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what boss in any video game has an insanely cool intro to them before fighting? (feddit.uk)
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[–] Pyro@programming.dev 46 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

Alright, the truth then. You're right about one thing... I do need capital. And votes. Wanna know why? "I have a dream." That one day, every person in this nation will control their OWN destiny. A land of the TRULY free, dammit. A nation of ACTION, not words. Ruled by STRENGTH, not committee. Where the law changes to suit the individual, not the other way around. Where power and justice are back where they belong: in the hands of the people! Where every man is free to think -- to act -- for himself! Fuck all these limp-dick lawyers and chicken-shit bureaucrats. Fuck this 24/7 Internet spew of trivia and celebrity bullshit. Fuck "American pride". Fuck the media! Fuck all of it! America is diseased. Rotten to the core. There's no saving it -- we need to pull it out by the roots. WIpe the slate clean. BURN IT DOWN! And from the ashes, a new America will be born. Evolved, but untamed! The weak will be purged, and the strongest will thrive -- free to live as they see fit, they will make America GREAT AGAIN!

What the hell are you talking about?

You still don't get it. I'm using war as a business to get elected... so I can end war as a business! In my new America, people will die and kill for what they BELIEVE! Not for money, not for oil! Not for what they're told is right. Every man will be free to fight his own wars!

[–] JonsJava@lemmy.world 28 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Reported as:

Spam or abuse

Context to explain why this isn't spam/abuse:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmWQd8zhEg4

Leaving up.

[–] Pyro@programming.dev 30 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

Thank you. I didn't think Senator Armstrong wouldn't be recognized on the games community.

[–] CaptSatelliteJack@lemy.lol 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I never played that game, and without that context, it is genuinely scary how hard it is to tell whether it not this is a real thing a real politician actually said. God damn, Kojima saw it coming.

[–] Pyro@programming.dev 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

It's crazy that the Japanese parodies of US politics are more accurate than any other portrayals from that era. They even got MAGA slogan dead on!

[–] StuffYouFear@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Yeah it is scary to hear make American great again before Trump ever campaigned in the 2016 election

[–] zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 days ago

There was a sci-fi book called Parable of the Sower in the early 90s that had it as the slogan of a shitty fascist president. It's worth a read and will feel especially creepy right now.

[–] slybebop@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago

It was Regan and Bush Senior slogan before that:

Ronald Reagan, the 1980 Republican presidential nominee, originated the slogan “Make America Great Again.” He and his running mate George H.W. Bush used the phrase on buttons and posters

https://www.si.edu/object/button-ronald-reagan-1980:nmah_522618

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago

Exactly what I came looking for and your post did not disappoint

[–] Harvey656@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

"CONTEXT? I MADE IT THE FUCK UP!"

[–] NelDel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 6 days ago

I had you all wrong, you're not greedy... you're batshit insane!!

[–] rocketpoweredredneck@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Senator Armstrong for President 2028,
He's not as bad as what we've got!

[–] Lupo@lemmy.world 25 points 6 days ago (1 children)

[–] Rolive@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 6 days ago

Nanomachines son!

[–] knight_alva@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Dark souls 3 Abyss Watchers live rent free in my head.

[–] knight_alva@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Replying to myself because I remember the og Artorias and Sif intros. That series is full of cool ones though.

[–] abir_v@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

Oh man, and the environmental component hearing the clash of metal get louder as you approach the arena. FromSoft has always been good at it, but that was really peak environmental design and story telling.

[–] showmeyourkizinti@startrek.website 20 points 6 days ago

Sarah Kerrigan in StarCraft 2.

I am the Swarm. Armies will be shattered. Worlds will burn. Now at last, on this world, vengeance shall be mine. For I am the Queen of Blades.

Mic Drop!

[–] froufox@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 6 days ago

Sister Friede and Father Ariandel from Dark Souls III

absolute cinema

[–] MissingInteger@lemmy.zip 15 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The descent of the Moon Presence in Bloodborne is still one of my favorite intros ever.

[–] gloktawasright@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

I was going to say Ludwig for mine, but this one is epic too

[–] pilferjinx@piefed.social 4 points 5 days ago

The first time you fight Magus in Chrono Trigger.

[–] Ashiette@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It has to be Riku in Kingdom Hearts. He takes about 5 minutes or more to tell you that your path ends there and he actually delivers. Then he tells it again when you inevitably try again, because you can't skip the bloody cutscene.

[–] Starski@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Have recently played this for the first time, and I'm stuck on the final Riku fight, it's excessively difficult and worst of all I just don't really care about the characters for it to be worth it for me to finish the game, honestly a super overrated game.

[–] Ashiette@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

For a long time I thought KH to be the best game ever but... It is ! When you're a teenager, when you're going through angst. But when you're a grown up, it is not as good.

[–] BodePlotHole@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

Boom Bewm

https://youtube.com/watch?v=4cfhQYGznAI

Start at 50 seconds in. I couldn't figure out the link with timecode thing.

[–] Pappabosley@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

Sephiroth - Final Fantasy 7

[–] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 6 days ago

Maybe it's just the nostalgia of it, but the flying through the tunnel while andross monologues at you, then the tunnel ends and this evil dude, who you've never seen as anything but a disembodied face, he just appears as a disembodied face for starfox 64 was fantastic. https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=BSUW2Rsej7I

Spoiler for the forest:

spoilerThe little girl, with everything in the game building up the tension and discovering just what the hell is going on... and then you slowly walk up behind her and she looks at you, giggles, and explodes

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The Clovis monologue in the Destiny 2 Deep Stone Crypt. Its not really an intro to a fight and more like the mastermind behind the situation introducing itself halfway through the raid. So doesnt quite fit this post but i loved it so much so im sharing it anyways.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WNgcGGMvLk

[–] CaptSatelliteJack@lemy.lol 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Idgaf what anyone says, DSC was dope

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 days ago

Such a tragedy what bungie has become. The game would have so much potential in the right hands.

[–] alkheemist@aussie.zone 2 points 5 days ago

Voodoo One, Viper’s on station. Your journey ends here, Pilot - the skies belong to me. Nowhere to run... Nowhere to hide.

[–] sunbunman@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Baltaeus from Armoured Core 6

Final boss and all of his phase changes in Black Myth Wukong

Renoir on a technicality from Expedition 33

[–] Bosht@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Man I have really been riding the fence on dumping the money for Black Myth Wukong. You mind if I get your honest take? It worth full price?

[–] bungle_in_the_jungle@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Oryx at the end of the Destiny Taken King expansion. Walking down this dark passageway and his symbol appears in light in front of you and the door opens to reveal him. So epic!

[–] Gaxsun@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'd like to submit my two favorite buddies from AC games for consideration.

Rusty from Armoured Core VI, especially the final fight against him in Breach The Karman Line. With that backdrop and his sweet ass AC sliding to a stop while you can hear the pure venom in his voice "Here we are... buddy..." as Steel Haze starts playing.

And then we have Ace Combat Zero, having just prevented the V2 launch, flying back to base when your wingman gets one shot by a fucking laser, and you see your former wingman, Pixy, in a hitherto unseen aircraft and hear the flamenco accompanied by that voice: "So, have you found a reason to fight yet... Buddy?".

Similar themes across both, and both are absolutely iconic.

[–] Runaway@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 days ago

Both fantastic but special props to Ace Combat Zero for giving the PC one of the most bad ass titles in gaming and then giving you awesome dogfights that double down on earning the title Demon Lord of the Round Table

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

The titans in god of war (3 I think)

[–] CocaineShrimp@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Final boss of Dark Souls

Tap for spoilerI'd argue the entire game is the boss intro. And IIRC, the lore behind Gwyn is pretty deep too. You fight all these big baddies, and when you get to Gwyn, he's relatively pretty weak.

I remember being very fascinated by all the dark souls lore and his was particularly interesting. I vaguely remember that after killing him, you have the choice of keeping the flame alive or leaving and breaking the cycle?

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 1 points 6 days ago

There was an interesting video I saw online that was saying the final boss's theme is interesting because it's a piano piece for two players. The boss's theme in it is very static, and the other, presumably yours, is more dynamic. Fits with the hollowing static world

[–] Davel23@fedia.io 3 points 1 week ago

Goro Majima in Yakuza Kiwami 2.

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 days ago

Anime jiggle physics, Dvorak's 9th, and the moon

https://youtu.be/-fxVmBhXclQ

[–] B0NK3RS@lemmy.world 49 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Psycho Mantis as they can read my mind!

[–] daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 days ago

The post fight was also amazing. Such a well made character all around.

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[–] OrionTheElder@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago

Saren, in Mass Effect.

[–] mormund@feddit.org 12 points 1 week ago

Anyone in Metal Gear Rising: Revengance of course!

[–] Derpenheim@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 week ago

Elden Ring, the Lord of Madness. Intro, and the mid fight phase change gave me goosebumps with the music

[–] otacon239@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Orochi in Okami. You spend the first entire third of the game building up to your first fight with him and by the time you’re fighting him, you have an incredible amount of context for how legendary your battle actually is.

Many of the boss battles in that game had amazing lead-up.

[–] Runaway@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

tap for spoilerWhen you go back in time ahh shit man. Great stuff. Orochi was overused a bit but it it's still really awesome

[–] otacon239@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Careful. Your spoiler is showing…

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