etc.
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I too think the Julius boss conflict was also very epic. :)
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I still love the zombie Trevor, Sypha and Grant fight in SotN, its just so cool to see all 4 (Alucard included) of them together
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I still love the zombie Trevor, Sypha and Grant fight in SotN, its just so cool to see all 4 (Alucard included) of them together
Indeed... it was awesome. Humanoid enemies are usually the best, and boss versions are always cool.
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I too think the Julius boss conflict was also very epic. :)
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But Julius is a little dink dink. His battles sick but he is a wee baby man.
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But Julius is a little dink dink. His battles sick but he is a wee baby man.
That is becouse he is holding back :)
He says so after the fight. So it is true :P
Love that fight. But my fav fight must be Eligor, the reason being that it have to be done differently. Most other bosses you just hack away at the boss. With Eligor, you have to get past and climb up on him to be able to hurt him. Kinda like Shadow of Collossus.
I was totaly blown away first time I fought him.
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I don't have my most favourite boss battle, but final fight in Portrait of Ruin was perfect. It's full of atmosphere (with classical feel in it), it's challenging and design of enemies and attacks is great. I couldn't imagine a better final boss fight for twentieth anniversary game in the series.
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I have to vote for fighting Soma-cula, while playing as Soma, in DoS. It can only be done after doing a complicated glitch, so very few people have actually done it.
That makes it THE coolest boss fight:)
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Galamoth for the first time....without that item that absorbs electricity (forgot name)
he was like "wtf i'm outta here yo"
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5. Galamoth (no beryl circlet)
4. Belzebub (Holy Crap On A Stick!), Legion corpse (Nifty)
3. HoD's Dracula (Just Awesome), CoTM's Dracula (Hard as Hell), CotM's Carmilla (Difficult and Hot)
2. Julius Belmont
1. Dawn's Soma Cruz, CV64's Death, Menace
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5. Galamoth (no beryl circlet)
yes!
4. Belzebub (Holy Crap On A Stick!), Legion corpse (Nifty)
sorta.
3. HoD's Dracula (Just Awesome), CoTM's Dracula (Hard as Hell), CotM's Carmilla (Difficult and Hot)
are you kidding me?
2. Julius Belmont
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1. CV64's Death
yeah!
sorry i didn't mean to bash your post dude but your opinions were "almost" like mine...
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i don't know if these are the coolest, but i'm most fond of the early bosses in Symphony of the Night and Legacy of Darkness, probably since i've replayed them the most and they're so classic now.
one that deserves mention is the Sea Dragon in Legacy of Darkness. the atmosphere of being in the lower deck of a ghost ship and then having that thing puncture the ship and fill up with water. and then having to fight that thing. pure awesomeness.
then there's the giant ape skeleton in LoD and C64. its just such a fun dumb giant boss to have to take down.
then there's Slogra and Gaibon from SotN. i had fun fighting them in as many ways as possible, and you can fight them early when you're not leveled up in a constricted spot if you dare too. they were uber epic at the end of Castlevania 64 when you also add Death to the mix.
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Nobody mentioned the Slogra/Gaibon/Death fights right before Dracula in SCIV? Tsk tsk tsk.
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er, oops, i said Castlevania 64 when i mean to say Super Castlevania 4 when I added Death to the list of Slogra/Gaibon.
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Damn!!! Forgot about that too. That was an epic fight! And the tune 'Room of close associates' only enhances the experience! :D
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yes....and it was kinda hard too, Slogra and Gaibon had their scene there because in SotN they were soooo easy... :(
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yep, they were so easy, but it was fun to try to beat them with handicaps, like bare fists or the red rust.
how about the Statue of Liberty boss from the Famicom version of Kid Dracula? haha, it'd be awesome if they redid that "boss" to actually fight you in a "real" Castlevania game like they did so many other Kid Dracula enemies.
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Living Armor from bloodlines. Looked sweet, and it was sweet to see it dismembering.
Or the Mega Ultra Hyper Super Duper Disco-Dancing Gears of DoomTM
Behemoth from CV64. Now I know that folk does something. Plus, we dismember it. Awesome.
Maybe Death from Bloodlines, just for the sake of the boss rush.
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Dracula in SCV4. Not because of Dracula himself, but the whole atmosphere, music and so on. I love everything about it.
I also like the Brauner fight in PoR, believe it or not. And Legion was a really cool boss until it began appearing in faaaar too many games.
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I also like the Brauner fight in PoR, believe it or not.
I almost forgot about that one. Yea, it was quite original, I also like it.
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yep, they were so easy, but it was fun to try to beat them with bare fists.
in my most recent record for SotN speed run i realized the fastest way to kill them at that level is bare fisted.
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#5: Trevor from Curse of Darkness.
Mainly the setup for this one. Trevor threatens Hector, badass music plays, and decent fight ensues. Not hard, but fun.
#4: Galamoth from Symphony of the Night.
This fight is difficult enough with Alucard, and is refreshing after some easier bosses in the Inverted Castle. Beating him with Richter is even harder. No Hydro Spam, here.
#3: Soma from Dawn of Sorrow.
Again, setup here is nice. I usually fight him with only Julius, which makes him pretty hard. Alucard and Yoko have an easier time with him, but it's the small space that really makes him even remotely challenging. Good and fun encounter.
#2: Death from Castlevania.
This fight is still my least favorite in Castlevania history. He's so tough that I still end up cheesing him with Holy Water. This battle is still why Death is considered a menace, even if his later incarnations fluctuate in difficulty.
#1: Dracula from Dracula X Chronicles.
Holy smacks. Third form is a beast! Form one and two are predictable, but form three keeps you guessing and memorizing! The developers knew this, too, because the music is a beatiful extension of Dance of Illusions, and Dracula seems to always say something different before sprouting his wings. It took me forever to finally beat him, because he always threw out something new, but I never got frustrated. This fight inspired determination, and that is why it is number one!
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Hmm... There are so many good ones..
5. Zombie trio in Castlevania sotn
4. Hugh Baldwin -this guy was awesome to fight, I mean how often do you see a boss RUN after you?
3. Dracula sotn
2. Richter - back then when the good guy turning evil was kinda a new thing in video games
1. Evil Soma -He IS badass.
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More ones...
Soma Cruz from DoS. He IS soooooo badass. Actually, his 2nd form (ripped from Rondo) kicked my butt over 12 times before I figured his pattern.
Did he had a pattern? Well, I think so. DoS is sooooooooo awesome.
But we're not here for that.
Drac's 2nd form in CotM. No questions asked.
Drac in Vampire's Kiss. SO effingly hard. Just play it.
Skeletons on motorcycles Our friend Ortega, the ultimate were-thing. I think it's a Chimera.
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It is a chimera. But I still don't know how you can get a chimera form from a man-beast concidering they are two totally different spieces. But i guess that's Dracula's power for ya.
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Hugh Baldwin. Now that guy brought me some fond memories. I tried fighting him over and over agian with every possible combination. It was arguably one of the best bossfights I ever had.
I also loved the Dracula fight in Circle of the Moon because he actualy attacks you from off screen and had a new awesome boss theme (that we have yet to hear redone, dear IGA, bring that music back!) and had one of the coolest "true forms of Dracula" to be showcased thus far.